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Braille Flag and Pledge	Braille Flag - Students will learn how Braille works, its history and importance, its purpose and how blind individuals use it to read and learn. Students will experience, first hand, the use of Braille by closing their eyes and feeling the Braille Flag Keyword: 7th Grade, 8th Grade, middle school, 9th Grade, History
Influential Virginians - Focus on Maggie Lena Walker	Do you know that Maggie Lena Walker was an influential, important person born and lived in Virginia? Keyword: 1st Grade, History, States, American History
Mary Shirley McGuire, American Patriot	Students will become familiar with a female patriot who made significant personal sacrifices during the American Revolution and eventually became an early settler of Tennessee. Keyword: History, 4th Grade, American Revolution, Women's History, Elementary School
Tennessee State Poem	The student will read closely and analyze word phrases in the Tennessee state poem to determine the theme and author's feelings about Tennessee. Keyword: Elementary School, 4th Grade, English, Poetry, History, States
Benjamin Burch	Students will learn about Benjamin Burch, a non-famous Patriot of the American Revolution and use primary,secondary, and compiled sources to learn about him as well as the role that graves and cemeteries play inpreserving memory and history. Keyword: American Revolution, American History, History, High school, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th grade, 12th grade
Independence Cake: Amelia Simmons & Early American Cooking	Students will learn about Amelia Simmons, learn about fictionalizing real characters, understand the early history of American cooking, and make something from a recipe to demonstrate ability to read different types of texts. Keyword: 6th Grade, middle school, History, American History
Making Sense of the Mayflower and Its Journey Lesson Plan	Students will investigate the Pilgrims; their voyage to America; the Mayflower ship; the historical concept of Thanksgiving through interactive experiences Keyword: History, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade
Osage Indian Legend of the Spider Lesson Plan	Students will read to a Native American legend using reading skills to answer questions Keyword: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th grade, American Indians, Math, Reading, History
Clara Barton - Angel of the Battlefield	Students will identify ways Clara Barton assisted troops and their families during the Civil War. Students will demonstrate what they have learned by writing 2 to 3 paragraphs using correct punctuation, capitalization, and grammar. Keyword: 4th Grade, American History, History, US History, English
Chatham in Connecticut During the Revolutionary War	Students will explore the people and events that contributed to the story of Chatham, CT Keyword: 8th Grade, Social Studies, US History, American History, History
American Revolution Newsletter	Students will research different events of the American Revolution and create an informative newsletter. Keyword: 6th Grade, 7th Grade, American Revolution, American History, US History, History
James Madison and Our Nation's Founding Documents	View and discuss "James Madison and Our Nation's Founding Documents" Prezi by Danita Karene Consol. Then create an original poster product expressing the theme: James Madison and Our Nation's Founding Documents. Keyword: 4th Grade, US History, American History, Elementary History, History
Become a History Detective	Students will use historical artifacts to ask compelling questions, research using varied sources and produce an informative presentation of their findings. Keyword: 4th Grade, American History, Elementary History, US History, History
Branches of History: Notable Trees that Celebrate the Bygone Days of America	After discussing the importance of trees and hearing about how trees are celebrated, students will work in pairs to research a historical tree in a state they self-select and collect five facts about the significance of that tree to report to the class Keyword: 5th grade, States, History, Trees, Environment, Geography
Appreciating the Pioneer Woman	To compare and contrast the role of the pioneer woman caring for her family with the role of the woman today and predicting how that role will impact women of the future. Keyword: History, US History, American History, 6th Grade
Basic Genealogy	Students will learn to gather pertinent family genealogy information. Keyword: 5th grade, Genealogy, Family Research, History, Community Classroom
Letters from Jamestown	Students will write a letter from the perspective of a colonist to a friend or family member in England, explaining the experiences and hardships encountered in daily life of the Jamestown settlement Keyword: 8th Grade, Jamestown, History, Colonies
George Washington, Father of our Country	Students will identify George Washington and three important details from the life of George Washington Keyword: Kindergarten, George Washington, American History, US History, History
Plants	The students will understand the parts of a seed and be able to draw and label its parts. Keyword: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, Enrichment Activity, Community Classroom, Plants, History