Hint of History

This is a fun and exciting story about a cast of crazy cowboys put together to accomplish the greatest cattle drive in history! Grade level is 3-5. With a few cowboy hats and some western drawls, the students really appreciate the character personalities. The alliteration and opportunity for expressive speaking makes it great reading practice. This applies to History/Social Studies as well as there are 2 famous characters your students may recognize in the story. Two good class periods of

This Project Based Learning Activity includes 28 pages to plan the launch of a food truck business. The end result is a fun food truck competition! Critic’s rubric included! PBLs are a perfect way to incorporate multiple subjects, standards and student talents. Great for gifted groups to take the project and run with it! Resources and website links included for extra discussion opportunities.

Perfect for any time-specific period history unit or for a gifted student/group who requires a challenging project revolving around history. This project includes a run down of what a "History Grab" is, an organizational worksheet and an example of how to make your historical figure shine. A wonderful way to practice detailed and descriptive writing. Would be a great way to facilitate one grade motivating another to read about historical characters!

If your TAG students are like mine, they revel in the challenge of short activites that supply the deeper level thinking they need. This is a collection of quantatative, mathematical, science and word brain teasers and riddles. Suggested use for gifted students grades 2/3. Answer key included.

This mini lesson aligns with Civil Rights standards usually required for 4-8 grades levels in most states. The lesson begins with an overall summary of the Little Rock High School incident in 1957. Comprehension questions are included. There is a social emotional essay assignment incorporating good vocabulary writing and then an in-depth explanation of the actual student's feelings on the subject. This is a great Civil Rights supplemental resource.

This aligns with new Iowa Core Social Studies Standards diving into Civil Rights, and also connecting to Iowa History. The amazing story of a slave from Missouri has a special connection to Iowa History as Ralph Montgomery became the subject of Iowa's first Supreme Court Case.

Literacy plus Social Studies mini-lesson. This is a great supplement to any Elementary Native American unit. Students read the intriguing legend and then answer the questions that follow. This resource is a good way to illustrate how Native Americans explained the world as it was; in a way that we would now do with Science. Great discussion piece on how Native Americans formed their own legends to answer questions of the world. Answer Key included.

Fill in the blank worksheet to test on the Apostles' Creed. Ten points possible to test for memorization and understanding of this Catholic prayer.