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Heroes – Resources for Teachers

Discover the impact of heroes past and present, with these lesson, activities, and printables. Honor veterans, civil-rights activists, suffragists, medical personnel, community workers, family members, and more. Find creative writing activities about the immigrant experience, historical time lines of the civil rights movement, slideshows of famous women suffragists, art activities for celebrating community helpers, lesson plans for learning more about wars and the soldiers who fight them, and much more.
War Heroes & Veterans
What Is Veterans Day?
The Story of Veterans Day
Memorial Day: Exercises
U.S. Congressional Medal of Honor
Origins of Veterans Day
History of the Draft
Memorial Day Word Fill-In
Veterans Day Activities
Veterans Day – Teacher Resources
Memorial Day Teacher Resources
More Resources on Veterans
Suffragists & Women's-Rights Heroes
Leaders in Women's Suffrage Movement
Leaders of the Women's Suffrage Movement
Favorite Women's History Month Activities Slideshow
Declaration of Sentiments
Women's Rights, Suffrage, & Equality
Suffragettes
Daily Warm-Up 37 for Gr. 5 & 6: American History
Daily Warm-Up 24 for Gr. 5 & 6: Biography
Daily Warm-Up 109 for Gr. 5 & 6: Historical Fiction
The History of Women's History
More Resources on Women's Suffrage & Equality
Other Heroes of Women's History
Billie Holiday's Song "Strange Fruit"
The Declaration of Independence and Your Own Rights
The Keeping Quilt
Creating a One-Patch Quilt Design
The Miracle Worker
Designing a Quilt Pattern
Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman
Readers Theater Script: Little House on the Prairie
Multicultural Statue of Liberty
Readers Theater Script: The Witch of Blackbird Pond
More U.S. Women's History Resources
Civil-Rights Heroes
Rosa Parks -- Coloring Page
Martin Luther King Jr Coloring Page
Conspiracy Theories Behind Martin Luther King's Assassination
Martin Luther King Jr: Civil Rights Leader
Pictorial Timeline of Dr. Martin Luther King's Life
Martin Luther King, Jr. Crossword Puzzle
Jesse Jackson
Martin Luther King, Jr. Receives the Nobel Peace Prize
Know Your Rights
Women's History Month: Origins
More Popular Resources on Civil Rights
Other African-American Heroes
A Raisin in the Sun
Maniac Magee
Write a Letter to Jesse Owens
Activities for African Folk Tales
African-American Gospel Music
Visualizing Jazz Scenes of the Harlem Renaissance
African Folk Tales - Background Information
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Indentured Servants' Experiences 1600-1700
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
More Black History Month Resources
Community Helpers
Community Helpers: Matching
Use Service-Learning to Enhance Your Curriculum
Kindergarten Community Project Ideas
Police and Firefighter Patterns
Freddie the Firefighter
Even Firefighters Hug Their Moms
Service-Learning Case Study: Madison, WI
Service-Learning Case Study: Montgomery County, MD
The Demeter Project: Community Mentors
Service-Learning Case Study: Chico, CA
More Resources on Community Helpers
Doctors, Nurses, & EMTs
Nurse/EMT Hat
Doctor and Dentist Patterns
Doctor Faustus
I Want to Be a Doctor
WAACS, WAVES, and Nurses
Nurse Pass (8 per sheet)
Library-Nurse Pass
Waste Doctor
Next To: Who Is Next to the Firefighter?
Common Abbreviations
Teachers
Miss Nelson is Missing
Substitute Teacher Information
Parent/Teacher Relations
Top 10 End-of-the-Year Gifts for Teachers
People Who Help Us Learn Bulletin Board
Educational Quotes
Postage Stamps
Very Best Gifts for Teachers
Beginning Teacher Salaries, 2002-03 and 2003-04
Great Teacher
More Resources about Teachers
Moms
Mother's Day Plaque
Roses for Mom
Mother's Day Worksheet
Favorite Mother's Day Activities Slideshow
Mother's Day Card
Mother's Day Printable Book (K-3)
Mother's Day Writing Ideas
My Family
Promise Coupon
A Chair for My Mother
More Mother's Day
Dads
Woven Fish
Make a Father's Day Card
Favorite Father's Day Activities Slideshow
A Father's Day Card
Father's Day Presents
Animal Fathers
Father's Day Crossword Puzzle
More Father's Day Resources
Other Resources about Heroes
The Story of the "Star-Spangled Banner"
Jerry Spinelli on Milkweed
My Brother Sam Is Dead
An Autobiographical Poem
Who's in the News Bulletin Board
We Beat the Street Discussion Guide
Activities to Honor Heroes
Firefighter's Hat
Police Officer Hat
"Batman & Robin" Comics

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