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Rosa's Bus

Bucks, Robert
  • Activity
  • Pre K-2
  • English/Language Arts, History
  • Common Core
  • Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights, Equality, Jim Crow Laws, Martin Luther King, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Rosa Parks, Segregation
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Rose's Journal

Beckstrom, Kim
  • Activity
  • 3-5
  • English/Language Arts, History
  • Common Core
  • Child Labor, Children, Great Depression, Journal, Labor, Mill, Rose
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Rudy Rides The Rails A Depression Era Story

Scumaci, Mary Beth
  • Activity
  • 6-8
  • English/Language Arts, History
  • Common Core
  • Children, Dreams, Family, Great Depression, Migrant, Migrate, Riding the Rails, Rudy, Survival
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Scavenger Hunt Activity

TPS
  • PD Plan
  • 6-8
  • English/Language Arts, History
  • Common Core
  • Resource Manual, Inquiry, Poster, Analyze, Scavenger Hunt
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Scavenging For Information

Daquila, Michael
  • PD Plan
  • 6-8
  • Arts and Music, English/Language Arts, History
  • ISTE Standards
  • Direct Learning, Johnstown, North America, Scavenger, Scavenging, Washington D.C.
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Scene Investigation: The New Boy, January 1, 1905

TPS
  • Activity
  • 9-12
  • History
  • Common Core, NCSS
  • Magazine, Nankivell, New Year, PSSA, Puck
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Scene Investigation: A Slave Auction at the South

TPS
  • Activity
  • 9-12
  • History
  • NCSS, Common Core
  • Auction, Civil War, Davis, Drawing, Harper's Weekly, New York, PSSA, Slavery
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Scene Investigation: The New Boy, January 1, 1905

Wilson, Zachary
  • Lesson Plan
  • 9-12
  • History
  • NCSS
  • Civil War, Culture, Economy, Election, Geography, Lincoln, North, Political Cartoon, Slavery, South, States Rights
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Science Primary Source Lessons - New Focus

Governors State University
  • External link
  • Curriculum
  • Any Grade
  • History, Science and Technology
  • Lessons, Primary Source, Science
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Scott's Great Snake and Beyond

TPS
  • Activity
  • 9-12
  • History
  • NCSS
  • Abolition, Civil War, Freedom, Lincoln, Point of View, PSSA, Scott, Slavery
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Secret Signs: Along the Underground Railroad

Simatic, Sandy
  • Activity
  • Pre K-2
  • English/Language Arts, History
  • Common Core
  • Abolition, Civil War, Harriet Tubman, Quilts, Signs, Slavery, Underground Railroad
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See, Think, and Wonder: Engaging Young Children in Primary Source Inquiry with the KidCitizen Interactive Webinar

Berson, Ilene; Berson, Michael; Snow, Bert; TPS Eastern Region
  • External link
  • Activity
  • Any Grade
  • Civics and Government, History
  • Civic engagement, Congress, KidCitizen, Webinar
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Segregation and Education

Mitchell, Lakisha
  • Lesson Plan
  • 6-8
  • Civics and Government, English/Language Arts, History
  • MD State
  • Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights, Integration, School, Segregation
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Setting the Stage: Using Visual Literacy and Primary Sources as a Backdrop for Literature

Sabra, Jodi
  • PD Plan
  • 6-8
  • English/Language Arts, History
  • 21st Century Learner
  • African American, Context, Inquiry, Literacy, Segregation, Sharecropper, South, Stripling, Visual
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She's Wearing a Dead Bird on her Head

Thistle, Gay
  • Activity
  • 6-8
  • English/Language Arts, History
  • Common Core
  • Audobon, Bird, Enviornment, Fashion, Migratory, Women's Suffrage
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Shh! We're Writing the Constitution

TPS
  • Activity
  • 3-5
  • English/Language Arts
  • Common Core
  • Constitution, Federalist, Franklin, Government, Hamilton, Jefferson, Madison, Philadelphia, Washington
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Shine Man: A Christmas Story

Rooker, Sarah
  • Activity
  • 6-8
  • English/Language Arts, History
  • Common Core
  • Boxcar, Breadline, Christmas, Great Depression, Hobo, Hooverville, Poverty, Travel
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Silver at Night

Thistle, Gay
  • Activity
  • Pre K-2
  • English/Language Arts, History
  • Common Core
  • Children, Coal, Ellis Island, Immigrants, Night, Pennsylvania, Silver
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Sinking of the Lusitania: Is There a Justifiable Reason to Go to War?

Deal, Larry
  • Lesson Plan
  • 9-12
  • History
  • Common Core, NCSS
  • Archduke, Assassination, Justify, Lusitania, U-Boats, War, World War I, WWI
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Slave Resistance

Oigarga, James
  • Lesson Plan
  • 6-8
  • History
  • Common Core
  • Abolitionist, Freedom, Underground Railroad, Resistance, Slavery
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Soldier's Heart

Mason, Joyce
  • Activity
  • 9-12
  • English/Language Arts, History
  • Common Core
  • Bull Run, Civil War, Conflict, Conscience, Gettysburg, Heart, Soldier, Union, Volunteer
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Starved Rock as an important landmark in Illinois

May, George
  • Primary Source Set
  • Any Grade
  • History
  • Colonial, French, La Salle, Illinois, Indian, Landmark, Legend, Native, Ojibwe, Ottawa, Potawatomi, Tribe
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Statue of Liberty

Kienholz, Shakila; Watt, Brianna; Watts, Renee
  • Unit
  • Pre K-2
  • Cultural Studies, English/Language Arts, History
  • Common Core, PA State
  • Ellis Island, France, Freedom, Immigrant, Immigration, Statue of Liberty, Symbol
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STEMtastic Resources for Inquiry

Taylor, Kellie
  • PD Plan
  • 3-5
  • Math, Science and Technology
  • 21st Century Learner
  • Claim, Evidence, Inquiry, STEM