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Middle school Black History Month professional development simulations
Arctic Survival Activity (For Team-Building, Group Dynamics, and Personality)
This cooperative learning activity pits learners and their groups against survival experts to see if they can survive a plane crash in the arctic. Will they make more sound decisions individually, or as a group? How do groups reach consensus? What sort of identities, personalities, or traits tend to dominate group discussion or group activities? These questions and more lie underneath the surface of a classic and beloved classroom activity!These topics and more are broached in this product, whi
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in:Â Full Year of U.S. Government and Civics Essentials Bundle
Martin Luther King Jr Virtual Field Trip -Distance Learning- Meet Martin
Martin Luther King Day needs a wonderful celebration! There is no better way to really get to know Martin Luther King, Jr. than a No Wheels Field Trip when remote learning or in person learning field trips aren't possible! Open your students' eyes and thoughts to the life of Dr. King! Get to know who he was and what he stood for. Feel inspired after learning about his life!This field trip includes sooo much inspiration and thought provoking moments to teach children more about the character of
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in:Â Virtual Field Trip Bundle #2-Distance Learning-Google
Bundle- Reconstruction, the Ku Klux Klan & Jim Crow
This unit bundle is composed of four highly engaging, primary based, interactive Slide Presentations, and activities-- designed to have students critically explore the period of Reconstruction/Jim Crow. LESSON ONE: Reconstruction Era [Intro]Includes:45 Slide Presentation & Guided Notes HandoutPOV Freedmen Scenario ActivityLESSON ONE will have students examine;the different ways in which newly freed slaves expressed their emancipationthe POV of a Freedmen (POV Activity). Students will respond
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Great Zimbabwe African Empire Activity CSI Mystery of Black History Analysis
Perfect for lessons about the African empires, this investigation activity makes learning about Great Zimbabwe educational and engaging! Your students will try to crack the mystery of Great Zimbabwe through a crime scene investigation case file activity that encourages historical and creative thinking. Perfect for lessons on ancient civilizations, African empires, and world history, this resource makes history come to life!A visually engaging case file with comprehensive background readings on t
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6th - 10th
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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:Â Bundle- Reconstruction, the Ku Klux Klan & Jim Crow
Disability Awareness Activities
The SMART notebook provides the user with activities for participants to engage in that simulate various learning challenges. It is appropriate for students or for adults in a professional development seminar.
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
Coding a Traffic Light in Scratch | Explore The Inventor Garret Morgan
Let your students learn about scratch coding and Arduino with this simple and engaging project. Additionally, celebrate Black History Month by exploring the achievements of Garrett Morgan, the African American inventor of the traffic light.This resource integrates the black history month event with a scratch coding activity, students will delve into the biography of the African-American inventor Garret Morgan and his traffic light invention, and will program their own traffic light with scratc
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4th - 6th
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Engaging Great Migration Activity: Choose Your Own Journey
Supplement your Great Migration, Reconstruction, and Civil War units with this experiential exercise to build perspective and content knowledge. 1:1 classrooms are ideal for this activity, but you could easily modify to be whole class or small group. This activity is perfect for kickstarting your studies of the Great Migration, but can be used as a rich supplement at any time. Students start by reading a scene from a sharecropper's life, then making a choice on what to do next. Each choice is li
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8th - 11th
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History Mysteries - Tupac
Looking for a way to get your students excited about history? Historical mysteries are the way to go!Students will have to use critical thinking, inquiry, and teamwork skills to solve the mystery of the murder of Tupac Shakur.Students will use the provided slide deck to help them solve the mystery!The opportunity to expand upon this lesson are endless. Maybe this is an activity to use during a Current Events class. Maybe this could be used in a Forensics class. Maybe you use this in your Music H
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8th - 11th
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Virtual Research Library: History | Google Slides Digital Resource
Digital Google Classroom Planner for Historical ExplorationThis interactive digital tool is designed to assist students in delving into significant historical figures, pivotal moments in history, and virtual tours of iconic historical sites through Google Classroom. The platform includes a rich collection of digital resources to ensure safe internet browsing practices and encourage independent research by students.Linked Resources for Historical InquiryExplore a multitude of linked resources tai
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2nd - 6th
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Memphis Virtual Field Trip MLK Jr Black History Month
Visit Memphis, Tennesse to relive the last parts of Dr. Martin Luther King's legacy! (If you already have the Virtual Growing Field Trip Bundle, redownload that to access this trip!!)Virtual Field Trips are an engaging activity, no matter the format of instruction, your students will be entertained! Use them as a preview to any science unit OR have the class work towards the reward of 'Field Trip Friday'!NO PREP! Just 'share your screen' and present the slides. ☺Trip is aimed at a 3rd grade leve
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1st - 6th
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Step Into Selma: A Civil Rights Movement Classroom Simulation
This product contains all of the resources you will need to give your students a first-hand experience of life during the Civil Rights Movement. Please note that this lesson was designed to be used with grades 4-6. This product contains a short list of teacher ideas/directions; role bios for 23 individuals involved in the CRM; sort/selection cards for assigning roles; an "all about me" form for students to complete as they "get to know" the role they will take on; a "hint card" with important ac
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4th - 6th
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Civil Rights Era - Understanding Housing Segregation - Interactive Simulation
Do you want to show your students what the physical implications of housing segregation during the Civil Rights Era? Are they curious how housing segregation works and what it actually looks like? Using the Parable of the Polygons website, this interactive simulation helps students understand how just a little bit of bias can have a large impact on how a community looks. This activity walks students through the process of trying to make the 'polygons' happy based on their levels of bias and dive
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Rosa Parks Bundle (Escape Room/Differentiated Reading Passages)
This bundle has two great Rosa Parks resources that will keep your kids engaged.-Virtual escape the room-DIFFERENTIATED comprehension readings and quizzes
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3rd - 8th
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Harlem Renaissance Adventure
Embark on an immersive journey through the Harlem Renaissance with a Choose Your Own Adventure experience, centered around James, a young artist navigating 1920s Harlem. Encounter influential figures like Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston as you make critical decisions shaping James's path to success.
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6th - 12th
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STRATEGIES FOR GLOBAL STUDIES - WORLD HISTORY CLASS DISCUSSIONS
I'm a recently retired, award winning, HS Global Studies teacher, and currently I teach, part - time, in the Education Department of Salve Regina University, and in the Political Science Dept. at the University of Rhode Island. (See my profile.) If you polled my ex-students, and my current students, as to what they liked best about my classes, the most common response you would hear would be "the class discussions." It took me a while to get good at it, and now it seems like child's play, but i
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education
Lightning Decision Jam for School Leaders
The Lightning Decision Jam (LDJ) is a shortened version of the Decision Sprint (from Google's Jake Knapp) with the purpose of moving leadership teams (or even individual teachers) from problem to testable solution in 90 minutes. The LDJ was developed by Berlin-based design firm AJ and Smart to help teams get unstuck and start to get things done. This version of LDJ has been tested with multiple leadership teams and includes examples of how school leaders can apply this approach. I rewrote the
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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