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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  November 30
   Jonathan Swift was born on this day in 1667.
   Students explore satire and parody in television and film, advertising, and journalism and create a display that highlights their findings.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 8  |  Calendar Activity  |  November 18
   Mickey Mouse appeared in his first animated feature.
   Students create a short, humorous story with at least one action character, and then use online tools to make a flipbook.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  November 28
   Poet William Blake was born in 1757.
   As a class, students brainstorm abstract concepts and personify that concept through a drawing or story told about the character who personifies that concept.
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.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   1 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  November 20
   Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein was published in 1974.
   Students are introduced to a Silverstein verse and asked for their impressions. They then draw that they imagine when they read one of his lines and then write a line or two to continue the passage.