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September 14, 2008 - September 20, 2008 Archives

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Remembering the Hurricane of '38

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By Avis Gunther-Rosenberg    Email

Wednesday, September 21, 1938, was a perfect morning of airy fresh blue skies in Tiverton when I stepped onto the bus bound for Durfee High School. It was my last year, and I was 17. So begins the story of......

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Shiver me timbers! Sept. 19 is Talk-Like-A-Pirate day.

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By Avis Gunther-Rosenberg    Email

Talk-Like-A-Pirate Day was started in 1995 by two landlubbers -- John Baur and Mark Summers and has taken on a life of its own, arrr! Teachers have embraced the day as a way to sneak in history without kids......

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Happy Constitution Day! Celebrate your freedoms.

11:36 AM Wed, Sep 17, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Avis Gunther-Rosenberg    Email

The First Amendment is considered the most important amendment and its guarantee of free speech the most important freedom. Talk to your students about the importance of free speech and ask them how it is the foundation of all......

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Constitution Day Scavenger Hunt

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By Avis Gunther-Rosenberg    Email

Let your students explore for themselves how the 221-year-old U.S. Constitution continues to govern our lives today. Send them on a scavenger hunt through The Providence Journal or projo.com to find examples of stories, headlines and photos of the......

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 Tags  Constitution Day   constitutution   government   laws   scavenger hunt  

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Teaching the first ten amendments

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By Avis Gunther-Rosenberg    Email

Here's an easy tool to help kids remember the Bill of Rights: First, have students memorize the following list of alphabetical words (using pictures might be helpful) -- apple, banana, couch, date, egg, football, gate, horse, ice cream, jewelry. Once......

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Constitution Day is Wednesday, September 17

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By Avis Gunther-Rosenberg    Email

Remember to check the NIE page for a variety of downloadable Constitution Day lessons and guides. Or make learning fun with a Constitution Day crossword puzzle, a Preamble puzzle, and eight additional puzzles at Vocabulary.com.......

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 Tags  Constitution   Constitution Day   puzzles   vocabulary.com  

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