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Critical thinking literature webquests
Fairy Tale Story Elements Lesson: Digital Slides
This is a no-prep digital lesson plan that teaches students about fairy tale story elements. It includes interactive graphic organizers, slides with descriptions, definitions, drag and drop features, and open-ended questions. Students will learn about fairy tale stories, characters, problem and solution, setting, retell, and sequence of events. This product's content is aligned with the Common Core Standards. The fairy tale stories included in this lesson are familiar to students allowing you to
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K - 6th
Computer Science Webquest: 8 Ways Computer Technology Solves Real Problems
From artificial intelligence to artificial limbs, computer science is changing lives, and the way we work and find solutions to problems. These 8 (actually 10 with an added nonprofit example!) scenarios present problems in life (such as car safety, and graffiti), ask students to think and reflect quietly about these problems cause damage and how computers might solve them, and then show cutting edge videos from the past 3 years that employ solutions using computers and automation. Updated for 2
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6th - 9th
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St. Patrick's Day DIGITAL Escape Room: Irish History Amazing Race Breakout
Totally Paperless! Visit 5 mystery locations across Ireland and Northern Ireland learning about Irish culture and history in this digital escape room! NOTE: This product does not go in depth into St. Patrick's life or history. Students learn at the first location that St. Patrick's day was originally a religious holiday, but today it is a celebration of all things Irish. This breakout goes in depth into Irish culture, history, geography, music and literature, World Heritage Sites, and more.If
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: BREAKOUT GROWING BUNDLE: All Digital Escape Rooms!
Introduction to Shakespeare's Language - Vocabulary, Grammar, Iambic Pentameter
Are you looking for an interactive introduction to Shakespeare’s Language? This activity uses web resources, videos, and a FUN grammar presentation to kick off your Shakespeare unit. Students walk away understanding Shakespeare’s contributions to English, iambic pentameter, and that tricky thou/you.✅ Paper✅ Interactive Notebooks✅ DigitalYour Shakespeare’s Language resource includes:Bell Ringer taskIntroduction to Shakespeare's Language activities (vocabulary, translation, iambic pentameter)Indep
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7th - 10th
Digital Escape Room: Escape the Misinformation Newsroom, Real News vs Fake News
Want to help your middle and high school ELA students learn how to avoid bias, consipiracies, and misinformation online? Escape the Newsroom is a FUN and meaningful activity that helps students to apply two methods of evaluating online sources in a hands-on way. Students learn the SIFT method (Stop, Investigate, Find trusted coverage, Trace to the original) and the CRAP method (Currency, Reliability, Authority, and Purpose). They apply the methods to various websites--some which are completely r
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7th - 10th
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Winter Olympics History DIGITAL Escape Room: Amazing Race Breakout
Your students' applications have been selected to participate in the Winter Olympics edition of The Amazing Race! They will complete challenges in this completely PAPERLESS adventure to learn about the history of the Winter Olympic Games around the world and reach the ultimate destination, the 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games. If you are familiar with Breakout EDU, this is a digital escape room that is completely PAPERLESS! (Some students may want to use scratch paper to write down a cipher, b
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: BREAKOUT GROWING BUNDLE: All Digital Escape Rooms!
The Outsiders - Building Background Knowledge - A Webquest of the 1960s
Captivate your students right away with this webquest that will guide them through 1960s music, fashion, cars, Greaser subculture and more! This is a great pre-reading activity or can be used during the first few chapters. Help your students build background knowledge and context to enhance their comprehension of the novel. No need to print or make copies of any part of this resource! Just share a digital copy with each of your students using Google Classroom, Schoology, Google Drive, etc. and y
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: The Outsiders: All Activities
My Brother Sam is Dead — Hyperlinked PDF project to accompany novel
This hyperlinked PDF is designed for use on a computer or tablet to be completed with the reading of the book My Brother Sam is Dead by James and Christopher Collier. It includes questions and activities for each chapter, some based on the book and some based on videos and articles hyperlinked within this PDF (perfect for iPads or Chromebooks).Additional information and activities enrich the experience of reading the book and are aligned with Common Core State Standards. Hyperlinked sites includ
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4th - 8th
Holocaust Webquest Activity
This Holocaust webquest is a great way to review or introduce students to a study of the Nazi atrocities committed against the Jewish people in Europe. It would work well in any World History class or as an introductory activity for Holocaust-related novels and other literary works.
Students will explore the website of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum at https://www.ushmm.org/learn which contains an incredible amount of information, documentation, video clips, survivor testimonies
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7th - 12th
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The Big Game 2024 Escape Room | Football Digital Breakout
Make your Big Game week more fun with with this engaging, digital escape room! Updated for 2024! This escape room includes 9 critical thinking and puzzle locks perfect for sharpening research skills and a never give up attitude. Quick and easy setup plus clear student directions make this activity perfect for individuals, groups, or even substitute days, too! Did I mention that this breakout is editable?!? Use as is, add, or subtract questions and then post the link through Google Classroom, a
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4th - 8th
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK Google Earth Introduction Tour Setting Activity
Our Anne Frank Google Earth is a high-engagement way to give an Introduction Tour of the geography of the story's world. The first time I busted out Google Earth on the projector to introduce a unit, all my learners were riveted. And they still are...every time.Germany, Amsterdam, the ghettos, and concentration camps...they get to see it all in 3D zoomed in to the street view. It's rockin awesome!This Google Earth tour has a whole bunch of important locations saved for you to visit before/while
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7th - 9th
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Introduction to Esperanza Rising ( A Pre-Reading Research Project )
Introduction to Esperanza Rising (Pre-Reading Research Project): Are you teaching a literature unit using Esperanza Rising this year? Since this is a historical fiction novel, it is a good idea to give students some background information before they read Esperanza Rising. This is an interactive WebQuest that takes students on a journey to learn more about the setting and events that take place in this book. Depending on your group, this research project is expected to take anywhere from 2 - 4
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5th - 8th
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Dystopian Literature Web Quest Activity for Unit Introduction Answer Key
Introduce students to the disconcerting genre of dystopian short stories and novels with this quick and comprehensive web quest! This dystopian web quest lesson and activity is three pages of graphic organizers to help guide students into research and learning! A 5-minute TedEd video link is included to help facilitate learning and engagement. This web quest is useful for any dystopian text or unit! By the end of this activity students will know: What a dystopia and utopia are, who first used
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7th - 10th
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Webquest or Internet Scavenger Hunt Grades 5-10
The goal of this webquest lesson is to build your students' research skills and their ability to find reliable resources when asked to research a topic. This is an internet scavenger hunt. Students answer the questions by using a search engine to locate the requested information. There are a variety of engaging questions that your students will enjoy locating the answers for. There is a chart where they are asked to answer questions, provide the URL where the information is found, and to writ
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5th - 10th
Also included in: Social Studies, Science, Language Arts, & Health Webquest Bundle
Edgar Allan Poe WebQuest (PDF & Digital)
This is a quick activity that will orient your students before reading a Poe story or poem. This is an easy-to-follow assignment sheet, which will require little instruction. Great before-reading activity!There are two versions included: one for digital classrooms using Google Docs and one on paper.
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7th - 12th
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Chains — Hyperlinked PDF project to accompany novel
Included in this PDF are questions and activities designed to aid and deepen comprehension and spark critical thinking while reading the novel Chains. This PDF perfect for iPads or Chromebooks as more than 50 hyperlinks embedded linking your students to activities, additional research, videos, and more. I tried to balance video, audio, and reading both to keep student interest and to provide students the opportunity to learn from diverse media.It can be used individually or as a class. This reso
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5th - 8th
Digital Identifying Theme Lesson - Reading Detectives
This is a no-prep reading detectives digital lesson that aims at students learning how to identify the theme of a story. Student's will be identifying and describing the theme of short stories and a known story (Cinderella). They will gain a deeper understanding of common themes and big ideas. This product includes 2 resources. The first resource is a mini lesson on theme. You can use this portion to teach how to identify themes of stories, you can display it while teaching online or on your big
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3rd - 5th
The Odyssey Bundle: Intro, WebQuest, Presentations, Projects, Essay, Breakout
This resource bundle includes materials to introduce students to the Odyssey and Greek mythology, a Webquest with events from the epic poem written in narrative form, presentation and project materials, a highly structured argument essay focused on whether or not Odysseus is a hero, and a breakout activity which can be used to preview or review the epic.
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9th
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A Long Walk to Water WebQuest - Research Activity for Setting, Culture, & More!⭐
♠️ A Long Walk to Water WebQuestDo you want a way to create planning time for A Long Walk to Water that also creates a meaningful experience for your students?This WebQuest does both!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~♠️ What You GetThis A Long Walk to Water WebQuest takes students on a brief but in-depth sojourn through the geography, history, culture, and language of the novel by Sue Park. For about two days of independent or group work, student
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6th - 9th
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BUNDLE 20 Famous Poets WebQuest Research Project Poetry Biography Notes
WebQuests are designed to provide teachers with opportunities to differentiate by allowing students to respond to a varying range of questions.20 WebQuests include:Mark TwainAllen GinsbergAmy LowellEdgar Allan PoeE. E. CummingsElizabeth Barrett BrowningEmily DickinsonJack PrelutskyLangston HughesMaya AngelouOscar WildePablo NerudaRobert FrostRobert HaydenShel SilversteinSylvia PlathTheodore RoethkeThomas HardyWalt WhitmanWilliam Butler YeatsWilliam WordsworthYou can find FREE PRODUCTS for my sto
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Not Grade Specific
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Social Media WebQuest: Activism or Slacktivism?
This WebQuest asks the question: Is social media activism effective in creating real change, or is it merely "slacktivism"?Students work through tasks that require them to investigate examples of online activism on various social media platforms, as well as a case study of a specific hashtag associated with a social media activism campaign. Students will synthesize their understanding and present their findings to their classmates, including their conclusion regarding the effectiveness of social
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7th - 12th
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Earth Day | Earth Day Lesson | Earth Day Activities | Human Impact |
This is a no-prep digital lesson that teaches students about Earth Day. This lesson is an opportunity to advance students understanding of human impact, the environment, and important scientific terms aligned with standards. Students will engage in a vocabulary-rich lesson about the harmful impacts humans have on earth. They will also learn, discuss, and describe how to more efficiently protect our planet. More about this Product:40 slides and 1 lesson planTo increase student understanding of hu
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2nd - 5th
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K-ESS3-1
, 5-LS2-1
, 5-ESS3-1
, 4-ESS3-1
The Outsiders PREREADING WebQuest - DIGITAL & PRINT
This 25-question QR Code-based WebQuest is for use with the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Students will scan a QR code, and the QR code will take the students to a website where they will use research skills to answer comprehension questions. I included the URL for each website in case students don't have the ability to access QR codes.Three sections of questions are included:1. The Author2. The Novel3. The 1960s4. A "Tie It All Together" collage activityAn answer key is included.****ALL R
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6th - 10th
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"The Odyssey" Pre-Reading WebQuest Flipbook
This digital interactive flipbook is designed to help students understand 6 key pre-reading concepts prior to beginning "The Odyssey". Students will either read excerpts, view infographics, or watch videos on: Homer, Epic Poetry, The Iliad, Ancient Greece, Greek Monsters, and Mythology. As they explore each of these topics, students will complete short tasks on each "flap" within the digital flipbook. This resource is fully editable so that you can make adjustments to best suit the needs of your
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Not Grade Specific
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Also included in: The Odyssey Pre-Reading Bundle
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