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November 2007, Volume 2

	Dear Teacher, It's only a couple of weeks until Thanksgiving, but there's still plenty of time for our holiday-themed resources! You'll find everything from a slideshow of our most popular Thanksgiving art activities, to vocabulary flash cards, to printables about the original Thanksgiving dinner. Plus, we have many interesting facts about Pilgrims for your students to discover. Teach your students the fascinating—and horrifying—details about World War II. Encourage them to complete activities to honor heroes, map the locations where the war occurred, and write a letter to the President during this period. We've added brand-new interactive puzzles and games to TeacherVision! You'll find Daily Jumbles, Word Roundups, Crossword Puzzles, and more, as well as old favorites like Sudoku. You—and your students—will find plenty to enjoy with these puzzles. They can be completed online or printed out! Finally, from the discovery of America to the exploration of the North Pole, we have plenty of resources on explorers. Best Wishes, The Editors of TeacherVision.com FEATURED THEMES Thanksgiving Enjoy a variety of Thanksgiving-themed activities that stretch across the curriculum. Thanksgiving Art Activities Slideshow, Grades K-6 Cornucopia Thanksgiving Word Cards Popular Thanksgiving Activities for Social Studies Paper Weavings Turkey Pattern A Thanksgiving Poem Indian Pudding Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message Thanksgiving Dinner Thanksgiving Menu: Then & Now Make a Dried Bouquet Headband Pattern More Thanksgiving Resources Pilgrims Connect Thanksgiving with history, using our resources on Pilgrims. Your students may be surprised to learn how they lived. Pilgrim Unit (7 Lesson Plans) A Day in the Life of Colonial America Pilgrims Meet the New World Thanksgiving: Multiple Perspectives Colonial America Kaleidoscope Pilgrim Fact Cards The Mayflower Compact Pilgrim Hat Math Colonial American Gazette Today's Pilgrims Of Plymouth Plantation (Lit. Guide) More Pilgrims Resources World War II Explore this era in world history with printables, lessons, and articles on Pearl Harbor, the bombing of Hiroshima, and much more. World War II Student Project Chronology of World War II Remembering the Day of Infamy "In Flanders Fields" Activities to Honor Heroes Women & World War II Veterans Day Newspaper African-Americans in WWII The Origins of World War II The Beginnings of War People, Places, & Things of WWII WWII: Letter to the President World War II Aircraft World Figures During WWII History & Analysis of Social Conditions Mapping the War War Heroes More World War II Resources Explorers Utilize these printables, lessons, and activities to teach your students about the many explorers who have contributed to society. Explorer Research Project Explorers' Routes Explorers' Ship Myths About Explorers Exploring Explorers Matthew Henson, Explorer The Discovery of America Ferdinand Magellan Learn About Lewis & Clark Three African-Americans in the Far West More Explorers Resources TEACHING TOOLS Puzzles & Games Show your students that learning can be fun! These puzzles and games will also be a great break-time activity for you. Mad Libs© Sudoku Cryptogram FunBrain to Go: Downloadable Games Puzzles, Puzzles, Puzzles It's Puzzling–Student Guide Moxy's Magic Square Puzzle Puzzles & Fun Activities (3-6) The Mathematics of Games Puzzles & Games–The Toothpick Way Map Library–Activities More Puzzles & Games				AIDS Awareness Day   December 1 is AIDS Awareness Day. Teach your students the facts about this disease to help keep them safe. We Are All the Same: The Life and Death of Nkosi Johnson AIDS/STD Crossword Puzzle HIV Prevention Saves Lives HIV/AIDS FAQs What Are You Gonna Do? What Is AIDS? How AIDS Is Spread How AIDS Is Not Spread More AIDS/HIV Awareness Resources   Geography Awareness Week It's Geography Awareness Week (Nov. 11-17)! We have plenty of geography resources for your students to enjoy, from our extensive map library, to our skill-building Challenge Questions, to our printable geography book. International Day for the Abolition of Slavery   Celebrate the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery this December 2, with our resources on slavery, abolitionists, and more. Slavery and the Constitution Abolitionists Working Together The Emancipation Proclamation Abolitionists Protest the Fourth Slavery in the U.S.: Little Book The Underground Railroad The Plantation Economy Abraham Lincoln: Of Two Minds More Slavery Resources   Printable Math Practice Help your students refresh their math skills, with these printables on money, addition, probability, and more. Subtracting Money Reading Line Graphs Connecting Decimals and Money Sir Cumference and the First Round Table Activities Understanding Probability Counting Coins and Bills Exploring Algebra: Balancing Number Sentences Mental Math Strategies Adding Multi-Digit Numbers More Math Printables Timely Topics   Elizabeth Cady Stanton's Birthday (November 12, 1815) America Recycles Day (November 15) Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (November 19, 1863) Thanksgiving (November 22) First Thanksgiving Day (November 26, 1789) Charles Schulz's Birthday (November 26, 1922) Nobel Prize Established (November 27, 1895) Louisa May Alcott's Birthday (November 29, 1832) AIDS Awareness Day (December 1) Rosa Parks Arrested (December 1, 1955) International Day for the Abolition of Slavery (December 2) National Cookie Day (December 4) Hanukkah Begins (Sundown) (December 5) Japanese Attacked Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941) DNA First Synthesized (December 14, 1967) Boston Tea Party (December 16, 1773) Crossword Puzzle Created (December 21, 1913) Christmas (December 25) Kwanzaa Begins (December 26) Louis Pasteur's Birthday (December 27, 1822) New Year's Eve (December 31) More November Events More December Events