Orphan Boy This African legend tells the tale of an elderly Maasai man who gets help from an unlikely...		Life Is Sweet: The Story of Milton Hershey Enhance reading comprehension with a lesson that is centered around a biography about Milton...
Fiction-Writing Content Rubric Analyze your student's fiction-writing with this organizational rubric.		Photo of Milton Hershey This picture shows Milton Hershey, the founder of the Hershey's® candy corporation.
Old South Meeting House Photo of the Old South Meeting House in Boston; Phillis Wheatley was a member of the...		Life Is Sweet: The Life of Milton Hershey Comprehension Questions These comprehension questions are for "Life Is Sweet: The Life of Milton Hershey".
Women Abolitionists -- Poem and Speech The poem by Sarah Forten and the speech by Sojourner Truth reflect their feelings about working...		Edna St. Vincent Millay -- A Lovely Light Using the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay, children practice expressing their thoughts and...
An Abolitionist Play Students learn about five women abolitionists and are asked to write a one-act play that...		"The Grasshopper and the Owl": A Fable by Aesop Use a lesson that provides students with an opportunity to draw conclusions using one of...
African American Writers Distribute an article that details the many talented African American writers from Phillis...		Have a Heart Explore the meaning of everyday expressions that reference the heart and other parts of the...
Robert Fulton: Inventor Robert Fulton invented many things - among them were the steam-driven boat and the submarine....		Aesop's "Grasshopper and Owl" After students read Aesop's fable "Grasshopper and Owl," they complete a vocabulary activity...
Aunt Isabel Tells a Good One and Aunt Isabel Makes Trouble Create a memorable storytelling unit for your class with the help of this teacher's guide.		Web Research Lesson 3: Learning to Read on the Web Lesson plan 3, about reading on the Web, in a series for middle-school students learning to use...
The Life of Milton Hershey Enhance reading comprehension with a lesson that is centered around a biography about Milton...		The Donkey and the Dog Use a lesson that provides students with an opportunity to compare and contrast by observing...
Distant Enemy Use the activities in this guide before, during, and after reading the book.		Student Guide to Web Research Learning to Read on the Web Lesson plan 3, about reading on the Web, in a series for middle-school students learning to use...