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High school informational text simulations
Editorial vs. Regular News Article Game (Is it Fact or Opinion Writing?)
In this engaging, self-checking Google Slides game, students gain a valuable skill for interacting with media. Students are guided to learn the difference between fact and opinion writing—even when the difference is subtle—by reading information about both, then looking at headlines and choosing whether the headlines are for editorials or regular facts-only news articles. All headlines are from real articles, so students are learning with content that is relevant. Students are given feedback i
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4th - 10th
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Virtual Field Trip: Shakespeare's London {A PreReading Simulation for 7-12}
As you’re preparing to teach one of Shakespeare’s plays, host a simulation where students take a virtual field trip to London! This half digital, half paper experience will provide students background knowledge about The Globe, costuming, architecture, Shakespeare’s birthplace, and also give students the chance to actually “plan” their own trip!
NOTE: This product requires the use of YouTube, link shorteners, and Google sites. It is also very highly recommended that you are working with a c
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Romeo & Juliet: Complete Bundle {Grades 9-12}
What is the United Nations
Introduce your students to the basics of the United Nations with this introductory lesson! This resource is designed for direct instruction and includes important information for students to gain an understanding of the United Nations. This introductory lesson is a great way to start off your Model United Nation club or class. It will also serve as a stand alone lesson if your class is studying the UN in a social studies class.This resource includes sections of the UN charter, and descriptions a
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5th - 9th
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Edgar Allan Poe Biography Digital Escape Room
In this exciting digital escape room game, students must hunt through the Poe Museum to find clues that will unlock a hidden artifact. Students will be captivated as they play immersed in a digital 360 degree view room. When students get into the escape room, they will be greeted by creepy music and fun interactive puzzles. Volume is a must for this game! Students will start at the "Start Here" button on the front door and work their way through the numbered locks.A pleasant surprise awaits as s
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Era of Reconstruction: Interactive Activities
This resource is designed to have students critically explore the period of Reconstruction. Two highly engaging, interactive Slide Presentations will vicariously draw students into the lives of the Freedmen during this historical period of time. LESSON ONE: Reconstruction Era [Intro]Includes:45 Slide Presentation & Guided Notes HandoutPOV Freedmen Scenario Activity LESSON ONE will have students examine; the different ways in which newly freed slaves expressed their emancipationthe POV of a F
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Bundle- Reconstruction, the Ku Klux Klan & Jim Crow
U.S. Supreme Court Virtual Field Trip Activity: Key Functions, Landmark Cases
Take your students on a virtual field trip to learn about the Supreme Court of the United States. Using a combination of Google Earth™ 360-degree views, video, informational text, and visuals, your students gain key understandings about the purpose, organization, and functions of the Supreme Court. Your students will also tour various aspects of the Supreme Court Building and will gain an overview of key landmark cases.This virtual field trip covers::: Where is the Supreme Court Building?:: What
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: U.S. Government Virtual Field Trip Bundle (Google Earth Exploration)
Heart Transplant Debate - Argument, Persuasion, Line of Reasoning, Team Building
The Heart Transplant debate is a great entry to a unit on persuasion/argumentation. It's also a fantastic tool to teach Line of Reasoning through experiential learning. This activity provides an opportunity for students to apply knowledge of general debate skills as well as locating and citing appropriate evidence. Two articles are linked as sources and pre-reading to this debate. My students loved arguing for their "client" and this debate got them out of their seats. I used this as an opportun
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Haunted Ski Lodge - Virtual Escape Room Review on Types of Text Structure
What's scarier than a review on text structure? A BORING review on text structure!This will be FREE on TpT through September 21. Grab it now!With the spooky season almost upon us (and let's be real, it's always spooky season for middle schoolers) what could be better than grabbing their attention AND reviewing focus standards? Keep the rigor going AND entice them to participate with a virtual escape room.All you have to do is share the first slideshow with your students and ta-da! Your job is do
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6th - 10th
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Mysterious Fossils Come To Life
Virtual Paleontology lesson. This is a non-fiction lesson plan of real fossils that were found 50 years ago. I have made a puzzle for students to put it together. As they find the ancient fossils they will have to look at them comparing them to clues that they will find to answer critical thinking questions. Student's will put all the clues together by looking, comparing, reading, matching, answering, and studying. The real fossil's will start to come to life and will tell them a story about wha
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5th - 9th, Staff
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NGSS:
MS-LS4-1
, MS-LS4-2
New Year's Around the World Digital Escape Game (Standards Based ELA Test Prep)
New Year's Around the World Digital Escape Game - Engaging Cultural Exploration for Students! Welcome to an exciting journey across the globe with our New Year's Around the World Digital Escape Game! This innovative and standards-based activity is designed to captivate students while reinforcing their understanding of New Year's customs in diverse cultures. Perfect for grades 9-10, this escape game is an excellent way to promote active learning and review key concepts.Key Features: Digital Escap
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9th - 10th
SPEED DISCUSSION--A strategy for discussing informational text!
This ENGAGING strategy for classroom discussion is student approved! Blank stares are a thing of the past with this strategy. ANY student will find this strategy much more engaging than the typical question and answer strategies that never lead to active participation! INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Arrange desks in two rows facing one another (the person across is your partner.) If you have an odd number of students, make the last 2 seats in 1 row work together the entire time (this is row 1) The students i
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7th - 10th
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Into Thin Air Everest Climbing Simulation Unit Activity
After years of tweaking, I have finally gotten to the point to share this great activity. Teaching Into Thin Air can be difficult, and I was in search of an activity that could catch my students attention. I decided to put the students in a fictional mountain climber setting.
After breaking the class into at least five expeditions, the students are responsible for a variety of activities over the course of the unit. They begin by studying the importance of advertising by designing items that w
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Resume-Making Workshop for High School Students (Resume Resources & More) [PDF]
You can use all (or portions) of this 20-page interactive resume-making workshop with high school age students who are either making a resume for the first time or looking to improve their basic resume. This product teaches students about the different parts of a resume (E.g., "Objective", "Education", "Experience") and specific resume-writing skills (E.g., using past tense in bullet-point descriptors, using active voice to indicate results and achievements rather than "doer" type language, etc
Grades:
8th - 11th
Macbeth Intro Virtual Tour Field Trip Medieval Scotland History Activity Digital
Introduce your students to Macbeth with this engaging virtual tour/field trip of medieval Scotland. Featuring transportation, daily life (including castle life), sports and entertainment, and even the possible medieval roots of the Loch Ness monster, this fully digital activity includes:a Google site which houses the activitiesinformational reading as well as videos (historical note: some of the content in the videos is rooted in medieval England)a digital handout containing 12 EDITABLE questi
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9th - 12th
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Vocational Support- Reading a Work Schedule
This is truly a digital resource. There are text boxes with 22 sized font already to go for you and your students. There are 11 different work schedules, each with four employees. Each of the 11 work schedules are repeated three times. 33 of the 35 slides contain four questions relating to the work schedule. There are 132 questions!For reference I have included a slide that showcases helpful information regarding work schedules.This is a great transition activity for high schoolers on IEPs. I al
Grades:
8th - 12th
Also included in: Vocational Support Bundle
The Apostles Bundle; includes graphic organizers, simulation and more!
This Bundle includes Apostles Research graphic organizers / "One-Pagers," an interactive Apostles Dinner Party Simulation where your students will research an apostle and arrive "in character" ready to mingle and an Informational text with Activity Pages for Saint Luke and Matthew! This could be your emergency sub folder or an early finisher station. These lessons all fit with Catholic Schools week or as part of a Confirmation retreat. Bonus search included as well.
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4th - 12th
Debate - Safety versus Freedom - AP Language Synthesis Essay Prompt Practice
* Updated 11/21/23 with 2 rubrics + Line of Reasoning handout/slideThis is my students' favorite AP Language activity each year. Facilitated as a debate using the Synthesis essay structure, the "Freedom v. Safety" prompt from a previous AP Language exam is great practice combining skills in research, argument writing, and debate. Please see the preview for a view of all materials in this resource.This resource includes hyperlinks to videos on my YouTube channel for Argument/Synthesis writing spe
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Minecraft: Harvesting Solar Energy
Minecraft: Harvesting Solar Energy is a common core lesson that teaches students how solar power works and allows the students to use the Minecraft game to make a model of a house that uses solar energy. ELA and math skills are integrated into this fun activity.
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3rd - 12th
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Refugee Camp Project
Version 1: This project runs the length of the semester, where students slowly build their understanding of who the refugees are and where the refugees' place of origin, until ultimately culminating in the students designing their own refugee camp that meets the needs of the people, while also demonstrating innovation.
Version 2: Use portions of the project.
1. Reading through the International Declaration of Human Rights
2. The 10Cs
3. Researching an international aid organization and the ro
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9th - 10th
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Square Peg in a Round Hole Activity Resources
This activity was presented at the 2020 Space Exploration Educators' Conference!The name is based on the Apollo 13 situation trying to develop a solution to filter the carbon dioxide. The activity simulates the communication between astronauts and Mission Controllers. My students used Flipgrid. Students work in small groups (2-4 people) and switch between the roles. Mission Controllers give directions to astronauts. Astronauts follow the directions, ask for clarifications and update Mission Cont
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4th - 10th
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Infographic Rubric for Research for MUN-Based Topics
This is a rubric used for the infographic assignments surrounding the topics of those one may observe in an MUN. This is provided in .DOC format which means you can edit it as needed. This has been built to reflect the ON Curriculum's Growing Success principles.Please read, rate and review! I also have full assignments with improved infographic rubrics if you would like to see them in action or have student self-reflection included in the rubric! Check out my store!
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Welcome to Checks - learn about banks, terms, and practice check writing
Do you ever wonder what adults are doing at the bank? Why do they go? Why is it so important? Let’s talk about this piece of financial literacy! We will go over: What is a bank? Words you should know for the bank What checks are Why they are important andWhat you do with themNumber writing practiceCheck writing practice
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6th - 12th
To What Extent Was the Civil War Inevitable - Harkness Discussion
Looking to create a student-centered learning experience where students analyze important historical sources, develop critical, open-ended questions, and engage in meaningful dialogue to build a shared understanding? The Harkness Discussion, pioneered at Phillips Exeter Academy, takes the Socratic Seminar method teachers are familiar with and reduces the teacher to an observer and referee. By placing more of the onus of the discussion on students, they will take ownership of the discussion, allo
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10th - 12th
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A Tale of Two Cities Bundle Book Second Golden Thread Informational Text Digital
Struggling to find interactive and engaging activities for Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities? This bundle is your answer! You’ll get:A 5-star rated informational text about pre-Victorian and Victorian England resurrectionists featuring a passage from A Tale of Two Cities (as well as the potential theft of Shakespeare's skull). This two-page article culminates in 4 close-reading/inference-based multiple choice questions (perfect for SAT/AP Prep) and 1 compelling short answer question where
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9th - 12th
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