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Animal Adaptations Lessons, Printables, & Activities Highlights Videos Interested in using different types of media in your classroom? We have a growing collection of videos, with related activities, for holidays and events, including: Thanksgiving, slavery & the Civil War, American History, U.S. Presidents, handwashing awareness, the Common Core, women's history, Memorial Day, the American Revolution, and the environment. Enjoy! Teach the First Amendment Help Tomorrow’s Citizens Find Their Voice. Teach the First Amendment. The most basic liberties guaranteed to Americans — embodied in the 45 words of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution — assure Americans a government that is responsible to its citizens and responsive to their wishes.
Cylinder Recordings Early Recording Artists Recording Artists Visit this Cyberbee researched page to learn more about early artists who recorded for the major record comapnies like Edison, Columbia, and Victor. Classroom Resources This lesson explores the debate about whether public schools, which typically close on major Christian and Jewish holidays, should also shutter for important celebrations in other faiths. This debate is relevant in many cities, districts and states. The activities ask students to think critically about the question and identify multiple points of view before forming their own opinions and proposing possible solutions and/or compromises.
Your Sky by John Walker Welcome to Your Sky, the interactive planetarium of the Web. You can produce maps in the forms described below for any time and date, viewpoint, and observing location. Creating a Culturally Responsive Classroom Julia Thompson, a practicing teacher for more than 35 years, considers what it means to have a culturally responsive classroom and the steps necessary to create one. Adapted from the 3rd edition of her book The First-Year Teacher’s Survival Guide. by Julia G. Thompson In the early years of the 21st century, we are constantly and unconsciously bombarded with messages from the various societies that surround us.
Mars to Get Closer than Ever in Recorded History in 2003 Mars is the fourth planet from the sun. Befitting the red planet's bloody color, the Romans named it after their god of war. The Romans copied the ancient Greeks, who also named the planet after their god of war, Ares. Other civilizations also typically gave the planet names based on its color — for example, the Egyptians named it "Her Desher," meaning "the red one," while ancient Chinese astronomers dubbed it "the fire star."
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