FAKE News!Can you Tell The REAL News?
History of Candy, A Webquest
ALl Things MUMMY!A Webquest
Edgar Allen Poe Reader's Theater Scripts
Learn about the VIKINGS. A Play
Math/Science Bundle of NO PREP Activities!
Civics:Learn about Our Government: A Bundle of Resources!
Civics:Learn about Our Government: A Bundle of Resources!
Pilgrim Play
Mayflower and Pilgrim Webquest
Turkey and History of Thanksgiving Webquest
The Election Process, A Webquest
U.S. Landmarks!
Learn about the Middle East, A Webquest
World Landmarks!
Map Skills(Unit and Webquest)
Mesopotamia: A Bundle of Resources
Phoenicians, A Bundle of Resources
ALL Things Egyptian!
Revolutionary War Bundle
Civil War Bundle
Writers: A Bundle of Reader's Theater Scripts
Greenland, A Webquest!
STEM BIographies! 6 Reader's Theater Scripts
STEM BIOGRAPHIES, Reader's Theater Scripts (Part 2)
Rachel Carson, A Reader's Theater Script
Women's History, A Webquest
Women's History: Test Your Knowledge Challenge
A Bundle of Reader's Theater Scripts on Famous Women
A Bundle of Readings on Famous Women
Ada Lovelace, First Computer Programmer(A Reading)
Bundle of Black American Trailblazer Reader's Theater Scripts
Black History Month, A Webquest
Harriet Tubman, Reader's Theater Script
Bessie Colman, Reader's Theater Script
Tuskegee Airmen, Reader's Theater Script
Chinese New Year is in FEB. Learn about China, a Webquest
NEW:MINI EBOOK: The Horse Librarians
Jane Goodall, A Reader's Theater Script
Everything has a History!)*also sold individually
My Book- Fashion Rules!
My Book-Mrs. Paddington and the Silver Mousetraps
Reader's Theater Scripts(Biographies in Ancient History):
Click here to learn more:Reader's Theater Scripts (Biographies in US History)
Is That FAKE News?
Anti-Bullying Resources
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Mrs. Portulaca Purpilopilis and the Purple Adventure Goggles
The COLOR GAMES!
The Wooden Cookie Box Story The Wooden Cookie Box
 DBQ Activities!
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Facts to Wow your Friends!
World Landmarks: Lots of fun things to use with your students!
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Webquests!
Geography Activities
 Geography Ideas!
Purpleannie's Travels
Calendar of Resources for the Year:
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Celebrating our 250th year as a nation!
Teach PEACE and TOLERANCE
Celebrated my 75th birthday this summer. If you include Leap years, on my birthday, I have had 27,394 sunrises and sunsets in my life thus far. Very fortunate!
Cliff and I were named Citizens of the Year by our local community for the work we have done to create a garden in our community, begun in 2010. We very so very grateful for the award.
Try doing an act of kindness for someone, today!
Some Quotes I like. What do you think they are saying?
"If I can not do great things, I can do small things in a great way."Martin Luther King Jr.
"The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to compromise."FDR
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest."(Ben Franklin)
"You must be the change you want to see in the world."(Mahatma Gandhi)
"School is a building that has four walls-with tomorrow inside."(Lon Watters)
"We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we make."(Senator Ted Kennedy)
"The purpose of life is a life of purpose." (Robert Byrne)
"Life is NOT a Spectator Sport!"Dick's Sporting Goods
"The purpose of life is to amount to something and have it make some difference that you lived at all."(Dear Abby)
8/28/2021: Fashion Rules! was a finalist in the 2021 American Book Fest, Children's Picture Book: Hardcover Fiction. So Exciting!
7/2021: Fashion Rules! won Honorable Mention for Picture Books 6 and older by Purple Dragonfly Book Awards!
8/1/2020: My latest book, Fashion Rules!, my latest book from Red Chair Press. Click here:
Fashion Rules!11/2020: Mrs. Paddington and the Silver Mousetraps has won another children's book award,a Northern Lights Book Award Winner! Thank you!
7/2020:Mrs. Paddington and the Silver Mousetraps won a 1st place Purple Dragonfly Book Award in the Picture Books 6 & Older category. Thank you, Story Monsters!
3/24/20:Excited to have my latest children's book, Mrs. Paddington and the Silver Mousetraps, chosen as a 2019 Story Monster Approved winner!
Check out Mrs. Paddington and the Silver Mousetraps which is available at Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com Mrs. Paddington and the Silver Mousetraps
History is full of fascinating stories of colorful characters, but some of the most interesting parts of history are really odd. You have probably seen scenes of government officials with their powdered white wigs, but in 1700s England and high-society in the American colonies, women created towering hairstyles. Decorations such as ships and flowers were sometimes added to their hairdos, especially if attending a big party. Taking hours to create, women used beef tallow and sugar-water to keep their hairdos in place. This fictional account explains a very real fashion trend and the problems it created for women trying to look stylish! 
NOVEMBER FREEBIES!
1. Pumpkins: PUMPKIN FUN FACTS
2. What Happened to the Mayflower: What Happened to the Mayflower?
3.Mummy Facts: MUMMY Fun Facts
4. Turkeys: TURKEY Fun Facts
5. Geography Awareness Week Ideas: Geography Awareness Week
6. King Tut Day is November 4th: King Tut Day is Coming!
7.Fake News:Fake News Activity
8. FREEBIE ON APPLE FACTS: This interactive notebook on Apples has several activities and 17 interesting fun facts about apples. Apple Fun Facts
NOVEMBER Highlights!
1. Orange Game: Looking for a Friday activity? Something for your students to do with a substitute or following testing time? Maybe you'd like a learning challenge for over the summer months.Check out my ORANGE Game. There are 24 statements and several extensions. This resource challenges kids about their knowledge of all things ORANGE. Great for a fall activity! I also have other Color Games: RED, GREEN, BLUE , PURPLE and YELLOW. The Orange Game!
2. Want a fun and informative activity to teach your students about the history of Thanksgiving? This webquest has ten informational
text questions on the history of Thanksgiving(including the Macy's Day Parade). TURKEY facts, too! History of Thanksgiving and Turkey Facts, A Webquest
3. Learn about the Mayflower and the Pilgrims with this informative web quest!There are ten informative text webquests, extension activities, fun facts. Mayflower and Pilgrims, A Webquest
4. The Middle East is in the news. You may find this webquest on contributions and geography of this region of interest. Middle East, A Webquest
5. A Ms. Bie Ograffee Reader's Theater Script, an interview with Love Brewster, a Pilgrim of Plymouth Colony.Love was an actual member of the 102 Pilgrims that came to America. He was about nine years old. The play includes info on Mayflower, first winter and Thanksgiving feast. Fun facts,Comprehension questions, extension activities, links: A Visit with a Pilgrim, Reader's Theater Script
6. SAVE with this Native American Bundle Resource. Includes my Reader's Theater Scripts on Sacagawea and Sequoyah. It also includes my fun/informative web quest on Native Americans.(Overview of different Native American tribes, famous Native Americans in history, and contributions of Native Americans in arts, government, language and more!The Trail of Tears, shelters, contributions(i.e: hockey, lacrosse, ideas in government, words in English and more).Great for Native American Heritage Month(Nov). Native American Bundle of Resources. All also sold individually.
7. The adventures of substitute teacher, Mrs. Purpilopolis and her Purple Adventure Goggles. This adventure has Mrs. Purpilopolis and the Purple Adventure Goggles take students back in time to learn about the very first Thanksgiving. While wearing the purple adventure goggles, the students are witnesses to history being able to see and hear history as it is happening. Lots of factual information/discussion questions included:Mrs. Purpilopolis and the First Thanksgiving, A Mini-EBook
8. King Tut Day is November 4th. Lots of cool facts about mummies and the discovery of King Tut's tomb. Comprehension/discussion questions/ extension activities,Great for informative text/listening standards.Great for a unit on ancient Egypt, around Halloween or as a fun/informative Friday activity: King Tut, A Play on the discovery of Tut's Tomb
9. Geographic Awareness Week is in November: World Landmarks,a Webquest
Maps and Geography: Maps and Geography
Geographic Secret Messages:Geographic Secret Messages
10. Johnny Appleseed, A Reader's Theater Script: Johnny Appleseed, a Play
Part of my Ms. Bie Ografee Talk Show Series. This biographical Reader's Theater Script is on John Chapman, better remembered as Johnny Appleseed. There area 8 Audience Questioners in the complete resource. There are 12 Did You Know? fun facts about apples, 9 comprehension questions, a teacher page with 9 extension activities, the key and additional links of interest.
11. History of Candy! Show kids that everything has a history!History of Candy, a Webquest
Test Your Knowledge Challenges:
1. World Capitals: Test Your Knowledge- World Capitals
2. US Landmarks: Test Your Knowledge-US Landmarks
3. Maps and Geography: Test Your Knowledge=Maps and Geography!
4.Women Trailblazer: Test Your Knowledge-Women Trailblazers
Learn about countries of the world:
1.Bundle of Countries:Bundle of Countries-Webquests
All sold individually, too.
2. Learn about the country of Greenland: Greenland, A webquest
3. Learn about the country of Iran: Learn about the Country of Iran, a Webquest
Other Informative and Fun Activities:
1. Explore the Arctic(Webquest): Learn about the Arctic, A Webquest
2. Explore Antarctica(Webquest): Learn about Antarctica, A Webquest
3. Mummies of the World(Webquest):MUMMIES, A Webqiaest
4. A mini-E Book: The Pony Librarians: The Horse Librarians, a Reading
A GREAT FRIDAY or SUBSTITUTE ACTIVITY:
1. World Capitals: World Capitals, Test Your Knowledge
2. US Landmarks: U.S. Landmarks, Test Your Knowledge
3. Maps and Geography: Maps and Geography, Test Your Knowledge
4. Women Trailblazers: Women Trailblazers, Test Your Knowledge
Learn about countries of the world:
Bundle on Countries of the WorldAll sold individually, too.
MATH and STEM Biographies:
1. Hypathia: Hypathia, Woman Mathematician
2. Ada Lovelace: Ada Lovelace, Woman Mathematician
4. Katherine Johnson: Katherine Johnson, STEM Biography
4. Marie Curie: Marie Curie, Stem Bio
READINGS on Famous Women:Aida De Acosta(first woman to fly a powered aircraft), Sojourner Truth(abolitionist, women's rights activist, author), Joan of Arc,Caroline Herschel, Mary Annings,Aglaonike(Greek Astronomer), Hypatia(First Known Woman Mathematician), Agnodice(First Female Doctor?), Enheduanna(First Known Poet), Sophie Brahe(Astronomer and Horticulturist of the Renaissance), Hildegard of Bingen (first musical play, write/abbess of the Middle Ages), Artemesia(Female Naval Commander-Persian War)
Bookmark Bios!Great for a bell ringer activity for Women's History Month.Click here to purchase:Bookmark Bios! Women in Modern Times(1700s on)
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Check out FREEBIE of TWO Bookmark Bios:Sample of TWO Bookmark Bios
Use my THINGY letters to have kids write spelling words, vocabulary words or as an art activity! Have students try and guess what some of the THINGY Letters are.(also have Black/White option):ClipArt: Alphabet Thingy Letters!
Check out my series of Children's Books from Aadarsh Publishing!
 
Colour Fairies: Go Go's Flying Lesson
Colour Fairies: Yay Yay Gets Her Wand
 
Check out my blog on Education World: Click here:EducationWorld Blogger
My Latest Reader's Theater Scripts:Go to the link and click "Preview" to see a sample of the Reader's Theater Script you may find of interest:The Vikings: A Visit with Erik the Red and Leif Eriksson:A Reader's Theater ScriptMarco PoloColumbus,a Reader's Theater ScriptFerdinand Magellan, A Reader's Theater ScriptLouisa May Alcott, A Reader's Theater ScriptGalileo Galilei, A Reader's Theater ScriptMoon Landing!A Reader's Theater ScriptWright Brothers: A Reader's Theater ScriptWorld War 2 FEMALE Pilots(WASP)Frederick DouglassEdgar Allan PoeCivil War: Women Soldiers, A Reader's Theater ScriptMathew Brady, A Reader's Theater ScriptCrusadesSir Isaac Newton, A Reader's Theater ScriptLewis and Clark: A Reader's Theater ScriptConstitution: A Visit with James Madison, "Father of the Constitution: A Reader's Theater ScriptA Visit with Joshua Crabtree,An American Revolutionary War Tory: A Reader's Theater ScriptCharles Dickens: A Reader's Theater ScriptJohnny Appleseed:A Reader's Theater ScriptAlbert Einstein: A Reader's Theater ScriptRachel Carson: A Reader's Theater ScriptKatherine Johnson:Scientist/MathematicianThomas JeffersonGeorge Washington Carver: The Peanut ManThomas Edison, A Reader's Theater ScriptMarie Curie,ScientistJacques Cousteau, A Reader's Theater ScriptRevolutionary War Spies(Culper Spy Ring).A Visit with Female Agent 355A California Gold Rush Prospector!Elizabeth Blackwell, First Woman DoctorSusan B. AnthonyWilliam ShakespeareBessie Coleman,AviatorMarian AndersonLeonardo da Vinci,"Renaissance Man!"Michelangelo!SacagaweaSequoyahTuskegee Airman!The Bus Ride That Changed History(A Visit with Rosa Parks)Harriet TubmanSimon,A Victim of the Black DeathAbraham LincolnLove Brewster,Interview with a PilgrimMcSean, the Leprechaun, A Reader's Theater Script
       
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Click here to learn more about Anti-Bullying Activities to use in the classroom.Stand up to Bullying!
To any young people visiting my website. Please,if you are being bullied, seek help...SPEAK TO AN ADULT today!And, if you SEE something that looks like bullying-SAY something to an adult!
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Calender of Resources for the Year:
Landmarks from Around the World
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Crossword Puzzles!
Short Reads of interest
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About Gail:
I retired from teaching after 33 1/2 years in the classroom. Of that time, I taught Grade 6 Social Studies teacher for 31 1/2 years.I earned my BA in early secondary education with a concentration in social studies from SUNY Oneonta, New York, and my MST in social studies education from Binghamton University in New York. In 1988, I was awarded the Outstanding Elementary Social Studies Classroom Teacher of the Year Award from the New York State Council for the Social Studies. Additionally, in 1988, I was also awarded the Outstanding Elementary Social Studies Teacher of the Year Award by the National Council for the Social Studies. I am the author of 8 books for teachers and over 35 books for children(Purple Turtle Series by Aadarsh Publishing and Odd History Series by Red Chair Press).
My work has appeared in most children's publications including:
Highlights for Children,News-O-Matic,Appleseed,,Scholastic's Super Science,,Scholastic's Science World,Jack and Jill,National Geographic World, Ranger Rick, Cobblestone, Faces, Muse Magazine,Contact Kids, US Kids,Action Magazine(Scholastic),Girls' Life,Boys' Life,American Girl, Instructor,Creative Classroom,Middle Years,Time for Kids,Scholastic News,Scholastic News Zone, Time for Kids , Ask Magazine, Dig,Calliope, Cobblestone, FACES, Studies Weekly, Glo Adventurer, and more.
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