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Grade Range
K-5
Equal Opportunity

JFK, LBJ, and the Fight for Equal Opportunity in the 1960s.

Grade Range
K-5
Magna Carta

Read the brief description of Magna Carta from the British Library below. An annotated translation is provided and will be useful in identifying issues listed in the chart below. Focus on the sections that include annotations.

Grade Range
K-5
Gwendolyn Brooks’ "We Real Cool"

Read Gwendolyn Brooks' poem "We Real Cool" out loud to yourself a few times. Then watch the video of John Ulrich discussing and reading "We Real Cool" as part of the EDSITEment-reviewed Library of Congress Favorite Poems Project. Pay particular attention to how you read the poem and how the poem is read in the Favorite Poems Project video—what words are emphasized? what kind of rhythm is established?

Grade Range
K-5
U.S. Neutrality: Europe/Asia

This interactive timeline highlights the major events in Europe and Asia from 1931 to 1941. Can be used in conjunction with the curriculum unit: From Neutrality to War: The United States and Europe, 1921-1941.

Grade Range
K-5
Hammurabi's Code

Hammurabi’s Code: How does it reflect Babylonian society?