November



=November Monthly Highlights=


 * [|November Writing Bugs] - Writing Prompts/Printables from Education World for November or use the Anytime Writing Link for More Resources**


 * [|November Holiday and Special Days Resources] from Education World - Election Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving and more**

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**Elections!!**

 * Use these SMART Notebook files to learn more about the election process!**


 * Check out these Election Resources!!!**

**Veteran's Day**

 * [|VA Kids] - K-5 - Resources for inquiring minds about Veteran's Day**
 * [|Veterans Day Teaching Theme]** - (from Teach-nology) **Lesson Plans, Internet sites, vocabulary builders, crafts, worksheets, puzzles, web quests, songs, clip art, and more!**
 * [|Veterans Day]Crafts, books, ideas and more - from Enchanted Learning**
 * [|Veterans Day]- America's Story**
 * [|Veteran's Day Lesson Plans and Activities] - resources, links, and ideas from Education World**

A **collection of web links, books, activities, and more compiled by James Bryan, Educational Consultant** **Your students will learn basic facts from this PowerPoint overview of Veteran's Day.**
 * Veteran's Day Research - Use this Internet research activity to learn more about why this day is special!**


 * [|Patriotic Links for Veteran's Day Studies and Other USA Activities]**

[|**Discovery Education Streaming**] **video available.**
 * "America At Its Best: The American Government"/"What It Means To Be An American Citizen"/"We All Contribute and Make a Difference", "Battle for Midway" (Gr. 8-Adult), "Events of the Twentieth Century: Return To Vietnam" (Gr. 7-Gr. 12****)**


 * [|VA for Kids]- short info from the veteran's administration for K-5 students - includes games and activities.** **Also includes site for 6th -12th grade (**[|**VA Kids 6-12th**]**).**


 * [|Armed Forces video -] From brainpop - may need a school login/subscription to view.**
 * [|History of Veteran's Day]- a short written history from history.com**
 * [|The Story of Veteran's Day](3 1/2 minute video)** -from history.com (3 1/2 minute video). Short history of when Veteran's Day started. There is a sponsor message/commercial at the beginning so you may want to mute/still your audio and projector and then pause at the beginning of the video.




 * A PowerPoint with general information about pumpkins - Learn about the fruit used to make those delicious pumpkin pies for Thanksgiving!**


 * [|Pumpkins -] Enchanted Learning Resources**


 * [|What is a Cornucopia?] - from Wonderopolis**

=Anniversary of Assassination of JFK= On Friday, November 22, 1963, JFK was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.

[|http://www.jfklibrary.org/]
 * Elementary Resources - John F Kennedy (from JFK Library)**

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 * Anniversary of JFK’s Assassination**

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 * Lessons on American Presidents: Kennedy**

[[image:turkey.jpeg align="left"]]**Research and Learn About the Turkey!**

 * [|The American Turkey]** **(Kidzone)**


 * [|Wild Turkey] (eNature) //Meleagris gallopavo//**


 * [|All About Wild Turkeys] (National Wild Turkey Federation)**


 * [|Turkeys at Enchanted Learning]** **Printouts, activities, crafts, and information**


 * [|Why Do We Eat Turkey on Thanksgiving] - Wonderopolis video**

=Thanksgiving=


 * [|Thanksgiving Resources for your SMARTboard]- websites from the Teachers Love SMARTboard Blog**

Thanksgiving Symbaloo**- Many great links!**


 * [|History of the Cherokee] - History of the Cherokee (from Cherokee, NC site) **
 * [|The First Americans] - Tribes, Activities, History and sterotypes. Includes Teach information section.**


 * [|Packing the Pilgrim's Trunk](K-2 Lesson Plan from ReadWriteThink) - don't forget to click on the [|resources] tab!**

[|**Discovery Education Streaming**] ** videos available! **
 * Search: Native Americans (People of the Desert, Anasazi, Plains, Northwest, Forest), The Cherokee - Trail of Tears, and many more. Blackline masters are available for selected videos.**

=**Plimoth Plantation, The First Thanksgiving and More**=
 * [|Learn at Plimoth Plantation] - A glimpse of life as it was in Plymouth Colony in 1627 - Be sure to engage your students in "You Are the Historian". This is excellent!**


 * [|The First Thanksgiving]- Relive the voyage on the Mayflower, Experience Life in Plimoth 1621, Play the Thanksgiving CyberChallenge, View a Picture Timeline! **


 * Check out [|Scholastic's Thanksgiving Central]for all the teaching resources you need.**


 * [|Primary Source Set: Thanksgiving] - Show students orginial documents from this period of history - Mayflower, Pilgrims, documents, paintings, etc.**** [|Thanksgiving in American Memory] - Be sure to click the [|Thanksgiving Timeline]here! **


 * [|**You are the Historian**] - Investigating the First Thanksgiving (** May want to download as suggested due to high traffic).


 * [|Thanksgiving CyberChallenge]** **- Become a Thanksgiving expert!**


 * [|Thanksgiving Theme Unit] from abcteach - Printouts, Shape Books, Venn Diagrams, Math Problems, Crosswords, Story Starters, and more **


 * Discovery Education Streaming videos available:**
 * "Who's That Stepping On Plymouth Rock?"**
 * "Holiday Facts and Fun: Thanksgiving"**


 * Students name 3 persons for whom they are thankful and give 3 reasons why.**
 * MS Word files you can use in your classroom during the Thanksgiving season. One uses the word "Thanks" as an acrostic poem. The other has 3 simple thought questions about Thanksgiving. Use at your classroom computer center or in the computer lab -- or you can print them for student writing. **


 * [|Thanksgiving Stationary 1] - [|Thanksgiving Stationary 2]**
 * Make a list of things you are thankful for or write a Thank you note!**

http://k-12teacherresources.wikispaces.com/Thanksgiving+Day
 * More Thanksgiving Resources **

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 * Thanksgiving Dinner Math Problem Solving** – great for Smartboard collaboration

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 * Scholastic: The First Thanksgiving**

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 * Madlib: Thanksgiving Style**

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 * Scholastic Thanksgiving Teaching Kit – daily life, book list, interactive tours, readers theater and more!**

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 * Thanksgiving K-2 Scholastic (see links on the right)**

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 * Thanksgiving 3-5 Scholastic (see links on the right)**

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 * Thanksgiving Fun and Facts** Livebinder– click on the different tabs to find more resources

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 * Touring the Mayflower and Daily Life in Plymouth**

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 * Mr. Turkey iPad App for Early Childhood**

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 * The First Thanksgiving Fact or Myth**

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 * Media Specialist’s Guide to Holidays** – scroll down til November/Thanksgiving Section

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 * Brainpop Thanksgiving** (use your school's brainpop login if you have one)

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 * Brainpop Jr Thanksgiving** (use the SC Discus login or access Brainpop Jr from scdiscus.org)

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 * Best Sites to Learn About Thanksgiving - preview – some may be more secondary than others….**

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 * [|Colonial Williamsburg]- Treat your class to a Virtual Tour of this famous town in Virginia! See the places and experience life in the 18th century - family, food, clothing, animals, tools, trade, and more!**


 * [|Thirteen Colonies] (from Social Studies for Kids) An interactive map - Click on a colony to learn more about it! **


 * [|13 Colonies Quiz] - Test your knowledge of the 13 Colonies. Can you tell why you made your answer choice? **


 * [|Rare Map Collection: Colonial America] - View maps from 1600's and 1700's **


 * [|Colonial Kids] ** ** - (ThinkQuest) A Celebration of Life in the 1700's - Learn about life in Colonial Times! **


 * [|Colonial Craftsman] ** ** - An activity designed for students to learn and experience the life of a Colonial Craftsman. Students use Internet Research, creative art design, and MS PowerPoint. **


 * [|A Colonial Family and Community] - Be a history detective! Go back in time and investigate the daily lives a colonial family from northeastern Connecticut during the mid-1700s. **


 * [[image:bugreen.jpg align="left"]][|Holiday Card Exchange Project]- Join other classrooms (PreK - 6th grade) around the world and exchange holiday greeting cards (via regular mail.) Create a map area to show where the cards come from. Gingerbread is this year's theme!**


 * [[image:bupurple.jpg align="left"]] [[file:FootballTeam.xls]](Excel file) Are your students excited about the upcoming football game between the USC Gamecocks and Clemson Tigers? Take a class survey!**
 * It's fun and an interesting way for students to practice interpreting graphs.**
 * [|Carolina vs. Clemson Rivalry] - background info from Wikipedia**