1-4.3 Links To Information For Teachers

Vocabulary

• George Washington
• first President
• Revolutionary War
• Benjamin Franklin
• “Poor Richard’s Almanac"
• scientist
• Thomas Jefferson
• Declaration of Independence
• Abraham Lincoln
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Rosa Parks
• bus boycott in Montgomery Alabama
• Martin Luther King Jr
• I Have A Dream Speech
• protecting democratic values

Suggestions

• Use links above to show the students these important people.
• Make sure that students can identify person's name with their picture and simple explanation fo what they were famous for.
• First Grade Dictionary for Vocabulary

Biography and Pictures

• George Washington
• Benjamin Franklin
• thomas Jefferson
• Abraham Lincoln
• Martin Luther King Jr.
• rosa Parks

Books

• A Picture Book of George Washington ByDavid Adler
• President's Day by Laura Alden
• A Picture book Of Benjamin Franklin by David Adler
• Ben Franklin And His First Kite by Stephen Krensky
• Thomas Jefferson By tonya Leslie
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day by Lynda Sorensen
• I Am Rosa Parks by Rosa Parks