Free Printable Earth Day Coloring Pages and Lessons

April 22 celebrates Earth Day, the holiday formerly called Arbor Day. Here are free printable Earth Day lesson plans, coloring pages and activities for your science classroom and homeschool. Use for 4H club or scout troops too. Biology, species, habitats, environmental science activities and moreFree Printable Earth Day Coloring Activities 

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Black History Month From Rosa Parks' Bus Seat, Printable Lessons

Complaints about why there's a Black History Month really grind me. If you have to ask, you don't get American history period. The revisionists aren't the ones teaching black history, they're the ones who wrote it out in the first place. Slavery, segregation, Jim Crow stole an entire peoples' past. Black History Month can't replace that. But it can renew the future. It can revive traditions, restore voices and reinvest in the heritage that was denied. I've always felt intense solidarity with the oppressed and marginalized. But recently, I experienced it in a new way. I sat in Rosa Parks' bus seat. Here's more on that and printable lesson plans For Black History Month, Learn Jim Crow Lessons From Rosa Parks' Bus Seat

Free Printable Hands-On Early American History Lesson Plans

Most elementary school curriculum contains a unit on American history. In 4th grade, many states require teachers to study pioneer, settler and early American history in their classrooms. Here are free printable lesson plans for social studies and American history, just in time for 4th of  July. These lessons have been developed by teachers for teachers. Some have been designed by local history museums and historical societies. Use these in public school and home school. Age levels are set out for individual lessons but these are flexible. Many will work with special needs classrooms, also. Free Printable Hands-On Early American History Lesson Plans

Free Printable Father's Day Cards

Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday in June. Father's Day is a great opportunity to remember and honor a grand-father, father-in-law, godfather and step-father as well. In our Catholic faith, many of us remember our priest on Father's Day as well. If you are of another faith, you may choose to remember your minister, rabbi or spiritual leaders as the father figure that he is in your religious community. You may want to honor other men that have been a father figure or mentor in their life; a teacher, Big Brother, uncle or friend.Free Printable Father's Day Cards

Free Printable All American Patriotic Holiday Crafts for Memorial Day

Family Fun is a well-named magazine. Cover to cover each issue of family fun is loaded with recipes, games, crafts, activities and free printable fun. Here is a list of free printable patriotic and all-American themed craft activities from Family Fun. Begin here at the Family Fun home page. Why the homepage? Because Family Fun is well laid out and organized, but if I began by linking you to individual activities, you may miss out on the wealth of other crafts with similar themes. For example, on the home page you'll find a link to '36 Cool Summer Crafts' and 'Best Ever Birthday Parties'. Some of the all-American patriotic crafts will show up on these types of pages, also. So be sure to do some clicking about the Family Fun website. Okay, now for some specific patriotic and American games, puzzles, activities and crafts.   Free Printable All American Patriotic Summer Crafts

American History Lesson Plans: Declaration of Independence

The Declaration of Independence American History Homework Help and Lesson Plans Why do Americans celebrate the 4th of July? This is the day that the first continental congress signed the Declaration of Independence. England ruled the 13 colonies. King George III passed the Intolerable Acts. The colonists reacted.
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