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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  November 1
   Celebrate National Family Literacy Day!
   Parents, grandparents, and other family members are invited to the classroom for a family-school reading day.
2. Professional Development | Grades   K – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Position Statement
   Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education
   This document is a code of best practices that helps educators using media literacy concepts and techniques to interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Developing Story Structure With Paper-Bag Skits
   Lights, camera, action, and a bit of mystery! In this lesson, students use mystery props in a skit bag to create and perform in short, impromptu skits.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  November 5
   Susan B. Anthony voted on this date in 1872, leading to her arrest.
   After assigning special privileges to an arbitrarily designated group, students write about how they felt during the simulation and consider what they might be willing to do to change an unjust law.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Tell and Show: Writing With Words and Video
   Writers and film buffs alike will sharpen their skills in this multimedia unit as they work together to author and design a digital video.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  November 26
   The United States celebrates Thanksgiving Day today.
   On this day, instead of teaching about a single day of Thanksgiving, use this as an opportunity to the concept of giving thanks.