Apr. 27, 2011: Pioneers of Flight

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Activities:

1. Draw a picnic basket. Use newspaper words/pictures of items to put in it for Charles Lindbergh.

2. Circle flying and space travel words in the newspaper.

3. Make a list of the Lindberghs' good qualities. Find someone in the newspaper who has the same qualities.

4. What famous aviator(s) (a) flew trials for the military in 1908, (b) was the first African-American to get a pilot's license, (c) was the first female aviation celebrity, and (d) was the first to fly nonstop across the Atlantic?

5. What "first" would you like to accomplish when you're grown? Write about it.

Mini Page activities meet many state and national educational standards. Each week we identify standards that relate to The Mini Page content and offer activities that will help your students reach them. This week's standard:

• Students understand the people, events, problems and ideas that were significant in creating the history of the country. (History)

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