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Memorial Day Lesson Plans
In honor of Memorial Day in May, we've added new lesson plans that feature titles with a focus on patriotism, democracy, and various events in American history.
Accessible audio versions of these titles are available from RFB&D
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Grades:
K-2
Subject:
Reading and Language Arts
Title:
Descriptions and Details in O, Say Can You See? by Sheila Keenan
Theme:
Using Details to Describe a Symbol
Duration:
45 minute class session
Grades:
3-5
Subject:
Reading and Language Arts
Title:
Sequencing in Abigail’s Drum by John A. Minahan
Theme:
Sequencing
Duration:
45 minute class session
Title:
Using Fort Life by Bobbie Kalman and David Schimpky to Create Cinquain Poetry
Theme:
Revolutionary War
Duration:
45 minute class session
Title:
Writing Letters with Grasshopper Summer by Ann Turner
Theme:
Civil War
Duration:
45 minute class session
Title:
Descriptions in What’s the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? by Jean Fritz
Theme:
Creating “What am I?” Postcards for Vocabulary Words
Duration:
45 minute class session
Title:
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Theme:
Listening and Speaking
Duration:
50 minute class session
Subject:
Social Studies
Title:
Using Fort Life by Bobbie Kalman and David Schimpky to Create Cinquain Poetry
Theme:
Revolutionary War
Duration:
45 minute class session
Grades:
6-8
Subject:
Reading and Language Arts
Title:
Creative Writing Using The Riddle of Penncroft Farm by Dorothea Jensen
Theme:
Revolutionary War and Creative Writing
Duration:
Two 45 minute class sessions
Title:
Making Connections in The River Between Us by Richard Peck
Theme:
Civil War
Duration:
45 minute class session
Subject:
Social Studies
Title:
Comparing and Contrasting Events in Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
Theme:
Civil War
Duration:
45 minute class session
Title:
Creating a Time Capsule with My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
Theme:
Revolutionary War
Duration:
Three 45 minute class sessions
Grades:
9-12
Subject:
Social Studies
Title:
1776 by David McCullough: What Caused the Rebel Victory at the Siege of Boston
Theme:
Analyzing the Complexity of Cause and Effect
Duration:
2 class periods