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The Mini Page — 2009 Activities
The Fathers of ...
Issue 24
June 13-19, 2009
This week's standards:
- Students use biographies and stories to understand the individuals who are honored by the nation. (Social Studies: History)
- Students understand the deeds for which our nation honors leaders from the past, including political, scientific, social and military leaders. (History)
Activities:
1. Draw a picture of your father or another important man in your life. Make a title for him, as the "father" of something. Paste newspaper words that describe your person around the edges of your picture.
2. Select five of the famous "fathers" in today's Mini Page. Write their names on a piece of paper.
Next to each name, write the headline of a news story that you think each man would like.
3. Find five news stories about different men in the newspaper. What could you make them "father" of? Write their titles "Father of ____" at the top of each news story.
4. Which of the famous fathers in today's Mini Page would you say were (a) brave, (b) creative,
(c) intelligent and (d) forward-thinking?
5. Use resource books or the Internet to learn about another famous father -- the father of a country or topic you're interested in. Use these questions to guide your research: Who is the man? What did he do that people connected him so closely with a place, profession or field? Write a paragraph discussing your new famous "father."
Standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
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