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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 10  |  Calendar Activity  |  December 19
   Author Eve Bunting was born in Ireland in 1928.
   Students listen to a news article about the LA race riots and then read Smoky Night to discuss how a younger observer might be affected by these events and their perceptions.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 8  |  Student Interactive  |  Writing & Publishing Prose
   Book Cover Creator
   The Book Cover Creator is designed to allow users to type and illustrate front book covers, front and back covers, and full dust jackets. Students can use the tool to create new covers for books that they read as well as to create covers for books they write individually or as a class.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   2 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   Bringing Economic Vocabulary to Life Through Video Posters
   Imagine if vocabulary could come alive with the click of a button! Students create video posters to demonstrate knowledge of new economics vocabulary.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   2 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Captioning the Civil Rights Movement: Reading the Images, Writing the Words
   Teachers guide students to carefully view images from the Civil Rights Movement and write captions that accurately describe the images and/or their probable purposes.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 4
   Celebrate National Library Week!
   Students learn more about libraries as part of National Library Week.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 8  |  Printout  |  Graphic Organizer
   Connection Web
   Students use this printout to expand on connections they have made to a text and use those details to write essays or create projects about the text.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Critical Perspectives: Reading and Writing About Slavery
   Students critically explore the moral issue of slavery through reading fiction and nonfiction children's literature about the Underground Railroad, and they extend their understanding through creative writing projects.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Cultural Connections and Writing for Change
   A little understanding can go a long way. After learning about difficulties that Palestinian youths face, students will write a letter to an official discussing these issues.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Developing Students' Critical Thinking Skills Through Whole-Class Dialogue
   "That's my position and I'm sticking to it!" After reading about the Korean War, students will take a position in response to an open-ended question, support their position, and evaluate that support.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Engaging Students in a Collaborative Exploration of the Gettysburg Address
    In small groups, students closely examine one sentence from the Gettysburg Address and create a multigenre project communicating what they have discovered about the meaning and significance of the text.

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