tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1380428424738128192024-03-17T14:40:34.651-07:00Gail's GlimmeringsI am hoping you will find my teaching resources of value to use in your classrooms. I taught for 33 1/2 years. I was awarded both the NY State Elementary Social Studies Teacher and the National Council for Social Studies Elementary Social Studies Teacher of the Year(1988). I am the author of over 35 books for children and teachers.
Gail Hennesseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06546272319482453021noreply@blogger.comBlogger631125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138042842473812819.post-54980183005660843562024-03-17T11:10:00.000-07:002024-03-17T14:40:02.412-07:00WATER FACTOIDS: World Water Day is March 22nd<p> <b style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDIKfnJi36LgFUBZtcvl0m9-XI_wyP9nQoB0_UVmUQK4CQaHEXB1VZO0pJqyv9WYcO_7Jd6F7Ei6TSEiJ2pJ1otXCp0Qyk7ov4VY4FmZj4O8GyzAsKzRoWUvFEXaSTQjZC3RcAPOuzFqME/s1600/faucet.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="117" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDIKfnJi36LgFUBZtcvl0m9-XI_wyP9nQoB0_UVmUQK4CQaHEXB1VZO0pJqyv9WYcO_7Jd6F7Ei6TSEiJ2pJ1otXCp0Qyk7ov4VY4FmZj4O8GyzAsKzRoWUvFEXaSTQjZC3RcAPOuzFqME/s1600/faucet.png" /></a></b></p><b></b><br /><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 155, 201); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><span>World Water Day!</span></b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 155, 201); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><span>March 22, 2024</span></b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 155, 201); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><span>Possible Interactive Notebook Activity</span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 14px;"><b>Click here for the free downloadable version: </b></span><span style="font-family: "chalkboard";"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 155, 201); font-size: 14px;"><b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Water-Fun-FactsWorld-Water-Day-Interactive-Notebook-Activity-3700405">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Water-Fun-FactsWorld-Water-Day-Interactive-Notebook-Activity-3700405</a></b></span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 155, 201); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;"><span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 155, 201); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span><span style="font-family: Chalkboard;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Water actually has a day when people focus on just how important water is to all of us.</span></span><b style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px;"> World Water Day is March 22nd.</b><span style="font-family: Chalkboard;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> In 2024, the theme for World Water Day is <b>Water for Peace.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 155, 201); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><span>Did You Know?</span></b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 155, 201); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span>1. Our planet is about 75% water. Yet, less than 2% is able to be used by humans. Can you think of two reasons why most water is NOT available for human use?_____________ and ____________</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 155, 201); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 155, 201); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span>2. A jellyfish is almost 95% water! A human body is made up of about 66% water.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 155, 201); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 155, 201); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span>3. Shutting off the water while brushing teeth saves about 4 gallons of water. For some people on the planet, that is a week’s supply of water. <b>What are two ways to conserve(save) water?</b>____________ and _____________</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 155, 201); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><br /></div><div><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 155, 201); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span>4. The water you are drinking is the same water that the dinosaurs drank!</span></span></span></div><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 155, 201); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span>We don’t have any “new” water on the planet. It just keeps getting recycled. <b>Can you name the three stages of the water cycle?</b>____________ __________ ______________</span></span></span></div><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 155, 201); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></span></div><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 155, 201); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span>5. Scientists say that in a 100 year time period, a molecule of water spends 98 years in the ocean, 20 months as ice and just 2 weeks in rivers and lakes. It spends only about 1 week in the atmosphere.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 155, 201); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 155, 201); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span>6. In 1996 , NASA announced that water, in the form of ice, was found on the moon, near the South Pole. </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 155, 201); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 155, 201); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span>7. Did you know that hot water freezes more quickly than cold water? This is called the <b>Mpemba Effect.</b> Scientists aren’t sure why this is the case.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 155, 201); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 155, 201); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span>8. Water is the only substance on the Earth that has three stages. <b>Can you name them?</b>____________ ________ _________</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 155, 201); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 155, 201); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span>9.. Water is made up of just two elements, hydrogen and oxygen.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 155, 201); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 155, 201); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span>10. Pure water doesn’t have any smell or taste. <b>Other than for drinking, can you think of three uses of water?</b>___________ ______________ ___________ </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 155, 201); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 155, 201); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span>11. <b>Can you name the room in a house that uses the most water?</b>____________</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(110, 193, 56); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 155, 201); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><span>Your Turn:</span></b></span></div><ol style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(227, 184, 1); list-style-type: upper-alpha;"><li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 155, 201); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Illustrate one of the facts.</span></span></li><li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 155, 201); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Pretend to be a water drop and write about a day in your life.</span></span></li><li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 155, 201); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span>What are three ways you can conserve water in your daily life?</span></li></ol><div><div style="font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Teacher’s Page:</b></span></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Before doing the activity, ask the students to share prior knowledge on the topic of water. Give the students the Did You Know? Fact Sheet. Regroup and discuss.</b></span></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Additional Activities:</b></span></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">1. Teachers may find some information at this link of value to use with kids: <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(110, 193, 56); font-kerning: none;"><b><a href="http://savethewater.org/education-resources/water-facts/">http://savethewater.org/education-resources/water-facts/</a></b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">2. <a href="https://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/water.html">https://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/water.html</a> More Water Facts for kids.</span></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"></span></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;"><span>3. Learn about the water cycle:</span><span> <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(110, 193, 56); font-kerning: none;"><b><a href="http://www.kidzone.ws/water/">http://www.kidzone.ws/water/</a></b></span></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;"><span>4.<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(110, 193, 56); font-kerning: none;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Chalkboard;"> </span><span style="font-family: Chalkboard;">Water Conservation: </span><a href="https://www.epa.gov/watersense/watersense-kids" style="font-family: Chalkboard;">https://www.epa.gov/watersense/watersense-kids</a></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(110, 193, 56); font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(110, 193, 56); font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Check out these related resources:</b></span></div><ol><li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Studying the ocean? Looking for a resource for <b>Earth Day or World Ocean Day</b>? Introduce your students to Jacques Cousteau with this informative Reader's Theater Script. Oceanographer, photographer, scientist, inventor, writer and filmmaker, Cousteau spent his life studying the oceans and the marine life that lived in the oceans. Part of my <b>Ms. Bie Ografee Talk Show Series</b> where Jacques Cousteau is a guest on her talk show and answers questions of her studio audience. There are 10 audience questioners, a Did You Know? section, comprehension questions, a teacher section with extension activities, links and the key: <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Jacques-Cousteau-A-Readers-Theater-Script-2458467"><span style="line-height: normal;"><b>https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Jacques-Cousteau-A-Readers-Theater-Script-2458467</b></span></a></span></li></ol><div style="font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">2. Exploring the Ocean Blue: A Web quest, will introduce students to our oceans. There are nine informative web questions. Fun Facts, comprehension questions,extension activities and links are also provided as is the key. <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Oceans-Exploring-the-Ocean-Blue-A-WebquestExtension-Activities-705943"><span style="line-height: normal;"><b>https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Oceans-Exploring-the-Ocean-Blue-A-WebquestExtension-Activities-705943</b></span></a></span></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">3. Learn about Earth Day and our planet Earth, with this informative web quest! In 2018, the theme for Earth Day is “Environmental and Climate Literacy”. Although this resource could be used for Earth Day, it really could be used throughout the year. There are 15 web questions as well as comprehension questions and a Did You Know? fun fact section. The teacher page includes extension activities, the key, and additional links. <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Earth-DayWebquest-on-the-Blue-Planet-1790891"><span style="line-height: normal;"><b>https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Earth-DayWebquest-on-the-Blue-Planet-1790891</b></span></a></span></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Key:</b></span></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">1. salty and frozen 5.evaporation, condensation and precipitation 9. liquid, solid and gas </span><span style="font-family: chalkboard;">11. cooking, energy, farming, fun 12. bathroom(toilet,shower,bathtub,faucet)</span> </div></div></span></div>Gail Hennesseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06546272319482453021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138042842473812819.post-8220404191028339082024-03-12T10:47:00.000-07:002024-03-12T10:47:44.235-07:00Check what you READ before you SHARE it! <p> </p><p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; min-height: 18px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIuH7pIuIPU-7JaQbqZ0-HAHUvKe-Q19OiYB8xLZZlhCshM2yIEawXGLR9PRyoCUv4zD-ZKNlnc_mZ3ln7oQsPg1A2K1V83qqYVX6LV_GeynQwknz72o_MaFgOSuaEw5Xg1pHLBUF7z3UYDF0bYmtGxNlcX9l7P2OL0wrhXFhIuN-VR5F73Fv2EAq_Z3Yc/s1280/london-7401433_1280.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="853" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIuH7pIuIPU-7JaQbqZ0-HAHUvKe-Q19OiYB8xLZZlhCshM2yIEawXGLR9PRyoCUv4zD-ZKNlnc_mZ3ln7oQsPg1A2K1V83qqYVX6LV_GeynQwknz72o_MaFgOSuaEw5Xg1pHLBUF7z3UYDF0bYmtGxNlcX9l7P2OL0wrhXFhIuN-VR5F73Fv2EAq_Z3Yc/s320/london-7401433_1280.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Early Happy April Fool’s Day! A news story was posted the other day saying the famous landmark in England, a ferris wheel known as the LONDON EYE, was being dismantled. After about 25 years, the wheel was being relocated to Scotland, specifically Loch Lomand. There were even photographs of the famous landmark being dismantled. The article went on to say that a convoy, 2 miles long, would be transporting all the pieces of the ferris wheel up to Scotland. However, the story was a FAKE! </span></p><p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It seems with Artificial Intelligence(AI), which can create amazing “real-like” photographs or even the voice of a famous person, it is getting harder to determine real from fake. </span><span style="font-size: large;">How can you spot something that isn’t true? </span><span style="font-size: large;">When you see something that makes you say “really ?”, try checking for other stories to confirm or deny what you have read. Do some critical thinking. Do you really think the city of London would remove one of its most famous landmarks? Be careful what you read and hear and THINK before you share something before checking it out! More than 10,000 read the posting on Facebook and shared it with other people! And, if you are wondering,</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">the photographs showing the dismantling of the ferris wheel, were actually taken in 1999 when the ferris wheel was first being ERECTED in London!</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Photograph from Pixabay.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Learn more about FAKE NEWS and digital literacy: <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FAKE-NEW-Teaching-Digital-Literacy-to-Kids-3074653?st=68e3f02f1844b367b0ff156841c6511e">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FAKE-NEW-Teaching-Digital-Literacy-to-Kids-3074653?st=68e3f02f1844b367b0ff156841c6511e</a></span></p>Gail Hennesseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06546272319482453021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138042842473812819.post-2543789000935607932024-03-08T15:34:00.000-08:002024-03-08T15:34:45.936-08:00St. Patrick's Day is Coming. Learn about the country of Ireland<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5PD9obHXdAd-dMpM_OnAQT6eMZFgNcdnb87oa_m6Rj-p4eb3rmh2DFDOVVkeTOYy_J1lO1ayKGMLfKtud0kdqG7u7YR4lr2Db97hkK9_IMwQF7DskYn9iH7W1vwo2rN5_2TwtU8Mr2a2d/s1600/Shamrockhat.jpg" style="font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 18px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5PD9obHXdAd-dMpM_OnAQT6eMZFgNcdnb87oa_m6Rj-p4eb3rmh2DFDOVVkeTOYy_J1lO1ayKGMLfKtud0kdqG7u7YR4lr2Db97hkK9_IMwQF7DskYn9iH7W1vwo2rN5_2TwtU8Mr2a2d/s1600/Shamrockhat.jpg" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5PD9obHXdAd-dMpM_OnAQT6eMZFgNcdnb87oa_m6Rj-p4eb3rmh2DFDOVVkeTOYy_J1lO1ayKGMLfKtud0kdqG7u7YR4lr2Db97hkK9_IMwQF7DskYn9iH7W1vwo2rN5_2TwtU8Mr2a2d/s1600/Shamrockhat.jpg" style="font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 18px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5PD9obHXdAd-dMpM_OnAQT6eMZFgNcdnb87oa_m6Rj-p4eb3rmh2DFDOVVkeTOYy_J1lO1ayKGMLfKtud0kdqG7u7YR4lr2Db97hkK9_IMwQF7DskYn9iH7W1vwo2rN5_2TwtU8Mr2a2d/s1600/Shamrockhat.jpg" style="font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 18px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX1TxaIv0hZrycp_W-PfQZmYu8vt0ynfZgBIb1syWx6qEnUTu-v4w6pydAR3xMJKatxSQSzI8HBMiisDRiC5Un6MFj1LQvHmnGpTOc-tAQluMgU-SI6CLKTeOiLr7LhjuPPG1flHjvPu7F/s200/irishowl.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX1TxaIv0hZrycp_W-PfQZmYu8vt0ynfZgBIb1syWx6qEnUTu-v4w6pydAR3xMJKatxSQSzI8HBMiisDRiC5Un6MFj1LQvHmnGpTOc-tAQluMgU-SI6CLKTeOiLr7LhjuPPG1flHjvPu7F/s0/irishowl.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Ireland and St. Patrick’s Day</b></span></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Did You Know? </b></span></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>by</b></span></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Gail Skroback Hennessey</b></span></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Click here for this free Interactive Notebook Activity: </b></span><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Ireland-and-St-Patricks-Day-FactoidsInteractive-Notebook-Activity-3004297" style="font-size: 13px;">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Ireland-and-St-Patricks-Day-FactoidsInteractive-Notebook-Activity-3004297</a></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>1. The National Leprechaun Museum in Dublin, Ireland, is dedicated to the folklore and mythology of Ireland. </b></span></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>2. In Irish folklore, there are only male leprechauns. Leprechauns are cobblers(shoemakers) and they usually carry a tiny hammer wherever they go!</b></span></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>3. Ireland was the very first country in the world to tax plastic bags.(2002) </b></span></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>4. Muckanaghederdauhaulia is the name for the longest place name in Ireland. </b></span></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>5. A burial tomb found near Dublin, Newgrange, may be older than the pyramids of Egypt,and was built about 4000 BC. </b></span></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>6. The Irish monk, St. Brendan, may have reached North America before Columbus, in the 6th century. </b></span></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>7. Halloween has its origins in Ireland. It dates back to Samhain, an Irish festival. </b></span></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>8. Famous people from Ireland include the lead singer for U2(Bono), Jonathan Swift (author of Gulliver’s Travels), writer C.S. Lewis(Chronicles of Narnia) and poet, William Butler Yeats </b></span></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>9. Did you know that corned beef and cabbage, a favorite food on St. Patrick’s Day doesn’t have any corn? The term refers to a large type of salt(called “corns”) used to marinate the beef. </b></span></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>10. Hurling is a very popular sport which originated in Ireland.</b></span></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>11. There are NO snakes in the country of Ireland. </b></span></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: times; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times"; line-height: normal;"><b>12. </b></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Since the Bronze Age, Ireland has had their own type of Olympics Games. They are called the Tailteann Games. </b></span></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>13. Leprechaun Day is May 13th.(YES…there is such a day!)</b></span></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>14. The Flag of Ireland has the colors green, white and orange. </b></span></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>The harp is the musical symbol of Ireland.</b></span></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>15. The language of Ireland is called Irish(Gaelic). There isn’t a word for “yes” or “no” in Irish.</b></span></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>16. People who visit Blarney Castle, in Ireland, often try to kiss the Blarney Stone. The legend says kissing the stone gives you the gift of being a great speaker. It’s a difficult thing to do as you have to hang upside down to reach the stone!</b></span></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>17. The first St. Patrick’s Day in the United States was celebrated in the city of Boston, 1737.</b></span></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>18. Ireland is called the Emerald Isle because Ireland has lots of green fertile land.</b></span></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Your Turn:</b></span></div><ol><li style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Illustrate one of the facts.</b></span></li><li style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Write down the 3 most interesting facts you learned.</b></span></li><li style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Create a postcard pretending you are visiting Ireland. Include 3 facts in the information you are writing to a friend or relative. Draw/ color a picture to go with your postcard.</b></span></li><li style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Would you wish to kiss the Blarney Stone? Why or why not?</b></span></li></ol><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Teacher’s Page:</b></span><br /><b><br /></b><b>1. Before giving the students the factoid handout, ask the students to share prior knowledge about the country of Ireland and St. Patrick’s Day.</b><br /><b><br /></b></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>2. Show the students a map of Ireland: </b><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; line-height: normal;"><b><a href="http://www.mapsofworld.com/physical-map/ireland.html">http://www.mapsofworld.com/physical-map/ireland.html</a></b></span><b> Have students make 4 questions using the map to exchange with another group.</b></span><br /><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>3.</b><b>Have small groups of students review information on the country of Ireland and share 5 facts with the rest of the class.</b></span><br /><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>4. Learn some Irish: </b></span></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>A. Phrase: Thank you<br />Irish: Go raibh maith agat<br />Pronunciation: Guh row mah aguth (row as in cow)</b></span></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>B. Phrase: You're welcome<br />Irish: Tá fáilte romhat<br />Pronunciation: Thaw foil-cheh roath</b></span></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>C. Phrase: Hello<br />Irish: Dia dhuit<br />Pronunciation: Djee-ah gwitch</b></span></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>See more at this link:<a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_847587437"> </a></b><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; line-height: normal;"><b><a href="http://www.irishcultureandcustoms.com/3Focloir/Lessons1.html">http://www.irishcultureandcustoms.com/3Focloir/Lessons1.html</a></b></span></span></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>5. St. Patrick's Day is coming-a wonderful opportunity to introduce your students to the country of Ireland. Did you know that Ireland is called the Emerald Island because of its green fertile lands? Did you know that the Celtic knot is a very famous symbol of Ireland? Other well know symbols of Ireland include the harp, leprechauns and shamrocks. Learn more about Ireland with my fun and informative web quest on Ireland includes 12 questions and lots of extension activities: </b><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; line-height: normal;"><b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/St-Patricks-Day-Ireland-Webquest-and-Activities-517483">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/St-Patricks-Day-Ireland-Webquest-and-Activities-517483</a></b></span></span></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigp668flDZ0iURopK-rUbiu-t_wHrL7GsgmW_ezGNSdtrIxy3tRAttRszAUMj2H5kBqB1ZNesaEoMxeftLqxBRlBNdAkuVo7pbJi820cTJ9beYokafJNxrniQNe4MTQx-5K-reNzAMPy06/s1600/irelandcover2015.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigp668flDZ0iURopK-rUbiu-t_wHrL7GsgmW_ezGNSdtrIxy3tRAttRszAUMj2H5kBqB1ZNesaEoMxeftLqxBRlBNdAkuVo7pbJi820cTJ9beYokafJNxrniQNe4MTQx-5K-reNzAMPy06/s320/irelandcover2015.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>6. Another resource about Ireland to consider:This fun/informative play has Ms. Bie Ografee's guest being McSean, a leprechaun. McSean is asked questions by the studio audience about the country of Ireland and the long Irish folklore about leprechauns. Great for a unit on folk stories/folklore or as an activity around St. Patrick's Day. The play has 11 questioners, a Did You Know? section, comprehension questions, a teacher page with extension activities and links as well as the key: </b><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; line-height: normal;"><b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/LeprechaunsSt-Patricks-DayIreland-A-Readers-Theater-Script-2315668">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/LeprechaunsSt-Patricks-DayIreland-A-Readers-Theater-Script-2315668</a></b></span></span></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhycNdzsG8QfkhVosJ-winO8F9ojjIA76Gki9Zw3EWZckxYs0WZIfcQMf6M2wVtghJG3Q6PsmTryrrjeDZBEtlJs0gtPxGBHLoyMZ5djiim9K3nxfAhPQ-HvGJlBuYCxVNFLz7Z4-fS2MSX/s1600/leprechauncover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhycNdzsG8QfkhVosJ-winO8F9ojjIA76Gki9Zw3EWZckxYs0WZIfcQMf6M2wVtghJG3Q6PsmTryrrjeDZBEtlJs0gtPxGBHLoyMZ5djiim9K3nxfAhPQ-HvGJlBuYCxVNFLz7Z4-fS2MSX/s320/leprechauncover.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>7. The Green Game: Need a fun activity where kids have to find answers that have the word GREEN in it or are the color GREEN? Great for St. Patrick's Day or for a Friday. </b><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; line-height: normal;"><b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/St-Patricks-Day-The-GREEN-Game-1666115">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/St-Patricks-Day-The-GREEN-Game-1666115</a></b></span></span></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>NOTE: This resource is INCLUDED in my Ireland Webquest/Activity Resource:</b></span></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVFmluUoffyul5PemVzB9Xt4EC1b6x19OGKCHKGXVbYK6FiRDb0boWwlZUyEkTuN6yTFfSmzfwySS7BuAbp6HVQ6My69sJgFx2vs9TR7iWdhbbCTPB752NqHEmN2mdRiyZCntZFHOu_ovo/s1600/greengamecover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVFmluUoffyul5PemVzB9Xt4EC1b6x19OGKCHKGXVbYK6FiRDb0boWwlZUyEkTuN6yTFfSmzfwySS7BuAbp6HVQ6My69sJgFx2vs9TR7iWdhbbCTPB752NqHEmN2mdRiyZCntZFHOu_ovo/s320/greengamecover.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><b>8. Test Your Knowledge Challenge Activity. Learn about Ireland and St. Patrick's Day with this </b></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><b style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard;">"Challenge" activity. There are 25 informative/ fun questions where students test their knowledge on Ireland and the history of St. Patrick's Day. A couple of extension activities are included, too. </span></b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Ireland-and-St-Patricks-Day-Test-Your-Knowledge-Challenge-Activity-9196311" style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Ireland-and-St-Patricks-Day-Test-Your-Knowledge-Challenge-Activity-9196311</span></b></a></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVW9_Udc3iuoPMUHYF2ejo0ARmSMKSnNRxfdCih3_oSEXd2st1Za00PbZ0enEd00xuCgoQF-x1I1VuA0_EN6sWfJec5fXJp2-SDBqy0u5ruFNopxJS3Uf9ME3FFLyAIxVe-pt0FpEYBPJ5mhTusOks-U3B5JEMRlCpu3A9SP0OukwqnvGKoSGsBAMGug/s350/original-9196311-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="270" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVW9_Udc3iuoPMUHYF2ejo0ARmSMKSnNRxfdCih3_oSEXd2st1Za00PbZ0enEd00xuCgoQF-x1I1VuA0_EN6sWfJec5fXJp2-SDBqy0u5ruFNopxJS3Uf9ME3FFLyAIxVe-pt0FpEYBPJ5mhTusOks-U3B5JEMRlCpu3A9SP0OukwqnvGKoSGsBAMGug/s320/original-9196311-1.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Gail </b></span></div><div style="color: #578726; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><b>Feedback appreciated! </b></div>Gail Hennesseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06546272319482453021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138042842473812819.post-7498899852985869512024-03-06T07:47:00.000-08:002024-03-06T07:47:56.312-08:00World Book Day is Thursday, March 7th<p> </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9dwzi7JKeZlyMtHim8IHnKqbquMkUGmr7Om-nqLZWcDUUSWtj39m3stQpONM0ydUngk9Eri1Z5n_2X-h8zi96zKpzxNOA1FGA-F5O5p9kCGrA7viAQNrpbsah0wbX5FLSMJ2Ambwg8LW4q2s8S0ec6n1D8fgQ52AmTrL33UPwkWUp0YB0vvMGKaGkiw/s140/girl_atop_books.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="65" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9dwzi7JKeZlyMtHim8IHnKqbquMkUGmr7Om-nqLZWcDUUSWtj39m3stQpONM0ydUngk9Eri1Z5n_2X-h8zi96zKpzxNOA1FGA-F5O5p9kCGrA7viAQNrpbsah0wbX5FLSMJ2Ambwg8LW4q2s8S0ec6n1D8fgQ52AmTrL33UPwkWUp0YB0vvMGKaGkiw/s1600/girl_atop_books.png" width="65" /></a> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvGy4IHdkTucnDX55ZgoV4_N91XRlyyCmxg2ZShALDZY8ePjZ1yO_G0HX3W8zQytekxTl1nVXNSQwOYGlrBXykZBNrxQyajdcMF4Wmn7U0TDpeAEWS805XqmjK5F45NxgshbcKiEYtyNUDQIImFLC7XFZhDmFc2ChvRZI1zkc-ZV1xiBwKMP5Hot1rRw/s140/boy_carrying_books.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="99" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvGy4IHdkTucnDX55ZgoV4_N91XRlyyCmxg2ZShALDZY8ePjZ1yO_G0HX3W8zQytekxTl1nVXNSQwOYGlrBXykZBNrxQyajdcMF4Wmn7U0TDpeAEWS805XqmjK5F45NxgshbcKiEYtyNUDQIImFLC7XFZhDmFc2ChvRZI1zkc-ZV1xiBwKMP5Hot1rRw/s1600/boy_carrying_books.png" width="99" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9XmN4a4eXnb7M0-alMK2p2EWwNGr-bO-Q78u5GJqAeTWjOfkjaUIlqiLPIw08WV4q5KQCmcaZ_DoPuqtdozfZC99FRqn0C5M54GQ94d4A93MgxLHVF2m6kctLXQNV-jSGjIInpU9BEEG2phN0odDrBbTvt6KpNN01L8bKvDxq-fyDaBM7N2dMoQNx8Q/s1280/books-1204029_1280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="851" data-original-width="1280" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9XmN4a4eXnb7M0-alMK2p2EWwNGr-bO-Q78u5GJqAeTWjOfkjaUIlqiLPIw08WV4q5KQCmcaZ_DoPuqtdozfZC99FRqn0C5M54GQ94d4A93MgxLHVF2m6kctLXQNV-jSGjIInpU9BEEG2phN0odDrBbTvt6KpNN01L8bKvDxq-fyDaBM7N2dMoQNx8Q/s320/books-1204029_1280.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div style="font-family: chalkboard; text-align: center;"><div style="color: #9d45b9;">* Click here for the free Interactive Notebook activity. <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/BOOK-FUN-FACTS-9209703">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/BOOK-FUN-FACTS-9209703</a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div></div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px;">Personally, I love to read. Books are a way to visit the Taj Mahal, the pyramids, climb Mt. Everest, travel back through history or rocket into the future, all without living home. </div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px;">To, me, the public library was an awesome idea. Just think, before a library, you had to purchase anything you wanted to read,limiting assess to those that couldn’t afford to make such a purchase.</div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px;">I grew up on Nancy Drew books, I eagerly awaited the next published adventure of Nancy and her friends. I read biographies on women including Amelia Earhart, Clara Barton, Florence Nightingale, Harriet Tubman, Susan B. Anthony and more. Kids need to see the wonderful world of books. Perhaps, the next time you need to get gifts for your child, niece or nephew, include a book as one of you gifts.<br /><br />Each child should have a library card. As educators, ask your students if they own a library card and if,not, try and encourage them to get one!</div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px;">Whether you read traditional books that you can hold in your hand or ebooks, it doesn’t matter, just grab a book and read!</div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Book Facts:</b></span></div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px;">1. Did you know that the Chinese invented paper around 105 AD?</div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px;">2. Each second, 57 books are sold. Someone figured that in one day, you’d need 78 miles of book shelving to store that amount of books.<a href="http://infactcollaborative.com/things/book-facts.html">http://infactcollaborative.com/things/book-facts.html</a> </div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px;">3. Each year, the main library at Indiana University sinks about one inch from the weight of all the books!</div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px;">4. Roald Dahl, author of <b><u>Charlie and the Chocolate Factory</u></b>, worked as a boy, at Cadbury, as a chocolate taste tested! Shows you never know how your childhood may shape what you do as an adult! <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/oliver-tearle/fascinating-literary-facts_b_4368760.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/oliver-tearle/fascinating-literary-facts_b_4368760.html</a></div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px;">5. A new book by Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, was found in 2013. The books is called <b><u>What Pet Should I Get? </u></b>and was published in 2015.</div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px;">6. Another fun fact about Dr. Seuss was that he was challenged to write a book using only 50 words. The result, <b><u>Green Eggs and Ham</u></b>. Here are the 50 words he used: a, am, and, anywhere, are, be, boat, box, car, could, dark, do, eat, eggs, fox, goat, good, green, ham, here, house, I, if, in, let, like, may, me, mouse, not, on, or, rain, Sam, say, see, so, thank, that, the, them, there, they, train, tree, try, will, with, would, you.</div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px;">7. Did you ever read, <u><b>Where the Wild Things Are</b></u>, written by Maurice Sendak? He originally wanted the book to be called Where the Wild Horses Are, but couldn’t draw horses and told his editor, he could draw…<b>things.</b></div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px;">8. The author of <b><u>Frankenstein</u></b> was Mary Shelley. The monster was NOT Frankenstein, he had no name. Frankenstein was the scientist who created the monster!</div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px;">9. The author of <b><u>Alice in Wonderland</u></b> ,Lewis Carroll, is credited with introducing 21 made-up words to the Oxford English Dictionary. <a href="https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/top10facts/388572/Top-10-facts-about-children-s-books">https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/top10facts/388572/Top-10-facts-about-children-s-books</a></div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px;">10. Someone calculated that Charles Dickens used 4.6 million different words in his writings. Also, a new treat, the lollypop was featured in a couple of Dickens' books!</div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px;">11. Books helped to build a road! 2.5 million books were shredded and added to the road asphalt for part of the M6 road in England.</div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/qi/10174462/QI-some-quite-interesting-facts-about-books.html">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/qi/10174462/QI-some-quite-interesting-facts-about-books.html<span style="color: #1648ff;"></span></a></span></div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px;">12. The world’s first library was built by Ashurbanipal(668-627BC) in Assyria.</div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px;">13. In 2012, 998 people, in Sydney, Australia, set a record for the most people balancing books on their head!</div><div style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px;"></div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px;">14. Did you know that people in the country of India take the title for the most reading done each week? On average 10.7 hours a week is spent reading. <a href="http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/top10facts/508275/Top-10-facts-about-books">http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/top10facts/508275/Top-10-facts-about-books</a></div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px;">15.<u> The Epic of Gilgamesh</u> is considered the oldest written story. It comes from the people of Mesopotamia , telling the adventures of the King of Uruk( @2750-2500 BC).</div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 12px; min-height: 19px;"><br />16. The first book printed on the printing press was the Bible, in 1450. It was done on Johann Gutenberg’s press. The Bible is also the largest-selling non-fiction book in the world!</div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 12px;">17. A library in Charleston, South Carolina, opened its doors in 1698, making it the first public library in America. http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0932506.html</div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 12px;">18. As of 2014, the handwritten,<u>The Codex Leicester</u>, by Leonardo da Vinci, which sold for a whopping $49.4 million dollars,in 1994, is still the most expensive book ever sold. The buyer was Bill Gates.</div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px;">19. According to the Pew Research Center, 1 out of 4 Americans said they didn’t read even ONE book in the past year! http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/23/opinion/blow-reading-books-is-fundamental.html?_r=0<br /><br />20. <b>The Adventures of Tom Sawyer</b>, by Mark Twain, was the first book written on a typewriter!</div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Quotes about Reading and Books:</b></span></div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 14px;"><b>1. “</b>Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.<b>”</b> Richard Steele</div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 9.3px; min-height: 12px;"><sup></sup><br /></div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 14px;">2. "To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark." Victor Hugo, Les Miserables</div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 14px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 14px;">3. "There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island." Walt Disney </div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 14px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 14px;">4. “ A book is like a garden, carried in the pocket." Chinese Proverb</div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 14px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 14px;">5. "The things I want to know are in books. My best friend is the man who'll get me a book I [haven't] read." Abraham Lincoln</div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 14px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 14px;">6. “A house without books is like a room without windows.” Heinrich Mann</div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 14px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 14px;">7. "The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go." Dr. Seuss</div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 14px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 14px;">8. "Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers." Harry S Truman </div><div style="color: #1648ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px;"><b>Your Turn:</b></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>1. Illustrate one of the quotes.</b></span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><b>2. Illustrate one of the fun facts about books.</b></span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; min-height: 19px;"><div style="font-family: chalkboard;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>3. Which quote do you like the best and why? Write a paragraph explaining what you think your favorite quote means.</b></span></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>4. Would you be embarrassed if a friend saw you reading a book? Why, why not?</b></span></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>5. What is one of your favorite books? Why do you like it so much?</b></span></div><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: "chalkboard";"><span style="caret-color: rgb(22, 72, 255);">6</span></span><span style="font-family: "chalkboard";">. A study by the National Literacy Trust(2019) found that only 26% of those under 18 years of age spent any time reading during a day! Do you read each day? </span></b></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKHKtonMC6_hh3kOOHWz38IFgz_qmwmwCztsOzDxP2MDNnQNqcgRi5ta98YRdzrah12KUYrcREbkZ8BEXtJkbYsuEqQjJWxmGzspwfTaOkoB47cGZUOWqjI8WdkPuffOFLjDWfuRXiGoPB/s1600/HCAndersenpic.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="450" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKHKtonMC6_hh3kOOHWz38IFgz_qmwmwCztsOzDxP2MDNnQNqcgRi5ta98YRdzrah12KUYrcREbkZ8BEXtJkbYsuEqQjJWxmGzspwfTaOkoB47cGZUOWqjI8WdkPuffOFLjDWfuRXiGoPB/s640/HCAndersenpic.jpg" width="492" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div></div><br /><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Additional Resources of Interest for World Book Day.</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: red;"><b>1. World Book Day would also be a great opportunity for kids to learn about Charles Dickens:</b></span> Have your students learn about Charles Dickens,one of the most famous writers of all times! 8 informative web questions. Additional activities/links,too. It is said Dickens used an amazing 4.6 million different words in his writing!<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Charles-Dickens-A-Webquest-200480"> https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Charles-Dickens-A-Webquest-200480</a></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: red;"><b>2. World Book Day-have kids learn about William Shakespeare with this Reader's Theater Script: </b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Considered to be the greatest writer of the English language, learn about William Shakespeare with this fun/informative play. Shakespeare introduced about 3000 words to the English language . It is said that next to the Bible, his works are the most quoted! <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/William-Shakespeare-A-Readers-Theater-Script-2299401"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/William-Shakespeare-A-Readers-Theater-Script-2299401</span></a></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: red;"><b>3. World Book Day would be a great time to read about one of the most famous fairy tale writers, Hans Christian Andersen. </b></span>Did you know that Andersen said that the story, The Ugly Duckling, was a story about him? He was bullied as a kid, called "scarecrow" because he was tall and skinny. Once to avoid kids chasing him, a young Andersen climbed a tree(and then got stuck!). His father had to get him down, only making for more taunts! This reader's theater play introduces kids to fairy tale writer,Hans Christian Andersen. Grades 4 and up.Comprehension questions, discussion questions, extension activities and resources are included. <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Hans-Christian-AndersenBiographical-play-To-Tell-the-Truth-Play-348807">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Hans-Christian-AndersenBiographical-play-To-Tell-the-Truth-Play-348807</a></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: red;"><b>4. Check out my web quest on the Library of Congress, our Nation's Library! </b></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "ヒラギノ角ゴ pro w3" , "hiragino kaku gothic pro" , , "meiryo" , "ms pゴシック" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">The Library of Congress, our Nation's Library has over 33 million books. There are also over 12.5 million photographs and 6 million pieces of sheet music! Learn more about the Nation's Library with informative webquest.(Grades 4/ up) Great informational text/research skill activity! </span><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Library-of-Congress-Explore-Our-Nations-LibraryWebquest-604584">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Library-of-Congress-Explore-Our-Nations-LibraryWebquest-604584</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /><br />5. <span face=""proxima nova" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">An American short story writer and poet,</span><span face=""proxima nova" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="color: red; font-size: 14px;"><b> Edgar Allan Poe,</b></span><span face=""proxima nova" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"> is remembers for such stories as</span><span face=""proxima nova" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> Murder in the Rue Morgue ,The Tell Tale Heart </span><span face=""proxima nova" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">and</span><span face=""proxima nova" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span face=""proxima nova" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Fall of the House of Usher. </span><span face=""proxima nova" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">Poe’s poem,</span><span face=""proxima nova" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span face=""proxima nova" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Raven</span><span face=""proxima nova" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">, is considered the most famous poem in American history! Edgar Allan Poe is considered to be one of the first science fiction writers and first writer of the modern detective story. Use this Reader's Theater Script to introduce students to this famous American Writer.</span></div><div style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222;">Part of my Ms. Bie Ografee Talk Show Series, there are 8 Audience Questioners who ask questions of Ms. Bie Ografee's guest, Edgar Allan Poe. There is a Did You Know? fun fact section, comprehension questions and a Teacher Page with extension activities and the key. </span><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Edgar-Allan-Poe-A-Readers-Theater-Script-4345227" style="color: #222222;">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Edgar-Allan-Poe-A-Readers-Theater-Script-4345227</a><br /><br /><div style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">6. Part of my Ms. Bie Ografee Talk Show Series, students will be introduced to the life of <b>Charles Dickens</b>, one of the most famous writers of all time. There are 11 questioners in the play as well as a Did You Know? section of fun facts, comprehension questions and a teacher page with extension activities, additional links and the key. <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #fc101b; font-kerning: none;"><b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Charles-Dickens-A-Readers-Theater-Script-3286350">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Charles-Dickens-A-Readers-Theater-Script-3286350</a></b></span></span></div><div style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #fc101b; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">7. Part of my Ms.Bie Ografee Talk Show series of Reader's Theater Scripts, the guest is</span><b><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"> </span><span style="color: red;">Louisa May Alcott.</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"> </span></b><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">A "studio" audience asks Ms. Bie Ografee's guest questions about her life and accomplishments. There are 11 audience questioners, a Did You Know? section of fun facts, comprehension questions and a teacher page with extension activities, additional links and the key. </span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #fc101b; font-kerning: none;"><b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Louisa-May-AlcottWriterSuffragette-and-AbolitionistA-Readers-Theater-Script-5290583">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Louisa-May-AlcottWriterSuffragette-and-AbolitionistA-Readers-Theater-Script-5290583</a></b></span></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #fc101b; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "proxima nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; min-height: 1.3em; 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font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 26px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.1px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>HAPPY PI DAY!</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.1px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><b>FUN FACTS:</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">1. Pi is the <b>circumference</b> of any circle, divided by its diameter. No matter the size of the circle, Pi is always the same!(3.14)</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">2. In 2015, Rajveer Meene, of India, memorized the first 70,030 digits of pi! It took him 17 hours and 14 minutes to recite the digits. Prior to this, Chao Lu, in 2005, was the record holder when he was able to recite the first 67,689 digits of pi. Amazing feat of memory for both men!</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.1px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>3. </b>Scientists<b> Sir Isaac Newton</b> and Greek mathematician <b>Archimedes </b>studied the numbers for Pi.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.1px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">4. Scientist <b>Albert Einstein</b> was born on March 14, or 3/14, now Pi Day.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.1px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">5. The ancient<b> Babylonians</b>(of present day Iraq) knew about pi more than 4000 years ago. Other cultures including the ancient Chinese and ancient Egyptians knew about pi. The oldest reference to pi dates back to 1650 BCE. It was mentioned in the Rhind Papyrus.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.1px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">6. P is the 16th letter of the alphabet and pi, the Greek letter, is also the 16th in their alphabet.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.1px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">7. The very first Pi Day was held in 1988, on 3/14. Why this date? The digits for pi start with 3.14. Larry Shaw, a physicist, celebrated the day by eating pie and walking in a circle. Shaw is nicknamed the “Prince of Pi”.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.1px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">8. Did you know that an episode of the original Star Trek television show had Spock confused a computer by asking for the last digit in the value of pi?</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.1px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">9. The Ludolphine Number is named for Ludolph van Ceulen, who in the late 1500s, calculated the first 36 digits of pi.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.1px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">10. In 2018, a scientist named Peter Trueb, used a computer to calculate 22,459,157,718,361 digits of pi. It took 105 days to list the numbers!</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.1px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">11. <b>Pilish</b> is a text using the numbers of pi. Michael Keith wrote a 1000 word short story using the digits of pi. For example: </span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;">Tap a tree</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">(3-1-4)</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.1px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">12.</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"> Write 3.14(pi) in BIG letters and hold it up to a mirror. Backwards, 3.14 looks like the word-PIE!</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.1px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Many people eat PIE to celebrate Pi Day!</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.1px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Do you remember singing “Four and Twenty Blackbirds”? </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.1px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Sing a song of sixpence a pocket full of rye</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.1px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie.</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.1px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>When the pie was open the birds began to sing,</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.1px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Oh wasn’t that a dainty dish to set before the king?</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.1px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">During the Middle Ages, there was a dinner course called the <b>ENTREMET.</b> During a banquet, it was an entertainment surprise for an important guest.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.1px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Some say that King Henry got a surprise when the pie that was served was cut open and 24 blackbirds flew out of the crust.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.1px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">The birds were placed into the thick pie after it was baked. The crust would rise forming a type of pot shaped pie. This top was removed and the birds were placed inside just before serving. Note: Another pie was served for eating, thank goodness!</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.1px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Some sources say that in addition to birds, live frogs, dogs and rabbits were also sometimes placed inside a surprise pie!</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.1px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Your Turn:</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.1px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">1. Illustrate a factoid</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.1px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">2. Write a three word Pilish.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.1px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">3. Write a fact about Sir Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.1px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">4. Write a diary entry pretending to be attending a party where blackbirds came out of a pie.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.1px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">5. Did you know that telephone numbers are 7 digits because most people can’t easily remember more than 7 numbers. How many digits of pi can you memorize?</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.1px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">6. What is YOUR favorite type of pie? Write a paragraph explaining what it is the BEST type of pie.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.1px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>TEACHER PAGE:</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.1px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Give the Interactive Notebook handout to students and after completing the Your Turn, regroup and discuss.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.1px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Ideas for Pi Day:</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.1px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://mathgeekmama.com/math-resources/pi-day-goodness/">https://mathgeekmama.com/math-resources/pi-day-goodness/<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"></span></a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.1px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Sources for Teachers:</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.factretriever.com/pi-facts">https://www.factretriever.com/pi-facts<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"></span></a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.piday.org/million/">https://www.piday.org/million/</a></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"> one million digits of pi </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;"><br /><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #ee220c; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #ee220c; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #00a2ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(238, 34, 12); color: #ee220c; font-kerning: none;"><b>1. Looking for a reading about math? Check out this reading passage on Hypatia, the first known female mathematician: </b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Womens-HistoryFamous-WomenAncient-HistoryHypatiaFirst-Woman-Mathematician-4018160"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 162, 255); color: #00a2ff; font-kerning: none;"><b>https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Womens-HistoryFamous-WomenAncient-HistoryHypatiaFirst-Woman-Mathematician-4018160</b></span></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LZrdFzBPevU/XIam2WC8QOI/AAAAAAAAB9A/99cEz2tPMsMMBKkqM8cns53nn_TIjz5WgCLcBGAs/s1600/original-4018160-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="271" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LZrdFzBPevU/XIam2WC8QOI/AAAAAAAAB9A/99cEz2tPMsMMBKkqM8cns53nn_TIjz5WgCLcBGAs/s320/original-4018160-1-1.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2. <span style="text-align: left;">Share this STEM reading resource with your students. This particular reading is on <b>Ada Lovelace</b>, thought to be the world's first computer Programmer. The short reading shares(in the first person) a recounting of the person's life(in this case Ada Lovelace) There are several Did You Know? fun facts, comprehension questions, a map skill activity for the area of the world the person lived, a teacher's section with extension activities, the key and additional links.</span></div>Great for a STEM reading on a women mathematician, a Friday activity, for Women's History Month, Pi Day, a substitute lesson and more.<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Ada-Lovelace-Woman-MathematicianWorlds-First-Computer-Programmer-7890823?st=df7b7a7c8420a6b06834cfa34ec76f63"> https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Ada-Lovelace-Woman-MathematicianWorlds-First-Computer-Programmer-7890823?st=df7b7a7c8420a6b06834cfa34ec76f63</a><div style="background-color: white; color: #ee220c; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn4IZRAKH400AB7OnlSE6G95J0D0P2BKpMTOTqzuJuPnEGgIRFy55RvIpm4mIXZ5OlLgemz3ybFyXahYipD9QTvnKQmIih5_zey4aw--Gz58u8vhi2vR1yW8qXUC_MKAxyKP7nJ9xqM2AwTCrbk-S3pikZ3Tp8LeCc4YEyPGIrjGqgMFUpU_X6CHvZ4Q/s280/original-7890823-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="216" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn4IZRAKH400AB7OnlSE6G95J0D0P2BKpMTOTqzuJuPnEGgIRFy55RvIpm4mIXZ5OlLgemz3ybFyXahYipD9QTvnKQmIih5_zey4aw--Gz58u8vhi2vR1yW8qXUC_MKAxyKP7nJ9xqM2AwTCrbk-S3pikZ3Tp8LeCc4YEyPGIrjGqgMFUpU_X6CHvZ4Q/s1600/original-7890823-1.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><br /><div style="background-color: white; font-family: chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;"><div style="color: #e6000e; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">3. Learn about<b> Katherine Johnson</b>, a physicist, space scientist and mathematician, who played a very important role with NASA’s early space missions. The movie Hidden Figures highlights the role of NASA's "computers" such as Katherine Johnson and their contributions. Part of my Ms. Bie Ografee Talk Show Series of Reader's Theater Scripts, there are comprehension questions, a Did You Know? section, a Teacher page with extensions/links and key. A great STEM biography! <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Katherine-Johnson-ScientistThe-Computer-that-Wore-SkirtsPlay-2961216">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Katherine-Johnson-ScientistThe-Computer-that-Wore-SkirtsPlay-2961216</a></b></span></span></div><div style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #5b5b5b; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VXtivXaS6cw/XmAesDBnNyI/AAAAAAAACU0/X3xPXDq6VWsrzRe8JKufBqgt6EsgEqEqwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/original-2961216-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="271" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VXtivXaS6cw/XmAesDBnNyI/AAAAAAAACU0/X3xPXDq6VWsrzRe8JKufBqgt6EsgEqEqwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/original-2961216-1.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><div style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #5b5b5b; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>I also have Reader’s Theater Scripts on Albert Einstein, Sir Isaac Newton, Marie Curie and Galileo.</b></span></div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: red; font-kerning: none;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: red; font-kerning: none;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Albert-Einstein-A-Readers-Theater-Script-3152167?st=e281932f9fc3d8d1edbec860b960d5d5">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Albert-Einstein-A-Readers-Theater-Script-3152167?st=e281932f9fc3d8d1edbec860b960d5d5</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="goog_316602471"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></a></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sir-Isaac-Newton-A-Readers-Theater-Script-3538657?st=cead1bec0af66c2899e350ac55f8a5a0"><span style="font-size: x-small;">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sir-Isaac-Newton-A-Readers-Theater-Script-3538657?st=cead1bec0af66c2899e350ac55f8a5a0</span></a></div></b></span></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Illustration from openclipart.org</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div>Gail Hennesseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06546272319482453021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138042842473812819.post-56245606988926087662024-03-03T08:58:00.000-08:002024-03-03T09:19:36.845-08:00March is Women's History Month<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJcHlc72SN2Zwp5bxOgyYDdcDU5uStTXFKcDvbHDCLOdwFaFHFa9tA0ttzEhXeqs15G_E7N3wu87P4HnOYJdklaEhFIhhD1wYd4_ufAh4R8HNn0ZWfeTgovYrcuv7LZulEl2wMBK-Bn8JO/s1600/original-2391333-1.jpg" style="font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 18px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="271" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJcHlc72SN2Zwp5bxOgyYDdcDU5uStTXFKcDvbHDCLOdwFaFHFa9tA0ttzEhXeqs15G_E7N3wu87P4HnOYJdklaEhFIhhD1wYd4_ufAh4R8HNn0ZWfeTgovYrcuv7LZulEl2wMBK-Bn8JO/s320/original-2391333-1.jpg" width="247" /></a></p><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></b></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Women’s History Month(March)</b></span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>"Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent." </b></span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>—Eleanor Roosevelt </b></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: red; font-family: helvetica; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>In 1978, a school district in California, organized a “Women’s History Week”. By 1981, Congress passed a resolution establishing a National Women’s History Week and in 1987, Congress created a month, March, to honor the contributions of women and to promote the teaching of women’s history. </b></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><span style="color: red; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red; font-family: helvetica;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>The following information may be helpful for Women’s History Month.</b></span><b><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">In 2024, the theme is "</span></b></span><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span face="Open Sans, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.”</span></span><span style="color: red; font-family: helvetica;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> The theme is to highlight women who have tried to eliminate bias and discrimination in our lives</span></span></b></span><span face=""Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">.</span><b style="color: red; font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">There are many women who have made contributions which have shaped our world.</span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: red; font-family: helvetica; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: red; font-family: helvetica; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>At one time, women weren’t able to do many things because of their gender. Here are some women trailblazers. Being the first, made it easier for other women to follow in their footsteps. Every year, new firsts continue to be made by women. Here is just a sampling of firsts made by women.</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><span style="color: red;"><b>Check here for the free downloadable version: <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Womens-History-Month-FREEBIEpossible-Interactive-Notebook-Activity-2391333">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Womens-History-Month-FREEBIEpossible-Interactive-Notebook-Activity-2391333</a></b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Lucy Brewer</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>First woman Marine</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>1812</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Elizabeth Blackwell</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>First woman to receive a medical degree</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>1849</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Amelia Jenks Bloomer</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>Publisher/editor of first prominent women's rights newspaper</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>1849</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Harriet Tubman</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>First woman to run underground railroad to help slaves escape</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>1850</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Lucy Hobbs</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>First woman to graduate from dental school</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>1866</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Arabella Mansfield Babb</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>First woman admitted to the bar to practice law</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>1869</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Frances Elizabeth Willard</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>First woman to become a college president (Evanston College)</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>1871</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Victoria Chaflin Woodhull</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>First woman to be presidential candidate</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>1872</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Helen Magill</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>First woman to receive a Ph.D. degree (Boston University)</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>1877</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Belva Ann Lockwood</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>First woman to practice law before U.S. Supreme Court</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>1879</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Clara Barton</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>Founder of the American Red Cross</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>1881</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Suzanna Madora Salter</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>First woman mayor (Argonia, Kansas)</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>1887</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Marie Curie</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>First women to win a Nobel Prize AND first person awarded TWO Nobel Prizes(as of 2016)</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>1903 AND 1911</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Mary McLeod Bethune</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>First woman to establish secondary school that became 4-year accredited college</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>1904</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Blanche Scott</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>First woman to fly an airplane</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>1910</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Jeannette Rankin</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>First woman U.S. House Representative (Montana)</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>1917</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Bessie Coleman</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>First African American Female pilot in USA and first AMERICAN to receive an international pilot’s license</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>1921</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Hallie Ferguson</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>First woman governor of U. S. state (Texas)</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>1924</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Amelia Earhart</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>First woman to be a passenger on an airplane across the Atlantic Ocean (1928)</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>and first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>1932</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Jane Addams</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>First American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>1931</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Hattie Wyatt Caraway</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>First woman elected to U.S. Senate</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>1932</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Amelia Earhart</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>1932</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>First woman to fly in space, aboard Vostok 6</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>1963</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>M</b></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><b>ary Clarke</b></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>First woman to be named major general in U.S. Army</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>1978</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Sandra Day O'Connor</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>First woman to become a Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>1981</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Sally Kristen Ride</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>First American woman to reach outer space.</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>1983</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Ann Bancroft</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>First woman to walk to North Pole</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>1986</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Christa McAuliffe</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>First woman citizen passenger on a space mission(teacher)</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>1986</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Lt. Col. Eileen Collins</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>First American woman to pilot a Space Shuttle</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>1995</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Madeleine K. Albright</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>First woman Secretary of State and highest ranking woman in the U.S. government</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>1997</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Condoleezza Rice</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>First African-American woman to be appointed Secretary of State</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>2005</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Nancy Pelosi</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>First woman to become Speaker of the House</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>2007</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Hillary Clinton </b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>First FIRST LADY to become a senator(from NY).First woman to be in a presidential primary and caucus in every state. She would go on to be the first female candidate for President for a major political party(Democratic Party)</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>2008/2016</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Michelle Obama </b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>First African American First Lady</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>2008</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Kathryn Bigelow</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>First woman to win the Best Director Award</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>2010</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Mary Barra </b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>First female CEO of General Motors</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>2013</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Women </b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>Allowed to compete in ski jumping events at the Winter Olympics for the first time</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>2014</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Katie Higgins </b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Fi</b></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>rst female pilot of the Blue Angels(US Navy Flight demonstration squad)</b></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>2014</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Megan Brennan</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>First female United States Postmaster General</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>2014</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Carla Hayden</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>First woman(and African American woman) to become the 14th Librarian at the Library of Congress</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>2016</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Susan Polgar</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>First woman in history to achieve the Grandmaster title in chess</b></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><div style="font-family: chalkboard;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>2017</b></span></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b><u>Peggy Whitson</u></b></span></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>Most days spent in space by a NASA astronaut!</b></span></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>2017</b></span></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b><u>Vanessa O'Brien</u></b></span></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>First woman to successfully summit the 2nd tallest mountain, K2</b></span></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>2017</b></span></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b><u>Gina Haspel</u></b></span></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>First woman to head the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)as its director</b></span></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>2018</b></span></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b><u>First ALL Women spacewalk</u></b></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-family: "chalkboard";"><span>On March 29th, Christina Koch and Anne McClain went outside the ISS and participated in the first all female space walk, part of Women's History Month.</span></span></b></span><br /><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-family: "chalkboard";"><span>2019</span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-family: "chalkboard";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Kathy Sullivan</b></span></p><p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">First woman astronaut to do a space walk AND to go into the deepest trench on Earth.(Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench). She is the only PERSON on the planet to have done BOTH </span></b></p><p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">2020</span></b></p><p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Sunniva Sorby and Hilde Falu Strom</b></span></p><p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">First women to solo at the Arctic over a winter without any male team members. They conducted science experiments on climate change and made observations on wildlife. They had to stay several months longer than planned due to Covid pandemic. They returned a couple of months later for the 2021 winter months.</span></b></p><p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">2019-2020</span></b></p><p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b></b></span><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Kamala Harris</b></span></p><p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">First African/South Asian Woman to become Vice President of the United States! 2020</span></b></p><p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><div class="page" title="Page 7"><div class="section" style="background-color: white;"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span style="font-family: Chalkboard;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><u>Ketanji Brown Jackson</u></b><br /><b>First Black Woman Supreme Court Justice. 2022</b></span></span></p></div></div></div></div><p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><b></b><br /></p></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; min-height: 18px;"><p style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><b>Did You Know? </b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">During the <b>Revolutionary War,</b> patriotism had no gender. A number of women worked as spies to help the patriots. Agent 355, her name was never identified, referenced a woman in the <b>Culper Spy Ring</b>. During the American Revolutionary War, the Culper Spy Ring was organized to work to defeat the British. Agent 355 and other members of the spy organization were very important in the colonists being victorious in the War for Independence from England. Agent 355 has been called the “hidden daughter of the American Revolution”. Other women who worked as spies included Anna Smith Strong, Lydia Darragh, Emily Geiger and Nancy Morgan Hart, Several women also helped fight and others spread the word of approaching British soldiers during the Revolutionary War. Molly Pitcher carried water to soldiers and helped with a cannon during the Battle of Monmouth. Another woman, Deborah Sampson dressed as a male soldier and joined the army. Margaret Corbin and Ann Bailey were two other women how fought in the war as soldiers. Catherine “Kate” Moore Barry is called the “Heroine of the Battle of Cowpens” for her efforts to help the patriots’ victory which was a turning point in the Revolutionary War.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">It is estimated that approximately 400-700 <b>WOMEN </b>fought as soldiers during all the major battles of the <b>Civil War</b> including the Battle of Gettysburg, the First Battle of Bull Run and the Battle of Shiloh. Since females were not allowed to fight in battles at that time, those women that did become soldiers disguised themselves as men. To disguise themselves, the women had to cut their hair very short, had to wrap fabric to bind their chests and dressed in men’s clothing. The women also used charcoal to make a “pretend” shadow of a beard. Some women wore false mustaches! The learned to walked in a way to not give away their real identity and also adapted a lower voice or not talk very much at all. Some of the women even took up smoking or chewing and spitting tobacco to not cause suspicion. Several women known to have fought as soldiers during the Civil War included Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, Sarah Emma Edmonds, Amy Clarke and Mary Galloway.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">During <b>World War 2,</b> women provided a very valuable service as pilots. It was the first time American women would fly military aircraft. The women Air Force Service Pilots(WASPS) flew new planes from factories to military bases such as the B-26s and B-29s. It wasn’t known whether these “superfortress” bombers were even safe. The women also tested planes that had been repaired and determining if they were safe before a male pilot would fly in it! Probably, the most dangerous job was that of towing targets attached to a plane. Using REAL ammunition, soldiers shot at the targets for combat practice. Several WASP actually got shot in their feet when a stray bullet went through the plane. Names of women pilots during World War4 2 included Jackie Cochran, Cornelia Fort and Margaret Phelan Taylor.</p><div><br /></div></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Questions:</span></div><ol><li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3px;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Are there any areas in which women still have yet to make a contribution?</span></li></ol><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">2. What are 3 character traits of women who have been trailblazers? What would you list as 3 of your best character traits?</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">3. There is a Hispanic Heritage Month, a Native American Month, a Black History Month and a Women’s History Month. Why do you think such months were established? Do you think there is a need for such months to highlight different groups? Why, why not?</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">4. If you could interview a woman trailblazer(past or present), who would it be and why? What might be 2 questions you would ask of that person?</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">5. Illustrate one of the women’s history facts.</span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; min-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>For Teachers:</b></span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; min-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Sites of interest for additional materials:</b></span></div><div style="color: #499bc9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-kerning: none;"></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #499bc9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-kerning: none;"><b>1. </b><a href="http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0768462.html"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 155, 201); font-kerning: none;"><b>http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0768462.html</b></span></a></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b> </b></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-kerning: none;"><b> Statues built to honor woman </b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>2. </b><a href="http://www.infoplease.com/quizzes/whmadventurers/1.html"><span style="color: #499bc9; line-height: normal;"><b>http://www.infoplease.com/quizzes/whmadventurers/1.html</b></span></a><b> Quiz your women’s history knowledge(women adventurers) </b><a href="http://www.infoplease.com/quizzes/womenleaders/1.html"><span style="color: #499bc9; line-height: normal;"><b>http://www.infoplease.com/quizzes/womenleaders/1.html</b></span></a></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 155, 201); color: #499bc9; font-kerning: none;"><b> </b></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b> Quiz your women’s history knowledge (women leaders)</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>3. Check out the National Women’s Hall of Fame, opened in 1979, in Seneca Falls, NY. Check out the inductees to the National Women’s Hall of Fame: </b></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 155, 201); color: #499bc9; font-kerning: none;"><b> </b><a href="https://www.womenofthehall.org/women-of-the-hall/"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">https://www.womenofthehall.org/women-of-the-hall/</span></a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">4. <b> </b><a href="http://www.historyswomen.com/1stwomen.html"><span style="color: #499bc9; line-height: normal;"><b>http://www.historyswomen.com/1stwomen.html</b></span></a></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 155, 201); color: #499bc9; font-kerning: none;"><b> </b></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Another great source of women past and present </b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #499bc9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-kerning: none;"><b>5. </b><a href="http://multiculturalkidblogs.com/2015/03/02/womens-history-month-strong-girls-books-for-kids/"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 155, 201); font-kerning: none;"><b>http://multiculturalkidblogs.com/2015/03/02/womens-history-month-strong-girls-books-for-kids/</b></span></a></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b> </b></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-kerning: none;"><b> Books to recommend</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><b>POSSIBLE RESOURCES of INTEREST:</b></span></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16px;"><div style="color: #ff2d22;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-kerning: none;"><b>1. Women’s History Month: A Webquest on 15 women that made a difference: </b><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 45, 34); font-kerning: none;"><b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Womens-History-Month-Webquest-501023">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Womens-History-Month-Webquest-501023</a></b></span></span></div><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-kerning: none;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 45, 34); font-kerning: none;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-kerning: none;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 45, 34); font-kerning: none;"><b>2. Women History: A Bundle of TEN Reader's Theater Scripts on Women in History: <span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/WOMENS-HISTORY-A-BUNDLE-of-10-READERS-THEATER-SCRIPTS-4409951">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/WOMENS-HISTORY-A-BUNDLE-of-10-READERS-THEATER-SCRIPTS-4409951</a></span></b></span></span><br /><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-kerning: none;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 45, 34); font-kerning: none;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-kerning: none;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 45, 34); font-kerning: none;"><b>3. Readings on TEN Famous Women in History: </b><span style="color: red;"><b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Women-in-History-Bundle-of-Ten-Reading-Passages-on-Women-in-History-4409979">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Women-in-History-Bundle-of-Ten-Reading-Passages-on-Women-in-History-4409979</a></b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-kerning: none;"><b>4. Check out my web quest on famous First Ladies: </b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/First-Ladies-of-the-United-States-Wequest-604151"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 45, 34); font-kerning: none;"><b>https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/First-Ladies-of-the-United-States-Wequest-604151</b></span></a></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-family: "chalkboard";"><span style="font-size: 12px;">5. Check out my TpT Store for Reader’s Theater Scripts on Famous women in history, science and literature: Susan B.Anthony, Elizabeth Blackwell, Hillary Clinton, Bessie Coleman, Michelle Obama, Edith Bolling Wilson, Eleanor Roosevelt, Amelia Earhart,Dolly Madison, Abigail Adams, Florence Harding, Lady Bird Johnson, Sacagawea, Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Marian Anderson, Katherine Johnson and Rachel Carson: <span style="color: red;">I also have a Reader's Theater Script on WW2 Pilots(part of the WASP) and a Reader's Theater Script on Women Soldiers during the Civil War. I also have a Reader's Theater Script on Revolutionary War Female </span>Spies.</span></span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16px;"><p style="background-color: white; color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: underline;">A</span><span style="color: black;">. <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/World-War-2-Female-PilotsMembers-of-the-WASP-A-Readers-Theater-Script-4378242"><span style="color: #fc101b;"><b>https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/World-War-2-Female-PilotsMembers-of-the-WASP-A-Readers-Theater-Script-4378242</b></span></a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><span style="color: black;">B. <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Revolutionary-War-Spies-A-Visit-with-Female-Agent-355Culper-Spy-RingScript-2441726"><span style="color: #fc101b;"><b>https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Revolutionary-War-Spies-A-Visit-with-Female-Agent-355Culper-Spy-RingScript-2441726</b></span></a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><span style="color: black;">C. <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Revolutionary-War-Heroine-Catherine-Kate-Moore-BarryBattle-of-Cowpens-5899298"><span style="color: #fc101b;"><b>https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Revolutionary-War-Heroine-Catherine-Kate-Moore-BarryBattle-of-Cowpens-5899298</b></span></a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><span style="color: red;"><b>D. </b><b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Civil-War-Women-SoldiersA-Readers-Theater-Script-6213517?st=8fdefcaa9409dde8252b28be3c5aed48">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Civil-War-Women-SoldiersA-Readers-Theater-Script-6213517?st=8fdefcaa9409dde8252b28be3c5aed48</a></b></span></p></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"><b>6. Women Trailblazers. Test your Knowledge Challenge: </b></span></span><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/WOMEN-Trailblazers-Test-your-Knowledge-Challenge-Activity-9195084?st=da25b3ae15b8ae09cac74e6b62f3a402">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/WOMEN-Trailblazers-Test-your-Knowledge-Challenge-Activity-9195084?st=da25b3ae15b8ae09cac74e6b62f3a402</a></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Note: Photographs from </b><a href="http://wpclipart.com/"><span style="color: black; line-height: normal;">wpclipart.com</span></a><b>(photograph of Elizabeth Blackwell:public domain)</b></span></div><ul><li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Left to right: Harriet Tubman, Amelia Earhart, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Blackwell</b></span></li></ul>Gail Hennesseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06546272319482453021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138042842473812819.post-9837074588308380472024-02-22T08:05:00.000-08:002024-02-22T08:05:23.349-08:00February 27th is International Polar Bear Day!<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj3mKdMh6jeGLjIbizDjL0vl-9Q_algTiLSCtVgPSDBowWH5Kqp6Hx3HS5Mxw_hhupjs8uG5MK_ticY8TepGN5vFEyjLfDcNwsK3Dl9EAXWHd4VHvMSG_CPuoXRglv490mH6ni_9gxDrvmhuwcx-DR4_RmVJeZhBPKAAffJHVEnzf-Xdy2SDfsd3CS9w/s1280/polar-bear-3277930_1280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="734" data-original-width="1280" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj3mKdMh6jeGLjIbizDjL0vl-9Q_algTiLSCtVgPSDBowWH5Kqp6Hx3HS5Mxw_hhupjs8uG5MK_ticY8TepGN5vFEyjLfDcNwsK3Dl9EAXWHd4VHvMSG_CPuoXRglv490mH6ni_9gxDrvmhuwcx-DR4_RmVJeZhBPKAAffJHVEnzf-Xdy2SDfsd3CS9w/s320/polar-bear-3277930_1280.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Photograph from Pixabay</p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fun Facts about Polar Bears:</b></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">1. Ursus maritimus is the correct term for polar bears. They are <b>carnivores</b> and the world's largest LAND carnivores? What does this mean?</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">2. Greenland, Norway, Canada, the United States and Russia are countries which have polar bears.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">3. Polar bears have 42 VERY sharp teeth!</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">4. Very intelligent, polar bears can smell food 20 miles away! </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">5. Polar bears are very good swimmers and spend much of their time in the water.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">6. Underneath their white fur, a polar bear has BLACK skin which helps absorb heat and helps them stay warm.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">7. A male polar bear can stand 10 ft. tall! </span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Polar bear, which can weigh over 1200 pounds, can also run 25 mph.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">8. A polar bear can stay underwater for about 1 minute.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">9. Polar bears can swim up to. six miles per hours.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">10. Polar bears do NOT <b>hibernate</b> like other bears. </span><br /><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Your Turn:</b></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">1. What are TWO facts you know about polar bears(not found in the paragraph above)?</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">2. Draw a picture of a polar bear and write a paragraph pretending to be a polar beard tell about what you see, hear, smell, etc. as you come into a town.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">3. Use a world map and locate the country of Russia and specifically the area called Siberia. Write 4 facts learned about Russia from the world map.</span><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQjk6-L91IYCggiojXm7CmCUoX2ATfb7zhpHANFKgFA_QR8Trv1jvYgO6U17y-IvehDxn25YOiHdE1jV4y4kRQcLubuu1ICNttpOQR6aoyoLNr-HJMNed2PT4go-jBmgB--9I8Y3O4AmfokQ5hTZPInrV7MkWvmwO62rOSj5PEOWdQPig2ssRZ_nK8Q/s350/original-604797-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="271" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQjk6-L91IYCggiojXm7CmCUoX2ATfb7zhpHANFKgFA_QR8Trv1jvYgO6U17y-IvehDxn25YOiHdE1jV4y4kRQcLubuu1ICNttpOQR6aoyoLNr-HJMNed2PT4go-jBmgB--9I8Y3O4AmfokQ5hTZPInrV7MkWvmwO62rOSj5PEOWdQPig2ssRZ_nK8Q/s320/original-604797-1.jpg" width="248" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Learn more about the Polar Bear with this Webquest activity:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Polar-Bears-A-Webquest-604797?st=b5b921dcae22a263577205cb80c7b31">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Polar-Bears-A-Webquest-604797?st=b5b921dcae22a263577205cb80c7b31</a>a</span></div>Gail Hennesseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06546272319482453021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138042842473812819.post-31583543152014343782024-02-11T04:26:00.000-08:002024-02-11T04:27:18.495-08:00Happy Chinese New Year!<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt02YprD8Vu0vK9MGy0x8bq7IaMYFyQfzZDYPMrwPZ3Lft4cvv1EsIhvvcNDYYYHx1l7HRNgwWnX3WuJhdxGjGiQppqW4YDXTfbwbpEfrOsCuNn6g_ttCdDDTh96rKbPl71c_snbipXZMP/s1600/original-2214973-1.jpg" style="font-family: Chalkboard; 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font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Chinese-New-Year-Factoids-FREEBIEInteractive-Notebook-Activity-2214973?aref=j3w7o6ne"><b>https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Chinese-New-Year-Factoids-FREEBIEInteractive-Notebook-Activity-2214973?aref=j3w7o6ne</b></a></span></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></b></div><div style="color: #570e72; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Chinese New Year Factoids</b></span></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>by</b></span></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Gail Skroback Hennessey</b></span></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: #570e72; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></span><p style="background-color: white; color: #580c72; font-size: 19.7px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">Kung Hei Fat Choy!<span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #ff2c21; font-size: 18pt; text-align: start;">“Kung Hei Fat Choy” </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #ff2c21; font-size: 13pt; text-align: start;">means Happy New Year in Chinese! 2024 is the Year of the Dragon. The Dragon is considered to be most powerful of all </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #ff2c21; font-size: 13pt; text-align: start;">the 12 zodiac creatures.Those born under this Chinese zodiac sign are said to have much good fortune. Dragon people are hard workers, a bit self-demanding, intelligent and ambitious. Dragon people like to travel and are very curious. On the Chinese calendar, called Yan Tan, the new year is 4721. Chinese New Year is not always held on the same day each year. It depends on when the second new moon of the winter solstice occurs. In 2024, Chinese </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #ff2c21; font-size: 14pt; text-align: start;">New Year starts on February 10th. It is the beginning of a 15 day celebration!</span></p><div style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 13.7px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="color: #570e72; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #570e72; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Some of the following are Chinese good luck foods and customs:</b></span></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Long, uncut noodles are a symbols of long life and friendship.</b></span></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Giving oranges and tangerines are symbols of wealth and good luck.</b></span></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Dumplings are eaten as a symbol of a happy family.</b></span></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Wearing red is thought to bring good luck.</b></span></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>People put up lights and decorate windows and doors with red and gold paper. Messages of good fortunes are written.</b></span></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>The Chinese word for fish is similar in sound to the word for plentiful, so fish are important in the Chinese New Year.</b></span></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Using knives or scissors on New Year's Day are considered bad luck as they may cut your good luck for the new year.</b></span></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>It is also considered bad luck to wash your hair on New Year's Day.</b></span></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>It is considered good luck to hear a bird sign on New Year's Day.</b></span></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>The number 4 sounds like the Chinese word for death, so people try not to use the number on New Year's Day</b></span></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Fireworks are shot off on New Year's Eve to send away the old year and welcome the new.</b></span></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Before the new year, it is a custom to clean the home from top to bottom to sweep away any bad luck from the previous year.</b></span></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>It is considered bad luck to own money from the previous year, so people try to pay any bills before the New Year.</b></span></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>It is bad luck to clean on New Year's Day. You might sweep away any good luck!</b></span></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>At exactly midnight on New Year's Eve, all windows and doors are opened to send away the old year and welcome in the new.</b></span></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>If a flower opens on New Year's Day, it is considered good luck.</b></span></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #570e72; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #570e72; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>The Legend of the Chinese Zodiac</b></span></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Several stories are told about how twelve animals came to be honored with a year in the Chinese calendar. One is that Buddha was having a party and invited all the animals of the world to come. It was very cold and only twelve animals braved the weather to attend the party. Buddha was so grateful to those that attended his party, that each that came got a year named in their honor. The rat was the first to get to the party, with the ox being second. If you look at the 12 year calendar, which animal arrived last? Man didn't brave the weather to come to the party and is the reason that a year isn't given to man on the calendar.</b></span></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>There are twelve animals in the Chinese calendar and everyone has a year in their honor. The year just ending was the year of the rat. Other animals include: pig, monkey, snake, dragon, goat, rabbit, dog, tiger, rooster,and horse.</b></span></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #570e72; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP-Z_kvcTSdAkQ56ZfR7Ot6rrqIq3WIZsYV44vC3NiqYtVL0RWD9xuj9ntN1H0ydJL79eIM9oKJoEsd6cVjLPazGlEMaWHho14SLYCp1T8sXbjcShVWM_8NnAkY2VqCTOKUZWhgZOHzlph/s1600/wall2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP-Z_kvcTSdAkQ56ZfR7Ot6rrqIq3WIZsYV44vC3NiqYtVL0RWD9xuj9ntN1H0ydJL79eIM9oKJoEsd6cVjLPazGlEMaWHho14SLYCp1T8sXbjcShVWM_8NnAkY2VqCTOKUZWhgZOHzlph/s1600/wall2.jpg" /></a></div><div style="color: #570e72; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>*Purple Annie at the Great Wall of China</b></span></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>•Write 3 things you learned that you found very interesting about Chinese New Year.</b></span></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>•Write a paragraph describing Chinese New Year. Include 4 facts learned from the information listed.</b></span></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #570e72; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></div><div style="color: #570e72; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></div><div style="color: #570e72; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></div><div style="color: #570e72; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Wi0tyJawiONmy43V9KsaByQUSdBvQQi0JXBX7A4sSM_OcLp7iZ7uUT3Nv74plM3C8qHj_ss-JeIcRyzjJ8uev-qWQero8Ev4OC6T-xhRPlPKRsFnIwyrj8NpwamlzelKMw14Jaob1qkr/s1600/chinese_lantern.png" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Wi0tyJawiONmy43V9KsaByQUSdBvQQi0JXBX7A4sSM_OcLp7iZ7uUT3Nv74plM3C8qHj_ss-JeIcRyzjJ8uev-qWQero8Ev4OC6T-xhRPlPKRsFnIwyrj8NpwamlzelKMw14Jaob1qkr/s320/chinese_lantern.png" width="102" /></a></div><div style="color: #0000e9; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></div><div style="color: #570e72; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #570e72; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #570e72; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Teacher Page:</b></span></div><div style="color: #570e72; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Extension Activities:</b></span></div><ul><li style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "marker felt"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Give students a handout of the information on Chinese New Year. Have small groups use the information to make 5 comprehension questions to exchange with another group to answer. Regroup as a class and discuss the information presented.</span></li><li style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "marker felt"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Check which animal you were born. Draw a picture of your sign and write three character traits you feel you have. Give an example to back up your traits. <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #420178; font-kerning: none;"><a href="http://china.mrdonn.org/zodiac.html">http://china.mrdonn.org/zodiac.html</a></span></span></li></ul><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"> • Illustrate/color one of the customs of Chinese New Year.</span></div><ul><li style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #420178; font-family: "marker felt"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #fc101b; font-kerning: none;">Read a Chinese Folk story:The Foolish Old Man Who moved Mountains.</span></li><li style="color: #420178; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #fc101b; font-family: "marker felt"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #fc101b; font-kerning: none;">Another Folk Story: <a href="http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/tikki.html"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #420178; font-kerning: none;">http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/tikki.html</span></a></span></li></ul><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"> • Chinese animated folk story: The Three Monks. Write a summary of the story: <a href="http://chinese4kids.net/classical-chinese-animation-three-monks/"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #420178; font-kerning: none;"> chinese4kids.net/classical-chinese-animation-three-monks/</span></a></span></div><ul><li style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "marker felt"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Check out my Purple Annie bear’s photographs of our trip to China: <a href="http://www.gailhennessey.com/index.shtml?purpleanniestravels.html"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #420178; font-kerning: none;">http://www.gailhennessey.com/index.shtml?purpleanniestravels.html</span></a> Write a post card pretending to be visiting the country of China. Include 3 facts learned about China from Purple Annie’s Travel page.</span></li><li style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "marker felt"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Dragons and bats are considered good luck. Draw/color a picture of either a dragon or bat. Pretend your dragon or bat could grant you three good things to happen. What would you choose and why?</span></li></ul><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #570e72; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">You may find these resource of interest. Take a look:</span></div><ol><li style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Let’s Explore China! Did you know that enough dirt was used to create the Great Wall of China to circle the earth with an 8 ft. high wall? Did you know that ice cream was probably first invented by the Chinese(frozen milk/rice)? Did you know that the yo-yo was invented by the Chinese or that the number 9 and the color red are considered good luck in China? I taught a unit on China for 32 years and would love to share some my notes, activities and resources I used with my students. <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #420178; font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/China-Lets-Explore-China-520479">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/China-Lets-Explore-China-520479</a></span></span></li><li style="color: #420178; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #fc101b; font-kerning: none;">Country in Focus: China. A Webquest/ Extension Activities: <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Country-in-Focus-China-A-WebquestExtension-Activities-1085517"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #420178; font-kerning: none;">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Country-in-Focus-China-A-WebquestExtension-Activities-1085517</span></a></span></li></ol><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #420178; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #fc101b; font-kerning: none;">Gail Hennessey: <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Gail-Hennessey"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #420178; font-kerning: none;">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Gail-Hennessey</span></a></span></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #fc101b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Note: Illustrations from wpclipart.com</span></div>Gail Hennesseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06546272319482453021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138042842473812819.post-67741369346081045312024-02-09T10:31:00.000-08:002024-02-09T10:31:53.257-08:00What do you Know about Valentine's Day?<p> <span style="font-family: Chalkboard; text-align: center;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd6n2zWhhDnxTFCOwp_FsIFcupoy7Feuk0XHdbjSWrIHXbIKklYyX12nE8hZ6ELtFgPUZVqw3FJkXbnjMqZr9yQb0BLvzFed5bVnuF4e-_DLEX_AJDyCB7hiAk8-KRJaoHlMrQFrMGPHh9/s1600/valentinerainbow.jpg" style="font-family: Chalkboard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="115" data-original-width="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd6n2zWhhDnxTFCOwp_FsIFcupoy7Feuk0XHdbjSWrIHXbIKklYyX12nE8hZ6ELtFgPUZVqw3FJkXbnjMqZr9yQb0BLvzFed5bVnuF4e-_DLEX_AJDyCB7hiAk8-KRJaoHlMrQFrMGPHh9/s1600/valentinerainbow.jpg" /></a></p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 45, 34); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 45, 34); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">Valentine’s Day and the Heart Factoids</span></b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 45, 34); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">Possible Interactive Notebook Activity</span></b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 45, 34); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="color: purple;">by</span></b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Gail Skroback Hennessey</b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: #ff2d22; font-weight: bold;">Click here for the free downloadable version:</span><span style="color: purple;"><b> </b></span></span><span style="color: purple;"><b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Valentines-Day-Interactive-Notebook-ActivityFREE-3002203">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Valentines-Day-Interactive-Notebook-ActivityFREE-3002203</a></b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>1. At one time, Valentine’s Day was also the day to celebrate Groundhog Day! </b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>2. Ever wonder why lace is associated with Valentine’s Day? Seem the word comes from a Latin word, “laques”meaning “net.” Someone tries to capture someone’s heart on Valentine’s Day.</b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>3. Because blood is red and people once thought the heart was the center of feelings, red became the color of Valentine’s Day.</b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>4. The first Valentine’s Day card dates back to 1415. It was in that year France’s Duke of Orleans send a love message to his wife while a prisoner in the Tower of London. He was captured in the Battle of Agincourt.</b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>5. It is believed that Valentine’s Day began around 270 AD in ancient Rome.</b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>6. One of the legends of Valentine’s Day says that the Roman emperor, Claudius 11, banned marriage during war time. A priest named Valentine(some say a Bishop) continued to marry and was arrested and jailed for his “crime”. While in prison, he sent the jailor’s daughter a note and signed it “from your Valentine.” He was eventually sentenced to death on February 14th.</b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>7. Did you know that over 8 billion candy hearts are made each year for Valentine’s Day?</b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>8. In 1537, King Henry VIII, of England, made February 14th, an official holiday.</b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>9. On Valentine’s Day, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell patented his idea of the telephone!</b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>10. Valentine’s Day is celebrated in Italy, Denmark, Canada, Mexico, France, Great Britain, Australia and the United States.</b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>11.Back when most people couldn’t write, people often signed their name with an X. Another person would witness their “signature”. The person would then kiss their X . Today, people sign notes with Xs to stand for kisses.</b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>12. Have you heard the expression, “to wear your heart on your sleeve”? This saying dates back to the Middle Ages when men and women would draw a name and wear their “valentine” on their sleeve for a week.</b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>13. Did you know that the human heart is about the size of a fist?</b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>14. In a lifetime, a person’s heart pumps about 1 million barrels of blood! That’s about 2,000 gallons each day or 5 quarts a minute!</b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>15. Arteries are blood vessels that carry blood from the heart throughout the body. Veins are blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart.</b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>16. People used to believe that your heart stopped when you sneezed. That’s why people started saying “bless you”. Actually, the heart does NOT stop. It just isn’t pumping blood as well. </b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>17. The heart is a MUSCLE. It is found in the MIDDLE of your chest, between your two lungs. </b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Extension Activities:</span></b></span></div><ol><li style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Have students write a paragraph stating any prior knowledge they have about Valentine's Day.</b></li><li style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Illustrate one of the facts.</b></span></li><li style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Make a chart showing 3 of the countries which celebrate Valentine’ Day. Write 2 facts about each country.</b></li><li style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Pretend you are a human heart. Write a day in your life. What are you doing today? What are you thinking? Include 2 facts about the human heart in your story.</b></li></ol><div><div class="page" style="font-family: chalkboard; text-indent: -36px;" title="Page 2"><div class="section" style="background-color: white;"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">All things RED!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Test you “red” knowledge:</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;">1. Name a jewel that is the color red:__________________________</span></div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: red; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700;"> 2. Who is the famous cartoon dog of this color?__________________________</span></div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700;">3. 3. A story about a girl and a wolf: ____________________________</span></div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700;">4. 4. Name a traffic sign which is red: ___________________________</span></div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700;">5. 5. Name a red bird: _______________________________________</span></div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700;">6. 6. Name a red insect: _____________________________________</span></div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700;">7. 7. Name two red fruits: ______________________________________</span></div></div></div><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><b> 8. Name three red </b></span><b>vegetables:__________________________</b></span></div><div class="section" style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><b>9. 9. Which large planet has several big red spots</b></span><span style="color: red;"><b>__________________________<span style="font-size: x-small;"><img alt="page2image10520" height="0.320000" src="file:///page2image10520" width="234.704000" /> <img alt="page2image10680" height="0.320000" src="file:///page2image10680" width="208.624000" /></span></b></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">Teacher Page:</span></b></span></span></div></div></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-size: 13px;"><b style="color: #ff2d22;"><br /></b></div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><b><span style="color: purple;">1. </span></b><b style="color: #ff2d22;">Have students watch this short video and write 3 facts learned about Candy Hearts: </b><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(107, 33, 133); color: #6b2185; font-kerning: none;"><b><a href="http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/holidays/valentines-day-ideas/a26945/candy-heart-facts">http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/holidays/valentines-day-ideas/a26945/candy-heart-facts</a></b></span></div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(107, 33, 133); color: #6b2185; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>2. Show the nutritional information of Candy Hearts:</b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Calories</b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>60</b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Fat</b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>0g</b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Carbs</b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>15g</b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>10 Candy Hearts contain 60 calories.</b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Have students bring in a candy wrapper and discuss the nutritional information.</b></span><br /><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 45, 34); color: #ff2d22; font-kerning: none;"><b>3. Have students review the heart diagram at this link: </b><a href="http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/heart/labelinterior/label.shtml"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(107, 33, 133); color: #6b2185; font-kerning: none;"><b>http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/heart/labelinterior/label.shtml</b></span></a></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 45, 34); color: #ff2d22; font-kerning: none;"><b>4. Check out my webquest on Valentine’s Day and the human heart: </b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Valentines-Day-A-WebquestExtension-Activities-1659788"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(107, 33, 133); color: #6b2185; font-kerning: none;"><b>https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Valentines-Day-A-WebquestExtension-Activities-1659788</b></span></a></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -36px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 45, 34); color: #ff2d22; font-kerning: none;"><b>5. Check out my activity, The Red Game(also included in my Webquest activity): </b><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(107, 33, 133); color: #6b2185; font-kerning: none;"><b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Valentines-Day-The-RED-GameActivity-1666108">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Valentines-Day-The-RED-GameActivity-1666108</a></b></span></span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -36px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 45, 34); color: #ff2d22; font-kerning: none;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(107, 33, 133); color: #6b2185; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -36px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>6. Show kids that everything has a history with my web question on the History of Candy: </b><span style="color: #6b2185; line-height: normal;"><b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Candy-History-of-Candy-Webquest-516787">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Candy-History-of-Candy-Webquest-516787</a></b></span></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: #6b2185; line-height: normal;"><br /></span></span></div>Gail Hennesseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06546272319482453021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138042842473812819.post-84655400655739763272024-02-09T10:30:00.000-08:002024-02-09T10:30:00.523-08:00Black History Month Freebie<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjsQ432EzSVO5wvyYO4Vl4wXD4rnq0F0bkb6Xo4h2xOHwqoOp9hCjXs3XuP9JQDPlPhPou6iZLUMooRYWfA569k5w1YKtZcxa0lh9pfcebVPnXRBGrtBt9HBGlXw8_KfU5DbSHgJv3cW6N/s1600/original-491555-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="271" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjsQ432EzSVO5wvyYO4Vl4wXD4rnq0F0bkb6Xo4h2xOHwqoOp9hCjXs3XuP9JQDPlPhPou6iZLUMooRYWfA569k5w1YKtZcxa0lh9pfcebVPnXRBGrtBt9HBGlXw8_KfU5DbSHgJv3cW6N/s320/original-491555-1.jpg" width="247" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZTXJnbIJNk8DdKM3RZg0kod9FMas46wbMUbx-Ez0KfzEfS_qz0nxQBVg1r6ZXGbxn1qsGfJt5MEuv0qCLzyWwEWU0Quo7PwgmFuhLeXogEhhdKLMiK4dLwUg9R-Zs30hrOvPlr-h-NSWX/s1600/original-2931445-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="270" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZTXJnbIJNk8DdKM3RZg0kod9FMas46wbMUbx-Ez0KfzEfS_qz0nxQBVg1r6ZXGbxn1qsGfJt5MEuv0qCLzyWwEWU0Quo7PwgmFuhLeXogEhhdKLMiK4dLwUg9R-Zs30hrOvPlr-h-NSWX/s320/original-2931445-1.jpg" width="246" /></a></p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 30px; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"></h3><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 30px; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"></h3><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 30px; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;">Black History Month Is in February!</h3><div class="post-header" style="color: #997755; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1686197934840459006" itemprop="description articleBody" style="font-size: 14.489999771118164px; line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 558px;"><div style="color: #ff2500; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 19px; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Black History Month:</b></span></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Dr. Carter G. Woodson, organized a two week period in February,in 1926, to highlight contributions of African Americans. In 1976, the month of February was established as Black History Month.</b></span></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>The month of February was selected as it was the month in which both Frederick Douglass(abolitionist) and Abraham Lincoln (Emancipation Proclamation)were born. Black History Month is also celebrated in Canada in February and in October in Great Britain.4. Since 1976, (President Gerald R. Ford),every president has deemed the month of February “Black History Month.”</b></span></div><div style="color: #0433ff; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #ff2500; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #ff2500; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica";">* </span></span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 19px; text-align: center;">Click here for the free Interactive Notebook download:</b></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 37, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 19px; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #aa0033;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Black-History-Month-FactoidsInteractive-Notebook-Activity-2222275">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Black-History-Month-FactoidsInteractive-Notebook-Activity-2222275</a></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #ff2500; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #ff2500; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #ff2500; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Did You Know?</b></span></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>The first African American invited to the White House(by President Theodore Roosevelt) was Booker T. Washington. The educator was also the first African American to be honored on a U.S. postage stamp.</b></span></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Dr. Mae C. Jemison was the first African American female astronaut. She went into space, in 1992.</b></span></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Guion Bluford was the first American American to travel into space.</b></span></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>In 1821,Thomas L. Jennings was the first African American to receive a patent for an invention.(dry cleaning process)</b></span></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>George Washington Carver developed 300 products from the peanut, 118 from the sweet potato and 75 for the pecan! 2. Carver also invented PEANUT BUTTER.</b></span></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>The first American American to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court was Thurgood Marshall, in 1967.</b></span></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>The first African American elected to the U.S. Senate was Hiram Rhodes Revels.( 1870-1871)</b></span></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Bessie Coleman was the first American American woman to get a pilot’s license and the first American to hold an international pilot’s license.</b></span></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Olympian Jesse Owns broke 4 world records for track and field, at the 1936 Olympics, in Berlin, Germany. </b></span></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>In 1909, African-American explorer Mathew A. Henson and Robert E. Peary made the first successful expedition to the North Pole.(for the USA).</b></span></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>In 1940,Dr. Charles Drew found a way to preserve blood and started the first blood bank.</b></span></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Garrett Morgan invented a traffic light and a gas mask.</b></span></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Ralph J. Bunche, in 1950, was the first African American to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, for his efforts to mediate an Arab-Israeli truce.</b></span></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play for a Major League Baseball team.</b></span></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>In the 18th century, astronomer and inventor, Benjamin Banneker helped design Washington, DC.</b></span></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>During WW 2, the first African American pilot group were the Tuskegee Airmen.</b></span></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>An African American named George Crum, a chef, is created with inventing potato chips. The year was 1853.</b></span></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Do you own a Super Soaker? Lonnie G. Johnson, an aerospace engineer invented the water gun.</b></span></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Basketball great, Bill Russell, was the first black coach for a NBA team.</b></span></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Like instant mashed potatoes? Dr. William C. Davis, invented them in 1959.</b></span></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>One of the earliest published African American authors was Phillis Wheatley. Her “Poems on Various Subjects “ was published inn 1773.</b></span></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>In the 1930s, Frederick McKinley Jones invented the air-cooling units that enabled foods to be transported distances without spoiling.</b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Questions:</b></span></div><div style="color: #0433ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><ul style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Dr. Carter G. Woodson once said,” It is never too late to learn.” What do you think he is saying by this statement?</b></span></li></ul><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><ul style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Hispanic American Heritage Month is in October,Native American Heritage Month is in November, Black History Month is in February and Women’s History Month is in March. Do you think there is a need to highlight groups of people for their contributions today? Why, why not?</b></span></li></ul><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><ul style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>It is said that an important question we should each ask ourselves is: “ What is something you have done for someone else this week?</b></span></li></ul><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 25px; line-height: normal;"><b>•</b></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that </b></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; line-height: normal;"><b>matter.” What do you think this quote by Martin Luther King means?</b></span></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #ff2500; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><br /><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"></span></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: underline;">Extension Activities:</b></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"></span></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #ff2d22; text-decoration: underline;"><b>• L</b></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 45, 34); color: #ff2d22; font-kerning: none;"><b>earn about the Tusk</b></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 37, 0); color: #ff2500; font-kerning: none;"><b>egee Airman:</b></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(4, 51, 255); color: #0433ff; font-kerning: none;"><b> </b></span><a href="http://www.softschools.com/facts/us_history/tuskegee_airmen_facts/1200/" style="color: #aa0033; text-decoration: none;">http://www.softschools.com/facts/us_history/tuskegee_airmen_facts/1200/</a><br /><br /></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 95, 94); color: #ff5f5e; font-kerning: none;"><b>•Lear</b></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>n more famous African American Inventors:</b></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(157, 69, 185); color: #9d45b9; font-kerning: none;"><b> </b></span><br /><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(157, 69, 185); color: #9d45b9; font-kerning: none;"><a href="http://www.factmonster.com/spot/bhmscientists1.html" style="color: #aa0033; text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>http://www.factmonster.com/spot/bhmscientists1.html</b></span></a></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b> I</b></span><b>llustrate one of the African American Inventors with one of their inventions.</b></div><div style="color: #9d45b9; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #ff2d22; text-decoration: underline;"><b>• </b></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 45, 34); color: #ff2d22; font-kerning: none;"><b>C</b></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 37, 0); color: #ff2500; font-kerning: none;"><b>heck out my Thirteen fact-packed Black History Month Webquest/Extension Activities: </b><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; 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line-height: normal;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(128, 0, 128);"><b><span style="color: red;">Reading on Sojourner Truth:</span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sojourner-TruthAbolitionist-Womens-Rights-AdvocateAuthorReading-Passage-6210333?st=fc32ff30ef0764fb64ca29d499732f4e">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sojourner-TruthAbolitionist-Womens-Rights-AdvocateAuthorReading-Passage-6210333?st=fc32ff30ef0764fb64ca29d499732f4e</a><span style="color: purple;"><span><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><br /></div></div>Gail Hennesseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06546272319482453021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138042842473812819.post-19814820176227799952024-01-19T08:32:00.000-08:002024-01-19T08:32:09.000-08:00Groundhog Day is Coming!<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYWhF-BNd-mXT7k0aqzXIOzE4NrA_KFOEo78G5C59l8jQhEkUJcIupGelf_b3NRhndXI2ExM1SWCKh4zXRC4RJTWDwFgTLlfkMNqsTRabD9fZ1bRmiLwEUjq511gQpJ6gnkxVxAuBhP7K2/s1600/ground_hogs.png" style="font-family: times; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="91" data-original-width="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYWhF-BNd-mXT7k0aqzXIOzE4NrA_KFOEo78G5C59l8jQhEkUJcIupGelf_b3NRhndXI2ExM1SWCKh4zXRC4RJTWDwFgTLlfkMNqsTRabD9fZ1bRmiLwEUjq511gQpJ6gnkxVxAuBhP7K2/s1600/ground_hogs.png" /></a></p><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: times; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=", , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">**** Download for free: <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Groundhog-Day-Freebie-5189943">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Groundhog-Day-Freebie-5189943</a></span></span><br /><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=", , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: times; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Are you READY for Groundhog Day?</span></b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: times; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: times; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: times; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Groundhog Day is February 2nd. It's a time when people look to a groundhog to find out whether or not we will be having six more weeks of winter. The idea dates back hundreds of years when people looked to hibernating animals such as badgers, hedgehogs and bears to see when they might wake up from their winter sleep.</b></span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: times; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: times; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>According to the tradition, if the animals saw its shadow, winter would last several more weeks. If it didn't see its shadow, spring would be soon arriving.</b></span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: times; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: times; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>When Europeans, especially the Germans, came to the United States, they brought the tradition. The groundhog became the animals of choice as it hibernated and looked something like the European hedgehog. Groundhog Day started back in the 1880s with the first official celebration on February 2, 1887. The most famous groundhog weather forecaster is Punxsutawney Phil, of Punxsutawney, PA. On February 2nd, Punxsutawney Phil , who lives at the Punxsutawney Library is taken to Gobbler Knob and placed in a heated burrow underneath a simulated tree stump on the stage near where hundreds have gathered. At 7:25 if Punxsutawney Phil comes out to make his weather prediction. If he sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter. If he doesn't see his shadow, spring is on its way!</b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: times; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: times; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Did You Know? </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="color: #6b2185;">1. The groundhog, also called woodchuck, is a relatives of the squirrel. Learn some additional Fun facts about groundhogs at this link: <a href="https://animalsake.com/facts-about-groundhogs">https://animalsake.com/facts-about-groundhogs</a></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="color: #6b2185;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="color: #6b2185;">2. Groundhog day is also celebrated in Canada on Feb. They have several weather forecasting groundhogs including Wiarton Willy, Shubenacadie Sam and Balzac Billy.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="color: #6b2185;"><br /></b></div></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: times; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>3. Did you know that Groundhog Day is an official university holiday at the University of Dallas(Irving, TX)? Celebrations are held in honor of the groundhog.</b></span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: times; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: times; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>4. The very first mention of a Groundhog Day in the United States was found in a diary entry of James Morris. The year was 1841.</b></span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: times; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: times; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: times; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: times; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Extension activities:</b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: times; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: times; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>1.Pretend you are a weather forecasting groundhog. Tell about your big day. What did you hear? What did you see? How did you feel being in the limelight?</b></span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: times; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="font-family: times; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #6b2185;"><b>2.Learn about the country of Germany: </b></span><a href="https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/germany/#germany-munich-city-scene.jpg"><span style="color: blue;"><b>https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/germany/#germany-munich-city-scene.jpg</b></span></a><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: times; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>3. Read more about the groundhog. Draw/color a picture and write 5 facts learned about the groundhog( in complete sentences): </b><a href="http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/groundhog/"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/groundhog/</b></span></a><b> </b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: times; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"></span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: times; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: times; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>4. The Groundhog isn't the only creature in nature that is used to help forecast weather. Can spiders predict a sunny day? My mother-in-law told me that if you see spiders hanging up their wash(making webs) early on a summer morning, it's a sign of a beautiful summer day. See chimney smoke going straight up on a winter's day? Another sign of nice weather. But, if you see ants building mounds, it's a sign of rain. Same with birds roosting on electrical wires, another sign of coming rain. There are lots of weather folklore. Being observant to nature, can help you predict the day's weather, without a weatherman. Illustrate a weather folklore: </b><a href="http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-folklore.htm"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-folklore.htm</b></span></a><b> </b></span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: times; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: times; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: times; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji-8wZowYXhOD3KcTYm8wf6SAhjWDnOZKfR4KBzTvgauPFXk37OqcZfDRj3Q8X8OgaEKhIlRWomhiqQgAn76WkoCyuuUPv1rzxpAicxMdidMr_gHMh1cvwHAQanGTLv-UVj4UKBJuC1NfO/s1600/groundhogcover.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji-8wZowYXhOD3KcTYm8wf6SAhjWDnOZKfR4KBzTvgauPFXk37OqcZfDRj3Q8X8OgaEKhIlRWomhiqQgAn76WkoCyuuUPv1rzxpAicxMdidMr_gHMh1cvwHAQanGTLv-UVj4UKBJuC1NfO/s320/groundhogcover.jpg" width="247" /></a><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Check out my Groundhog Day, Reader's Theater Script: Learn about the groundhog and the history of Groundhog Day with Ms. Bie Ografee's guest, Sarsaparilla, the Groundhog:</b></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 45, 34); color: #ff2d22; font-kerning: none;"><b>https://</b><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Groundhog-Day-A-Readers-Theater-ScriptVisit-with-a-Groundhog-2309751"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Groundhog-Day-A-Readers-Theater-ScriptVisit-with-a-Groundhog-2309751</b></span></a></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: times; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(107, 33, 133); color: #6b2185; font-kerning: none;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: times; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(107, 33, 133); color: #6b2185; font-kerning: none;"><b><br />Follow me at my TpT Store: </b><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Gail-Hennessey"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 45, 34); color: #ff2d22; font-kerning: none;"><b>http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Gail-Hennessey</b></span></a></span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: times; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: times; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Photograph from </b><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #6b2185; font-kerning: none;"><b><a href="http://wpclipart.com/">wpclipart.com</a></b></span></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #6b2185; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></span></div>Gail Hennesseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06546272319482453021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138042842473812819.post-9934741524081242042024-01-16T08:17:00.000-08:002024-01-16T08:19:07.465-08:00Happy Birthday, Ben Franklin!<p><br /></p><div style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy4vcJPeM56dl-jpVHda1SKWRFCTJbDQFYOx2KxX-4WrOMPqV8DqmvA0x4ZsE2UuNa6EI2GVVMJRe38QZJAn-b_qwA901DqCzvplHNZlu22ve-gTFKEUVLE7OOBtd6l_2xzpIek1ySJCic/s1600/benfranklincover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy4vcJPeM56dl-jpVHda1SKWRFCTJbDQFYOx2KxX-4WrOMPqV8DqmvA0x4ZsE2UuNa6EI2GVVMJRe38QZJAn-b_qwA901DqCzvplHNZlu22ve-gTFKEUVLE7OOBtd6l_2xzpIek1ySJCic/s320/benfranklincover.jpg" width="247" /> </a></div><div style="font-size: 14px;">Ben Franklin’s birthday is January 17, 1706. He had lots of sayings on how to live one’s life. For example,” If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him.” He also said, “ An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” Learn about this famous “founding father” of our country with this webquest!</div></div><div style="font-family: helvetica; min-height: 17px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: helvetica;"><b>Webquest:</b></div><div style="font-family: helvetica;">1. Ben Franklin was a inventor, scientist,writer,statesman and librarian. Believing we could save fuel by using natural light of the sun, Ben first suggested an idea we use today. _______________________Find the answer at:</div><div style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><b><a href="http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/page/f/franklin.shtml">http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/page/f/franklin.shtml</a></b></span></div><div style="font-family: helvetica; min-height: 17px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica";">2</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica";">. </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica";">Ben Franklin signed FOUR important documents in U.S. History. Name these four documents:_____________, ________________, _____________and _________________Franklin didn’t </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-weight: 700;">paten</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica";">t any of his ideas because he didn’t wish to make any money from his ideas. List THREE of his i</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica";">nventions:_________,__________ and ___________.Find the answers at this link: </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-weight: 700;"><a href="http://www.ducksters.com/biography/ben_franklin.php">http://www.ducksters.com/biography/ben_franklin.php </a></span></div><div style="font-family: helvetica; min-height: 17px;"><b></b><br /></div><div style="font-family: helvetica;">3. Often called the “ First American”, Ben Franklin became a printer, inventor, writer and eventually became ambassador to which country during the Revolutionary War?____________What musical instrument did Franklin invent?___________________ Franklin also started the first________________ and first___________________ in Philadelphia. Find the answers at this link: <span style="color: black;"><b><a href="http://www.ducksters.com/biography/ben_franklin.php">http://www.ducksters.com/biography/ben_franklin.php</a></b></span></div><div style="font-family: helvetica; min-height: 17px;"><b></b><br /></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: helvetica;"><b>Fun Facts about Ben Franklin</b></div><div style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>1. </b>While swimming, young Ben used a kite to pull him along the water!</div><div style="font-family: helvetica; min-height: 17px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: helvetica;">2. Young Ben used some money his parents gave him and went to the store to make a purchase. He noticed a young boy blowing a whistle and asked if he could buy it. When he got home, his family laughed that he spent much more than he should have done. Later in life when Ben saw people overpaying for things, he said, “They give too much for their whistles.”</div><div style="font-family: helvetica; min-height: 17px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: helvetica;">3. As a young man, Ben became a vegetarian and lived on potatoes, raisins and bread. With the extra savings and time, Ben purchased books and said he had more time to read.</div><div style="font-family: helvetica; min-height: 17px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: helvetica;"><b>Test your Knowledge on Ben Franklin: </b></div><div style="font-family: helvetica;">1. Ben Franklin is found on which US currency?</div><div style="font-family: helvetica;">A. One dollar bill</div><div style="font-family: helvetica;">B. Ten dollar bill</div><div style="font-family: helvetica;">C. Hundred dollar bill </div><div style="font-family: helvetica; min-height: 17px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: helvetica;">2. In addition to inventing bifocals, a device to reach for items using a long wooden pole with a grasping claw at the end and an odometer, Franklin invented:</div><div style="font-family: helvetica;">A. electricity</div><div style="font-family: helvetica;">B. lightning rod</div><div style="font-family: helvetica;">C. electronic calculator</div><div style="font-family: helvetica; min-height: 17px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: helvetica;">3. Ben started the first volunteer fire department , the first free hospital and the</div><div style="font-family: helvetica;">A: first public library in Philadelphia </div><div style="font-family: helvetica;">B. first pizza restaurant in Philadelphia</div><div style="font-family: helvetica;">C. first public school in Philadelphia</div><div style="font-family: helvetica; min-height: 17px;"><b></b></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: helvetica;"><b>Extension Activities:</b></div><div style="font-family: helvetica;">• Illustrate a quote of Ben Franklin:<a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_795226650"> </a><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/b/benjamin_franklin.htm">http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/b/benjamin_franklin.htm</a>l</span> </div><div style="font-family: helvetica; min-height: 17px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: helvetica;">• Have one student be Ben Franklin and another be the interviewer. Have students give a short news interview for the class by asking and answering 3 questions.</div><div style="font-family: helvetica; min-height: 17px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: helvetica;">• If you could go back in time and meet Ben Franklin. What would be a question you would ask of him? Explain why this question would be something you’d like to have Franklin answer.</div><div style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: helvetica;">* Discuss character traits such as honesty, helpfulness, trustworthy, etc. Ask the students to find 3 character traits about Ben Franklin. Find evidence from the activity to support the traits given to Franklin. Have students make a list of 3 character traits they feel they have and why they selected the traits.</div><p><br /></p><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="color: #ff2d22;">Check out the complete resource(9 web questions,more fun facts and additional extension activities): </span><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Benjamin-FranklinA-WebquestExtension-Activities-1645550">http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Benjamin-FranklinA-WebquestExtension-Activities-1645550</a></span></div>Gail Hennesseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06546272319482453021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138042842473812819.post-25165955831645121212024-01-07T09:28:00.000-08:002024-01-07T09:28:33.604-08:00SNOW FUN FACTS<p> <span style="color: blue; font-family: "Marker Felt"; font-size: 18px; text-align: center;">SNOW FACTOIDS!</span></p><div style="color: #ff6a00; font-family: "marker felt"; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #ff6a00; font-family: "marker felt"; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3CWv5nRQsqi-SebM0HbfSAw9Oah0MAoxWxuaBP5FbYtF6hDWqzrzVlHTPVYI3ibVqjZplC1BK3d_TRMdjacgFYwVXH0cSo-n2QE5_CkpKAAxBvZ5HOEFAiJfYJ_ooID2EqpXBDnPmB7sE/s1600/snowflake_gold.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3CWv5nRQsqi-SebM0HbfSAw9Oah0MAoxWxuaBP5FbYtF6hDWqzrzVlHTPVYI3ibVqjZplC1BK3d_TRMdjacgFYwVXH0cSo-n2QE5_CkpKAAxBvZ5HOEFAiJfYJ_ooID2EqpXBDnPmB7sE/s1600/snowflake_gold.png" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "marker felt"; line-height: normal; min-height: 26px; text-align: center;"><div style="color: #ff6a00; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 18px; 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font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Snow-Factoids-An-Interactive-Notebook-ActivityFREEBIE-2259165"><b>https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Snow-Factoids-An-Interactive-Notebook-ActivityFREEBIE-2259165</b></a></span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;"><b><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></b></div><div style="color: #0433ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Snow Facts</b></span></div><div style="color: #0433ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>by </b></span></div><div style="color: #0433ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Gail Skroback Hennessey</b></span></div><div style="color: #0433ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Fun/Informative Interactive Notebook Activity!</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(107, 33, 133); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #6b2185;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(107, 33, 133); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #6b2185;">1. One inch of water is about six inches of wet snow or 12 inches of fluffy snow.</span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: left;"><br /><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">2. The world's largest snowflake was 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick. It fell in Fort Keogh, Montana, on January 28,1887.</span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">3. Snow can be colors other than white, including blue, orange, green, yellow, and purple. Actually, snowflakes are clear.</span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">4. Air pollution caused orange snow to fall over an area of Siberia, Russia, in 2007.</span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">5. Mount Baker,in the North Cascades, of Washington State, holds the record for the most snowfall. 1140 inches fell during 1998-1999.</span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">6. The record for the most snow in one storm, within 24 hours, was in Silver Lake, Colorado. Back in 1921, Silver Lake received 76 inches of snow.</span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">7. Heilongjiang Province, China,holds the record for the world's largest snow sculpture. In 2007, a snow sculpture 656 ft. long and 116 ft. tall was made.</span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">8. Snow flakes have SIX sides.</span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">9. On average, a snowflake falls to earth at 3.1 mph.</span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">10. One snowflake contains about 10 quintillion water molecules(that's the number 10 with 10 zeroes).</span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">11. Did you know that Valdez, Alaska, averages 326 inches of snow a year? That makes it the snowiest state.</span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">12. Wilson A. Bentley studied snowflakes for much of his life and is probably the most famous snowflake researcher. He was nicknamed "Snowflake Bentley. </span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">13.According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the world record for the most snowmen built in one hour is 2,036. The record set, on February 28, 2015, involved 1406 people. </span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">14. If you have "chionophobia", you have a fear of snow.</span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">15. Bethel, Maine, has the record for the largest snowman ever built. A 122 ft. snow-woman was built in 2008.</span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #0433ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Extension Activities</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(107, 33, 133); color: #6b2185; font-kerning: none;">:</span></b></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">1. Illustrate one of the factoids.</span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">2. Pretend you are a snowflake. Tell about a day in your life. What did you do? What did you see? Feel? Etc.</span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">3. Do a paper cutting of a snowflake. Write a poem using each of the letters of the word snowflake.</span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">4. Locate 10 <b>NOUNS </b>and 10<b> VERBS </b>in the factoid statements.</span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">5. Pronouns are NOUN substitutes. Can you spot 7 <b>PRONOUNS </b> in the Factoid statements?</span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #0433ff; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><u>Check out this resource: </u></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(4, 51, 255); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: blue;"><u><br /></u></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: blue;">If you live where there is snow, you have probably built a snowman. The snowman has been around for quite a while. In fact, the earliest drawing of a snowman was found in a book dating back to 1380! The book,"Book of Hours" was found in a library in the country of the Netherlands. This resource has four snowmen reading passages:</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: blue;">1. Famous sculptor, Michelangelo, was hired to make a snowman for a wealthy person in Florence, Italy.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: blue;">2. A snow man is used each April,to help predict the weather during a festival in the country of Switzerland.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: blue;">3. One of the earliest written comments about snowmen dates back to 1690. Two snowman were left to guard Fort Schenectady, in New York, during a blizzard with very tragic consequences!</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: blue;">4. The world's record for the largest snowman, Olympia, was constructed in 2008. 13 million pounds of snow were used to make the amazing snow-woman! As of 2015, the record still stands.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(4, 51, 255); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: blue;"></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: blue;">Each short reading passage includes following directions to identify answers. There are also several extension activities and a Did you Know? section.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 24px;"></div><div style="color: #ff2500; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(4, 51, 255); color: #0433ff; font-kerning: none;">Snow Reading Passages/Extension Activities: <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 37, 0); color: #ff2500; font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/SNOWMEN-Four-Reading-Passages-2252375">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/SNOWMEN-Four-Reading-Passages-2252375</a></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(4, 51, 255); color: #0433ff; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 106, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Marker Felt"; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(107, 33, 133);"></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 106, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Marker Felt"; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjazTQBxzbdGtF3q66wmaTVdu1NlZRInpslxtZZuFIS5hoG0Lo8zpDEMYQ7CkNH5V6L_5EBiL0tbbKhBu8YjSDEya0EuzX9P5JCneBsnOVwjWsYOvjY1WLKziQCCyQ3ZTwljXuSh0sF32rj/s1600/snowmenreadingcover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjazTQBxzbdGtF3q66wmaTVdu1NlZRInpslxtZZuFIS5hoG0Lo8zpDEMYQ7CkNH5V6L_5EBiL0tbbKhBu8YjSDEya0EuzX9P5JCneBsnOVwjWsYOvjY1WLKziQCCyQ3ZTwljXuSh0sF32rj/s320/snowmenreadingcover.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 45, 34); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Marker Felt"; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 45, 34); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Marker Felt"; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; min-height: 20px;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div style="font-family: "marker felt"; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: red;">Note: Illustration from Wpclipart.com</span></div></div>Gail Hennesseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06546272319482453021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138042842473812819.post-90351547531940336232023-12-30T15:24:00.000-08:002023-12-30T15:24:04.792-08:00Happy Birthday,Martin Luther King Jr.(Jan. 15th)<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCMGbit8xJCQu8T9eXle8bnQJVAhjOYpdWLHSLNlrDy__Kwn-qmxTaB_ZaaDE6lHllQVKCuqtJfrh_n4Mkd5W8t6B7C-H95TEW40YfBIGxMwxe5GArNtWoKnTtNtiP85GQNEwQZnKqjWCY/s1600/martin_luther_king_icon.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="256" data-original-width="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCMGbit8xJCQu8T9eXle8bnQJVAhjOYpdWLHSLNlrDy__Kwn-qmxTaB_ZaaDE6lHllQVKCuqtJfrh_n4Mkd5W8t6B7C-H95TEW40YfBIGxMwxe5GArNtWoKnTtNtiP85GQNEwQZnKqjWCY/s1600/martin_luther_king_icon.png" /></a></p><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Martin Luther King's birthday is January 15th.</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><b>Download the free resource at this link:<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Martin-Luther-King-Jr-Interactive-Notebook-Activity-8947638" target="_blank"> </a></b><span style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Martin-Luther-King-Jr-Interactive-Notebook-Activity-8947638" target="_blank">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Martin-Luther-King-Jr-Interactive-Notebook-Activity-8947638</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Did you Know?</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">1. The only non-president to be honored with a national holiday is Martin Luther King.</span></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">2. Only George Washington and Martin Luther King are honored on their birthdays with national holidays. Martin Luther King’s birthday and holiday is honored on January 15th.</span></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">3. Because of Martin Luther King’s protests for civil rights, King was arrested about 29(or 30) times. He was actually arrested and jailed for speeding 30 in a 25 mph area!</span></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">4. The first African American honored as Time Magazine’s Man of the Year(now called Person of the Year) was Martin Luther King.</span></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">5.Martin Luther King started college at the age of 15!</span></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">6.<b> Estimates</b> are that there are 700-1000 Martin Luther King Jr. streets in the United States and even a street honoring King located in Puerto Rico.</span></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">7. In his efforts to fight for civil rights, it is estimated that Martin Luther King traveled over six million miles and gave more than 2500 speeches!</span></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">8. Did you know that a young Martin actually jumped out of the second floor window of his home? He actually did this two times and fortunately didn’t get hurt(DON’T try this!!!). The first time he jumped from the window because he felt he needed to be punished because he didn’t watch his younger brother properly. His brother slid down the stair bannister and slid into his grandmother who fell. The second time he jumped out of the window was when his grandmother died. Martin felt she died because he had sneaked out of his house without asking permission.</span></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #151515; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">9. Martin Luther King is the first African American to have a memorial in his honor in the National Mall area in Washington,DC.</span></div><div style="color: #151515; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><br /><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">10. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “There is nothing more tragic in all this world than to know right and not do it. I can not stand in the midst of all these glaring evils and not take a stand.”</span></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 21px;"><br /><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">11. Martin Luther King Jr. was the youngest person to ever be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize(in 1964).</span></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 21px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">12. Asked one day as how he hoped to be remembers, Martin Luther King Jr. replied, “Say I was a drum major for peace.</span></div><div style="color: #f80016; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 21px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #f80016; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>1. What do you think this quote of Martin Luther King Jr. means? “Only in the darkness can you see the stars.”</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 21px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #f80016; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>______________________________________</b></span></div><div style="color: #f80016; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: #f80016; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>2. What do you think this quote of Martin Luther King Jr. means? </b></span><b>“The time is always right to do what is right.” _______________________________________</b></div><p style="color: #f30013; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 25px;"><b></b><br /></p><p style="color: #f30013; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>3. 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<p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Volcano erupts in the country of Iceland! The recent eruption occurred on the Reykjanes Peninsula(south-west part of Iceland). The fishing town, Grindavik, had been evacuated last month prior to the volcanic eruption.</b></p>
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<p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">1. Iceland is a great place to see the<b> Aurora Borealis</b> light display especially between October-March.</p>
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<p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">2. NASA used the terrain of Iceland to train its astronauts for the first moon landing.</p>
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<p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">3. Iceland has no army, navy or air force. They only have a Coast Guard. Iceland also does not have a railroad system.</p>
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<p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">4. There are few trees in Iceland and those trees aren’t very tall. A joke says,”How does one find their way out of an Icelandic forest?” Answer: They stand up.</p>
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<p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">5. The largest waterfall in Europe is <b>Gullfoss</b>(golden fall) found in Iceland. Sigrious Tomasdottir, who lived near the falls, threatened to jump if a hydroelectric dam was built there. Today, a statue can be found near the falls in her memory for saving the falls. There is not a hydroelectric dam.</p>
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<p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">6. The word, geyser, comes from Icelandic! The oldest known geyser is found in Iceland. The word means “the gusher”.</p>
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<p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">7. Iceland has the oldest democracy in the world. Its parliament was founded about 1000 years ago and is called the Althingi.</p>
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<p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">8.In the 1960s, a volcanic eruption created the island of Surtsey.</p>
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<p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">9. The country uses geothermal energy for most of their energy needs. </p>
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<p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">10. Icelandic families have different last names. Icelandic people name their children after their father’s first name plus the name son or daughter. A boy, whose dad is named Eider would have the last name Eidersson. A girl would have the last name Eiderdottir. Only certain names, taken from the official book of names, are allowed to be used in the country of Iceland.</p>
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<p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">11. The Iceland horses have been on the island since around 930AD. No other horses can be brought into the country of Iceland.</p>
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<p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">12. Iceland was settled by the Vikings around the late 9th Century AD. Iceland is nicknamed the “land of fire and ice” because of all the many volcanoes, waterfalls, geysers and glaciers.</p>
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<p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">13. In 2010, the Eyjafjallajokull volcano erupted, the most eruption to date.</p>
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<p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">14. In 1973, the only town on the Westman Islands of Heimaey, was badly damaged due to a volcanic eruption. Its 5000 residents had to evacuate. Lava and thick ash covered much of the town. Called the “Pompeii of the North”, excavation has uncovered most homes in good condition with many of the items intact!</p>
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<p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">15. Iceland has 32 ACTIVE volcanoes! </p>
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<p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">1. Highest peak in Iceland:____________________</p>
<p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">2. Largest glacier in Iceland:_________________________</p>
<p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">3. City closest to the Arctic Circle: _____________________________</p>
<p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">4. Southernmost city in Iceland: ______________________________</p>
<p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">5. River which the city of Borgarnes is nearest: _____________________</p>
<p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">6. Capital city of the country of Iceland: It is the world’s most northern capital city._________________________</p>
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<p style="color: #e6000e; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Additional Resources:</b></p>
<p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Learn more about the country of Iceland with this webquest: <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Iceland-Country-in-FocusIcelandic-Webquest-495815"><b>https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Iceland-Country-in-FocusIcelandic-Webquest-495815</b></a><b> </b></p>
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<p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Iceland, a Reading Passage: <b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Iceland-Reading-Passage-2546066">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Iceland-Reading-Passage-2546066</a></b></p>
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<p style="color: #e6000e; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Teachers:</p>
<p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">More information on the latest volcanic eruption with great photographs!</p>
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<p style="color: #e6000e; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Kerio Crater in Iceland(concerts have been held here) </b></p>Gail Hennesseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06546272319482453021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138042842473812819.post-78792492172924407892023-12-10T11:22:00.000-08:002023-12-10T11:22:44.721-08:00Happy New Year Customs from Around the World<p> <span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: center;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVbrxLkv2iTAsXFaD39lis4mJiyKJDU9PeG9rUVh4ReFi72RcKNh7xZa4unwx8IibNOMbbz-BZUoWcHJjE4xgk04xSWlbsWLEitHhItlklGU9rmpJIghDfvciRSy6EgjC8_-B_RhugxlDu/s1600/NewYearcover.jpg" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVbrxLkv2iTAsXFaD39lis4mJiyKJDU9PeG9rUVh4ReFi72RcKNh7xZa4unwx8IibNOMbbz-BZUoWcHJjE4xgk04xSWlbsWLEitHhItlklGU9rmpJIghDfvciRSy6EgjC8_-B_RhugxlDu/s1600/NewYearcover.jpg" width="247" /></a></p><blockquote style="border: none; 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font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Bonne annee(French)</b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Frohes neues Jahr(Germany)</b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Felice anno nuovo(Italian)</b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Gott nytt ar(Swedish)</b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Feliz ano nuevo(Spanish)</b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Shana tova(Hebrew)</b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Hauoli makahiki hou(Hawaiian)</b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: #ff2d22; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Gelukkig nieuwjaar(Dutch)</b></span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Did you know that there are 24 different time zones? That means people around the world celebrate New Year’s Eve at different times. When the fireworks are going off in Australia, it’s still morning in New York! </b></span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>There are lots of different customs done by people to celebrate the New Year. There are also several different types of New Year’s celebrations. Get your noise makers and let’s learn about how people around the world celebrate the New Year!</b></span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; margin: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="section" style="background-color: white;"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span style="color: #ff2d21; font-family: MarkerFelt; font-size: 15pt;"><b>Fun World New Year Factoids!</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #9d45b8; font-family: MarkerFelt; font-size: 15pt;"><b>In Russia, divers place a New Year’s tree into Lake Baikal, the world’s deepest lake.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #9d45b8; font-family: MarkerFelt; font-size: 15pt;"><b>Did you know that in Denmark, people like to through old broken dishes at the front door of friends, at New Year’s Eve?</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #9d45b8; font-family: MarkerFelt; font-size: 15pt;"><b>Did you know that eating 12 grapes as the clock strikes midnight is considered good luck in Spain?</b></span></p><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="section"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span style="color: #9d45b8; font-family: MarkerFelt; font-size: 15pt;"><b>Hogmanay is a custom celebrated in Scotland at New Year’s. The word means “last day of the year”. One of the activities is “first footing”, being the first person to visit a neighbor or friend in the new year. Usually, a gift is brought, too.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #9d45b8; font-family: MarkerFelt; font-size: 15pt;"><b>Christmas trees are made into bonfires to celebrate New Year’s Eve in the Netherlands. This custom is done to symbolize getting rid of the old and welcoming the new year.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #9d45b8; font-family: MarkerFelt; font-size: 15pt;"><b>In Switzerland, don’t be surprised if you see people drop a bit of cream onto the floor on New Year’s Eve. It is thought that this will bring good luck in the new year.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #9d45b8; font-family: MarkerFelt; font-size: 15pt;"><b>In the South American country of Venezuela, people like to write a wish on a piece of paper and then burn it so that the wish may come true in the new year.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #9d45b8; font-family: MarkerFelt; font-size: 15pt;"><b>In the country of Italy, many people like wearing RED underwear at New Year’s believing the color will bring good luck in the new year. In other cultures, especially several countries in Latin America, wearing YELLOW is considered good luck.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #9d45b8; font-family: MarkerFelt; font-size: 15pt;"><b>In Mexico, don’t be surprised if you see people carrying empty suitcases around their house or street on New Year’s Eve. The custom is done if you would like to travel in the new year.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #9d45b8; font-family: MarkerFelt; font-size: 15pt;"><b>The custom of having a ball drop from Times Square, in New York City, on New Year’s Eve began in 1907. Some people in the south, believe eating black eyed peas will bring prosperity in the new year.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #9d45b8; font-family: MarkerFelt; font-size: 15pt;"><b>In Austria, people like to waltz when midnight strikes in the new year.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #9d45b8; font-family: MarkerFelt; font-size: 15pt;"><b>Did you know that throwing a bucket of water outside a window at midnight on New Year’s Eve is done in Puerto Rico? It is to get rid of bad spirits.</b></span></p><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="section"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span style="color: #9d45b8; font-family: MarkerFelt; font-size: 15pt;"><b>In Ireland, people bang bread on the walls and doors of their homes at midnight. This is done to scare away evil spirits and to bring good luck.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #9d45b8; font-family: MarkerFelt; font-size: 15pt;"><b>Finding an almond in rice pudding on New Year’s Eve means good luck in the new year. This custom is found in Sweden and Norway.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #9d45b8; font-family: MarkerFelt; font-size: 15pt;"><b>People in the Philippines believe that round things bring good luck and often wear cloths with polka dots on New Year’s Eve. Another custom is to have all the lights on in the home on New Year’s Eve so that it will insure a good new year.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #9d45b8; font-family: MarkerFelt; font-size: 15pt;"><b>Did you know that April Fool’s Day involved New Year’s Day? People used to celebrate the new year around March 25-April 1st. When the calendar changed the new year to January 1st, pranks were played on those that continued to celebrate the New year on April</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #e23954; font-family: MarkerFelt; font-size: 15pt;"><b>Questions:</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #e23954; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700;">1. Which 3 customs did you find the most interesting? Why </span></p><p><span style="color: #e23954; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700;">2. How do you celebrate New Year’s Eve?</span></p><p><span style="color: #e23954; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700;">3. New Year's Eve is a time to make a resolution for the New Year. What is a goal which you'd like to try and work to accomplish in the 2018?</span></p><p><span style="color: #e23954; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700;">4.Illustrate one of the customs listed above.</span></p><p><span style="color: #e23954; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700;"><br />5. Using a world map, locate the different countries mentioned in this list. Write ONE fact that you might know about each of these countries.</span></p><p><span style="color: #e23954; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700;"><br />6. Rewrite 5 customs from the list and make mistakes in spelling or grammar. Exchange your list with another student for them to be a "proof reader" to find the errors.</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"><div style="font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="section" style="background-color: white;"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff2d21; font-family: MarkerFelt; font-size: 16pt;"><b>Check out my fun/informative web quest on the history of New Years.</b></span></p><p><b><span style="color: #9d45b8; font-family: MarkerFelt; font-size: 15pt;">Learn about the history of New Year's with this fun/informative web quest. There are nine questions, lots of interesting customs of how people celebrate New Year's around the world, comprehension questions, extension activities and the key. Great activity for reading for information and research/computer skills. Included are also other holiday New Year's celebrations including Diwali, Chinese New Year, Songkran and Rosh Hashanah. The resources also mentions how April Fool's Day originated over when to celebrate New Year's! </span><span style="color: #ff2d21; font-family: MarkerFelt; font-size: 15pt;">https:// www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/New-Years-Eve-Webquest-on- its-history-and-customsExtension-Activities-1584695</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #3c4bd1; font-family: MarkerFelt; font-size: 15pt;">Gail<br />Check out my TpT Store(webquests/Reader’s Theater Scripts): </span><span style="color: #ff2d21; font-family: MarkerFelt; font-size: 15pt;">https:// www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Gail-Hennessey</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff2d21; font-family: MarkerFelt; font-size: 16pt;">Note: </span><span style="color: #3c4bd1; font-family: MarkerFelt; font-size: 16pt;">I have other factoids including the following: pumpkins, turkeys, Diwali, mummies, Women’s History Month, Presidential Trivia, Chinese New Year and more...</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff2d21; font-family: MarkerFelt; font-size: 18pt;">Note:</span><span style="color: #3c4bd1; font-family: MarkerFelt; font-size: 18pt;">Illustration from openclipart.org</span></b></p></div></div></div></div></div></div>Gail Hennesseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06546272319482453021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138042842473812819.post-35861800337662149022023-12-02T10:56:00.000-08:002023-12-02T10:58:10.804-08:00December 17,1903....Wright Brothers Famous Flight and Fun Facts about the history of Aviation<p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div style="line-height: normal; min-height: 32px; text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGza1eyAcp-0lJ_2RVj6V2p7LeGPAnCG4N5pYLCGfcFUbVY9oZdyjdQExwv1fOJAEYueNkc5R13jl4-aITjQvthWy9ERT5t2F-abcrWQvH6Gbv1ab24OfDoopzIuCVxIQ0HZw3KIkIXl4h/s1600/13934565_1213073365419153_7825133303838481346_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGza1eyAcp-0lJ_2RVj6V2p7LeGPAnCG4N5pYLCGfcFUbVY9oZdyjdQExwv1fOJAEYueNkc5R13jl4-aITjQvthWy9ERT5t2F-abcrWQvH6Gbv1ab24OfDoopzIuCVxIQ0HZw3KIkIXl4h/s320/13934565_1213073365419153_7825133303838481346_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><div style="color: #6ec138; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; min-height: 21px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #6ec138; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 21px;"><b><span face="" style="color: #232323; font-size: 16px;">Did you know that people actually thought that the airplane would have no real purpose? WOW...were they wrong! On December 17, 1903, less than 10 people showed up to watch Orville and Wilbur Wright make history.</span><span face="" style="color: #232323; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span face="" style="color: #232323; font-size: 16px;">In fact most papers(only 3 carried the story in the USA) refused to print the press release of the Wright Brothers' historic flight, believing it was not possible for a human to fly. The December 17, 1903 event had to have been a hoax! </span></b></div><div style="color: #6ec138; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 21px;"><span face="" style="color: #232323; font-size: 16px;"><b>To honor this historic day in history, use this resource to learn a bit about the history of flight.</b></span></div><div style="color: #6ec138; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 21px;"><b style="font-size: 20px;"><br /></b></div><div style="color: #6ec138; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 21px;"><b style="font-size: 20px;">Did You Know?</b></div></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>1. Most people at the time of the Wright brothers’ first flight attempts on December 17, 1903, thought that the airplane had NO purpose for transportation and was just a dangerous sport. Would you have gone to see the first flight attempts by the Wright Brothers? Why or why not?____________________<br /><br />2. The distance covered by the 1903 Wright Flyer was less than the wingspan of today's 747 Jumbo Jet!</b></span><br /><b><br /></b><b>3. The Wright brothers’ first attempt went 120 ft. That’s about 20 people, about 6ft. tall, lined end to end!</b></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal; margin-left: 30px; text-indent: -30px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>4. Charles Lindbergh was the first to fly non-stop from New York to Paris. The trip,</b></span><br /><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>in 1927, took 33.5 hours. What do you think Lindbergh thought about during his</b></span><br /><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>flight?_____________________________________</b></span><br /><b><br /></b><b>5. Amelia Earhart was the first woman aviator to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. The</b><br /><b>year was 1928.</b></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>6. Lillian Gatlin, was the first woman to ride as a passenger in an airplane! The year was 1922.</b></span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>7. In 1939, Willa Brown was the first African American woman to earn a commercial pilot’s license.</b></span><br /><b><br /></b><b>8. Did you know that pilots and co-pilots can not eat the same meal while in flight? Why do you think this is?____________________________________</b><br /><b><br /></b><b>9. Every 37 seconds, an airplane takes off from Chicago O’Hare’s International Airport. That’s about 100 airplanes each hour.</b><br /><b><br /></b><b>10. The word used for aviation help, “Mayday”, comes from the French “m’aides" meaning “help me.</b><br /><b><br /></b><b>11. Did you know that 1/3 of your taste buds get numb while flying? Which taste is your favorite?(sweet, spicy or salty) and why?_______________________</b><br /><b><br /></b><b>12. Bessie Coleman was an American aviator and the first African American female pilot. She was also the first American to receive an international pilot’s license. </b><br /><b><br /></b><b>13. It is said that Gustave Whitehead successful powered an aircraft in Bridgeport, CT, on August 14, 1901. That is two years before the Wright Brothers. Whitehead's craft, called the Condor, did two flights on that date. Reaching 50 Ft., the distance covered was 1 1/2 miles.</b><br /><br /><b>14. <u>Aerophobia</u> is the fear of flying.</b><br /><b><br /></b><b>15. KLM is the world’s oldest airline, started in 1919.</b></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;"><b><br /></b><b>16. Someone estimated that if you add up all the miles flown by all the 747 airplanes, it’s the distance from the Earth to the Moon and back over 75,000 times.c</b><br /><b><br /></b><b>17. </b><b style="text-align: center;">National Aviation Day, August 19th, was established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939, on the birthday of Orville Wright, who first piloted the Wright Flyer, on December 17, 1903.</b></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Your Turn:</b></span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>1. Write a diary entry pretending to be Lindbergh, Earhart, Coleman, Orville/Wilbur Wright and tell about a day in your aviation life.</b></span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>2. Illustrate one of the factoids. Write a sentence of your own explaining the illustrated fact.</b></span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>3. Have you ever flown in an airplane? Tell about something you remember about your first time in an airplane. If you haven't flown, would you like to experience flying? Why, why not.</b></span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard;"><b>4. If you could meet one of the aviators mentioned above, what would be TWO questions you would ask of the aviator?</b></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard;"><b><br /></b></div><b><span style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">5. Write 3 POSITIVE(i.e.: helpful) character traits that a person can have. Write 3 NEGATIVE (i.e.: jealousy)character traits a person can have. What would be 2 positive character traits you would describe for yourself. What would be ONE negative character trait you would describe for yourself. What are 3 character traits that you would give to someone that is an aviator such as Lindbergh, Earhart, Coleman, Orville/Wilbur Wright? </span></span></b></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal; margin-left: 30px; text-indent: -30px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: red; font-kerning: none;"><b>Links:</b></span></div></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal; margin-left: 30px; text-indent: -30px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;">Visit the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://airandspace.si.edu/"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; line-height: normal;"><b>https://airandspace.si.edu</b></span></a><b> </b></span></span><br /><div style="color: #6b2185;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></div><div style="background-color: #fffee5; color: #ff2d22; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: #fffee5; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="color: blue;">Wright Brothers' National Memorial:</span><span style="color: red;"> <a href="http://www.outerbanks.com/wright-brothers-national-memorial.html">http://www.outerbanks.com/wright-brothers-national-memorial.html</a></span></b></span></div><div style="color: #6b2185;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #6b2185;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime; text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal; margin-left: 30px; min-height: 22px; text-indent: -30px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 30px; text-indent: -30px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: chalkboard;">Teachers- check out these resources on the History of Flight.</span></b></span><br /><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: chalkboard;"><br /></span></b></span></div><span style="color: red;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-family: chalkboard;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> 1. </span></span></b></span><b style="font-family: chalkboard;">Wright Brothers( A Webquest): </b><span style="font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 14px;"><b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Wright-Brothers-and-the-AirplaneA-WebquestExtension-Activities-628501">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Wright-Brothers-and-the-AirplaneA-WebquestExtension-Activities-628501</a></b></span><br /><b style="font-family: chalkboard;"><br /></b><b style="font-family: chalkboard;">2. Bessie Coleman( Reader’s Theater Script): </b><span style="font-family: chalkboard; font-size: 14px;"><b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Bessie-Coleman-AviatorReaders-Theater-Script-1687487">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Bessie-Coleman-AviatorReaders-Theater-Script-1687487</a></b></span><br /><b style="font-family: chalkboard;"><br /></b><b style="font-family: chalkboard;">3. Amelia Earhart (Reader’s Theater Script): </b><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(110, 193, 56); font-family: chalkboard; font-kerning: none;"><b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Amelia-EarhartBiographical-PlayTo-Tell-the-Truth-Play-348663">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Amelia-EarhartBiographical-PlayTo-Tell-the-Truth-Play-348663</a></b></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 30px; text-indent: -30px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(110, 193, 56); color: red; font-family: chalkboard; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 30px; text-indent: -30px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(110, 193, 56); color: red; font-family: chalkboard; font-kerning: none;"> 4. Aida de Acosta: A Reading(1st woman to fly a powered aircraft) <b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Womens-HistoryAida-de-Acosta1st-woman-to-fly-powered-aircraftREADING-3696573">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Womens-HistoryAida-de-Acosta1st-woman-to-fly-powered-aircraftREADING-3696573</a></b></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 30px; text-indent: -30px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(110, 193, 56); color: red; font-family: chalkboard; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 30px; text-indent: -30px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(110, 193, 56); color: red; font-family: chalkboard; font-kerning: none;"> 5. Wright Brothers: A Reader's Theater Script: <b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Wright-Brothers-Wilbur-and-Orville-A-Readers-Theater-Script-4536348">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Wright-Brothers-Wilbur-and-Orville-A-Readers-Theater-Script-4536348</a></b></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 30px; text-indent: -30px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(110, 193, 56); color: red; font-family: chalkboard; font-kerning: none;"><b> </b></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 30px; text-indent: -30px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(110, 193, 56); color: red; font-family: chalkboard; font-kerning: none;"> 6. Women Pilots during WW2: <b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/World-War-2-Female-PilotsMembers-of-the-WASP-A-Readers-Theater-Script-4378242">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/World-War-2-Female-PilotsMembers-of-the-WASP-A-Readers-Theater-Script-4378242</a></b></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 30px; text-indent: -30px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(110, 193, 56); color: #6ec138; font-family: chalkboard; font-kerning: none;"> </span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 30px; text-indent: -30px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(110, 193, 56); color: #6ec138; font-family: chalkboard; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal; margin-left: 30px; min-height: 22px; text-indent: -30px;"><br /></div><br /><div style="color: #6b2185; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(73, 155, 201); color: #499bc9; font-kerning: none;"><b>Note:</b></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b> Photograph from Gail Hennessey(Wright Brothers' National Memorial)</b></span></div>Gail Hennesseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06546272319482453021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138042842473812819.post-31968719109864047442023-11-26T13:48:00.000-08:002023-11-26T13:48:00.372-08:00Charles Dickens, Author of A Christmas Carol<p> </p><br /> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAnj7AUAhd4U0GXVuZAlTjTDL3O1HxalKM4YrN9En06M4Ox1MVLAeobVbCYIQ4jfACkSJzL6uPnr8karkOT-WXQLer-AND8Zr0YAf2APrf0imbqwNY4cmu_9F0qde5Wp0WHdjw7WVLuzfl/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAnj7AUAhd4U0GXVuZAlTjTDL3O1HxalKM4YrN9En06M4Ox1MVLAeobVbCYIQ4jfACkSJzL6uPnr8karkOT-WXQLer-AND8Zr0YAf2APrf0imbqwNY4cmu_9F0qde5Wp0WHdjw7WVLuzfl/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg41XMMmjYmHV3NyjfvLYQBDvI84vOkrqlA3-eumLsnXtkN-EXtxpFOvv3-AtwubWZFGQXppbs6-atJhkO_8AYuP6bqMhQTRpIyg1JmKS_ssUwpKWRWFzm7XXywb39SkfILgCUy9NtLY6nK/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="817" data-original-width="1280" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg41XMMmjYmHV3NyjfvLYQBDvI84vOkrqlA3-eumLsnXtkN-EXtxpFOvv3-AtwubWZFGQXppbs6-atJhkO_8AYuP6bqMhQTRpIyg1JmKS_ssUwpKWRWFzm7XXywb39SkfILgCUy9NtLY6nK/" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><p style="font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="background-color: #ffffdf; color: #5eb82b; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>With this being the time of year for the story,</b><span style="color: #fb0007;"><b> A Christmas Carol,</b></span><b> it's a great opportunity to learn about its author,Charles Dickens. One of the most famous writers of all times,Dickens also wrote Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield and more. </b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: Georgia; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #ffffdf; color: #5eb82b; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Today, a person who is very tight with money, is often called a scrooge, after, the main character in A Christmas Carol. Did you know that several other words and phrases were coined by</b><span style="color: #fc101b;"><b> Charles Dickens</b></span><b>?</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5eb82b; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></p><p style="background-color: #ffffdf; color: #5eb82b; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Words such as abuzz, flummox, butterfingers,boredom,messiness,squashed,bah humbug,and tousled were popularized by Dickens. The author is also credited with using phrases such as “the creeps”, “round the clock” and “whiz-bang”.</span></b></p><p style="background-color: #ffffdf; color: #5eb82b; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4e6LD7pFcX37yg1wuDwvzLisHU3ZluO23Rl8jy3SCjf2qwOtvmUAlx02VNH7tH1-0is8Dp5ADHAev2vhIwspKM7YEXrlk2ohLNuxlZGTN9yieGUZjRnX0Jqz_mAzaH2ET3Abpp9zDrw06/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="374" data-original-width="283" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4e6LD7pFcX37yg1wuDwvzLisHU3ZluO23Rl8jy3SCjf2qwOtvmUAlx02VNH7tH1-0is8Dp5ADHAev2vhIwspKM7YEXrlk2ohLNuxlZGTN9yieGUZjRnX0Jqz_mAzaH2ET3Abpp9zDrw06/" width="182" /></a></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5eb82b; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix5OzExlJ4GzXCAvwvIGDjGWvGmmH7k6kZImKQLQi4yTVfz7a42W_Freqqy__q46_VIOANnK_ZaYcv6xOHHB9gXz_pNvS_tpZpBiylExRm5A-932o-0bPF3Mw75GIJyzk80IoQtoJJ_oT3/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1222" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix5OzExlJ4GzXCAvwvIGDjGWvGmmH7k6kZImKQLQi4yTVfz7a42W_Freqqy__q46_VIOANnK_ZaYcv6xOHHB9gXz_pNvS_tpZpBiylExRm5A-932o-0bPF3Mw75GIJyzk80IoQtoJJ_oT3/" width="229" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p style="background-color: #ffffdf; color: #fb0007; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Interesting Facts about Charles Dickens:</span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: #ffffdf; color: #fb0007; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b style="color: #5eb82b;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="background-color: #ffffdf; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(251, 0, 7);"><u><span style="color: #6aa84f;">1. </span></u></b><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>I</b><b>n </b></span><b style="color: #5eb82b;">addition to a canary(named Dick), dogs(including Mrs. Bouncer), Charles Dickens had two pet ravens. Both were named Grip. The first was stuffed and now resides in the Philadelphia Free Library. </b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5eb82b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #ffffdf; color: #5eb82b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">2. A paw of a Dickens’ cat, Bob, became a letter opener after it died. You can see the letter opener on display at the New York Public Library. </span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5eb82b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #ffffdf; color: #5eb82b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">3.Someone said that if you counted all the words which Dickens used in his writing, it was an amazing 4.6 million different words! </span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5eb82b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #ffffdf; color: #5eb82b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">4. Charles Dickens may have had epilepsy. He also may have had obsessive-compulsive behavior making him comb his hair hundreds of times a day or to touch something several times for good luck.</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5eb82b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #ffffdf; color: #5eb82b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">5. Phrases including “Merry Christmas!” and “Bah! Humbug” became popular after reading Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5eb82b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #ffffdf; color: #5eb82b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">6. Did you know that Charles Dickens created 989 characters for his different books?</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5eb82b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #ffffdf; color: #5eb82b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">7. Hans Christian Andersen was a good friend of Dickens. Interestingly, after 5 weeks of being a guest of Dickens’ home, Andersen was encouraged to leave when Dickens wrote on the mirror in Andersen’s room, “Hans Andersen slept in this room for five weeks, which seemed to the family like AGES”.</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5eb82b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #ffffdf; color: #5eb82b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">8. A “new”treat called the lollypop was featured in several of Dickens’ books.</span></b></p><p style="background-color: #ffffdf; color: #5eb82b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="background-color: #ffffdf; color: #5eb82b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg60N2AGzfadawkILXWuXV1h0f7egHEmIixrqZoz97iuPjxHKzT3NULcEyYsmqxWopLdfOYIx7sbdHpSgXgzZ8lmxq6KCF_CIOOttVSE_RLFh400nuZOw407ExlE_Vzl6jO_Ijjs3aYPhIo/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="144" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg60N2AGzfadawkILXWuXV1h0f7egHEmIixrqZoz97iuPjxHKzT3NULcEyYsmqxWopLdfOYIx7sbdHpSgXgzZ8lmxq6KCF_CIOOttVSE_RLFh400nuZOw407ExlE_Vzl6jO_Ijjs3aYPhIo/" width="164" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></b><p></p><p style="background-color: #ffffdf; color: #fb0007; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Activities: </span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: #ffffdf; color: #5eb82b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;"> </span><b>1. Illustrate a quote of Charles Dickens and write a brief paragraph explaining what you think the quote is saying:</b></span></p><p style="background-color: #ffffdf; color: #5eb82b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">A. “The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.” </span></b></p><p style="background-color: #ffffdf; color: #5eb82b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">B. “I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” </span></b></p><p style="background-color: #ffffdf; color: #5eb82b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">C. “Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.” </span></b></p><p style="background-color: #ffffdf; color: #5eb82b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">D. “No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.” </span></b></p><p style="background-color: #ffffdf; color: #5eb82b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">E. “There is always something for which to be thankful.” </span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5eb82b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #ffffdf; color: #5eb82b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>2.</b></span><b>Reading an installment book was popular during the time of Charles Dickens? You had to wait for the next part of the book to be released to the public. In the USA, people had to wait sometimes weeks for the ship to bring the next installment of one of Dickens’ books from England! Would you have enjoyed reading an installment book? Why, why not?</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5eb82b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #ffffdf; color: #5eb82b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">3. Dickens got lots of his ideas for his characters from people he met in his life. Who might be 3 people you'd use in a story that you have met? Why would you use these people in your story?</span></b></p><p style="background-color: #ffffdf; color: #5eb82b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="background-color: #ffffdf; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><b>Resources of Interest:</b></span></p><p style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b style="background-color: #ffffdf; caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">1.</span><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"> </span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #20a603;">Read samples of some of Charles Dickens’ books at this link: </b><a href="http://realreads.co.uk/category/authors/charles-dickens/" style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #e6000e;"><b>http://realreads.co.uk/category/authors/charles-dickens/</b></span></a><b style="background-color: white; color: #20a603;"> Of the book summaries, which do you think you’d like to read the most, and why? </b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #e6000e; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><span style="color: #20a603;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>2. Short Video on the life of Charles Dickens:</b><span style="color: #e6000e;"><b><a href="https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=yfp-t&p=childhood+of+Charles+dickens+for+kids#id=1&vid=902af18becc093cd49fd0b056aebc4a3&action=click">https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=yfp-t&p=childhood+of+Charles+dickens+for+kids#id=1&vid=902af18becc093cd49fd0b056aebc4a3&action=click</a></b></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #e6000e; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><span style="color: #20a603;"><span style="color: #e6000e;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: #ffffdf; color: #fb0007; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Resources of Interest:</span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: #ffffdf; color: #5eb82b; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">1. My webquest on Charles Dickens includes 9 fun/informative questions to learn about Dickens. Additional activities/links,too. </span></b></p><p style="background-color: #ffffdf; color: #980027; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #5eb82b;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Charles-Dickens-A-Webquest-200480"><span style="color: #980027;"><b>https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Charles-Dickens-A-Webquest-200480</b></span></a></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #599b3e; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #ffffdf; color: #599b3e; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>2. In addition to a webquest, I have a Ms. Bie Ografee Reader’s Theater Script on Charles Dickens. </b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Charles-Dickens-A-Readers-Theater-Script-3286350"><span style="color: #a30003;"><b>https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Charles-Dickens-A-Readers-Theater-Script-3286350</b></span></a></span></p><p> </p>Gail Hennesseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06546272319482453021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138042842473812819.post-31986390953006551002023-11-19T06:58:00.000-08:002023-11-19T06:58:42.822-08:00Rockefeller Christmas Tree 2023<p> </p><p> <span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2jk3rLZelX7hZ_0SOXlJEKL5xtVjJbBgr4zJ6ZbgUuzSHEHJu8b-J7pOAJUA11nlKqyZq27bP8zlASsK6gX-HrPrt1sKngezSmeRUgsohcVPuWj05eIzaFBqzM6C_Av8UqYjHhJZIcaOk/s1600/RockefellerChristmasTreeCover.jpg" style="font-size: 16px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2jk3rLZelX7hZ_0SOXlJEKL5xtVjJbBgr4zJ6ZbgUuzSHEHJu8b-J7pOAJUA11nlKqyZq27bP8zlASsK6gX-HrPrt1sKngezSmeRUgsohcVPuWj05eIzaFBqzM6C_Av8UqYjHhJZIcaOk/s320/RockefellerChristmasTreeCover.jpg" width="247" /></a></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #2d6516; font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=138042842473812819" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #2d6516; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #2d6516; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree</b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #2d6516; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Possible Interactive Notebook Activity</b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #0000e9; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #fb0007; font-kerning: none;">* Click here for Free download: <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #0000e9; font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Rockefeller-Center-Christmas-Tree-Interactive-Notebook-ActivityFREEBIE-2906947">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Rockefeller-Center-Christmas-Tree-Interactive-Notebook-ActivityFREEBIE-2906947</a></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #0000e9; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #fb0007; font-kerning: none;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #0000e9; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #fb0007; font-kerning: none;"><b>NOTE: Check out my Q/A with Eric Pauze, the man that selects the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree in the December issue,2022,of Highlights for Children.</b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #599b3e; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2d6516; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #599b3e; font-kerning: none;"><b>1. </b></span></span><b><span style="color: #2d6516; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">In 2023, a Norway Spruce tree, from the state of New York, was again selected as the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. It is 80 ft. tall. Head gardener for Rockefeller Center, Eric Pauze, had selected another tree when he happened upon the tree in the yard of a family in Vestal, NY. He made the change!</span></span></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #599b3e; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #599b3e; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>2. The tallest Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree was 100 ft. tall (1999).</b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #599b3e; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #599b3e; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>3. Trees usually arrive in New York city by flatbed truck(with a sign saying it was the Rockefeller Center Tree). In other years, a tree has come to the city by a barge and one was actually brought in by helicopter! </b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #599b3e; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #599b3e; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>4. The history of the tree dates back to the Great Depression. At the construction site, workers erected a 20 ft. tall tree. The balsam fir was decorated with paper garland, some tin cans and strings of cranberries. Some references say some blasting caps and gum wrappers were also used to decorate the tree. </b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #599b3e; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #599b3e; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>5. The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree goes up the Wednesday after Thanksgiving. It is taken down at the end of the twelve days of Christmas, on January 7th. </b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #599b3e; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #599b3e; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>6. The singing of “Joy to the World” has been a tradition following the tree lighting ceremony, since 2011.</b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #599b3e; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 28px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #599b3e; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><sup>7. Since 2004, the Christmas tree has been topped with a star weighing 550 pounds and measuring 9.5 ft in diameter. There are 25,000 crystals and a total of one million facets in what is called the Swarovski Star. It was designed by Michael Hammers, a German artist.</sup></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #599b3e; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><sup>8. Only one Rockefeller Center Tree was not from a state in the USA. In 1966, Canada donated a tree. Trees have come from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Connecticut.</sup></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #599b3e; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><sup>9. Did you know that there are five MILES of electrical wire strung with light bulbs used to decorate the tree? There are 50,000 colored LED lightbulbs.</sup></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #599b3e; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><sup>10 . Since 1971, the tree has been RECYCLED after the holiday season. The tree has been turned into mulch and donated to the Boy Scouts of America. Mulch was also used for nature trails in the city. The U.S. Equestrian team in New Jersey has been given the trunk to be used as an obstacle jump. Since, 2005, the tree is milled and given to Habitat for Humanity to be used in housing construction. Houses in New York, Louisiana and in the countries of India and Brazil have been constructed from the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree! </sup></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #599b3e; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 28px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #599b3e; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><sup>11. To be considered for the Rockefeller Center Tree, the tree must be at least 75 ft. tall and 45ft. in diameter. </sup></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #599b3e; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>12. For most of the holiday season, the tree is lighted from 5:30 am to 11:30 pm. On Christmas Day, the tree shines brightly for 24 hours.</b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #599b3e; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>13. According to the head gardener,Erik Pauze, no one has tried to harm the tree. There is a fence around it and there is 24 hour security to make sure no one tries to harm the tree.</b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #599b3e; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>14. Did you know that the tree isn’t watered?The cold temperatures and nature help to keep the tree fresh.</b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #599b3e; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>15. People can submit photographs of trees for consideration to become the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. A helicopter is also used to search the northeast for the perfect tree.</b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #599b3e; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><sup>16. From 1942-1944, the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree was not lighted due to World War 2. </sup></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #599b3e; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><sup>17. In 1980, for a few minutes, there was a human ornament on the tree as someone attempted to climb it! The man was quickly arrested.</sup></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #fb0007; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #fb0007; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><sup>YOUR TURN:</sup></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #599b3e; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><sup>1. Pretend you are the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. Tell about a day in your life. What do you see? What do you hear? What do you feel? Etc.</sup></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #599b3e; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><sup>2. Design a new tree topper for the tree.</sup></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #599b3e; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><sup>3. Illustrate one of the facts.</sup></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #599b3e; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><sup>4. Which THREE facts were most interesting to you?</sup></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #599b3e; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><sup>5. Write sentences for the vocabulary words recycled, diameter and equestrian.</sup></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #599b3e; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><sup>6. Look up Habitat for Humanity, World War 2 and the Great Depression. Write 4 facts learned.</sup></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><sup><span style="color: #599b3e; font-family: Chalkboard;">7. Write a story pretending to be the owl that found itself traveling from Oneonta, NY, <span>to</span> NYC. What did you see? Here? Feel? Etc.</span></sup></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Check out these resources to use for this time of year:</b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #0d6618; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">1. During the holidays is a great time to share with kids the many traditions which have been shared with different cultures. Learn the history behind some popular <b>holiday traditions from around the world </b>with this webquest: </span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #084056; font-kerning: none;"><b>https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Holiday-Traditions- from-Around-the-WorldWebquest-2864257</b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #0d6618; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #084056; font-kerning: none;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">2. A Christmas Carol is probably the most popular holiday story. Have your students learn about <b>Charles Dickens</b>,one of the most famous writers of all times! 8 informative web questions. Additional activities/links,too. It is said Dickens used an amazing 4.6 million different words in his writing! </span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #084056; font-kerning: none;"><b>https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Charles-Dickens-A-Webquest-200480.</b></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #2d6516; font-kerning: none;"><b> I also have a Reader's Theater Script on the life of Charles Dickens. </b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Charles-Dickens-A-Readers-Theater-Script-3286350"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #420178; font-kerning: none;"><b>https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Charles-Dickens-A-Readers-Theater-Script-3286350</b></span></a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #0d6618; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #084056; font-kerning: none;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">3. Which president didn't allow a Christmas tree because he was an environmentalist? Which president organized a snowball fight in the White House for kids(using cotton balls). Which president hired a camel to entertain kids at Christmas time? Learn 12 informative facts about the <b>Holidays at the White House</b>: </span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #084056; font-kerning: none;"><b>https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Holiday-Traditions-at-the- White-House-Interactive-Notebook-Activity-2219599</b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #0d6618; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #084056; font-kerning: none;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">4. Need a fun/informative activity to celebrate the New Year after vacation? There are nine questions, lots of interesting customs of how people celebrate <b>New Year's around the world</b>, comprehension questions, extension activities and the key. Great activity for reading for information and research/computer skills. ( Diwali, Chinese New Year, Songkran and Rosh Hashanah included): </span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #084056; font-kerning: none;"><b>https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/New-Years-Eve-Webquest-on-its-history- and-customsExtension-Activities-1584695</b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /><b>Gail</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #0000e9; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-kerning: none;"><b>Photograph from: </b><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #0000e9; font-kerning: none;"><b><a href="http://publicdomainclip-art.blogspot.com/">http://publicdomainclip-art.blogspot.com</a></b></span></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-kerning: none;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #0000e9; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></span></div>Gail Hennesseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06546272319482453021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138042842473812819.post-38742350923496977022023-11-15T00:59:00.000-08:002023-11-15T00:59:15.351-08:00What do you know about the Pilgrims?<p> </p><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7LQu0zekdb76qEmt_QzYj2aQpSaVsVTklliUWEuvMEFZoj9ffk8DOm_Ya1sXETSziJgEZU8cTkZEAlBFcemtQmRaxYJiv16ZKUNlBES8vRP4DIHrT4L8gYNUshCrGXyh3USah0qIGNtTiW4rZj4PVWk1UMat3fKT2PIH8Jf7ROSzJNUifftiR5kYq1gyy/s740/Pilgrims_landing_Standish_on_right.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="431" data-original-width="740" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7LQu0zekdb76qEmt_QzYj2aQpSaVsVTklliUWEuvMEFZoj9ffk8DOm_Ya1sXETSziJgEZU8cTkZEAlBFcemtQmRaxYJiv16ZKUNlBES8vRP4DIHrT4L8gYNUshCrGXyh3USah0qIGNtTiW4rZj4PVWk1UMat3fKT2PIH8Jf7ROSzJNUifftiR5kYq1gyy/s320/Pilgrims_landing_Standish_on_right.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: large;"><b>Pilgrim Factoids</b></span><br /><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><b>Possible Interactive Notebook Activity</b></span><br /><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><b>by</b></span><br /><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><b>Gail Skroback Hennessey</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;">1. Over the years, many people took samples of Plymouth Rock. Today, it is now 1/3 the size it was during the time of the Pilgrims.</span><br /><div><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;">2. The sailors on the Mayflower didn’t care for the Pilgrims and called them “flib-gabbety puke stockings” because so many of the Pilgrims got seasick.</span></div><div><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;">3. Would you wear the same clothes for 66 days? The Pilgrims did! </span></div><div><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;">4. The Pilgrims didn’t have forks on the table at Thanksgiving. Forks weren’t popular until the 18th century.</span></div><div><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;">5. There weren’t any ovens to make pumpkin pie and sugar was in short supply. The Pilgrims also didn’t have cranberry sauce to eat at Thanksgiving.</span></div><div><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;">6. Historians believe that in addition to turkey, the Pilgrims ate lots of venison, cod, clams, sea bass and lobster at their Thanksgiving feast.</span></div><div><div class="page" title="Page 4"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;">7. Did you know that there wasn’t any milk at the first Thanksgiving? There weren’t any cows brought over on the Mayflower!</span></div></div></div></div><div><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;">8. Here is a list of some of the unusual names of some of the Pilgrims: Oceanus, Resolved, Peregrine, Wrestling, Love, Remember, Humility </span></div><div><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;">9. The Mayflower traveled at a speed of 2 mph and traveled 2750 miles from England to North America. The voyage took 66 days.</span></div><div><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;">10. During the first winter, most of the Pilgrims lived aboard the Mayflower. Half the Pilgrims did NOT survive the first winter.</span></div><div><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;">11. Of the 102 passengers, there were 34 children on the Mayflower’s voyage.</span></div><div><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;">12. The Wampanoag Indians were guests at the first Thanksgiving.</span></div><div><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 25.200000762939453px;"><b>Extension Activities: </b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;">1. Each family on-board the Mayflower could only bring one trunk of possessions with them. What would be 7 things you’d pack?</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #0056d6; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "chalkboard";"><span style="color: #0056d6;">2. Some historians think when the Mayflower was no longer sea-worthy, its lumber may have been used in the construction of a barn. Read the story here:</span><span style="color: #783f04;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "chalkboard";"><span style="color: #783f04;"><a href="http://www.gailhennessey.com/index.shtml?barn.html"><span style="color: #783f04;">http://www.gailhennessey.com/index.shtml?barn.html</span></a> </span><span style="color: #0056d6;"> You can also get a free download at this link: </span><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Mayflower-What-Might-Have-Become-of-the-Mayflower-A-Reading-Passage-1438415"><span style="color: #783f04;">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Mayflower-What-Might-Have-Become-of-the-Mayflower-A-Reading-Passage-1438415</span></a></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #0056d6;">3. See a list of the Passengers on the Mayflower in 1620: </span><a href="https://www.geni.com/projects/Great-Migration-Passengers-of-the-Mayflower-1620/8"><span style="color: #783f04;">https://www.geni.com/projects/Great-Migration-Passengers-of-the-Mayflower-1620/8</span></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><div style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;">4. Illustrate a factoid about the Pilgrims.</span></div><div style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;">5. What would be the two most difficult things for you if you were a pilgrim living in the 1600s?</span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 25.200000762939453px;"><b>Link for Teachers:</b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #660000; line-height: 25.200000762939453px;"><a href="http://www.plimoth.org/learn/just-kids/homework-help">http://www.plimoth.org/learn/just-kids/homework-help</a></span></span></div></div></div><div><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 25.200000762939453px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 25.200000762939453px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 25.200000762939453px;">Additional Resources:</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #0056d6; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 25.200000762939453px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 25.200000762939453px;"><b>Additional Resources of Interest:</b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #211922;">1. A Ms.Bie Ograffee Reader's Theater Script, an interview with Love Brewster, a Pilgrim of Plymouth Colony.Love was an actual member of the 102 Pilgrims that came to America. He was about nine years old. The play includes info on Mayflower, first winter and Thanksgiving feast. Fun facts,Comprehension questions, extension activities, links: </span><span style="color: #211922;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Pilgrims-A-Readers-Theater-Playfirst-Thanksgiving-2137703">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Pilgrims-A-Readers-Theater-Playfirst-Thanksgiving-2137703</a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvsU6bTGRGQuxhPW7JxxtXHPEduN8YtTcvJpRhqzTuYuMzSJh1Rf1U0dMqjGiQ6zb6n0eGxUukVycvhK863GD86oQH98MAimitK-0YmyjuHZzowxOALhhu8D6sltdpAucudLiy7lyZJdvk/s1600/pilgrimplaycover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvsU6bTGRGQuxhPW7JxxtXHPEduN8YtTcvJpRhqzTuYuMzSJh1Rf1U0dMqjGiQ6zb6n0eGxUukVycvhK863GD86oQH98MAimitK-0YmyjuHZzowxOALhhu8D6sltdpAucudLiy7lyZJdvk/s1600/pilgrimplaycover.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #211922; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #211922;">2. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020;">The Mayflower was named after a flower called the "Trailing Arbuttus". This flower is an evergreen with a white flower and pink center. Learn more about the Mayflower and the Pilgrims with this fun webquest. Extension activities, additional information and links, and the key are provided: <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Mayflower-and-Pilgrim-Webquest-403880">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Mayflower-and-Pilgrim-Webquest-403880</a></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #202020;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX1SKtKRDOhjszj5tIk9cnD4ggvt5nbWJZRgKJ86_eSNrIi_esbSwUqY4JExC1Rio39MgTCppLnYutbU21nWe7MOQQd2i-02MD86-vtG5KJgJvP_AO55OueWOPTSlTxLQIyfdL8THRr65A/s1600/mayflower2015.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX1SKtKRDOhjszj5tIk9cnD4ggvt5nbWJZRgKJ86_eSNrIi_esbSwUqY4JExC1Rio39MgTCppLnYutbU21nWe7MOQQd2i-02MD86-vtG5KJgJvP_AO55OueWOPTSlTxLQIyfdL8THRr65A/s1600/mayflower2015.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #202020;"></span></span><br /><div><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #202020;">3.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020;">Want a fun and informative activity to teach your students about the history of the first Thanksgiving?This webquest has 11 informative text questions on the history of Thanksgiving and turkeys. Hope you find it of value to use with your students:</span><span style="color: #202020;"> <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Thanksgiving-and-Turkey-Webquest-403849">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Thanksgiving-and-Turkey-Webquest-403849</a> </span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #202020;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZBYTPS4Ai3fgFsVRzjA8KOeqHQbQH5XGzBcqnLuKtqKNNJR3FkEWGn9IDOaVlLaxbSXTYFj3eyuDhHwKqNrgmIVOYu1pDM2nETAIPjbytUpMUw5zIvyDGEOSMsM418ACO-3iibF2HpHb_/s1600/thanksgivingwebquestcover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZBYTPS4Ai3fgFsVRzjA8KOeqHQbQH5XGzBcqnLuKtqKNNJR3FkEWGn9IDOaVlLaxbSXTYFj3eyuDhHwKqNrgmIVOYu1pDM2nETAIPjbytUpMUw5zIvyDGEOSMsM418ACO-3iibF2HpHb_/s320/thanksgivingwebquestcover.jpg" width="247" /></a></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: medium;">Free Illustrations: Wpclipart</span></div></div></div>Gail Hennesseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06546272319482453021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138042842473812819.post-30879275451790912812023-11-12T05:27:00.000-08:002023-11-12T05:27:14.942-08:00Ever Wonder What May have Happened to the Mayflower?<p> </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoHU8Qqf1CpVZI_MCypRyR6aI6at_zF1UH0yzHexEUH9-r5oyqD7o6fdVX68G_w0kypKfepvjwlAGwkXqbuFcz2aRQzVVk6Tw3mOgGFputtW4O_sUDytBujwYcZNC3YY1W6U4uaTFgKhK3/s1600/mayflowerbarn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoHU8Qqf1CpVZI_MCypRyR6aI6at_zF1UH0yzHexEUH9-r5oyqD7o6fdVX68G_w0kypKfepvjwlAGwkXqbuFcz2aRQzVVk6Tw3mOgGFputtW4O_sUDytBujwYcZNC3YY1W6U4uaTFgKhK3/s320/mayflowerbarn.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-P0ZKUGVRxj3vZEOX1vHZx-TPRDHdNE9jC197A39wJD58Hq15j-CD7YurNiuiPeb6WQ5ZFxFMVJL6E9lwPTS1QClsF9Rzqu4P4jIBj71UdwlcTTDllxRIJ-Zrf9MybBDTWftWsAX0ALSg/s1600/mayflowerbarn2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-P0ZKUGVRxj3vZEOX1vHZx-TPRDHdNE9jC197A39wJD58Hq15j-CD7YurNiuiPeb6WQ5ZFxFMVJL6E9lwPTS1QClsF9Rzqu4P4jIBj71UdwlcTTDllxRIJ-Zrf9MybBDTWftWsAX0ALSg/s320/mayflowerbarn2.jpg" width="218" /></a></div><div class="rtecenter" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: brown;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms" , cursive;"><strong><br /></strong></span></span></span></div><div class="rtecenter" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: brown;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms" , cursive;"><strong><br /></strong></span></span></span></div><div class="rtecenter" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: brown;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms" , cursive;"><strong><br /></strong></span></span></span></div><div class="rtecenter" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: brown;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms" , cursive;"><strong>Perhaps you will find this resource of interest to use with your students during the Thanksgiving holiday.</strong></span></span></span></div><div class="rtecenter" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="rtecenter"><span style="color: brown;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms" , cursive;"><strong><br /></strong></span></span></span></div><div class="rtecenter"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="color: brown; font-family: "comic sans ms", cursive; font-size: 16px;">What Became of the Mayflower?</strong></div><span style="color: brown;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: brown;"><strong style="font-family: "comic sans ms", cursive; font-size: 16px;">by</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="font-family: "comic sans ms", cursive;">Gail <span class="scayt-misspell-word" data-scayt-lang="en_US" data-scayt-word="Skroback">Skroback</span> Hennessey</strong></div><br /><div class="rtecenter" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: brown;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms" , cursive;"></span></span></span><span style="color: darkorange;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms" , cursive;"><strong>Note: Click here for the user friendly version:</strong></span></span></span><span style="color: brown;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms" , cursive;"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms" , cursive;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Mayflower-What-became-of-the-Mayflower-A-Reading-Passage-2880794">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Mayflower-What-became-of-the-Mayflower-A-Reading-Passage-2880794</a></span></span></strong></div><div class="rtecenter" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms" , cursive;"><br /></span></span></strong></div><span style="color: brown;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms" , cursive;"> Ever wonder what became of the Mayflower? The ship sailed with 102 Pilgrims over the Atlantic to North America, in 1620. If you are expecting to find it docked to some pier, or in a museum, you’d be wrong. That’s because the Mayflower most likely ended up as scrap wood and may have ended up in an old Quaker Barn in Great Britain!<br /> It was common practice many years ago, in England, to use unseaworthy ships’ timber to build new things. Dutch Elm disease had killed many of the trees in <span class="scayt-misspell-word" data-scayt-lang="en_US" data-scayt-word="17th">17th</span> century Great Britain and lumber was very scare. To preserve the number of oak tress from being cut for lumber, wood was priced quite high by the government. That made any available timber, such as that in old ships, very desirable. Since the Mayflower wasn’t an important ship to the people of Great Britain, this is the fate that most likely happened to the Pilgrims’ Mayflower.<br /> In the early <span class="scayt-misspell-word" data-scayt-lang="en_US" data-scayt-word="1900s">1900s</span>, a Quaker Historian , named <span class="scayt-misspell-word" data-scayt-lang="en_US" data-scayt-word="Rendel">Rendel</span> Harris, found a document stating that the Mayflower had been determined to be unseaworthy. The year was 1624. The ship’s owners then sold the oak ship for its timber to make some money. While attending a funeral at the Quaker Meeting House in <span class="scayt-misspell-word" data-scayt-lang="en_US" data-scayt-word="Jordans">Jordans</span>, England, Harris heard someone say the barn had been built from wood of the Mayflower. That got Harris hunting through documents such as wills and deeds to try and find out whether this was true.<br /> The age of the barn’s timber dates back to the time of the Mayflower and the barn was said to have been built by one of the owners of the Mayflower. If you go to the barn, you will notice that the main beam in the barn has a huge crack in it, just like the Mayflower got on its maiden voyage during a bad storm. The size and weight of the hull used in the barn’s construction matches that of the Mayflower and at one time, the letters ER HAR were evident, perhaps, referring to “Mayflower, <span class="scayt-misspell-word" data-scayt-lang="en_US" data-scayt-word="Harwich">Harwich</span>, the ship’s home port.<br /> One thing is certain, if you tilt your head upside down, you can see that a hull of an old ship was used to build the roof of the barn...whether it was the Mayflower, that can’t be certain.</span></span></span><br /><span style="color: brown;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms" , cursive;"><br /></span></span></span><br /><div class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="color: brown;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms" , cursive;">DID YOU KNOW?</span></span></span></strong></div><span style="color: brown;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms" , cursive;">1. 102 passengers in addition to the crew were aboard the Mayflower when it sailed from England to America. The year was 1620.<br />2. It took 66 days to cross the Atlantic.<br />3. A baby, named <span class="scayt-misspell-word" data-scayt-lang="en_US" data-scayt-word="Oceanus">Oceanus</span> Hopkins, was born on the voyage.<br />4. A crack in a main beam which happened during a bad storm was repaired with a giant screw(perhaps from a printing press or other equipment which was aboard the Mayflower)<br />5. Before leaving the ship, the Mayflower Compact was signed, establishing a temporary government for the Pilgrims.<br />6. By the time of the first Thanksgiving, 52 Pilgrims had died during the harsh winter.</span></span></span><br /><span style="color: brown;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms" , cursive;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="color: brown;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms" , cursive;"><strong>Your Turn!</strong><br />1. Why were old ships used in construction in Great Britain?<br />2. Why wasn’t the Mayflower “saved” as an historic ship?<br />3. What would be 3 fears you would have had as a Pilgrim on the Mayflower voyage?<br />4. What would be 2 things you might have done to pass the time on the voyage?<br />5. Create sentences using the highlighted vocabulary words.</span></span></span><span style="color: brown;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms" , cursive;"></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: brown;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms" , cursive;"><br /></span></span></span><br /><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="section" style="background-color: white;"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">Other possible resources of interest on this topic:</span><br /><ol><li style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Learn more about the Mayflower and the Pilgrims with this fun webquest. Extension activities, additional information and links, and the key are</span><br /><span style="font-size: 13pt;">provided:<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Mayflower-and-Pilgrim-Webquest-403880"> </a></span><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Mayflower-and-Pilgrim-Webquest-403880">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Mayflower-and-Pilgrim-Webquest-403880</a></li><li style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 13pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Love Brewster is a guest on Ms. Bi Ograffee's Talk Show. The studio audience asks Love questions about the voyage on the Mayflower, the first winter and the first Thanksgiving at Plymouth. The Reader’s Theater Script includes comprehension questions, a Did You Know? Section, a Teacher Page with</span><br /><span style="font-size: 13pt;">extension activities, links and the key:<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Pilgrims-A-Readers-Theater-Playfirst-Thanksgiving-2137703">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Pilgrims-A-Readers-Theater-Playfirst-Thanksgiving-2137703</a></span></li></ol></div></div></div></div><span style="color: brown;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms" , cursive;"></span></span></span><span style="color: brown;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms" , cursive;"><br /><strong>NOTE: </strong>I visited the “Mayflower Barn” in England and took the photographs.</span></span></span><br /><span style="color: brown;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms" , cursive;"></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: darkorange;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms" , cursive;">Gail</span></span><a href="http://www.gailhennessey.com/"><br /></a></span><br /><span style="color: brown;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"></span></span><br /><span style="color: darkorange;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms" , cursive;"><a href="http://www.gailhennessey.com/">http://www.gailhennessey.com-my website for teachers/kids</a></span></span></span>Gail Hennesseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06546272319482453021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138042842473812819.post-50730333889227950612023-11-12T05:25:00.000-08:002023-11-12T05:25:44.911-08:00Turkey Fun Facts!<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU6C_2xdfJa5CHo1QFgWt7mte8kWnQ7i24wY60SelTC8xUnWozC-Fvqcc-I6OcoTw2Y8E7cRywYEAc_i-OQefT7DlbFa_j2EYBVJG8a7S3TpNoYi0zVYXtb-8ovavMikSGLtdpo2Q5ivhz/s1600/turkeyfactoidcover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU6C_2xdfJa5CHo1QFgWt7mte8kWnQ7i24wY60SelTC8xUnWozC-Fvqcc-I6OcoTw2Y8E7cRywYEAc_i-OQefT7DlbFa_j2EYBVJG8a7S3TpNoYi0zVYXtb-8ovavMikSGLtdpo2Q5ivhz/s320/turkeyfactoidcover.jpg" width="247" /></a></p><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="section" style="background-color: white;"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d27f14; font-family: "comicsansms"; font-size: 26pt; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d27f14; font-family: "comicsansms"; font-size: 26pt; font-weight: 700;">AMAZING TURKEY FACTS!</span><br /><span style="color: #d27f14; font-family: "comicsansms"; font-size: large;"><b>Possible Interactive Notebook Activity.</b></span><br /><span style="color: #d27f14; font-family: "comicsansms"; font-size: large;"><b>Click here for user friendly version: </b></span><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/TURKEYS-AMAZING-TURKEY-FACTS-FREEBIEInteractive-Notebook-Activity-2170325">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/TURKEYS-AMAZING-TURKEY-FACTS-FREEBIEInteractive-Notebook-Activity-2170325</a><br /><br /></div><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "comicsansms"; font-size: 26pt; font-weight: 700;"></span><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: ".helveticaneuedeskinterface"; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><br /><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "comicsansms"; font-size: 15pt; font-weight: 700;">November is Thanksgiving time and most of us will be celebrating with a turkey dinner. Did you know that the Native American Indians were raising turkey as far back as 1000 A.D. ? Did you know that the Aztecs, of Mexico, were raising turkeys even earlier, about 200 B.C. ? Did you know that the state of Minnesota raises more turkeys each year than any other state? An estimated 46 million turkeys are raised in Minnesota each year! Share these fun factoids on the turkey with family and friends!</span><br /><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "comicsansms"; font-size: 15pt; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div><div class="page" title="Page 2"><div class="section" style="background-color: white;"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">1. Did you know that Ben Franklin wanted the turkey as our country’s national symbol? Some say he just said it was “more respectable” than the bald eagle!</span><br /><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">2. For short distances,wild turkeys can fly up to 55 mph and run up to 25 for short distances. </span><span style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">Domesticated </span><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">turkeys are usually too heavy to fly...at all!</span><br /><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">3. If you get up close to a turkey, they don’t have any external ears BUT still have a great sense of hearing!</span><br /><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">4. The only breed of poultry </span><span style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">native </span><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">to the Western Hemisphere is the turkey.</span><br /><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">5. If you are wonder what a group of turkeys is called, it’s a </span><span style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">flock. </span><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">A baby turkey is called a </span><span style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">poult</span><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">(or </span><span style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">goblet</span><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">). Groups of turkeys are also called </span><span style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">rafters.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">6. Only male turkeys can gobble! Females make clicking sounds.</span><br /><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;"><br />7. Tiny stones in a turkey’s stomach help the turkey grind and digest</span><br /><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">food. This part of the stomach is called the </span><span style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">gizzard</span><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">.</span><br /><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">8. Someone counted that a turkey has about 5,500 feathers! Eighteen make up the tail fan of a male turkey. Another source says they only have about 3500. That’s still a lot of feathers!</span><br /><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">9. The flap of skin under a turkey’s chin is called the </span><span style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">wattle</span><span color="rgb(77.776750% , 57.666900% , 0.000000%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">.</span><br /><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">10. Called the </span><span style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">snood</span><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">, the flap of skin over the turkey’s beak can turn different shades of red depending on the turkey’s mood.</span><br /><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div><div class="page" title="Page 3"><div class="section" style="background-color: white;"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">11. The month of June is called National Turkey Lovers’ Month.</span><br /><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">12. Find droppings of a turkey? Did you know you can tell whether it was left by a male or female? Female turkeys leave behind droppings looking like the letter J and a male turkey’s dropping are spiral shaped.</span><br /><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">13. Did you know that after walking on the surface of the moon, in 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin ate roasted turkey?</span><br /><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">14. Guinness Book of Records says a whopper of a turkey tipped the scale at 86 pounds.</span><br /><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">15. Four towns in the USA are named Turkey.(They are found in NC, Arizona, Texas and Louisiana). Pennsylvania has two townships with the name Turkey in their name. (Upper Turkeyfoot and Lower Turkeyfoot)</span><br /><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">16. Wishing on the wishbone of a turkey is a tradition at Thanksgiving. The person getting the largest part supposedly gets their wish granted.</span><br /><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">17. The idea of a president </span><span style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">pardoning(</span><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">sparing) the life of a turkey is credited with President George H.W. Bush. The first official pardon was given in 1989.</span><br /><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">18. Only male turkeys parade their fan of feathers(like a peacock).</span><br /><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">19. Some people make </span><span style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">turducken </span><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">at Thanksgiving. This is a turkey which is stuffed with a duck that is stuffed with a chicken!</span></div></div></div></div><br /><div class="page" title="Page 4"><div class="section" style="background-color: white;"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700;">TEACHER PAGE:</span><br /><span style="font-family: "chalkboard"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700;">Extension Activities:</span><br /><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "comicsansms"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">1. Illustrate/color a turkey fact.<br />2. Pretend you are a turkey. Write a persuasive paragraph stating why</span><br /><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "comicsansms"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">people should eat chicken, fish or beef instead of you!<br />3. Use the vocabulary words in a sentence.<br />4. Name 5 countries(other than the U.S.A) found in the Western</span><br /><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "comicsansms"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">Hemisphere! Write TWO facts that you may know about each of</span><br /><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "comicsansms"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">the countries listed.<br />5. Have small groups of students make 4 factual statements about</span><br /><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "comicsansms"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">turkeys and 4 opinion statements about turkeys. Exchange and have another group determine which are facts and which are opinion statements.</span><br /><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "comicsansms"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">6. Write a poem using each letter of the word, TURKEY.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "comicsansms"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;">Some Sources:</span><br /><span style="font-family: "comicsansms"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "comicsansms"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;"><a href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/14-fun-facts-about-turkeys-665520/?no-ist">http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/14-fun-facts-about-turkeys-665520/?no-ist</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: "comicsansms"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;"><a href="http://www.coolfactsforkids.com/turkey-facts-for-kids/">http://www.coolfactsforkids.com/turkey-facts-for-kids/</a></span><br /><br /><span color="rgb(82.136280% , 49.680300% , 8.194078%)" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700;"></span><br /><br /><br /><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><b>Other resources to check out for November:</b></div><ol><li style="color: #d17f14; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: normal;"></span><b>A Visit With Love Brewster: A Pilgrim at Plymouth Colony(A Reader’s Theater Script): A Ms.Bie Ograffee Reader's Theater Script, an interview with Love Brewster, a Pilgrim of Plymouth Colony.Love was an actual member of the 102 Pilgrims that came to America. He was about nine years old. The play includes info on Mayflower, first winter and Thanksgiving feast. Fun facts,Comprehension questions, extension activities, links.</b></li></ol><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Pilgrims-A-Readers-Theater-Playfirst-Thanksgiving-2137703">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Pilgrims-A-Readers-Theater-Playfirst-Thanksgiving-2137703</a></b></span></div><div style="color: #d17f14; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><b></b><br /></div><div style="color: #d17f14; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><b>2. Mayflower and Pilgrims: A Webquest: Learn about the Mayflower and the Pilgrims with this informative web quest!There are ten informative text web quests,extension activities,fun facts. Skills include:reading for information and using research/computer skills.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_1870990630"> </a></b><span style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Mayflower-and-Pilgrim-Webquest-403880">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Mayflower-and-Pilgrim-Webquest-403880</a></b></span></div><div style="color: #d17f14; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><b></b><br /></div><div style="color: #d17f14; font-family: chalkboard; line-height: normal;"><b>3. Turkeys and Thanksgiving: A Webquest: Want a fun and informative activity to teach your students about the history of Thanksgiving?This webquest has ten informative text questions on the history of Thanksgiving(including the Macy's Day Parade). TURKEY facts,too! </b><span style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><b><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Thanksgiving-and-Turkey-Webquest-403849">http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Thanksgiving-and-Turkey-Webquest-403849</a></b></span><br /></div><div><span style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div>Gail Hennesseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06546272319482453021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138042842473812819.post-25018966681300299712023-10-21T15:05:00.010-07:002023-10-21T15:09:54.524-07:00Native American Heritage Month is November<p style="text-align: center;"><b> </b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>I will not be able to update my blog until NOVEMBER 11th</b></p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><b></b></p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; 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line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Click here for the free downloadable version:</b> <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Native-Americans-Heritage-Month-Freebie-7410848">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Native-Americans-Heritage-Month-Freebie-7410848</a></span></span></p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><b></b><br /></p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b>November 2023</b></p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b>Gail Skroback Hennessey</b></p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><b></b><br /></p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b>New York was the first state to set aside a day to honor the contributions of Native Americans. Called American Indian Day, it was established in 1916. President George W. Bush approved National American Indian Heritage Month in 1990.</b></p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><b></b><br /></p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Did You Know?</b></p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Native Americans shared their cure for Scurvy, a disease caused by the lack of Vitamin C. They made a tea from evergreen branches and gave it to French Explorer, Jacques Cartier and his men(1536).</p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Did you know that Native Americans shared with the Pilgrims the idea of using dead fish when planting corn? It was a natural fertilizer.</p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">At the first Thanksgiving, in 1621, the Wampanoag people shared foods such as squash, corn, maple syrup, cranberries, pumpkins and turkey, with the Pilgrims.</p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Have you placed the game of lacrosse? It was first played by the Native American. Interestingly, it wasn’t a “game” but a way to settle arguments. The French explorers first saw the game and named it.</p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Native Americans played a game called “shinny”. The French called it hockey!</p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Native Americans shared toboggans and whirligigs(spinning tops) with the colonists.</p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Some ideas in the Constitution and Declaration of Independence, came from the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. The Great Law of Peace included ideas such as people have rights and limited the power of government over people.</p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Moccasins and the Parka(hooded jackets with feathers still attached to skins) were shared with colonists.</p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Native Americans were believers in conservation. They only took what they needed from the Earth.</p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">During World War 2, secret messages were sent by both sides. Each side tried to crack the other’s code. The U.S.Army came up with a code that was never broken. It used the Navajo Indian language!</p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><b></b><br /></p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Activities:<br />1. Some words in English from Native Americans:</b></p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">manatee, opossum, parka, raccoon, skunk, squash, succotash, woodchuck, moccasin, chipmunk </p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Write a short story using all these words.</p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">2. <a href="http://www.apples4theteacher.com/native-american/short-stories/">http://www.apples4theteacher.com/native-american/short-stories/</a> Read a Native American short story, illustrate the story and write and summary.</p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">3. Look at the Navajo Code Alphabet: <a href="https://jmcrempsblog.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/screen-shot-2014-09-25-at-11-13-07-am.png">https://jmcrempsblog.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/screen-shot-2014-09-25-at-11-13-07-am.png</a></p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Write a message and have another person try and decode it.</p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">4. LOTS of Famous Native Americans: Research one of the following people, draw a picture of that person and write 5 facts learned about them on your drawing. Here are just a few possible people to highlight.</p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Sacagawea, Sequoyah, Jim Thorpe, Squanto, Sitting Bull, Pocahontas, Chief Joseph, Tecumseh, White Cloud, Geronimo, Crazy Horse, Maria Tallchief, Wilma Mankiller, Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte,</p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>More links of interest:</b></p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.legacy.com/news/culture-and-history/famous-native-americans/">https://www.legacy.com/news/culture-and-history/famous-native-americans/</a></span></p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/topic/native-americans">https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/topic/native-americans</a></span></p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><b></b><br /></p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><b></b><br /></p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><b></b><br /></p><p style="background-color: #fffbe6; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Resources of Interest:</b></p><ol><li style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b></b><span style="background-color: #fffbe6;"><b>Learn about Sacagawea with this Reader's Theater Script. Sacagawea is a guest on a talk show and the studio audience asks questions about her life and contributions to the Lewis and Clark Expedition. There are 10 questioners, a Did You Know? fun fact section, comprehension questions, a teacher page with extension activities, the key and additional links. Part of my Ms. Bie Ografee Talk Show Series. </b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sacagawea-A-Readers-Theater-Script-1782815"><span style="color: #fc101b;"><b>Sacagawea, A Reader's Theater Script</b></span></a><b> 2. Learn about Sequoyah, the only person in history to "invent a written language"! Part of my Ms. Bie Ografee's Talk Show Series. A studio audience ask questions of Sequoia. </b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sequoyah-The-Man-that-Invented-a-Writing-SystemReaders-Theater-Script-1885199"><span style="color: #fc101b;"><b>Sequoyah, the Man that Invented a Writing System: A Reader's Theater Script</b></span></a><b>. 3. Native Americans: A Webquest: </b><span style="color: #e6000e; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Native-AmericansA-WebquestExtension-Activities-2121792?st=2957771651d42c1f0e3fcb3ba8121b92">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Native-AmericansA-WebquestExtension-Activities-2121792?st=2957771651d42c1f0e3fcb3ba8121b92</a></b></span></span></li></ol><div><span style="color: #e6000e; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: x-small;">Illustrations from Pixabay and WpClipart</span></div>Gail Hennesseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06546272319482453021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138042842473812819.post-68890347903637888602023-10-21T15:03:00.002-07:002023-10-21T15:03:23.720-07:00Are you Ready for King Tut Day? November 4th<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF4Pwtb9JVqlk0MiPIImRVECnwnSB5_NdeZVWoRzb81LyGMWnzoanu6K17MAvGYte6ZkIVrK60_WSVlOjGHnkxmjIHgjjoPVl-TDScFX7qpSSvhJU46-jBJP6lS48FJWeSgIqOVU_EX7Ig/s1600/original-2184199-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="271" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF4Pwtb9JVqlk0MiPIImRVECnwnSB5_NdeZVWoRzb81LyGMWnzoanu6K17MAvGYte6ZkIVrK60_WSVlOjGHnkxmjIHgjjoPVl-TDScFX7qpSSvhJU46-jBJP6lS48FJWeSgIqOVU_EX7Ig/s320/original-2184199-1.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><div style="color: #fc2712; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #fc2712; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #fc2712; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">November 4, 1922, the day Howard Carter uncovered the tomb of Tutankhamen!</span></div><div style="color: #fc2712; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #420178; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #fc2712; font-kerning: none;">NOTE: FREE DOWNLOAD OF THIS INFORMATION: <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/King-TuT-Day-November-4th-FREEBIE-2184199"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #420178; font-kerning: none;">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/King-TuT-Day-November-4th-FREEBIE-2184199</span></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #fc2712; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Interesting facts:</b></span></div><div style="color: #fc2712; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">1. Lord Carnarvon was bitten by a mosquito, while in Egypt and died days later. It is said that the lights in Cairo, Egypt, went out when Carnarvon died. Also, back in London, his dog is said to have started to howl and, died. When King Tut's mummy was unwrapped, a mark was found in the same location as the mosquito bit on Lord Carnarvon. It was around this time that the idea of a curse on those that went inside the tomb began to gain in popularity!</span></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #fc2712; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">2. One of the discoveries in the tomb, in addition to golden statues and a golden throne, jewels and chariots, was a box of UNDERWEAR for King Tut to use in the afterlife.</span></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #fc2712; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">3. Licorice was also found in King Tut's tomb.</span></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #fc2712; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">4. Each of King Tut's toes were individually wrapped in gold!</span></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #fc2712; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">5. Watermelon seeds were found in King Tut's tomb. </span></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #fc2712; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">6. With the discovery of the tomb, all things Egyptian became very popular. Women began to wear dresses with Egyptian patterns. Songs about King Tut were written,dances created and beauty products were advertised with Egyptian themes. This popularity in all things ancient Egyptian was called "Tutmania".</span></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #fc2712; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">7. Twenty-two pounds of gold were used to make the gold mask of King Tut.</span></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;"><br /><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></div><div style="color: #fc2712; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"></span></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #fc2712; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Questions:</b></span></div><div style="color: #fc2712; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">A number of people that went into the tomb died under unusual circumstances. However, the person that discovered the tomb,Howard Carter, lived a long life. So, if there was a curse(as stated on the entrance of Tut's tomb), it didn't harm Carter. WHAT might explain why some people may have died from being in the tomb, opened for the first time in centuries?</span></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #fc2712; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">When Howard Carter discovered the tomb, he waited weeks for Lord Carnarvon to travel by ship to be there for the opening of the tomb. He had guards stand watch at the entrance of the tomb. He did NOT go inside. He felt that since Lord Carnarvon had funded the expedition, he should be there for the "opening". Could you have waited?</span></div><div style="color: #fc2712; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #fc2712; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Extras:</b></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 21px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Read my article, "Mummies Share Their Secrets" at Science News for Students: <a href="https://student.societyforscience.org/article/mummies-share-their-secrets"><span style="color: #420178; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>https://student.societyforscience.org/article/mummies-share-their-secrets</b></span></a></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">You may wish to check out You Tube for a song done by comedian Steve Martin, "King Tut".(Review it first as there is one word which may not be appropriate). You could just share the lyrics and skip over the word.)</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><br />Information on King Tut at this link: <a href="https://kingtutone.com/tutankhamun/">https://kingtutone.com/tutankhamun/</a> Coloring sheets of King Tut: <a href="https://coloringhome.com/king-tut-coloring-pages">https://coloringhome.com/king-tut-coloring-pages</a></span></div></span></div><div style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTnzuuVU6hKZdGlNw6P-hbSUIRosrxJnQNjSzjGsVWdLtTRUC95U3L8GeuHNPgPUW602HFnom2PxgLKg26CBNFyTqiGdrjzXnSfLQs4GpP8VsGYEow1W9TqsWZsoU4u6JDxk-W0dumBeZe/s1600/original-338665-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="270" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTnzuuVU6hKZdGlNw6P-hbSUIRosrxJnQNjSzjGsVWdLtTRUC95U3L8GeuHNPgPUW602HFnom2PxgLKg26CBNFyTqiGdrjzXnSfLQs4GpP8VsGYEow1W9TqsWZsoU4u6JDxk-W0dumBeZe/s320/original-338665-1.jpg" width="246" /></a></div><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /><br /></div><div style="color: #420178; font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #fc2712; font-kerning: none;">Check my Resource on King Tut, A Reader's Theater Script with LOTS of information on King Tut, mummy making and the discovery of his tomb: <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #420178; font-kerning: none;"><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/King-Tut-Wrapping-with-a-Mummy-Biographical-PlayTo-Tell-the-Truth-Play-338665">http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/King-Tut-Wrapping-with-a-Mummy-Biographical-PlayTo-Tell-the-Truth-Play-338665</a></span></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #fc2712; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div>Gail Hennesseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06546272319482453021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138042842473812819.post-78164832937205149772023-10-21T15:02:00.002-07:002023-10-21T15:02:15.517-07:00It's Halloween Time....Great Time to Learn about Mummies!<p> </p><p><br /></p><div data-block="true" data-editor="a6l84" data-offset-key="atnpj-0-0" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="atnpj-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxqhAayGx4BRoNwirKJlGJT1h2ML9CTQh0sptYVLTB0Mo6vy3ewXt5qobdgr5d1u6jBCQ00nYl4bi7xMzQ4cIlfhMZ-p5s_GVWre9YuHoXjSZijwdqrwBlR34RXZK0VL8alcZtiQUTvfNx/s1280/mummy-5638551_1280.png" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>With Halloween around the corner, you may find these MUMMY FACTS of interest to share with your kids.</b></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-kerning: none;"><b>Click here for the FREE downloadable version: </b></span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Amazing-Mummy-Facts-Possible-Interactive-Notebook-Activity-906580?st=da1a4030726edd5f4d25118960d8d00d"><span style="color: red;">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Amazing-Mummy-Facts-Possible-Interactive-Notebook-Activity-906580?st=da1a4030726edd5f4d25118960d8d00d</span></a></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">1. Mummies of pharaoh (kings) had onions place in the eye sockets for eyes.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Many mummies, male and female, were buried with extra hair wigs for the afterlife.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">2.Mummies of pharaoh (kings) had onions place in the eye sockets for eyes.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Some mummies were wrapped in 20 layers of linen.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br />3.The oldest mummies are not Egyptian. Found in what is now Chile and Peru, the Chinchorro mummies date to 5000 BC.(Egyptians date back to 2500 BC)</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br />4.The Takla Makan Mummies are 3000 year old mummies found in China. Interestingly, their features are NOT Chinese!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br />5. Egyptians didn’t just mummify people. Mummified gerbils, birds, cats, dogs, fish, snakes, baboons, crocodile, hippo and even a lion have been found!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br />6. During the 70 day mummification process, ancient Egyptians removed the brain through the nostrils using a hook shaped instrument. Believing it had no value, the brain was thrown away.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br />7. The center of intelligence and caring, the ancient Egyptians kept the heart, wrapping it and replacing it back into the mummy.Other organs were placed in special containers called canopic jars.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br />8. Believing mummies had healing powers, for almost 500 years, mummies were ground up and used to treat stomach aches and other ailments.Yuck! </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br />9. During Victorian times, mummies being unwrapped after dinner was popular entertainment for the guests!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br />10. Believing you could take possessions into the next life, King Tut was found with licorice root, watermelon seeds as well as chariots, games, weapons and furniture and a change of underwear. </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br />11.One mummy actually has a passport! When Ramses 11 went from Egypt to France, a passport was issued! </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgniYIeVQWzJN2Pggbra-gfvJ1onZxUhnU0NovMNCj9bOzl8B69NOi4NlddEe4_bP9EEjMzxdpWat8k1MXfFINNe21wileR-tbrgWGamipCn-eSVghpt2Hez3qkVRcjm2EEIU5gqcmunwVl/s720/sausages-in-a-dressing-gown-1405207__480.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="720" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgniYIeVQWzJN2Pggbra-gfvJ1onZxUhnU0NovMNCj9bOzl8B69NOi4NlddEe4_bP9EEjMzxdpWat8k1MXfFINNe21wileR-tbrgWGamipCn-eSVghpt2Hez3qkVRcjm2EEIU5gqcmunwVl/s320/sausages-in-a-dressing-gown-1405207__480.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /><b> </b></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Extension Activities:</b></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br />1. If you were a mummy, what are 5 things you’d pack away for the afterlife. Why would you place these items in your tomb?</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br />2. Draw/color a mummy coffin. Write 5 facts learned about mummies on your drawing in complete sentence form.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br />3. Write a day in the life of a mummy on display in a museum. What do you hear? See? Smell? Feel?</span></div><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; white-space: normal;" /><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br />4. Do you think mummies should be on display in a museum or be left in their tomb? Write a persuasive paragraph on your position. Include at least 2 reasons for your position.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><div class="page" title="Page 5"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisC0hY6NlHseoYRcw4UsLZgSNj2rwliq0sr3M9dYLuaZMTgEpmZEpyGH01657kJH4NT__-2p11Y_nVM8hg1rp1iaPIU9KuiRsTXa2-KQ0ehrOsKVUkyieh1I604p3zxcmxh_Na_K2_Czoi/s900/5b52ba78dda4c879658b45a3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="506" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisC0hY6NlHseoYRcw4UsLZgSNj2rwliq0sr3M9dYLuaZMTgEpmZEpyGH01657kJH4NT__-2p11Y_nVM8hg1rp1iaPIU9KuiRsTXa2-KQ0ehrOsKVUkyieh1I604p3zxcmxh_Na_K2_Czoi/s320/5b52ba78dda4c879658b45a3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="section" style="background-color: white;"><br /><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span style="color: #363636; font-size: 18pt;">Yuck!</span></p><p><span style="color: #363636; font-size: 14pt;">(2018) An Egyptian burial chamber<br />with a large sarcophagus was<br />recently found in Egypt. Inside<br />the sarcophagus were the re-<br />mains of several skeletons. The<br />remains are in a pool of liquid.<br />A group of people actually signed<br />a petition to be allowed to drink the red liquid! Yes, you read correctly. For some reason, the 2000 year old liquid is believed to have magical powers. Scientists disagree. It is believed that sewer leakage got inside the black sarcophagus and that those wanting to drink the the liquid mixed with carbonated water(sarcophagus soda) are foolish.</span></p><p><span style="color: #363636; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700;">Your Turn</span></p><p><span style="color: #363636; font-size: 14pt;">1. What do you think of this news story?</span></p><p><span style="color: #363636; font-size: 14pt;">2. Would you believe over 10,000 people wanted to get the antiquities ministry to allow them to drink the liquid? Saying the "juices are not an elixir for life", but sewage water, the request was denied. Do you think that the minister did the correct thing to say NO to the petition? Why, Why not?</span></p><p><span style="color: #363636; font-size: 14pt;">3. Has anyone ever asked you to do something foolish? Did you feel pres- sured to do it?</span></p><p><span style="color: #363636; font-size: 14pt;">4. Why was this such a foolish thing to want to do?</span></p></div></div></div></div></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Photograph from: www.rt.com</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); clear: both; font-family: -webkit-standard; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_cV_G8AS5APN-JS9dU8tqX6fxz37-MTKOg0n0U9pFzEk405wwhUDR96wDaUJsxCBcSrhA14Ke-Uy-Khov3uNqlI-tiskU00f0P7aiKiiTZ1nATAtoqb_-j4-0d_zWTtvUqi7RYYRKXim2/s1600/original-1915946-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="271" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_cV_G8AS5APN-JS9dU8tqX6fxz37-MTKOg0n0U9pFzEk405wwhUDR96wDaUJsxCBcSrhA14Ke-Uy-Khov3uNqlI-tiskU00f0P7aiKiiTZ1nATAtoqb_-j4-0d_zWTtvUqi7RYYRKXim2/s320/original-1915946-1.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Check out this resource on ALL Things Mummy.</b> </span>Mummies aren't just found in ancient Egyptian culture. Mummies have been found all over the world! In fact, the oldest man-made mummies are found in the country of Chile! Mummies can be naturally created or man-made. This web quest includes the different types of mummies and has 12 web questions including information on Bog Mummies such as Tollund Man, the Inca Mummies, the Taklamakan Desert Mummies of China, Otzi, the frozen mummy, the Chinchorro Mummies of Chile, the Egyptian mummies... and more. There are comprehension questions, a Did You Know? section, a teacher section with extension activities, additional links and the key. Great for a Friday activity, at Halloween time, or if you are studying ancient Egypt<span face=""proxima nova" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: inherit;">.</span><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/MUMMIES-A-WebquestExtension-Activities-1915946">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/MUMMIES-A-WebquestExtension-Activities-1915946</a></div><div style="color: #050505;"><br /></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a6l84" data-offset-key="5h8oa-0-0" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5u_Ayw9tMJGNASfWfR0_cPDSsIZwaWFko625897SaSaxhYpFLv9ssMaRx7MTPUyhzOtFlYsQq05zhYQWS07q-23XE08KHOyZI4XrfEega2-0StkD7rSR7KQd27_jUlkaUoxkz5Q0RLTk/s350/original-338665-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="270" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5u_Ayw9tMJGNASfWfR0_cPDSsIZwaWFko625897SaSaxhYpFLv9ssMaRx7MTPUyhzOtFlYsQq05zhYQWS07q-23XE08KHOyZI4XrfEega2-0StkD7rSR7KQd27_jUlkaUoxkz5Q0RLTk/s320/original-338665-1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></p>
<p style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Also, check out this Reader's Theater Script on probably the most famous of all mummies, King Tut! </p>
<p style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Learn lots of fun facts about mummies and specifically the discovery of King Tut's tomb with this play based on the To Tell the Truth Game Show Format. To Tell the Truth was a popular television show which has returned with host Anthony Anderson(of Blackish). Three guests all claim to be the real guest being interviewed by a panel. The real guest must tell the truth where the other imposters do not have to do so. Kids must be "truth detectives" to determine just who is the REAL King Tut. Directions and a suggested YouTube Clip to show the idea of the game, comprehension questions, discussion questions and extension activities(and resources) are included. <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/King-Tut-Wrapping-with-a-Mummy-Biographical-PlayTo-Tell-the-Truth-Play-338665">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/King-Tut-Wrapping-with-a-Mummy-Biographical-PlayTo-Tell-the-Truth-Play-338665</a></p><p style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Chalkboard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Illustrations: Pixabay and WpClipart</p></div>Gail Hennesseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06546272319482453021noreply@blogger.com0