Educational Activities

Here is a list of our documents that is linked to the Common Core. These lessons and activities can be used as is or modified to enhance history, English, social studies and/or language arts curricula. If you develop an MBDA-based lesson plan or educational activity, let us know. We welcome the opportunity to publish your innovative ideas on MBDA and to acknowledge your contribution.

 

2^nd Grade Narratives and 3^rd Grade Informative/Explanatory

-          Ida Mary

• https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/12767

-          Lillian

• https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/10489
• https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/10246

-          Eugene

• https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/3572

-          Berry Student

• https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/13357

 

Third Grade Informative /Explanatory, Fourth Grade Informative/Explanatory, Fifth Grade Informative/Explanatory

 

Begging Letters

-          Plank of faith/can’t do it w/o help

• https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/6374

-          Hopeless environment

• https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/3433

-          Anglo-Saxon

• https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/13346
• https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/12611

-          Real Americans/Patriots

• https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/7929

 

5^th Grade Social Studies Unit 5

 

Ford Boom Letters

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/13989

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/13988

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/13944

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/13702

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/12973

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/12972

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/12826

5^th grade social studies unit 6

 

Scarcity – Poverty

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/13357

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/13393

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/11859

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/11827

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/9384

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/267

 

5^th Grade Social studies Unit 6

 

Drought

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/13511

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/13347

 

8^th grade Social Studies Georgia History

 

Appalachia/Mountain people

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/5980

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/10526

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/10527

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/9440

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/10173 - greatest Americans

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/11733 - school store

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/9008 - modern influences

• MB’s answer: https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/9011

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/8191

 

Kindergarten Social Studies Unit 4

 

Thanksgiving

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/8943

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/7772

Christmas

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/12547

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/13343

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/13121

 

5^th Grade Social Studies Unit 6

 

The Great Depression

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/browse?search=depression&submit_search=

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/13287

 

Civil War

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/11170

 

Third Grade Social Studies Unit 5

Fifth Grade Social Studies Unit 8

 

Suffrage/Women’s Rights

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/68

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/32

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/87

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/11400 - women’s league of voters

• MB’s reply - https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/11399

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/7734 - women support Hoover

• https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/6457
• https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/6695

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/2640

 

Fifth Grade Social Studies Unit 5

Big business

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/1245 - CocaCola Stock

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/7019

 

Amelia Earhart

-          Coming Soon! We can get you the images of these documents but they are not on the website yet.

 

Third Grade Social Studies Unit 6 and Fifth Grade Social Studies Unit 6

 

Presidents

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/12838

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/13879

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/61

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/5554

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/9084

 

Fifth Grade Social Studies Unit 6

 

War

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/57 - war stamp - everyone pitches in

 

Fifth Grade Social Studies Unit 3

 

South

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/11820 - differences in North and South

 

Second Grade Social Studies Unit 5 Georgians and Civil Rights

 

African Americans

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/13144 - the Schools “never had any colored help”

• https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/13143 - Original letter to MB

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/10247 - schools for African Americans

-          https://mbda.berry.edu/items/show/1413 - Martha Berry to help black man