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.
Tape Recorder Fight Role Play The Acting Out Conflict lesson plan incorporates a role playing activity detailed in this...		Halloween Riddles Use this collection of silly Halloween riddles to entertain your class and keep them laughing.
Columbus Discovers a New World Students label a map of Columbus's first voyage. Answer key is included.		Classic Tales of Horror by Edgar Allen Poe & W.W. Jacobs Full text, vocabulary words, and discussion questions for tales of horror: "The Monkey's Paw,"...
Columbus's First Voyage to the New World This page of facts about Columbus serves as an excellent background reference for educators.		All Day Nightmare (Goosebumps, 42) Enrichment activities, Internet resources, and literature tie-ins related to the Goosebumps...
Who Writes History? Rethinking Columbus Day In this lesson plan, students explore their ideas about history and who writes it. The...		The Black Cat Vocabulary Definitions Definitions for "The Black Cat" vocabulary words.
Columbus's Voyages A list of Christopher Columbus's voyages and the places he landed on each of them.		Columbus and Food Learn what foods are originally from the Americas.
Be a Peacemaker Explain what it means to be a peacemaker. For use with The Gorp's Gift, a story about...		The Raven Vocabulary Word Definitions Definitions for "The Raven" vocabulary words.
Halloween Word Game Students try not to say common Halloween words as they describe typical Halloween situations to...		The Black Cat -- Annotated for Readers Theatre Here is an annotated "The Black Cat", for use with Readers Theatre. You'll enjoy this one!...
Halloween People, Places, and Things A list of creepy people, places, and things that can be used as writing prompts.		Day of the Dead Evaluation Rubric Use this rubric with the "Mexico's Day of the Dead" lesson plan.