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Presidents' Day lessons for Easel
Mount Rushmore Presidents Day STEM Activity Engineering US History
Engage Students in Learning About Famous Presidents and Mount Rushmore with STEM!Students love learning about Mount Rushmore, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln by completing this STEM challenge! Video links are included to teach students about the history of Mount Rushmore as well as mini biographies of each of the presidents. Designing and building a model of Mount Rushmore helps solidify the lesson in a hands-on way!This activity helps students develo
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1st - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Also included in: February STEM Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
Voter Registration Card- Election
Show students the importance of registering to vote by giving them a voter registration card to complete. This is a quick activity that will go along with any election packet that you have. The children will love to fill out this card and will help them understand the voting process. You could have the children role play going to a poll and filling out one of these cards. You could have the children draw a picture of themselves or use an actual photo. The children will have a cute memento t
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1st - 4th
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Presidents Day Activity: Uncle Sam Hat Game, Art Sub Plan, & Writing Prompts
Need no prep, President’s Day art projects? Imagine these Uncle Sam top hat drawings in your hallway with a writing prompt. The step by step drawing tutorial and PowerPoint also makes perfect emergency art sub plans for elementary art and general ed teachers. A fun roll a dice game, ‘you pick’ worksheet, and digital spinners helps kids choose patterns. And, boost their confidence and creativity. And, it’ll help cash-strapped teachers like you plan President’s Day art lessons using only markers.
Grades:
3rd - 6th
John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address Analysis (Printable AND Digital)
Use this graphic organizer and set of analysis questions to help your students appreciate the rhetorical devices used in JFK's famed inaugural speech to the nation.Review terms such as rhetorical question, repetition, metaphor, juxtaposition, chiasmus, personification, and parallelism. This speech is even more powerful when students are able to hear the speech directly from Kennedy. Video and audio recordings of the speech can be found via a quick YouTube or Google search.
Grades:
8th - 11th
Also included in: Great Speeches: Rhetorical Analysis Collection (Growing Bundle)
Abe's Honest Words: Text-Dependent Questions and More!
Celebrate the life and accomplishments of Abraham Lincoln with a more in-depth approach for older students. This read aloud and the contents of this product are best suited to Grades 2-3 or as a mentor text for Grades 3-5. Use your copy of “Abe’s Honest Words” by Doreen Rappaport and our Common Core aligned text-dependent questions to help students learn the CCSS for Informational text 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7. Model close reading as you demonstrate returning to the text for the answers. Then have s
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2nd - 5th
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Fly Guy Presents The White House: Text-Dependent Questions and More!
**This Max Learner Book Detective product may be purchased in a BUNDLE at a discounted price at Fly Guy Presents Bundle**
Fly Guy’s field trip to The White House inspires another Tedd Arnold info-packed text for young learners! Use our high-quality text-dependent questions, close reading worksheet, and “White House Notebook” drawing and writing activities with your copy of “Fly Guy Presents: The White House” to help you teach close reading, Common Core State Standards RI 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7, fact
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: Fly Guy Presents BUNDLE
Presidents' Day Delight: Engaging Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Activitie
Dive into the rich history of Presidents' Day with this comprehensive and engaging resource! Our "Presidents' Day Delight" activity pack is designed to enhance reading comprehension and vocabulary skills in an exciting and educational manner. Explore captivating and interesting facts about President's Day history while mastering key vocabulary associated with this significant national holiday. Perfect for elementary school students, these thoughtfully crafted activities will not only deepen thei
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PreK - 2nd
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If I Were President: Craftivity and Writing
If you LOVE teaching about President's Day and want a fun and cute craftivity to hang in your hallway...check out this resource! Your students will be engaged in a fun and purposeful narrative writing craftivity about being a president. This resource includes a lesson plan with mentor text, materials and directions, vocabulary cards, writing templates and a white house topper. Hope you enjoy it! This resource includes:A lesson plan with mentor text, materials, directions and question stemsVocabu
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K - 2nd
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Abe Lincoln's Hat: Text-Dependent Questions and more!
One of our nation’s greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln, started out as an absent-minded frontier lawyer who had to store his important papers in his hat! This delightful fact is just the beginning of the popular read-aloud, “Abe Lincoln’s Hat,” by Martha Brenner. Other facts from Lincoln’s life are retold in the story with delightful illustrations, and then—surprise---actual photographs reinforce the fact that this is a work of non-fiction.
What a great resource for teaching the Common Cor
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1st - 2nd
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Thomas Jefferson | Founding Father | Research Project for Google Classroom™
Your students will love learning about Thomas Jefferson - one of the Founding Fathers of America - with this fun research project. Scaffolded notes support students through the research process from start to finish. Simply share the kid-friendly Reference Website created for this project with your students and use the scoring guide to grade their work quickly. Print and digital options make this resource PERFECT for any teaching situation! Tired of looking for kid-friendly, ad-free websites your
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Also included in: Founding Fathers of America | Social Studies Research Project BUNDLE
Watergate Scandal DBQ
DBQ packet for Watergate Scandal. Does not have an essay component. Contains hook exercise, background story, and four documents. Includes a group activity component: document analysis sheet, with four job titles, with job descriptions to hand out to students. Instructions are included to help alleviate planning time.
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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George Washington | Founding Father | Research Project for Google Classroom™
Your students will love learning about George Washington - one of the Founding Fathers of America - with this fun research project. Scaffolded notes support students through the research process from start to finish. Simply share the kid-friendly Reference Website created for this project with your students and use the scoring guide to grade their work quickly. Print and digital options make this resource PERFECT for any teaching situation! Tired of looking for kid-friendly, ad-free websites you
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Also included in: Founding Fathers of America | Social Studies Research Project BUNDLE
Barack Obama Worksheet
This worksheet is age-appropriate for secondary learners. The worksheet contains a one-page biography of Barack Obama along with four short answer questions which promote students to think and extend the text.For my Martin Luther King Jr. worksheet click here.For my Rosa Parks worksheet click here.For my Jackie Robinson worksheet click here.For my Frederick Douglass worksheet click here.
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9th - 12th
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Young Abraham Lincoln: Text-Dependent Questions and more!
Pair your copy of “Character Counts: Young Abraham Lincoln (The Pillar of Citizenship)” by Andrew Woods, with our text-dependent questions and Close Reading study sheet to teach Common Core standards for informational text RI 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8 and 9. Then, using the study sheet, help students write an informational or an opinion paragraph about Lincoln using our paragraph scaffold and thematic publication page.Included in this packet:• Text-dependent question (TDQ) card• Close Reading worksheet•
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1st - 2nd
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Hugh S. History Show: A Readers Theater Featuring George Washington
Product DescriptionBring the past to life in your classroom with this engaging Readers Theater which has students participate in a mock talk show featuring guest star, George Washington. More About Hugh S. History ShowsThese lively and fun plays:· are written for grades 4-8· introduce different topics and important figures throughout American History · require no prep work· can be read in 15-20 minutes· engage even reluctant readers with the easy-to-follow dialogue· allow everyone in your classr
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3rd - 6th
George Washington, Our First President: Text-Dependent Questions and More!
George Washington, Our First President, by Garnet Jackson is a great read-aloud for teaching young learners the Common Core State Standards for Reading Informational text 1, 2, 3, and 8 and Writing Standards 1.0 and 2.0. Our text-dependent questions help you model close reading as you return to the text to show how the author supports his main idea that Washington was a great leader. Our Close Reading Fact Sheet directs students back into the text with specific page references so they can find
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1st - 2nd
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Young George Washington: Text-Dependent Questions and More!
It’s fun and easy to teach the Common Core State Standards for Reading Informational text 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5 using your copy of “Character Counts: Young George Washington (The Pillar of Trustworthiness)” by Andrew Woods and our text-dependent questions. Our TDQs help you model close reading, and the answers to the questions are included for your reference to make it easy to lead the discussion. Enhance your lesson with our Close Reading worksheet. Reviewing the book will help your students reme
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1st - 2nd
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If I Were President. Writing. Speaking. Organizers. Video. PPTx. Grammar. ELA.
Many activities for getting students politically thinking and involved in the political process - they imagine what they'd do if they were president. 1. PPTx to introduce the topic with examples. Click the icon on the cover page. 2. Organizers. Students complete prompts and then share answers with the class - what they'd do as President. 3. Writing templates. 4. Kid President speech (video - click the icon to play) with transcript. 5. Quiz. Students choose their best response and compare their p
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
February Funday Puzzle: Presidents' Day | Middle School Mixed Review
This puzzle focuses on the dates that five U.S. Presidents were elected. The skills in this warm-up activity involve percents, fractions, integers, and division of whole numbers. Please see the COMPLETE preview.Your printable/digital PDF download includes:1-page printable Student Puzzle, also prepped for Easel4 pages of Teacher Notes including step-by-step solutions1 page Intervention Strategy: Modified Division AlgorithmAll Math History-Mystery Puzzles connect mathematics to history, inspiratio
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6th - 8th
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Presidents' Day Activities
These print and go Presidents’ Day activities will help keep your students engaged as they learn the facts behind this holiday! Your students will read the history behind the holiday and fill out an application to become the next president of the United States! These activities will cover social studies, reading, and writing standards.
What’s Included?
1. Teacher Instruction Page
2. What is Presidents’ Day? Non-fiction Article.
- 3 different articles are included. They each cover the s
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1st - 2nd
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U.S. First Ladies Trivia- Full Version
Looking for a fun trivia game to engage students? This trivia game is intended to teach students fun facts about our First Ladies in history. This product will prompt meaningful discussions as students answer and discuss a variety of questions. You probably will not know the answers to anywhere near all of the answers on the following slides, so relax and just be prepared to learn about America’s First Ladies. This FUN fact trivia game can be used to get students up and moving while learning
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4th - 9th, Adult Education
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A Picture Book of George Washington: Text-Dependent Questions and more!
Our text-dependent questions for “A Picture Book of George Washington,” by David A. Adler are designed to help you teach the Common Core State Standards for Reading Informational text 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, and 8, and they will help you model close reading as you demonstrate returning to the text for answers. Get “the Max” out of your read aloud time with our Close Reading study sheet which also reinforces the page numbers in the text where answers can be found. Extend your lesson with our writing acti
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1st - 2nd
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A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln: Text-Dependent Questions and more!
Pair the read aloud “A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln,” by David A. Adler, with our text-dependent questions to help students learn the Common Core State Standards for Informational text 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8. Model close reading as you demonstrate returning to the text for the answers. Extend your lesson with our Close Reading fact sheet, then use it as a scaffold for writing an informational paragraph, satisfying the CCSS for Writing, 2.0. Close reading is fun for everyone with Max Learner!
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1st - 2nd
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President's Day Lesson Activity
In this President's Day Lesson, Students Will: Read about President's Day in a Close Read Activity. Answer Comprehension Questions. Complete an 'If I Were President' Creative Writing Page.Create a Presidential Schedule. Suggested President's Day picture books chart is also included.Please don't forget to leave feedback to let me know how you are enjoying and using my resources, and to earn TpT credits that can be used for future purchases. :)This Mini Thematic Unit is also included in:Winter Th
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2nd - 4th
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