In small groups or individually, students make baseball cards for the players in the poem "Casey at the Bat." Students can use a word processor or the Character Trading Cards interactive to create their cards.

Students choose to research a piece of art, music, dance, literature, or food that suitably represents Mexico and create a presentation for the class.

Students practice and refine research skills by visiting the Library of Congress website and conducting a research project.

Through the study of Paul Revere, students learn about primary source documents while researching their family histories, with which they create and compare their family trees.

Using one of Soto's stories, students take part in share stories about their families, describe their street/neighborhood, or compose an acrostic poem using the Acrostic Poems interactive tool.

TeenTober is a nationwide celebration hosted by libraries every October and aims to celebrate teens, promote year-round teen services and the innovative ways teen services helps teens learn new skills, and fuel their passions in and outside the library.

Students identify a students' rights issue and explore the ways in which the Bill of Rights does protect and does not protect students.