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Literacy Beyond the Language Arts Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards

Celebrate reading across the curriculum with a collection of lessons and worksheets that bring literature and informational text to life in math, science, social studies, and music. Each resource prompts interdisciplinary instruction...

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NewseumED: Civil Rights

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards

As part of a social, economic, and legal/political civil rights study, class members brainstorm a list of current civil rights issues that affect their community and then select one issue that they think they could work to change as a...

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Grade K Literacy in Social Studies: Thinking About Families

For Teachers K Standards

Family is a wonderful subject for little learners to get excited about. Family is also the theme for a social studies unit that uses literacy standards throughout. The guide outlines approximately three weeks of instruction and breaks...

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The Texas Social Studies Controversy

For Teachers 8th - 12th

Examine the Texas social studies curriculum controversy with your class. Using a current events lesson, learners read the article "A Christian Land Governed by Christian Principles," respond to the discussion questions, and participate...

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How To Write a Social Studies Outline

For Teachers 5th

One of the keys to success in school is organization. This resource leads learners through the process of creating an outline for a chapter from a social studies text. In addition, they review facts they have learned in their class...

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Lesson 1 - Community Social Studies Unit

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards

Some problems are so big it takes an entire community to solve them. So was the case in the children's book Humphrey the Lost Whale: A True Story by Wendy Tokuda and Richard Hall. This primary grade instructional activity uses a class...

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Reading Comprehension: Uncle Tom's Cabin

For Students 9th - 12th Standards

Introduce your high schoolers to one of the most important pieces of American literature with a reading comprehension lesson. As class members read a short passage from Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, they learn about the...

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Guided Reading: Cold and Hot

For Teachers K - 1st

Explore the text, Cold and Hot, with comprehension strategies for young readers. First, give them a purpose for reading: find out what the boy wore outside in the snow! Then have them use one-to-one matching and picture clues to...

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It's Greek to Me: Greek Mythology

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards

It's no myth: this packet on Greek mythology is an excellent addition to your social studies curriculum. With writing activities, such as short answer responses and biopoems, and reading activities, which include creation stories and...

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Think Like a Historian: A Viewing Guide

For Students 6th - 12th Standards

Calling all junior detectives! Scholars use the tools of investigation to determine the causes and impacts of the American Civil War. Using viewing guides, videos, group research, and written resources, they discover what it takes to...

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Democracy in Action: Freedom Riders

For Students 6th - 12th Standards

This is a must-have resource for every social studies teacher covering the civil rights movement. Through an engaging video and detailed viewing guide, young historians learn about the Freedom Riders, and discover how everyday...

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A Close Reading of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards

Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address provides the text for a series of close reading exercises that model for instructors how carefully crafted guiding questions can help readers think critically about what they read, thus developing...

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Wells Fargo History Museum: Curriculum Guide

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards

Learn about the California Gold Rush from an institution that has been in place since the early days of the American West: Wells Fargo History Museum. From domain-specific vocabulary review to group research projects, an expansive packet...

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Biome Travel Guide

For Teachers 5th - 12th

In a perfect marriage of social studies and science, groups work together to research and create a travel guide presentation to share with the class. Not only do kids learn about the climate and geography of a biome, but also the...

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Lesson 2: The Constitution: Our Guiding Document

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards

Explore the structure and content of the US Constitution in the second lesson of this five-part social studies series. A collection of activities, games, and videos complement a class reading of a document summarizing the US...

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The Psychology Teacher's Resource Guide

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards

The activities in a comprehensive teacher's resource guide provides budding psychologists with opportunities to design experiments to study behavior, apply their knowledge of research variables, critique online behavior surveys, and much...

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How to Read the Constitution

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards

Even lawyers can find the US Constitution to be very wordy! Help learners create a foundation for understanding the Constitution with several analysis essays. Multiple activities complement the reading and allow for active and meaningful...

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The Lion King—The Broadway Musical Study Guide

For Students 6th - 12th Standards

Musicals have been adapted from stage plays, novels, and movies. With The Lion King, Disney transforms its animated film into show-stopping, live-action musical theatre. The guide Disney provides to accompany a study of the award-winning...

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Plyler v. Doe: Can States Deny Public Benefits to Illegal Immigrants?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards

Illegal immigration is an ever-changing source of consistent controversy. A reading passage about the rights of undocumented workers and illegal immigrants—and the lack thereof—guides high schoolers into a mock trial activity. Three...

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Teachers' Guide: Take Time to Remember

For Teachers 3rd - 12th

The Royal Canadian Legion offers this teacher's guide designed to remind learners of all ages of the sacrifices made by Canadian soldiers in not only World War I but also the Korean and Gulf wars. The 42-page packet is filled with...

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Issues of Asylum in the U.S.

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards

Who gets to come to the United States? Examine cases of individuals seeking asylum with an informative reading passage that includes examples, statistics, and representations of public opinion regarding asylum. Groups then go on to...

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Julius Caesar Curriculum Guide

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards

Julius Caesar need not be Greek to kids. The background information and suggestions for teachers, as well as the activities for learners, make this curriculum guide a must-have for your Shakespeare curriculum library.

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A Teaching Guide on Local and Global Transitional Justice

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards

The Road to Peace introduces learners to the concept of transitional justice, a process where nations examine the causes of conflict, identify abuses, and use this information to develop a plan to transition to a society that upholds...

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An Educator's Guide to the Works of Lynda Mullaly Hunt

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards

Middle school years can be tough. An educator's guide for the works of Lynda Mullaly Hunt introduces readers to two texts that discuss the struggles pre-teens face during middle school. Chapter-by-chapter questions and activities for two...

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