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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.

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
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