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Free critical thinking cultural activities
Code Crackers #1 - Caesar Cipher
Help your students develop critical thinking skills, learn a bit about Ancient Rome, and have some fun at the same time with this Code Cracker activity! Students will be introduced to the Caesar 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 activity comes with a cipher wheel that students can make to help them with their code cracking (they will need a bras
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: Code Crackers - Ultimate Bundle
Thanksgiving Dinner on a Budget
Students will have the opportunity to create a Thanksgiving dinner for 12 people based off of a 100 dollar budget. A full list of traditional Thanksgiving dinner foods, with pictures (for visual learners), and prices is included. Feel free to use the parameters set up in this file OR create your own!!
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Stereotypes in a Bag: Identifying, Classifying, and Analyzing Stereotypes
For more activities like this one, check out my growing series of Meaningful Morning Meeting Mini-lessons. Students are growing up in a world that, unfortunately, continues to rely heavily on stereotypes. Even our youngest students have already internalized stereotypical and limiting ideas about others and about themselves. This lesson is designed to help students explicitly consider the problematic and oversimplified nature of stereotypes. While this lesson focuses on gender stereotypes, it is
Grades:
2nd - 8th
Social Justice Unit: I Love My Culture
This unit has a specific focus on celebrating identity and is designed to give students opportunities on how they can love and embrace their culture, and understand that how they do things is the same and different from how other people do things. I used the Social Justice standards to create this unit. They are a set of anchor standards (which can be found on TeachingTolerance.org) divided into four domains: identity, diversity, justice and action. These standards are designed to make schools m
Grades:
K - 2nd
Also included in: Social Justice MEGA Bundle for the Year
let's agree to disagree - I'd agree with you, but then we'd both be wrong!
A fun Powerpoint conversation presentation with 2 debate sheet handouts including:- rules of arguments and - arguing phrases, from a mild agreement to a strong disagreement. I’ve used this lesson successfully as:A great ice breaker for a new class An ‘emergency substitute lesson’ for those days when only a few students show up When I just know that there is little chance of concentration (too hot, too cold and miserable, too close to the end of school…etc). I usually screen the slide, wait to s
Grades:
9th - 12th, Adult Education
What Is Bias? Powerpoint for High School, SEL, Sociology, Homeroom. Free PPT
This powerpoint is intended for high schoolers, and it is focused on the broad topic of bias. The slides include a definition of bias, a reflection on what bias means to them, types of bias, and examples/scenarios that demonstrate what each type might look and sound like. This ppt file is editable to fit your unique needs, and the download includes a doc and pdf of the step-by-step lesson plan. OBJECTIVESBy the end of this lesson, your students should be able to :· Define bias· Identify five ty
Grades:
9th - 12th
SMART goal template
* Now with some small upgrades such as lines for students to fill in. Using the Learning Progressions students will be encourage to use this template to create their own learning goals.
Grades:
PreK - 8th
Diversity and Inclusion | Smoky Night Book Talk for Distance Learning
Create tolerant, accepting and empathetic children through book discussions that directly correlate to today's current events. Use the text to dig deeper with the following included items:11 discussion questions to dig deeper into the meaning of the text and find connections1 writing prompt to allow children to share their thoughts through words4 extension activities to do as a family or small group to show application of compassion and love!******************************************************
Grades:
K - 7th
FREE Halloween Skeleton Memory Match Game! Visual Discrimination
FREEBIE ALERT! Have some Halloween fun with your preschool and elementary students while working on strengthening their visual discrimination skills and memory! Say hello to some friendly little Halloween animal buddies! Have fun matching these holiday-themed cards. Start with a few and add more to increase the difficulty!These cards are self-correcting! Matching cards mean that this activity can be done INDEPENDENTLY! INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING:Twenty (20) Black and White Memory Match Cards formatt
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PreK - 2nd
Terry Fox/Personal Hero
A short fun (bilingual- ENGLISH/FRENCH) resource for Terry Fox day. Have students compare Terry Fox to a personal hero to them. Great for discussions on what makes a hero/good moral lessons. Great expansion for lesson on who Terry Fox was and why we run. A great CANADIAN RESOURCE.
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Not Grade Specific
Thanksgiving Sudoku Game Worksheets (easy & hard)
These are Sudoku puzzles made for Thanksgiving fun. Instead of numbers, we have used iconic Thanksgiving symbols. We have included a 6x6 easy-to-teach as well as a harder 6x6. Then there are two 9x9 Sudoku that are easy and harder. We have also included a set of symbols for students who prefer markers over drawing the symbol in the box. If you have any questions please feel free to contact us.Also, check our store later in the month for more holiday Sudoku puzzles, like Christmas and Hanukkah!T
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Grades:
2nd - 10th
Object Mysteries - Sample
Wonderful for ages 8 - 108.Players solve the mysteries in much the same way as a real detective would—by asking probing questions and forming conclusions based upon the answers. They develop the following skills:• Problem-Solving Strategies • Sequential Reasoning• Deductive Reasoning • Questioning Strategies• Critical Thinking • Clustering or Categorizing of Ideas• Abstract Reasoning • Good Listening• Discriminating General Vs. Specific • Writing Teamwork• Understanding of Scientific and Histori
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Not Grade Specific
A Saint Patrick’s Day Creative Thinking Freebie
Discover the treasure at the end of the educational rainbow with these set of FREE 8 Saint Patrick's Day activities! These activities are designed to spark creativity, critical thinking, and joy in learning. Key FeaturesA variety of interactive, Saint Patrick’s Day-themed activities suitable for various grade levels.Activities that emphasize creative thinking, problem-solving, and reflective learning.Student-friendly worksheets that require minimal preparation for a seamless integration into les
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Not Grade Specific
Exploring African Art
This worksheet guides students through the process of responding to art works, and using the abstract information that they discover to make inferences about the culture that produced them. It is works of art specifically from the African Savannah, and some specific to the Maasai tribe of Kenya and Tanzania.
Grades:
PreK - 12th
Cinderella Around the World
How different can stories about Cinderella or Little Red Riding Hood actually be? Students would be surprised. How about a crocodile in the Cinderella story? That is not what they expect.
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K - 3rd
Money Class Crowns (headbands) Game {FREEBIE}
Similar to the game headbands- in this game students have to identify both the face and back side of quarters, nickels, dimes, pennies, golden dollars, fifty cent pieces, and dollar bills(1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100). There are different ways to play this game, it is perfect for both math and social studies! This game can be adjusted for any number of players and any grade level. It is great for learning about currency in social studies, and for adding money in math!
I have used it with my third
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PreK - 6th
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H.P. Lovecraft-Award and His Racist Ideology
This essay-- which can be paired with N.K. Jemisin's The City We Became or, indeed, with any work by an author with problematic ideas-- was written by an author of color who won the World Fantasy Award which is named after H.P. Lovercraft... and was both honored by such a tribute and disgusted with Lovecraft's own racism which is apparent in so much of his work.Students are given both "thought exercises" and a brief writing task to discuss/analyze the seeming incongruency of a contemporary autho
Grades:
11th - 12th, Higher Education
Mindful Mandala Coloring Book
This mini coloring book is the perfect PDF print-off for coloring pages for students. Whether it is a free choice option in your classroom or a lesson on contemporary art & design, your students will become engaged with the intricate designs and introduced to the concept of symmetry.
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Grades:
K - 12th
What Do You Mean to Say? - Sarcasm Activity
Teaching English - what a piece of cake. Here is a humorous little workbook to help your teenagers and adults understand sarcasm. This could be used with English as an Additional Language students, or in other culture-based classes to spark conversations surrounding humour and rhetoric. You can use this book with your students by asking them to explain what is really being said in each pictograph. Have your students explain the sarcasm being used based in the references. This makes for a fun war
Grades:
11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Aboriginal lessons Stage 2
This unit of work was developed to teach Aboriginal Education in a context outside the topic of British Colonisation. It is developed for a stage 2 class complying with the NSW syllabus, however, it can be easily adapted for any age and/or outcomes.
It uses the text "My Place" by Nadia Wheatley.
Included is;
3 lessons (relating to belonging, identity, Aboriginal perspectives)
A rational for implementing these teaching strategies and learning outcomes, relating to Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Dev
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3rd - 4th
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The Golem and The Jinni--Research and Writing Tasks
Helene Wecker's The Golem and The Jinni is a fantasy novel which relates the lives of two characters from different worldviews. These mini-research tasks, to be assigned individually to students so that all are covered, expand upon and extend details from the novel and help students better understand the lives of the characters and the world(s) which they inhabit.Tasks are to be assigned throughout the reading of the novel, and submitted/presented at appropriate times until all are done. A min
Grades:
10th - 12th
Terrible Things Reflection - VIRTUAL FRIENDLY
After students have read the short story "Terrible Things" by Eve Bunting, they can use this as an easy reflection: how does this relate to the Holocaust, and how does it relate to more current issues?Comment for access to the Google Docs version for easy integration with Google Classroom!
Grades:
6th - 9th
Canada's Roadside Attractions: the Cultural, the Historical and the Unique
The world's biggest hockey stick (which resides up-island from Victoria) was in the news recently - the town is trying to sell it before it falls apart. Commissioned for Expo '86, which now seems lost in the mists of time, it's been affixed to Duncan's Cowichan Community Centre since 1988, and, as the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. This piece of Canadiana got me thinking about all the other 'world's biggest' attractions scattered throughout our country. This product would be a
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Grades:
4th - 5th
Put it Over Dey! Trinidadian Christmas Sorting/Lift-the-Flap Activity
Black ink-only + your kid's best color combos will make this sorting and lift-the-flap activity festive and fun! Use what you have on hand and give this craft to your kids to foster the Christmas spirit within them ❤️
Grades:
1st - 5th
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