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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   1 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  October 17
   Black Poetry Day is celebrated.
   Books and webpages are gathered that focus on the work of African American poets and students explore the resources and find a poem to contribute to a poetry reading.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  October 28
   Dr. Jonas Salk, who developed the polio vaccine, was born in 1914.
   After learning about Dr. Salk, students interview a family member or someone they know who remembers the polio epidemic.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Giving Voice to Students Through "This I Believe" Podcasts
   Students write and record their own essays for a class blog by first completing a series of activities designed to get them thinking and writing about their experiences.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Myth and Truth: The Gettysburg Address
   By exploring myths and truths surrounding Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, students think critically about commonly believed stories regarding this famous speech from the Civil War era.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Teaching the Epic through Ghost Stories
   In this lesson, students connect to the oral tradition of epic storytellers by sharing their own oral tales of ghosts and goblins and monsters.