The Hatmaker's Sign
The Hatmaker's Sign by Candace Fleming
To heal the hurt pride of Thomas Jefferson as Congress makes changes to his Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Franklin tells his friend the story of a hatmaker and his sign.
Why are we featuring this book?
The Hatmaker's Sign is a book featured in Five in a Row, a literature-based unit study curriculum. Many families use FIAR for all but the Grammar / Reading and Math, and others use it in conjunction with other resources. Below you will find information about the author and illustrator, story summaries, and links to lesson plans and websites that are great go-alongs for The Hatmaker's Sign. Please note that these resources are meant to complement, not replace, the Five in a Row units. The Five in a Row volumes are inexpensive and well worth the investment. Digital downloads of the FIAR volumes and supplementary resources like Fold & Learn™ (paper manipulatives similar to lapbooks) are available to enhance your units.
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Author page
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Go-Alongs:
Online Units and Resources for The Hatmaker's Sign
Declaration of Independence
"Welcome to the ushistory.org's Declaration of Independence website. This site provides a wealth of information about the signers of the Declaration, the history of the Declaration, and an online version of the Declaration for you to read." (Y, M, O, T)
Teacher Views: The Hatmaker's Sign
Literature Unit study by Katy Smith, Pratt Elementary School. Pratt, WV. Grade 3 (Y)
America's Story from America's Library
From the Library of Congress. Games and stories of America's past. (Y, M, O, T)
OSV Games, Quizzes, & Activities
From Old Sturbridge Village. These online games runs on Netscape 3.0 and higher and Internet Explorer 4.0 and higher. If you have an earlier version of these browsers or a different browser, the games may not work correctly. (Y, M, O, T)
Primary Documents in American History
From the Library of Congress: Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, The Bill of Rights, The Federalist Papers, Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789, Guide to American Historical Documents Online, and Charters of Freedom from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
(Y, M, O, T)
Declaration of Independence
From the Library of Congress - Primary Documents in American History (Y, M, O, T)
The Hatmaker's Sign Spelling Words
Grade 4 (Y)
Declaring Independence:Drafting the Documents
From the Library of Congress. A look at the drafting documents to the Declaration of Independence. (Y, M, O, T)
The Declaration of Independence
From the History Place.com (Y)
The Hatmaker's Sign - Internet Connection Activity
Grade 4. Traditional Crafts, Declaration of Independence and Women in U.S. History. (y)
The Hatmaker's Sign vocabulary words
Select View Card list for FREE vocabulary list. Grade 4 (y)
Colonial Tri-Corner Hat
a pattern for a colonial tri-corner hat (Y)
Go-alongs about
Go-alongs about American Revolution
1756-1776: The Seven Years War to the American Revolution - From the Tax History Museum (Y, M, O)
A Revolution Webquest - Experience the American Revolution (Y,M)
America's Freedom Documents - Early America.com allows students to see the "Freedom Documents" — the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights as they first appeared to the public at that time. Includes the full text of each document.
(Y, M, O, T)
Birth of A Nation. - People, places, events and timelines. From ThinkQuest Junior. (Y,M)
Causes of the American Revolution - Also from Discovery School, this lesson plan integrates several subjects. My favorite is the examination of the 18th century poem (originally a song) Revolutionary Tea. Students will be exposed to language arts, English
culture, and drama. (Y,M)
Declaring Independence:Drafting the Documents - From the Library of Congress. A look at the drafting documents to the Declaration of Independence. (Y, M, O, T)
Digital History - Children in History - This resource contains anthologies, biographies, guides and additional resources about children in the history of the United States. (Y, M, O, T)
George Washington Resources - A teacher resource guide to studying George Washington and his impact on the formation of the United States. (T,A)
Happy Fourth of July (Independence Day) - Homeschool curriculum ideas for understanding freedom and independence, The promise of the Declaration of Independence, people of the American Revolution, the places of the American Revolution, and the United States Constitution. (Y, M, O, T)
History Place: American Revolution - From The History Place. (Y, M, O, T)
Join the Revolutions - A dozen activities for studying the American Revolution (Y, M, T)
Molly Pitcher - Learn how Molly got her name. (Y,M)
Molly Pitcher - From Social Studies for Kids (Y,M)
Paul Revere - From Paul Revere House.org (Y, M, O, T)
Revolutionary Money - Money Cut outs from each of the 13 colonies. From Smithsonian Education (Y, M, O, T)
Revolutionary War - From ProTeacher Web Directory (Y, M)
Teacher Views: The Hatmaker's Sign - Literature Unit study by Katy Smith, Pratt Elementary School. Pratt, WV. Grade 3 (Y)
The American Revolution - A social studies lesson plan on the American Revolution for grades 4-5. From Lesson Plans Page.com (Y, M)
The Declaration of Independence - From the National Archives (where the Declaration is housed), this website includes images of the original Declaration and its history as well as links to other important national documents that are housed at the Archives. (Y, M, O, T)
The Declaration of Independence - From the History Place.com (Y)
The Hatmaker's Sign - Internet Connection Activity - Grade 4. Traditional Crafts, Declaration of Independence and Women in U.S. History. (y)
The Revolutionary War and Children's Literature - Grades 3-8 (Y,M)
The Road to Revolution Game - An online game about the American Revolution. Every correct answer moves you further along the timeline to Revolution. (Y, M, O, T)
The Timeline of the Revolution - From the Valley Oak Elementary School
Experimental Community Website.
(Y)
Go-alongs about Money
Counting Coins - Learning how to count, use, and identify coins is an important basic money skill to learn at an early age. These printable worksheets and teaching lessons will help your students master counting money with coins, whether they are just beginning to learn to count coins, or if they need additional practice. Worksheets are customizable for varying abilities and ages. Lessons include United States coins, Canadian coins (including dollar and two dollar coins the Loonie and Toonie), Euros, and British Currency. (Y, T)
Econ Ed Link - A premier source of classroom tested, Internet-based economic lesson materials for K-12 teachers and their students where you can search or browse money-related dozens of lessons by title, age level, or subject matter. (Y, M, O, T)
Free comic books from the Fed - The Federal Reserve System has 7 comic style publications available for free through their publications catalog. Titles include The Story of Money, The Story of Banks, Once Upon a Dime, The Story of Foreign Trade and Exchange, The Story of Consumer Credit. (Y, M, O, T)
FunBrain.com - Change maker - Get as much money in your piggy bank as possible, by figuring out the correct change. (Y)
Global Philanthropy - Investing in youth - From Merrilf Lynch PDF files. Charts and Posters to teach children about saving. (Y, M, O, T)
History of Colonial Money - (Y)
Money Curriculum Unit - The unit includes information on the face of U.S. currency, counterfeit protection, the history of money and a teacher's guide. (M,Y)
Practical Money Skills - Practical Money Skills is a comprehensive website which includes not only resources for budgeting and consumer math, but lesson plans for teachers divided by topic and age group. Look under For Educator for lessons for preschool through college. You must register (free) to use the lessons. From VISA (Y, M, O, T)
Revolutionary Money - Money Cut outs from each of the 13 colonies. From Smithsonian Education (Y, M, O, T)
To Market To Market - A Study of the Colonial Economy from 1600-1750 (Y, M, O, T)
US Coins - Money printables and worksheets from Enchanted Learning (Y, T)
