Fall

Newsela (sign in via site using the Google button):

• • Article The History of Labor Day

  • Video Labor markets & minimum wage

  • Lesson: Labor Unions

Newsela

• • Text Set: Labor Movement

  • Text Set: Unions & the Labor Movement

  • Text Set: Organized Labor

Discovery Education (sign in via Clever) Labor Day Channel:

• K-5th grades

• 6th-8th grades

• 9th-12th grades

Newsela (sign in via site using the Google button):

• • Video What is the Constitution

  • Video Why is the US Constitution so hard to amend?

  • Article Constitution Day & Citizenship Day

  • Article Preamble to the US Constitution

Newsela

• • Article How to amend the US Constitution

  • Lesson Current Event Connection – The Constitution Today

  • Lesson Constitution & Bill of Rights

  • Lesson The US Constitution

Discovery Education (sign in via Clever) Constitution Day Channel:

• K-5th grades

• 6th-8th grades

• 9th-12th grades

Newsela text sets with lessons Celebrating Latinx and Hispanic Heritage Month:

• • Introduction

  • Cultures

  • Leaders and Trailblazers

  •  Arts & Science

Discovery Education (sign in via Clever) Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Channel:

• K-5th grades

• 6th-8th grades

• 9th-12th grades

• 9th-12th grades

Newsela:

• Video Digital Footprints

• Video Digital Drama/Cyberbullying

• Article Jobs at all levels now require digital literacy

Newsela Text Sets:

• Digital Citizenship

• Cyberbullying & Empathy

• DigCit & Media Literacy (6th-8th grades)

Discovery Education (access via Clever):

• Digital Citizenship Resources

• My Digital Life channel

Newsela:

• Article Saying no to drugs and alcohol

• Article Alcohol can rewire the teenage brain

• Article A short history of the war on drugs

Discovery Education (access via Clever) Red Ribbon Week channel:

• K-5th grades

• 6th-8th grades

• 9th-12th grades

Newsela:

•  Video Feast & Festivals: Halloween

• Video Student-run Halloween costume recycling drive

• Activity Halloween Lava Lamp

• Fiction text The Very Wicked Witch & the Village Play

Newsela text sets:

• Spooky Tales

• The History of Halloween

• Three BIG Questions: Halloween Edition

• Article Dressing your dog for Halloween? A Tompkins Square dog parade veteran offers pointers

Discovery Education (access via Clever) Halloween channel:

•  K-5th grades

• 6th-8th grades

• 9th-12th grades

Newsela text sets with lessons Celebrating Native American Heritage Month :

• Cultural Celebration & Preservation

• Indigenous Peoples Throughout History

• Indigenous Activism

• Leaders & Trailblazers

• Arts & Sciences

Discovery Education (access via Clever) Celebrating Native American Heritage channel:

• K-5th grades

• 6-8th grades

• 9th-12th grades

Newsela:

• Video The Aztec roots of Day of the Dead

• Lesson Holidays and Remembering the Dead

• Lesson Día de los Muertos and Celebrating the Dead

• Text set Dia de los Muertos

Discovery Education (access via Clever) Day of the Dead channel:

• K-5th grades

• 6th-8th grades

• 9th-12th grades

Newsela:

• Video Diwali

• Article History and significance of Diwali, the festival of lights

• Article What is Diwali and how is it celebrated?

Newsela:

• Paired Texts "Rama and Sita" & Celebrating Diwali

• Paired Texts "Lilu's Bright Diwali" & Celebrating Diwali

• Text set Diwali: The Hindu Festival of Lights

Discovery Education (access via Clever) Diwali resources

Newsela:

• Photos Thank you, veterans!

• Video Vietnam veterans

• Article Why did Veterans Day start?

• Text set with instructions, discussion questions, & extension activities

Discovery Education (access via Clever) Veteran's Day channel:

• K-5th grades

• 6th-8th grades

• 9th-12th grades

Newsela:

• Video The surprising origin of Thanksgiving foods

• Activities 

• Article The first Thanksgiving

• Primary Source Lincoln Declares Thanksgiving a National Holiday

• Article There is historical meaning behind the dishes served at Thanksgiving

Newsela:

• Article"The Great Thanksgiving Listen" challenges teens to collect stories

• Text Set Thanksgiving: Background, Fiction, and Poetry

• Text Set Real-Life Connections: Celebrating Thanksgiving

• Text Set with instructions & discussion questions Thanksgiving

Discovery Education (access via Clever) Thanksgiving channel:

• K-5th grades

• 6th-8th grades

• 9th-12th grades