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Activity
Girl Scouts

Flag Protocol, Ceremonies and Activities

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
How can an American flag be displayed indoors vs. outdoors? What is proper etiquette for handling the flag? The Girls Scouts of the USA have put together a fantastic packet of information with everything you need to know about the...
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Curated OER

Patriotic Poems and Songs

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students memorize poems and songs to recite and sing at a Fourth of July concert. In this poems and songs lesson, students practice reciting 9 songs and poems while holding small flags.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Celebrating the Fourth of July!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students model projectile motion algebraically and graphically; and make predictions based on the quadratic algebraic model.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Fourth of July: "Do" and "Does" Review

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this "do" and "does" learning exercise, students read sentences and create questions using the words do and does. Sentences are all related to The Fourth of July.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Forth of July Subtraction Practice: Single-Digit Subtraction

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this subtraction practice worksheet, students solve 10 problems that require them to subtract 1-digit numbers from 1-digit numbers.
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Literacy Design Collaborative

Rhetorical Analysis of Frederick Douglass

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Is the Fourth of July a celebration for all Americans? Scholars carry out a close read of What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? Readers talk with partners about the speaker's point of view, the author's debate, reasoning, and...
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PPT
Curated OER

The Bing, the Bang, and the Bongo: The Five-Paragraph Essay

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Create a five-paragraph essay easily with the bing, the bang, and the bongo method! Learners write an introduction with the thesis containing three parts. Your three body paragraphs then expand upon each part of the thesis. An example is...
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Organizer
Reading for Meaning

Sample Lessons and Worksheets

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
If you need to bulk up your reading comprehension worksheet collection, take a look at a resource that includes graphic organizers and reading comprehension questions. The series of 50 worksheets addresses novels such as Julie of the...
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Celebrate Independence Days Around the World

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Discover how other countries remember their fight for independence and how their celebrations compare to typical American-style revelries
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Curated OER

Fireworks

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students listen to a short lecture on the history of fireworks and identify how fireworks are made. They paint a picture depicting fireworks and view a presentation on firework safety.
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Curated OER

Examining the Declaration of Independence

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Pupils examine the Declaration of Independence and its significance to American history. They read the document, identify America's grievances with Great Britain, and restate a part of the document in their own words.
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Curated OER

You and the U.S. Constitution

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders write new rules of their school. In this rules and U.S. Constitution lesson plan, 4th graders discuss why we celebrate the fourth of July and examine the U.S. Constitution. Students discuss the differences between people...
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Worksheet
Chomp Chomp

Word Choice - Exercise 12: To, Too, and Two

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
A twenty-question worksheet provides practice using the commonly confused to, too, and two. Meet Common Core standards with the help of this resource in your fourth grade classroom. Use as homework or an assessment.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The 50 States and its Holidays

For Teachers Pre-K - Higher Ed
Though the format of this ELL lesson is confusing (the standards listed are for plate tectonics, yet the objectives are for American geography and holidays), a teacher could glean some ideas from the main idea. Here, pupils complete a...
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Lesson Plan
Stanford University

Declaration of Independence

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Scholars work in pairs to decide whether leaders wrote the Declaration of Independence for the rich and powerful or for every man. To draw their conclusion, pairs read excerpts from two historians and complete a graphic organizer citing...
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Lesson Plan
Middle Tennessee State University

The Declaration of Independence: Its Legacy and Ideas in Today’s World

For Teachers 8th Standards
How is it possible that such an old document still triggers modern discussions? Teach scholars why the Declaration of Independence is still so important today using an informative resource. They watch various educational videos, work in...
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Lesson Plan
Midland Independent School District

Celebrating National Holidays

For Teachers K
There's more to holidays than just days off! Young historians explore the meaning behind national holidays in a five-part lesson plan. They focus on what holidays are and why they are celebrated, as well as learn the meaning of music in...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Make an Uncle Sam Folk Art Figure

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students create an Uncle Sam art figure. In this patriotic lesson, students use wood, paint, twigs, and glue to create a folk-art style figure of Uncle Sam.
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Curated OER

Singin' Around the Year

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore performing arts by singing with their class. In this music appreciation lesson plan, students collaborate in groups to read and sing songs based on specific holidays such as the Fourth of July or Christmas. Students...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cinco de Mayo - A Patriotic Mexican Holiday

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders study Cinco de Mayo as a patriotic Mexican Holiday. First, they work in pairs to write about and illustrate one thing they do on the Fourth of July. They listen to a reading about Cinco de Mayo before writing about and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Independence Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Independence Day worksheet, students complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, correct words, multiple choice, spelling sequencing, scrambled sentences, asking questions, take a...
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Learning for Life

What Is Freedom?

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
Consider approaching the complex concept of freedom with your youngsters by choosing one of the activities in this resource and acquaint kids with an important life skill that they will continue to explore as they grow into adults.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Breaking Down the Declaration of Independence

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine the Declaration of Independence. In this colonial America lesson plan, students analyze the three sections of the Declaration and determine the beliefs the founding fathers had about rights.
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Curated OER

Understanding Freedom: Catching "The Spirit of '76"

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders complete activities about colonial history through an examination of art from the American Revolution period. In this history and art lesson, 6th graders define an iconic image, sing the song 'Yankee Doodle,' and analyze...

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