Mrs. O's House: Benjamin Franklin Extraordinary

Learners explore U.S. History by reading biographical text in class. For this Benjamin Franklin instructional activity, students read about the famous American's first job and the transition he underwent from printing to politics....

In September we celebrate Constitution Day. Begin the celebration with a grand conversation about the US Constitution. Follow up the in-depth discussion with a learning game in which scholars match terms to images such as...

Each slide has a grid to be filled in by a student or team. In order to have that spot active, the student must answer a question about the general history of America and national holidays correctly. There are 10 pages, and each has...

Over 100 choices of project-based learning activities are provided to enhance teaching U.S. Constitution and civics topics in the classroom.

Delve into your community's history. Who is the guy that a bridge or street is named after in your town? Why was he or she important? This project encourages students to get to know the history of the community better.

Take a close look at the resources provided and consider how students can put their school and/or community on the map. Discover cartography, virtual mapping, and points of interest in town or of the school.

With a brief story and photo of an image, students will do some digging to figure out how old the object pictured is and the history behind it.

Students will review the scenario and resources to select a person or group from the state, community, building, etc. to nominate for the Prominent Person Award and create a multi-media presentation of the nominee.

Practice historical investigation skills with this mystery object activity. Look at the image and try to determine its story.