Grade(s): 6, 7, 8
Subject(s): Social Studies
Year: 2011
Lesson
Grades: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
In this lesson, students will learn the history of this group of patriotic, but little-known African American soldiers that were organized in the mid-1800s, right after the Civil War. Two different...
Lesson
Grades: 8
In Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe, Cricket uses a doogaloo to open the treasure box. Doogaloos, also known as scrip, were coins created to be used as currency in some mill towns. Students will use...
Lesson
Grades: 8
Mark Catesby explored the British colonies of North America beginning in 1712 during a visit to his sister in Virginia. Fascinated by the plants and animals that inhabited a landscape filled with both...