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Constitution

Brigich, Casie; Hagy, Angele; Broadwater, Annie; Berkebile, Kaitlyn; Falleroni, Shannon

Unit
3-5
English/Language Arts, Geography, History
Common Core, PA State
Bill of Rights, Constitution, Convention, Map , Philadelphia, Preamble, Washington

Conservation and National Parks

Guthrie, Michael

Lesson Plan
9-12
Geography, History, Science and Technology
Common Core, PA State
Conservation, National Parks, Theodore Roosevelt, Preserve, Progressive Era, Sanctuary

Child Labor in Rhode Island

Polucha, Joyce

Lesson Plan
9-12
English/Language Arts, History
Common Core
Child Labor, Factory, Industrial Revolution, Lewis Hine, Photographs, Reform , Rhode Island

Comparison of the Environmental Movements through the Eyes of its Participants

Rokicki, Kristina

Lesson Plan
9-12
Geography, History, Science and Technology
PA State
Environment, Green Movement, John Muir, Rachel Carson, Science, Society

Conestoga Wagons

Sheffer, Dustin

Lesson Plan
3-5
English/Language Arts, History
Common Core, PA State
Colonies, Conestoga Wagons, Immigrants, Transportation, Travelers, Truck Drivers

Comparing and Contrasting the Lives of Children in the Early 20th Century to the Present-Day Life of Students

Goldberg, Marina

Lesson Plan
3-5
History
NCSS
Childhood, Children, Compare, Contrast, Lives

Columbus /Exploration New World

Lucas, Amanda; Mesanger, Courtney; Pulaski, Madison

Unit
3-5
English/Language Arts, History
PA State
Columbus, Explorer, Santa Maria

Cold Mountain

Rokicki, Kristina

Activity
9-12
English/Language Arts, History
Common Core
1860s, Civil War, Confederacy, Contrabands, Cold Mountain, Love, Prisoners, Sacrifice, Slaves, Soldiers, Union, Women

Clara Barton

Williams, Virginia

Lesson Plan
3-5
History
NCSS
Barton, Gender, Red Cross, Stereotypes, Women's History

Civil Rights Connection

Bucks, Robert

Lesson Plan
3-5
Cultural Studies, History
NCSS, PA State
Bullying, Civil Rights Movement, March on Washington, Martin Luther King, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Parks

Citizenship

Sivavec, Moriah; Marchetti, Becky

Unit
Pre K-2
Civics and Government, History
Common Core, PA State
Citizenship, Civics, Community, Government, Kennedy, President

Chocolate by Hershey

Antonic, Emily

Activity
3-5
English/Language Arts, History
Common Core
Chocolate, Confectioner, Great Depression, Hershey, Mennonite, Monument, Orphan, Philanthropist

Children's Lives Then (late 1800s) and Now

Barnard, Tara

Unit
Pre K-2
Economics, English/Language Arts, History
Common Core, PA State
Childhood, Children, Chores, Daily Life, Food , Nutrition, Play, Toys

Children's Lives at the Turn of the 20th Century

McNece, Emily

Unit
3-5
English/Language Arts, History
Common Core, PA State
20th Century, Childhood, Children, Education, Games, Lives, Personal Hygiene, Poetry

Children of the Dust Bowl

Mellen, Lisa

Activity
3-5
English/Language Arts, History
Common Core
Children, Drought, Dust Bowl, Farm, Great Depression, Migrant, Migrate, Okies, Prejudice, West

Child Labor in America

Slaughter, Patricia

Lesson Plan
3-5
History
NCSS, PA State
Bobbin Girl, Child Labor, Factory, Industrial Revolution, Textile

Child Labor During the Industrial Revolution

Samler, B

Lesson Plan
6-8
History
Conditions, Employment, Industrial Revolution, Labor

Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers

Adams, Lucy

Lesson Plan
Pre K-2
Cultural Studies, History
VA State
Boycott, Cesar Chavez, United Farm Workers

Causes of the Civil War

Michelle, Keith

Unit
6-8
Civics and Government, Economics, History
PA State
1860 Presidential Election, Abraham, Breckinridge, Civil War, Democratic Party, Douglas, Harriet, John Bell, Lincoln, North America, Political Map 1800s, Republican Party, Slavery, Tubman, United States

Catch-22

Martinek, Joseph

Activity
9-12
English/Language Arts, History
Common Core
Anti-War, Isolationism, Pacifism, Peace, United States, World War II

Catapults in History

Balsley, Heather; Harris, Laura Lee

Lesson Plan
6-8
History, Math, Science and Technology
VA State
Algebra, Catapults, Formulas, Linear Inequalities, Machines, Marshmellow, Quadratic Equations, Technology, Warfare

Cassie's Journey: Going West in the 1860s

Kyle, Kelley

Activity
3-5
History
Common Core
Cassie, Covered Wagon, Journey, Oregon Trail, Pioneer, Settling, Traveling, West, Westward Expansion

Can You Fly High, Wright Brothers?

Boyer, Daratu

Activity
3-5
English/Language Arts, History
Common Core
Aviation, Flight, Innovation, Invention, Primary Sources, Technology, Travel, Wright Brothers

Caissons and Cofferdams

Pfiester, Josh

Lesson Plan
3-5
Economics, History, Science and Technology
NCSS
Bridges, Caissons, Cofferdams, Compare, Construction, Contrast, Geology, Water

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