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High school social studies centers
Holidays Around the World Agamographs | Unforgettable Christmas Craft Activity!
Christmas Around the World Agamographs. What's an Agamograph?! It's a picture that morphs into another image when you look at it from a different angle. Agamographs are super fun and contemporary activities to easily integrate art into your classroom. There is a huge "wow factor" in this art activity—the students love the surprise. And best of all, they did it themselves!!It's hard to say but easy to do! I strongly recommend this for grades 3 and above.Use this activity for your anticipatory set
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3rd - 9th
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Also included in: Agamographs BUNDLE (7 Sets) | Mother's Day Collection & Many More!
JFK Assassination CSI Inquiry Activity | Was the JFK Assassination a Cover-Up?
In this highly-engaging JFK assassination CSI investigation, students investigate the assassination of President John F Kennedy by Lee Harvey Oswald. Even more, students become experts on JFK's assassination as they investigate a variety of pieces of evidence against Oswald, then learn about possible motives by the Soviets, the Cubans, Fidel Castro, and the CIA to get involved.The JFK Assassination CSI Investigation is included as part of the CSI American History Bundle and the Cold War Resourc
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: CSI US American History Inquiry Bundle | 10 Amazing Inquiry Activities
GEOGRAPHY BASICS Study Unit with Essential Lessons
For direct instruction or learning centers, this 29 page unit (see Preview), which includes DETAILED directions for teacher guided lessons and high-quality, attractive handouts for students, is ideal for anyone teaching or reviewing -- WORLD GEOGRAPHY basics and terminology;- continents and oceans, - equator, hemispheres, and cardinal directions,- and now capital city definition and worksheet of capitals of most populous countries.It has classroom tested handouts that include maps, a word search
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4th - 10th
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Cuban Missile Crisis CSI Inquiry Activity | Fidel Castro, Kennedy, Khrushchev
In the Cuban Missile Crisis stations activity CSI investigation, students are introduced to the events that led to the Cuban Missile Crisis between Cuba and Fidel Castro, the United States and John F Kennedy, and the Soviet Union and Nikita Khrushchev. Students take on the role of investigators and study 14 different days from 1959 through the fall of 1962 to understand the events that almost led to nuclear war. The Cuban Missile Crisis CSI Investigation is included as part of the CSI America
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: CSI US American History Inquiry Bundle | 10 Amazing Inquiry Activities
Art History Famous Artwork Coloring Pages | 10 Famous Masterpieces
10 Famous Masterpiece Coloring Pages. Whether you are an art teacher, classroom teacher, or homeschooling family, I hope this resource will be helpful to you as you teach your students about famous master artists and their famous artworks.This resource includes the 10 coloring pages, a complete slide show, and 3 writing activities! Maybe you are looking for something meaningful students can color after a project or something that supports your work teaching art history. No matter the reason, I h
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1st - 10th
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Civil Rights Movement Stations Activity Lesson | Freedom Riders, Little Rock 9
This Civil Rights Movement stations activity resource engages students on the Freedom Riders, the Little Rock 9, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the Greensboro Sit-Ins (and the Greensboro Four), the March on Washington, and more!This top-notch resource is included in the Civil Rights Movement Unit Bundle!In this hands-on and engaging lesson, students investigate five major Civil Rights Movement protests to understand the different methods of protests used to gain civil, political, and economic freed
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6th - 10th
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Also included in: MLK Day Bundle: 3 Resources for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!
Fall of the Berlin Wall & of the Soviet Union! Analyze why Soviet Union failed!
Fall of the Berlin Wall & of the Soviet Union! Analyze why Soviet Union failed!This lesson on the Berlin Wall and the Soviet Union is included in the Cold War Resource Bundle, located here:Cold War Resource Bundle! 12 engaging Cold War resources to promote learning!Buy the bundle and save a bundle!-----In this highly-engaging resource, students understand the reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall, the history of the wall, why the Berlin Wall was destroyed, and several reasons to exp
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9th - 12th
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61 High Interest Low Level Reading ComprehensionPassages Bundle 1
61 Reading Passages with 61 Comprehension Assessments BUNDLE61 High Interest, Low Level reading passage for grades 5-12. These passages are perfect for older struggling readers and are aligned with the middle school and high school standards English Language Arts. This resource contains seven versions of the lessons:1. Form Fillable PDF for upload or email to students for digital distance learning. Works great for digital language arts centers as well.2. One Page PDF of Passages - for packets or
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
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Unscramble the Famous Faces® Hispanic Heritage Month Activity
Unscramble the Famous Faces® of Hispanic Heritage. This is a great Hispanic Heritage Month activity! In these unscramble grid activities, students are presented with a scrambled image of a portrait of a famous person. Then each student works to unscramble the grid pieces to produce the final “unscrambled” portrait. I have included options both for cutting and pasting, and for drawing, which makes this great for students of any age and makes differentiation in your classroom really easy.This set
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K - 9th
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Also included in: Unscramble the Famous Faces® BUNDLE
Age of Absolutism and Absolute Rulers | 3 Activities to teach Absolute Monarchs!
Age of Absolutism | Absolute Rulers | 3 Activities to teach Absolute Monarchs!★ This resource is included in the Age of Absolutism Unit Bundle located here! ★In this hands-on resource on the Age of Absolutism, you receive three resources to learn about the famed absolute monarchs of this area, including King Henry VIII, King Louis XIV, King Philp II, Peter the Great, Maria Theresa, Ivan the Terrible, Charles I, and James I. In this first resource, students complete text stations and complete a
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7th - 10th
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Life Skills Unit BUNDLE (Special Education & Autism Resource)
Get one unit for FREE when you buy the bundle!! This is a bundle of 7 different life skills units designed to help your students have a greater understanding of life skills and the vocabulary associated with it. This functional life skills curriculum is everything you need to teach critical life skills. These thematic units are designed to enhance and further your student's life skills and understanding of their community. Target crucial life skills with these reading, vocabulary and work tasks
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PreK - 12th
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Modified Government Unit for Special Education - Comprehension & Vocabulary
This is a 3rd Grade modified Government Unit that is supported with picture symbol text and visuals. This is also a great unit for reinforcing literacy skills, comprehension, vocabulary.
This unit includes:
1) Mini 7 page Book of Short Passages on topics (*Constitution * Bill of Rights *Branches of Government *Legislative Branch *Executive Branch *Judicial Branch) with picture keywords for each passage.
2) 18 Picture Vocabulary with picture symbol text support definitions. This can be used a
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PreK - 12th
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Ronald Reagan and His Policies: Reaganomics, Iran-Contra Affair, Libya, Cold War
In this engaging, stations-based way to teach the policies of Ronald Reagan's presidency, students investigate many positive and negative aspects to his legacy to understand his role in American History. Students learn about his 1980 victory over Jimmy Carter, "Reaganomics", "trickle-down economics", the Iran-Contra Affair, the Reagan Doctrine, the Boland Amendments, Sandinistas and Contras, Ayatollah Khomeini, Hezbollah, Nicaragua, Operation El Dorado Canyon, Libya, the 1986 West Berlin bombin
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8th - 11th
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Tulsa Race Massacre CSI Inquiry Activity | What led to the Tulsa Race Riot?
In this highly-engaging Tulsa Race Massacre CSI investigation, students investigate the causes of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Students take on the role of detectives as they seek to uncover the history behind the infamous Tulsa Race Massacre. This investigation engages students about the Greenwood District, "Black Wall Street," Tulsa segregation, the rise of lynchings, and the elevator incident that prompted the violence. This resource is included in my CSI American Histor
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5th - 10th
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Also included in: CSI US American History Inquiry Bundle | 10 Amazing Inquiry Activities
Latitude and Longitude Task Cards - World, US, and Canadian Capital Cities
LATITUDE & LONGITUDE - Three sets of task cards to help students practice finding locations with a set of latitude and longitude coordinates. Using gnomes as a theme (thinking of gnomes who have traveled the world and sent home notes) each task card is written like a postcard. Set 1 - students are given a set of coordinates and must locate the world capital city. (12 cards)Set 2 - students are given a world capital city and must figure out the latitude and longitude of the city. (12 card
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Latitude and Longitude Bundle - Activities, Task Cards, & Posters
COLD WAR around the world - Stations Activity - World History - Print & Digital
This Cold War Learning Centers activity is one of my FAVORITE student-centered activities. If you have limited time to teach the Cold War, this activity is perfect! Both Print & Digital (Google drive) versions included! perfect for distance learning and your World History class. "I was running out of time to cover the Cold War, and these stations were very helpful in covering a lot of content in a short amount of time." SilviaStudents rotate between six different Learning Centers where, with
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: COLD WAR Unit BUNDLE World History Grades 8-12 Print & Digital SAVE $
Grocery Store Life Skills Unit for Special Ed - Integrated Reading Comprehension
Make teaching about the grocery store fun with these engaging, hands-on, and visually supported activities! This set includes resources to help you integrate reading, writing, and vocabulary into your life skills lessons. Materials are already leveled and include visual supports to help you easily differentiate and meet the needs of your students without extra work.***HUGE savings by buying the Life Skills Unit BUNDLE***WHO IS IT FOR?Students who need hands-on practiceClassrooms with students on
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in: Life Skills Unit BUNDLE (Special Education & Autism Resource)
Regions of Europe Centers Activity for European Geography or Culture Study
Introduce your students to the regions of Europe with this easy to prep Centers or Stations Activity. At each regional center, students will read geographic information on the region, view maps and discover physical features and statistics, view data from the region on cultural and human characteristics, and read current articles on the regions of Europe (using internet links provided in teacher directions). Included:Reading Cards on each RegionImage Cards on each RegionMap Cards on each Regi
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6th - 10th, Higher Education
The Great Gatsby Gallery Walk - Pre-Reading Activity - Context Learning Stations
Explore the context of the “Roaring 1920s” with this pre-reading activity for F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby! Includes 5 inquiry-based gallery walk learning stations and worksheets. Digital worksheets for Google Classroom® are provided!Included with this The Great Gatsby Pre-Reading Activity:✏️ 5 Gallery Walk Stations with Primary Sources - Digital & PrintExplore the music, setting, photography, and current events of the “Roaring 20s”Analyze various book covers to predict themes wit
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8th - 11th
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Vietnam War Stations Primary Source Activity | Dien Bien Phu to Gulf of Tonkin
In this highly-engaging Vietnam War stations resource, students investigate 13 different primary sources to understand the escalation of the Vietnam War from Dien Bien Phu in 1954 until the Gulf of Tonkin incident in 1964. This lesson on the Vietnam War is included in two bundles to save you money -- my Vietnam War Resource Bundle andmy Cold War Bundle!Students use an included 4-page student guide that navigates them through 13 different sources on the escalation of American involvement in Viet
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Vietnam War Activities Bundle | 6 Engaging Resources for Vietnam War
Getting To Know You Through Geography: A Beginning of The Year Carousel Activity
Geography teachers, are you always looking for a great Getting To Know You back-to-school geography activity for the beginning of the year for all ages? This activity will encourage your students to become familiar with their classmates as they work in groups and rotate through various stations. What a great introduction to basic geography skills such as graphs, charts, maps, and the concept of culture. It truly teaches geography skills all the while allowing students to collaborate, have fun, a
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5th - 12th
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Also included in: Bundle for T. Wilson (25 Geography Lessons)
Indian Removal Act Trail of Tears Stations Gallery Walking DBQ NO PREP
This product is a BEAST of a set of learning stations made up of a variety of primary and secondary sources, including passages, images, maps, charts, videos, and two "Do" stations. Students will use the information presented at each station to answer the corresponding questions on the student answer sheet. This is one of my favorite lessons and activities of the entire year. I have never had a group of students not be engaged by this lesson.Number of stations: 12 (all stations have multiple rel
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7th - 11th
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Five Themes of Geography Centers Investigation Activity
Investigate the Five Themes of Geography with this interactive centers activity. Each center invites students to further investigate one of the themes (Location, Place, Movement, Regions, Human-Environment Interaction) through mapping, reading, and skills practice. All materials (except atlases) are provided (print on card stock and laminate for repeated use!). Resources include recent articles on various world events, maps, charts and other content-filled sources and require students to use
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6th - 10th, Higher Education
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Hamilton, Body Biography Project Bundle, Characterization, For Print and Digital
This Hamilton, Body Biography Bundle For Print and Digital is filled with all you need to teach and promote the amazing characters from the timeless American musical. Your students will experience the unique approach of using a collaborative poster, Lin-Manuel Miranda's American Musical classic, textual evidence, research, and the body biography project! **Hamilton Body Biography Bundle includes the digital body biography file. Includes Google Slides for distance learning**This project can be us
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Home School Bundle
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