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Social studies research for Microsoft Excel
Cross-Curricular Road Trip Project
This Road Trip Project is a great cross-curricular project to try out in any classroom grades 6-12! It brings together Social Studies, Mathematics, Language Arts, and Science all in one!
Students will research and use Google Docs and Excel to completely plan out an educational road trip across the country!
Students will create a day-to-day itinerary with weather predictions, a map visual showing their journey, a letter to their principal explaining the educational value of the trip to requ
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6th - 12th
QABF Automatic Graphing Tool (multiple raters)
Editable Automatic Graphing tool for QABF. Multiple Scorers The QABF is a measure designed for the functional assessment of aberrant behaviors. Individuals who are familiar with the learner (e.g. Caregivers, Behavior Therapists, Teachers, BCBAs) rate each item. This tool yields 5 categories in which the function of the target behavior is hypothesized: Attention, Escape, Physical, Tangible, and Non-Social. Often the function of the behavior can be hypothesized by graphic interpretation using a
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Staff
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Psychology Research - Survey Writing, Data Collection, Correlation Graphing
I teach Dual Enrollment Psychology 101. There's no better way to understand Psychology Research Methods than to conduct your own research. This project requires students to come up with a research question, guided survey questions, collect data, chart and graph that data, recognize correlation, then reflect on their results.While this project is designed to be used in Psychology, I supply you with DOCX files so that you can change the directions to suit ANY SUBJECT! For example, I was require
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
World Religion Comparison Chart
World Religion Comparison ChartFounder, God, # of Gods, Sacred of Text, Rules/Laws, Goal of Life, & Sacred SitesReligions: Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Confucianism, & BuddhismAnswer Key Included
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7th - 10th
Fun With States MSWord or Excel project
Create the diagram using either Excel or Tables in Word. Manipulate the text to show in different directions. Research the information. Living in Minnesota, I used the states which surround us...you may want to use the states in your area as well.
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6th - 8th
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Travel Planner
Included: .pdf and .doc files, evaluation rubric, Excel spreadsheet. 8 pages, in 2 formats. This unit involves planning a vacation (or tour or trip or adventure) to a country of your choice, somewhere outside North America. Assume that you have two weeks and $5000 at your disposal. You can go wherever you like, but you can’t stay in all-inclusive resorts. You can travel at any time of the year. When you get to your destination you must go to at least two towns or cities and visit their most famo
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8th - 11th
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World Geography APA Research Paper Rubric
Are you a world geography teacher looking for a comprehensive and user-friendly APA research paper rubric to streamline the assessment process for your students' projects? Look no further! Our "World Geography APA Research Paper Rubric" is designed to help you evaluate and guide your students' research papers with ease.Key Features:Alignment with APA Guidelines: This rubric is meticulously crafted to align with the American Psychological Association (APA) formatting and citation style. It ensure
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â APA Research Paper Template/Example Paper & APA Grading Rubric
Grocery Shopping Challenge
A grocery shopping challenge designed to build students' confidence in online bargain hunting, grocery shopping, budgeting, basic Excel skills, and reflecting.This package involves approximately 5 periods worth of work. It can be altered to use supermarkets of your choice - all included resources are fully customizable. Teacher instruction sheet included too. Great for an introductory activity for any subject with a focus on money, budgeting, achieving independence, etc. Will prompt a lot of cla
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6th - 11th
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Timeline
Use this editable Excel document to help students learn about timelines. Type your own information OR print for students to use (can be sliced in half). Older students can write dates and/or facts on the timeline, while younger students can use a template for cutting and pasting information or pictures.
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Not Grade Specific
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Curated List of 200+ Criminal Cases for Forensic Science research
In my Forensic Science course, my students create a major case research report at the end of the semester. The instructions and rubric for this assignment are posted in my TPT storefront. For this assignment I created a list of cases - some famous, some lesser known - so that no two students have the same topic. There are suspects who are long since deceased, still imprisoned, some even exonerated and released. Over the years my list went from 35 cases to now 200. My list is now also organized i
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Not Grade Specific
Market Structures Comparison Chart
Includes a chart comparing monopoly, oligopoly, monopolistic competition, and perfect competition.
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7th - 12th
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The Census - A Statistical Look at the Diversity of American Culture.
A Statistical Look at the Diversity of American Culture. Whether, it is used with a class or any group, the purpose is to open the eyes of the participants to how diverse our population really is. Preview presentation has notes to explain what the Census is and how to use the Spreadsheet. The spreadsheet sums up the results of data collected and automatically displays on both the Bar Graphs and the Pie Charts. Spreadsheet is compact and uncomplicated. It allows for easy to understand results
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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What is Economics? Economic Philosophers Comparison Chart
This Comparing Economic Philosopher's graphic organizer is excellent for comparing the main economic philosophers in the Free Enterprise system. An answer key is provided.
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9th - 12th
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Also included in:Â What is Economics? Bundle
The Power of Ideas
Spreadsheets are perhaps the simplest form of a database and are excellent tools for introducing students to using technology for analysis. This lesson plan provides an introduction to using databases for a research project about “idea creators” from history; famous artists, scientists, politicians, etc.While doing research about these individuals, students will learn about filtering, sorting, and other spreadsheet commands.Subject Areas: Any really, but ideal for History and Social Studies.Mat
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Not Grade Specific
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13 Colonies Research Rubric
This short, simple rubric can be used to plan and assess a research project in which students explore the economies, religions, governments, and everyday lives of settlers in the 13 original colonies of the US. Rubric covers ELA as well as Social Studies standards.
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4th - 5th
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Analyzing Congress 2.0
Spreadsheets are perhaps the simplest form of a database and are excellent tools for introducing students to using technology for analysis. This lesson plan centers around analysis of the current House of Representatives.How representative of the average American is it?What traits are common?What does this tell us about what it takes to be a Member of the House of Representatives?This teaching guide and lesson plan provides you with the resources to do a deep dive about the House of Representat
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Countries: UN, FIFA, Olympics, Lonely Planet & Other
- Google spread sheet- Alphabetically listed - They are marked if they are listed under UN (United Nations), FIFA, Olympics, Lonely Planet & Other- Most countries- you can click on their name and it will take you to a website with information on the country.
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Business Expenses Spreadsheet
This is a supplimental item to assist with business units or projects. Students will research the expenses that involved in running a business and calculate monthly costs in order to determine what they would need in order to sustain a company.
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9th - 12th
Also included in:Â Business & Economics Bundle
Test Your Knowledge of French history, culture and more
This is a great resource IN ENGLISH for students to research / review the most important 50 elements of French history, culture, famous French personalities etc. The format is an Excel file and there are multiple ways of presenting and grading (easiest is a scantron form) . Here are 25 of the 50 important items in the lesson. Each item has a matching answer.AirbusArc de TriomphebaccalauréatBastilleBordeauxCannesCoco Channel, Dior, YSLDe Gaulle, Mitterrand, SarkozyDom Perignonfamous French fo
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Social Security/Private Fund Benefit Comparison Project
This project for an Economics, Accounting or Statistics class utilizes public information on the Internet (including the Social Security Administration website) to compare Social Security benefits with a comparably-funded private retirement account.
All of the instructions and tables are provided in the attached Excel-format spreadsheet, other than data that needs to be culled directly from the Social Security Administration website (and instructions on how to pull that data is provided).
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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CIE A Level Economics 9708 Past Paper 3 and 4 Full Analysis
A complete table of marks allocated by topic and question type for all Cambridge International Economics A Level Past Papers 3 and 4 (code 9708) since 2010.
This amazing and thoroughly-researched resource can be used to identify the frequency with which different key topics appear on the exam paper, and to compare and identify trends in the type of questions chosen (for example, if a question on Economies of Scale appears on Paper 4 it is then highly unlikely that a question on Economies of Sca
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11th - 12th
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World Economies, By Country
A listing of all of the world's countries, their GDP, and information references to the CIA World Factbook (amounts of road and rails, population demographics, physical geography, flags, location, diseases, etc). Accurate to 2009. I compiled and used this for a lesson in energy production and funds available for science/health research, but it could be used for any course, and for any purpose!
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Not Grade Specific
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State Passport (Editable)
This is a printable book that the students can use to research information about all of the states. One way you could use this is to have different students research a state and share the information to the rest of the class. This way all of the students would have a complete book but only have to research a few states. Another way you could use this is to have the students research each state in a center and have the students slowly fill out their booklet.
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2nd - 6th
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Civics/Government - Students' Elected Officials Spreadsheet
This "Elected Officials Student Template" can be used with any Civics / Government lesson - either for a 1 day assignment, or for a week-long lesson. This resource is perfect for when middle / high school students are researching state and federal laws, or local ordinances. Most state legislatures are back in session beginning spring 2024, so it is an ideal time to begin this lesson in civic engagement or how a bill becomes a law. Whether you teach in Colorado or elsewhere, you can change the na
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7th - 12th
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Importance of learning social studies
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Learning social studies offers many benefits to students in terms of helping them develop a holistic understanding of the world. Namely, it helps them:
- Learn about the achievements, challenges, perspectives, traditions, and customs of different societies
- Evaluate information, analyze evidence, and make informed judgments about complex social, economic, and political issues
- Become active, responsible, and engaged citizens
- Comprehend global issues such as human rights, environmental sustainability, and economic disparities
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