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"We must not think of learning as only what happens in schools. It is an extended part of life. The most
readily available resource for all of life is our public library system."
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Lesson Plans
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I'm Tellin'!: Kids Bringing Folktales Alive
Discover how to help kids make "tellable" tales come to life! Using
demonstrations, exercises, and lectures, we teach kids in grades 4-6 to
perform folktales from around the world, culminating in a public
performance.
See the plan (PDF version)
See KidsPoint scrapbooks from past performances:
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Readers Theater in the Library
CRRL Librarian Linda Nesbitt explains what readers theater is and how to implement it in a library or classroom setting. She also provides several free scripts for your students or patrons to use, in addition to reading suggestions. Go there!
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Primers to the Past: Teaching Our History
The following lesson plans and activities have been developed by local educators in conjunction with George Washington's Fredericksburg Foundation Fellows Program.
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Colonial Fredericksburg and Theatrical Entertainment
Project Coordinator:
Tom Clark, Stafford High School
Explore Colonial theater in Virginia and see what was going on here in Fredericksburg where George Washington probably saw his first play on American soil.
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Civil War
Project Coordinators:
Patricia Veverka, Rocky Run Elementary School
Keith Veverka, Cedar Lee Middle School
This project is aligned with the Virginia Standards of Learning and provides teachers with
lesson plans and student activities for
The Free Lance-Star Civil War website.
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History In Your Own Backyard
(Tobacco, Slavery and the Revolutionary War in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania and Stafford)
Project Coordinators:
Sarah Cook, Walker Grant Middle School
Katya Zablotney, Walker Grant Middle School
A resource guide for 4th and 5th grade teachers that provides lesson plans about 18th century Virginia, dealing in particular with tobacco, slavery, and the Revolutionary War. This resource guide gives a local flavor to the Virginia Standards of Learning by showing how people in the Fredericksburg area were affected by colonial economics and the Revolutionary War.
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Your Tool Box |
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Character Education |
The Sin Eater
by Gary D. Schmidt
While living on his grandparents' farm in New Hampshire, Cole hears stories about a mysterious sin-eater; these stories enable Cole to learn forgiveness and to connect with his ancestors.
-Review this book-
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