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Important American Leaders, Activists, Groundbreakers Biography Cards Activity

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5th - 11th, Homeschool
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45 pages
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Want to investigate Important American Leaders or Activists? Looking for a great way to introduce diversity in your classroom? Hoping to find a resource that can be used over and over to introduce Significant American Leaders?

This 45 page activity set includes everything you need to allow your students to learn about or investigate Important American Leaders, Activists, and Ground-breakers from every time period, every genre, and every topic area.

Resource Includes

Biography Cards on 33 American Leaders, Activists and Groundbreakers

Topic Cards to divide people into groups or Centers

Activity Sheets to be used in a variety of ways

Student Handouts that are varying for different ability levels or assignments

Project Options

Implementation Options and more!

Use this one set over and over again to cover everything on Important Americans during special holidays or any time in the year! So many possibilities with this set!

Biographies Covered

Martin Luther King Jr., Cesar Chavez, Gloria Steinem, Jesse Owens, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Jackie Robinson, Louis Armstrong, Billie Jean King, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Julia Gordon Low, Geraldine Ferraro, Oprah Winfrey, Amelia Earhart, Barbara Walters, Teddy Roosevelt, Sally Ride, Ben Franklin, Bill Gates, George Washington, Eleanor Roosevelt, Chief Joseph, Thurgood Marshall, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, George Washington Carver, Clara Barton, Jimmy Carter, Rosa Parks, Tiger Woods, Jim Thorpe, Neil Armstrong, and Jacob Riis.

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Total Pages
45 pages
Answer Key
Does not apply
Teaching Duration
90 minutes
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Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
Analyze the relationship between a primary and secondary source on the same topic.
Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of the information.
Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text.

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