DCP November News
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November is here...
and we have suggestions for articles, videos, ebooks, and other classroom resources to assist you and your students. Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, American Indian Heritage Month, and it is Good Nutrition Month! All interesting topics to explore.
California Streaming
Video: Pilgrims of New England
Watch Dave as he traces the Pilgrim's travels to America, explains the Mayflower Compact, visits Plymouth Rock, and talks about the first Thanksgiving.
This video is segmented, has supporting resources, and standards.
TeachingBooks.net
Chew On This is the middle school version of Fast Food Nation, written by the same author. Use this resource to introduce Good Nutrition Month to your students! TeachingBooks.net includes lesson plans, author interviews and informational text complexity measures. Check it out here!
EBSCO
The History Reference Center is found on the EBSCO resource page. A search for "American Indian" brings up thousands of articles - all articles are leveled, can be listened to (check out the difference accents...), can be emailed, saved to your folder, and shared with your students and colleagues.
Veteran's Day
Search for encyclopedia articles in two World Book resources at the same time. Click on the "World Book Student + Kids" button and you will get the listings of the articles from both sources. Similar content written at different lexilie levels helps you differentiate for your students. All articles in the World Book resources are exile leveled.