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Middle school informational text cultural activities
Ancient China Geography: Virtual Field Trip (Google Earth Exploration)
Take your students on a virtual field trip to learn the geography of ancient China! Using a combination of Google Earthâ„¢ 360-degree views, informational text, video, and visuals, your students will learn about and explore the geography of ancient China including: the Gobi Desert, Himalaya Mountains, Tibetan Plateau, Yangtze River, and Huang He River (Yellow River).Your students will learn about::: geographic location of China:: modern-day borders (map skills included):: Gobi Desert (Mongols &
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Grades:
5th - 7th
Also included in:Â Ancient China Virtual Field Trip Bundle (Google Earth Exploration)
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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Oregon Trail Virtual Field Trip | 13 Stops Along Route | Google Earth
Take your students on a virtual field trip and make 13 stops along the Oregon Trail. Using a combination of Google Earthâ„¢ 360-degree views, video, informational text, and visuals, your students will view geographic locations and reconstructed sites along the trail as they learn about the history and significance of the Oregon Trail from multiple perspectives.This virtual field trip covers::: Native lands recognition :: What was the Oregon Trail?:: Why move west?:: Routes traveled:: Disruption of
Grades:
5th - 7th
Also included in:Â Westward Movement Virtual Field Trip Bundle (Google Earth Exploration)
California Gold Rush Virtual Field Trip (Google Earth Exploration)
Take your students on a virtual field trip to learn about the California Gold Rush. Using a combination of Google Earth™ 360-degree views, video, informational text, and visuals, your students will travel to 4 boom towns to learn about the gold rush from multiple perspectives.This virtual field trip covers::: Sutter's Mill:: James Marshall:: Prospecting for Gold:: President Polk:: Mixed Feelings:: Impact on Indigenous Peoples:: African Americans and the Gold Rush:: San Francisco:: Forty-Niners::
Grades:
4th - 6th
Also included in:Â Westward Movement Virtual Field Trip Bundle (Google Earth Exploration)
Ancient Rome: Geography Virtual Field Trip (Google Earth Exploration)
Take your students on a virtual tour to learn about the geography of ancient Rome. Using a combination of Google Earthâ„¢ 360-degree views, informational text, video, and visuals, your students will learn about and explore 5 geographical locations. This trip includes: the Tiber River, Italian Peninsula, Italian Alps, Rome, Constantinople This virtual field trip covers::: geographic location of the Roman Empire :: map skills (drag and drop & fill in the blank):: Tiber River:: Porta Portese (anc
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Grades:
5th - 7th
Immigration: Ellis Island Activities - Immigration Project
This Ellis Island & Immigration unit includes 44 pages of printables to engage your students while learning about immigration in the early 1900s. No fluff or filler here: this unit provides solid, high-quality content that will deepen students' understanding and simplify complex concepts, while taking them on a steamship journey across the Atlantic to New York Harbor and through Ellis Island. You’ll find these printables to be thoughtfully designed, easy to use, thorough, and engaging for
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Ancient Greece: Geography Virtual Field Trip (Google Earth Exploration)
Take your students on a virtual tour to learn about the geography of ancient Greece. Using a combination of Google Earthâ„¢ 360-degree views, informational text, video, and visuals, your students will learn about and explore 6 geographical locations. This trip includes Mount Olympus, the Mediterranean Sea, the Peloponnesian Peninsula, Sparta, Macedonia, and Athens.This virtual field trip covers::: geographic location of Greece:: climate:: physical geography:: Mount Olympus (significance & Myti
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Grades:
5th - 7th
Also included in:Â Ancient Greece Virtual Field Trip Bundle | Geography | Acropolis of Athens
Amazon Rainforest Virtual Field Trip (Google Earth Exploration)
Take your students on a virtual tour to Brazil to learn about the Amazon rainforest. Using a combination of Google Earthâ„¢ 360-degree views, informational text, video, and visuals, your students will learn about the Amazon rainforest from multiple perspectives. This virtual field trip covers::: geographic location of the Amazon rainforest:: physical features :: climate:: deforestation:: canopy layers:: plant growth:: economic issues:: indigenous people:: mammals:: birds:: reptiles & amphibian
Grades:
5th - 7th
Also included in:Â Latin America Virtual Field Trip Bundle (Google Earth Exploration)
Jamestown Virtual Field Trip (Google Earth Exploration)
Take your students on a virtual field trip to learn about Jamestown. Using a combination of Google Earthâ„¢ 360-degree views, video, informational text, and visuals, your students will visit reconstructed sites as they learn about the history and significance of this colony from multiple perspectives.This virtual field trip covers::: Indigenous peoples:: Native lands recognition:: Jamestown geographic location:: Wahunsenachawh (Chief Powhatan):: Tsenacommacah reconstructed village:: Virginia Compa
Grades:
5th - 7th
Hispanic Heritage Month FOR GOOGLE SLIDES| One Person Each Day With Videos
Hello and welcome to Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month! This resource comes with 24 unique trailblazing Hispanic People to celebrate for the months of September and October. This resource is designed to be used in person OR digitally. 1. You can use this resource during morning class meeting to fit in relevant and diverse content. I share screen during our class meetings, and we discuss the slides/view the videos together2. This is a completely digital or in person way to celebrate Hispanic He
Grades:
PreK - 12th
Also included in:Â Hispanic Heritage Month SUPER RESEARCH BUNDLE
Silk Road: Virtual Field Trip with 8 Location Stops (Google Earth Exploration)
Take your students on a virtual tour and make 8 stops along the Silk Road! Using a combination of Google Earthâ„¢ 360-degree views, informational text, video, and visuals, your students will learn about, explore, and better understand the history, geography, and significance of the Silk Road trade network.The 8 Silk Road Stops Include::: Xi'an, China (Chang'an) (City Wall):: Dunhuang, China (fortification, Mogao Caves):: Tash Rabat, Kyrgyzstan (caravanserai):: Samarkand, Uzbekistan (Registan Squar
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Grades:
5th - 7th
Also included in:Â Ancient China Virtual Field Trip Bundle (Google Earth Exploration)
NASA Space Centers Virtual Field Trip (Google Earth Exploration)
Take your students on a virtual field trip to three different NASA space centers across the United States. Using a combination of Google Earthâ„¢ 360-degree views, informational text, video, and visuals, your students will learn about NASA, research and contributions, space travel, and significant events.This virtual field trip covers::: NASA Headquarters:: Mary W. Jackson :: Field Centers :: Langley Research Center:: Apollo Lunar Landing:: Landing on the Moon:: Margaret Hamilton:: Johnson Space C
Grades:
5th - 7th
Also included in:Â End of Year Virtual Field Trip Bundle (Google Earth Exploration)
Hot Topics Informational Text Lessons: BUNDLE, Set #1
Engage and motivate students with these informational, expository text close reading assignments. These easy-prep Hot Topics Info Text Lesson is the perfect ready-to-go resource to practice close reading skills and comprehension. This resource is not just questions and answers - you are getting a full lesson plan complete with a relevant video links, an argumentative writing prompt, and extension ideas! Plus, all the answers are here, too!Included:-Lesson Plans-Questions/Answers-Sub Plan-Prompts
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Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Hispanic Heritage Month: Digital Choice Board Activity {7-12}
Whether you're celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month in September or incorporating more LatinX voices to diversify your curriculum, this digital choice board activity will help students gain exposure to 25 different articles, videos, poems, and stories.The goal of a choice board is to primarily provide choice to students - an opportunity to self-navigate their interests and explore new ideas. This activity can be used as a bell ringer, a weekly activity, or a 1-2 day lesson plan with rea
Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in:Â Digital Choice Board Activity Bundle: Monthly Celebrations
Ancient India: Geography Virtual Field Trip (Google Earth Exploration)
Take your students on a virtual field trip to learn the geography of ancient India! Using a combination of Google Earthâ„¢ 360-degree views, informational text, video, and visuals, your students will learn about and explore the geography of ancient India including: the Ganges River, Himalaya Mountains, Indus River, Indian Ocean, Monsoon winds, and the Subcontinent of India.Your students will learn about::: geographic location of India:: the Subcontinent of India:: Ganges River & Hinduism:: Him
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Grades:
5th - 7th
Also included in:Â Southern & Eastern Asia Virtual Field Trip Bundle (Google Earth Exploration)
Ancient Mesopotamia: Geography Virtual Field Trip (Google Earth)
Take your students on a virtual field trip to learn about the geography of ancient Mesopotamia. Using a combination of Google Earth 360-degree views, informational text, video, and visuals, your students will learn about and explore 5 geographic locations of ancient Mesopotamia: the Black Sea, Persian Gulf, Tigris-Euphrates River System, Mediterranean Sea, and the Zagros Mountains.Your students will learn about::: geographic location of ancient Mesopotamia :: modern-day countries of the Middle E
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Grades:
5th - 7th
Also included in:Â Mesopotamia Virtual Field Trip Bundle (Google Earth Exploration)
Pompeii: Virtual Field Trip (Google Earth Exploration)
Take your students on a virtual tour of the ancient city of Pompeii. Using a combination of Google Earthâ„¢ 360-degree views, informational text, video, and visuals, your students will learn about the city layout, structures, civilian life, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, and the ongoing excavations of Pompeii.This virtual field trip covers::: Geographic Location of Pompeii:: Signficance of Pompeii:: Roman City Background:: Mount Vesuvius:: City Economy & Prosperity:: City Layout:: Shops and V
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5th - 7th
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Ancient Inca: Machu Picchu Virtual Field Trip (Google Earth Exploration)
Take your students on a virtual field trip to the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu. Using a combination of Google Earth 360-degree views, informational text, visuals, and video content, your students will learn about and explore 6 locations throughout this ancient site.Your students will learn about and explore::: Geographic location of Peru:: What is Machu Picchu?:: Sacred Rock:: The Main Square:: Three Windows Temple:: Royal Tomb:: Terraces:: Funerary RockThis Virtual Field Trip Includes::: Informat
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Grades:
5th - 7th
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Also included in:Â Ancient Civilizations: Virtual Field Trip Bundle (Google Earth Exploration)
Great Wall of China Virtual Field Trip (Google Earth Exploration)
Take your students on a virtual field trip to the Great Wall of China! Using a combination of Google Earth 360-degree views, informational text, visuals, and videos, your students will learn and explore this Wonder of the World up close! Critical thinking response questions are included throughout the virtual field trip.Your students will learn about and explore::: Huangyaguan:: Mutianyu:: Badaling:: Zhenbeitai:: JiayuguanThis Virtual Field Trip Includes::: Informational Text to build background
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Grades:
5th - 7th
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Also included in:Â Ancient Civilizations: Virtual Field Trip Bundle (Google Earth Exploration)
Japan Virtual Field Trip | Country Study with Google Earth Exploration
Take your students on a virtual tour of Japan! Using a combination of Google Earth™ 360° views, informational text, video, and visuals, your students will learn all about Japan from various perspectives.This virtual field trip covers::: geographic location of Japan:: Japan on the map (drag & drop map skills):: government:: physical geography:: regions and prefectures:: major cities :: climate, typhoons, Pacific Ring of Fire:: Mount Fuji:: first people (Sannai-Maruyama Historical Site):: trad
Grades:
5th - 7th
Also included in:Â Southern & Eastern Asia Virtual Field Trip Bundle (Google Earth Exploration)
Zootopia Movie Guide & Stereotypes Discussion
Zootopia is not only a great movie, but also has important ideas about stereotyping and how we treat each other in a diverse society. Thus, it's a perfect film to show students as a springboard to deeper content and thinking. So, I created this product to use in the middle school classroom, based on the film.
This product is broken up into three parts:
Part 1-Movie guide: students answer questions as they watch the movie, about the plot of the film.
Part 2-Critical thinking: Students answer que
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Assimilation of Native Americans: Indian Boarding Schools (STATIONS)
Through these primary source analysis stations, your students will gain an understanding of the assimilation of Native Americans in the United States following the Civil War, due to the use of Indian boarding schools. Through readings, photographs, and interviews, your students will analyze primary sources to learn the laws and history surrounding the schools in the United States, as well understand the negative impact these government instituted school experiences have had on Native American ch
Grades:
5th - 8th
Ancient Mayans: Chichen Itza Virtual Field Trip with Google Earth Exploration
Take your students on a virtual field trip to Chichen Itza in Mexico. Using a combination of Google Earth 360-degree views, informational text, visuals, and video content, your students will learn about and explore Chichen Itza from different perspectives.Your students will learn about and explore::: Geographic location of Chichen Itza:: What is Chichen Itza?:: Who are the Maya?:: El Castillo:: Temple of the Warriors:: Juego de Pelota (ball game courts):: El Caracol (observatory)This Virtual Fie
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Grades:
5th - 7th
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Also included in:Â Ancient Civilizations: Virtual Field Trip Bundle (Google Earth Exploration)
Ancient China | Qin Shi Huangdi | Terracotta Warriors | Virtual Field Trip
Take your students on a virtual tour to learn about the Terracotta Warriors. Using a combination of Google Earthâ„¢ 360-degree views, informational text, video, and visuals, your students will learn about and explore Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi's Mausoleum. Your students will learn about::: the geographic location of China:: Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi (short bio):: the Tomb Mound and further discoveries:: Terracotta Warrior Pits (creation details, 360-tour, video):: Significance of these findings:: Excav
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Grades:
5th - 7th
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Also included in:Â Ancient China Virtual Field Trip Bundle (Google Earth Exploration)
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