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Educator Guide for World War I: Lesson and Legacies

Grade Range:

6-12

Resource Type(s):

Lessons & Activities

Date Posted:

3/19/2018

In honor of America's entry into "The War to End All Wars" in 1917, World War I: Lessons and Legacies explores the war and its lasting impact and far-reaching influence on American life. From the Great Migration to the 1918 flu pandemic and from the unionizat

World War I: Lessons and Legacies

Grade Range:

6-12

Resource Type(s):

Primary Sources, Lessons & Activities

Date Posted:

11/15/2017

Become a Collector

Grade Range:

K-4

Resource Type(s):

Lessons & Activities, Worksheets

Date Posted:

6/10/2008

Students will learn how to start their own collection after reading about Teodoro Vidal, a man who collected objects from Puerto Rico in this OurStory activity. OurStory is a series of modules designed to help children and adults enjoy exploring history together through the use of objects from th

Brown v. Board of Education: A Landmark in American Justice Lesson

Grade Range:

4-12

Resource Type(s):

Lessons & Activities

Duration:

50 minutes

Date Posted:

7/7/2008

In this classroom activity, students will examine both the integrationist and segregationist arguments from Brown v. Board of Education through role play and begin to explore the impact of the Supreme Court's decision through a primary source photographic analysis activity. This lesson acco

Brown v. Board of Education: Five Communities Change a Nation Lesson

Grade Range:

7-12

Resource Type(s):

Lessons & Activities

Duration:

100 minutes

Date Posted:

7/7/2008

In this classroom activity, students will research to gather information in order to create a radio broadcast about the five court cases that made up Brown v. Board of Education, and tell the stories of the African Americans from different walks of like who demanded better educational opportuniti

Clues Within These Walls

Grade Range:

4-12

Resource Type(s):

Reference Materials

Date Posted:

10/21/2008

On this page, students will find some of the methods historians and curators used to learn about the house at 16 Elm Street in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Students will learn how to use primary source documents, photographs and architectural clues to answer questions such as: Who lived in a hous

Conduct a Genealogical Study

Grade Range:

K-4

Resource Type(s):

Lessons & Activities, Worksheets

Date Posted:

6/10/2008

Genealogy is the study of family ancestries and histories, and a great way to learn women's history. In this activity, students will learn about the methods and tools needed to conduct a genealogical interview. It is included in an OurStory module entitled Great Women of Our Pasts. OurSt

Connecting Food and Stories

Grade Range:

K-4

Resource Type(s):

Lessons & Activities

Date Posted:

4/19/2012

Read or listen to a short news story about the food in a Japanese American internment camp, then create a meal using some of the same ingredients. Part of an OurStory module entitled Life in a WWII Japanese American Internment Camp, this activity includes links to instructions to make "W

Down at the Shore

Grade Range:

K-4

Resource Type(s):

Lessons & Activities, Worksheets

Duration:

50 minutes

Date Posted:

5/21/2009

Field trips are great ways to learn about life on the water. In this activity, students will find and explore a local maritime area-a river, seashore, or another place related to the water, and share the experience with others. The activity guide includes printable tip sheets tailored to he

Exploring the Sky Homepage

Grade Range:

K-4

Resource Type(s):

Reference Materials, Lessons & Activities

Date Posted:

11/4/2009

People around the world have studied the stars and shared stories through constellations and astrology. By using this OurStory module, children and adults can enjoy exploring history together through children's literature, everyday objects, and hands-on activities. Focused around Maria's Come

American Folk

Author:

Charles Sullivan

Reading Level:

Late Elementary School,Middle School

Genre:

Fiction

Collection of American folk stories.

An American Plague The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793

Author:

Jim Murphy

Reading Level:

Late Elementary School,Middle School,High School,Adult

Genre:

Non Fiction

History, science, politics, and public health come together in this dramatic account of the disastrous yellow fever epidemic that hit the nation's capital more than 200 years ago. Drawing on firsthand accounts, medical and non-medical, Murphy re-creates the fear and panic in the infected city, th

An American Safari

Author:

Jim Brandenburg

Reading Level:

Late Elementary School

Genre:

Non Fiction

A photographical look at wildlife on the prairie.

And Tango Makes Three

Author:

Justin Richardson

Reading Level:

Early Elementary School,Late Elementary School

Genre:

Fiction

At New York City's Central Park Zoo, two male penguins fall in love and start a family by taking turns sitting on an abandoned egg until it hatches. Based on a true story.

Angelina's Island

Author:

Jeanette Winter

Reading Level:

Early Elementary School,Pre-School

Genre:

Fiction

Every day, Angelina dreams of her home in Jamaica and imagines she is there, until her mother finds a wonderful way to convince her that New York is now their home.

Apples to Oregon: Being the (Slightly) True Narrative of How a Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Grapes, and Cherries (and Children) Across the Plains

Author:

Deborah Hopkinson

Reading Level:

Pre-School,Early Elementary School

Genre:

Fiction

Awards:

Description of a family's journey from Iowa to Oregon in the 1800s and their transport of plants and seedlings and the requisite hardships they experience on the Oregon Trail.

Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring

Author:

Jan Greenberg

Reading Level:

Early Elementary School,Late Elementary School

Genre:

Non Fiction

Take a peek behind the scenes of one of America's modern masterpieces: Appalachian Spring. This book tells the story of the three artists who collaborated to create it.

Barefoot: Escape on the Underground Railroad

Author:

Pamela Duncan Edwards

Reading Level:

Early Elementary School

Genre:

Fiction

The story of a slave's escape on the underground railroad.

Baseball Saved Us

Author:

Ken Mochizuki

Reading Level:

Early Elementary School

Genre:

Fiction

Awards:

Bilingual:

Yes

Told by a Japanese American boy, this story shows how baseball made life in the internment camps more bearable for many Japanese Americans. This first-person narrative candidly exposes the hardships that Japanese Americans experienced before, during, and after internment.

Before the Ever After

Author:

Jacqueline Woodson

Reading Level:

Middle School

Genre:

Awards:

For as long as ZJ can remember, his dad has been everyone's hero. As a charming, talented pro football star, he's as beloved to the neighborhood kids he plays with as he is to his millions of adoring sports fans. But lately life at ZJ's house is anything but charming. His dad is having trouble remem

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24 Game, Single Digits, a Card Game for Teaching Arithmetic

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Educator Guide for World War I: Lesson and Legacies

World War I: Lessons and Legacies

Become a Collector

Brown v. Board of Education: A Landmark in American Justice Lesson

Brown v. Board of Education: Five Communities Change a Nation Lesson

Clues Within These Walls

Conduct a Genealogical Study

Connecting Food and Stories

Down at the Shore

Exploring the Sky Homepage

American Folk

An American Plague The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793

An American Safari

And Tango Makes Three

Angelina's Island

Apples to Oregon: Being the (Slightly) True Narrative of How a Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Grapes, and Cherries (and Children) Across the Plains

Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring

Barefoot: Escape on the Underground Railroad

Baseball Saved Us

Before the Ever After

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