Teachers can help students understand the election process (and get involved!) with these quick, easy, and engaging activities that teach about how we elect our leaders; the presidency; the rights and responsibilities of voting; the differences between local, state, and national government; and more. Includes a read-and-write mini-book, election time line, polling and graphing activities, poems, literature links, computer connections, and a BIG, colorful poster! For use with Grades 1-3

For months, six-year-old Ruby Bridges must confront the hostility of segregationists when she becomes the first African-American girl to integrate Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in 1960

The field trip to the planetarium is foiled when the museum turns out to be closed, but Ms. Frizzle saves the day. The Magic School Bus turns into a spaceship and takes the class on a trip zooming through the atmosphere, to the Moon, and beyond! With up-to-date facts about the solar system, revised for this edition

Help children make a personal connection with this harvest holiday and learn about its history! Teach about the Pilgrims, the Mayflower, and the First Thanksgiving with the Sail on the Mayflower board game, Thanksgiving Memories Mini-Book, Fact or Folklore Riddles, moveable Perky Turkey, a read-aloud play, easy art activities, poems, songs, and literature and computer links. Plus, a big colorful pocket-chart poetry poster!

What is the best time to do things? Who is the most important one? What is the right thing to do? Nikolai knows that he wants to be the best person he can be, but often he is unsure if he is doing the right thing. So he goes to ask Leo, the wise turtle. When he arrives, the turtle is struggling to dig in his garden, and Nikolai rushes to help him. As he finishes work, a violent storm rolls in. Nikolai runs for Leo

Introducing readers to a pioneering African-American inventor from the mid-1800s, the story of his life recounts his successes with such everyday objects as rubber heels, lawn sprinklers, and locomotive oil cups

The year is 1960, and six-year-old Ruby Bridges and her family have recently moved from Mississippi to New Orleans in search of a better life. When a judge orders Ruby to attend first grade at William Frantz Elementary, an all-white school, Ruby must face angry mobs of parents who refuse to send their children to school with her. Told with Robert Coles

A bountful collection of ready-to-use activities, games, easy art projects, poems, mini-books, and more!

This collection of articles taken from the English Teaching Forum, 1989-1993, is a resource for the continuing professional growth of teachers of English as a Foreign Language.