Topic: American History

  • America’s First Female Doctor: The Life Story of Elizabeth Blackwell

    America’s First Female Doctor: The Life Story of Elizabeth Blackwell

    Elizabeth Blackwell applied to dozens of medical schools and all but one refused to let her study there. But she didn’t give up! Finally, a small college in New York allowed her into their medical program. She worked hard and graduated with the highest grades in her class. In 1849, Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman doctor in America. Students will love learning about one of the most inspirational women in American History.

    There are a variety of activities for you to teach about her life story. This could be a week-long unit or as short as a day or two, depending on time allotted and the needs of your students. There are several ways to use this unit to differentiate for students.

    Activities included:

    ✔ Meet Elizabeth Blackwell

    ✔ Comprehension Questions

    ✔ FlipBook (5-pages)

    ✔ Trading Card Project

    ✔ Character Mini-Booklet w/Timeline–fits perfectly inside their notebooks!

    ✔ Biography Organizers

    ✔ A Famous Quote

    ✔ Character Traits Activity

    ✔ Quiz

    ✔ Vocabulary Posters

    ✔ Spotlight on Vocabulary

    Reading:

    Students will love meeting Elizabeth Blackwell and learning all about her life. There’s also custom-created organizers to use for further research.

    Use hands-on activities for different centers:

    ✔ Timeline Activity

    ✔ Flip Book

    ✔ Comprehension Questions

    ✔ Biography Organizers

    ✔ A Famous Quote

    ✔ Character Mini-booklet

    ✔ A Closer Look at Character Traits

    ✔ Trading Card Project

    ✔ Vocabulary Posters

    ✔ Spotlight on Vocabulary

  • The Life Story of Benjamin Franklin- Reading Passages, Activities, & Flip Book

    The Life Story of Benjamin Franklin- Reading Passages, Activities, & Flip Book

    Students will love learning all about Ben Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, with this hands-on resource! This pack includes passages, organizers, vocabulary posters, comprehension and connection questions and lots of activities and a flip book!

    Ben Franklin was a man of many talents! He is still remembered today as a great writer, publisher, inventor, scientist, humanitarian, and American hero. He played a very important role in America becoming a free and independent nation.

    This Benjamin Franklin Activity Pack includes many interactive activities and learning opportunities for students including:

    ✔ Informational articles about:

    ✔ Young Ben

    ✔ Benjamin Franklin as an inventor

    ✔ Improving Philadelphia

    ✔ His Role in the Revolutionary War

    ✔ Meet Benjamin Franklin

    ✔ Benjamin Franklin Organizer

    ✔ Famous Quote with questions

    ✔ Vocabulary Posters

    ✔ Vocabulary Flip Flaps

    ✔ Mystery Flaps

    ✔ 5 Page Benjamin Franklin Flip Booklet

    There are 3 main activities:

    Vocabulary:

    Introduce the vocabulary words with the real-life photo posters included. You could post these posters around the classroom and have students travel around to match up and define the words in their flip flaps or use as a center activity. These posters are excellent for a bulletin board display too.

    Reading:

    Next, have students read the informational articles and character study where they will meet Benjamin Franklin and learn all about his life. It starts with him as a young boy, and it continues through his role in the Revolutionary War and beyond. The articles are written in the form of a booklet with questions and scenes for students to connect and color. Pages can be stapled at the top to make one large booklet that fits inside their interactive notebooks or can be cut in half to create a mini-booklet. There’s a custom-created Benjamin Franklin organizer to use for review at the end of the unit or for further research.

    Activities:

    There are lots of other student activities in this pack including a famous quote page with questions, character Mini-Booklet with a timeline, a quote with critical thinking questions, and a custom-created organizer for further research or review. Have students complete the Mystery Flaps and the 5-page Flip Booklet all about Benjamin Franklin. I usually have them do one page at each center or station. They can use the articles as a reference source to help them complete the pages of the booklet. Lastly, they cut, color, and assemble the booklet. Flipbooks can be glued or stapled inside their interactive notebooks, file folder, or a 12 x 18 piece of construction paper folded like a book cover. Students could then decorate the cover of the booklet.