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New-Teacher Classroom Set-Up Guide

For Teachers Pre-K - 8th
Packed with teaching tips and best practice ideas from veterans, this 16-page packet is a real boon to new teachers, as well as a great resources for those more experienced professionals. Ideas about how to set up your classroom physical...
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Veteran Acrostic Poem

For Students 4th - 5th
In this acrostic poem worksheet, learners use the letters in the word Veteran to create an acrostic poem. Students create a 7 line poem.
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Memorial Day Fun

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students research Memorial Day and complete activities about the day. In this Memorial Day lesson, students discuss the definition of the word 'memorial' to understand its meaning. Students create flags for the day and listen to a...
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D-Day Message from General Eisenhower to General Marshall

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students use documents in the National Archives of the United States to evaluate the effectiveness of D-Day.
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All Eyes on Iowa

For Students 9th - 12th
Guid your learners as they become informed members of our community. They'll consider each of the seven questions as they read the New York Times article "All Eye on Iowa." This article relates topics dealing with the 2012 presidential...
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Sail, Sail, Sail Your Ship!

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students listen to the book, Columbus Day, by Paul Showers and discuss the historical significance of Christopher Columbus. They create Columbus Day booklets, sing a Christopher Columbus song, and develop graphic organizers.
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Special Days-- A Crossword Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this language arts activity, students examine the names of 12 holidays. Students write the name of the month in which the special day is observed in a crossword puzzle.
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What Shall We Remember on 11 November?

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students take a closer look at the proposed British Day. For this current events lesson, students visit selected websites to read Gordon Brown's proposal and examine British cultural symbols.
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Presidents Day

For Teachers 1st - 7th
Students access a variety of Presidents Day themed websites. They locate the birthdays of Washington and Lincoln, biographies, timelines, memorials and documents written by both men.
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A Salute to American Symbols

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners research American symbols. In this American History lesson, students listen to the story The Wall and discuss the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. They also listen to One Nation and research an American Symbol to create a...
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Honoring Our Veterans Through Poetry Prewriting

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn about the origins of holidays and cultural practices in the United States
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Modern-Day America

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners remember the September 11 terrorist attacks. In this public memorials lesson, students research 20th century memorials. Learners then design their own memorials for the victims at the World Trade Center site.
Unit Plan
Northshore School District

American Voices and Their Audiences

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
Those new to teaching an AP level language and composition prep course and seasoned veterans will find much to treasure in a unit that is designed to help young language scholars develop the skills they need to analyze the language...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

President's Day for Special Education/Early Elementary

For Teachers K - 1st
Students investigate how both Abraham Lincoln and George Washington displayed the trait of honesty. They listen to read alouds of class books and poems that address both the lives of these men and the trait of honesty. They use a graphic...
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So Much Data, So Little Time

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Organizing data in a statistics class is often a challenge. A veteran statistics teacher shares data organization tips in a lesson resource. The instructor shows how to group data to link to individual calculators in a more efficient...
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Poetry Out Loud

Creating "Golden Shovel" Poems

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Get even your most reluctant pupils reading, writing, reciting, and maybe even enjoying poetry! A four day lesson, young writers learn about Golden Shovel poems: a poem format that uses borrowed words from other poems as the last words...
Activity
Novelinks

Oedipus the King: Organizational Patterns

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Designed for teachers of Sophocles' Oedipus the King, this packet provides information about themes and literary devices used in the play. Appropriate for first-time and veteran teachers of Sophocles' tragedy. 
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War Support

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view a video clip on Vietnam war veterans. They discuss the video on Vietnam War veterans. Students use the veterans statements about the war to relate it to the decrease in support for the war. They read section 3, and...
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Heart to Heart Interviews

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners interview veterans at a local homeless shelter. They publish their interviews in a class newspaper. They also present their information in different forums.
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VIETNAM WAR

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore websites are about the Vietnam War. There are websites about the soldiers, the war, events in the United States during the war, and what happened after the war. On one website students can listen to the speech by...
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Memories of War

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students consider how World War II impacted Europe. In this D-Day lesson, students visit selected websites to discover information about the invasion, its conditions, and the people who fought. Suggested activities are included...
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Shamrock Man

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students create "Shamrock Men" using construction paper, pre-cut patterns, glue, and scissors in this lesson that celebrates St. Patrick's Day. The lesson was originally create for a Special Education class but could be adapted for...
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Days of '49: "I've Been Toiling Hard for the Last Two And a Half Years"

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Students trace the stages of gold mining in California. They discuss the life of a gold miner and how the discovery of gold influenced towns and cities in California during the 1949 Gold Rush.
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Civil War

Civil War Medicine: Fact or Fiction

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Young historians compare the presentation of medical care during the Civil War in passages from fictional and nonfictional texts. They examine passages from Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell and Soldier's...

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