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Heroes – Resources for Teachers

Discover the impact of heroes past and present, with these lessons, 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

Memorial Day Word Fill-In
Memorial Day: Exercises
Veterans Day Newspaper
The Story of Veterans Day
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Origin of Veterans Day Worksheet
Veterans Day Comprehension Questions
U.S. Congressional Medal of Honor
Veterans Day – Teacher Resources
Memorial Day Teacher Resources
More Resources on Veterans

Suffragists & Women's-Rights Heroes

Leaders in U.S. Women's Suffrage Movement
Learn About Susan B. Anthony
Women's History Videos & Activities
Women's Rights, Suffrage & Equality
Top 15 Women's History Month Activities
Margaret Thatcher Biography
Paulina Wright Davis
The Nineteenth Amendment
Women's Right to Vote Little Book
Popular Women's History Printables
More Resources on Women's Suffrage & Equality

Other Heroes of Women's History

Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl – Project Ideas, Comprehension Tests & Activities
Betsy Ross Little Book
Rachel Carson: The Coming of a Silent Spring: Comprehension Questions
The Miracle Worker: Synopsis, Ideas, and Writing Connections
Activities to Honor Heroes
Reading Warm-Up 29 for Gr. 5 & 6: Florence Nightingale Biography
Designing a Quilt Pattern
The Miracle Worker
Hero/Heroine Writing Activity
The Miracle Worker -- The Challenge
More U.S. Women's History Resources

Civil-Rights Heroes

Billie Holiday's Song "Strange Fruit"
Martin Luther King Jr Coloring Page
Rosa Parks Coloring Page
Jackie Robinson and Civil Rights
Reading Warm-Up 25 for Gr. 5 & 6: Biography
Martin Luther King, Jr. – Videos & Activities
The Civil Rights Movement
Pictorial Timeline of Dr. Martin Luther King's Life
I Have a Dream
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life
More Popular Resources on Civil Rights

Other African-American Heroes

A Raisin in the Sun
Maniac Magee Literature Guide
Jackie Robinson Coloring Page
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
African Folk Tales: Background Information
Indentured Servants' Experiences 1600-1700
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Tap Your Feet
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Projects and Activities
Jackie Robinson Biography & Activities
More Black History Month Resources

Community Helpers

Community Helpers: Matching
Police and Firefighter Patterns
Fire Department Word Search
Community Helpers
Community Helpers Writing Activity
Influencing Others in Our World
I Want to Be a Firefighter
I Want to Be a Police Officer
Job Fair
Service-Learning Case Study: Montgomery County, MD
More Resources on Community Helpers

EMTs

Nurse/EMT Hat
Appreciation Cards
Even Firefighters Hug Their Moms

Nurses

The Gingerbread Man
Occupations with the Largest Job Growth, 2004–2014
National Labor Organizations

Doctors

I Want to Be a Doctor
Doctor and Dentist Patterns
Elizabeth Blackwell Biography
Jerry Spinelli Biography
African-American Scientists
Women and Work
Business Then and Now

Teachers

Teacher Appreciation Week
Very Best Gifts for Teachers
Educational Quotes
Great Teacher
Substitute Teacher Information
If I Were the Teacher
Miss Nelson is Missing
Thank-You Gram
Postage Stamps for Heroes
Parent/Teacher Relations
More Resources about Teachers

Moms

Mother's Day Printable Book (K-3)
Top 10 Mother's Day Printables (K-3)
Mother's Day Writing Ideas
Favorite Mother's Day Activities Slideshow
Mother's Day Card
My Family
Mother's Day Worksheet
Mother's Day Plaque
Roses for Mother's Day
Promise Coupon
More Mother's Day

Dads

A Father's Day Card
Top 10 Father's Day Worksheets (K-3)
Father's Day Card
Father's Day Presents
Favorite Father's Day Activities Slideshow
Animal Fathers
Make a Father's Day Card
Father's Day Quiz
More Father's Day Resources

Other Resources about Heroes

An Autobiographical Poem
Police Officer Hat
We Beat the Street Discussion Guide
Official Playbook to the Books of Mike Lupica
The Miracle Worker: Questions to Consider
Firefighter's Hat
The Miracle Worker: Project Ideas
Florence Nightingale
Patriotic Shield
Jerry Spinelli on Milkweed

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Is your school district adopting the Common Core? Work these new standards into your curriculum with our reading, writing, speaking, social studies, and math lessons and activities. Each piece of content incorporates the Common Core State Standards into the activity or lesson.

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