Life in Plymouth - Pilgrim Study Unit (lesson 6 of 7) After the challenging first winter of 1620, the Pilgrims made great progress in settling...		Thanksgiving Fact Sheet Explore the background of this American holiday - from the first Thanksgiving during Colonial...
Pilgrim Unit (7 lessons) Use this chart to plan the Pilgrim Study Unit (objectives and materials) of six lessons. ...		Left-Handers Are All Right Students use a web resource to explore the perspective of left-handed people coping in a...
The Declaration of Sentiments & Your Rights Compare two declarations for personal rights and have students write their own. This is a...		Up, Up, and Away Students use a web resource to learn about hot-air ballooning, including a recent, daring...
Punctuation: Periods How to use periods properly.		Lincoln-Douglas Style Debate Procedure An outline of the procedures for a Lincoln-Douglas style debate, which is to be used with the...
Attendance and Lunch: A Simple Set-Up An easy system for taking attendance and organizing lunch at the beginning of the day.		Thanksgiving: Multiple Perspectives Students will create a landmark that commemorates both the European Settler and the Native...
Personal Space Use numbers to ensure students have personal space and help them keep track of their things.		A Not-So Traditional Thanksgiving An article describing the conflicting versions of the history of Plymouth, Massachusetts and...
Our First Classroom Book Build classroom community while creating your first classroom book.		Harry Potter Character Posters Students make posters after analyzing various characters in the Harry Potter books.
Opening Activities Teach students that learning begins right away in your classroom with a daily opening learning...		Harry Potter Haiku Students learn how to write a haiku using the Harry Potter book series as a prompt.
Desk Barriers Students will create privacy shields to create barriers between desks.		Write a Harry Potter Script Students learn to summarize one chapter from a Harry Potter book and write a one scene script...
Classroom Timesaver: ID Numbers Assigning students I.D. numbers saves time during assignment collection, field trips, and fire...		Election Vocabulary Brainstorm In this lesson students will be asked to generate vocabulary related to elections. They will...