I taught for 33 years and I have my MST in the teaching of Social Studies. In 1988, I was awarded the Elementary Social Studies Classroom Teacher of the Year Award from both the New York State Council for the Social Studies and the National Council for the Social Studies. My shop contains mostly social studies materials including web quests, and reader's theater scripts on famous people in history, science and literature.
I taught for 33 years and I have my MST in the teaching of Social Studies. In 1988, I was awarded the Elementary Social Studies Classroom Teacher of the Year Award from both the New York State Council for the Social Studies and the National Council for the Social Studies. My shop contains mostly social studies materials including web quests, and reader's theater scripts on famous people in history, science and literature.
INCLUDES:
Reader’s Theater Script on Abraham Lincoln 2. Reader’s Theater Script on Mathew Brady
Reader’s Theater Script on Women Soldiers in the Civil War
Reader’s Theater Script on Harriet Tubman 5.Reader’s Theater Script on Frederick Douglass
Reading Passage Activity on Sojourner Truth
Internet Activity on the Civil War
Bookmark Bios
By Gail Skroback Hennessey
Recently, while watching the morning news, two of the hosts couldn’t name the famous woman, from Rochester, NY, who helped women get the right to vote! One said, I think her name was Susan “something”. That got me thinking that Bookmark Bios might be a great way to introduce young people to many(not all) the famous women and men in history, STEM and Literature!
Giving the Bookmark Bios, could be a weekly activity, perhaps as a handout for an interactive notebook, after a testing period, or as a “bell ringer” before your class instruction begins. You could print the Bookmark Bios on cardstock or colored paper, cut them out and you might consider laminating them for a more durable handout.
Additionally, the included Bookmark Bio Cards might be helpful to have the students do some critical thinking!
I have also included a blank template should you wish to use the idea as a research activity where students develop their own Bookmark Bios!
**Included: **20 Bookmark Bios on 5 sheets of 4 bookmarks on a page and the Bookmark Bio Card(with two on a page). You have permission to reproduce a class amount of the bookmarks and cards .
Women in Modern Times(History, STEM, Literature) First in the series and offered now.
Women in Ancient Times( History, STEM, Literature).
Men in Modern Times(History, STEM, Literature)
Men in Ancient Times(History, STEM,Literature)
Included in Women in Modern Times(1700s on):
Susan B. Anthony
Harriet Tubman
Rosa Parks
Sacagawea
Amelia Earhart
Clara Barton
Nellie Bly
Rachel Carson
Margaret Mead
Marie Curie
Elizabeth Blackwell
Jane Goodall
Sandra Day O’Connor
Sally Ride
Dorothea Dix
Eleanor Roosevelt
Hillary Clinton
Mother Teresa
Florence Nightingale
Helen Keller
After 76 days, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, the astronauts for the historic Apollo 11 mission to the moon, made history on July 20, 1969. After the Columbia reached the moon’s orbit, Armstrong and Aldrin went into a smaller module, the Eagle. They began a descent onto the surface of the moon and successfully landed on the moon where both men would become the first humans to actually walk on the moon. The date was July 21, 1969!
Just think, from the first powered flight in 1903, it was just 66 years before we had humans walk on the moon!
In 2019, it will be the 50th anniversary of this remarkable achievement!
Part of my Ms. Bie Ografee Talk Show Series, Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins are guests of Ms. Bie Ografee and her studio audience ask the guests questions about their historic trip to the moon. In addition to the play, with 10 audience questioners, there are Did You Know Fun Facts, comprehension questions, a teacher page with extension activities and the key to the comprehension questions.
Check out these additional resources:
Learn about the history of space with this informative web quest.
There are 12 web questions, comprehension questions and extension activities: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/space-the-final-frontier-an-internet-activity-11941871
Learn about Astronaut John Glenn’s historic flight to become the first American to Orbit the Earth. Years later, he would also become the oldest American to go on the Space Shuttle! This biographical web quest also contains several questions about the early days of space exploration. There are several extension activities and the key: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/astronaut-john-glenn-a-webquest-internet-search-activity-11453536
Students will learn about Wilbur and Orville Wright with this Reader’s Theater Script. These two men helped to change the world with their controlled flight in a self-powered flying machine. Today, both Wilbur and Orville Wright are considered the “main fathers of modern aviation.” It is amazing to think that from the first successful airplane flights to man walking on the moon was just 66 years!
Part of my Ms. Bie Ografee Talk Show Series, Wilbur and Orville are guests of Ms. Bie Ografee and her studio audience ask the guests questions about their lives. In addition to the play, with 12 audience questioners, there are Did You Know Fun Facts, comprehension questions, a teacher page with extension activities and the key to the comprehension questions.
Check out these additional resources on Aviation History:
Wright Brothers, A Webquest.
Did you know that people actually thought that the airplane would have not real purpose? This informative web quest will help students learn about the Wright Brothers and their first flight. Extension activities as well as additional links for information are also provided as is the key: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-wright-brothers-and-the-airplane-webquest-extension-activities-11149801
Try this fun and informative play based on the To Tell the Truth Game Show. Students in grades 4-up will have fun acting out their parts and learning interesting facts about Amelia Earhart. Comprehension/discussion questions/ extension activities and links, too: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/amelia-earhart-a-reader-s-theater-script-11148766
Use this informative Reader’s Theater Script to learn about Bessie Coleman. Bessie was the first African American female pilot in the U.S. A. AND the first AMERICAN to receive an international pilot’s license! Comprehension questions/extension activities, key. Part of my Ms. Bie Ografee Talk Show Series: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/bessie-coleman-aviator-a-reader-s-theater-script-11148760
Aida de Acosta did something really amazing in 1903. She became the very first woman to fly a powered aircraft all by herself. In fact, Aida, piloted the dirigible six months before the Wright Brothers would make their historic flight. Even more amazing, she kept what she had done a secret for almost thirty years!
This reading passage includes Did You Know? fun facts, comprehension questions and a teacher page with extension activities. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/women-trailblazers-aida-de-acosta-first-woman-to-pilot-a-powered-aircraft-11855466
Learn about the Tuskegee Airmen with this play. The format is a Ms. Bie Ografee’s Talk Show Series where the studio audience asks questions of Charles A. Anderson, one of the Tuskegee Airman. Audience members ask questions of the guest.
Included are Did You Know? facts, comprehension questions, a teacher page with extension activities, links and the key:
NEW!!! Use this play to introduce students to the life of English Scientist, Sir Isaac Newton. Great, too, for a review activity if you are doing a unit of study on gravity, motion or prisms.
Part of my Ms. Bie Ografee Talk Show Series of plays, Sir Isaac Newton is a guest on Ms. Bie Ografee’s Talk Show. Newton shares information about his life and contributions he made in science with her studio audience who ask questions which he answers.
I always include questions about a “guest’s” childhood and schooling. I feel it is important to see all famous people were kids,too, with many of the same issues that students today may be confronting. I also like kids to see that our past shapes our future! There is a Did You Know? section of fun facts, reading comprehension questions and a teacher section with lots of extension activities, links and the key.
Other plays in the Ms. Bie Ografee’s Talk Show Series: The Constitution(A Visit with James Madison, “Father of the Constitution”),A Visit with Lewis and Clark, A Visit with Josh Crabtree, A Tory during the American Revolutionary War, Charles Dickens, Johnny Appleseed, Albert Einstein, Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Bessie Coleman Sacagawea, George Washington Carver, Thomas Edison, Martin Luther King, Sequoia, Michelangelo, DaVinci, Tuskegee Airmen, Susan B. Anthony, Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, an interview with a groundhog, an interview with a leprechaun, an interview with Simon, victim of the Black Death, An Interview with Agent 355, a female agent in the Culper Spy Ring(Revolutionary War), Interview with a 49er from the California Gold Rush , Albert Einstein, Rachel Carson, Katherine Johnson and more.
There are many women who have made contributions that have shaped our world. Learn about some of these fascinating women with the following activity. There are 32 questions in the resource plus some additional information on women who have impacted our world. If you’d like a student version, just contact me. Also, if you’d like a version in Word, just ask for this, too. Great for a Friday activity and especially for Women’s History Month in March.
Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month(September 15-October 15th)with this fun/informative web question. There are 13 questions- famous people, customs, contributions are included. A Did You Know? section, comprehension questions, a Teacher Page with activities and key.
An English primatologist, Jane Goodall, has helped to change the attitudes people had toward animals, specifically the chimpanzee. Her method of studying chimpanzees involved living amongst them, for over 55 years. She is also known as an anthropologist, humanitarian and writer. She has worked for better treatment of animals in zoos and protection of the habitat of animals in the wild.
Students will have fun learning about the life of Jane Goodall with my Reader’s Theater Script. Part of my Ms. Bie Ografee Talk Show Series, a “studio audience” asks questions of Ms. Bie Ografee’s guest, Jane Goodall. In addition to the host and guest, there are 10 audience questioners. There are several DiD You Know? facts, comprehension questions, a map activity as well as a Teacher Page with additional extension activities and the keys.
Other Resources of Interest:
Rachel Carson (Reader’s Theater Script):
Jacques Cousteau:(Reader’s Theater Script)
Learn about the ancient Egyptians with these resources(which you can also purchase individually):
1. Egypt: A Unit of Study includes notes, activities, links, web quest and more.
2. King Tut: A Reader's Theater Script
3. Ramses the Great: A Reading Passage
4. Hatshepsut: First Female Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, a Reading Passage
5. Mummies of the World: A Webquest
6. Egyptian Puzzler: Review Activity using vocabulary terms on Egypt.
Students will learn about the holiday of Diwali with this reading passage. There is also a short paragraph with comprehension questions. The teacher page has lots of extension activities and the key. Great for use during the holiday of Diwali or during a study of India.
Want a student version only, just send along a note and I will sent it along. I am in the process of adding a student version to my different resources. Gail
WORLD LANDMARKS:
A BUNDLE OF RESOURCES
Includes:
Eiffel Tower Reading Passage/Comp. Questions/ extension activities
Taj Mahal Reading Reading Passage/Comp. Questions/extension activities
Great Wall of China Reading Passage/Comp. Questions/ extension activities
Uluru(Ayers Rock) Reading Passage/ Comp. Questions/extension Activities
World Landmark A Webquest(13 webquestions/ Comp. Questions/ extension Activities
US Landmarks, A Webquest (12 webquestions/Comp. Questions/ extension Activities
Chess, yoga,the game Parcheesi and the place value -zero are just some of the gifts we have from India.Want to introduce your students to the country of India? This resources will be most helpful.Basic notes,mapskill activity, lots of extension activities and links to get your students engaged in learning about the country of India.
Learn all about the ancient Phoenicians, lived in present day Lebanon, who gave the world the alphabet, the color purple, glass and more.
Phoenician Bundle includes:
Mini Unit on the Phoenicians
Review Secret Message Activity
Reading on Hannibal, Carthage General during Punic Wars
Reading on Hanno, Phoenician Sea Explorer
Purple Game
Doing a unit of study on the ancient Mesopotamians? Save with this bundle of resources(which can also be purchased separately):
1. Mesopotamian: Unit of study with notes, activities, links and more.
2. Hammurabi: King of Ancient Babylon: A Reading Passage.
3. Learn about the region known as the Middle East: A Webquest.
4. A Mesopotamian Puzzler: A Review activity using vocabulary words from a unit of study on Mesopotamia.
This resource includes the following:
Unit of Study on the Middle Ages(notes, suggested activities and resources).
Secret Message Review Game on the Middle Ages
Bayeux Tapestry Reading
Black Death: A Reader’s Theater Script
The Crusades: A Reader’s Theater Script
The Vikings: A Reader’s Theater Script
You can go to each of the resources to see a preview…
All resources are also available individually.
Gail
Did you know that the salute dates back to the time when knights would lift their visors to show who they were? Did you know that the carousel was originally a training tool for those hoping to become knights or that people actually placed live birds in a pie(Sing a Song of Sixpence)?This unit includes notes, lots of activities and resources on the Middle Ages!
Constitution Day is September 17th each year(except for 2017) when the day falls on a Sunday and will be celebrated on September 18th. This play would be a great addition to your lessons about the U.S. Constitution.
Part of my Ms. Bie Ografe series of plays, this Reader’s Theater Script is on the “Father of the Constitution”, James Madson(1751-1836), and his sharing with students the history of the writing of the Constitution. Madison who would become the 4th President of the United States(1809-1817)), played a very important role in the forming of our US Constitution. In addition to being a delegate, he introduced the first additions to the Constitution(amendments) which came to be known as the Bill of Rights. With 13 audience questioners, a Did You Know Section, comprehension questions, a Teacher Page with extension activities, key and additional links, students will learn about the writing of our important government document, the Constitution.
Other plays in the Ms. Bie Ografee’s Talk Show Series: Dr. Seuss, Charles Dickens, Johnny Appleseed, Albert, Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Bessie Coleman Sacagawea, George Washington Carver, Thomas Edison, Martin Luther King, Sequoia, Michelangelo, DaVinci, Tuskegee Airmen, Susan B. Anthony, Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, an interview with a groundhog, an interview with a leprechaun, an interview with Simon, victim of the Black Death, An Interview with Agent 355, a female agent in the Culper Spy Ring(Revolutionary War), Interview with a 49er from the California Gold Rush , Albert Einstein, Rachel Carson, Katherine Johnson and more.
Possible Interactive Notebook Activity to use with students as a springtime activity.
Show Kids that EVERYTHING has a HISTORY, even the tulip!
See the entire resource:
Sharing information about the history of the tulip is a great way to show kids that EVERYTHING has a history. The resource includes a reading passage, Did You Know? fun facts, comprehension questions, Map-skill activity, Teacher page with extension activities and key. Click here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/everything-has-a-history-even-tulips-11268026
Use this FREE worksheet/handout with your students to start a discussion on the importance of our oceans. It could be used as an interactive notebook activity.
Please also check out my two resources on this topic:
Oceans, A Webquest
Jacques Cousteau, A Reader’s Theater Script
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