This video, from History.com’s archives, focuses on the different customs celebrated for Hanukkah.
Related NY State Academic Standards: SS.6.4, SS.6.4.a, SS.6.4.b and more!
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Students learn about the effects of culture and history on health care.
Related NY State Academic Standards: CDOS.C.3a.BS.1.A, CDOS.C.3a.TS.2.A, CDOS.C.3a.PQ.3.A and more!
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Signed by President George Washington on October 3, 1789, this was the first national Thanksgiving Day proclamation under the Constitution. William Jackson authored the original draft.
Related NY State Academic Standards: RI.11-12.8, RI.11-12.9, RH.5-8.2 and more!
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This three minute video, from History.com’s archives, focuses on how Thanksgiving became an official national holiday and how some of the Thanksgiving traditions that we know today came to be.
Related NY State Academic Standards: SS.3.MOV.5.b.2, SS.SSP.3.3.3, SS.SSP.4.2.1 and more!
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This web-based resource provides a factsheet, game, quiz, and worksheet to help students understand the different types of text including: descriptive, informative, instructional, and persuasive.
Related NY State Academic Standards: RL.6.7, RL.6.10, RL.6.11
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During this lesson, students will be introduced to the parts of a research paper. They will understand what is expected of them and choose an event/person to research. Students will also be taught how to use the internet as well as other sources to find information and correctly represent what the have found.
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Students will learn about the effects of earth’s revolution on seasons.
Related NY State Academic Standards: 7.RP.2.a, 7.RP.2.b, 7.G.1 and more!
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This video, from History.com’s archive, focuses on why Halloween was originally celebrated.
Related NY State Academic Standards: SS.6.4, SS.6.4.a, SS.6.4.b.1 and more!
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Students will analyze the portrayal of working men and women in the media.
Related NY State Academic Standards: CDOS.C.2.1.A, ELA1.C.LR1A
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This video, from History.com’s archives, focuses on who the first to discover America could have been before Columbus.
Related NY State Academic Standards: SS.5.3, SS.5.3.a.1, SS.7.2.a.2 and more!
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