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1st New Moon Feb 7 08 |
February 18, 2008 |
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Some great quotes by Martin Luther King that can be used by all levels. |
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An outstanding collection of lesson plans for all grade levels. |
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This site suitable for primary students shows the life of Dr. Martin Luther King through student drawings. |
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This is an outstanding language arts activity for the Martin Luther King holiday. It is suitable for the primary level. |
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This is an article from Family Education Website that has interesting ideas on how to celebrate this holiday with children at elementary and primary levels. |
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This wreath symbolizes cultural unity. Primary level |
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This is a set of intriguing lessons for K-4 about this holiday and what it means to each of us. Elementary and primary levels. |
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Do some research to discover the main points in Dr. King's life. Take notes on index cards and set them up on a clothesline. |
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This is set up for grades 2-3. |
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This is a printable cut and color book about Dr. King. Primary level |
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A lesson suitable for middle school students spotlights the importance of non-violence and Dr. King's example of this. |
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A lesson developed for primary grades, it stresses the importance of King. |
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A series of lessons for 4-9 graders on about Martin Luther King. |
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Let Freedom Ring: The Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King |
A Middle School student appropriate lesson on Martin Luther King. |
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A set of primary and elementary lessons about Dr. King Holiday. |
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This site contains lessons about Martin Luther King ---from art and crafts to language to history. This site is appropriate for all levels. |
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Put together some Lunar New Year puzzles like Chinese lanterns, Chinese New Year decorations, and Dragon Dance |
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Play an outstanding series of games to learn about Chinese New Year |
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This is the most outstanding web page about the subject. It is written simply and covers all aspects of the subject. This has links to all signs, as well as food, arts and crafts and resources |
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This site contains interesting information about the Lunar New Year Festival in San Francisco such as the parade history, related stories and traditions, and several online activities. For 2008, the festival runs from February 2nd to February 24. |
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This site contains an excellent set of photographs of the Tet celebration in Canada. |
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A lesson plan for grades 3 and 4 about Tet |
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This site shows a series of photographs of the celebration of Tet in Vietnam. |
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There is some good information and lesson ideas at this web site---Diwali, Chinese New Year, Jewish New Year, Tet, Japanese New Year. |
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This site contains neat directions and pattern for making the puppet. |
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This is an excellent article about the sequence of events of TET. |
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This is an interesting lesson plan. |
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This site contains a set of lesson plans for all grade levels and all subjects. |
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Shows how a second grade class made an Abraham Lincoln Web page. |
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A lesson to use in Kindergarten using Just Like Abraham Lincoln by Bernard Weber |
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President Lincoln: President and Leader During the Civil War |
This was designed to be a first grade lesson about the importance of Abraham Lincoln. It does support standards in all primary grades. |
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A series of lessons about the life and times of Abraham Lincoln---with emphasis on his relationship to the Civil War. The activities support standards in eighth grade. |
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This webquest is suitable for elementary students. It compares George Washington to Abraham Lincoln. |
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This is an excellent Presidents’ Day site for primary students. It has teacher activities, additional links, and literature about both presidents. |
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This is a teacher designed project about the presidents carved into Mt. Rushmore. It supports standards in both second and third grades. |
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This is a slick lesson about George Washington suitable for kindergarten or first grade. This teacher designed page provides a power point presentation which has audio, visual, and textual components. Outstanding. One slide----location in the United States---would have to be changed for Don Callejon’s location. This would be easy to do since the power point presentation can be saved to a local hard disc and changed to make it appropriate to our site. |
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The Right Stuff What Qualified George Washington to be President |
This is a great activity for grades 5-8. It supports standards in all those grades. Brainstorm what characteristics a person needs to be president, read a short biography of George Washington and decide which of those characteristics he possessed. Go on to compare and contrast the changing needs of the presidency between George’s time and now. One could also use one of the biographies of Abraham Lincoln to include him in this project. |
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Updated August 19, 2009