Getting to Know Your Student Send this letter home to parents to help you know your students better.		Is It Constitutional? Students read constitutional amendments and use the information to evaluate laws and actions.
Assignment Record Keep track of your students' grades with this handy chart. This printable is customizable....		Immigrants' Experiences Students use a Web resource to share some of the experiences of immigrants who recently arrived...
Thanksgiving Fact Sheet Explore the background of this American holiday - from the first Thanksgiving during Colonial...		Letters from the Past Students explore a Civil War Website and read authentic letters from a soldier. This lesson...
The Constitutional Convention and Preamble An overview of the Constitutional Convention followed by the Preamble the Constitution of the...		Communities Past & Present Comparison Chart After researching Old Sturbridge Village online, students will use this worksheet to compare...
Brief History of Thanksgiving This article describes the first Thanksgiving and gives a brief history of the holiday.		Communities: Past and Present Students explore an online resource to compare community life of the past with that of today.
Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation Read Abraham Lincoln's 1863 Proclamation, which occurred around Thanksgiving. This is a good...		Song and Dance Man Use a handy teacher guide to explore Song and Dance Man, a book that gives children a...
Born on the 4th of July Fun facts about people who have their birthday on Independence Day.		Savvy September Sentences Your students are asked to complete sentences that have to do with September.
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe The classic tale of a fantasy world and four children's adventures in it,The Lion, the...		Thanksgiving Placemats Students create placemats that show pictures of things for which they are thankful. This is an...
My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother Cover the topic of sibling rivalry with this book for younger readers, My Rotten Redheaded...		Labor Day Fill-in-the-Blanks Use this fill-in-the-blanks paragraph that is full of facts to teach about Labor Day.
Tips for Conducting an Interview Use these tips for conducting an interview when completing the It's a...		Big Numbers in Our School Give your students practice multiplying and estimating large numbers with this math activity....