Teaching Resources
Worksheets
Theme: United States
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Dear Mr. President
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- Encourage your students to voice their opinions to the President with this reproducible letter-writing activity.
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A Trip to New Orleans
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- A map-reading reproducible highlighting the French Quarter
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The Immigration Debate
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- Use this graphic organizer to help guide your students' reading on the immigration debate in the U.S.
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Test Your U.S. History I.Q.
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- Challenge your students to show what they know about U.S. history and government.
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Making a Cartoon Connection
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- Give your students practice analyzing a cartoon with this reproducible.
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A Peaceful Leader
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- Give your students practice reading a timeline with this reproducible time line of important events in the life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Iraq and the United States
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- Give your students practice reading a time line with this reproducible time line of key events in U.S.-Iraqi relations.
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Mind Your Money
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- Challenge your students to analyze a weekly budget and make suggestions about how to save money.
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Tell It to Congress
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- Use this letter-writing activity to have your students express their views on child labor to Congress.
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Who's in Charge? Executive Branch
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- Find out who belongs to the Executive branch, what it does, and why it does it
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Members of the President's Cabinet
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- Identify the role of each cabinet member and how they might be involved with responding to the Sept. 11 tragedy
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Native Americans Census Map
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- Read a map to identify Native American populations and answer questions based on the map
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Honor the 9/11 Anniversary: A Resource for Teachers
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- See what TFK teachers are doing to commemorate the event and enhance their civics curriculum. Plus, reference an age-appropriate book list
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Words of a Nation
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- Read what famous Americans have said about freedom and then answer questions based on the quotations
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Know Your Rights
- Description:
- Use this graphic organizer to learn more about the Bill of Rights
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Military Powers
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- Read passages from the Constitution and explore military powers
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Times of Change
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- Use the given photo and graph to answer questions about the Great Depression
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American Indians in the U.S.
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- Study a map showing how many people of American-Indian heritage live in each state and then answer questions
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Military Powers
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- Read passages from the Constitution and explore military powers
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Gearing Up
- Description:
- Learn about the supplies and equipment Lewis and Clark used




