Topic: character Traits

  • 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 Thurgood Marshall Activity Pack

    The Life Story of Thurgood Marshall Activity Pack

    Your students will love learning about one of the most inspirational African-Americans of all time. Marshall became the first African-American Supreme Court Justice. Today, he is remembered for his service to this country as a Supreme Court Justice for 24 years. Thurgood Marshall used the law and the Constitution to fight for the rights of all people.

    There are a variety of activities for you to teach Thurgood Marshall’s 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 Thurgood Marshall
    ✔ Life Story with Scenes & Questions
    ✔ Fact or Fiction Activity
    ✔ Character Mini-Booklet w/Timeline–fits perfectly inside their notebooks!
    ✔ Biography Organizers
    ✔ Famous Quote
    ✔ Character Traits Activity
    ✔ Quiz
    ✔ Writing Prompts
    ✔ Answer Keys
    ✔ Vocabulary Posters for important character traits:
    Honest, Dedicated, Confident

    Reading:
    Have students read the passages about where they will meet Thurgood Marshall learn all about his life. It starts with him as a young boy and it continues through his death. The articles are written with questions and scenes for students to connect and color. There’s also custom-created organizers to use for review or for further research.

    Suggestions and Ideas for four different centers:
    1. Have students read the Meet Thurgood Marshall passage OR Life Story passages with scenes and questions. Then answer the questions on the biography organizers.

    2. Have students complete the character mini-booklet with timeline dates. These fit nicely inside their notebooks.

    3. Have students complete the quote activity & writing prompt(s).

    4. Have students complete the character traits activity using the vocabulary posters as a guide and then complete the Venn diagram to compare Banneker to themselves.

  • The Life Story of Rosa Parks Activity Pack

    The Life Story of Rosa Parks Activity Pack

    With this unit, students will learn about one of the most inspirational women of all time. Rosa Parks was given the nickname, The Lady of Freedom and has become a symbol of Freedom. 

    This biography unit has it all! There are a variety of activities for you to teach about Rosa Parks. This could be a week-long unit or as short as a day or two, depending on the time allotted and the needs of your students. There are several ways to use this unit to differentiate for students.

    What’s Inside:
    ✔ Meet Rosa Parks
    ✔ Fact or Fiction Activity
    ✔ Character Mini-Booklet w/Timeline Sorting Activity—fits inside their notebooks!
    ✔ Biography Organizers
    ✔ Character Traits Activity
    ✔ Quiz
    ✔ Answer Keys
    ✔ Vocabulary Posters for important character traits:
    ✔ Brave, Determined, Confident

    Reading:
    Have students read the passages about where they will meet Rosa Parks and learn all about her life. There’s also a custom-created biography organizer to use for review or for further research.

    Suggestions and Ideas for centers:
    ✔ Have students read the Meet Rosa Parks and answer the comprehension questions on the organizers.
    ✔ Have students complete the character mini-booklet with timeline dates. These fit nicely inside their notebooks.

  • The Life Story of Frederick Douglass Activity Pack

    The Life Story of Frederick Douglass Activity Pack

    Your students will love learning about one of the most influential African-Americans of all time. Frederick Douglass escaped a life of slavery. During the Civil War, he worked closely with President Abraham Lincoln. Douglass dedicated his life to ending slavery.

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

    Activities included:
    ✔ Meet Frederick Douglass
    ✔ Life Story with Scenes & Questions
    ✔ Fact or Fiction Activity
    ✔ Character Mini-Booklet w/Timeline–fits perfectly inside their notebooks!
    ✔ Biography Organizers
    ✔ Character Traits Activity
    ✔ Quiz
    ✔ Answer Keys
    ✔ Vocabulary Posters for important character traits:
    Committed, Confident, Diligent

    Reading:
    Have students read the passages about where they will meet Frederick Douglass and learn all about his incredible life story. There are also custom-created organizers to check for understanding or evaluate their reading.

    Suggestions and Ideas for centers:
    1. Have students read the Meet Frederick Douglass passage OR Life Story passages with scenes and questions. Then answer the questions on the biography organizers.

    2. Have students complete the character mini-booklet with timeline dates. These fit nicely inside their notebooks.

  • End of the Year Class Awards and Character Traits Awards

    End of the Year Class Awards and Character Traits Awards

    These Growth Mindset Class Awards are perfect for the end of the year! This pack includes 36 different colorful designs with and without clipart. Plus they are EDITABLE so you can personalize them too! These unique awards are a terrific way to recognize your students at the end of the year!

    What’s Inside:

    ✔ Quick Print–PDF—just write in their names and sign it!

    ✔ Personalize them using the PowerPoint—you can change/add your own award names, descriptions, student names, and even your signature.

    ✔ A recording sheet is included.

    Celebrate the end of the school year with these creative class awards that are EDITABLE by opening the PowerPoint. Only the text is editable! The clip art kids are embedded in each page to protect the artist’s work.

    Click inside each textbox to change:

    ✔ Name of Award

    ✔ Award Description

    ✔ Student Name

    ✔ Teacher Signature

    Please Note: Only the text is editable. To edit the text use the design pages included in the PowerPoint. Click inside the text boxes on each page and enter your own information such as award titles, descriptions, student names, and even your signature.

    Awards Included:

    ✔ Great Effort

    ✔ Great Perseverance

    ✔ Awesome Attitude

    ✔ Great Determination

    ✔ Bold & Brave

    ✔ Great Strength

    ✔ Spunky Spirit

    ✔ Great Leader

    ✔ True Sportsmanship

    ✔ Energetic Learner

    ✔ Totally Dedicated

    ✔ Excellent Enthusiasm

    ✔ Totally Determined

    ✔ Devoted Worker

    ✔ Lively Learner

    ✔ Really Responsible

    ✔ A Go-Getter

    ✔ Super Studious

    ✔ Stellar Student

    ✔ A True Believer

    ✔ A Shining Star

    ✔ A Ray of Sunshine

    ✔ Amazing Attitude

    ✔ Fabulous Friend

    ✔ Honest & Noteworthy

    ✔ Rock Star Award

    ✔ Wise One

    ✔ Happy Thinker

    ✔ Great Believer

    ✔ Star Student

    ✔ Creative Writer

    ✔ Kindness Award

    ✔ Creative Thinker

    ✔ Teacher Directions

    Since you can edit the text, you can create your very own masterpieces for personalized awards that your students will never forget!

  • The Life Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton Activity Pack

    The Life Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton Activity Pack

    Your students will love learning about one of the most influential women in American history. Elizabeth Cady Stanton dedicated her life to fighting for equal rights for everyone. She was also one of the key leaders of the women’s suffrage movement in the United States. Thankfully, in 1920, the 19th Amendment was passed giving women the right to vote.

    This biography unit has it all! There are a variety of activities for you to teach about Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s 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 Cady Stanton
    ✔ Life Story with Scenes & Questions
    ✔ Fact or Fiction Activity
    ✔ Character Mini-Booklet w/Timeline Sorting Activity—fits inside their notebooks!
    ✔ Biography Organizers
    ✔ Famous Quote
    ✔ Character Traits Activity
    ✔ Quiz
    ✔ Writing Prompts
    ✔ Answer Keys
    ✔ Vocabulary Posters for important character traits:
    ✔ Brave, Dedicated, Determined

    Reading:
    Have students read the passages where they will meet Elizabeth Cady Stanton and learn all about her life. The articles are written with questions and scenes for students to connect and color. There are also custom-created biography organizers to use for review or for further research.

    Suggestions and Ideas for four different centers:
    ✔ Have students read the Meet Elizabeth Cady Stanton passage OR Life Story passages with scenes and questions. Then answer the questions on the biography organizers.
    ✔ Have students complete the character mini-booklet with timeline dates. These fit nicely inside their notebooks.
    ✔ Have students complete the quote activity & writing prompt(s).
    ✔ Have students complete the character traits activity using the vocabulary posters as a guide and give examples of how she was brave, dedicated, and determined.

  • The Life Story of Clara Barton Activity Pack

    The Life Story of Clara Barton Activity Pack

    Clara Barton’s life story is a truly inspirational story. She is a role model and superstar that your students will love learning about.

    This unit includes everything you need to teach about one of the most remarkable women in American history. Clara Barton did many amazing things in her lifetime. She started a free public school, nursed soldiers on the battlefield during the Civil War, convinced Congress to open an American Red Cross, and then went on to serve as its leader for 23 years. Clara Barton is still known today as one of the most influential humanitarians in history.

    In this unit, there are several reading passages, comprehension activities, and First Aid information to use to teach a mini-lesson on first aid with a Build a First Aid Kit.

    This Activity Pack includes many interactive activities and learning opportunities for students including:
    ✔ Meet Clara Barton
    ✔ Biography Organizers
    ✔ Character Mini-Booklet with Timeline
    ✔ Comprehension Questions
    ✔ Vocabulary Posters
    ✔ Vocabulary Flip Flaps
    ✔ Writing Prompts
    ✔ Fact or Fiction Activity
    ✔ Fact/Opinion
    ✔ Build a First Aid Kit
    ✔ Character Traits: Words are Powerful Activity
    ✔ Quiz and Answer Key
    ✔ PLUS a 5 Page Flip Book

    Be sure to check out the PREVIEW for more information.

    There are 3 main activities in this activity pack:
    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. In addition, the vocabulary flip flaps are great for interactive notebooks.

    Reading passages about Clara Barton’s Incredible Life Story:
    Next, have students read the articles and character studies where they will meet Clara Barton and learn about her life story. It starts with her as a young girl and continues to tell her life story. The articles are written with scenes for students to connect and color.

    Student Activities:
    Have students complete the comprehension questions, and other activities, and 5 page Flip Book. For the Clara Barton Flip Book, you could have students 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. Flip-Up books 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.

  • The Life Story of Benjamin Banneker Activity Pack

    The Life Story of Benjamin Banneker Activity Pack

    Your students will love learning about one of the most inspirational African-Americans of all time. Benjamin Banneker is admired for his talents and successes in writing, science, and architecture. One of his lasting contributions is the design of Washington D.C. our nation’s capital.

    There are a variety of activities for you to teach Benjamin Banneker’s 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 Benjamin Banneker
    ✔ Life Story with Scenes & Questions
    ✔ Fact or Fiction Activity
    ✔ Character Mini-Booklet w/Timeline–fits perfectly inside their notebooks!
    ✔ Biography Organizers
    ✔ Famous Quote
    ✔ Character Traits Activity
    ✔ Quiz
    ✔ Writing Prompts
    ✔ Answer Keys
    ✔ Vocabulary Posters for important character traits:
    Creative, Curious, Resourceful

    Reading:
    Have students read the passages about where they will meet Benjamin Banneker and learn all about his life. It starts with him as a young boy and it continues through his death. The articles are written with questions and scenes for students to connect and color. There’s also custom-created organizers to use for review or for further research.

    Suggestions and Ideas for four different centers:
    1. Have students read the Meet Benjamin Banneker passage OR Life Story passages with scenes and questions. Then answer the questions on the biography organizers.

    2. Have students complete the character mini-booklet with timeline dates. These fit nicely inside their notebooks.

    3. Have students complete the quote activity & writing prompt(s).

    4. Have students complete the character traits activity using the vocabulary posters as a guide and then complete the Venn diagram to compare Banneker to themselves.

    ⭐ Be sure to check out the PREVIEW for more information.