Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation Read Abraham Lincoln's 1863 Proclamation, which occurred around Thanksgiving. This is a good...		Write a Harry Potter Script Students learn to summarize one chapter from a Harry Potter book and write a one scene script...
How the Turkey Got Its Name This article speculates on how the Turkey was named. This reference will spark a fun...		Election Vocabulary Brainstorm In this lesson students will be asked to generate vocabulary related to elections. They will...
Born on the 4th of July Fun facts about people who have their birthday on Independence Day.		International Cover Art for Harry Potter Lesson Using pictures of book covers from around the world, students will analyze the accuracy of the...
Left-Handers Are All Right Students use a web resource to explore the perspective of left-handed people coping in a...		Make a Harry Potter Board Game Students improve their reading comprehension by making and creating a board game based upon the...
Up, Up, and Away Students use a web resource to learn about hot-air ballooning, including a recent, daring...		Create a Hogwarts Floor Plan Students learn about the concept of scale and other mapping skills by creating a floor plan of...
Number the Stars Character Jeopardy After reading Lois Lowry's classic novel Number the Stars, play this game of "Jeopardy"...		Election Vocabulary Bingo Play bingo with election vocabulary to have fun and assess your students' knowledge of the...
Lincoln-Douglas Style Debate Procedure An outline of the procedures for a Lincoln-Douglas style debate, which is to be used with the...		Native Americans Quiz Basic facts and ideas on Native Americans are reviewed.
A Not-So Traditional Thanksgiving An article describing the conflicting versions of the history of Plymouth, Massachusetts and...		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.
Harry Potter Character Posters Students make posters after analyzing various characters in the Harry Potter books.		1920's Timeline A timeline of the major events of the 1920's.
Harry Potter Haiku Students learn how to write a haiku using the Harry Potter book series as a prompt.		1920's Written and Oral Report Ideas A list of ideas for written or oral reports concerning the 1920's.