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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 5
   Celebrate National Library Week!
   Students learn more about libraries as part of National Library Week.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Great American Inventors: Using Nonfiction to Learn About Technology Inventions
   Who are the people behind the world's greatest inventions? Students read biographies of a terrific trio of American inventors and create presentations that highlight how their inventions from the past impacted the future.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   4 – 8  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 18
   Paul Revere began his famous midnight ride in 1775.
   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.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Searching for Gold: A Collaborative Inquiry Project
   Each small group of students researches one aspect of the same big topic, such as the Gold Rush, and teaches what they have learned to the rest of the class.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 15
   The RMS Titanic sank on this day in 1912.
   Students use the Internet Workshop model to explore web links about the Titanic disaster.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 26
   The Spanish town of Guernica was bombed on this date in 1937.
   After showing students Picasso's Guernica, they are provided with background information, share their impressions, and write about Picasso's purpose in creating the painting.