Make a Harry Potter Board Game Students improve their reading comprehension by making and creating a board game based upon the...		Tape Recorder Fight Role Play The Acting Out Conflict lesson plan incorporates a role playing activity detailed in this...
Early America Quiz This multiple choice quiz asks students about Pilgrims, Jamestown, and Colonial times.		Columbus Discovers a New World Students label a map of Columbus's first voyage. Answer key is included.
American Colonies Quiz Test students' knowledge of Colonial times with this quiz.		Columbus's First Voyage to the New World This page of facts about Columbus serves as an excellent background reference for educators.
Native Americans Quiz Basic facts and ideas on Native Americans are reviewed.		Who Writes History? Rethinking Columbus Day In this lesson plan, students explore their ideas about history and who writes it. The...
Historical Sites Project Students will research an historically important site and make a project explaining its...		Columbus's Voyages A list of Christopher Columbus's voyages and the places he landed on each of them.
Timeline of U.S. Women's Rights Movement A timeline of the major events in the women's rights movement, from 1848 to the present.		Be a Peacemaker Explain what it means to be a peacemaker. For use with The Gorp's Gift, a story about...
The Harlem Renaissance An article outlining the Harlem Renaissance and its major players.		Halloween Word Game Students try not to say common Halloween words as they describe typical Halloween situations to...
Conflict Resolution Activities Promote positive community building with these activities. These lessons are appropriate for...		Halloween People, Places, and Things A list of creepy people, places, and things that can be used as writing prompts.
Pedro's Journal Literature Guide The literature guide for Pedro's Journal, a story about Columbus' travels, includes...		Popular Music Research Form Extra credit project for the lesson Musical Roots.
Dried-Pepper Hangings Instruction Sheet Students learn how to make bouquets out of dried peppers or flowers, as the Pilgrims did during...		Open-Ended Spooky Stories Spooky story starters for students to finish.