Unique Crafts?

I recently shared a post on The Mailbox® Facebook page from a teacher who did a jack-o’-lantern craft with her students. The results ended up being unique and hilarious! If you give students instructions that are open-ended, the crafts are often distinctive —and that’s great! No one wants a cookie-cutter craft anyway.  I looked in…

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Juneteenth Activity Sheets!

It can be tough to find well-thought-out classroom materials for Juneteenth, the federal holiday that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in Galveston, TX on June 19, 1865. Although President Lincoln had already issued the Emancipation Proclamation and General Lee had surrendered, enforcing the emancipation required the presence of Union troops. Texas was the…

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