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  • Story Starter: Traveling to Timbuktu

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    Story Starter: Traveling to Timbuktu

    Our Hero travels to Africa in 1387 to visit the Mali Empire in Timbuktu. Have students imagine they are taking a trip to…

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    Language Arts and Writing
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  • Paper Weaving Instructions

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    Paper Weaving Instructions

    Learn about how Colonial women wove yarn into cloth; then, mimic their artistry by creating easy-to-make paper weavings.

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    Social Studies and History
    American History/U.S. History
    Colonial America
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  • Communities Past & Present Comparison Chart

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    Communities Past & Present Comparison Chart

    After researching Old Sturbridge Village online, students will use this worksheet to compare the old village to the town…

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    Colonial America
    American History/U.S. History
    Social Studies and History
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  • REFERENCE

    Emily Dickinson -- Selected Poems -- Series One

    This selection of Emily Dickinson's poems gives students the opportunity to experience one of America's outstanding…

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    Poetry
    Literary Biographies
    Suffrage and Women's Rights
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    Life on the Prairie Worksheet

    Worksheet associated with the "Life on the Prairie" lesson.

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    American History/U.S. History
    Social Studies and History
    Community and Ways of Life
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  • George Washington Carver – Coloring Page

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    George Washington Carver – Coloring Page

    Children read a short biography of the African-American inventor George Washington Carver, who discovered hundreds of…

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    Social Studies and History
    African-American History
    Inventions
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    Favorite Labor Day Activities Slideshow, Grades K-8

    View this collection of our favorite Labor Day activities, lessons, and printables. Click through the slideshow to find…

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    Social Studies and History
    Community and Ways of Life
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  • The Modern Street-Cleaner Puzzle & Reading Passage

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    The Modern Street-Cleaner Puzzle & Reading Passage

    Florence Parpart invented the first modern street-cleaning machine. Students will read about this woman inventor and…

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    Reading Comprehension
    Social Studies and History
    American History/U.S. History
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  • Map of Florida

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    Map of Florida

    Use a printable outline map that depicts the state of Florida.

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    Social Studies and History
    Geography
    Map
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  • Quiz: Southeast U.S. State Capitals

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    Quiz: Southeast U.S. State Capitals

    Assess your students' knowledge of the states and their capitals located in the Southeastern region of the United States…

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    Social Studies and History
    U.S. States
    Geography
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  • Disaster in the Air: Challenger Space Shuttle

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    Disaster in the Air: Challenger Space Shuttle

    Distribute an article that examines the Challenger space shuttle tragedy of 1986.

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    Social Studies and History
    Science
    Astronauts and Space Flights
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  • Writing Prompts and Literature Ideas: 1980s

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    Writing Prompts and Literature Ideas: 1980s

    Assign writing prompts about the 1980s, and/or books that were written in the 1980s.

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    Language Arts and Writing
    1980s
    Twentieth Century
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  • The Monkey Trial

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    The Monkey Trial

    Students read an overview of the Scopes Trial, whose main issue was for the right to teach the science of evolution in…

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    Social Studies and History
    Twentieth Century
    Science
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  • Writing Prompts and Literature Ideas: 1920s

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    Writing Prompts and Literature Ideas: 1920s

    Assign writing prompts about the 1920s, and/or books that were written in the 1920s.

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    Creative Writing
    Writing
    Language Arts and Writing
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  • Conquering Mount Everest

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    Conquering Mount Everest

    In 1953 explorers Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mount Everest, as described in this sheet. …

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    Social Studies and History
    Discovery and Exploration
    Twentieth Century
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  • Events in the Vietnam War

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    Events in the Vietnam War

    The key events of the Vietnam War are detailed in this sheet, including background information from World War II that…

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    Social Studies and History
    Vietnam War (1965-1975)
    American History/U.S. History
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  • Berlin's Wall

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    Berlin's Wall

    Share the story of the Berlin Wall, which was erected in 1961, and assign the related activities to help your students…

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    Social Studies and History
    World History
    History of USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
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  • Learn About the California Gold Rush

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    Learn About the California Gold Rush

    Learn the history of the California Gold Rush.

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    Social Studies and History
    American History/U.S. History
    U.S. States
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  • Earthquake!

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    Earthquake!

    The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 had far-reaching effects. Read about it and then explore the related activities.

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    Social Studies and History
    Earth Science
    Natural Disasters
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  • Three Branches, One Government

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    Three Branches, One Government

    Your students will really enjoy completing this activity which involves turning the review of the functions of the…

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    Social Studies and History
    U.S. Government
    U.S. Branches of Government
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  • Storing Food

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    Storing Food

    Before refrigerators and freezers, people had to rely on other ways of keeping food fresh. This reading passage reviews…

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    Social Studies and History
    Native-American History (American Indians)
    Culture and Diversity
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  • Longhouses, Canoes, and Totem Poles

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    Longhouses, Canoes, and Totem Poles

    Indians of the Pacific Northwest used the cedar tree for many different purposes. The reading passage in this printable…

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    Social Studies and History
    Native-American History (American Indians)
    Culture and Diversity
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  • My History

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    My History

    Students use this sheet to display information they collected while researching their personal history.

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    Social Studies and History
    Families
    Immigration
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  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Word Search Activity

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    Martin Luther King Jr. Wordsearch

    The perfect Black History Month activity! Teach children about Martin Luther King Jr. with this printable word search.…

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    Social Studies and History
    African-American History
    Civil Rights
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