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1. 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.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  June 19
   Celebrate Juneteenth!
   Students use the Venn Diagram to compare Juneteenth celebrations to Fourth of July celebrations and hypothesize about the differences.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  June 7
   Celebrate Louise Erdrich's birthday today.
   Students watch a short video about Erdrich's love of books and write their own memory piece.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   1 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  June 21
   Celebrate the first day of summer with summer reading.
   Families are invited to a June literacy fair to end the school year and get students on the right track for the summer.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  June 1
   CNN debuted as the first television news network in 1980.
   Students brainstorm a list of modern news sources and from previous centuries. Groups then research one of these sources and create a timeline showing the evolution of news.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  June 8
   Commercial ice cream is first sold in the U.S. in 1786.
   After finding advertisements from the past, students evaluate them and discuss how ads have changed over the years. Students then create an advertisement for a new flavor of ice cream.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  June 28
   Esther Forbes, author of Johnny Tremain, was born in 1891.
   Students explore the genre of historical fiction by writing original works and comparing all of the finished pieces.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  June 27
   Helen Keller was born in 1880.
   In the spirit of Helen Keller, students explore the American Sign Language Browser from Michigan State University and try using a few signs.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  June 3
   Jesse James robs the Obocock Bank in 1871.
   Students listen to folksongs and related information about Jesse James, and then research James' life and write new folk songs about James or another famous outlaw.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  June 14
    June 14 is Flag Day in the U.S.
    Students consider how America, Americans, and the flag are represented in different patriotic songs and hypothesize about the reasons for their differences.

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