Columbus Day PowerPoint - Why Do We Celebrate It? Columbus Day - the story of Christopher Columbus and his voyages. Fun nonfiction with animated graphics to read aloud. Includes a fun word activity at the end as well! Supports Common Core. Happy Columbus Day! - HappyEdugator Common Core Standards RI.3.1, RI.3.2, RI.3.3, RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.3

Veterans Day Word Scramble and Veteran's Day Word Search. Fun word puzzles for Veterans Day. This word scramble has 16 words related to Veterans Day - such as heroes, honor, patriotic, military, veteran, etc. Like a jumble, students have to unscramble the letters to come up with the words. The Word Search has 24 words hidden in the puzzle. This is a fun activity that helps develop vocabulary, word recognition, and sorting and classification skills. Answer keys are provided. - Happy Edugator

Martin Luther King Jr. Activities. NO PREP Activity packet includes Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Fill-in with key, Dr. Martin Luther King, I Have a Dream Graphic Organizer, Two Writing Response Sheets for I Have a Dream Speech, Three MLK themed bookmarks, a Word Scramble with key, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. biography sheet with constructed response questions, Word Problem (multiplication) sheet with key, and daily grammar practice with key. Activities you can use for MLK day or during Black History Month. 14 pages. Print and go. - HappyEdugator

Martin Luther King Jr. PowerPoint and MLK Writing Assignment. This PowerPoint presentation (with a writing assignment) has 30 slides depicting the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., from birth to his death, and his legacy. There are many photographs and some audio from his "I have a dream" speech. Students will learn about the life of MLK, his influence, and how he dreamed of a brotherhood of man. There is a writing assignment for the last slide, which is a prompt that can be used for any grade level with expectations of the complexity of the writing the difference between a lower grade answer and a higher grade answer. There are four options for student choice. Editable for your own class and may be customized for your class only. Technology note- If you are using a PowerPoint Viewer instead of the full PowerPoint program, I have discovered that some of the text will disappear. Please make sure you have a full version of PowerPoint before you download.

Thanksgiving Quiz - Test Your Thanksgiving Knowledge. The first Thanksgiving trivia quiz. Twenty questions. How many answers do you know? Some will surprise you! A fun Thanksgiving activity that can be used as a party game, but it could also be used as a student anticipation guide for a unit on Thanksgiving, a research or web quest sheet, or as an assessment after a Thanksgiving unit of study. Key included, of course! No prep. Print and go. - HappyEdugator

Thanksgiving Reader's Theater - Gobble It Up. A first Thanksgiving play script or Thanksgiving reader's theater; On the first Thanksgiving, the Pilgrims and the Indians are coming together for a three day feast, and Mr. Turkey Lurkey has to take cover. There are 26 short speaking parts, so everyone can be involved! It takes approximately 20-25 minutes to be performed. No costumes necessary, but you can dress it up. Fun November educational activity based on facts on the history of Thanksgiving! Two versions included - one with a smaller print (4 pages) to save on copies, and one with a larger font for reading ease (8 pages). No need to memorize lines. My students loved reading it, and I am sure yours wil enjoy this Thanksgiving activity, too! Print and go. No prep. Happy Thanksgiving! - HappyEdugator

Thanksgiving: The First Thanksgiving. Teaching the history of Thanksgiving? The First Thanksgiving fill-in the blank story or cloze activity will add to your unit. Students can fill in the blanks of the story using the Word Bank. This is a fun vocabulary building activity and provides historical background for the holiday as well. 1 page worksheet and 1 page key. - HappyEdugator