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Situational Appropriateness Activity (Code-Switching)

By Grace Diaz

This is a hands-on, collaborative, interactive opportunity for you to engage your students in a discussion on "rules", "code-switching", and being "situationally appropriate". Successful people in life have the ability to adapt to the situation and

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Classroom Management, Back to School

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Activities, Cultural Activities

$2.00

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Personal Finance Unit BUDGET SIMULATION/ GAME *Realistic *Engaging *Impactful

By Grace Diaz

This budget simulation will ask your students to imagine they are 25-30 years old and are now in the workforce. The difference between THIS unit and others out there is that the Google Spreadsheet and Tools to calculate budget categories are much

Subjects:

Career and Technical Education, Life Skills, Economics

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Simulations

$19.99

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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Barracoon, Young Readers Edition, Chapter Comprehension Questions

By Grace Diaz

Zora Neale Hurston's latest book, "Barracoon", was published decades after her death, in 2018, and in 2024, Ibram X. Kendi published the Young Readers Edition. It is an unflinching look at United States history, the Transatlantic Human trade, the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Social Studies - History

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Study Guides, Graphic Organizers, Scaffolded Notes

$19.99

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Google Docs™

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Active Listening Rubric and Reflection (middle school)

By Grace Diaz

Do you struggle with students and side-conversations, zoning out, interrupting others, or blurting? This resource might be for you!Active Listening is the key to the success of ANY classroom in order for all students' voices to be heard and

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas, Classroom Management, For All Subjects

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Rubrics

$2.00

Digital Download PDF (0.23 MB)

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What did you do over winter break? Share + Movement Game *High Engagement*

By Grace Diaz

Looking for a high engagement, no prep game for welcoming your students back after Winter Break that will get them UP and MOVING and TALKING? This is the perfect game for you! Students will circle up and step forward if the activity on the slide

Subjects:

Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Activities

$2.99

Digital Download PPTX (8.79 MB)

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What fills your cup? / What empties your cup? Activity Worksheet

By Grace Diaz

This is a great, simple activity to get to know your students better in the first few weeks of school!The metaphor of what "fills your cup" and what "empties your cup" is posed to students to get them to think about things that they use to replenish

Subjects:

For All Subjects

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

$2.00

Digital Download PDF (1.40 MB)

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Life-size Interactive Palestine/ Israel Timeline Analysis Activity

By Grace Diaz

I wanted a HIGHLY VISUAL, CLEAR, CONCISE, and also INTERACTIVE activity, and I couldn't find one online, so I created one!I created this timeline to help students develop an understanding of the current Israel/ Hamas war, to help them begin to think

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, World History, Other (Social Studies - History)

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Activities

$9.99

Digital Download PDF (12.30 MB)

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Population Density Simulation GAZA STRIP EDITION *powerful* *hands on*

By Grace Diaz

This is a POWERFUL, HANDS ON way to jumpstart visual thinking about population density AND generate critical thinking questions, connecting to the Gaza Strip.Students will complete a hands-on activity using a piece of construction paper representing

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, World History

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Simulations

$5.99

Online Resource
Google Slides™

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Classroom Community Games 365: Back to School Edition (middle/ high-school)

By Grace Diaz

This presentation includes 7 of the best classroom games and activities to kick off a strong community building environment AND a general sense of FUN in your middle/ high-school classroom!This set includes, for each game, an intro slide, game

Subjects:

Back to School, Classroom Community

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Games

$5.00

Digital Download PDF (10.23 MB)

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Rising Tensions in Texas (Annexation of Texas) Stations/ Movement Activity!

By Grace Diaz

This partner-movement activity will give students an in depth, multi-perspective look at the rising tensions that eventually sparked the War with Mexico. Great for middle school or high school.This is a SUPER RELEVANT, engaging, movement activity

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, U.S. History

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Activities, Lesson

$4.99

Digital Download PDF (1.58 MB)

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What's Behind Me? Classroom Community/ SEL / FUN Games for Middle/ High School

By Grace Diaz

Are your middle school or high school students too sedentary? OR are they too chatty? This game is the perfect game for all! It gets them UP, MOVING, TALKING, and also getting to know each other better in a low-prep, low-risk way!This game is based

Subjects:

Back to School, Social Emotional Learning

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Activities, Games

$2.99

Online Resource
Google Slides™

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When Stars are Scattered Discussion Questions/ Chapter Comprehension Questions

By Grace Diaz

This resource is the only one you need to keep students talking and engaged throughout reading/ studying fantastic graphic novel, When Stars are Scattered.The PDF features around 5-10 discussion/ comprehension questions for each of the 17 chapters

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Social Studies - History

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Activities, Literature Circles

$6.99

Digital Download PDF (99.65 MB)

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My Family Tradition Presentation/ Project Template

By Grace Diaz

Want to bring the home culture of your students into your classroom?These slides template are perfect for ELL teachers or any teachers looking to have students produce a structured, polished presentation of a family tradition in their family.The

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, Holidays/Seasonal, Classroom Community

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Activities, Outlines, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

CCRA.L.1, CCRA.L.2

$4.00

Digital Download PPTX (1.07 MB)

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"Harlem" Langston Hughes Poem Analysis (Raisin in the Sun Pre-Reading Activity)

By Grace Diaz

This poem analysis worksheet is the perfect pre-reading tool to engage your students in before they begin reading the play "Raisin in the Sun".This activity contains five steps which walks students through reading a short online biography of the

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Activities

$3.00

Online Resource
Google Docs™

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Raisin in the Sun Task Card Act 1 Scene 1 What would you do with $10,000?

By Grace Diaz

This is an excellent anticipatory activity for students to complete to get them thinking about the $10,000 check Mama is expecting in Act 1 Scene 1 of Raisin in the Sun. Students first use an inflation calculator online to figure out what $10,000

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Other (ELA)

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Activities

$3.00

Online Resource
Google Docs™

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Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande Discussion Questions Bundle Chapters 1-21

By Grace Diaz

The Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande is a must-read memoir for all middle and upper grade students to understand the human side of the current migration crisis. This resource is a compilation of tried and true discussion questions to accompany

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Literature

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Literature Circles

$9.99

Digital Download PDF (6.59 MB)

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Promises Documentary Film (2001) Discussion Questions (Israel & Palestine)

By Grace Diaz

Promises is a powerful, HIGHLY relevant documentary film set in Israel and the West Bank (Palestine), showing you the conflict from the eyes of CHILDREN.These 9 discussion questions are higher level, critical thinking questions to accompany the

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, World History

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets, Movie Guides

$2.00

Digital Download PDF (7.37 MB)

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Raisin in the Sun Task Card Act 1 Scene 1 Younger Apartment Floor Plan

By Grace Diaz

This is the perfect collaborative, hands-on activity to get your students to go back to the text and find textual evidence to create a floor plan of the Younger Family apartment after they have read Act 1, Scene 1 of a Raisin in the Sun.Students

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (0.11 MB)

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Classroom Community Games 365: Cups & Balls (Brain breaks/ Icebreakers)

By Grace Diaz

This presentation includes 5 of the best classroom games and activities involving CUPS AND BALLS kick off a strong community building environment AND a general sense of FUN in your middle/ high-school classroom! These work perfect as brain breaks

Subjects:

Classroom Community

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Games

$5.00

Digital Download PDF (4.42 MB)

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Digital Daily Temperature Check In *SEL* Mental Health Mood Meter

By Grace Diaz

This is a quick, highly visual, daily temperature check to quickly gather important data on your students' mental and emotional health coming into your class!!We all know that students carry SOOOOOOOOOOO much into our classrooms that affect their

Subjects:

Social Emotional Learning

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Activities

$1.99

Online Resource
Google Forms™

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

10 years teaching urban, diverse middle school population

MY TEACHING STYLE

Ditch the textbook without re-creating the wheel! Amazing literature is getting created every day and can serve as the most engaging vehicle for teaching Social Studies.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

MN History Day Teacher Teamwork Award 2016 Patricia Behring Teacher Award (MN) 2020

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Bethel University - Social Studies 5-12 teaching license Concordia University St. Paul- Reading License K-12 and Masters in Curriculum and Instruction

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