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Johnny Tremain for the 21st Century
Seventh graders complete a unit of lessons on the American Revolution based on the novel, 'Johnny Tremain.' They define key vocabulary terms, develop a timeline, write a report on a colonial craft, make a colonial flag, and create a...
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Why Do We Remember Revere? Paul Revere's Ride in History and Literature
Middle schoolers examine primary documents regarding Paul Revere's ride and its role in the Revolutionary War. They consider how Revere's role has been written about by Longfellow and others and discuss the discrepancies between accounts.
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Paul Revere
In this Paul Revere worksheet, learners read facts about Paul Revere's life and answer 10 fill-in-the blank comprehension questions.
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Exploring Animals in Literature
Celebrate Be Kind to Animals Week while teaching empathy and allegory with creature-related texts
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The Declaration of Independence and Your Own Rights
Students read and discuss the Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of Sentiments. They discuss how the rights of the colonists and women were being violated. Students write about their own personal rights and how their rights...
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Famous Faces of the American Revolution
Fifth graders research important people of the American Revolution. In this American Revolution lesson plan, 5th graders research political, economical, and military influences.
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Boston Tea Party
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read facts about the Boston Tea Party and answer comprehension questions. Students answer eight questions.
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Test Your Research Skills-- You Either Know It Or You Don't! 6
In this research worksheet, students use Internet searches or a reference book to answer 15 questions on a variety of topics.
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You Either Know it or You Don't 6
In this Internet research skills worksheet, student respond to 15 short answer trivia questions. Students may use reference sources if they don't know the answers.
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Literature Word Search Puzzle
For this literacy worksheet, learners look for the words that are part of the word search puzzle that is focused around the theme of the sheet.
University of Virginia
Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: John Adams
A great in-depth biography of John Adams. Topics include: his life before the presidency, campaigns and elections, domestic affairs, foreign affairs, and life after the presidency. Links to the first lady, his Cabinet members, and Staff...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Extracts From Adam's Diary
A learning module that begins with "Extracts from Adam's Diary" by Mark Twain, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: From a Bench in Our Square by Samuel Hopkins Adams
This is the full text of the novel From a Bench in Our Square by Samuel Hopkins Adams; it is full of meaningful and useful suggestions that can make your life better.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Authors: Samuel Hopkins Adams
This site features the author Samuel Hopkins Adams including the full text of three novels: Average Jones, From a Bench in Our Square, and The Unspeakable Perk.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Unspeakable Perk by Samuel Hopkins Adams
Read the full text of the romantic comedy "The Unspeakable Perk" by Samuel Hopkins Adams about a socially inept scientist who falls in love with a weathly society girl.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Average Jones by Samuel Hopkins Adams
Read the collection of short stories by "Average Jones" by Samuel Hopkins Adams. The common thread in these stories is Average Jones who helps people determine whether ads are scams.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Watch Fires of '76
A scanned copy of the 1895 publication of The Watch Fires of '76 by Samuel Adams Drake, a nonfiction book for children
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: Kubla Khan
A poem from Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "Kubla Khan", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Adam Frank and can access a printable version of this piece.
Other
Left Justified: Founding Fathers
Biographical accounts of fifty men who played a wide variety of roles in bringing about America's break with Great Britain, and in the creation of the documents and plans that created the new nation, like the Declaration of Independence,...