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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  November 19
   Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address in 1863.
   Students practice the Pre-AP strategy called SOAPSTone, identifying important parts of the Gettysburg Address and comparing it with John F. Kennedy's inaugural speech.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 10  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   A Case for Reading - Examining Challenged and Banned Books
   Students examine books, selected from the American Library Association Challenged/Banned Books list, and write persuasive pieces expressing their views about what should be done with the books at their school.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Accountable Book Clubs: Focused Discussions
   Students form literature circles, read Esperanza Rising or Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Muñoz Ryan, use a Critical Thinking Map to discuss social issues, and use a class wiki.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  December 25
   A Christmas Carol was the first book transmitted over radio!
   Students write a script for A Christmas Carol on a level that primary students can read and perform. Older students record the performance and create a website to showcase photographs.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Student Interactive  |  Writing Poetry
   Acrostic Poems
   This online tool enables students to learn about and write acrostic poems. Elements of the writing process are also included.
6. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Activity & Project
   Acting Out with Mother Goose
   Act out a story after reading it. Work together to create a script and make costumes and props. Then invite others to watch and hear your story!
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Active Reading Using The Enormous Watermelon
   Using names and high-frequency words from nursery rhymes and the Big Book The Enormous Watermelon, students engage in word recognition activities such as character identification and a word matching game.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 20
   Actor Sidney Poitier was born in 1924.
   Students do a journal entry about barriers that have been broken–such as age, race, and gender–that might impede them in the future, and how they can break through those barriers.
9. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Activity & Project
   A Dragon's Fire: From A to Z
   Children read about a very special dragon who breathes lots of things—none of them fire. Using the Alphabet Organizer, they identify the objects by their first letter.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  July 16
    African American journalist Ida B. Wells was born in 1862.
    Students brainstorm a list of human rights issues, research their group's issue in depth, examine the way journalists cover a story, and create articles for a classroom newspaper.

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