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Higher education social studies Common Core RL.8.1 resources
English Reading Lit & NonFiction Graphic Organizers Bundle {Grades 6-12}
This is a bundle of my Common Core Standards Graphic Organizers for ELA Reading Literature and Informational Texts BUNDLE for Grades 6-12 *UPDATED Aug. 2014: Now contains over 175 organizers! Perfect for Reader's Notebooks.*Do you need to implement the Common Core Standards into your curriculum? These graphic organizers are written for each individual anchor standard for Reading Literature and Reading Informational (for non-fiction), and will work for any piece of literature or non-fiction: shor
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Engaging Native American - Indigenous People Literature Unit Bundle GOOGLE
Resources come in print & digital formats!Engage your students in meaningful lessons about Native American Literature through these interactive and creative lessons & activities. These resources work seamlessly in a hybrid/fully virtual distance learning environment, but they're also a great option for 1:1, socially distanced learning in a traditional classroom. Everything (except the creation stories) is digital and printable! The digital resources are made with Google and are compatibl
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Murder Mystery Activity w/out the Murder Who Poisoned Willy Wonka
Who Poisoned Willy Wonka is an interactive classroom activity promotes collaboration, logic, inference, critical thinking, character analysis and fun in your classroom. Students work to solve a mystery involving some of the greatest literary characters of all time.This is a great group activity, classroom team activity, or center activity. It is a great way to introduce units on mystery, character, literature or just for a fun and engaging activity. It is also great for classroom parties or bonu
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Facebook Character Sketch Lesson Any Novel Full Version 1
Facebook activity templates for any novel or nonfiction text - aligned to the Common Core State Standards. Includes Microsoft Word templates to share with students in a 1:1, BYOD, or paperless classroom.
This IS included in my Literature Activities for ANY Novel or Nonfiction Text, Volume 1.
This is the full version of the Facebook Character sketch lesson in Microsoft Word. *Updated to include NEW Facebook Layout Pages with the new "Timeline" format, separate student copies, a short status-upd
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in:Â All of my Reading Resources (Fiction / Nonfiction) Growing Bundle
Night by Elie Wiesel Reading Journal & Task Card Activity Set WWII Holocaust WW2
Night by Elie Wiesel Reading Journal and Task Card Activity Set -- Examine Night by Elie Wiesel with this interactive unit set. Read for content, respond to writing prompts for student engagement, and review key features with various task card sets and the student journal.Includes:9 Page Reading Journal 16 Reading Response Prompt Task Cards20 Vocabulary Cards w/Definitions12 Theme Task Cards8 Image Analysis Task Cards3 Essay Writing Prompts35 Total full pages to print.Addresses the following:Key
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Whodunit? - Who Stole Dracula's Coffin? - A Classroom Mystery Inference Activity
Who Stole Dracula's Coffin? is an interactive classroom activity that promotes collaboration, logic, inference, critical thinking, character analysis and fun in your classroom. Students work to solve a mystery involving some of the greatest literary characters of all time. There are two versions included - one with a named thief and the second, where student consensus determines who committed the crime. Murder mystery game without the murder.This is a great group activity, classroom team activit
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in:Â Murder Mystery, Reader's Theater, Games - Halloween Activities BUNDLE
BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS, reading comprehension questions, critical thinking
BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS, reading comprehension questions, critical thinkingThis is a bundle with 115 pages and 21 Slides. It works with Easel, may be printed, or used interactively with Google Classroom.** PLEASE NOTE THAT I UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES WITH THIS NOVEL AND MY EDITED PRODUCTS ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS BY ASKING STUDENTS TO DO RESEARCH ON AUSCHWITZ AND HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS.**THIS IS A BUNDLED PRODUCT. IT MAY BE USED WITH THE BOOK AND THE FILM. 30% DISCOUNT!• The Boy in the Stri
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Murder Mystery Activity - w/out the Murder: Who Poisoned Sherlock Holmes
This interactive classroom activity promotes collaboration, logic, inference, critical thinking, character analysis and fun in your classroom. Students work to solve a mystery involving some of the greatest literary characters of all time.This is a great group activity, classroom team activity, or center activity. It is a great way to introduce units on mystery, character, literature or just for a fun and engaging activity. It is also great for classroom parties or bonus time.This resource inclu
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Roaring 20's Research Project: Pre-Reading to "The Great Gatsby" or 1920's Era
In this product is everything you will need for a successful 1920's era project for your students! I used this project to teach my students about the 1920's era from a research format, though I plan to use it in the future for a pre-reading activity before reading The Great Gatsby. Each student will get to select a topic that is most interesting to them. Some options are: Economic Boom and Stock Market CrashThe Great DepressionFlappers and Women's RightsWW1 impactFilm Industry and Celebrity Wors
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Classroom Murder Mystery Activity: Frankenstein: Who Killed the House Maid?
This interactive classroom activity promotes collaboration, logic, inference, critical thinking and fun in your classroom. Students work to solve a murder mystery set right after Victor Frankenstein creates his monster. No knowledge of the novel is necessary; however, this is a great activity if you've read the novel.This is a great group activity, classroom team activity, or center activity. It is a great way to introduce units on mystery, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein or just for a fun and enga
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Argumentative text, Argumentative writing, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Holocaust
Argumentative text, Argumentative writing, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Holocaust This product analyzes Elie Wiesel's Noble Peace Prize Speech! This product is self-contained and digital or print.Hope, Despair and Memory by Elie Wiesel THIS PRODUCT IS PART OF THE FOLLOWING BUNDLES:✡ Hope, Despair and Memory by Elie Wiesel WITH GOOGLE SLIDES✡ THE HOLOCAUST GROWING BUNDLETHIS PRODUCT HAS BEEN COMPLETELY REDONE! IT IS NOW OVER 65 PAGES! This is a self-contained product on textual analysis; everythin
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â THE HOLOCAUST ELIE WIESEL and PRIMO LEVI
Critical Thinking Activities, Debate, NON-FICTION, Argumentative text & writing
Critical Thinking Activities, Debate, NON-FICTION, Argumentative text & writing*****NEW GOOGLE CLASSROOM INTERACTIVE COMPONENT*****TEXTUAL ANALYSIS #1ANALYZING THE GREAT BOOKS: Tocqueville’s Democracy in America (small extract only)This is a self-contained product on non-fiction textual analysis; everything you need is here. This focuses on a small section of Tocqueville’s Democracy in America; this work is listed as a text exemplar in the CCSS Appendix B.Included in this product are the fol
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Argumentative text, NIETZSCHE, SOCRATES, ARISTOTLE, argumentative writing
November 11 | Remembrance Day | Veterans Day | St. Crispin's Day Speech
November 11 | Remembrance Day | Veterans Day | St. Crispin's Day SpeechA perfect speech to study on Veterans Day or Remembrance Day!!!NEW GOOGLE CLASSROOM COMPONENT ADDEDThis is a self-contained product - it is ready to go for you or for a substitute teacher.Included in this product are the following:➢ NEW!!! GOOGLE SLIDES INTERACTIVE COMPONENT.➢ IF YOUR STUDENTS ARE NOT USING COMPUTERS THEY MAY STILL DO THIS ASSIGNMENT. PRINT AND DISTRIBUTE OR USE WITH A SMARTBOARD AND ENGAGE THE ENTIRE CLASS.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Free Twitter Tweet Story or Chapter Summary
Fiction & Non-Fiction Twitter Tweet Common Core Activity: Use the Twitter Concept to Make Connections to the TextUsing Twitter to Make Connections: Do you want to see if your students grasp the main idea or big event in a chapter or story but don't want to assign a boring chapter review? Use this creative "Tweet" activity--it's fun, fast, and you'll be able to tell right away if they read it/got it!Use in social studies for historical figures, science for chapter summary, and so many other
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Literature & Nonfiction Creative Reading Activities, Vol 2 Bundle
I am Malala Final Choice Project - 8 options!
Did your class read "I am Malala?" Have students demonstrate their understanding of the memoir by creating meaningful projects! -8 choices for a culminating project-Checklists for each project option-A rubric for grading
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Socratic Seminar for ANY Text | Middle and High School| CCSS Aligned
Did you just finish reading a text with your students and want to dive deeper into their understanding of the text? Prepare your students with this end of text Socratic Seminar where students will show their understanding of the text through independent prep work, group discussions/collaboration, active listening and use of real-world connections to connect to the text. Break the Socratic Seminar into 2 days & 2 groups. The first group of students on day 1 will be presented with 5-8 out of t
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Urban Tribes - Native Americans in the City Lessons - Inclusive Learning
Supporting Indigenous Resources for Inclusive Learning for High School StudentsThis learning resource uses the reading strategies: connection, question, infer and transformation, to allow for powerful understanding. Students will gain a better understanding of the unique issues facing Indigenous millennials in North America.Lessons included will ask:Students to make connections, between the text and personal experiences, other texts and media, or world events/issuesStudents to document and class
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Elie Wiesel's Night: Character Chart and Analysis with Detailed Answer Key
"Light" up student understanding of Elie Wiesel's Night with this must-have character analysis chart. It's a comprehensive worksheet in which readers supply pertinent information about traits shown by people in the book. It's the perfect review to use as an individual, pair, or group activity. A detailed answer key is included.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Women's Suffrage Socratic Circle (With Reading and Questions)
This is Socratic Circle is over the question of "Did the suffragettes go too far?" It includes an interview with Suffragette Alice Paul after her completed jail time and hunger strike. It includes a page of content based questions which require students to analyze the primary source and also an outside circle questions page for students to reflect on their classmates discussion.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
Langston Hughes' "One Friday Morning" Worksheet (or Test) with Answer Key
It doesn't matter which "day of the week" this review (or test) is used. This comprehensive, 20-question worksheet highlights the characters, setting, events, inferences, theme, cause and effect, and the plot of this popular narrative as it captures the essence of the story. This printable is so versatile that it can be implemented as an individual, pair, or group assignment. A detailed answer key is included.
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6th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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"The Star-Spangled Banner" Worksheet, Test, or Homework and Detailed Answer Key
knowledge of "The Star-Spangled Banner" as they complete this worksheet! This "star" of a handout offers a series of critical-thinking questions about America's national anthem and incorporates literary terminology to provide readers with a full understanding of one of this country's most famous songs. A copy of the lyrics and a detailed answer key are included.
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Romanticism: James Russell Lowell Poems with Worksheet/Test and Answer Key
No need to "Romanticize" about the perfect way to reinforce the concepts of the Age of Enlightenment. Here it is. Using three pieces from this Fireside Poet as well as a follow-up worksheet/assessment, students are provided with a comprehensive review of the values held and espoused by those who embraced Romanticism. A detailed answer key is included.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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TALKING TABLES!! A Cooperative Learning Activity for all Subjects!
Talking Tables is an activity designed to get students up and moving about, engaging in conversation, sharing their opinions, and practicing language and critical thinking skills. If you want to make your classroom environment more livelier and truly engaging, Talking Tables can do just that!! This activity can be used for: reading comprehension, reviews, debates, discussions, or as a way to gauge students’ prior knowledge on a topic. There are numerous ways to use this activity and it can be us
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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"The Ballad of Birmingham" Worksheet (or Test) and Detailed Answer Key
This Ballad of Birmingham assessment/worksheet will help students to thoroughly experience a memorable incident in America's civil rights movement. Questions delve into the events of the day and focus on setting, themes, inferences, irony, poetry characteristics, etc. A detailed answer key is included. (Teachers may want to use reputable on-line sources to play the recording of this poem as well as showcase videos and photos from September 15, 1963.)
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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