November

• Native American Heritage Month
  • American Indian Heritage Month (InfoPlease)
  • Activities for Native Am. Heritage Month (Education World)
  • Oyate an organization that reviews and provides insider perspectives on Native Americans in literature
• Log Cabin Librarian - links to daily events
• Monthly Activity Calendar - Enchanted Learning
• November - ABC Teach - printables, coloring, bookmarks, words, signs
• November - list of holidays - MI Kids
• November - TeacherVision
• Read, Write Think - activities connected to events in November
• Teacher's calendar of events - Education Oasis
• Today in History - Thinkfinity interactive calendar

Geography Awareness Week - 3rd week in November

• Geography Action
• Geography from space - Smithsonian - fun yearly quizzes
• My Wonderful World - National Geographic- fun and games activities
• US Geography - activities and lesson plans from Eduplace.com
  • Test your geography knowledge - USA states online game
  • US Census Bureau online quiz

Thanksgiving - An Awesome Book of Thanks also Happy Thanksgiving e-card like Arcimboldo artist

• Deconstructing myths of the first Thanksgiving - 10 myths debunked
• First Thanksgiving (Scholastic) - interactive site including videos and slide shows
• Games
  • Thanksgiving concentration online
  • Thanksgiving games online - PrimaryGames.com
  • Thanskgiving games and activities - Kidzpage
  • Thanksgiving online coloring game - color in the turkey
  • Thanksgiving pictures to print and color
  • Turkey Surprise - online story to watch (no audio)
• History of Thanksgiving - History Channel
• Plimoth Plantation - click on picture for information - Plimoth.org
  • You are the historian - online investigation of what REALLY happened at First Thanksgiving - great FLASH presentation
• Pilgrim Story - Pilgrim Hall Museum
• Thanksgiving - with real information on Thanksgiving and corn husk doll story - 20/20
• Thanksgiving - holiday activities, crafts and printables - Activity VillageUK
• Thanksgiving - Internet4Classrooms
• Who celebrated the first Thanksgiving - Library of Congress Wise Guy
  • Thanksgiving Timeline 1541-2001

Veterans' Day

• Celebrating America's Freedoms about some of America’s most beloved customs and national symbols
• Veterans Day - InfoPlease.com - brief information and links
• Veterans Day - 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month........... -History.com
• Veterans Day activities - Coloring pages, crafts for kids, word searches - Apples4theTeacher.com
• Veterans Day for Kids - Veterans Administration - K-5, 6-12, and teacher's page

Lesson Plans - some by grade level

• Circle of Stories - PBS - 4 Native American stories with lesson plans
• Exploring Native Americans across the curriculum Education World
• First Thanksgiving: Feast of activities Education World
• Iroquois Confederacy and the US Constitution how Native American cultures influenced the Founding Fathers' ideas about democracy, governmental structures, rights of the individual, and public good.
• Native American Cultures: Skagit River, Canyon Rock art, Pueblo (Scholastic)
• Thanksgiving theme page AtoZteacherstuff - amazing list of activities, grade level ideas, coloring pages, poems, printables, etc.
• Thanksgiving story (Education world)
• Thinking about Thanksgiving lessons across curriculum-Education World

Other months

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