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Memorial Day Worksheets for Kids

Wendy Piersall — Wed, 12 May 2010 19:02:24 +0000

As I was putting together these Memorial Day printables, I realized I didn’t know the difference between Memorial Day and Veterans Day. It turns out that Veterans Day was established to as a way to primarily thank living military veterans. Memorial Day is a day for remembering and honoring military personnel who died in service to their country, particularly those who died in battle.

Memorial Day Worksheets

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Memorial Day Poem

Red poppies are traditionally worn and given on Memorial Day. It was written in 1915 by World War I Colonel John McCrae. McCrae’s poem had a huge impact on two women, Anna E. Guerin of France and Moina Michael. Both worked to initiate the sale of artificial poppies to help orphans and others left destitute by the war.

Poppy Poem for Memorial Day and Veterans Day

Kaboose has plenty of kids crafts for Memorial Day and Veterans Day. You should also check out the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs website for their free Veterans Day Teacher’s Guide.

Susan B. Anthony Coloring Pages

Wendy Piersall — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:10:02 +0000

Susan B. Anthony is really one of my favorite women in history. She was so ahead of her time, and she had a family that encouraged her to fight for women’s rights when it was against much of what the world believed in. When one of her teachers refused to teach her long division because she was a girl, he pulled her out of school and taught her himself!

Although she died 14 years before women received the right to vote, she was the first woman to appear on circulating coins in the United States. She was also featured on U.S. stamps in 1936 and 1954.

Related Pages: Women’s History Month Kids Poems, Amelia Earhart Coloring Pages

Susan B. Anthony Coin Coloring Page

Susan B. Anthony Coloring Page

Susan B Anthony Kids Poem

Check out all of our Women in History teacher resources!

Women’s History Month Poems for Kids

Wendy Piersall — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:09:55 +0000

March is Women’s History Month! And I absolutely love teaching children about strong, fascinating women who were decades ahead of their time (sometimes centuries!). Though women still have a long way to go, the rights we do have were made possible by amazing trailblazers who worked so hard for equality. Here are two printable kids poems celebrating this important month.

Related Pages: Susan B. Anthony Coloring Pages, Black History Kids Poems

Women's History Month Kids Poem

Susan B Anthony Kids Poem

Rosa Parks Kids Poem

Learn about another great woman in history with these pages on Amelia Earhart for Kids and Amelia Earhart coloring pages, too!

Kids Poems for Black History Month

Wendy Piersall — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:45:32 +0000

I’m thrilled to start a new series of printable poems for kids here on Classroom Jr.! Our kids mad libs are seriously popular, and teachers have been asking for poems, so I’m so happy to be able to bring these to you! My daughter brings home poems nearly every night to read for homework, which really has helped her reading skills. She is more of an auditory kid – not visual – so she needed a lot of extra help to bring her skills up to grade level. Poems were extremely helpful because the rhyme and rhythm made the words easier to say and understand.

Our kids poems are written just for us, so you won’t find these anywhere else! Look for more seasonal and holiday poems for kids throughout the year!

Related Pages: Martin Luther King Jr. Coloring Pages, Winter Word Puzzles for Kids

Martin Luther King Jr. Kids Poem

Rosa Parks Kids Poem

George Washington Carver Kids Poem

Printable Masks

Wendy Piersall — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:55:57 +0000

Recently a few of my printable masks posts have been getting a lot of traffic from many different international websites. Wondering why this was, I found that it is the Carnival season between late January and through Lent. The Italian Carnival of Viareggio is starting soon in the beginning of February, and a little Wikipedia research turned up some really interesting facts on how Carnival is celebrated differently all over the world – right down to our own Mardi Gras here in the U.S.

Over the last year I have created a lot of printable masks for different occasions – Halloween masks, animal masks, Chinese New Year and dragon masks, Greek masks, Thanksgiving masks and Mardi Gras masks. Here they all are in one place!

Animal Masks

These also all come as coloring pages – great for classroom crafts and parties

Dragon Masks	Cat Masks	Monkey Masks
Lion Masks	Bunny Masks	Bear Masks

Halloween Masks

Perfect for Halloween classroom parties and Halloween crafts

Monster Masks

Greek Masks

Great for theater and history lessons

Greek Masks

Chinese Masks

Great for history lessons and Chinese New Year

Chinese Masks

Masquerade Masks

Great for Mardi Gras

Masquerade Masks

Thanksgiving Masks

Great for American history lessons and Thanksgiving crafts

Thanksgiving Masks

Be sure to check out our hundreds of other printables for kids from all Woo! Jr. Network sites!

Amelia Earhart Coloring Pages

Wendy Piersall — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:06:41 +0000

After putting together my post earlier today on Amelia Earhart for Kids, I decided I should put some Amelia coloring pages together, too!

For more historical coloring pages, check out these Greek Gods coloring pages, or these ancient Egypt coloring pages.

Amelia Earhart Coloring Page

Amelia Earhart and Plane Coloring Page

Amelia Earhart for Kids

Wendy Piersall — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:35:10 +0000

Today the new Amelia Earhart movie is coming out, and I got to thinking about this iconic and wonderful female role model. She was a true pioneer for women in history to break out of outdated stereotypes and set higher goals for themselves. I’ve always admired her and part of me always hoped they would find her plane someday so that we could finally discover what happened to her.

When movies come out based on history, it’s a great time to bring these topics into lesson plans. We all know that a little Hollywood glamour always makes kids a bit more interested in homework!

Amelia Earhart Picture

Amelia Earhart History Lesson (requires free login)

Who Was Amelia Earhart? (from the “Who Was…?” book series)

Amelia Earhart Coloring Pages

Amelia Earhart Photos

Amelia Earhart Timeline

Printable Amelia Earhart Biography

Biography – Amelia Earhart (A&E DVD Archives)

Amelia Earhart Play Script

Amelia Earhart Official Website

Amelia Earhart Movie Trailer

For more Hollywood in the classroom, check out these posts:

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