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1. 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.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 11
   Alex Haley, author of Roots, was born in 1921.
   Students explore their own roots by interviewing family members and use their family history to write a fictional account of their roots.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  June 12
   Anne Frank received her famous diary in 1942.
   Students learn about eyewitness reports through a lesson that is grade-level appropriate. Then, groups use primary source documents and research an event using eyewitness accounts.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  October 23
   Author Laurie Halse Anderson was born today.
   Laurie Halse Anderson, the New York Times-bestselling author who is known for tackling tough subjects with humor and sensitivity, was born on this day in 1961.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   1 – 6  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 21
   Barbara Park, author of the Junie B. Jones series, was born on this day.
   Students write their own "Junie B." stories, based on the Junie B. Jones series, after brainstorming issues they've experienced during the school year.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 19
   Celebrate National Library Week!
   Students learn more about libraries as part of National Library Week.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  March 31
   César Chávez was born on this day in 1927.
   Students work in small groups to research a civil rights leader and do a creative writing piece, followed by a short story, with their group.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 23
   Diarist Samuel Pepys was born.
   Students write diary entries and revisit the entries as if it were a hundred years from now. Students then brainstorm and write paragraphs about life in the 21st century.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  September 30
   Elie Wiesel was born on September 30, 1928.
   Students compare and contrast two views of the Holocaust from different authors. Students may also research stories of other survivors who may or may not be published and create a presentation on this survivor.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  January 24
    Gold was discovered in California in 1848.
    Students read letters from the Gold Rush and follow up by writing an imaginary letter to a family member about their experience using the Letter Generator.

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