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Speaking with Roles
Make historical characters come alive for your class. In this activity, students are each assigned a historical figure. Students research their historical figures in pairs, write a speech from the ch1
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Make historical characters come alive for your class. In this activity, students are each assigned a historical figure. Students research their historical figures in pairs, write a speech from the character’s perspective and share their speeches with teammates. Students, in role, are interviewed by their teammates.
Portraits of Character
He'll Never Know - Al Keasler
Portraits of Character are easy-to-read stories that are just a few pages long. They feature everyday heroes as well as celebrities. Each story highlights an extraordinary display of character. In th1
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Portraits of Character are easy-to-read stories that are just a few pages long. They feature everyday heroes as well as celebrities. Each story highlights an extraordinary display of character. In this story, Al Keasler pulls his friend from icy water. After reading the story, use the Thinking Questions to have students discuss in pairs or teams. For example, “How did Al and Larry’s hockey game change their lives?” Use the Writing Ideas to have students write and share their writing with teammates or classmates. For example, “Imagine that you are either Al or Larry. Write a journal entry that describes your accident. When you are finished, find a classmate who wrote from the other boy’s point of view. Share your journal entries with each other.” Develop students’ character as well as thinking, reading, writing, and discussion skills as students read and reflect on this portrait of character.
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Historical Correspondence
What might Abraham Lincoln and Sojourner Truth have written to each other? Benito Mussolini and Franklin Delano Roosevelt? Dwight Eisenhower and Anne Frank? Or characters from different times such as1
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What might Abraham Lincoln and Sojourner Truth have written to each other? Benito Mussolini and Franklin Delano Roosevelt? Dwight Eisenhower and Anne Frank? Or characters from different times such as O. J. Simpson and Clarence Darrow? In this activity, students write the correspondence between the historical figures.
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Word Associations
What comes to mind when you hear the word “Democracy?” Words and phrases evoke feelings associated with the topic. In this activity, students write about what they know or how they feel about the top1
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What comes to mind when you hear the word “Democracy?” Words and phrases evoke feelings associated with the topic. In this activity, students write about what they know or how they feel about the topic and share with a partner. This activity can be used as an anticipatory set to assess what students already know or as a culminating review to assess what students have learned.
Portraits of Character
Danger at the Crossing - Marty Kamer
Portraits of Character are easy-to-read stories that are just a few pages long. They feature everyday heroes as well as celebrities. Each story highlights an extraordinary display of character. In th1
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Portraits of Character are easy-to-read stories that are just a few pages long. They feature everyday heroes as well as celebrities. Each story highlights an extraordinary display of character. In this story, Marty Kamer snatches a boy from a train’s path. After reading the story, use the Thinking Questions to have students discuss in pairs or teams. For example, “How do you feel about disobeying a doctor’s orders? When is it okay? When isn’t it?” Use the Writing Ideas to have students write and share their writing with teammates or classmates. For example, “Imagine you are Patrick and are now old enough to know that Marty saved your life when you were four. What would you say to Marty? Write a letter to her.” Develop students’ character as well as thinking, reading, writing, and discussion skills as students read and reflect on this portrait of character.
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Social Studies Skit
Make social studies come alive through skits. In this activity, students work in teams to write and rehearse a skit. Teams perform their skit for the class. Skits create experiential learning for stu1
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Make social studies come alive through skits. In this activity, students work in teams to write and rehearse a skit. Teams perform their skit for the class. Skits create experiential learning for students, activate the bodily/kinesthetic intelligence and are a lot of fun to do.
Portraits of Character
Underwater Rescue - Brian Andrew
Portraits of Character are easy-to-read stories that are just a few pages long. They feature everyday heroes as well as celebrities. Each story highlights an extraordinary display of character. In th1
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Portraits of Character are easy-to-read stories that are just a few pages long. They feature everyday heroes as well as celebrities. Each story highlights an extraordinary display of character. In this story, Brian Andrew rescues a drowning diver. After reading the story, use the Thinking Questions to have students discuss in pairs or teams. For example, “What clues told Brian that the skin diver was in trouble?” Use the Writing Ideas to have students write and share their writing with teammates or classmates. For example, “Of all Brian’s heroic traits, what one trait do you consider to be the most important? Write a paragraph that explains why this trait is the most important.” Develop students’ character as well as thinking, reading, writing, and discussion skills as students read and reflect on this portrait of character.
Portraits of Character
Twice a Hero - Jerry Anderson
Portraits of Character are easy-to-read stories that are just a few pages long. They feature everyday heroes as well as celebrities. Each story highlights an extraordinary display of character. In th1
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Portraits of Character are easy-to-read stories that are just a few pages long. They feature everyday heroes as well as celebrities. Each story highlights an extraordinary display of character. In this story, Jerry Anderson rescues two people from drowning. After reading the story, use the Thinking Questions to have students discuss in pairs or teams. For example, “How did Jerry make an impact off the football field?” Use the Writing Ideas to have students write and share their writing with teammates or classmates. For example, “What kind of tribute would be fitting for Jerry? Plan a tribute for Jerry. Then write a description of that tribute and explain why it would be appropriate for him.” Develop students’ character as well as thinking, reading, writing, and discussion skills as students read and reflect on this portrait of character.
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Birthday Events
Some days are filled with exciting local or world news. Some days are rather ho-hum. Regardless, everyday becomes history when a new day rises. One day is very special to students—their birthday. In1
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Some days are filled with exciting local or world news. Some days are rather ho-hum. Regardless, everyday becomes history when a new day rises. One day is very special to students—their birthday. In this activity, students research the events that occurred on the day of their birth. They write a news broadcast for the events and share it with teammates. Learning about their birthday events makes history personally relevant and gives students a sense of personal history.
Portraits of Character
Changing History - Alfred Antenucci
Portraits of Character are easy-to-read stories that are just a few pages long. They feature everyday heroes as well as celebrities. Each story highlights an extraordinary display of character. In th1
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Portraits of Character are easy-to-read stories that are just a few pages long. They feature everyday heroes as well as celebrities. Each story highlights an extraordinary display of character. In this story, Alfred Antenucci saves President Reagan from a gunman. After reading the story, use the Thinking Questions to have students discuss in pairs or teams. For example, “How and why did Alfred’s plans change during the day?” Use the Writing Ideas to have students write and share their writing with teammates or classmates. For example, “Imagine you are a reporter covering Reagan’s appearance at the convention. You witness what happens outside the hotel. Write your story for your paper’s next edition.” Develop students’ character as well as thinking, reading, writing, and discussion skills as students read and reflect on this portrait of character.