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High school End of Year social studies resources
All About Me Selfie + Writing | w/ End of the School Year Reflection Activity!
All About Me "selfie" drawing and writing activity for classroom teachers and art teachers. This activity is a great way to start the year with an introduction and end the year with a reflection! This resource also includes Halloween and New Years selfie activities!This All About Me resource is a teacher favorite. It's a great first week of school / back-to-school activity that is also useful at other times of the year—Back to School, Halloween, New Years, and End of the Year. My student selfie
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2nd - 9th
Also included in: Back to School ART INTEGRATION ACTIVITIES Bundle for CLASSROOM TEACHERS
Class Gram Bulletin Board - Classroom Community, End of Year Gift & Activities
Showcase your classroom photos with this Instagram themed classroom community bulletin board or end of year gift! Simply print and post pictures of what is going on in your classroom to display for your students, staff, and parents! This is a resource that is perfect for a class bulletin board that can be used all year or as an end of year gift for students. You and your students will LOVE the Instagram theme as it shows off your classroom pictures in a fun and unique way! There are plenty of v
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K - 10th
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Also included in: Back to School BUNDLE!
End of the Year Escape Room Zombie Teacher Breakout Game Activity
Escape Room Team Builder - Zombie Teacher Classroom Breakout Game Activity: Use this creative and fun end of the year escape room team builder activity to help foster classroom community and improve critical thinking and problem-solving skills. The teacher has transformed into a zombie, and students must decode puzzles, riddles, and challenges to get the ingredients to turn them back into a human! This can be used in English class as it incorporates some ELA skills (spelling, homophones), but ca
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7th - 10th
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Greek Gods, Greek Mythology Body Biography for Print and Digital Learning Bundle
This Greek Mythology Body Biography Bundle is filled with all you need to teach and promote amazing Greek Gods and Goddesses and their myths. Your students will find plenty of opportunity for creativity. For the first time you'll experience the unique approach of using a collaborative poster, Greek mythology, research, and the body biography project! ***Now it includes the digital learning version.***This project can be used any time of the year. The project bundle includes 22 Greek Gods and God
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4th - 12th
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End of the Year Awards - Most Likely To Edition Student Award Certificates Vol 1
End of the Year Awards - Most Likely To Student Awards Certificates includes 30 ready-to-print end of the year awards that are perfect for your classroom awards ceremony! Each of the eye-catching student awards includes a most likely to phrase that relates to a variety of different types of students. These end of the year awards come in a print format, but there is also a version that allows you to easily type student names onto the awards before printing. Make sure to click the preview button
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4th - 12th
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MLA 9th Edition, MLA in-text citations & works cited, PDF & Google Drive
With the release of the MLA 9th Edition Handbook, the Modern Language Association updated and refined the rules for proper citations. Are you teaching the correct, most up-to-date version of in-text citations and works cited page formatting? With this 47-slide MLA overview lecture and package of helpful student handouts, your students will know exactly how to approach their citations for your class, standardized testing, and future college courses.Begin with the Prezi-based lecture (also downloa
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Summer Coloring Pages (+ writing papers) {Creative Clips Clipart}
This coloring book includes 2 coloring book cover choices, 8 unique coloring pages, as well as coordinating writing papers that offer differentiation for your little writers- all with a fun summer-themed clipart!This coloring book is NOT included in any of my Coloring Book Bundles.This product is for PERSONAL USE only and cannot be copied, redistributed or posted for others. Check out my other coloring books to see examples of the quality graphics and crisp designs you will receive!HALLOWEEN COL
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PreK - 12th, Staff
Also included in: Summer Craft and Coloring Bundle {Summer Coloring Pages}
End of the Year Awards - Idiom Edition Student Awards Certificates Vol 1
End of the Year Awards - Idiom Edition Student Awards Certificates Vol 1 includes 30 ready-to-print end of the year awards that are perfect for your classroom awards ceremony! Each of the award titles includes an idiom (Examples: The Down To Earth Award, The Happy-Go-Lucky Award, The Larger Than Life Award, The Salt Of The Earth Award etc.). An explanation for why the student is receiving the award (related to the idiom) is also included on the certificate. These end of the year awards come in a
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4th - 12th
End of the Year Activities - Last Week of School Activities PRINT & DIGITAL
Make the last week of school memorable and engaging with these end of the year activities for the secondary classroom! Ideal for middle and high school students, this last month and last week of school resource includes enough reflection assignments and activities for the end of the school year!Celebrate the end of the year with fun activities including letters to future students, self-reflections, end of the year coloring, and more!This End of Year Activities Packet contains a variety of activi
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5th - 10th
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Serial Podcast Season One Unit Plan: True Crime Lesson Plans, AP ELA Activities
Serial Podcast Season One by Sarah Koenig is a fantastic way to teach literary nonfiction, rhetoric, bias, and the power of storytelling. This podcast is so engaging that even your most reluctant students will be enthralled with the true crime content! This Serial unit plan will provide you with literary nonfiction activities that help students analyze the production of the podcast, discuss bias from multiple angles, examine rhetoric from a real-world perspective, and so much more. All of these
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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End of the Year Awards - Pun Edition Student Award Certificates
End of the Year Awards - Pun Edition Student Award Certificates includes 30 ready-to-print end of the year awards that are perfect for your classroom awards ceremony! Each of the eye-catching student awards uses a funny pun that helps to describe a student's personality. For example, The Donut Award goes to a student who is determined because they donut give up, no matter what, The Melon Award goes to a student who is is unique because they are one in a melon, The Koala Award goes to a student w
Grades:
3rd - 10th
Also included in: End of the Year Awards Bundle - 400+ Creative Student Award Certificates
World War II (World War 2) Map & Geography Activity for Europe & the Pacific
These World War II in Europe and World War 2 in the Pacific maps will help students become more familiar with the nations of Europe and those in the Pacific during World War II by identifying which countries belonged to the Allies, which ones joined the Axis, which ones were controlled by the Axis Powers, and which ones remained neutral. On the World War II in Europe map, students will also label the Maginot Line, the Battle of Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, the Battle of Stalingrad, the Battl
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6th - 11th
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End of Year Reflection Activity for Secondary Students- Countdown Style
For the end-of-year in the middle school and high school classrooms, we don’t often get the opportunity to create fun memory books or make big end-of-the-year activities. But, reflecting and synthesizing are important parts of the learning process. This personal one-page reflection poster is perfect for any secondary subject! The students use categorized, numbered lists to write about their year. It will make a great keepsake that even secondary students will want to keep! Students reflect on th
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6th - 11th
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Also included in: All About Me Activities ENTIRE YEAR Bundle
World War I Map Activity Lesson (1914 & 1918 Europe Maps)Print &Digital Resource
These 1914 and 1918 Europe Map worksheets will help students understand the effects of World War I on the European map. They will also help students become more familiar with the nations of Europe during World War 1 by identifying which European countries belonged to the Allies, which ones joined the Central Powers, and which ones remained neutral. Additionally, students will be able to identify the new nations that were created after World War I and which nations lost territory after the war.Wh
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6th - 10th
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Ancient Greece Geography Map Activity (Print and Digital Resource)
This activity will help students better understand the geography of Greece and its impact on Ancient Greek civilizations. They will label and color the blank map version and then answer a few questions. Alternatively, students can just color on the coloring page version. It's a great way to incorporate geography in your lesson.What's included with the Printed Versions:*Ancient Greece map for students to label, color, and answer 10 questions (1 page map, 1 page directions/questions, uneditable pd
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6th - 10th
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Figurative Language Sorting Activity Worksheet Alternative 100 Card Sort Game
Need figurative language activities? Use this fun and interactive sorting task card game to review and reinforce figurative language. These 100 task cards each have examples of figurative language taken from authentic texts and popular YA literature. Students will sort them into seven categories: metaphors, similes, personification, hyperboles, idioms, onomatopoeia, alliteration. Before you buy...this product is part of a BUNDLE that will save you money.You will want to use this student-centered
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5th - 12th
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World War 2 Unit Plan Bundle: Projects, Activities, & Lessons for Every Day
This World War 2 Unit Plan is the absolute ultimate bundle of lesson plans and activities for an engaging WW2 unit! In one super-organized folder you receive an Interactive Notebook set, Google Drive Digital notebook, 10 PowerPoints, dozens of reading activities, student projects, worksheets, review materials, and several options for assessments! There's over 50 resources in all and you get a unit guide with lesson plans for every day!Imagine having a full month completely planned out, FULL of v
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7th - 11th
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Also included in: American History Mega Bundle Part 4: World War II to Modern America
End of Year Skittles Writing Activity and Craft for Big Kids
Now available for grades 2-12! Celebrate the end of the school year with this fun writing activity! Students use rainbow-colored items or candies such as Skittles, buttons, or pom poms to help brainstorm things to share about themselves. This craft makes a great keepsake for any grade level.The brainstorming sheet will help them plan out which things to share in their final draft. The finished product also makes a neat bulletin board or classroom display for the beginning of the school year.Prin
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2nd - 12th
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Also included in: BUNDLE Skittles Writing Activities - St. Patrick's Day- End of Year
Declaration of Independence Activity: The Big Break Up Letter & Texting Activity
The Declaration of Independence was really just a big "break-up" letter written by the colonists to the King of Great Britain. This historical document was written to convince the world of the King's abuses and to let everyone know that the colonies no longer wanted to be in a relationship with Great Britain. While studying the Declaration of Independence, students will use this assignment as a reinforcement to understand just what Jefferson wrote in this historical document. The lesson start
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: American History U.S. History Bundle: Beginnings through the 1850's
Ancient Egypt Map Activity (Print and Digital Resource)
Students will learn about important places in the Ancient Egypt civilization as they label and color a map. It's also a great way to incorporate geography in your lesson.What's included with the printed version:Blank Ancient Egypt map for students to label and color (1 page, uneditable pdf)Map Key (1 page, uneditable pdf)Ancient Egypt map for students to just color (1 page, uneditable pdf)Informational Reading (1 page, uneditable pdf) Animated PowerPoint shows each location and the key - perfect
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6th - 10th
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Animal Farm Unit Plan: Fun Activities, Editable Lesson Plans, History Info, Test
This complete Animal Farm unit is designed to help you get to the heart of Animal Farm while making your efforts mean something. With your guidance, students will dig deep into Animal Farm history, themes, and allegory in order to better apply Orwell’s message to their own lives right here, right now. Are you ready to help students relate to this allegory in a meaningful way without sacrificing your evenings and weekends to do so? Let's dig in!BEFORE READING:To help you set the tone and spark in
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9th - 12th
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Community Signs Skill Pack Leveled for Special Education - Life Skills
Do your students need a high level of varied practice in order to learn community signs? This community signs skill pack will help your students progress from identifying a sign to understanding what the community signs mean. Being able to identify and understand community signs is a crucial life skill. These activities help students recognize and understand the meaning of the different signs.This life skills and social studies set is already differentiated for you. There are 3 levels included t
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K - 12th
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CNN 10 Student News Current Event Analysis, Worksheets: Print & Google Digital
My students are hooked on CNN 10, formerly CNN Student News! It is a great, free online resource that is perfect to get students thinking about current events with a Common Core lens. This activity set has FIFTEEN templates to choose from and is aligned with Common Core Literacy and Writing standards for ELA, history, and science (NGSS). In addition to receiving printable copies provided in PDF, this lesson was recently converted to GOOGLE 1:1 compatible templates for a completely GOOGLE Classro
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4th - 12th
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The Silk Road Simulation Game | Ancient China Simulation Activity
This no-prep, game-based Silk Road Simulation will be the highlight of your Ancient China unit! In this simulation with printable and digital options, students will travel along the Silk Road, trade a variety of goods, encounter challenges along the way, and answer trivia questions.Simulations can be such fun and meaningful activities, but they often take a lot of work and preparation to set up, which is why we did all of the work for you! You don't need to cut, purchase, or set-up anything to d
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Ancient China Activities Bundle | Geography Activity, Debate, Simulation
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