ACTIVITIES
Students pretend to be the town's mayor, listing ways they would promote non-violence. For use with The Gorp's Gift, a…
The following exercises are activities for before and after you read The Gorp's Gift.
REFERENCE
Read a biography of the fictional secret agent James Bond – created by Ian Fleming – to learn more about this…
Sir Thomas More is a Catholic saint. Read this biography to learn more about the life and death of this British writer…
The first of four articles answering questions about dinosaurs. This article covers the following issues: when dinosaurs…
The second of four articles answering questions about dinosaurs. This article covers the following issues: how dinosaurs…
The third of four articles answering questions about dinosaurs. This article covers the following issues: what dinosaurs…
The last of four articles answering questions about dinosaurs. This article covers the following issues: what colors…
An article dispelling myths about various explorers.
Read this biography to learn more about Oscar Wilde, the famous Irish writer who penned the play The Importance of Being…
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf became the president of Liberia in January, 2006. The first woman ever elected head of an African…
A brief article about Alice Walker.
A brief article about Ralph Johnson Bunche, the first African American to win a Nobel Prize.
A brief article about abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
Read about Julia Ward Howe -- an American suffrage leader.
A brief article listing common household pets around the world.
CLASSROOM TOOLS
Incorporate a farm theme or a farm-inspired bulletin board into your lessons with this printable.
A brief article about photographer and director Gordon Parks.
A brief article about Grammy Award-winning poet, writer, composer, and actress Maya Angelou.
A brief article about Jame Baldwin, including related resources.
Learn about Civil Rights leader James Meredith, who in 1961 was denied admission to the University of Mississippi…
Learn more about the life of contemporary novelist Toni Morrison.
Learn more about the life of Langston Hughes, American poet and central figure of the Harlem Renaissance.
An article about writer Richard Wright.
