ACTIVITIES
Use these enrichment activities and Internet resources to enhance teaching Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl.
REFERENCE
Kids fill-in autobiographical information in this worksheet to tell others about themselves. Use this worksheet at the…
Students learn to write a formula poem, about a person. This can be adapted to any subject matter.
WORKSHEETS
In this printable warm-up, students read a short biography on Helen Keller and answer reading comprehension questions.
Discover the magic of Walt Disney while improving students' nonfiction reading skills. This printable warm-up includes a…
Use the activities throughout this guide with the Who Was...? Series for teaching specific historical events, studying…
In this printable reading warm-up, students learn about the life of an explorer. Use this short biography on Sacagawea…
Teach sequence and storytelling skills with this activity. Students will create an illustrated four-panel story related…
Introduce elementary students to Elizabeth Cady Stanton—an abolitionist and important figure in the suffragist…
Read about the life and career of beloved author and illustrator Theodor Seuss Geisel. This biography reading warm-up…
Students will study the lives of individuals, such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks, who have positively…
Pupils will learn about Spoonerisms, instances in speech when the initial letters or syllables of words are switched,…
Use the children's book Friends for Freedom: The Story of Susan B. Anthony & Frederick Douglass to teach students about…
This printable coloring book page features Jackie Robinson, the legendary African-American baseball player. Use this…
LESSON PLANS
Students will prepare research projects about a famous person who shares their birthdate.
Learn about Carleton Kendrick, a family therapist and parenting expert.
This selection of Emily Dickinson's poems gives students the opportunity to experience one of America's outstanding…
Children read a short biography of the African-American inventor George Washington Carver, who discovered hundreds of…
Students use this sheet to display information they collected while researching their personal history.
Interesting facts and fun activities related to the Studio 54 disco in New York.
In this printable reading warm-up, students read a short biography on Henry Ford and answer reading comprehension…
Read about the life and work of J.K. Rowling, the author of the popular Harry Potter series.
Use these discussion questions and activities with the inspirational biography Michelle Obama: An American Story by…
