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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  November 19
   Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address in 1863.
   Students practice the Pre-AP strategy called SOAPSTone, identifying important parts of the Gettysburg Address and comparing it with John F. Kennedy's inaugural speech.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  November 9
   Kristallnacht occurred in 1938.
   To help understand the thinking of German leaders during the Holocaust, students write about a time when they failed to come to the assistance of someone who needed help.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  November 5
   Susan B. Anthony voted on this date in 1872, leading to her arrest.
   After assigning special privileges to an arbitrarily designated group, students write about how they felt during the simulation and consider what they might be willing to do to change an unjust law.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  November 15
   The Lewis and Clark Expedition reached the Pacific Ocean in 1805.
   Students look at Kenneth Holder's paintings of the Lewis and Clark trail and transform their notes into a descriptive paragraph as if they were a member of the expedition.