Mar. 22, 2006: Clara Barton

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Activities:

1. Make a set of Clara Barton trading cards. On one side of a card, draw a picture of an event in Clara Barton¹s life. On the other side, tell about the event.

2. What would you need if you wanted to help people after a flood or fire? Find five items in the newspaper that you would use. Explain your choices.

3. Find three newspaper stories about people or events where Clara Barton would probably want to help. Write several sentences explaining what you think she would do in that situation.

4. What shows you that Clara Barton was (a) intelligent, (b) determined, (c) brave and (d) generous?

5. Pretend you are Clara Barton. Write a paragraph explaining how you were changed by one of these important events in your life: nursing your brother, starting a school, or helping soldiers in the Civil War.

This week's standards:

• Students understand the deeds for which our nation honors leaders from the past, including political, scientific, social and military leaders. (History)
• Students understand that history relates to events and people of other times and places by identifying examples of interesting Americans. (Social Studies: History)
  
  

(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)