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HotChalk's LessonPlansPage.com Newsletter - Volume 11, Number 2a
February 5, 2008

This Issue Contains:
--This Month's Newsletter + Elections--
--Black History Month Videos From NBC News Video Archive on Demand--
--Teachers Matter Blog--
--Now With 3,500+ Lesson Plans--
--Lesson Plans for Black History Month--
--Lessons, Crafts, and More for Valentine's Day--
--President's Day Lesson Plans--
--Request for Mardi Gras Lesson Plans and Ideas--
--Sites For Teachers--
--More Black History Month Lesson Plans and Resources Online--
--Additional Teacher Resources for Valentine's Day--
--Other Online President's Day Lessons and Resources--
--Internet Resources for Mardi Gras--
--Coming Soon--

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--This Month's Newsletter + Elections--
It's Super Tuesday! Many of you will be out to vote. Unsure of which states are voting today? Here's a map of the US showing which states have elections on Super Tuesday.
As a quick reminder, at LessonPlansPage.com we have about 35 election / voting related lesson plans right here.
Today's issue is packed with large collections of lesson plans and resources for your classroom. Valentine's Day, Black History Month, and President's Day are all included this month.

--Black History Month Videos From NBC News Video Archive on Demand--
NBC has published an African American Studies collection just in time for Black History Month. The NBC News Video Archive on Demand brings your students the story of the African American experience from the Colonial Era to the present day. This extensive video resource can be accessed online, for free, through HotChalk.com! Register now and get your students engaged in learning with NBC and HotChalk.com.

--Teachers Matter Blog--
Last week our Chairman and CEO, Edward Fields, asked for topic suggestions to discuss in his new blog - Teachers Matter. The blog went live last night with an answer to the first question - "What will we have to do differently to prepare, recruit, and retain educators for the 21st century? Who will these teachers be?" Take a look at the response and keep checking back for more responses in the coming weeks.

--Now With 3,500+ Lesson Plans!--
As of last month's update we eclipsed yet another milestone. We now have over 3,500 free lesson plans available! You can access them all by browsing by subject and grade level, searching, or accessing our seasonal selections.

--Lesson Plans for Black History Month--
Take a look at our large collection of lesson plans and other resources for use during Black History Month. You can see all of them right here.

--Lessons, Crafts, and More for Valentine's Day--
We also have a large collection of a variety of classroom resources for Valentine's Day.

--President's Day Lesson Plans--
We have about ten lesson plans and ideas for President's Day which occurs on the 3rd Monday of the month - February 18th this year.

--Request for Mardi Gras Lesson Plans and Ideas--
Mardi Gras came early this year (today), so we weren't able to get our resources out in time. Are you doing anything with your class for Mardi Gras? If you have any ideas to share for use by our subscribers next year, we'd love to have them! You can submit them to our site here. Our Mardi Gras content can be found here.

--Sites For Teachers--
Visit other great sites for teachers and spread the word about HotChalk and LessonPlansPage.com at the same time simply by clicking the link below:
Sites For Teachers
You can find another collection of great teacher sites here:
Top Teacher Sites
Please consider visiting these sites each day you visit our site. Voting for us helps other teachers to find out about our websites! The more you vote, the more likely other teachers are to find out about HotChalk and LessonPlansPage.com!


--More Black History Month Lesson Plans and Resources Online--
The Teacher's Corner has a collection of projects, word searches, crosswords, worksheets, links to other Black History Month resources, and more.

The Federal Resources for Educational Excellence website has an extensive set of 65 resources for Black History Month.

You can find teachers' guides and more at the Black History Month website run by the University of Illinois Extension.

Smithsonian Education has a helpful Black History Month resource site with a collection of teaching resources.

Here's a collection of lesson plans for Black History Month at AtoZ.

Black History Month takes place in October in Britain, but those of you in the United States may find many of the Black History Month resources at this British website to be helpful in your classroom (check out the large links section too).


--Additional Teacher Resources for Valentine's Day--
TeachNet.com has a lot of great, simple ideas for Valentine's Day activities, crafts, recipes, a book list, poems, and more.

This site has some Valentine's Day lesson plans, heart information, and links.

Apples4TheTeacher.com has another large collection of fun Valentine's Day resources, and all of them are located right on their site.

There are Valentine's Day crafts and more at KidsDomain.

The Georgia Department of Education has compiled a helpful collection of links to various Valentine's Day resources including songs and poems, crafts, Valentine trivia, Valentine parties, printables, clip art, and more.


--Other Online President's Day Lessons and Resources--
The American Experience at PBS has a great resource exploring the lives and careers of all the American Presidents.

This site has President's Day lesson plans, clip art, crafts, activities, informational pages, and more.

You can find another 64 resources on American presidents at the Federal Resources for Educational Excellence website:

A few more President's Day lesson plans and printables can be found at AtoZ.

Mr. Donn has links to a variety of President's Day resources for teachers and students including teacher's guides, lesson plans, informational sites, and more.


--Additional Internet Resources for Mardi Gras--
MardiGrasDay.com has an informational section about Mardi Gras on the page below, and on the left side menu they have a few lesson plans as well. Explore the site for all kinds of Mardi Gras resources.

ClassBrain has a collection of links to 10 Mardi Gras websites (mostly informational sites).

Crayola has a resource page with craft and art ideas for Mardi Gras.

Here's an art lesson for creating Mardi Gras masks.

Here's a thorough history lesson plan for Mardi Gras that includes a recipe for King Cake (4th - 5th grade).


--Coming Soon--
Around the middle of this month you can expect another update with more lesson plans and perhaps more inspirational teacher stories as well.

--That's All For Now!--
Thanks for being a part of HotChalk and LessonPlansPage.com! You will receive another message next time we make a major update or have other news to share. Take care,
--Kyle Yamnitz
  Vice President, HotChalk Network
      http://www.HotChalk.com
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      http://www.LessonPlansPage.com

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