EVERY Walking Classroom podcast comes with a ton of supplemental resources including lesson plans, slide decks, videos, and quizzes? And, best of all, they’re FREE when you purchase the program. We’ve also created almost 40 themed groupings of podcast topics to support your curriculum units. How cool is that?!
This Walking Classroom podcast discusses America’s great humanitarian, Clara Barton. Barton began as a nurse working in an infirmary during the Civil War, but soon she was treating soldiers on the battlefield. She raised money for supplies and traveled through the night in wagons to help those in need. After working for the Red Cross in France, Barton established the American Red Cross.
Also featuring the following supplemental messages:
Health Message: Vitamin C
Character Value: Compassion
Supplemental Resource Links and Downloads
Clara Barton Slide Deck
- What is a Humanitarian? (0:58) — Shows people on the street answering the question, “What is a humanitarian?”
- The Civil War Springs Clara Barton Into Action (3:11) — Documents the life Clara Barton.
- Clara Barton’s House — Multi-Day Project — Discover what Clara Barton’s home reveals about the changing role of women in the 1800’s with this activity from the Clara Barton National Historic Site.
- Clara Barton Quiz — Online Activity — Test knowledge of Clara Barton with this online quiz from Ducksters Education Site.
- Clara Barton Interactive Experience! — Virtual Field Trip — Visit the Clara Barton National Historic Site in this virtual tour.
- Clara Barton Word Scramble — Printable or Worksheet — Test knowledge of Clara Barton by unscrambling the words and phrases.
Themed Groupings
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To help support your curricular units or help you introduce additional content to your class, we created The Walking Classroom’s Themed Groupings!
You can easily find podcasts centering around specific themes in language arts, social studies, and science, or explore other areas of interest. Whether you’re looking for podcasts addressing things like grammar or literary elements, a branch of science, a historical era, or even innovators like artists and inventors, The Walking Classroom has got you covered!
For example, Themed Groupings that contain the Clara Barton podcast include: Biographies, Civil War & Reconstruction, Famous Women, Historical Figures, Innovators: Artists, Inventors & More, Medicine, The Human Body