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Halloween Short Research Project: Myths, Ghosts, & Legends Media Presentation
With this standards-based short research task AND a digital media presentation project, your middle and high school students will be 100% engaged on Halloween. Student Experience: Students will be assigned a myth from their state or from a state in the US. They will research and create a media presentation to share their findings. This type of assignment is very flexible and is 100% editable. It could be used to teach MLA and research, review MLA, conclude a unit on Dark Romantic or Gothic lit
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6th - 12th
Also included in:Â Research Writing Unit, Curriculum BUNDLE+
McCarthyism Internet Scavenger Hunt - The Crucible
This graphic organizer asks students to research for answers to prompts about The Red Scare and McCarthyism. This introduction lays the foundation for Arthur Miller's The Crucible.
It is presented as a Word document so you may alter to fit your instruction or scaffold for struggling learners.
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9th - 12th
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Psychology Final Project "Who am I?" Two Different Project Options
AP Psychology and regular psychology end of the year project to wrap up all that the students have studied of the course of the year.
This creative project will allow students to take a more in depth look at themselves and how their personal experiences relate to a wide variety of psychological concepts.
There are project two options to look at; one takes a more creative approach to self-analysis, while the second option is a purely written reflection. You can choose one to assign or give both
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9th - 12th
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Credit Card Project
Students will compare and contrast potential credit cards options in this web based research project. This project has 3 different assignments designed to give students hands on experience in shopping for credit cards and understanding the positives and negatives associated with credit cards. Students must analyze rewards (benefits) and choose a card that best fits their spending style. Students must also analyze the negatives of interest rates and minimum payments. Product includes links t
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9th - 12th
Economics Personal Finance Minimum Wage Assignment - Poor Man's Budget
This assignment is called the Poor Man's Budget. This assignment forces students to work 40 hours a week at minimum wage. They must calculate their gross pay, taxes, net pay, and all of their expenses. They must choose an actual place to live online, pay transportation, food costs, utilities, etc. They must determine whether they are in debt or not, make changes if needed, and summarize what they learn from the assignment. This Word Document sets up the assignment with students and makes it easy
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7th - 12th
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Thesis Statement
Use this worksheet to help students plan a thesis statement for a research paper. The thesis worksheet guides students to use three main points and meld them together in one sentence for a thesis statement. Effective scaffolding for students with writing accommodations and modifications or first-time writers! These handouts model sentence-by-sentence, paragraph-by-paragraph the basic structure of a five paragraph research paper.Use this worksheet in conjunction with the other 6 that I have pos
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Renaissance Biography Project worksheet
You have been chosen by Renaissance Time Magazine to write biographies of famous Renaissance people for our new issue. The issue's title is "The Most Influential People of the Renaissance". Your job is to write biographies for each of our honorees. Pick any 2 of the Renaissance people listed below; your fellow journalists will do the rest!
RUBRIC INCLUDED
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4th - 11th
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Short Research Project: Symbols of the Season for Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa
This short research task for December allows your middle and high school students to investigate and share various symbols of the holiday season. This low prep assignment is very flexible: It could be used to teach MLA and research, review MLA, or in a non English class looking to incorporate research in a fun way. Student Experience: Students will research an important symbol from the Christmas season, design a media presentation, and then present their findings to the class. With this stu
Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in:Â Research Writing Unit, Curriculum BUNDLE+
Student Loan & College Admission Project
This web based research activity challenges students choose colleges they plan to attend college. Students will research admission standards for their colleges and compare those to their own academic successes. After choosing colleges, students will be taken through the loan repayment process. My students every year comment on how they had no idea the costs and requirements of their colleges. More importantly they understand long term loan payback and interest rates. The project lasts abou
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7th - 12th
History Detectives: Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini; Rise of Totalitarianism
This is learning resource is a project-based learning unit that serves as a fun and engaging way for students to learn about the totalitarian leaders in Europe leading up to and during World War II. Through teamwork and a thorough research framework, students are tasked with filming an episode of the popular television show "History Detectives". In doing so, students will critically examine the culture of other nations while building up knowledge about how such extreme leaders can come to power.
Grades:
9th - 12th
The Civil War "Baseball Cards" Project
Watch your students eagerly research important figures of the Civil War Era in order to create historical "Baseball" cards for each figure. As in real baseball cards, each figure will have a picture and facts of the role he/she played leading up to or during the Civil War. This Civil War project is teacher tested with a great success rate at any level of U.S. History. This project can easily be used in other disciplines (in English - authors, science - scientists, etc.).
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4th - 11th
The Victorian Era - Pre-Reading Research Project and Simulation
For years I have taught A Christmas Carol, and each time I have tried to find an interesting way to teach my students about the Victorian setting of the novel. This activity I created has worked perfectly for my gifted students, but can be easily accommodated for any level of learning!What I have created is a three-part activity that doesn't just give students a research project, but also a role as a character from Victorian England. Adding the personal element has allowed my students to not j
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7th - 8th
TED Talk Viewing Guide: The Danger of a Single Story
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian author of multiple fictional and non-fiction works, and a MacArthur Genius Grant recipient. Her texts explore themes of feminism, race, and intersectionality, poetry, and many other topics. She’s even won a GRAMMY as a featured artist on Beyonce (Beyonce’s 5th album)!This talk is from 2009 and discusses the dangers of how our single stories (stereotypes) of people and places are problematic for everyone. This talk also took her from a rising star in the lit
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT MEGA BUNDLE
Research Project 6th Grade - 12th Grade: Fun Research Paper & Graphic Organizers
Make research projects fun with this creative research prompt for teens. Now includes editable Google Doc. Perfect for distance learning: "If you could have a meal with ANY person, living or dead, who would you want to talk to and what questions would you ask?" This self-explanatory NO PREP independent research project template is perfect for a self-guided research essay for middle school (6th grade, 7th grade, 8th grade) or high school students (9th grade - 12th grade). Perfect research paper
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6th - 12th
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Foreign Government Research Study Comparative Country Project Editable
This project is fully editable, so teachers may personalize it for their own Civics, Government, AP Government, AP Comparative Government, or other relevant class. This resource contains the project assignment, task, and prompt, as well as a four page research worksheet, and a detailed rubric. Each element of this resource can be edited to work with your specific curriculum. With this study, students will analyze the characteristics, and development of different political systems, with emphasis
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9th - 12th
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European Travel Itinerary Project Cultural Geography History Budgeting Editable
The European Travel itinerary Project was created for my 9th grade Cultural Geography class, but it would probably work for a variety of different social studies or life skills classes. This project is fully editable, so you can modify it to fit the needs of your classroom and reflect the specific course you are teaching. The European Travel itinerary Project is designed so students can learn about the geography, culture, history, and political systems of a chosen country in a fun and engaging
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6th - 10th
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Stamp Act Introduction Web Quest
I created this Web Quest to introduce my students to the Stamp Act. The Web Quest includes 1 video link with questions, 2 websites with questions, a link to an online quiz that follows one of the websites, and an optional essay that can be completed using the information found in the Web Quest. This could be a great stand alone lesson or as an introduction to the Revolutionary War. My students really enjoyed the web quest and better understood the feelings of the colonists and reasons for their
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5th - 8th
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Sociology - "American Culture by Decade" Project
Group project where students pick a decade (I always started with the 1950s) and report on the many aspects of culture (technology, fashions, fads, music, movies, era defining news events, etc.). Lots of "pop culture" stuff, but also more serious aspects as well. Fun project that students always seemed to enjoy and work hard on.
Grades:
10th - 12th
World History Final Project
This project is intended to be used at the end of a class tracing world history from the French Revolution to the present. Learners will engage in research about a topic of their choice (from a provided list) and present their findings in a way that best suits their learning style. Related products: The Monarchs of Europe Bundle, Ancient World History Final Project, Absolute Monarchy and France
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9th - 12th
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Grade 6 Social Studies: Responses to Global Issues (NGOs)
This project addresses several of the expectations in the Grade 6 Ontario Social Studies Curriculum. Specifically, students learn about Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and how Canadian NGOs respond to a variety of crises/disasters around the world. Students choose a recent or current crisis, and an NGO responding to it, to examine in more depth. They create a presentation in a format of their choice. The file includes Teacher Notes (outlining curriculum connections, lesson sequence), ha
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6th
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American Factory Documentary Worksheet (Netflix)
This product is a close examination of the excellent documentary, American Factory, which is currently available on Netflix. This multi-part assignment is broken into 6 separate worksheets and is meant to be taught over the course of a full week. This assignment is a great way for students to learn about unions, corporations, business, and culture. This product also includes a very short pre-reading assignment which defines unions and gives some brief background information.The premise of this f
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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How To Research Any Topic Online
This packet teaches students how to search effectively online. I walks through why to use special characters when searching as well as how to narrow search results effectively. Students have opportunities to compare results from various search engines. There are tips for effective online research to yield the most relevant results. There are also pages dedicated to the actual research that will help students to identify information that will be needed when creating bibliography/ reference pages.
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education
Sleep Disorder Webquest
If you are looking for a no-prep (or sub) student-led activity, look no further! Students will work through an individual webquest on 6 "common" sleep disorders.The sleep disorders are: -Insomnia-Narcolepsy-Sleep Apnea-Night Terrors-Sleep walking-Restless Leg SyndromeAll links are included (Mayo Clinic) and questions are in order.
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10th - 12th
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Ten Superstitions
Students will learn the history behind 10 common superstitions including: Friday the 13th, itchy palms, ladders, umbrellas, mirrors, horseshoes, tossing salt, knocking on wood, saying "Bless you" and black cats.
Students can take a quick assessment to test their comprehension.
This could be used to jump-start research on Superstitions as well.
Grades:
4th - 5th
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