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Arts & music simulations $5-10
Reader's Theater: Boston Tea Party
This is a great reader's theater script to introduce/reinforce the importance of the Boston Tea Party as a major event in our history leading to the American Revolution. In addition, it's great practice in the areas of expression and fluency. The following play script contains 23 individual parts, but can be easily adapted for a class of any size. I have ranked the parts by size (long, medium, short) in order to make it easier to differentiate parts for all levels of readers. In addition, I h
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in:Â America Becomes a Nation: Reader's Theater Bundle for 4th Grade
Reader's Theater: Life in Colonial America! (+activities)
Bring key characteristics of Colonial America alive with this leveled set of 3 reader’s theater scripts featuring the New England, Middle, and Southern colonial way of life! Focus on differentiation by matching reading levels with the different scripts. Each script contains 6-7 parts, making it a perfect activity for centers or leveled guided reading groups! Modified versions provide support in basic fluency skills, regular versions focus on expression development, and enriched versions challen
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in:Â 4th Grade Social Studies Projects Bundle
Film Studies - Camera Angles (Middle School Edition)
Middle School-appropriate version of my popular Film Studies course. Revised and revamped to meet the needs of 6-9 teachers. Film clips chosen with the middle school student in mind. This slideshow reviews the topic of camera angles, with 16 movie clips (accessible via the web) from Raiders of the Lost Ark, Forrest Gump, Shrek, Harry Potter, Zootopia, and more! Also includes a quiz. Password for web access is on the last slide.
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6th - 9th
Reader's Theater: Ohio and the War of 1812 (intermediate level with 24 parts!)
Students will bring the War of 1812 and the Battle of Lake Erie to life in this whole class script of Don’t Give up the Ship! This fast moving script explores the causes and events leading to this important war in our country’s history in an engaging and connected way! This original play contains 24 parts featuring various reading levels to ensure whole class participation, differentiation, and engagement. Students will integrate important Social Studies concepts with key LA common core standa
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4th - 6th
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Also included in:Â Early Ohio History Activity Bundle for 4th Grade Social Studies
A Raisin in the Sun: End of Play Escape Room {9-12 ELA}
A Raisin in the Sun ends with a lot of questions, but one question I like to post to the students is, where did that scoundrel Willy Harris run off to? Using this interactive, high-energy Escape Room, your class will transform into the Chicago Police Headquarters and work in teams to track down Willy Harris and the money he stole from Walter Younger.Want to see the Escape Room in action? Head on over to my Instagram page and watch my Escape Room highlights!The Setup:Your classroom becomes CPD
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9th - 12th
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Also included in:Â A Raisin in the Sun: Complete Unit Bundle {Digital & Print Included}
The Mystery of Harris Burdick Simulation
Engage your students in an exciting mystery simulation based on Chris Van Allsburg's book (The Mysteries of Harris Burdick) where YOU become the Chief of Police, and your students become first-rate detectives! Students will delve into a mystery that at first seems to have no solution, but through open-ended questioning and investigation through role-play, your students will come to a conclusion and arrest the culprit — maybe.
Every mystery is different since the students use their creativity to
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3rd - 7th
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Sound Engineering - Design & Build a Musical Instrument
Put the STEAM in STEM with this unit! Sound Engineering is a Project Based Learning unit that teaches students the physics and basic concepts of sound engineering, especially as it relates to music. This lesson can be used in Career and Technology classes, Science classes, or Music classes. I have used it with an 8th grade Engineering class.Students start the unit by reading information about the topic from a handout and answering questions about the reading, as well as defining terms related
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6th - 9th
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Mafia Game, Mafia Game Cards, Mafia Game for the Classroom
Mafia is officially school appropriate with this game set that up to 45 students (of all ages) can play! This game is great for community building in any class subject area, and especially Drama and Theater Arts! Here's what you get with this fun game: Clear and concise game play directions for the teacher and students Character descriptions45 unique printable character cardsDirections for how to print and how to play without printing 33 school appropriate "take out" cards (this is how the mafia
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Frida Kahlo: La Casa Azul Virtual Field Trip
Take your students on a virtual field trip to learn about Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo. A great addition to your Women's History Month learning, your students will deepen their understanding of her life, artistic works, and contributions through this tour of her home and studio, La Casa Azul. This trip combines Google Earth™ 360° views, websites, informational text, video, and visuals, with everything set up in Google Slides and ready to go!This virtual field trip covers::: Who was Frida Kahlo?::
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5th - 7th
Also included in:Â Latin America Virtual Field Trip Bundle (Google Earth Exploration)
Alamo Reader's Theatre
This Reader's Theatre covers the history of the famous battle at the Alamo in Texas. There are 14 characters including five Narrators, Santa Anna,Davie Crockett, Sam Houston, and Stephen Austin. This fits perfectly with a study of the Southwest Region of the United States and works with 4th-6th grade students. With smaller classrooms, parts can be combined to fit your needs. It is a total of eight pages long, and takes approximately 10 minutes to peform.
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4th - 6th
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High Engagement Murder Mystery Classroom Activity! (Murder at the Dance)
This "whodunit" style classroom murder mystery game will have your students collecting and evaluating information, making inferences, identifying red herrings, practicing speaking and listening skills and so much more! This activity will have your students' full attention as they try to find the "killer" at the homecoming dance. This interactive activity includes all necessary pieces to run your own murder mystery game in the classroom!Setting the Scene: During the homecoming dance, the dead bod
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7th - 12th
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Hip Hop Griot; Rapping African Folktales & Oral Traditions
Oral tradition is essential to all societies. This is particularly important in societies where a large number people were not literate. The culture and traditions of most African civilizations was not carried on through a written language. The history and traditions of Africa were continued over the centuries, orally through storytellers and through performance by the entire village or tribe. The class will be divided in to groups of five or six who will write, design, and perform an Afric
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6th - 11th
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Fall of Rome and Rise of Middle Ages A Play
The purpose of this activity is to help students identify and understand the causes and effects of the Fall of the Roman empire.
Students will participate in a play in which the Roman emperor continually taxes his people into poverty and then enslaves those unable to pay. Students will understand how the Emperor’s financial policies led to the Middle Ages and the conditions of serfdom for many poor people of the empire. Students will also understand the reasons barbarians attacked Rome, leadin
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7th - 9th
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Safety and Sanitation in the kitchen Escape Room
EDITABLE Escape room geared toward safety and sanitation in the kitchen! This download includes all task cards and student directions as well as a teacher guide. Font is "Chiller" that comes free with Microsoft PowerPoint or can be downloaded online for free. Note: This CANNOT BE USED as a google slide. The format only works in PowerPoint. Do not attempt to use with google slides.
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7th - 12th
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Preschool Beach Theme Dramatic Play
Let’s go to the beach! I’ve got all the beach dramatic play ideas for you! Easily transform your drama center into a beach dramatic play area complete with flip flops, sunglasses, a picnic basket, and more! Save yourself some time and give your students a real-world experience by printing these beautiful props and photographs. Preschool Beach Theme Dramatic Play is perfect for your ocean theme and will give you everything you need for an engaging beach theme preschool activity. YOU WILL RECEIVE
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PreK - K
Also included in:Â Dramatic Play Ideas for Ocean Theme
Reader's Theater: Explorers in the New World
Bring the voyages of the New World Explorers to life with this set of 3 Reader’s Theater scripts! Each play, focusing on Ferdinand Magellan, Henry Hudson, and the Vikings, features 3 different reading levels (12 scripts in all) to focus on differentiation. Each script contains 6-7 parts, making it a perfect activity for centers or leveled guided reading groups! Modified versions provide support in basic fluency skills, regular versions focus on expression development, and enriched versions chall
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3rd - 6th
Also included in:Â Early United States History Reader's Theater Bundle-Discovering America
Online Art Gallery Hispanic Art English & Spanish
An online art gallery of Hispanic art is made for Spanish or English classes. This bundle of interactive, virtual art gallery tours of 6 Hispanic artists is perfect for any art class or Spanish course. You can use it for distance learning, socially-distant learning in the classroom, or in-person project-based learning. During the virtual Spanish art gallery online, students will navigate through the various rooms in the art gallery. They will respond to questions on a Scavenger Hunt as they mak
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Not Grade Specific
The Salem Witch Trials Bundle: Station Activity AND Role-Playing Simulation
These two products can extend or enhance any social studies lesson on the Salem Witch Trials or can be great companions to an ELA or Drama unit on Arthur Miller's The Crucible. These are fun and engaging activities which will stimulate your students.
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8th - 12th
Careers in Music Project Based Learning Bundle
Let your students experience 6 musical careers by holding a job fair and letting them complete a project based on the career they chose! Start with the 20-slide presentation about 6 careers: music teacher, music therapist, music producer, performer, composer, and DJ. Next, display the posters for each job around the room and let students walk around while reading each poster. Place applications for each job near the posters. They can decide which one they want to apply for and begin filling out
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5th - 7th
Government Civics Role Play Mock Trial Pizza Murder
Revised 03/26/2020. Guidelines and instructions for a mock criminal trial, to aid in learning the workings of our American judicial system—a fun civics lesson. From this simple scenario, the teacher may assign roles to at least ten students, but up to 26, based upon the enclosed participant guides. Students may add to the story and provide their own evidence.*The Participant Guides have been revised to include a forensics expert as an essential participant. A list of props is also provided and a
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8th - 11th
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Art Court: The Case of the Monkey Selfie
Turn your CLASSroom into a COURTroom with this engaging mock trial. This based-on-true-events trial makes students analyze, argue, and determine the fate of a controversial art issue.
In 2011, professional nature photographer David Slater traveled to Indonesia and captured photos of crested black macaques. He allowed the monkeys to take "selfies" with his camera, and the results were extraordinary. Wikipedia posted his results to their website and Slater filed a take down order. Wikipedia claim
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7th - 10th
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Animal Farm -- Propaganda Group Project
In this simulation, groups imagine they are advertising companies that organize and pitch a propaganda campaign to the rulers of Animal Farm, the pigs. The propaganda campaigns must include a slogan, a print ad, a video ad strategy, and a social media ad strategy. Each group member takes one of those roles, groups organize slideshow presentations, and then groups "Pitch" their campaigns, just like in the real-life world of advertising!This pdf packet includes everything you need for the 1-week
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7th - 12th
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Bitmoji Virtual Vacation Rental
NEW!!!This slide can be used as an online virtual learning area, Zoom or Google Meet background or a lesson plan space with learning links. All objects on the slide are yours to edit, move, delete or add a link to for resources and interactive learning. Simply make your own copy and change it up to fit your needs.Please visit my store for many additional options for virtual learning and meeting rooms.
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Who is Taylor Swift? A Virtual Field Trip Through the Eras
A fun and interactive virtual tour through the eras of Taylor Swift! Dive head first, fearless into each album (including the most recent release of the Tortured Poets Department). Look back on Taylor's life throughout the years and learn more about this record-breaking artist! This no prep trip includes:supplemental handout (both in black & white or color)word search* Be sure to check out the video preview. NOTE: music clips are not available via the preview, but are available on the virtua
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Not Grade Specific
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