Classroom Spice
Dr. Jeanne Mather, Editor
Welcome to Classroom Spice
Classroom Spice is published twice a year through the University of Science & Arts of Oklahoma, in Chickasha Oklahoma. It is a free service provided to help teachers adjust to an ever changing student population and a global citizenry. It provides background information on a variety of subjects as well as teaching strategies to help with multicultural education and social studies. There is a wide range of topics from African American inventors to Native American tribes, from tips for teaching ELL to teaching children of poverty, and many more. Each issue contains feature articles and a children's literature section (K-12), and many include a student activity page.
While the publication is copyrighted, feel free to duplicate it for use in your classroom, or in the classrooms of others.
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Current ISSUE
Table of Contents:
Things You Should Know about ELLs; She Sells Seashells
What Do You Know about the Underground Railroad?
Literature Connection; Connection of Feathers and Potatoes
A Pinprick Away from Death
Archived ISSUES
Table of Contents:
Oklahoma Civil Rights Activist; Washington’s Slave
Professional Athletes with Physical Challenges
Literature Connection; World War II Heroine
Hallway Education?
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Train to Death Camps; Victoria Woodhull
African American Inventors
Literature Connection; Re-disenfranchisement of American Voters
Gulabi Gang
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What Do You Know about Immigration?; Man? Woman? Nurse? Soldier? Spy?
Patolli
Literature Connection; The Hall of Remembrance
Guitarist—Les Paul
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The First Lady of the World; The Forgotten War
Quipu
Literature Connection; America’s First Homerun King
Pyrotechnics in 1859?
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The Founding Fathers and Slavery; Patience Lovell Wright
Colonial Games
Literature Connection; Daughters of Liberty
What is a Slave Tag?
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The History of Voting Rights in America, The “Sound” of ASL
Chinese Games
Literature Connection; The Invention of the Windshield Wiper
Blind Man’s Invention
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The History of Oklahoma’s Black Towns, When Politics and The Olympics Collide
Olympic Trivia
Literature Connection; When is a Doctor Not a Doctor?
Incan Communication
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Elizabeth Keckley, Confidante to Mary Todd Lincoln; The Lady Edison
What Do You Know about Dominoes?
Literature Connection; Native American Baseball Player Makes History
Submarine
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First African American U.S. Senator; Chinese Inventions
Borrowed Words in English
Literature Connection; Who was the First Important Agriculturalist in the U.S.?
Female Referee Removed
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Immigrant Students and School; What’s the Significance of April 15, 1947?
What Famous People Had Disabilities?
The Literature Connection; What’s So Special About David Paterson?
First Legally Blind Governor
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Bass Reeves; How Much Can a Paper Clip Hold?
Women’s History IQ
Muslim Children in Indonesia; The Literature Connection
Olympic Street Sweeper
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Annie Oakley; Leonardo da Vinci
Inventors
Justice for All? The Literature Connection
Top Ten Indian Tribes
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The Genius Kid Next Door; Dust Bowl Balladeer
Yote
Who Was Boudica? The Literature Connection
Alvarado's Leap
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Bronze Buckaroo; Women Airforce Service Pilots
Go-Bang—Asian board game
Who was Dorothea Lange; The Literature Connection
Nystatin
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George McJunkin; Mexican Repatriation
Hubbub—An Arapaho Game
Who was Wilma Briggs; The Literature Connection
Women in Combat
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Bill Pickett; Spanglish, Not the Movie
What Time is It?
Babe Didrikson Zaharias; The Literature Connection
Spanish Vocabulary Size: The "Jewish" Spanish Language
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Science Takes a Back Seat; Unofficial Members of the Corps of Discovery
Lewis and Clark Trivia
Classroom Resources; The Literature Connection
Mosquito, Prairie Dogs
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Brown v. Board of Education; History and Old White Guys
African American Contributions
Susan B. Anthony; The Literature Connection
Sin
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What Comes to Mind When You Hear Asian American? ; Quanah Parker
What is Rangoli?
Tips for Effectively Teaching The Hearing Impaired; The Literature Connection
Pancho Villa Hero, Villain, or German Spy?
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Who Makes Up Our Cabinet?; America’s Melting Pot
Women’s History Month
10 Worst Ways to Make a School Parent Friendly; The Literature Connection
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El Grito; Five Civilized Tribes
Mexican Culture and The Mexican Flag
The Literature Connection An Hispanic Focus
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Who is Wilma Mankiller?; Children, Poverty, and Schools
Successful American Women
The Literature Connection
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Native American Tribes; Leading Our Students Through Difficult Times
Native Americans - Word Search of Tribal Names
Native American Tribes continued; Difficult Times continued
What is Kwanzaa?
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Teaching Tolerance; Teaching About the Holocaust
Arab Culture Trivia
The Literature Connection
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Hispanic Parental Involvement; Using the Internet for Multicultural Resources
Hispanic Trivia
The Literature Connection
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Winter Holidays and Their Roots; Multicultural Resources
Martin Luther King, Jr. & the Civil Rights Movement
The Literature Connection; An Oklahoman Who Changed American History
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Thanksgiving & Other Harvest Holidays, Hispanic / Native American Resources
Famous Hispanics and Native Americans
The Literature Connection, Halloween History
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Internet Sites; African American Resources for the Classroom Teacher
Famous Black Americans Quiz
The Literature Connection, Discovery Themes
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The Mascot Debate; Native American Resources; Hispanic Month
The Great Law of Peace; Keepers of the Peace
The Literature Connection
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JANUARY
Multicultural Resource Center Opens; What is Culture?
Tips for ESL or Foreign Language Teaching; Movie Release
Survey What Can We Do to Help You?; Teaching about Women in History
Parental involvement and ESL Students 4
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MARCH
Women of Courage; Women’s Rights Movement; Celebrating Diversity
Scientists; Multicultural Math
The Literature Connection; Extraordinary People