Pioneers (Exploring History Through Primary Sources) @ Teacher Created Materials
Pioneers (Exploring History Through Primary Sources)
Use original documents and photographs as well as letters, maps, cartoons, and posters to help students explore the past. Primary sources provide unique insight into the lives of people in different time periods. Each kit includes: 16 photographs and primary source documents--photo cards with background information, discussion questions, and suggested activities printed on the back; CD with photographs, other primary sources student activity sheets, and extension activities; and 80 page Teacher's Guide including lesson plans, background information, a wide variety of student activities, and a document-based assessment section to help students prepare for essays found on many standardized tests. Each kit also meets the NCSS standards for primary source documents. Photographs: Cowboys along the Chisholm Trail; Pioneer children in front of their school; Man panning for gold during the gold rush; Pile of bison bones; View inside a covered wagon; Portraits of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark; American Indian camp; and Log cabin being built. Other: Johnnycake recipe card; Mormon trail map; Donner Party diary entry from Patrick Breen; Homestead Act poster; Lewis and ClarkÕs American Indian Friendship Medal; Map of the trail of Lewis and Clark; Title page from a book about life on the Santa Fe Trail; and Oregon Trail quilt. This series has received the 2003 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers EdPress. Manufacturer: Teacher Created Materials SKU: 3942 Category: Primary Sources
More Brain Puzzlers
Provide students with these thinking games and activities to serve as a basis for lifelong learning and problem-solving. The brain warm-ups, workouts, and challenges help kids build skills in math, word activities, writing, and creative thinking. Manufacturer: Teacher Created Materials SKU: 3355 Category: Books
Vietnam Conflict (Exploring History Through Primary Sources)
Use original documents and photographs as well as letters, maps, cartoons, and posters to help students explore the past. Primary sources provide unique insight into the lives of people in different time periods. Each kit includes: 16 photographs and primary source documents--photo cards with background information, discussion questions, and suggested activities printed on the back; CD with photographs, other primary sources student activity sheets, and extension activities; and 80 page Teacher's Guide including lesson plans, background information, a wide variety of student activities, and a document-based assessment section to help students prepare for essays found on many standardized tests. Each kit also meets the NCSS standards for primary source documents. Photographs: Smoke over Saigon during the Tet Offensive; Ho Chi Minh; Lyndon Johnson and Robert McNamara; 7th Cavalry Division in the field; Vietnam Veterans Memorial; Anti-war protest at Kent State University; Demonstrators at the 1968 Democratic National Convention; Joan Baez protest concert. Other items: POW/MIA symbol; Pocket card for U.S. personnel in Vietnam; Gulf of Tonkin Resolution; North Vietnamese flyer promoting protest; Letter from a Vietnamese immigrant; Stars & Stripes article about My Lai; Selective Service draft card; Stars & Stripes Map of Vietnam. This series has received the 2003 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers EdPress. Manufacturer: Teacher Created Materials SKU: 8125 Category: Primary Sources
Daily Editing Practice
Daily Editing Practice presents an effective, standards-based approach to basic language skills. It helps young students become confident, capable writers by providing the following: guidelines for capitalization, punctuation, and grammar sentences that allow students to practice editing and handwriting unit and cumulative assessments for checking students' progress and determining their needs Manufacturer: Teacher Created Materials SKU: 3221 Category: Books
Westward Expansion (Exploring History)
Witness the effect of the Land Act of 1785 by becoming a wagon train of pioneer families on the Oregon Trail. Create "Free Homestead" posters. Write short stories that reflect young adults' reactions to the frontier's challenges. Debate issues related to the Westward Expansion. The bonus items are Family Profile Cards and a 34" x 22" full-color map of the Oregon Trail. Manufacturer: Teacher Created Materials SKU: 2659 Category: Exploring History
