ACTIVITIES
Use these enrichment activities and Internet resources to enhance teaching Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl.
REFERENCE
Does the U.S. still have the draft? Were there actually draft riots in America? Did half of George Washington's army…
Interesting facts and fun activities related to Helen Keller.
Provoke students' thoughts on peer pressure, friendship, and their goals in life with discussion questions for We Beat…
Albert Einstein is known for his Theory of Relativity and other discoveries. A biography on Einstein and related…
Learn about Mohandas Gandhi's life and accomplishments, and then explore the related activities.
Share the story of Charles Schulz with your students, and assign the related activities to help them learn more about…
Interesting facts and fun activities related to Yuri Alekseivich Gagarin, the first human ever to fly in space.
Interesting facts and fun activities related to Italian inventor and painter Leonardo da Vinci.
Share the story of Neil Armstrong and the race to the moon with your students, and assign the related activities to help…
WORKSHEETS
Develop research and composition skills with this Black Biographies activity for Black History Month (February) or…
Review key events in the life of Joan of Arc, particularly her role in the Hundred Years War, with this printable word…
Pupils will learn about Spoonerisms, instances in speech when the initial letters or syllables of words are switched,…
Share the story of Cesar Chavez's achievements with your students, and assign the related activities to help them learn…
LESSON PLANS
Students will prepare research projects about a famous person who shares their birthdate.
This selection of Emily Dickinson's poems gives students the opportunity to experience one of America's outstanding…
Interesting facts and fun activities related to the Studio 54 disco in New York.
Share the story of Maurice Sendak with your students, and assign the related activities to help them learn more about…
Activities and resources to teach Homesick: My Own Story by Jean Fritz.
Students learn about Miep Gies, a friend to Anne Frank's family, and then answer questions about her life.
Learn about Carleton Kendrick, a family therapist and parenting expert.
Share the story of Martin Luther King Jr.'s achievements, and assign the related activities to your students to help…
Students think critically about the Civil Rights movement and its key players as they explore a biographical site about…
