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Portraits of Character
The Good Samaritan - Joseph Polichio
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, Joseph Polichio saves a man from a beating. After reading the story, use the Thinking Questions to have students discuss in pairs or teams. For example, “Explain why you think no one wanted to stop the fight.” Use the Writing Ideas to have students write and share their writing with teammates or classmates. For example, “Think of a time when you, or someone you know, were a Good Samaritan. Think about the experience and the outcome.” 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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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
Locked Between the Gates - Joe Otero
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, Joe Otero saves six people from a train crash. After reading the story, use the Thinking Questions to have students discuss in pairs or teams. For example, “What lesson could you learn about railroad crossings from this story?” Use the Writing Ideas to have students write and share their writing with teammates or classmates. For example, “Sometimes eagerness can lead to disaster, as it almost did in this story. Write about a time when your eagerness caused you problems. Make sure you state what you learned.” 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
The Feast Is on Him - Daddy Bruce Randolph
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, Daddy Bruce Randolph feeds the hungry. After reading the story, use the Thinking Questions to have students discuss in pairs or teams. For example, “Why do you believe Daddy Bruce wants to give away most of his money before he dies?” Use the Writing Ideas to have students write and share their writing with teammates or classmates. For example, “Suppose you were 75 years old and had a great deal of money. Write a paragraph stating how you would like your money spent before and after your death.” 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.
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Earth's Answers
In one sense, geography is the history of political struggle. Yet under the boundaries and divisions of nations and states lies the earth itself. Suppose the earth could speak–what would it say? In t1
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In one sense, geography is the history of political struggle. Yet under the boundaries and divisions of nations and states lies the earth itself. Suppose the earth could speak–what would it say? In this activity, students ask the earth about landforms, features, ecological health, the cycles of nature, or human use of its resources.
Portraits of Character
Voice from the Heart - Dith Pran
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, Dith Pran frees his friends and rebels. After reading the story, use the Thinking Questions to have students discuss in pairs or teams. For example, “How did Pran and Sydney become friends? What circumstances and interests drew them together?” Use the Writing Ideas to have students write and share their writing with teammates or classmates. For example, “Write about a time when you heard a ‘voice from the heart.’ What did it tell you? How did you respond?” 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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Compare and Contrast
Social Studies is loaded with great topics to compare and contrast. Students can compare and contrast historical events, historical figures, parties, laws and much more. By comparing and contrasting,1
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Social Studies is loaded with great topics to compare and contrast. Students can compare and contrast historical events, historical figures, parties, laws and much more. By comparing and contrasting, students learn about the details of topics being studied and develop strong analytical skills. In this activity, students brainstorm how two things are similar and different and write compare and contrast essays on the topic.
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Halloween Heroics - Mark Seay
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, Mark Seay shields his niece from a bullet. After reading the story, use the Thinking Questions to have students discuss in pairs or teams. For example, “Why might it have been easy for Mark to skip the Halloween party?” Use the Writing Ideas to have students write and share their writing with teammates or classmates. For example, “How do you think Mark’s sister felt about what he did? Imagine you are Mark’s sister. Write Mark a letter and state your feelings about his actions.” Develop students’ character as well as thinking, reading, writing, and discussion skills as students read and reflect on this portrait of character.