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Simple and sweet, Your Happy Heart is all that a book you share with your children should be. A Happy Heart is "when you feel good inside," and this book helps little ones understand that they can have a Happy Heart from the moment they wake up until they go to sleep at night. Many wonderful books help children overcome obstacles and seek joy. Your Happy Heart focuses on tranquility, and the harmony your children can feel every day. Written by a Mom who found a powerful way to share the feelings of contentment and serenity with her children. "A way for children to be gentle with themselves and gentle in this life." Ages 3 and up

The Golden Rule-"Do to others as you would have them do to you"-is expressed in virtually every world religion. From Ancient Egypt to Zoroastrianism, A Golden Thread explores this universal statement in nearly two dozen of the world's faiths. Students learn concepts necessary for them to excel in college and respond to thought-provoking questions, such as "Can observing the Golden Rule eliminate all harm?" and "What is the importance of scripture to religion?" A unique learning experience woven from many disciplines. Grades 9-12 - 21 Activity Sheets - Complete Answer Key

This unique collection of mini posters humanizes historical figures. Accompanying text is in the first person, quotations capture the essence of each individual's accomplishment, and each includes a section "Here's something you may not have known about me..." followed by a fun, down-to-earth fact, like that Abraham Lincoln was a wrestler, or that Eli Whitney started his own business at 14. Includes excellent ideas for a variety of interesting bulletin-board displays and classroom activities to maximize the pedagogical impact of these delightful posters. Posters of: Abigail Adams - John Adams - John Quincy Adams - Susan B Anthony - Neil A Armstrong - Clara Barton - Alexander Graham Bell - William Bradford - John Brown - William Jennings Bryan - John C Calhoun - Andrew Carnegie - Cesar Chavez - Henry Clay - Bill Clinton - Calvin Coolidge - James Fenimore Cooper - Francisco Vasquez de Coronado - Father Charles Coughlin - George Custer - Jefferson Davis - Jack Dempsey - Dorothea Dix - Frederick Douglass - WEB Du Bois - Amelia Earhart - Thomas Edison - Albert Einstein - Dwight D Eisenhower - Ralph Waldo Emerson - Enrico Fermi - F Scott Fitzgerald - Stephen Foster - Benjamin Franklin - Betty Friedan - William Lloyd Garrison - Ulysses S Grant - Alexander Hamilton - Ernest Hemingway - Herbert Hoover - Andrew Jackson - Thomas Jefferson - John Paul Jones - Helen Keller - Florence Kelley - John F Kennedy - Martin Luther King, Jr - General Robert E Lee - Meriwether Lewis - Sinclair Lewis - Abraham Lincoln - Charles Lindbergh - Benjamin Lundy - James Madison - Horace Mann - John Marshall - Thurgood Marshall - Cyrus McCormick - James Monroe - J P Morgan - Samuel F B Morse - Annie Oakley - Barack Obama - Sandra Day O'Connor - Thomas Paine - Rosa Parks - Frances Perkins - Ronald Reagan - Sally Ride - Jackie Robinson - John D Rockefeller - Eleanor Roosevelt - Franklin D Roosevelt - Sacajawea - Dred Scott - Upton Sinclair - Sitting Bull (Tatanka Yotanka) - Captain John Smith - Squanto - Elizabeth Cady Stanton - Harriet Beecher Stow - William Graham Sumner - William Howard Taft - Ida Tarbell - General Zachary Taylor - Henry David Thoreau - Bill Tilden - Harry S Truman - Frederick Jackson Turner - Mark Twain - Cornelius Vanderbilt - Amerigo Vespucci - George Washington - Booker T Washington - Eli Whitney - Walt Whitman - Orville Wright - Wilbur Wright - Woodrow Wilson - Brigham Young

This is the first book in the Cooking Up Some History series.Finally, authentic historical recipes designed for classroom use! Turn children's love of food into a love of American history. This unique cookbook provides authentic recipes in historical contexts, adding flavor to learning.Combine cooking and eating with new information and you have the perfect recipe for retention. A lesson about the Civil War is a lot more memorable if you do it while nibbling on some authentic hardtack!Recipes are historically accurate. There is a nice mix of snack foods, entrees, and even historically accurate desserts. Want to know what George Washington's favorite breakfast was? Or what wealthy Spanish colonists ate for a treat? The answers and actual recipes are right here!Grades PreK-6. - 50 complete, kid-friendly recipes. - Thorough instructions on food preparation, cooking, and kitchen safety. - Vegetarian dishes simplify preparation. - Historical contexts and classroom connections.Companion book to Cooking Up Some World History. Cooking Up Some American History includes a rich assortment of recipes in the following categories: Native American Foods - Spanish Colonial Fare - English Colonial Dishes - Foods of the Revolutionary War - Dining in Young America - Staying Fed on the Frontier - Foods Out of Africa - Soldiers' Mess: The Civil War and Reconstruction - Foods of the Gilded Age and the Industrial Revolution - Dishes of World War I - Surviving the Great Depression - Foods of World War II - American Fare: the 1950s - The 1960s - The 1970s - Modern Meals

OverlapMaps.com is a website that takes a map of one part of the globe and overlaps it on a different part of the globe. It is a fascinating digital tool for learning about the world. Every day thousands of people from around the world use OverlapMaps.com. OverlapMaps has been popular with homeschoolers and in schools for years. Now the people behind OverlapMaps.com have created an activity book to accompany the website. Students make OverlapMaps and learn about continents, oceans, nation-states, and more. - 10 major activities - 30+ questions and writing prompts - complete answer key - ages 8 and up A great companion to a great website!

Literary terms are the building blocks of literature. Give students a firm grasp of them with this well thought out handbook that features an in-depth look at 29 literary terms. Each lesson follows an easy-to-use format: a definition of the term is followed by a discussion using two excellent examples in prose or poetry. Questions promote and ensure understanding. A writing exercise for each term provides an opportunity for application. Gives students the knowledge and experience to interpret literature with confidence!Grades 9-12. Meets National Council of Teachers of English/International Reading Association Standards for the English Language Arts.58 Pages of Activity Sheets - Complete Answer KeyComplete definition, description, examples, and exercises for the following literary terms: Allegory - Alliteration - Allusion - Analogy - Assonance - Atmosphere - Ballad - Characterization - Couplet - Figurative - Language - Foreshadowing - Imagery - Inversion - Irony - Metaphor - Meter - Onomatopoeia - Personification - Plot (Exposition, Conflict, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution) - Point of View - Refrain - Rhyme - Rhythm - Simile - Sonnet - Style - Symbolism - Theme - Tone

This is the second book in the Famous People in American History series.Progressively more detailed clues slowly reveal an important figure from American history. Try it!Who am I?1) I am a man who lived from 1847 to 1931.2) As a child, I loved to read science books and build models.3) I founded 14 companies, including General Electric.4) I was known as "the Wizard of Menlo Park."5) I invented the light bulb!How many clues until you guessed Thomas Edison?Instructions show you how to turn these simple quizzes into powerful teaching tools. Use them as warm ups, wrap ups, and even assessments! Kids love to play so they make a perfect reward. You can play in large and small groups, on teams, with and without points, and even on the included game board. A proven winner with students!Grades 4 and Up. 100 Historical Figures. Introduction explains many different ways to play.Abigail Adams - John Adams - John Quincy Adams - Susan B. Anthony - Neil A. Armstrong - Clara Barton - Alexander Graham Bell - William Bradford - John Brown - William Jennings Bryan - John C. Calhoun - Andrew Carnegie - Cesar Chavez - Henry Clay - Bill Clinton - Calvin Coolidge - James Fenimore Cooper - Francisco Vasquez de Coronado - Father Charles Coughlin - George Custer - Jefferson Davis - Jack Dempsey - Dorothea Dix - Frederick Douglass - W.E.B. Du Bois - Amelia Earhart - Thomas Edison - Albert Einstein - Dwight D. Eisenhower - Ralph Waldo Emerson - Enrico Fermi - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Stephen Foster - Benjamin Franklin - Betty Friedan - William Lloyd Garrison - Ulysses S. Grant - Alexander Hamilton - Ernest Hemingway - Herbert Hoover - Andrew Jackson - Thomas Jefferson - John Paul Jones - Helen Keller - Florence Kelley - John F. Kennedy - Martin Luther King - General Robert E. Lee - Meriwether Lewis - Sinclair Lewis - Abraham Lincoln - Charles Lindbergh - Benjamin Lundy - James Madison - Horace Mann - John Marshall - Thurgood Marshall - Cyrus McCormick - James Monroe - J. P. Morgan - Samuel F. B. Morse - Annie Oakley - Barack Obama - Sandra Day O'Connor - Thomas Paine - Rosa Parks - Frances Perkins - Ronald Reagan - Sally Ride - Jackie Robinson - John D. Rockefeller - Eleanor Roosevelt - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Sacajawea - Dred Scott - Upton Sinclair - Sitting Bull (Tatanka Yotanka) - Captain John Smith - Squanto - Elizabeth Cady Stanton - Harriet Beecher Stowe - William Graham Sumner - William Howard Taft - Ida Tarbell - General Zachary Taylor - Henry David Thoreau - Bill Tilden - Harry S. Truman - Frederick Jackson Turner - Mark Twain - Cornelius Vanderbilt - Amerigo Vespucci - Booker T. Washington - George Washington - Walt Whitman - Eli Whitney - Woodrow Wilson - Wilbur Wright - Brigham Young

This is the second book in the Giant American History Timeline series.Students Complete Activity Sheets and Create Giant American History Timelines!"The Activity Sheets Make the Timelines!"Perfect for Homeschool and Classroom Walls135 Creative and Engaging Activity Sheets - 16 Timeline Plans - Make Your Own Custom Timelines - Major American Historical Periods, Events, Individuals, Inventions, and Ideas - Extensive Parent/Teacher Notes Including Historical Backgrounds and Great Teaching Ideas - Assessments - Complete Answer KeyMore than an ordinary timeline, The Giant American History Timelines are specially created to show relationships among historical developments.As students' knowledge grows, so do their Giant Timelines. The result is a gorgeous and satisfying project that showcases their accomplishments and gives them an ongoing review of American history. As kids modify and expand their timelines, they learn American history and the critical thinking skills they will use throughout their lives.Grades 4 and up - Aligned with the National Council of Social Studies "Ideal Forms of Social Studies Teaching and Learning"Creating Giant Timelines is as Easy as 1-2-3!1. Students complete Activity Sheets-126 Activity Sheets organized into 8 historical units.-Each Activity Sheet focuses on an important date, event, person, place, or idea.-Students create and complete maps, complete and extend graphic organizers, analyze primary sources, answer questions, write, caption illustrations, create graphs, compare and contrast time periods, and more.-A variety of formats engage students of all ability levels and learning styles in individual and group work.-High-interest Activity Sheets include Map Study, Biography, A Voice from the Past, Time Machine, and Postcard from the Past.-Incorporates critical thinking skills, including chronological thinking, main idea and details, comparing and contrasting, cause and effect, and more.-Interdisciplinary activities connect social studies, language arts, science, mathematics, fine arts, and physical education.2. You and your kids create Giant Timelines with the Activity Sheets-Create a comprehensive picture of all major periods in American history from Pre-Colonization through Reconstruction.-Two timeline plans are provided for each unit. One is a basic chronology and the other portrays complex historical developments.-You can also customize timelines for any time period, or historical theme, or critical-thinking skill.-Create an interactive environment in which stimulating learning experiences are created.3. Guide your students with extensive teaching materials-60 pages of parent and teacher support.-16 timeline plans are provided, from the simplest chronology to the complex historical developments.-Detailed teaching directions for each unit include Unit Overview, Focus Activities, Constructing the Timeline, Critical Thinking Skills, Individual Activity Sheet Notes, and a Unit Assessment.-Complete Answer Keys for all Activity Sheets and assessments.Comprehensive Coverage-Introduction-Unit 1 Industrial Growth and Technological Advancement: 1870-1910-Unit 2 Big Business and Social Reform: 1870-1910-Unit 3 America and the World: 1867-1910-Unit 4 World War I: 1910-1920-Unit 5 The Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression: 1920-1940-Unit 6 World War II: 1930-1950-Unit 7 The Cold War: 1940-1990-Unit 8 The Civil Rights Movement, Technology, and Terrorism: 1954-Present-Assessments-Answer Key

Students Complete Activity Sheets and Create Giant American History Timelines! "The Activity Sheets Make the Timelines!" Perfect for Homeschool and Classroom Walls 126 Creative and Engaging Activity Sheets - 16 Timeline Plans - Make Your Own Custom Timelines - Major American Historical Periods, Events, Individuals, Inventions, and Ideas - Extensive Parent/Teacher Notes Including Historical Backgrounds and Great Teaching Ideas - Assessments - Complete Answer Key More than an ordinary timeline, The Giant American History Timelines are specially created to show relationships among historical developments. As students' knowledge grows, so do their Giant Timelines. The result is a gorgeous and satisfying project that showcases their accomplishments and gives them an ongoing review of American history. As kids modify and expand their timelines, they learn American history and the critical thinking skills they will use throughout their lives. Grades 4 and up - Aligned with the National Council of Social Studies "Ideal Forms of Social Studies Teaching and Learning" Creating Giant Timelines is as Easy as 1-2-3! 1. Students complete Activity Sheets - 126 Activity Sheets organized into 8 historical units. - Each Activity Sheet focuses on an important date, event, person, place, or idea. - Students create and complete maps, complete and extend graphic organizers, analyze primary sources, answer questions, write, caption illustrations, create graphs, compare and contrast time periods, and more. - A variety of formats engage students of all ability levels and learning styles in individual and group work. - High-interest Activity Sheets include Map Study, Biography, A Voice from the Past, Time Machine, and Postcard from the Past. - Incorporates critical thinking skills, including chronological thinking, main idea and details, comparing and contrasting, cause and effect, and more. - Interdisciplinary activities connect social studies, language arts, science, mathematics, fine arts, and physical education. 2. You and your kids create Giant Timelines with the Activity Sheets - Create a comprehensive picture of all major periods in American history from Pre-Colonization through Reconstruction. - Two timeline plans are provided for each unit. One is a basic chronology and the other portrays complex historical developments. - You can also customize timelines for any time period, or historical theme, or critical-thinking skill. - Create an interactive environment in which stimulating learning experiences are created. 3. Guide your students with extensive teaching materials - 60 pages of parent and teacher support. - 16 timeline plans are provided, from the simplest chronology to the complex historical developments. - Detailed teaching directions for each unit include Unit Overview, Focus Activities, Constructing the Timeline, Critical Thinking Skills, Individual Activity Sheet Notes, and a Unit Assessment. - Complete Answer Keys for all Activity Sheets and assessments. Comprehensive Coverage - Introduction - Unit 1 Discovery and Exploration: Prehistory-1606 - Unit 2 Colonial America: 1585-1776 - Unit 3 The Revolutionary Period: 1765-1783 - Unit 4 Creating the Constitution: 1781-1803 - Unit 5 Expanding the Country: 1790-1860 - Unit 6 An Age of Advancements: 1790-1860 - Unit 7 Social Issues: 1790-1860 - Unit 8 The Civil War and Reconstruction: 1850-1877 - Assessments - Answer Key