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American Values |
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America
Responds: Classroom Activities Celebrating the American Flag (Grade
1, Unit 3) |
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Celebrating
a Legend in the White House (Grade 2, Unit 5) |
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Debating
the Importance of the Bill of Rights (Grade 5, Unit 7) |
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Stars
and Stripes Forever: A Closer Look at the American Flag (Grade
K, Unit 4) |
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Using
Marcus Pfister’s The Rainbow Fish to Teach Caring and Sharing (Grade
1, Unit 2) |
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Ancient History |
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Make
a Relief Sculpture Frieze (Grade 6, Unit 5) |
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Mayan
Achievements in Time-Recording (Grade 5, Unit 1) |
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The
Emergence and Evolution of Cuneiform in Ancient Mesopotamia (Grade
6, Unit 2) |
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California's History |
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Boom
Town Concerns: Dealing with the Problems of a Gold Rush Town (Grade
4, Unit 3) |
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California
Regions Lesson Plan (Grade 4, Unit 1) |
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Lessons
to Help Celebrate César Chávez Day in the Classroom (Grade
4, Unit 5) |
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Picking
a Site for a California Mission: A Problem-Based Learning Project
for Fourth Graders (Grade 4, Unit 2) |
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The
California State Seal (Grade 3, Unit 5) |
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Using
Census Data to Look at Life in a California Gold Rush Town (Grade
5, Unit 6) |
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Civic Responsibility |
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Can
You Convince Me? Developing Persuasive Writing (Grade 5, Unit
4) |
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Good
Manners Show Respect Lesson Plan (Grade K, Unit 1) |
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Why
Have Rules: A Two-Part Social Studies Lesson (Grade 2, Unit 3) |
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Community |
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Creating
a Community: Using the Book Do Skyscrapers Touch the Sky? (Grade
3, Unit 1) |
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Jobs
at Our School: Creating a Class Book (Grade K, Unit 3) |
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Our
Community: Creating ABC Books as Assessment (Grade K, Unit 2) |
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Diverse Cultures |
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A
Closer Look at Eastern Philosophies (Grade 6, Unit 3) |
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Birthdays
Around the World: A Tele-Collaboration Lesson for First Graders (Grade
1, Unit 6) |
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California
Indian Acorn Culture: Teaching Activities (Grade 3, Unit 2) |
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Religion,
Culture, and Diversity (Grade 6, Unit 4) |
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The
Meaning of Rock Art (Grade 6, Unit 1) |
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Early America |
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Living
Together: Jamestown Colonists and Powhatan Indians (Grade 5,
Unit 2) |
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On
This Day with Lewis and Clark: Tracking the Journey (Grade 5,
Unit 5) |
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Packing
the Pilgrim’s Trunk: Personalizing History in the Elementary
Classroom (Grade K, Unit 5) |
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Passages:
A Unit Based on the Kidnapped Prince: The Life of Olaudah Equiano (Grade
5, Unit 3) |
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Economics |
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A
Lesson in Economics Using Robert McCloskey’s Make Way for Ducklings (Grade
1, Unit 5) |
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Money Facts:
the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s website
includes all kinds of trivia, and important information, about United
States currency (Grade 1, Unit 5) |
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Agriculture
in Your Life: Categorizing Sources of Agricultural Products (Grade
2, Unit 4) |
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Not
Your Grandmother’s Lemonade Stand: A Lesson in Economics (Grade
3, Unit 4) |
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Guidelines for Evaluating Primary
Sources |
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Evaluating
Historical Sources |
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Evaluating
Primary Source Websites |
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When
Analyzing Primary Sources |
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How to Find and Cite Electronic
Sources |
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Library
Research: Finding Primary Sources |
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Teaching
Students How to Cite Electronic Sources |
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Maps/Geography |
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Mapping
Our Worlds: Making Our Own Maps of Places We Know (Grade 1, Unit
1) |
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Planning
a Trip to a National Park after Reading Allen Say’s The Lost
Lake (Grade 2, Unit 2) |
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More Ideas for Using Primary Sources
in the Classroom |
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Integrating
OurDocuments.gov into the Classroom |
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Arts
and Media Basics |
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Medieval
Sourcebook: Why Study History through Primary Sources? |
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Physical Links to the Past |
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Autobiography
through Objects: The Life and Music of Celia Cruz (Grade 1, Unit
4) |
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Examining
Photographs for Historical Clues (Grade 3, Unit 3) |
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Learning
about the Great Depression through Letters Children Wrote to
Eleanor
Roosevelt (Grade 4, Unit 4) |
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My
Piece of History: What Old Things Can Teach Me about My Past (Grade
2, Unit 1) |
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