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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  December 25
   A Christmas Carol was the first book transmitted over radio!
   Students write a script for A Christmas Carol on a level that primary students can read and perform. Older students record the performance and create a website to showcase photographs.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 20
   Actor Sidney Poitier was born in 1924.
   Students do a journal entry about barriers that have been broken,such as age, race, and gender, that might impede them in the future, and how they can break through those barriers.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 11
   Alex Haley, author of Roots, was born in 1921.
   Students explore their own roots by interviewing family members and use their family history to write a fictional account of their roots.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  June 12
   Anne Frank received her famous diary in 1942.
   Students learn about eyewitness reports through a lesson that is grade-level appropriate. Then, groups use primary source documents and research an event using eyewitness accounts.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 1
   April is National Poetry Month!
   Students are assigned to be "poets of the day" and are provided several models to create, illustrate, and present their different poems to the class.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 10  |  Calendar Activity  |  October 25
   Artist Pablo Picasso was born on this day in 1881.
   Students view a Picasso piece, write their impressions, and share. Students can create their own Picasso-style art using the interactive Picassohead.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 10  |  Calendar Activity  |  December 19
   Author Eve Bunting was born in Ireland in 1928.
   Students listen to a news article about the LA race riots and then read Smoky Night to discuss how a younger observer might be affected by these events and their perceptions.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 28
   Author Lois Duncan was born on this date in 1934.
   Mysteries are shared with students for them to solve and brainstorm the attributes of a good mystery. Small groups then compose short mysteries using the Mystery Cube.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  December 23
   Avi was born in 1937.
   After reading Nothing But the Truth, students explore a current event topic and write their own short work of fiction in a similar multigenre format.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  December 15
    Bill of Rights Day is observed.
    Students identify a students' rights issue and explore the ways in which the Bill of Rights does protect and does not protect students.

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