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9th grade critical thinking civics resources for SMART Notebook
Crossing the Road Safely - Road Safety
This is a SMART notebook file for teaching a lesson about road safety. It was made for the UN World Road Safety Day, but it can be used anytime of the year to teach a lesson about crossing the road safely.
This lesson was designed for a special needs class but easily can be used for most ages and abilities. It is suitable for regular classroom teacher, but would also be great for relief teachers as a one of lesson.
The lesson includes videos, activities and an activity at the end to complete to
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PreK - 9th
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Visual Word Puzzles -- 10 Fun verbal brainteasers for Smartboard
Are you m1llion (one in a million)? Do you have timing ti ming (split second timing)? Then you will love these puzzles. Try these ten verbal brain teasers with your class, and they will definitely ask for more!
The hidden answer is revealed by moving the blue circle around the page.
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3rd - 12th
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6 Word Life Memoir SMARTboard Lesson (Editable!)
This activity encourages critical thinking and higher order questioning by having students write their own 6-word memoir. The lesson is a SMARTboard file, so you can edit it to fit your needs!
Started by Ernest Hemingway and popularized in the book "Not Quite What I Was Planning," students will write a story about their lives. The only catch - they can only use 6 words!
In my classroom, I had my students draw an illustration to accompany their six word memoir. We bound the memoirs in a boo
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2nd - 12th
Representations of the Divine in Film (ERC Smartboard pres and activities)
I used this Smartboard presentation when teaching Representations of the Divine in secondary 2 Ethics and Religious Culture.
This presentation explores how the Divine is represented in film and includes some cooperative learning activities you can do as a class. This presentation explores elements of film as well as the divine experience. Major themes in religion are also discussed, such as temptation and Good vs. Evil. Links to movie clips are provided.
Movies explored:
- Narnia
- Harry Po
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7th - 9th
Refugees by David Miller - Guided Reading Lesson (Four Blocks Literacy)
This is a SMART notebook file that forms 1 weeks worth of guided reading lessons for the book Refugees, by David Miller.
This file has follows the Anchor, Read, Apply model and has a purpose for reading the book each day.
This file was made originally for a high school special education class using the Four Block Method of Instruction but can easily be used in most school classrooms, for home school, relief teaching, etc.
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2nd - 10th
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INTERACTIVE Mind Map w/Doodle Notes Geometry Basics: Segment & Angle Bisection
INTERACTIVE Mind Map with Doodle Notes HS Geometry Foundations: Segment and Angle Bisection / Partition.
Use a visual that helps establish quality work-habits and consistency in mathematical communications.
Lay down the foundations for writing geometry proofs. Make your own instructional video. Show a clear picture of the basic relationships among segments and angles, to avoid frustration with sloppy justifications later in the year.
This lesson contains 11 SmartBoard pages with probing questio
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Riddles and Brainteasers
This is a collection of 54 riddles/brain-teasing exercises that are great for weekly warm-up activities or as a brain break activity when students are overwhelmed. Also great to use as sub plans for an unexpected absence. Each of the questions has an answer as well as an explanation of the answer when necessary.
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7th - 12th
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US Constitution: SMART Board Government Review
A Notebook file for use with a SMART Board or similar technology. Four different review games include a branches of government matching, principles of the Constitution matching, and duties and responsibilities of citizens categorizing. Fun and simple, also good for partner/small groups.
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6th - 12th
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Discovery and Inquiry Learning Strategy SmartBoard Lesson
Want to train your students for hands-on, discovery learning? This is an incredibly fun, engaging way to introduce students to the four basic steps in inquiry learning. It uses Greg Tang's Grapes of Math patterns and poems to train students to think of a viable strategy, commit it to paper, share it with others, then reflect on their strategies and the strategies of others to revise their thinking. It is a great way to introduce and use the eight Common Core math practices needed for all effec
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4th - 9th
Thinking time (loads of cognitive reasoning slides)
I created 'Thinking Time' last year and now all the classes in my school are using it. There are over 100 slides. This is a brilliant tool to have in the class room. It can be used as an exciting early morning work, a time filler on any given day or as a way of really getting the kids into a thinking state of mind. There are slides appropriate to all ages and different cihldren will get different things from the activities. I use this every single day that I'm teaching and the children LOVE
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PreK - 12th
Keep Australia Beautiful Week - Recycling
This is a Smart Notebook file that forms a lesson on Keep Australia Beautiful Week or can be used for a lesson about Recycling. It was originally made for a special needs class but can easily be used for a class of nearly any age or ability. It includes links to videos and a worksheet to be completed at the end to summarise the lesson. This lesson was made in Australia so the worksheet is specific to Australian recycling procedures, but can easily be changed for anywhere in the world. The rest o
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PreK - 12th
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Multiple Intelligence (MI) SMARTboard (Secondary/Adult) by Jennifer A. Gates
Teaching gifted, talent development or preparing students for Common Core by teaching them to identify their strengths?
This is the perfect way to introduce Multiple Intelligence: 8 characteristics that students can use to best identify ways in which they can make positive growth. They are: nature smart, logic smart, self smart, people smart, word smart, picture smart, body smart, and music smart.
Introduce and explore Multiple Intelligence in depth with students the elementary or primary and
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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American Revolution SmartBoard Notebook Lesson
This SmartBoard Notebook lesson covers the causes of the revolution through to the end of 1776. Everything in the middle is covered. I understand this doesn't make it to the end of the revolution, but I cover the rest with other resources with my students. There is plenty of information, pictures, links to internet info and videos, and activities built in that students can participate in as a class. If you don't have SmartBoard notebook, I'm sure this can be copy and pasted into slides.
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7th - 11th
Refugees
This is a notebook file that teaches students about Refuges. It was also intended for use with children with special needs, but can easily be used for any age or ability.
The file includes videos, a games and a worksheet that can be used at the end to assess student knowledge.
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5th - 9th
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Government and the Economy Koosh Ball Game
24 Questions using koosh ball format. Topics include the role of government, the Fed, Unemployment, GDP, Banking Systems, Government Finances,
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Economics Koosh ball
Smatboard Kooshball game for high school economics. Topics include The fed, banking systems, government finances, inflation, budgeting, functions of money, and more
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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The Articles of Confederation and The Constitutional Convention
SmartBoard notes and assignments that include sections covering:
1. The Articles of Confederation
2. The Northwest Ordinance
3. Problems Under the Articles of Confederation and Shays' Rebellion
4. The Constitutional Convention
5. The Ratification Debate and The Federalist Papers
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7th - 12th
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Can You Help These Scarecrows Figure Out Their Names?
Pick the scarecrow whose name you want to figure out and place the
"?" card under his picture. Then follow the numbered cards with the clues to figure out your scarecrows name, then place the pink name card under your scarecrow once you know his name. Have fun!!
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PreK - 12th
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FunRiddles1
15 smart book pages of interactive riddles. Use at the beginning of class or at the end of the day. Appropriate for all ages. Lots of fun!
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
A Smart Interactive Activity on different types of governments
Aligns with Civics, Government, and History curriculum. Students can drag and drop the government types with the appropriate definition.
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6th - 9th
Presidents - Smartboard interactive lesson
Smartboard lesson on US presidents and their job
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7th - 9th
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Foundation of government sort
Smart board sort for Va SOL 2a.
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: foundations of government bundle-Virginia SOL 2
The Declaration of Independence, what the colonists were saying
This unit is for the Declaration of Independence. The goal of this unit is to identify complaints described in the Declaration of Independence, such as stationing soldiers in people’s homes, taxes, and cutting off trade with other countries. This allows the students to think about the complaints in chunks and gives the teacher feedback through the student assignment from each piece. This can be used for middle or high school. The final project can be modified.
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6th - 12th
Viking Challenge
A group activity that challenges students to try prepare for a Viking ocean voyage.
Grades:
6th - 9th
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