Write a Letter to Jesse Owens Assuming the role of a fellow athlete, Nazi supporter or African-American, students will write...		Letters from the Past Students explore a Civil War Website and read authentic letters from a soldier. This lesson...
1936 Summer Olympics Background Background information about the 1936 Summer Olympic Games. Intended to accompany A Letter to...		Communities Past & Present Comparison Chart After researching Old Sturbridge Village online, students will use this worksheet to compare...
Jesse Owens: Olympic Champion Profile of Jesse Owens, track and field champion of the 1936 Summer Olympics.		Number the Stars Character Jeopardy After reading Lois Lowry's classic novel Number the Stars, play this game of "Jeopardy"...
Australia Poster Students create a poster about Australia using fact sheets and a map.		"Hi" in Hieroglyphics Children explore an online resource and translate names and common words from English into...
Appreciation Cards Students make "Appreciation Cards" for people who have jobs that impact their lives.		Anagrams Students practice story writing with an emphasis on descriptive language and character...
It's a Storybook Life! Students use a web resource to explore oral histories as part of the broad tradition of...		Fall into Rhyme Students write a Fall poem and explore rhyming patterns.
Tips for Conducting an Interview Use these tips for conducting an interview when completing the It's a...		Savvy September Sentences Your students are asked to complete sentences that have to do with September.
Presenting . . . Me! To explore personal web pages as forms of self-expression and to give students practice...		Labor Day Fill-in-the-Blanks Use this fill-in-the-blanks paragraph that is full of facts to teach about Labor Day.
Make Note of This Use this sheet to help students format answers to who, what, when, where, and how questions.		Big Numbers in Our School Give your students practice multiplying and estimating large numbers with this math activity....
Up, Up, and Away Students use a web resource to learn about hot-air ballooning, including a recent, daring...		Missing Consonant Puzzle Students must supply the missing consonants in this puzzle of school-related words.