WORKSHEETS
Distribute this list to highlight world events during the 1920s.
Read about A.A. Milne's achievements, and explore the related activities to learn more about this children's author.
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Read about penicillin, and explore the related activities to learn more about bacteriologist Alexander Fleming's…
Read about Eleanor Roosevelt's achievements, and explore the related activities to learn more about this great…
Read about Mary McLeod Bethune's achievements, and explore the related activities to learn more about a great educator.
Have students explore what went into the invention of the helicopter and the jet engine.
Explore renowned authors from the 1930s and their works.
Share the story of John Steinbeck's achievements with your students, and assign the related activities as a way of…
Big Band music is explored through the work of Benny Goodman, Count Basie, and Glenn Miller.
Distribute this list to highlight world events during the 1930s.
Read about Max Theiler, who researched vaccinations for yellow fever during the 1930s.
Students match world leaders from the World War II era with their descriptions.
The chart on this page compares some facts about first ladies Eleanor Roosevelt and Bess Truman.
Learn about three major writers of the forties: Richard Wright, James Michener, and Herman Wouk.
Share the story of the Reys, creators of Curious George books, and assign the related activities to learn more about…
Encourage your students to dabble in painting by mimicking the styles of Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning.
Read about R. Buckminster Fuller, and use the suggested activities to learn more about this great architect.
Distribute this list to highlight world events during the 1940s.
Read about the Nuremberg Trials of officials involved in the Holocaust during the Nazi regime of World War II. Then…
Assign writing prompts about the 1940s, and/or books that were written in the 1940s.
Review with your students the milestones and issues in the development of the television and its effects on society. In…
Read about E.B. White and assign the related activities to help students learn more about the beloved author of…
Share the story of Jack Kerouac, and assign the related activities to help your students learn more about this literary…
Introduce your students to two inventions that changed America: Jif Peanut Butter and WD-40.
