Cinco de Mayo Scholastic - Celebrate Hispanic Heritage http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/hispanic/index.htm Cinco de Mayo webquest (Grad 2-3) http://www.zianet.com/cjcox/edutech4learning/cinco.html MEXonline- Overview of information http://www.mexonline.com/cinco-de-mayo.htm Kiddyhouse- History of Cinco de Mayo http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Holidays/Cinco/ Cinco de Mayo history http://www.vivacincodemayo.org/history.htm Mexico for Kids http://www.elbalero.gob.mx/index_kids.html Lesson Planet- Cinco de Mayo online lessons http://www.lessonplanet.com/search/Social_Studies/Holidays/Cinco_de_Mayo Cinco de Mayo Resources for Teachers and Kids http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Holidays/Cinco/Cincoteach.html Mother's Day America's Story - The First Mother's Day http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/jazz/jb_jazz_mother_1.html Education World- Celebrate Mother's Day in a New Way http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson263.shtml A to Z Teacher Stuff - Mother's Day Activities (including printable leveled readers http://atozteacherstuff.com/Themes/Mother_s_Day/index.shtml Space Day - May 8 NASA for Students http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/home/index.html Astro Ranger http://www.artyastro.com/ Amazing Space http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/ Kids Astronomy - Deep Space http://www.kidsastronomy.com/deep_space.htm Houghton Mifflin - Space Resources http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/schtemplate.cgi?template=/rdg/hme/netsbest/space.thtml &grades=k_5&alt=K-5
Thinkquest- Space Travel 101 (website designed by kids) http://library.thinkquest.org/03oct/01581/SpaceTravelEnglish/main.html Lewis & Clark - started their expedition May 18 Scholastic - Lewis and Clark Cyberhunt http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/lewisandclark.htm Kidskonnect- Lewis and Clark http://www.kidskonnect.com/LewisClark/LewisClarkHome.html Lewis and Clark Interactive Travel Map http://staff.washington.edu/muzi/LC/LCmap.html The Lewis and Clark Journey of Discovery http://www.nps.gov/archive/jeff/LewisClark2/HomePage/HomePage.htm Memorial Day Memorial Day Activities http://www.usmemorialday.org/activities/ Class Brain- Memorial Day info. and some additional links http://www.classbrain.com/artholiday/publish/article_126.shtml Education World- Memorial Day lessons http://www.education-world.com/holidays/archives/memorial_day.shtml Anne Frank's Birthday - June 6 Anne Frank Center - Scrapbook (illustrated version of Anne Frank's story) http://www.annefrank.com/af_life/story_intro.htm Anne Frank Center - Anne Frank life & Times (older kid info. about her life) http://www.annefrank.com/1_life.htm Anne Frank the Writer http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/af/htmlsite/ Scholastic - We Remember Anne Frank http://teacher.scholastic.com/frank/index.htm Scholastic - Anne Frank Cyberhunt http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/May04_cyberhuntkids.htm My Hero Project - Anne Frank http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=anne_frank Flag Day - June 14 Facts about the United States flag http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/nmah/flag.htm Betsy Ross Homepage http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/ America's Story - Flag Day http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/modern/jb_modern_birth_1.html