Political Events and Summer Olympic Games Students create a timeline of political events and their effects on the Summer Olympic Games.		Is It Constitutional? Students read constitutional amendments and use the information to evaluate laws and actions.
Write a Letter to Jesse Owens Assuming the role of a fellow athlete, Nazi supporter or African-American, students will write...		Left-Handers Are All Right Students use a web resource to explore the perspective of left-handed people coping in a...
Australia Poster Students create a poster about Australia using fact sheets and a map.		Up, Up, and Away Students use a web resource to learn about hot-air ballooning, including a recent, daring...
Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation Read Abraham Lincoln's 1863 Proclamation, which occurred around Thanksgiving. This is a good...		"Hi" in Hieroglyphics Children explore an online resource and translate names and common words from English into...
Brief History of Thanksgiving This article describes the first Thanksgiving and gives a brief history of the holiday.		Number the Stars Character Jeopardy After reading Lois Lowry's classic novel Number the Stars, play this game of "Jeopardy"...
Popular United States References Share fun facts and historical data about the fifty states with students in grades K-12. Use...		Number the Stars The Newbery Award-winning book, Number the Stars, has educated many children about the...
Presidential Pardon of the Turkey Did you know that every year the President of the United States pardons a turkey?...		The Density of Saltwater Through a hands-on chemistry experiment students will discover that salt water is denser than...
What Is Child Labor? Students commemorate Labor Day by learning the meaning of child labor. Then, they learn ways...		Lincoln-Douglas Style Debate Procedure An outline of the procedures for a Lincoln-Douglas style debate, which is to be used with the...
Born on the 4th of July Fun facts about people who have their birthday on Independence Day.		Anagrams Students practice story writing with an emphasis on descriptive language and character...
Women Inventors A list of women inventors and the fascinating things they invented.		A Not-So Traditional Thanksgiving An article describing the conflicting versions of the history of Plymouth, Massachusetts and...