History of Candy, A Webquest!
NEW: Greenland, A Webquest
STEM BIographies! 6 Reader's Theater Scripts
STEM BIOGRAPHIES, Reader's Theater Scripts (Part 2)
Women's History, A Webquest
Women's History: Test Your Knowledge Challenge
Women Suffrage, A Bundle of Resources!
A Bundle of Reader's Theater Scripts on Famous Women
A Bundle of Readings on Famous Women
Ada Lovelace, First Computer Programmer(A Reading)
Bundle of Black American Trailblazer Reader's Theater Scripts
Harriet Tubman, Reader's Theater Script
Bessie Colman, Reader's Theater Script
Tuskegee Airmen, Reader's Theater Script
NEW:MINI EBOOK: The Horse Librarians
Edgar Allan Poe(The Tell Tale Heart) A Reader's Theater Script
The Election Process, A Webquest
Civics:Learn about Our Government: A Bundle of Resources!
U.S. Landmarks!
World Landmarks!
FAKE News!Can you Tell The REAL News?
Rachel Carson, A Reader's Theater Script
Everything has a History!)*also sold individually
Mesopotamia: A Bundle of Resources
Phoenicians, A Bundle of Resources
ALL Things Egyptian!
Revolutionary War Bundle
Civil War Bundle
Learn About Our Government Bundle
Writers: A Bundle of Reader's Theater Scripts
My Book- Fashion Rules!
My Book-Mrs. Paddington and the Silver Mousetraps
Reader's Theater Scripts(Biographies in Ancient History):
Click here to learn more:Reader's Theater Scripts (Biographies in US History)
Click here:READING NOOK
Is That FAKE News?
Anti-Bullying Resources
Need a quick activity?
Bell Ringers!
In the News!
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Mrs. Portulaca Purpilopilis and the Purple Adventure Goggles
The COLOR GAMES!
The Wooden Cookie Box Story The Wooden Cookie Box
 DBQ Activities!
Facts to Wow your Friends!
World Landmarks: Lots of fun things to use with your students!
 Teaching Ideas!
Webquests!
Geography Activities
 Geography Ideas!
Purpleannie's Travels
Crossword Puzzles!
Short Reads of interest
Dive into Career Choices
Calender of Resources for the Year:
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"If I can not do great things, I can do small things in a great way."Martin Luther King Jr.
"The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to compromise."FDR
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest."(Ben Franklin)
"You must be the change you want to see in the world."(Mahatma Gandhi)
"School is a building that has four walls-with tomorrow inside."(Lon Watters)
"We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we make."(Senator Ted Kennedy)
"The purpose of life is a life of purpose." (Robert Byrne)
"The purpose of life is to amount to something and have it make some difference that you lived at all."(Dear Abby)
8/28/2021: Fashion Rules! was a finalist in the 2021 American Book Fest, Children's Picture Book: Hardcover Fiction. So Exciting!
7/2021: Fashion Rules! won Honorable Mention for Picture Books 6 and older by Purple Dragonfly Book Awards!
8/1/2020: My latest book, Fashion Rules!, my latest book from Red Chair Press. Click here:
Fashion Rules!11/2020: Mrs. Paddington and the Silver Mousetraps has won another children's book award,a Northern Lights Book Award Winner! Thank you!
7/2020:Mrs. Paddington and the Silver Mousetraps won a 1st place Purple Dragonfly Book Award in the Picture Books 6 & Older category. Thank you, Story Monsters!
3/24/20:Excited to have my latest children's book, Mrs. Paddington and the Silver Mousetraps, chosen as a 2019 Story Monster Approved winner!
Check out Mrs. Paddington and the Silver Mousetraps which is available at Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com Mrs. Paddington and the Silver Mousetraps
History is full of fascinating stories of colorful characters, but some of the most interesting parts of history are really odd. You have probably seen scenes of government officials with their powdered white wigs, but in 1700s England and high-society in the American colonies, women created towering hairstyles. Decorations such as ships and flowers were sometimes added to their hairdos, especially if attending a big party. Taking hours to create, women used beef tallow and sugar-water to keep their hairdos in place. This fictional account explains a very real fashion trend and the problems it created for women trying to look stylish! 
SUMMER FREEBIES!
1. Fake News:Fake News Activity
2. Brain Factoids: Brain Factoids
3. Amazing Book Facts: World Book Day, Amazing Book Facts(Freebie)
5.Water Facts: World Water Day is 3/22. Fun Facts about Water!
6. THE 6888(FREEBIE) Reading: 6888 Reading
7. Ocean Fun Facts:Ocean Fun Facts
8. Giraffes!Giraffe Fun Facts
SUMMER Highlights!
1.Why not try a play on a famous person in science, English literature and history? All plays are also sold separately.
Famous Writers, Reader's Theater Scripts
2.Famous Women in History: Women's History, Bundle of 10 Reader's Theater Scripts
3.Famous People in Science 1: Stem Biographical Plays 1
4.Famous People in Science 2: Stem Biographical Plays 1
5.Jules Verne:Jules Verne, A Reader's Theater Script
6.Everything has a History:Candy:History of Candy, a Webquest
7. Everything has a History:
Everything has a History, Bundle of Resources (each sold individually, too)(History of Pretzels, Shoes, Spring, Peanuts, Soccer, Chewing Gum, Why Study History, Candy)
8. World Landmarks(Webquest): Worldl Landmarks, Webquest
9. US Landmarks(Webquest):US Landmarks, A Webquest
10. World Capitals, Test Your Knowledge: World Capitals, Test Your Knowledge
11. US Landmarks, Test your Knowledge: US Landmarks, Test Your Knowledge
12. Maps and Geography, Test Your Knowledge: Maps/Geography, Test Your Knowledge
13. Women Trailblazer, Test Your Knowledge: Women Trailblazers, Test Your Knowledge
14. Learn about countries of the world: Countries of the World, Webquest. All sold individually, too.
15. Learn about the country of Greenland: Greenland, A Webquest
A GREAT FRIDAY or SUBSTITUTE ACTIVITY:
1. World Capitals: World Capitals, Test Your Knowledge
2. US Landmarks: U.S. Landmarks, Test Your Knowledge
3. Maps and Geography: Maps and Geography, Test Your Knowledge
4. Women Trailblazers: Women Trailblazers, Test Your Knowledge
Learn about countries of the world:
Bundle on Countries of the WorldAll sold individually, too.
MATH and STEM Biographies:
1. Hypathia: Hypathia, Woman Mathematician
2. Ada Lovelace: Ada Lovelace, Woman Mathematician
4. Katherine Johnson: Katherine Johnson, STEM Biography
4. Marie Curie: Marie Curie, Stem Bio
READINGS on Famous Women:Aida De Acosta(first woman to fly a powered aircraft), Sojourner Truth(abolitionist, women's rights activist, author), Joan of Arc,Caroline Herschel, Mary Annings,Aglaonike(Greek Astronomer), Hypatia(First Known Woman Mathematician), Agnodice(First Female Doctor?), Enheduanna(First Known Poet), Sophie Brahe(Astronomer and Horticulturist of the Renaissance), Hildegard of Bingen (first musical play, write/abbess of the Middle Ages), Artemesia(Female Naval Commander-Persian War)
Bookmark Bios!Great for a bell ringer activity for Women's History Month.Click here to purchase:Bookmark Bios! Women in Modern Times(1700s on)
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Check out FREEBIE of TWO Bookmark Bios:Sample of TWO Bookmark Bios
Use my THINGY letters to have kids write spelling words, vocabulary words or as an art activity! Have students try and guess what some of the THINGY Letters are.(also have Black/White option):ClipArt: Alphabet Thingy Letters!
Check out my series of Children's Books from Aadarsh Publishing!
 
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Colour Fairies: Yay Yay Gets Her Wand
 
Check out my blog on Education World: Click here:EducationWorld Blogger
BUY MY READER'S THEATER SCRIPTS on my website. Pay with PayPal or Venmo and email me(geshrwh@hotmail.com) of your purchase and I will email the resource by the next day. ALL my Reader's Theater Scripts are $4.00.
My Latest Reader's Theater Scripts:Go to the link and click "Preview" to see a sample of the Reader's Theater Script you may find of interest:The Vikings: A Visit with Erik the Red and Leif Eriksson:A Reader's Theater ScriptMarco PoloColumbus,a Reader's Theater ScriptFerdinand Magellan, A Reader's Theater ScriptLouisa May Alcott, A Reader's Theater ScriptGalileo Galilei, A Reader's Theater ScriptMoon Landing!A Reader's Theater ScriptWright Brothers: A Reader's Theater ScriptWorld War 2 FEMALE Pilots(WASP)Frederick DouglassEdgar Allan PoeCivil War: Women Soldiers, A Reader's Theater ScriptMathew Brady, A Reader's Theater ScriptCrusadesSir Isaac Newton, A Reader's Theater ScriptLewis and Clark: A Reader's Theater ScriptConstitution: A Visit with James Madison, "Father of the Constitution: A Reader's Theater ScriptA Visit with Joshua Crabtree,An American Revolutionary War Tory: A Reader's Theater ScriptCharles Dickens: A Reader's Theater ScriptJohnny Appleseed:A Reader's Theater ScriptAlbert Einstein: A Reader's Theater ScriptRachel Carson: A Reader's Theater ScriptKatherine Johnson:Scientist/MathematicianThomas JeffersonGeorge Washington Carver: The Peanut ManThomas Edison, A Reader's Theater ScriptMarie Curie,ScientistJacques Cousteau, A Reader's Theater ScriptRevolutionary War Spies(Culper Spy Ring).A Visit with Female Agent 355A California Gold Rush Prospector!Elizabeth Blackwell, First Woman DoctorSusan B. AnthonyWilliam ShakespeareBessie Coleman,AviatorMarian AndersonLeonardo da Vinci,"Renaissance Man!"Michelangelo!SacagaweaSequoyahTuskegee Airman!The Bus Ride That Changed History(A Visit with Rosa Parks)Harriet TubmanSimon,A Victim of the Black DeathAbraham LincolnLove Brewster,Interview with a PilgrimMcSean, the Leprechaun, A Reader's Theater Script
       
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IN THE NEWS 6/1/2025:
Scientists in Japan have created an artificial blood which is amazing but what makes it every more impressive, anyone can use it as it works for all blood types. Additionally, the blood doesn't need any refrigeration and can be used up to one year. The artificial blood was developed using red blood cells and platelets that were grown in a lab. The cells were placed in man-made bubbles so the cells can continue functioning. People needing blood currently need to get their specific blood type and the blood must have been stored in a cold place. The artificial blood will go through a period of trials and may be available in a couple of years.  Photograph from MSN
There is a very cool place in Northern Ireland. It is called the Giant's Causeway. The basalt rock formations are really amazing. However, for some reason people have begun placing coins between the stones. The coins rust from the sea spray and are causing damage to the 40,000 columns so the National Trust, that cares for the area, is asking people to stop doing this. A project has begun to remove the wedged coins from the area. Do you know the story about the Giant's Causeway and Finn McCool? Click here:Story of Finn McCool  Photograph from earth trekkers
Scientists at the University of Science and Technology in China have developed contact lens that enables the wearing to see in the dark! The lenses were created using nanoparticles, absorbing light that we can't see and converting it into visible wavelengths. One of the uses may be to help people who are color blind be able to distinguish colors.What could be the uses of being able to see in the dark?  Photograph from Livescience
An island in the Caribbean is playing to power their island with an unusual power source, volcanic energy! Dominica, with a population of about 66,000 people, has started to build a power station using geothermal energy(hot water)created from the volcanic energy on the island. It is hoped that the island will be ready for volcanic energy by the end of 2025. Learn about the country of Dominica: Learn about Dominica 
This week, the 267 Pope of the Roman Catholic Church was elected. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has become Pope Leo XIV. History was made with this selection as Pope Leo XIV is the very first American born Cardinal to become Pope. Pope Leo can speak FIVE languages and is said to like the puzzle game, Wordle. He also watched the recent movie, Conclave,about selecting a Pope.  Photograph from CNA
PAST NEWS STORIES
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TAKE A PEEK at THESE ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES:
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Calender of Resources for the Year:
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About Gail:
I retired from teaching after 33 1/2 years in the classroom. Of that time, I taught Grade 6 Social Studies teacher for 31 1/2 years.I earned my BA in early secondary education with a concentration in social studies from SUNY Oneonta, New York, and my MST in social studies education from Binghamton University in New York. In 1988, I was awarded the Outstanding Elementary Social Studies Classroom Teacher of the Year Award from the New York State Council for the Social Studies. Additionally, in 1988, I was also awarded the Outstanding Elementary Social Studies Teacher of the Year Award by the National Council for the Social Studies. I am the author of 8 books for teachers and over 35 books for children(Purple Turtle Series by Aadarsh Publishing and Odd History Series by Red Chair Press).
My work has appeared in most children's publications including:
Highlights for Children,News-O-Matic,Appleseed,,Scholastic's Super Science,,Scholastic's Science World,Jack and Jill,National Geographic World, Ranger Rick, Cobblestone, Faces, Muse Magazine,Contact Kids, US Kids,Action Magazine(Scholastic),Girls' Life,Boys' Life,American Girl, Instructor,Creative Classroom,Middle Years,Time for Kids,Scholastic News,Scholastic News Zone, Time for Kids , Ask Magazine, Dig,Calliope, Cobblestone, FACES, Studies Weekly, Glo Adventurer, and more.
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