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Social studies Common Core RL.8.1 projects
The Book Thief Novel Study and Project Menu; Plus Digital Option
Everything you need to use Markus Zusaks's award-winning WW2 novel, The Book Thief effectively in your classroom! A no-prep standards based interactive notebook literature guide with follow-up reading response questions for every chapter as well as vocabulary, writing projects, activities and enrichment projects. Teacher friendly engaging lessons to use with this award winning novel in your classroom while encouraging critical reading skills.CCSS/STAAR Aligned! Great for "Distance Learning".Eve
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5th - 9th
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Novel Study and Project Menu; Plus Digital Option
Everything you need to use John Boyne's award winning WWII novel, "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" effectively in your classroom! A no-prep standards based interactive notebook literature guide with follow-up reading response questions for every chapter as well as vocabulary, writing projects, activities and enrichment projects. Teacher friendly engaging lessons to use with this award winning novel in your classroom while encouraging critical reading skills.CCSS/STAAR Aligned! Great for "Distan
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5th - 9th
Also included in: World War II Novel Study Bundle, Seven Complete WWII Literature Units!
Murder Mystery Activity w/out the Murder Who Poisoned Willy Wonka
Who Poisoned Willy Wonka is an interactive classroom activity promotes collaboration, logic, inference, critical thinking, character analysis and fun in your classroom. Students work to solve a mystery involving some of the greatest literary characters of all time.This is a great group activity, classroom team activity, or center activity. It is a great way to introduce units on mystery, character, literature or just for a fun and engaging activity. It is also great for classroom parties or bonu
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Whodunit? - Who Stole Dracula's Coffin? - A Classroom Mystery Inference Activity
Who Stole Dracula's Coffin? is an interactive classroom activity that promotes collaboration, logic, inference, critical thinking, character analysis and fun in your classroom. Students work to solve a mystery involving some of the greatest literary characters of all time. There are two versions included - one with a named thief and the second, where student consensus determines who committed the crime. Murder mystery game without the murder.This is a great group activity, classroom team activit
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Murder Mystery, Reader's Theater, Games - Halloween Activities BUNDLE
Murder Mystery Activity - w/out the Murder: Who Poisoned Sherlock Holmes
This interactive classroom activity promotes collaboration, logic, inference, critical thinking, character analysis and fun in your classroom. Students work to solve a mystery involving some of the greatest literary characters of all time.This is a great group activity, classroom team activity, or center activity. It is a great way to introduce units on mystery, character, literature or just for a fun and engaging activity. It is also great for classroom parties or bonus time.This resource inclu
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Roaring 20's Research Project: Pre-Reading to "The Great Gatsby" or 1920's Era
In this product is everything you will need for a successful 1920's era project for your students! I used this project to teach my students about the 1920's era from a research format, though I plan to use it in the future for a pre-reading activity before reading The Great Gatsby. Each student will get to select a topic that is most interesting to them. Some options are: Economic Boom and Stock Market CrashThe Great DepressionFlappers and Women's RightsWW1 impactFilm Industry and Celebrity Wors
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Classroom Murder Mystery Activity: Frankenstein: Who Killed the House Maid?
This interactive classroom activity promotes collaboration, logic, inference, critical thinking and fun in your classroom. Students work to solve a murder mystery set right after Victor Frankenstein creates his monster. No knowledge of the novel is necessary; however, this is a great activity if you've read the novel.This is a great group activity, classroom team activity, or center activity. It is a great way to introduce units on mystery, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein or just for a fun and enga
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Holocaust - Research Process Unit - Essay Writing - Oral/Visual Presentations
Description: Dive deep into the critical period of the Holocaust with a meticulously crafted Holocaust Research Unit. Tailored for 8th-grade to high school seniors, this digital resource serves as a comprehensive guide for students embarking on an in-depth research journey. Aligned with Common Core Standards for ELA and Social Studies, this unit empowers educators to deliver impactful Holocaust education while nurturing students' research, critical thinking, and writing skills.What's Included:G
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8th - 12th
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Loyalty by Avi Novel Study
A great resource for reading comprehension, critical thinking skills, and classroom discussions for Award-winning author, Avi's latest book, "Loyalty". This is focused on 8th grade Ohio Standards but can be modified easily to fit the 6-8 grade band. The intention is to have these resources to teach various skills and open up classroom discussions.Cross-curricular with Reading, Writing, and Social Studies (American Revolution).
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6th - 9th
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Juneteenth: A Journey from Slavery to Freedom Lesson Plan, PPT, Activity
Juneteenth: A Journey from Slavery to Freedom - Comprehensive Lesson Plan for Grades 6-12Grade Levels: 6-12 Subjects: History, Social Studies, English Language Arts Resource Type: Lesson Plans (Bundled), Activities, MultimediaCelebrate and explore the profound significance of Juneteenth with our comprehensive lesson plan designed for students in grades 6 through 12. This meticulously crafted educational resource takes students on an enlightening journey from the origins of Juneteenth in Galvesto
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6th - 12th
I am Malala Final Choice Project - 8 options!
Did your class read "I am Malala?" Have students demonstrate their understanding of the memoir by creating meaningful projects! -8 choices for a culminating project-Checklists for each project option-A rubric for grading
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Instagram Character Study Digital Template
The most AUTHENTIC LOOKING Instagram digital templates available! Students are far more confident online these days instead of having to draw their own images. Explore character development through the use of Instagram. Have your students choose a character from the text they read and create Instagram pages using the templates provided, including a profile page, reels, posts and messages page.All links are to Canva.com - a free online design and visual communication tool.Resource Folder includes
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6th - 11th
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End of Year ELA Project: A Psychological Profile of Sherlock Holmes
I loved studying Sherlock Holmes in school, and I bet your kids will too! Engage students with this comprehensive project, which explores the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, focusing on his iconic character Sherlock Holmes. Students will combine insights from literature and psychology to analyze Holmes' traits, habits, and motivations, ultimately determining if he fits the diagnostic criteria of a psychopath, sociopath, or neither.IMPORTANT! Students should read "A Study in Scarlet" before star
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8th - 12th
Jason and the Argonauts: Guided Reading Packet
An adaptation of the classic tale of the ancient Greek adventurer, Jason. The packet includes critical thinking questions that allow students to monitor comprehension and make inferences. It also includes several extension activities for early finishers.
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5th - 8th
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Sweep by Jonathan Auxier: Hands-on-Learning Activities
Are your students BORED with just reading a novel?Do you want your students to make DEEPER connections with the novel you are teaching?This PROJECT BASED NOVEL ACTIVITY is the perfect companion to studying the Sweep by Jonathan Auxier. This month long unit examines how hope can bring long- lasting effective change in anyone’s community. The unit utilizes the novel Sweep by Jonathan Auxier, the song Speechless sung by Naomi Scott and many other multi-media tools. This product comprehension ques
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5th - 8th
END OF UNIT PROJECT | ANY SUBJECT
EXAMINE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN CONCEPTS AT THE END OF A SCIENCE, MATH, OR HISTORY UNIT OR BETWEEN UNITS WITH THIS PUZZLE PROJECT. No Prep.- Just print and go. The requirements are also editable to fit the goals of a math, history, or science unit or as a culminating activity at the end of a semester. (It is also versatile enough to be used with many curriculums.)
Included are some specific suggestions on requirements that can be added into the puzzle project to support student understanding.
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6th - 12th
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Female Fiction Character ONE-PAGER | Google Slides | Middle & High School
Looking to highlight STRONG FEMALE CHARACTERS? These Google Slides are the perfect template for that type of focus! Two slides will help students share about the book they read and two more slides will help them prepare their information for the one-pager.A great Women's History Month Activity, this resource combines researching and self-expression as part of the learning process.This activity will give the students an opportunity to let their creativity shine AND share about one of their favor
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6th - 12th
Big Book Project | Independent Novel Project | Editable Google Slides!
Welcome to the Big Book Project! With this assignment, your students will use poster board or file folders to create a Big Book analyzing a novel, but it can easily be adapted into a digital assignment to be done in Google Classroom, Canvas, or your preferred LMS. This project is perfect for an independent reading project, an end-of-unit assessment, or a class novel analysis.The Big Book Project contains 9 components:Redesign the cover of your bookShort SummaryProtagonist PortraitPlot the PlotWh
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7th - 12th
Greek Mythology 12 Olympians Social Media Profile Project - Editable Template
Bring mythology and the twelve Olympians into the 21st century through this fun social media profile project! Students will use and editable template to create an online profile for one of the twelve Olympians.This project can be used in multiple ways--for introducing the Olympians, while working through a unit on Greek mythology, or even as an end-of-unit assessment over Ancient Greece.Students will independently find and read articles about their Olympian, summarize those articles, and then us
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7th - 10th
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Native American Heritage Month Thematic Unit Study
NatureGlo's eScience Native American Studies is a unit study plan ideally for grades 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. In NatureGlo's Native American Unit Study Lesson Plan, students can get great Native American school project ideas covering multiple subjects. What's included: 1 page of detailed teacher instructions.1 page streamlined unit study lesson plan1 blank fillable unit study plannerLinks to teacher/author, Gloria Brooks aka NatureGlo's original Native American YouTube videosCarefully researched free
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4th - 8th
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Character: Fun Activity for ANY Work of Literature
This writing activity is fun and easy to use, while also requiring students to use critical thinking skills and text evidence writing. It’s also versatile! Students can create a desktop and blog for a literary character, an author, a person from history, or even a pop culture character.
Students will choose a character, author, or historic figure, and design him/her a desktop and blog. It will include tabs and bookmarks for a site the character has recently visited, an organization they belong
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5th - 10th
Of Mice and Men Snapchat Assessment
A project in which students work in pairs to create several elements of a Snapchat account for a character from Of Mice and Men
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7th - 12th
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Common Core Research Project for "Dawn Drums"
I’ve posted these activities in hopes that they will help young readers of Dawn Drums to synthesize information they’ve acquired and reflect upon both the story and the history it relates. These rubrics for various posters and writing projects may be used in conjunction or separately, as you wish. Please modify the activities to suit your own classroom needs. Mrs. Reed and her students at Chalone Peaks Middle School helped me to develop and refine them.
Timebound Novel Common Core Guide grades 7-10
This guide contains several lessons that align with Common Core standards for grades 7-10. Lessons include Pre-reading questions, writing with primary sources presentation, primary source writing lesson, identifying bias in primary sources lesson, pictures as primary sources lesson and definitions of all the Common Core standards these lessons align with.
About the book: http://amzn.to/1ivhLAh
"Sharp writing, a flair for dialogue and a big, twisting imagination." —Kirkus Book Reviews
When Kate
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7th - 10th
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