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Critical thinking cultural activities
My Place in the World Project: "Me on the Map" Geography for Kids
This hands-on geography project "My Place in the World" has kids create a visual representation of how we fit into the world. Teachers often use it with the kids' geography book "Me on the Map," by Joan Sweeney. Ideal for integrated Social Studies, ELA, Geography, Literacy, and Map Skills.Using a series of nesting circles to show the relative sizes of different geographic places, this simple but effective geography lesson helps kids sort out their relation to one another. This activity includes
Grades:
K - 5th
Also included in: Geography for Kids Bundle: Three Essential Hands-on Activities
Lunar New Year 2024 | Year of the DRAGON Reading Comprehension | Spring Festival
Chinese New Year in 2024 starts on Saturday, February 10th!It’s the Year of the DRAGON!Did you know that the Chinese believe that people born in the Year of the DRAGON are strong, tenacious, and ambitious? Do you know what the lucky colors and numbers are for people born during the Year of the DRAGON?Find out more by close-reading interesting text all about the Year of the DRAGON.Create a Cool DRAGON Collage, perfect for a 2024 Year of the DRAGON Bulletin Board!*** This resource has been updated
Grades:
4th - 7th
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First Nations People in Early Canada, Six People Groups: Gr. 3 NEW BC Curriculum
Learn about the 6 different groups of early First Nations People in Canada according to their geographic location. Learn how the environment influenced food, home, community, travel, trade, government, traditions and celebrations. Graphic organizers help students to sort information visually and compare similarities and differences. A wide range of thinking activities are include throughout.Created for Grade 3 BC's NEW Curriculum.Contents Curricular and Content Competencies AddressedIntroduction
Grades:
2nd - 4th
3/D Tipi, Circle and Welcome Pole Craft, EASY Native American Art Fall Activity
This bundle includes 3 Native American themed craft projects made for students using circles (Mandela) cones (3/D tipi), and cylinders (welcome poles) These crafts are a great way to integrate the arts with your Native American curriculum. This is three of my students favorites put together in a money saving bundle! See descriptions for each project, and check out the teacher reviews of individual items! Crafts include a 3/D tipi, mandella, and 3/D welcome pole. Great for Bulletin boards, door
Grades:
1st - 7th
First Nations in Early Canada, Activities Book: Indigenous People, Grade 3
Engaging activities on First Nations in Early Canada include: read, complete graphic organizers, play with words, critical thinking, crosswords, word search PLUS more. This book of activities was created as a companion to "Early First Nations People of Canada". Use for "fast finishers". The booklet may also stand alone. Grade 3 Social Studies curriculum. Great for differentiated learning. Answer keys provided.Activities Include:examine and interpret tipi designscritical thinking exercise on the
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Games Around the World
Connect children to their peers around the world through versions of traditional games like tag, hopscotch, tic-tac-toe, and dominoes. This fun and engaging product includes 35 games from 23 different countries* for students to explore and compare all year long. Each game card includes clear instructions to prepare and play the game, its country of origin, and printables when necessary.Also included...a world map for locating the country of the game they will be playinga summary list for the ma
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1st - 4th
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CNN 10 Guided Worksheet
Use this worksheet in conjunction with CNN 10. https://www.cnn.com/cnn10What is CNN 10?Explaining global news to a global audience: This is the mission of CNN 10, a new, 10-minute news show that appears as a daily digital video on CNN.com. CNN 10 replaces CNN Student News, the network's longest-running show that first aired in 1989. CNN 10 more effectively serves a growing audience interested in compact on-demand news broadcastst ideal for explanation seekers on the go or in the classroom. The s
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Not Grade Specific
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Picasso Pumpkins: Hispanic Heritage Month, EASY Fall or Halloween Craft Cut&Glue
A fun Fall art activity for Hispanic Heritage Month. Learn about Spains most famous artist while creating a cubist style pumpkin in the likeness of Picasso’s famous paintings. Several pumpkin images and sizes are included for student choice, including one created after Picasso's "Girl in the Mirror" painting. There are 2 pages of facial features drawn from Picasso’s most popular paintings including “Skull with Leeks. Students of all ages and abilities will have fun mixing up the face features
Grades:
K - 6th
Not your typical Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month Presentation (English version)
This is not your typical presentation for the Latinx/Hispanisc Heritage Month or biography bundle. Although you can complement those fact sheets and bio bundles with this presentation. This presentation was created with an ABAR/decolonial lens, students and teachers are invited to engage in a critical thinking process and discussions about identity markers, misconceptions and white-washed tokenizing narratives of the celebration. This presentation was created with comprehension in mind so it's v
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Not Grade Specific
Culturally Responsive Morning Meeting Slides | Morning Meeting Activities
A picture is worth 1,000 words therefore use powerful pictures to have powerful morning meeting discussions with these morning meetings slides. Compatible with Google Slides, Google Classroom and Seesaw. This powerpoint contains over 90 pictures with prompts to discuss with your students. Now includes pandemic pictures to engage students in the conversation about living in a pandemic. A Whole Year of picture prompts! Watch video to see the entire presentation:Culturally Responsive Morning Meetin
Grades:
PreK - 1st
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Morning Meeting Sharing Questions- 200 Fun Discussion Questions
Do you participate in morning meetings? Do you ever get to the sharing time and find yourself asking the same types of questions or simply having trouble thinking of new questions to promote a safe and fun classroom community? This download contains 180 unique morning meeting sharing questions--one for each day of the school year. It is a great addition to any morning meeting space. You can choose to print out the master copy of the questions if you have a way of organizing the questions on your
Grades:
K - 5th
Also included in: Morning Meeting BUNDLE: Greetings, Sharing Questions, and Activities
Depth and Complexity Frames for Every Month of the Year | Print-and-Go
This set of Depth and Complexity frames offers one frame for each month of the year. If you are looking for a quality print and go activity for your students, this is the perfect resource for you. There are twelve Depth & Complexity frames tied to holidays and month themes (such as Black History Month). They've got great graphics and strong, high-level thinking questions. There's even a rubric you can use to evaluate your students' completed frames.No need to be a Depth and Complexity expert
Grades:
4th - 10th
K-2 Social & Racial Justice Morning Meeting Slides-Anti Bias Education-ABAR
UPDATE: GOOGLE SLIDES FORMAT NOW AVAILABLE 10/15/20Teaching Tolerance’s Social Justice Standards is a road map for anti-bias education at every grade level. These particular slides were developed for K-2 classrooms. **Grades 3-5 Available!**Grades 6-8 Available!The purpose of these slides is to engage our students in deep and meaningful conversations that go beyond the basic "my favorite color is...". They are meant to elicit dialogue about inequalities and equity. What does that look like? How
Grades:
K - 2nd
Culturally Responsive Teaching Activity Cards
Do you need some ideas for your cultural responsive teaching? Here are 25 culturally responsive teaching activity cards that will help you engage and involve all students in your classroom. Each card contains the name of the activity, a description, and an example of how to use it in your classroom. Culturally Responsive Teaching Activities Included:Call and ResponseThink-Pair-ShareJigsawChoral ReadShout OutPass the CardCircle the SageElbow PartnersEcho ReadKnowledge ParadeCloze the GapJump in R
Grades:
3rd - 6th
World War II: Holocaust Photo Analysis (Warsaw Ghetto Uprising)
This photo analysis activity pairs well with a Holocaust study and an understanding of the creation of Jewish ghettos during Nazi-occupied Europe. This resource is a helpful supplement to a study of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, however, the photos included are not limited to this location only. This resource includes 8 primary source images with a step-by-step analysis guide, historical context information, and writing prompts reference sheet perfect for deeper discussion. You can use this resour
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
3-5 Social & Racial Justice Morning Meeting Slides-Anti Bias Education-ABAR
UPDATE: GOOGLE SLIDES FORMAT NOW AVAILABLE 10/15/20Teaching Tolerance’s Social Justice Standards is a road map for anti-bias education at every grade level. These particular slides were developed for 3-5 classrooms. The purpose of these slides is to engage our students in deep and meaningful conversations that go beyond the basic "my favorite color is...". They are meant to elicit dialogue about inequalities and equity. What does that look like? How can students be citizens that promote a safe s
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Transportation Around the World (Real Photos)
** 60 REAL Photographs
** Water, air, land, and human-powered types of transportation from around the world
** Pictures from North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Six of these pictures show the unique ways that children get to school in India, Burma, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
** These pictures are perfect for a transportation unit and can be incorporated into many other areas of learning as well, including multicultural studies and geography. Use them for writing prompts, d
Grades:
K - 3rd
Morning Message SEL Writing Prompts for April
This month long set includes 25 questions that will help to build a strong community in your classroom. Questions are a combination of thought-provoking, motivational, seasonally relevant, and sometimes a little silly. They are perfect for morning meetings! I use these questions daily and my students look forward to finding out the question each day and answering them! Each day of the week is themed- see the preview and thumbnails for the different options. There is a color and a black & whi
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Morning Message SEL Writing Prompts Morning Work & Bellringer BUNDLE
The Rose that Grew From the Concrete - Tupac Shakur Poem Analysis
Short analysis of Tupac Shakur's famous poem, "The Rose that Grew from the Concrete." Three discussion questions follow the poem by Tupac. Used during Black History Month in a 6th grade classroom in Oakland, CA.
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4th - 12th
Culture Pot Project
This is a great hands-on activity to teach culture. Students will learn about many elements of culture, create their own, and interpret another culture by using evidence.
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Not Grade Specific
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Morning Message SEL Writing Prompts for March
This month long set includes 26 questions that will help to build a strong community in your classroom. Questions are a combination of thought-provoking, motivational, seasonally relevant, and sometimes a little silly. They are perfect for morning meetings! I use these questions daily and my students look forward to finding out the question each day and answering them! Each day of the week is themed- see the preview and thumbnails for the different options. There is a color and a black & whi
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Morning Message SEL Writing Prompts Morning Work & Bellringer BUNDLE
Code Crackers #2 - Pigpen Cipher
Help your students develop critical thinking skills, learn a bit about secret societies, and have some fun at the same time with this Code Cracker activity! Students will be introduced to the Pigpen cipher and learn how it works, then they will have an opportunity to crack some codes themselves. There is also a space for them to create their own codes for each other to decipher.This is the second activity in my Code Crackers series. You can now get this resource as part of a bundle! Have a look
Grades:
4th - 7th
Also included in: Code Crackers - Ultimate Bundle
Morning Message SEL Writing Prompts for February
This month long set includes 28 questions that will help to build a strong community in your classroom. Questions are a combination of thought-provoking, motivational, seasonally relevant, and sometimes a little silly. They are perfect for morning meetings! I use these questions daily and my students look forward to finding out the question each day and answering them! Each day of the week is themed- see the preview and thumbnails for the different options. There is a color and a black & whi
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Morning Message SEL Writing Prompts Morning Work & Bellringer BUNDLE
What's in a Song Bundle! Combining History and the Arts
This product and other - What’s in a Song? – lessons are a great way to combine history and the arts. I use these in my U.S. History class as well in my advisory period as a way to create discussion and provoke thoughts about the environment, social justice, and activism. My students are able to connect the themes of the song with current events of today. I begin each of these by playing the song for my students and ask what they think the message is in the lyrics. We then read through the histo
Grades:
7th - 12th
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