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I came across two posts to plurk today about Thanksgiving activities:

1. Get 6 letters from a colonial boy or girl - "Sign up to receive three letters from a young girl traveling on the Mayflower* and three letters from a young Native American boy*. Give your class a glimpse of history through the eyes of two school-age children. New This Year: Bonus letters and activities including vocabulary quiz, fact scavenger hunt, and readers' theater. Sign up here to receive it all."
   
   
2. You are the Historian - "Some historians think that "The First Thanksgiving" wasn't really a thanksgiving. They call it "The 1621 Harvest Celebration" because it was more like a harvest festival. You can be a historian! On this website you will discover clues about what really happened at the 1621 harvest celebration."
   

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The Independence Hall Association has produced an online textbook for middle school and high school students. It has interactive activities, collaboration projects, and a has online experts in many areas of history. To go directly to the site, visit here. This review outlines the details of the site contents.

Image via WikipediaThe American Institute for History Education (AIHE) presently coordinates over 60 Teaching American History grants nationwide. Apply at NO COST to your district! The American Institute for History Education (AIHE) will write your grant for FREE and help you with all the proper U.S.D.O.E. procedures and paperwork. Use it to provide funding for:
• Professional Development
• Field Study Trips
• CICERO: History Beyond the Textbook™
• Teaching African-American History Web Site
• History Education Publications
• Interactive Web Site for Your Grant
• A.P. Training

In nationwide independent evaluations of AIHE conducted TAH projects, over 850 teachers scored on average 29% higher than the comparison group of teachers. The test items included nationally validated U.S. history questions on periods ranging from colonial times to current events. The AIHE group began with scores 5% lower than the comparison group.

History Grant Information
The American History Institute for History Education
CICERO - History Beyond the Textbook

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