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- Classroom Resources | Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
And the Question Is... Evaluating the Validity of a Survey
In this lesson, students learn to ask the right questions about the validity of surveys. - Classroom Resources | Grades K – 12 | Calendar Activity |  April 5
Celebrate National Library Week!
Students learn more about libraries as part of National Library Week. - Classroom Resources | Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Unit
Connecting Past and Present: A Local Research Project
In this unit, students become active archivists, gathering photos, artifacts, and stories for a museum exhibit that highlights one decade in their school's history. - Classroom Resources | Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Exploring Cross-Age Tutoring Activities With Lewis and Clark
Interaction and adventure draws high school and elementary school students together as they analyze stories about the Lewis and Clark expedition. - Classroom Resources | Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Exploring Disability Using Multimedia and the B-D-A Reading Strategy
History takes on new dimensions in this interactive multimedia lesson that emphasizes the B-D-A approach to research as students investigate the experiences of people with disabilities since the early 1800s. - Classroom Resources | Grades 3 – 12 | Calendar Activity |  January 24
Gold was discovered in California in 1848.
Students read letters from the Gold Rush and follow up by writing an imaginary letter to a family member about their experience using the Letter Generator. - Classroom Resources | Grades 9 – 12 | Calendar Activity |  February 21
Humorist Erma Bombeck was born in 1927.
Using lines from Bombeck's newspaper column, students identify allusive or satirical humor. Older students can rewrite the passages for a different audience. - Classroom Resources | Grades 7 – 12 | Calendar Activity |  April 9
In 1939, Marian Anderson was denied permission to sing at Constitution Hall.
Students view Eleanor Roosevelt's resignation letter to the DAR in response to Andersen being denied permission to sing. Students write a letter to a newspaper editor about social injustice. - Classroom Resources | Grades 1 – 12 | Calendar Activity |  September 5
In 1952, Paul Fleischman was born on this day.
Some of Fleishman's memories in his essay "My House of Voices" are shared with the class. Students then write a descriptive essay that gives a tour of the voices in their homes, school, etc. - Classroom Resources | Grades 7 – 12 | Calendar Activity |  January 31
Jackie Robinson was born on this day in 1919.
Students read messages sent to the White House from Jackie Robinson and discuss his role as an athlete and a civil rights activist, as well as the role of athletes in society.
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