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Read, Sing, and Learn Mini-Books:
FAMOUS AMERICANS20 Reproducible Books With Mini-Bios, Fun Facts, Activities—
and Super Songs Set to Familiar Tunes
by Rose Marie Crocco and Agnes Dunn
N E W Y O R K • T O R O N T O • L O N D O N • A U C K L A N D • S Y D N E Y
M E X I C O C I T Y • N E W D E L H I • H O N G K O N G • B U E N O S A I R E S
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Cover design by Jim SarfatiCover and interior art by Alan EitzenDesign by Solutions by Design, Inc.
Historical Consultant: Paul Ringel, Ph.D.
ISBN: 0-439-37665-3
Copyright 2002 by Rose Marie Crocco and Agnes Dunn.All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A.
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For our husbands,Alan Dunn
andTony Crocco
AC K N OW L E D G E M E N T S
Many thanks to all of the educators in Stafford County, Virginia who offered suggestions for activities or sang our songs with their students.
We also wish to thank Kama Einhorn for believing in us and making it possible for us to share our mini-books with other educators.
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ContentsWelcome! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Cesar Chavez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Amelia Earhart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Thomas Alva Edison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Helen Keller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Thurgood Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Sally Ride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Jackie Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Franklin Delano Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Sacagawea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Daniel Boone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Paul Revere. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Rosa Parks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Harriet Tubman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Susan B. Anthony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Abraham Lincoln . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
George Washington Carver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Martin Luther King, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
George Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
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Welcome!We began to collaborate on the activities and songsin this book when our state of Virginia implementedthe Standards of Learning Assessment program,which identified the challenges facing educators inthe area of social studies.
Very young children in particular havedifficulty retaining facts and abstract conceptsover time. We have found that reinforcingclassroom content with reading and writingactivities deepens understanding. Incorporatinginformation into songs set to familiar tunes helpschildren recall facts—and, of course, is lots of fun!So we were pleased when Scholastic asked us toshare our suggestions with other teachers.
For some historical figures, you’ll be providing areview. For others, you’ll help create much neededbackground knowledge to build a foundation forlearning more in future grades. But, most of all,your children will learn difficult subject matter in adevelopmentally appropriate way.
And, remember, ssiinngg oouutt lloouudd !
—Rose Marie Crocco and Agnes Dunn
We welcome comments and suggestions fromthose who use our mini-books. We enjoyedwriting them and we hope you and your studentsenjoy using them. You can contact us by e-mail at:
[email protected]@adelphia.net
Using the M in i -BooksSensory experiences increase children’scomprehension and retention. Since youngchildren do not have the skills (or patience!) towrite notes to aid memory, our songs embed keyfacts in tunes, making information easier to retain.
Once you’ve made the mini-books, you might:
Use the books to introduce a famousAmerican, or use as reinforcement for subjectmatter you’ve already covered.
Walk children through each page of the mini-book and complete them as a group. Olderstudents might be able to work independently.
Have children work in pairs to complete themini-books, then have one child read thebiography out loud.
Have children color the mini-books.
Invite children to bring them home and sharewith their families.
Copy the songs onto chart paper.
Sing the songs whenever you have a fewminutes to spare!
This Book ProvidesMini-biographies of twenty importantfigures in American history.
A variety of reading, vocabulary andwriting activities to provide meaningfullearning experiences.
Songs set to familiar children’s tunes, toreinforce difficult-to-remember socialstudies content.
Make Your Own!Invite children to create their own mini-booksabout any famous American. They can use theformat of the mini-book in this book forreference.
Making the MIni-BooksTo construct the books, remove the pagescarefully along the per forated edge. Make two-sided copies of each page for each child.Collate the pages of the book in number order.Carefully align all edges, fold along the grayline, and staple.
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Cesa
rCh
avez
Cal
iforn
ian
With
a C
ause
192
7-19
93
Ces
ar C
have
z at
tend
ed m
ore
than
thir
ty s
choo
lsbe
fore
the
eigh
th g
rade
. Wha
t do
you
thin
k it
wou
ld b
e lik
e to
cha
nge
scho
ols
that
ofte
n?
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Cesar Chavezw
as born in Yuma, A
rizonain 1927. H
is family ow
ned a farm and w
orked theland. D
uring the years of the Great D
epression,m
any farmers lost their crops and could not afford
to keep their farms. W
hen this happened to theC
havez family, they, like m
any other families,
moved to C
alifornia to look for work.
The fam
ily became m
igrant farm w
orkers,m
oving from place to place to pick fruits and
vegetables as they ripened. Because the fam
ilym
oved to harvest crops, Cesar C
havez changedschools m
ore than thirty times. T
he family w
as sopoor that C
esar often had to help with the picking
and not go to school. After eighth grade, C
esarC
havez left school to take care of his parents.C
esar Chavez w
as a farm w
orker all his lifeand, like other farm
workers, toiled long hours for
little pay. Many farm
workers w
ere made very ill
by the dangerous chemicals used on the crops.
There w
as no money for, and no one to protect,
the many w
orkers who w
ere too sick or too old tow
ork.C
esar Chavez becam
e determined to change
these terrible conditions. He began by helping the
Com
munity Service O
rganization (C.S.O
.).
CE
SA
R C
HAVE
Z(sing
to the tune of “Ten Little Indians”)
Cesar C
havez, mig
rant worker,
Helped set up a labor union,
Led a boycott, g
rapes and lettuce,
Fought for w
orkers’ rights.
Cesar C
havez, Mexican-A
merican,
Led a w
orkers’ voting drive,
Boycotts, strikes, and peaceful m
arches,Foug
ht for workers’ rig
hts.
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Ces
ar C
have
z le
d pe
acef
ul p
rote
sts
toga
in r
ight
s fo
r m
igra
nt w
orke
rs. C
reat
e a
sign
tha
t m
ight
hav
e be
en h
eld
up a
t a
Nat
iona
l Far
m W
orke
rs A
ssoc
iati
on(N
FW
A)
mee
ting
.
Man
y m
igra
nt w
orke
rs w
ere
not A
mer
ican
citiz
ens,
so
wer
e no
t allo
wed
to v
ote.
The
C.S
.O.
help
ed w
orke
rs to
bec
ome
citiz
ens
and
gain
avo
ice
in g
over
nmen
t. To
furt
her t
heir
wor
k, C
esar
Cha
vez
took
cla
sses
at n
ight
and
bec
ame
a go
odsp
eake
r. In
196
2, h
e he
lped
beg
in th
e N
atio
nal
Farm
Wor
kers
Ass
ocia
tion.
Ces
ar C
have
z le
d a
boyc
ott o
f Cal
iforn
iagr
apes
and
lettu
ce. H
e as
ked
peop
le n
ot to
buy
lettu
ce o
r gra
pes
until
the
wor
kers
who
pic
ked
the
prod
uce
wer
e be
tter t
reat
ed. M
any
peop
le in
man
y pa
rts
of th
e w
orld
sto
pped
buy
ing
thes
epr
oduc
ts. A
s fe
wer
peo
ple
boug
ht le
ttuce
and
grap
es, c
ompa
nies
lost
mon
ey a
nd s
o be
gan
tolis
ten
to th
e w
orke
rs’ d
eman
ds.
Ces
ar C
have
z be
lieve
d in
pea
cefu
l pro
test
s. H
eor
gani
zed
boyc
otts
, mad
e sp
eech
es, a
nd le
dm
arch
es. T
o m
ake
chan
ges
he fe
lt w
ere
espe
cial
lyim
port
ant,
he w
ent o
n hu
nger
str
ikes
, ref
usin
g to
eat u
ntil
cert
ain
prac
tices
wer
e ch
ange
d.H
is b
rave
wor
k he
lped
impr
ove
the
lives
of
farm
wor
kers
and
mad
e m
any
agri
cultu
ral
prac
tices
saf
er fo
r us
all.
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Cesar C
havez and his family picked fruits and
vegetables during each season of the year. They
moved from
farm to farm
harvesting the ripe food.D
raw a picture of the fruits and vegetables he
picked in each season.
Did You Know…C
esar Chavez’s family w
as sopoor he did not alw
ays haveshoes to w
ear. He walked
barefoot to school.
His family picked fruits and
vegetables all year long: lettuce
and peas in the winter, cherries
and beans in the spring,grapes and corn in thesum
mer, and cotton in the fall.
Before farm w
orkers worked to
gain rights, farm ow
ners couldfire a w
orker for no reason!
Cesar Chavez w
alked 25
0 m
ilesfrom
his home to S
acramento,
the capital of California, to
bring attention to the needs of
farm w
orkers.
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Amel
ia
Earh
art
Firs
t La
dy o
f th
e S
kies
189
7-19
37
HIS
TO
RY
MY
ST
ERY
Wha
t do
you
thi
nk h
appe
ned
to
Am
elia
Ear
hart
’s p
lane
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Am
elia Mary Earhart
was born in
Atchison, K
ansas in 1897. She and her family
lived with her grandparents for m
ost of herchildhood. H
er grandparents were very w
ealthyand she attended private schools. D
uring the First
World W
ar, she trained as a nurse’s aid. Sheserved as a nurse until the end of the w
ar.Soon after the w
ar ended, her father took herfor her first flight in an airplane. L
ater, sheenjoyed flying so m
uch she began taking flyinglessons and bought her ow
n plane, “The C
anary.”She becam
e a social worker and saved m
oney forbuilding her ow
n landing strip for her plane.A
melia E
arhart liked to try things that many
other men and w
omen w
ould be afraid to do. In1928, she w
as the first wom
an to travel over theA
tlantic Ocean in an airplane. A
irplanes had onlybeen invented a few
years before, and few people
went on long flights. T
his flight took 20 hoursand 40 m
inutes. Am
elia Earhart becam
e famous
Did You Know…
When A
melia Earhart w
as little,her nicknam
e was M
illie.
The first time she saw
anairplane, she w
as 10. She
thought it looked like it was
made of rusty w
ire and wood.
She did not think it was very
interesting!
She drove her bright yellowcar
from C
alifornia to Boston!
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Dur
ing
her
trip
aro
und
the
wor
ld,
Am
elia
Ear
hart
flew
to
five
con
tine
nts.
C
an y
ou n
ame
them
?
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for t
his
dari
ng fe
at.
To e
ncou
rage
mor
e w
omen
to le
arn
to fl
y, s
heor
gani
zed
a cr
oss-
coun
try
race
for a
irpl
anes
pilo
ted
by w
omen
. She
cal
led
it th
e Po
wde
r-P
uff
Der
by. N
inet
y-ni
ne w
omen
took
par
t in
the
race
.T
hese
inde
pend
ent w
omen
form
ed a
now
-fam
ous
grou
p ca
lled
the
Nin
ety-
Nin
es.
Am
elia
Ear
hart
con
tinue
d to
hav
e ad
vent
ures
.Sh
e w
as th
e fir
st p
erso
n to
fly
over
bot
h th
eA
tlant
ic O
cean
and
the
Paci
fic O
cean
, and
flew
fast
er th
an a
ny o
ther
wom
an. S
he p
ilote
d a
plan
efr
om H
awai
i to
the
Uni
ted
Stat
es m
ainl
and.
In 1
937,
Am
elia
Ear
hart
took
on
her m
ost
dari
ng a
dven
ture
yet
. She
dec
ided
to fl
y ar
ound
the
wor
ld. S
he s
et o
ff on
her
jour
ney
and
flew
22,0
00 m
iles.
Sud
denl
y, o
ver t
he o
cean
her
pla
nedi
sapp
eare
d. A
mel
ia E
arha
rt a
nd h
er p
lane
hav
ene
ver b
een
foun
d, b
ut s
he is
rem
embe
red
as a
brav
e ad
vent
urer
.
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AM
ELIA
EA
RHA
RT(sing
to the tune of “Twinkle, Tw
inkle”)
Am
elia Earhart flew the skies
Breaking records w
ay up high.
Cross A
tlantic’s ocean blueFlew
across Pacific, too.A
round the w
orld w
as her last flight,
When her plane dropped
out of sight.
If you could fly anywhere in an
airplane, where w
ould you go?
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Tho
mas
Edi
son’
s m
ost
fam
ous
sayi
ng w
as:
“Gen
ius
is o
ne p
erce
nt in
spir
atio
n an
dni
nety
-nin
e pe
rcen
t pe
rspi
rati
on.”
Wha
t do
you
thi
nk h
e m
eant
?
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as A
lvaEd
ison
The
Wiz
ard
of
Men
lo P
ark
1847
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Thomas A
lva Edisonw
as born in Ohio
in 1847. As a boy, he liked to experim
ent andm
ake things. He set up a chem
istry lab in hishouse. W
hen he was fifteen years old, he built
a printing press, then wrote and printed his
own new
spaper. A few
years later, he inventedhis first m
achine. The m
achine was a vote
counter to be used in elections.O
ne day, when he w
as at work, an
important m
achine that recorded stock pricesbroke dow
n. Rather than fix the m
achine,T
homas E
dison designed a better one. He w
aspaid $40.00 for his invention. In those days,this w
as a fortune. T
homas E
dison used this money to set up a
lab in Menlo Park, N
ew Jersey. T
here, many
talented people worked w
ith him to create
inventions from his ideas. T
his was the first
laboratory for inventions in the United States.
Thom
as Edison had so m
any ideas that heknew
his lab would produce m
any new things.
THO
MA
S A
LVA E
DIS
ON
(sing to the tune of “Ten Little Indians”)
Edison w
as an inventor O
f many useful tools and
appliancesS
ome he im
proved on the w
orks of othersThe W
izard of M
enlo Park
A voting
machine, his first invention
Electric lig
ht bulb, most im
portantPhonog
raph, most orig
inalThe W
izard of M
enlo Park
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Fil
l in
the
wor
ds t
o de
scri
be T
hom
as E
diso
n an
d hi
s in
vent
ions
in t
he s
pace
s be
low
.
1.T
he fi
rst l
abor
ator
y bu
ilt to
mak
e in
vent
ions
w
as in
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hom
as E
diso
n’s
favo
rite
inve
ntio
n w
as th
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is fi
rst i
nven
tion
was
a m
achi
ne th
at c
ount
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4.T
he in
vent
ion
we
use
ever
y da
y is
the
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b.
5.T
hom
as E
diso
n ea
rned
$40
for a
mac
hine
th
at re
cord
s __
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prom
ised
that
the
lab
wou
ld p
rodu
ce a
sim
ple
inve
ntio
n ev
ery
ten
days
and
an
impo
rtan
t inv
entio
n ev
ery
six
mon
ths.
Man
ype
ople
thou
ght h
e w
as b
ragg
ing,
but
he
was
not.
He
cam
e up
with
so
man
y in
vent
ions
, he
was
nic
knam
ed th
e “W
izar
d of
Men
lo P
ark.
”M
any
of T
hom
as E
diso
n’s
inve
ntio
ns a
rest
ill u
sed
toda
y. T
he o
ne th
at w
e pr
obab
ly u
seth
e m
ost o
ften
is th
e lig
ht b
ulb.
15
Now
wri
te th
e le
tter
s in
the
boxe
s to
sho
ww
hat h
is w
ork
led
to!
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THE
PH
ON
OG
RAP
HT
he phonograph was T
homas E
dison’sfavorite invention. H
e hoped people would
find many w
ays to use his invention. He even
suggested several possible uses:
Music boxes
Taking dictation in offices
Clocks that say the tim
e out loud
Talking books for blind people
Toys that make noise
Recording the voices of fam
ily and friends
Put a check in the box beside each of
Edison’s suggestions that are in use today.
Can you think of any other w
ays we use
recorded sound?
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Did You Know…Thom
as Edison was partially
deaf. He wrote in his diary, “I
haven’t heard a bird sing since
I was 12
years old.”
Som
e of his experiments did
not work, like the tim
e he triedto separate iron ore from
dirtand rocks.
The first words Edison
recorded on his phonographw
ere, “Mary had a little lam
b.”
During W
orld War I, Thom
asEdison m
ade a low-priced
phonograph. Many A
rmy units
bought them to let the soldiers
take their music overseas.
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len
Kelle
r
A V
oice
for
Tho
seLe
ss F
ortu
nate
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8
PRO
BLE
M&
SO
LUT
ION
Hel
en K
elle
r w
as a
goo
d pr
oble
m s
olve
r.D
escr
ibe
a pr
oble
m y
ou h
ave
and
apo
ssib
le s
olut
ion.
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Helen Kellerw
as born in 1880. When she w
asborn, she could see and hear. A
s babies do, shebabbled and learned to say her first w
ords. Then,
when she w
as two years old, she cam
e down w
ith aserious illness. T
his disease left her unable to see orto hear. If you close your eyes and cover your ears,you can im
agine how lonely and scared she m
usthave been. T
he only way for her to know
about thew
orld around her was through her sense of touch.
She could not tell if anyone was near her unless
they were touching her. B
ecause she could nothear, she stopped learning to talk. C
omm
unicatingw
as close to impossible. Som
etimes, she could act
out what she w
anted. Often, she cried and
screamed in frustration. H
er family found these
tantrums frightening and difficult to m
anage.W
hen Helen K
eller was seven years old, a
special teacher named A
nne Sullivan came into her
life. Anne Sullivan helped H
elen to feel less lonelyand afraid. A
s Helen learned to stay calm
er, Anne
Sullivan began teaching her a sign-language fingeralphabet. She w
ould touch Helen’s palm
in adifferent w
ay for each letter of the alphabet. One
day, she took Helen to the w
ater pump. She
HE
LE
N K
EL
LE
R(sing
to the tune of “Clem
entine”)
Helen Keller was a young
girl
Couldn’t hear or speak or see
But a teacher came to
help her S
peak and read
like you and m
e
Wrote the letters in her hand
with the Braille alphabet
Learned to
speak by feeling rhythm
Spoke for those less fortunate
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THE
BRA
ILL
E A
LPHA
BE
TU
se t
he B
rail
le a
lpha
bet
to w
rite
the
lett
ers
in t
he b
lank
s be
low
.
touc
hed
Hel
en’s
hand
with
the
sign
s fo
r W-A
-T-
E-R
, the
n ra
n w
ater
ont
o he
r han
d. S
he d
id th
isag
ain
and
agai
n. S
udde
nly
Hel
en u
nder
stoo
d!T
he ta
ps o
n he
r han
d st
ood
for r
eal t
hing
s. H
elen
ran
arou
nd a
ll da
y to
uchi
ng th
ings
and
lear
ning
the
sign
ed n
ames
for t
hem
.A
s sh
e gr
ew, H
elen
lear
ned
to s
ign
who
lese
nten
ces.
Lat
er, s
he le
arne
d to
use
a B
raill
ety
pew
rite
r. T
his
was
a m
achi
ne th
at s
tam
ped
diffe
rent
pat
tern
s of
rais
ed b
umps
for e
ach
lette
rof
the
alph
abet
. Blin
d pe
ople
read
Bra
ille
byfe
elin
g th
e bu
mps
with
thei
r fin
gers
.H
elen
atte
nded
the
Perk
ins
Scho
ol fo
r the
Blin
d an
d th
en R
adcl
iffe
Col
lege
. Whi
le s
he w
asin
col
lege
, Hel
en K
elle
r wro
te “
The
Sto
ry o
f M
y L
ife.”
Hel
en K
elle
r hel
ped
in th
e fig
ht to
giv
e w
omen
the
righ
t to
vote
. She
beg
an g
roup
s to
sup
port
peop
le w
ith p
hysi
cal c
halle
nges
.H
elen
Kel
ler w
as th
e fir
st b
lind-
deaf
per
son
tobe
com
e so
wel
l kno
wn.
Her
wor
k to
ok c
oura
gean
d he
lped
eve
ryon
e to
kno
w th
at th
ose
with
phys
ical
cha
lleng
es c
an le
ad ri
ch li
ves,
full
ofac
com
plis
hmen
t.
19
a A j J s S
b B k K t T
c C l L u U
d D m M v V
e E n N w W
f F o O x X
g G p P y Y
h H q Q z Z
i I r R
re
ad
by
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did
Hel
en K
elle
r re
ad?
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Did You Know…
Alexander G
raham Bell w
as afriend of the Keller fam
ily. Hetold her parents to contact thePerkins S
chool for the blind.That is how
Anne S
ullivanbecam
e Helen’s teacher.
Anne S
ullivan stayed Helen’s friend and teacher until she died.
Helen could “listen” to a personby putting
her fingers besidetheir nose, lips and on theirthroat.
Helen Keller gave speeches in2
5 countries.
During W
orld War Tw
o, HelenKeller w
orked to help soldiersthat had becom
e blind duringthe w
ar.
THE
FIV
E S
EN
SE
SO
ur senses are how w
e learn about the world
around us. Our senses tell our brain that ice
cream is sw
eet, a kitten is soft, our favoritem
usic sounds pretty, dinner smells good, or our
friend’s hair is red. If we lose the use of one of
our senses, the others get stronger. Draw
apicture of the body part used for each sense.
Now
put an X on the senses H
elen could notuse. C
ircle the sense Helen used m
ost.
seeingtouching
hearingtastingsm
elling
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Meriw
ethe
rLe
wis
1774
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iam
Clar
k17
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8
Led
a V
oyag
e of
Dis
cove
ry
YOUR
OW
N J
OUR
NA
LL
ewis
and
Cla
rk k
ept
a jo
urna
l on
thei
r tr
ip.
The
y m
ade
map
s of
the
land
they
saw
, and
drew
pic
ture
s of
pla
nts
and
anim
als.
Wri
te a
nd il
lust
rate
you
r ow
n jo
urna
l ent
ryfo
r ye
ster
day.
Wha
t di
d yo
u do
? W
ho d
idyo
u se
e?
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Meriwether Lew
isw
as born in Virginia in
1774. William
Clarkw
as born in Virginia in
1770. Although L
ewis and C
lark did not knoweach other as children, there w
ere similarities in
their childhoods. Both grew
up in Virginia, w
herethey hunted and spent lots of tim
e in the forest.M
eriwether L
ewis attended m
ore school than didW
illiam C
lark. Because his fam
ily was poor,
William
Clark spent m
uch of his time hunting to
help feed his family.
Both m
en served in the army w
here they met
and became friends. W
illiam C
lark stayed in thearm
y only a short time. M
eriwether L
ewis stayed
in the army for m
any years.M
eriwether L
ewis becam
e Secretary toPresident T
homas Jefferson. W
hen the United
States bought the Louisiana Territory from
France,President Jefferson needed som
eone to explore andm
ap this vast and largely unexplored part of theW
est. He w
anted to find a route through theterritory to the Pacific O
cean. President Jeffersonasked his Secretary to undertake the trip.
Meriw
ether Lew
is agreed to lead the expedition,and asked his friend W
illiam C
lark to join him.
William
Clark w
as a good choice to help lead theexpedition as he w
as good at drawing m
aps,navigating, and w
orking with people.
LE
WIS
AN
D C
LA
RK
(sing to the tune of “C
lementine”)
Throug
h the canyons, over mountains,
Dow
n the rivers flowing
free,C
lark and Lew
is led a journey
From S
t. Louis to the sea.
Thomas Jefferson boug
ht the area, But he d
idn’t have a clueA
bout the animals, plants and
people A
nd he needed
good
maps, too.
They kept a journal, recorded w
eather,M
et with natives on the w
ay,8
,00
0 m
iles they did
travel,Fam
ous journey to this day.
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The
exp
editi
on s
et o
ff in
180
4 w
ith 2
9 pe
ople
,th
ree
boat
s, a
nd m
any
supp
lies.
Pre
side
nt J
effe
rson
had
med
als
mad
e up
to g
ive
to N
ativ
e A
mer
ican
lead
ers
the
part
y m
ight
mee
t alo
ng th
e w
ay. T
hem
edal
s, w
hich
sho
wed
two
peop
le s
haki
ng h
ands
,w
ere
mea
nt to
sho
w th
e N
ativ
e A
mer
ican
s th
at th
egr
oup
cam
e in
pea
ce.
As
they
trav
eled
alo
ng th
e M
isso
uri R
iver
and
thro
ugh
the
Gre
at P
lain
s, W
illia
m C
lark
map
ped
thei
r jou
rney
. Mer
iwet
her L
ewis
kep
t a jo
urna
lw
ith d
raw
ings
of t
he N
ativ
e A
mer
ican
trib
es th
eym
et. H
e m
ade
man
y dr
awin
gs o
f the
ani
mal
s an
dpl
ants
they
saw
.A
long
thei
r way
, the
y m
et a
Nat
ive
Am
eric
anw
oman
nam
ed S
acag
ewea
. She
and
her
fam
ily,
incl
udin
g he
r ver
y yo
ung
baby
, tra
vele
d w
ith th
emfo
r muc
h of
the
way
. She
hel
ped
them
to fi
nd fo
odan
d to
com
mun
icat
e an
d tr
ade
with
som
e of
the
Nat
ive
Am
eric
ans
they
met
.T
he e
xplo
rers
mad
e th
eir w
ay o
ver t
he R
ocky
Mou
ntai
ns a
nd c
ame
to th
e oc
ean,
at l
ast.
The
expe
ditio
n ha
d be
en s
ucce
ssfu
l: th
ey h
ad fo
und
aro
ute
to th
e Pa
cific
. By
the
time
the
expl
orer
s ha
dre
-tra
ced
thei
r foo
tste
ps a
nd re
turn
ed to
St.
Lou
is,
they
had
exp
lore
d 8,
000
mile
s in
two
year
s.Pr
esid
ent J
effe
rson
was
ver
y pl
ease
d at
thei
rsu
cces
s an
d th
eir s
afe
retu
rn. H
e m
ade
both
Mer
iwet
her L
ewis
and
Will
iam
Cla
rk g
over
nors
of
part
of t
he te
rrito
ry th
ey h
ad e
xplo
red.
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LE
WIS
AN
D C
LA
RK
TIM
ELI
NE
Dra
w a
line
from
eac
h ev
ent
to t
he c
orre
ctpl
ace
on t
he t
imel
ine.
Sac
agaw
ea jo
ins
the
jour
ney.
Pres
iden
t Je
ffer
son
asks
Lew
is t
o ex
plor
eLo
uisi
ana.
Lew
is b
ecom
es T
hom
asJe
ffer
son’
s se
cret
ary.
The
trav
eler
s ar
rive
back
in S
t. L
ouis
.
Thom
as J
effe
rson
beco
mes
Pre
side
nt.
Pres
iden
t Je
ffer
son
purc
hase
s Lo
uisi
ana
from
Fra
nce.
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02
18
03
18
04
18
05
18
06
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Lew
is and Clark w
ere good friends, butthey w
ere not very much alike. M
aybethis is w
hy they were a good team
! Write
the things that are alike for you and afriend in the center. W
rite the things thatare different in each oval.
Did You Know…M
eriwether Lew
is gathered liveanim
als to send back home.
President Jefferson collectedbirds, so Lew
is sent him a M
agpie(a type of bird).
Meriw
ether Lewis reached the
Continental D
ivide (the top of theRocky M
ountains) on his 31 st
birthday.
William
Clark becam
e friends with
Sacagaw
ea’s son. He gave him the
nickname “Pom
p.” Several years
after the journey ended, Pomp
went to live w
ith William
Clark and
go to school.
One of the m
en in the expeditionw
as blind in one eye. One day,
while hunting, he thought Lew
isw
as an elk and shot him. C
larkw
as good at first aid, and helped
Lewis get w
ell.
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Thu
rgoo
d M
arsh
all,
in a
spe
ech
at D
illa
rdC
olle
ge, s
aid,
“It
tak
es n
o co
urag
e to
thro
w a
roc
k.”
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t do
you
thi
nk h
e m
eant
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Thur
good
Mars
hall
Mr.
Civ
il R
ight
s
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99
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Thurgood Marshall w
as born inB
altimore, M
aryland in 1908. His m
other taughtin an A
frican-Am
erican school, and his father was
a waiter on a railroad dining car. E
ducation was
very important to his fam
ily, and Thurgood
Marshall w
as a good student. At a tim
e when few
African-A
mericans w
ent to college, he went to
both Lincoln U
niversity and How
ard University
Law
School. He did so w
ell that he graduatedfrom
both Universities w
ith honors.T
hurgood Marshall becam
e a lawyer. H
ew
orked as head lawyer for the N
AA
CP, a national
group that works to secure and protect the rights
of African-A
mericans.
At that tim
e, in the part of the United States in
which T
hurgood Marshall lived, there w
ere laws
to keep African-A
mericans separate from
otherA
mericans in m
any public places. African-
Am
erican children could not go to school with
white children. In buses and som
e restaurants,A
frican-Am
ericans had to sit in an area away from
whites. T
his practice was know
n as segregation.A
frican-Am
ericans were not allow
ed in many
well-paying jobs, so they w
ere often poor. As a
lawyer, T
hurgood Marshall w
orked to prove that
THUR
GO
OD
MA
RS
HALL
(sing to the tune of “Ten Little Indians”)
Thurgood
Marshall foug
ht for justice,First S
upreme C
ourt African-A
merican
Helped us all end
segreg
ation,M
r. Civil R
ights.
Thurgood
Marshall, freedom
fighter,
Lawyer, judg
e, Suprem
e Court Justice
Used the courts to
change our country,
Mr. C
ivil Rig
hts.
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THE
FIV
E W
’SP
rete
nd y
ou a
re g
athe
ring
info
rmat
ion
onT
hurg
ood
Mar
shal
l for
a n
ewsp
aper
arti
cle.
Fil
l in
the
blan
ks b
elow
.
Who
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t (an
impo
rtan
t thi
ng h
e di
d)
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Whe
n (a
n im
port
ant d
ate
and
time)
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re (
an im
port
ant p
lace
in h
is li
fe)
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(th
e re
ason
we
lear
n ab
out h
im to
day)
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the
law
s en
forc
ing
segr
egat
ion
wer
e no
t allo
wed
by
the
rule
s of
the
Uni
ted
Stat
es C
onst
itutio
n.A
land
mar
k ca
se h
e ar
gued
is k
now
n as
Bro
wn
vers
us th
e B
oard
of E
duca
tion.
Whe
n th
eir
daug
hter
was
not
allo
wed
to a
ttend
a p
ublic
sch
ool
near
thei
r hou
se, b
ecau
se it
was
a w
hite
-onl
ysc
hool
, the
Bro
wns
sue
d th
e B
oard
of E
duca
tion
inTo
peka
, Kan
sas.
Thu
rgoo
d M
arsh
all a
rgue
d th
eca
se b
efor
e th
e U
nite
d St
ates
Sup
rem
e C
ourt
. On
May
17,
195
4, th
e co
urt d
ecid
ed it
was
ille
gal t
ose
greg
ate
publ
ic s
choo
ls.
Of t
he 3
2 ca
ses
he a
rgue
d be
fore
the
Uni
ted
Stat
es S
upre
me
Cou
rt, T
hurg
ood
Mar
shal
l won
29.
By
win
ning
thes
e ca
ses,
he
help
ed A
fric
an-
Am
eric
ans
acce
ss th
e ri
ghts
that
bel
ong
to a
llA
mer
ican
citi
zens
. The
se ri
ghts
are
cal
led
Civ
ilR
ight
s, s
o, fo
r his
wor
k, T
hurg
ood
Mar
shal
l is
know
n as
“M
r. C
ivil
Rig
hts.
”L
ater
, Thu
rgoo
d M
arsh
all w
as n
amed
a fe
dera
lju
dge.
In
1967
, he
was
app
oint
ed to
the
Uni
ted
Stat
es S
upre
me
Cou
rt, b
ecom
ing
the
first
Afr
ican
-A
mer
ican
Sup
rem
e C
ourt
Jus
tice.
He
serv
ed fo
rm
ore
than
20
year
s an
d co
ntin
ued
to h
elp
rest
ore
and
prot
ect t
he c
ivil
righ
ts o
f all
Am
eric
ans.
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Did You Know…W
hen he was young, Thurg
oodM
arshall was som
etimes naughty.
He had to read the United States
Constitution as punishm
ent. Heonce said that by the tim
e hegraduated from
high school, hehad m
emorized the w
hole thing!
His mother w
anted him to becom
ea dentist.
After graduating from
college,Thurg
ood Marshall applied to the
University of Maryland Law
School. How
ever, they did not letAfrican-A
merican students attend.
Thurgood M
arshall and his family
were very proud of their
heritage. They traced their rootsback to an African w
ho lived in the18
00
s.
What is it like?(C
haracteristics)D
efinition:The practice ofkeeping people
of differentraces or groups
apart.
Unfair
Exam
ple:E
xample:
Africa
n-
Am
erica
ns
had to
have
separa
testo
res.
Exam
ple:
Seg
regation
Seg
regation
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29Sa
lly R
ide
Reac
hing
for
the
Sta
rs
(bor
n 19
51)
NA
SA
SE
EKS
FIR
ST
S
TUD
EN
T I
N S
PAC
E!
Wha
t if
NA
SA a
dver
tise
d in
a n
ewsp
aper
that
the
y w
ere
look
ing
for
the
firs
t st
uden
tas
tron
aut?
Exp
lain
why
you
thi
nk t
hey
shou
ld p
ick
you
(or
a fr
iend
, if y
ou d
on’t
wan
t th
e jo
b!).
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30
Sally Ridew
as born on May 26, 1951 in
Encino, C
alifornia. As a young girl, she liked
learning about science and using her telescopeto look at the stars. W
hen she was in high
school, she was one of the best tennis players
in the country. For a while, she played tennis
full-time.
Sally Ride w
ent to Stanford University. She
studied English and P
hysics and earned fourdegrees.
One day, she saw
a newspaper ad asking
for scientists to apply to NA
SA to becom
espace shuttle astronauts. She and 8000 otherpeople applied for the job. Sally R
ide was one
of the 35 people chosen.In 1983, Sally R
ide flew into space aboard
the space shuttle Challenger. She w
as the firstA
merican w
oman to go into space, and the
youngest astronaut ever. On the flight, she
worked the shuttle’s robot arm
and helped todo experim
ents.
SA
LLY R
IDE
(sing to the tune of “Yankee Doodle”)
Sally R
ide went up in space,
First female astronaut,
Rode the shuttle Challeng
er,A
nd liked
it quite a lot.
Sally R
ide, scientist,Released
a satellite,Helped
take off and land
the flight,
She flew
brave through the nig
ht.
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SPA
CE
WO
RD
SD
raw
line
s to
con
nect
the
wor
ds t
o th
eir
defi
niti
ons.
gala
xy
NA
SA
orbi
t
A y
ear l
ater
, Sal
ly R
ide
agai
n fle
w in
tosp
ace
aboa
rd th
e C
halle
nger
. On
this
mis
sion
,sh
e us
ed th
e ro
bot a
rm to
rele
ase
a sa
telli
tein
to o
rbit.
Toda
y, S
ally
Rid
e te
ache
s at
the
Uni
vers
ityof
Cal
iforn
ia. S
he w
rite
s ch
ildre
n’s
book
s. H
erfir
st b
ook,
To
Spac
e an
d B
ack,
is th
e st
ory
ofhe
r spa
ce fl
ight
. She
enc
oura
ges
youn
gw
omen
to s
tudy
sci
ence
and
thin
k ab
out g
oing
into
spa
ce. S
he h
opes
they
will
reac
h fo
r the
star
s!
31
Nat
iona
l Aer
onau
tics
and
Spac
e A
dmin
istr
atio
n
A s
peci
fic p
ath
follo
wed
by
a p
lane
t
A c
lust
er o
f sta
rs, d
ust
and
gas
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32
EA
RTH F
RO
M S
PAC
ED
raw w
hat you think the Earth w
ouldlook like from
space.
Did You Know…S
ally Ride’s first trip into spacelasted six days. Her secondw
as eight days long.
When you sleep in space, all of
your muscles relax. Your arm
sand legs float up in front ofyou!
On their first trip into space,
the Challenger crew took along
a jar of peanut butter, bread,and M
&Ms.
Sally Ride w
as a flight engineer
on the space shuttle. Shehelped w
ith take-off and re-entry (landing).
She served on the comm
itteethat investigated theChallenger accident.
Describe w
hat you drew.
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Jack
ieRo
bins
on
Ope
ned
the
Bas
esto
All
of t
he R
aces
1919
-19
72
It w
as v
ery
hard
for
Jack
ie R
obin
son
to b
eth
e fi
rst
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
an p
laye
r in
Maj
orL
eagu
e B
aseb
all.
Why
do
you
thin
k he
wan
ted
to d
o it
any
way
?
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Jackie Robinsonw
as born in Cairo,
Georgia in 1919. H
e grew up poor, and his
parents were sharecroppers. T
hey farmed land
that they rented, and had to give the landowner
part of each harvest as rent. Jackie Robinson’s
parents encouraged him to get a good
education. A
fter attending junior college, JackieR
obinson went to the U
niversity of California at
Los A
ngeles. There, he w
on many sports
awards.A
fter college, Jackie Robinson joined the
Arm
y. At that tim
e, professional sports had all-w
hite teams, so he could not m
ake a livingplaying sports.
Jackie Robinson w
as upset at the treatment of
African-A
mericans in the A
rmy and in daily life.
One day, he refused to give up his seat on an
Arm
y bus for a white soldier. (T
his was 1944,
ten years before Rosa Parks did the sam
e thingon a public bus and becam
e famous.) H
e was
arrested. Although he w
as cleared of thecharges, Jackie R
obinson decided to leave theA
rmy.
JAC
KIE
RO
BIN
SO
N(sing
to the tune of “Take Me O
ut to the Ballgame”)
Jackie Robinson played ball.
Jackie played in New
York.Not all the players w
ere glad
he came.
Not many fans at his very first g
ame.
But, it’s root, root, root for the Dodg
ers.A
nd, Jackie proved he could
play.He opened
the bases to all of the races,
A new
ball gam
e.
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BAS
EBA
LL
CA
RD
SM
ajor
Lea
gue
play
ers
have
bas
ebal
l car
ds t
hat
tell
all a
bout
the
m.
Cre
ate
an a
ll-ab
out-
me
card
in t
he r
ecta
ngle
belo
w.
He
bega
n pl
ayin
g pr
ofes
sion
al b
aseb
all w
ithth
e A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
Lea
gue.
A y
ear l
ater
, he
was
sig
ned
to th
e B
rook
lyn
Dod
gers
. Now
, he
was
the
first
Afr
ican
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eric
an o
n a
Maj
orL
eagu
e te
am. B
ranc
h R
icke
y, th
e D
odge
rsm
anag
er, t
ook
a bi
g ch
ance
in s
igni
ng h
im. H
ew
arne
d Ja
ckie
Rob
inso
n th
at ra
cist
team
mat
esan
d fa
ns w
ould
not
like
the
idea
of A
fric
an-
Am
eric
an a
nd w
hite
pla
yers
on
a te
am to
geth
er.
At f
irst
, it w
as d
iffic
ult f
or J
acki
e R
obin
son,
but h
e he
lped
peo
ple
to g
ive
up th
eir p
reju
dice
s.H
e w
as a
gre
at p
laye
r on
a gr
eat t
eam
. In
the
ten
year
s th
at J
acki
e R
obin
son
play
ed fo
r the
Dod
gers
, the
team
won
six
Nat
iona
l Lea
gue
title
s an
d a
Wor
ld S
erie
s.W
hen
Jack
ie R
obin
son
retir
ed fr
om b
aseb
all,
he b
ecam
e a
succ
essf
ul b
usin
essm
an. H
e he
lped
othe
r Afr
ican
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eric
ans
to b
egin
bus
ines
ses,
and
he b
ecam
e a
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ial A
ssis
tant
to th
eG
over
nor o
f New
Yor
k. I
n 19
62, J
acki
eR
obin
son
beca
me
the
first
Afr
ican
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eric
an to
be in
duct
ed in
to th
e B
aseb
all H
all o
f Fam
e.O
n Ja
ckie
Rob
inso
n’s
tom
bsto
ne is
a fa
mou
ssa
ying
of h
is: “
A li
fe is
not
impo
rtan
t exc
ept i
nth
e im
pact
it h
as o
n ot
her l
ives
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NAT
ION
AL
LE
AG
UE
Jackie Robinson played in the N
ationalL
eague. Today, the National L
eague has 16 team
s. Circle their nam
es in the puzzle below.
Did You Know…
Jackie Robinson earned varsityletters for four sports in college:football, basketball, baseball andtrack. No other player at UCLAhad ever done this!
Baseball was actually not his best
sport, but it was the only sport
African-Am
ericans could playprofessionally at that tim
e.
In his first major league gam
ew
ith the Dodgers, he did not havea hit. He scored the w
inning run
on an error.
Jackie Robinson won the first
Rookie of the Year award. Today,
it is called the Jackie Robinsonaw
ard.Astros
Braves
Brew
ers
Cardinals
Cubs
Diam
ondbacks
Dodgers
Expos
Giants
Marlins
Mets
Padres
Phillies
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Reds
Rockies
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DEA
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R.
PRE
SID
ENT
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the
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at D
epre
ssio
n, m
any
peop
le c
ould
not
find
jobs
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tend
tha
tyo
ur m
om o
r da
d ha
s ju
st fo
und
a jo
b fo
rth
e fi
rst
tim
e in
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o ye
ars!
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teP
resi
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seve
lt a
nd t
ell h
im h
owha
ppy
your
fam
ily
is w
ith
the
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Franklin Delano Rooseveltw
as born inH
yde Park, New
York, in 1882. He grew
upin a very w
ealthy family. H
is parents taughthim
that it was im
portant to help those who
were not w
ell off.In 1921, he and his w
ife, Eleanor, w
ent tothe ocean for a vacation. H
e swam
and hiked,but later in the day, his legs felt strange. Tw
odays later, he could not feel his legs at all.Franklin R
oosevelt had caught a disease calledpolio that left him
unable to walk. T
his was
before doctors discovered a vaccine to protectpeople from
polio.Franklin D
elano Roosevelt had to be in a
wheelchair but kept right on going, doing
many im
portant things. He served tw
o terms
as Governor of N
ew York, and in 1932 becam
epresident of the U
nited States. Am
erica calledhim
by his initials, FD
R.
FD
R becam
e president during a difficulttim
e called the Great D
epression. Many
Am
ericans had lost their life savings and theirjobs. Franklin D
elano Roosevelt prom
ised to
FRA
NK
LIN R
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SE
VE
LT(sing
to the tune of “Clem
entine”)
Franklin Roosevelt was the president
So
much long
er than the restBut then, the G
reat Depression
It put Franklin to the test.
Many ag
encies, lots of program
sTo
get jobs for all the poor.
The New
Deal helped
the nationNo
Depression, anym
ore.
World
War II cam
e; FDR
led.Led
our nation in the war.
Joined the A
llies in the fighting
And
then peace, it came once m
ore.
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CR
EAT
E A
STA
MP
The
Uni
ted
Stat
es P
osta
l Ser
vice
mak
esst
amps
to
hono
r fa
mou
s A
mer
ican
s li
keF
DR
. Use
the
box
es b
elow
to
crea
test
amps
for
peop
le y
ou fe
el a
re s
peci
al,
even
if t
hey
are
not
as fa
mou
s as
FD
R.
end
the
Gre
at D
epre
ssio
n. H
e sa
id, “
The
onl
yth
ing
we
have
to fe
ar is
fear
itse
lf.”
He
and
his
clos
e ad
viso
rs, c
alle
d hi
s C
abin
et, d
evis
ed a
plan
to b
ring
pro
sper
ity b
ack
to th
e co
untr
y.T
his
was
cal
led
the
New
Dea
l. Pa
rt o
f thi
spl
an h
elpe
d pe
ople
who
lost
thei
r job
s.A
noth
er p
art c
reat
ed n
ew jo
bs fo
r peo
ple
who
need
ed th
em.
FD
R w
as n
ear t
he e
nd o
f his
sec
ond
term
as P
resi
dent
whe
n th
e Se
cond
Wor
ld W
arbe
gan
in E
urop
e. H
e th
ough
t tha
t the
cou
ntry
mig
ht b
e be
tter o
ff co
ntin
uing
with
the
sam
ele
ader
at t
his
diffi
cult
time,
so
he ra
n fo
r ath
ird
term
. He
was
the
first
Am
eric
anPr
esid
ent e
lect
ed to
a th
ird
term
. In
fact
, he
was
eve
n el
ecte
d to
a fo
urth
term
, but
he
died
shor
tly a
fterw
ard.
Am
eric
ans
wer
e ve
ry s
ad to
lose
this
man
who
had
led
the
coun
try
for o
ver
12 y
ears
.
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THE
NE
W D
EA
LF
ill in the blanks with w
ords from the box
to complete the paragraph.
Did You Know…FDR
came from
a very important
family. He w
as related to elevenUnited S
tates presidents! His wife’s
mother traced her fam
ily tothirteen relatives that cam
e toA
merica w
ith the Pilgrims.
During the first 10
0 days of FDR
’spresidency, C
ongress passedm
ore laws than they had ever
passed before.
Thousands of pictures were taken
of FDR during
his presidency, butvery few
show him
in his wheelchair.
Franklin Roosevelt is one of onlyfour presidents to have a m
emorial
on the Mall in W
ashington, D. C.
work
schoolsG
reat Depression
bridgesFD
Rhired
_________________had a plan to end the
___________________________. He w
anted to
put Americans back to ____________________.
He ______________________
them to build
____________________, ____________________,
hospitals and airports. Other w
orkers
created new parks. These governm
ent jobs
helped the economy.
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caga
wea
A S
ymbo
l of
Peac
e
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812
PAC
KYO
UR
BAG
!
Pre
tend
you
are
goi
ng a
long
wit
hSa
caga
wea
and
her
fam
ily
on t
he L
ewis
and
Cla
rk jo
urne
y. W
rite
five
thi
ngs
you
wou
ld li
ke t
o pa
ck a
nd t
ake
alon
g.(R
emem
ber
that
the
tra
vele
rs w
alke
d an
dpa
ddle
d ca
noes
the
ent
ire
way
, so
you
have
to
carr
y an
ythi
ng y
ou b
ring
!)
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Sacagaweaborn in Idaho in 1788. H
erfather w
as a Shoshone chief. When she w
astw
elve years old, Sacagawea w
as kidnapped toanother village. She lived w
ith the Hidatsa until
her marriage to Toussaint C
harbonneau, a FrenchC
anadian trader.D
uring the winter of 1804-1805, an expedition
of European-A
mericans cam
e into the Mandan
village in which Sacagaw
ea and ToussaintC
harbonneau were living. T
his was the fam
ousexpedition led by L
ewis and C
lark to explore theL
ouisiana Territory. Lew
is and Clark decided to
stay with the M
andan until winter had passed.
Shortly after their arrival, Sacagawea had a son,
whom
she named Jean-B
aptiste.In the spring, L
ewis and C
lark askedSacagaw
ea and her family to join the expedition.
Sacagawea could help the travelers since she
spoke several Native A
merican languages.
Sacagawea w
anted to see the ocean, so she agreedto join them
, carrying the infant Jean-Baptiste on
her back. Sacagaw
ea guided the party through theShoshone lands she had know
n as a girl. Shehelped the party survive by finding plants thatw
ere good to eat. In one of the Shoshone groups
SA
CA
GAW
EA
(sing to the tune of “O
n Top of Old S
mokey”)
Oh, S
acagaw
eaS
hoshone by birthLived
with the M
andansS
he studied
their words
Lewis and
Clark asked
Her whole fam
ily “Let’s journey cross countryA
nd on to
the sea.”
She helped
them buy horses
Translate and survive
They traded and
made m
aps and
returned alive
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RD
SE
AR
CH
F
ind
the
follo
win
g w
ords
in t
he p
uzzl
ebe
low
. C
ircl
e ea
ch w
ord.
that
they
met
as
they
cro
ssed
the
Roc
kyM
ount
ains
, Sac
agaw
ea m
et h
er b
roth
er. H
e w
asth
e ne
w c
hief
of t
he S
hosh
one.
Sac
agaw
ea h
elpe
dL
ewis
and
Cla
rk b
arte
r with
him
, tra
ding
for
good
s th
at th
ey n
eede
d to
com
plet
e th
e tr
ip.
Saca
gaw
ea w
as a
sym
bol o
f pea
ce to
the
Nat
ive
Am
eric
ans.
Wom
en d
o no
t tra
vel w
ith N
ativ
eA
mer
ican
war
par
ties,
so
thos
e th
ey m
et k
new
righ
t aw
ay th
at th
e ex
plor
ers
did
not i
nten
d to
star
t a w
ar.
The
exp
editi
on s
ucce
ssfu
lly re
ache
d th
e Pa
cific
Oce
an, a
nd th
en re
trac
ed th
eir j
ourn
ey b
ack
hom
e. L
ewis
and
Cla
rk s
aid
good
bye
toSa
caga
wea
and
her
fam
ily in
the
Man
dan
villa
gein
whi
ch th
ey h
ad m
et.
43
Sac
agaw
ea
Cla
rk
Lew
is
Sho
shon
e
jour
ney
hors
es
Paci
fic
S A C A G A W E A
H A C H R S P J G
O I L F Q U A O R
S J A G L V C U S
H O R S E S I R E
O B K D W P F N P
N C M E I O I E N
E K L N S T C Y S
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SA
CA
GAW
EA
DO
LL
AR
In 2000, the United States
honored Sacagawea w
ith herow
n coin. Have you ever seen
a Sacagawea dollar? It show
sher carrying her son on the front, and asoaring A
merican eagle on the back.
In the two circles below
, design a coin tohonor yourself. D
raw your picture on
one side. On the other, draw
something
special you do.
Did You Know…A
t birth, Sacagaw
ea’s name w
asBoinaiv, w
hich means “grass
maiden.”
Translating for Lew
is and Clark
was a long
process. Sacagaw
eaw
ould translate the words to
Hidatsa, a native language her
husband spoke. He translatedthem
into French, which one of
the men in the traveling
partyspoke. Then that m
antranslated them
into English.
There is a lot of debate overw
hen Sacagaw
ea died. One
story says she returned to herpeople and lived to be 10
0.
Most historians think she died
in 1812
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niel
Boo
ne
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eric
an P
ione
er
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Mak
e a
list
of t
hing
s yo
u w
ould
tak
e if
you
wer
e go
ing
expl
orin
g.
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Daniel Boonew
as born in Reading,
Pennsylvania in 1734. As a child, he loved to
be outdoors and spent lots of time hunting and
exploring. As he grew
up, he learned more
about the ways of outdoor life from
his Native
Am
erican friends.O
ne of Daniel B
oone’s first explorationsw
as with a m
ilitary expedition during theFrench and Indian W
ar. Following this trip,
he fell in love with and m
arried Rebecca
Bryan. Together they had ten children.D
aniel Boone had a friend, John F
inley,w
ho was a hunter and told exciting stories
about exploring. Daniel B
oone was inspired,
and set out to the unexplored areas ofK
entucky, Ohio, W
est Virginia, and M
issouri.H
e led settlers to land that would be good for
farming. O
ften this was dangerous because
Native A
mericans did not w
ant settlement on
the lands where they lived.
DAN
IEL
BO
ON
E(sing
to the tune of “She’ll Be C
oming
‘Round the Mountain”)
He’ll be traveling ‘cross the country,
Daniel Boone
Westw
ard H
o! across the country,
Daniel Boone
Hunting bears and
squirrels, raccoonsThe frontiersm
an, Daniel Boone
Brave explorer, pioneer, Daniel Boone
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iel B
oone
sen
t a
post
card
to
his
wif
edu
ring
his
exp
lori
ng d
ays.
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t do
you
thin
k he
wro
te t
o he
r?
As
mor
e an
d m
ore
peop
le s
ettle
d in
Ken
tuck
y, D
anie
l mov
ed h
is fa
mily
and
oth
erse
ttler
s W
est t
o M
isso
uri.
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he re
st o
f his
life,
Dan
iel B
oone
con
tinue
d to
hun
t and
expl
ore
the
Wes
tern
Ter
rito
ries
.To
day,
Dan
iel B
oone
is re
mem
bere
d as
an
Am
eric
an le
gend
and
a tr
ue fo
lk h
ero.
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rem
inds
us
of th
e co
urag
e of
the
rugg
edpi
onee
rs w
ho tr
avel
ed th
e w
ild fr
ontie
r.
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SIG
HTS
AN
D S
OU
ND
S
OF
EX
PLOR
ING
Think about your five senses and describe
what D
aniel Boone m
ay have experiencedw
hen he went exploring.
What did he see?
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What did he hear?
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What did he sm
ell?
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What did he feel?
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What did he taste?
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Did You Know…Daniel Boone w
as born in a logcabin.
He had very little schooling.
He lived to be 85
years old.
He is buried beside his wife, on
a “high, far-seeing place” m
uchlike the land he explored andhelped settle during
his lifetime.
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49Pa
ul R
ever
e
Free
dom
Rid
er
173
5-1
818
Dra
w y
ours
elf o
n Pa
ul R
ever
e’s
hors
e!
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Paul Reverew
as born in Boston,
Massachusetts in 1735. W
hen he was grow
ingup, B
oston was a busy seaport tow
n. PaulR
evere’s father was a silversm
ith, and so when he
was 13, Paul R
evere left school and beganlearning sm
ithing in his father’s shop. As a young
man, he joined the Sons of L
iberty. They called
themselves Patriots: patriotic A
mericans w
how
anted the colonies to be free from B
ritish rule.Paul R
evere became both a silversm
ith andgoldsm
ith. He illustrated books and m
agazinesand drew
political cartoons. He also w
orked as adentist.
As the R
evolutionary War w
as beginning, thePatriots learned that the B
ritish were planning an
attack on Concord, M
assachusetts. Important
Patriot leaders were hiding there, and the Patriots
had weapons stored there. Som
eone needed tow
arn the men at C
oncord. Paul Revere w
as anexcellent horsem
an and a loyal Patriot, but he alsohad a w
ife and child. The ride w
ould be verydangerous, but Paul R
evere agreed to go.W
ith his partner William
Daw
es, Paul Revere
made his fam
ous midnight ride, knocking on
doors and warning everyone that the B
ritish were
Describe som
e ways you m
ight send anem
ergency message.
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Wri
te a
hea
dlin
e th
at m
ight
hav
e be
en in
the
Bos
ton
new
spap
er t
he d
ay a
fter
Pau
lR
ever
e’s
ride
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com
ing.
The
pat
riot
s ha
d pl
anne
d ah
ead
of ti
me
that
one
lant
ern
mea
nt th
e B
ritis
h w
ere
com
ing
byla
nd, a
nd tw
o m
eant
by
sea.
Pau
l Rev
ere
hung
two
lant
erns
in th
e be
ll to
wer
in B
osto
n to
war
nth
at B
ritis
h tr
oops
wer
e ar
rivi
ng b
y se
a.A
long
that
mid
nigh
t rid
e, P
aul R
ever
e an
dW
illia
m D
awes
wer
e st
oppe
d by
Bri
tish
sold
iers
.Pa
ul R
ever
e w
as c
aptu
red,
but
Will
iam
Daw
eses
cape
d an
d co
ntin
ued
the
ride
. The
Pat
riot
lead
ers
Sam
Ada
ms
and
John
Han
cock
wer
ew
arne
d in
tim
e an
d no
t cap
ture
d by
the
Bri
tish.
The
Rev
olut
iona
ry W
ar b
egan
. But
bec
ause
of
brav
e co
loni
sts
like
Paul
Rev
ere,
the
13 c
olon
ies
won
thei
r ind
epen
denc
e fr
om B
ritis
h ru
le.
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PAUL
RE
VE
RE
(sing to the tune of “Three B
lind Mice”)
1.Paul RevereM
idnight ride
Warned
his men
Go
and hide
You’ll be attackedFor freedom
s sakeYou m
ust be braveA
nd w
ide-awake
Free from E
ngland
Peace at stakePaul Revere
Did You Know…Paul Revere w
as also a bellm
aker, engraver, and politicalcartoonist.
He fixed umbrellas and m
adeeyeg
lasses.
Young Paul earned m
oney byring
ing bells in the church
tower.
British soldiers tried to stophis fam
ous ride, but theirhorses g
ot stuck in a claypond.
Henry Wadsw
orth Longfellow
wrote a fam
ous poem about
Paul Revere’s ride.
He had sixteen children.
2.Old
North C
hurchS
teeple high
Cand
les bright
In the night
One...by land
Two...by sea
Beware the Red
Coats,
War w
ill beListen nowA
nd you w
ill seePaul Revere
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sa P
arks
Mot
her
of t
he
Civ
il R
ight
s M
ovem
ent
Born
19
13
If y
ou c
ould
tal
k to
Ros
a Pa
rks,
wha
tw
ould
you
say
to
her?
Wha
t qu
esti
ons
wou
ld y
ou a
sk h
er?
Wri
te h
er a
lett
er.
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Rosa Parksw
as born in Tuskegee,A
labama in 1913. H
er father was a carpenter,
and her mother w
as a teacher.In the part of the U
nited States in which
Rosa Parks grew
up, there were law
s to keepA
frican-Am
ericans separate from other
Am
ericans in many public places. A
s a youngw
oman, R
osa Parks became a hero to m
any bystanding up to one of these law
s. The law
stated that African-A
mericans m
ust sit in asection at the back of tow
n buses. While
riding on a bus, Rosa Parks refused to give up
her seat to a white m
an. She was arrested.
In protest, African-A
mericans in her tow
nrefused to use the bus system
. Rosa Parks and
other African-A
mericans lost their jobs.
Prejudiced people threatened Rosa Parks for
standing up for the rights of African-
Am
ericans. Rosa Parks and her fam
ily were
forced to move to D
etroit, Michigan.
Her action led m
ore people to protest laws
that took away the legal rights of A
frican-A
mericans. T
hese rights belonging to all
Rosa Parks w
as awarded the
Congressional G
old Medal of H
onor in1999. If you could design this m
edal,w
hat would it look like and w
hat would
it say?
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RO
SA
PA
RKS
(sin
g t
o th
e tu
ne o
f “T
hree
Blin
d M
ice”
)
Rosa
Par
ksBr
ave
and
str
ong
She
wor
ked
har
dA
ll da
y lo
ng.
I’ll n
ot g
ive
up m
y se
at t
his
day!
The
fro
nt o
f th
e bu
s is
whe
re I’
ll st
ay!
Fair
and
equ
al is
the
way
!Ro
sa P
arks
Am
eric
an c
itize
ns a
re c
alle
d C
ivil
Rig
hts.
The
boyc
otts
, mar
ches
, and
oth
er p
rote
sts
that
even
tual
ly re
stor
ed th
e ri
ghts
of A
fric
an-
Am
eric
ans
are
toge
ther
kno
wn
as th
e “C
ivil
Rig
hts
Mov
emen
t.” T
he la
w R
osa
Park
s st
ood
up to
was
fina
lly o
vert
urne
d. E
very
one
coul
dsi
t on
the
bus
toge
ther
. Man
y ot
her r
acia
llydi
scri
min
atin
g la
ws
wer
e ov
ertu
rned
, as
wel
l.Si
nce
then
, Ros
a Pa
rks
has
wor
ked
toen
sure
civ
il ri
ghts
for e
very
one.
For
her
bra
veac
tion
that
hel
ped
spar
k a
mov
emen
t, an
d he
rtir
eles
s w
ork
to o
vert
urn
unfa
ir la
ws,
Ros
aPa
rks
is k
now
n as
the
“Mot
her o
f the
Civ
ilR
ight
s M
ovem
ent.”
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Write about a tim
e you stood up forsom
ething you believed in. (Did you
defend a friend after someone else called
him or her a nam
e, or let another kid joina gam
e when everyone else said no?)
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Did You Know…Rosa Parks w
as a seamstress,
like Betsy Ross, who sew
ed theA
merican flag
.
Martin Luther King
was her
friend.
She loves gospel, hym
ns, andspiritual m
usic.
She received the Martin Luther
King Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize.
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Harr
iet
Tubm
an
Unde
rgro
und
Railr
oad
Con
duct
or
1820
-19
13
Lis
t th
ree
peop
le t
hat
you
know
tha
t sh
owth
e sa
me
cour
age
and
sens
e of
fair
ness
that
Har
riet
Tub
man
had
.
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Harriet Tubman
was born in B
ucktown,
Maryland in 1826. She w
as born into anA
merican-A
merican slave fam
ily. Her
childhood days were full of hard w
ork, andshe w
as not allowed to go to school.
When H
arriet Tubman w
as 25, she married
John Tubman. A
lthough she was no longer a
slave, Harriet Tubm
an feared that she would
be sold back into slavery. Five years later,
Harriet Tubm
an made her escape to the north
along the Underground R
ailroad. This w
asnot really a railroad, nor w
as it underground.U
nderground Railroad w
as the name for a
network of escape routes and safe houses
where A
frican-Am
ericans could hide on thew
ay to freedom in the N
orthern States orC
anada. The hiding places w
ere known as
“stations” along the Underground R
ailroad.“Stations” w
ere provided by “station masters.”
These w
ere white A
mericans w
ho opposedslavery and w
anted to free African-A
merican
slaves. The U
nderground Railroad had to be
STA
RS
AW
AYF
RO
MS
LAVER
Y
“Passengers” on the Underground
Railroad traveled at night, so they often
used stars to guide them. D
raw lines to
match the nam
es with the constellations.
Southern Cross
Orion (hunter)
Big D
ipper
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Col
or t
his
map
tha
t sh
ows
the
Und
ergr
ound
Rai
lroa
d th
at le
d sl
aves
from
the
Sou
th t
o fr
eedo
m in
the
Nor
th.
kept
sec
ret a
s it
was
ille
gal t
o fr
ee s
lave
s.Tr
avel
ing
alon
g it
was
ver
y da
nger
ous.
Som
e“s
tatio
ns”
had
secr
et ro
oms
hidd
en b
ehin
dcl
oset
s in
hou
ses,
or t
rapd
oors
in b
arns
.H
arri
et T
ubm
an le
arne
d m
ore
abou
t the
wor
king
of t
he U
nder
grou
nd R
ailro
ad, t
hen
risk
ed g
reat
dan
ger t
o he
lp h
er fa
mily
mem
bers
esc
ape.
Unt
il sl
aver
y w
as o
utla
wed
in th
e U
nite
d St
ates
, Har
riet
Tub
man
spo
keou
t aga
inst
the
prac
tice
and
wor
ked
to e
nd it
.D
urin
g th
e C
ivil
War
, she
wor
ked
as a
nur
sean
d a
spy
for t
he N
orth
ern
Stat
es. S
he a
lso
cont
inue
d to
hel
p pe
ople
to e
scap
e an
d le
dm
ore
than
300
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
ans
to fr
eedo
m.
Afte
r sla
very
was
abo
lishe
d, H
arri
etTu
bman
wor
ked
the
rest
of h
er lo
ng li
fe fo
r the
bette
r tre
atm
ent o
f wom
en, t
he e
lder
ly, a
ndth
e po
or.
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HAR
RIE
T TUB
MA
N(sing
to the tune of “I’ve Been W
orking on the Railroad”)
Tubman w
orked upon the railroad
During
years of war
She helped
to free
The many people
Who
slaved and
Did
the chores
She said, underg
round you’ll be safe.
Soon you w
ill be freeI w
ill help you to d
iscoverA
land of liberty
Go
HarrietG
o Harriet
Tubman w
as her name
Go
HarrietG
o Harriet
Freedom is your fam
e
Did You Know…Harriet Tubm
an was know
n asthe “C
onductor” of theUnderground Railroad.
She was also know
n as“G
eneral Tubman.”
During the C
ivil War she served
as a nurse.
She also made a g
ood spy. Shew
as valuable to the army
because she knew so m
uchabout the land.
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Susa
n B.
Anth
ony
Figh
ter
for
Wom
en’s
Rig
hts
1820
-19
06
Lis
t fi
ve q
uali
ties
of a
lead
er.
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Susan B. Anthony
was born in A
dams,
Massachusetts in 1820. H
er family w
ereQ
uakers with a long tradition of being
activists, and were part of the anti-slavery
movem
ent. Susan B. A
nthony was schooled at
home, and at an early age developed a sense of
justice.She becam
e an educated and independentyoung w
oman, and w
as outspoken aboutdifficult issues facing w
omen at the tim
e.W
omen w
ere not allowed to vote back then,
and Susan B. A
nthony was arrested w
ith otherw
omen for trying to cast votes in a public
election. She and these others were suffragists.
A suffragist is a person w
ho wants m
orepeople to have the right to vote.
DE
MO
CRA
CY IN
AC
TIO
NN
ow vote on the sam
e issue, but thistim
e, anyone with an R
in their first name
is not allowed to vote.
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RA
GA
INST
How
was the result different?
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Why w
as the second vote unfair?
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DE
MO
CRA
CY I
N A
CT
ION
As
a cl
ass,
cho
ose
an is
sue
that
mus
t be
deci
ded
upon
. Tak
e a
vote
.
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e:__
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GA
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Susa
n B
. Ant
hony
con
tinue
d to
spe
ak o
utab
out e
qual
righ
ts fo
r wom
en a
nd a
gain
stsl
aver
y. S
he p
ersu
aded
col
lege
s to
adm
itw
omen
as
stud
ents
, and
trav
eled
all
over
the
coun
try
tryi
ng to
get
law
s pa
ssed
to a
llow
wom
en to
vot
e.In
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e N
inet
eent
h A
men
dmen
t was
adde
d to
the
U. S
. Con
stitu
tion,
allo
win
g al
lA
mer
ican
adu
lt w
omen
to v
ote.
Als
o kn
own
asth
e Su
san
B. A
ntho
ny A
men
dmen
t, th
is ri
ght
to v
ote
is d
ue to
Sus
an B
. Ant
hony
, the
suffr
agis
ts, a
nd m
any
othe
rs w
ho fo
ught
for
equa
l rig
hts.
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Susan B. A
nthony had a dollar coin made
for her. Color this coin.
SU
SA
N B
. AN
THO
NY(sing
to the tune of “This Old M
an”)
Susan B.
Anthony
Fought for w
omen’s rig
htsYou see
Rig
ht to vote
And
right to
take a stand
We all count
In this great land
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Abra
ham
Linco
ln
“Fou
r sc
ore
and
se
ven
year
s ag
o...”
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5
Abr
aham
Lin
coln
was
kno
wn
to b
e ki
nd.
Mak
e a
list
of a
cts
of k
indn
ess
you
have
perf
orm
ed r
ecen
tly:
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Abraham
Lincolnw
as born on a farm in
Kentucky in 1809. T
he farm w
ork was hard,
his family w
as poor, and his mother died w
henhe w
as just nine years old. But A
brahamL
incoln grew tall and strong, and spend his
free time reading, reading and reading!
Abraham
Lincoln studied hard, and grew
up to be a lawyer. H
e then became a
Congressm
an, and in 1861 was elected
President of the United States. H
e was
President at a very difficult time for this
country. Am
ericans disagreed so stronglyabout slavery that they w
ent to war w
ith oneanother. M
ost people in the northern statesthought A
frican-Am
ericans should be free. Inthe southern states, m
any people neededw
orkers on their large plantations and did notw
ant to pay them. M
any Am
ericans diedfighting the C
ivil War.
With the E
mancipation Proclam
ation,A
braham L
incoln announced that allA
mericans w
ere free and equal under the law
AB
RAHA
M LIN
CO
LN
(sing to the tune of “Yankee Doodle”)
There w
as a man nam
ed A
brahamLincoln, H
onest Abe
He set about to free the slaves
In war betw
een the states.
Abraham
, born brave and strong
His portrait’s on a penny
16th President w
as hebeloved
by so m
any
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and
that
all
slav
es m
ust b
e fr
eed.
Stil
l, no
t all
slav
e-ow
ners
free
d th
eir s
lave
s. M
any
slav
esw
ere
not t
old
they
had
bee
n m
ade
free
by
Uni
ted
Stat
es la
w u
ntil
afte
r the
end
of t
heC
ivil
War
.T
he fa
mou
s sp
eech
that
Abr
aham
Lin
coln
mad
e to
hon
or th
ose
who
die
d in
the
Civ
ilW
ar is
kno
wn
as th
e G
etty
sbur
g A
ddre
ss.
Abr
aham
Lin
coln
was
sho
t whi
le a
ttend
ing
a pl
ay a
t For
d’s
The
atre
in W
ashi
ngto
n, D
.C.
He
was
the
sixt
eent
h A
mer
ican
Pre
side
nt, a
ndth
e fir
st to
be
assa
ssin
ated
.
67
Did
You
Know
…Li
ncol
n w
as b
orn
in a
log
cab
in.
Linc
oln
grew
to
be 6
fee
t 4
inch
es t
all.
Linc
oln’
s po
rtra
it is
on
the
penn
y an
d th
e fi
ve-d
olla
r bi
ll.
The
Linc
oln
Mem
oria
l in
Was
hing
ton,
D.C
. hon
ors
Pres
iden
t Li
ncol
n.
Linc
oln
was
kno
wn
for
his
tall
blac
k st
ovep
ipe
hat.
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Describe how
your house is differentfrom
the log cabin that Lincoln lived in.
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Color the L
incoln Mem
orial inW
ashington, DC
.
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MA
KE
YO
UR O
WN
P
EA
NUT
BUT
TE
R!
Geor
geWa
shin
gton
Carv
er
Plan
t S
cien
tist
186
4-19
63
Pean
ut B
utte
r
Use
a bl
ende
r w
ith a
dult
hel
p.
Put
1 cup
of
salt
ed p
eanu
ts in
to
the
blen
der.
Add
1 ta
bles
poon
of
oil.
Ble
nd t
ill s
moo
th.
Spr
ead
it o
n br
ead
!
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George W
ashington Carverw
asborn in 1860 in D
iamond G
rove, Missouri
into a family kept in slavery. D
uring the Civil
War, he and his m
other were kidnapped by
people who hoped to sell them
for a profit.W
hile with the kidnappers, he becam
e verysick w
ith whooping cough.
The w
hite slave-owners w
ho owned G
eorgeW
ashington Carver searched for him
for along tim
e. In the end, they traded a horse toget him
back. Since he was a sick child, he did
not work as m
uch as the others in the fields.H
e wandered through the w
oods learningabout plants and flow
ers, and taught himself
how to read and w
rite. His first school w
as aone-room
schoolhouseW
hen he was older, he applied to a
university, but was rejected because he w
asblack. Instead, he w
ent to Simpson C
ollege inIow
a, and graduated from Iow
a StateU
niversity. He had alw
ays been interested innature, and studied to be a plant scientist.
Write the directions for m
aking a peanutbutter sandw
ich. What do you do first,
second, and third?
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Geo
rge
Was
hing
ton
Car
ver w
ent o
n to
teac
h at
an
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
an c
olle
ge c
alle
dth
e Tu
skeg
ee I
nstit
ute.
He
deve
lope
d th
epr
actic
e of
cro
p ro
tatio
n, w
hich
is p
lant
ing
one
crop
(lik
e pe
anut
s) o
ne y
ear,
and
a di
ffere
ntcr
op (
like
cotto
n) o
n th
e sa
me
land
the
next
year
. Diff
eren
t cro
ps u
se d
iffer
ent p
arts
of t
heso
il, s
o by
cha
ngin
g th
em e
very
yea
r, th
e so
ilre
mai
ns m
ore
rich
in n
utri
ents
.Si
nce
he h
ad e
ncou
rage
d fa
rmer
s to
gro
wpe
anut
s, G
eorg
e W
ashi
ngto
n C
arve
r wan
ted
to th
ink
of u
ses
for p
eanu
ts to
mak
e th
e cr
opm
ore
valu
able
. He
cam
e up
with
ove
r 300
way
s to
use
pea
nuts
. He
also
foun
d m
any
uses
for s
wee
t pot
atoe
s.G
eorg
e W
ashi
ngto
n C
arve
r bec
ame
asc
ient
ist a
t a ti
me
whe
n it
was
rare
for A
fric
an-
Am
eric
ans
to g
et a
col
lege
edu
catio
n. T
his
brav
e m
an m
ade
impo
rtan
t con
trib
utio
ns to
scie
nce
and
help
ed b
laze
a tr
ail f
or A
fric
an-
Am
eric
ans
seek
ing
a be
tter l
ife.
71
Did
You
Know
…G
eorg
e W
ashi
ngto
n C
arve
r w
asth
e na
tion’
s fi
rst
wel
l-kn
own
Afri
can
Am
eric
an s
cien
tist.
His
birt
hpla
ce is
a n
atio
nal
mon
umen
t.
He le
arne
d fr
om a
you
ng a
geth
at w
hite
peo
ple
and
blac
kpe
ople
wer
e tr
eate
ddi
ffer
ently
.
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GEO
RG
E W
AS
HIN
GTO
NC
AR
VE
R(sing
to the tune of “On Top of O
ld Sm
okey”)
Georg
e Washing
ton Carver
loved plants strong
and tall.
He showed
us that peanutsare useful to
all.
Rotate them w
ith cottoneach year that’s for sure.You’ll g
row tasty peanuts.
Your land g
ives you more.
He worked
with potatoes
So
orange and
sweet
he told all the farm
ers“T
hey’re so sw
eet to eat!”
It’s all about nature W
ork hard, study toolike scientist C
arverIt’s the sm
art thing to
do.
PE
AN
UTS, P
EA
NUTS
!C
heck off the ways you like to eat peanuts.
plain peanuts
peanut butter
peanut brittle
peanut butter cups
peanuts and raisins together
I do not eat peanuts.
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Mart
in L
uthe
rKI
ng, J
r.
Civ
il R
ight
s Le
ader
192
9–1
96
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Martin Luther King, Jr.w
as a greatm
an who w
orked for racial equality in theU
nited States of Am
erica. He w
as born onJanuary 15, 1929, in A
tlanta, Georgia. H
egrew
up to become one of the m
ost influentialand unforgettable people of the century.
Both his father and grandfather w
erem
inisters. His m
other was a schoolteacher
who taught him
how to read before he w
ent toschool. W
hen he went to school, he becam
ean excellent student.
He graduated from
Morehouse C
ollege,then he becam
e a minister and m
oved toA
labama. H
e married C
oretta Scott in 1953.In the 1950’s, D
r. King becam
e active in them
ovement for civil rights and racial equality.
Do you have a dream
you’d like to sharew
ith others? Write a speech describing a
vision you have for the future.
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I HA
VE
A D
RE
AM
Her
e ar
e th
e m
ost
fam
ous
wor
ds fr
omM
arti
n L
uthe
r K
ing’
s m
ost
fam
ous
spee
ch. W
hat
do y
ou t
hink
he
mea
nt?
Put
this
idea
into
you
r ow
n w
ords
.
I ha
ve a
dre
am m
y fo
ur li
ttle
chi
ldre
n w
illon
e da
y liv
e in
a n
atio
n w
here
the
y w
ill n
otbe
judg
ed b
y th
e co
lor
of t
heir s
kin
but
byth
e co
nten
t of
the
ir c
hara
cter
. I ha
ve a
drea
m t
oday
!
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He
led
the
civi
l rig
hts
mov
emen
t in
the
1950
’san
d 60
’s, a
nd fo
ught
for e
qual
righ
ts a
mon
g al
lra
ces.
H
e or
gani
zed
the
Mon
tgom
ery
Bus
Boy
cott,
foug
ht a
gain
st d
iscr
imin
atio
n in
votin
g re
gist
ratio
n, a
nd le
d no
nvio
lent
mar
ches
and
mov
emen
ts a
ll ov
er th
e U
nite
dSt
ates
. One
of h
is fa
mou
s sp
eech
es, k
now
n as
the
“I H
ave
a D
ream
” sp
eech
, was
del
iver
edto
ove
r 250
,000
peo
ple
in W
ashi
ngto
n D
C in
1963
. H
e or
gani
zed
man
y ot
her p
eace
ful
dem
onst
ratio
ns th
at p
rote
sted
the
unfa
irtr
eatm
ent o
f Afr
ican
-Am
eric
ans.
He
won
the
Nob
el P
eace
Pri
ze in
196
4.
Dr.
Kin
g w
as a
ssas
sina
ted
on A
pril
4, 1
968,
in M
emph
is, T
enne
ssee
. We
obse
rve
his
birt
hday
as
a sp
ecia
l hol
iday
eve
ry y
ear,
on th
eth
ird
Mon
day
in J
anua
ry.
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76
What are som
e ways you treat your
friends and family fairly?
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RTIN
LUTH
ER
KIN
G
(sing to the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know
It”)
Black and
white,
Fair and equal,
One and
all.
Black and
white,
Fair and equal,
One and
all.
Martin Luther King
reminds us
That equality should
guide us
Black and
white,
Fair and equal,
One and
all.
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Geor
geWa
shin
gton
Fath
er o
f O
ur C
ount
ry
173
2-1
799
Wou
ld y
ou h
ave
like
d G
eorg
e W
ashi
ngto
n’s
job
of b
eing
the
firs
t pr
esid
ent?
Why
or
why
not
?
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George W
ashingtonw
as born inW
estmoreland C
ounty, Virginia in 1732. H
espent his childhood at Ferry Farm
, Virginia, a
small hom
e on the banks of the Rappahanock
River. W
hen he was sixteen, G
eorge Washington
became a surveyor. H
e rode through areas thatw
ere not yet settled, measuring and m
apping theland. H
e did so much riding as a surveyor that he
became a very good horsem
an. He w
as interestedin horse racing and knew
the famous racehorses
of the time.
In 1759, he married M
artha Custis. G
eorgeand M
artha Washington lived on a beautiful
plantation home on the Potom
ac River in M
ountV
ernon, Virginia.
During the R
evolutionary War, G
eorgeW
ashington was a G
eneral and led the Am
ericanC
olonies in their fight for freedom from
England.
He w
as well-loved for helping the soldiers w
orktogether, and for leading the C
olonies to victory.A
fter the war, G
eorge Washington looked forw
ardto returning hom
e to his plantation.T
he Colonies w
ere now states in a new
country: the United States of A
merica. B
ut theA
merican states w
ere not used to working
together to support each other and the country.T
he new country needed a strong leader to bring
Compare George Washington with the president today.
Washington __________________________________
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ever
yone
toge
ther
. Peo
ple
imm
edia
tely
thou
ght o
fG
eorg
e W
ashi
ngto
n, a
nd s
ome
wan
ted
him
tobe
com
e ki
ng. E
ven
thou
gh it
wou
ld m
ean
not
retu
rnin
g ho
me
to th
e pl
anta
tion,
Geo
rge
Was
hing
ton
was
will
ing
to le
ad th
e co
untr
y. H
e di
dno
t wan
t the
new
cou
ntry
to b
e le
d by
a k
ing.
He
felt
the
coun
try
shou
ld h
ave
a le
ader
ele
cted
by
the
peop
le. H
e w
orke
d w
ith o
ther
foun
ders
of t
heco
untr
y to
dev
elop
a d
emoc
racy
, the
form
of
gove
rnm
ent i
n th
e U
nite
d St
ates
that
is s
till u
sed
toda
y.
In th
e fir
st P
resi
dent
ial e
lect
ion,
eve
ry s
tate
elec
ted
Geo
rge
Was
hing
ton
the
first
Pre
side
ntof
the
Uni
ted
Stat
es. G
eorg
e W
ashi
ngto
n w
as a
stro
ng le
ader
who
bro
ught
Am
eric
ans
toge
ther
in th
eir
new
cou
ntry
. For
his
role
sin
lead
ing
the
Col
onie
s to
vict
ory,
hel
ping
to o
rgan
ize
the
first
gov
ernm
ent,
and
bein
g th
e fir
st P
resi
dent
of
the
Uni
ted
Stat
es, G
eorg
eW
ashi
ngto
n is
resp
ecte
d as
the
“Fat
her o
f Our
Cou
ntry
.”
79
Did
You
Know
…W
ashi
ngto
n lo
ved
bein
g a
farm
er. H
e ha
d m
any
othe
r jo
bsth
roug
hout
his
life
: sur
veyo
r,ge
nera
l and
pre
side
nt!
His
port
rait
is o
n bo
th t
hedo
llar
bill
and
the
quar
ter.
The
Was
hing
ton
Mon
umen
t in
Was
hing
ton,
D.C
. was
bui
lt in
his
hono
r.
Both
Was
hing
ton,
DC
and
Was
hing
ton
stat
e ar
e na
med
for
him
.
He w
ore
a w
ig, w
hich
was
cons
ider
ed f
ashi
onab
le a
t th
etim
e.
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GEO
RG
E W
AS
HIN
GTO
N(sing
to the tune of “Yankee Doodle”)
There w
as a man nam
ed W
ashington
Virg
inia-born and bred
He grew
to be first president,
“He’s great!” is w
hat they said.
Farmer, leader, president,
Mt. Vernon w
as his place,Born at Pope’s C
reek, Ferry Farm
A dollar bill, his face
George Washington’s portrait is on the dollar bill. Draw yourself on a dollar bill!
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