3rd grade civics Common Core RL.K.1 resources

Vision of Beauty Lesson The Life of Madame C.J. Walker Women's History Month

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Vision of Beauty: The Story of Sarah Breedlove Walker by Kathryn Lasky is an ideal text for celebrating African American History month and teaching entrepreneurship. This is an original lesson plan on the life of Madame C.J. Walker, who defied the odds, and in spite of growing up poor and orphaned, became the first African American woman millionaire, civil rights supporter/activist, philanthropist, and an extremely successful entrepreneur. Madame C.J. Walker's life was hard, but she overcame it

Subjects:

Black History Month, Civics, Women's History Month

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Activities, Guided Reading Books, Centers

CCSS:

RL.K.1

, RL.K.2

, RL.K.3

, RL.K.10

, CCRA.R.1

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Reading Response - Grace For President - Distance Learning

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Jessica Shea

This is a google document designed for students to respond to the book Grace for President by Kelly DiPucchio. It is a great end to a literature-based social studies lesson on the US election process. You can have each student write their own response, or share your screen on a video conference and answer the questions as a class.Students will:recall the events of the story and the actions of particular characterscompare how two characters use different strategies to campaign for class president

Subjects:

Civics, English Language Arts, Presidents' Day

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Worksheets

CCSS:

RL.K.1

, RL.K.3

, RL.1.1

, RL.1.2

, RL.1.3