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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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The Rise of the Dictators | World War II | Digital Learning Activity
Teaching the Rise of Dictators can be tough. What should we talk about and how much should we talk about? We have it all laid out for you. This is our most popular product on TpT because we have done all the work for you. Detailed fact sheets give students access to the information they need to truly understand the important details of these infamous men. Digital and Paper Copies included! This "World War II: The Rise of the Dictators" Distance Learning Activity includes:1) A graphic organiz
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: World War II | Unit Activity | Digital Learning Bundle
Cell Phone Characterization, PDF & Google Drive, Literature or History Activity
Add a little fun to ANY novel, play, short story, or history unit with this worksheet where students choose a character (or historic figure) and fill a fictional cell phone with email messages, playlist entries, and a wallpaper image.This PDF file and Google Drive version includes a blank form and a completed sample to show students, if you wish. The sample is from my students’ study of To Kill a Mockingbird, showing Scout Finch’s cell phone content, but you could use this worksheet with ANY wor
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6th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Social Dilemma Netflix Documentary: 30 Question Worksheet + Answer Key!
The Social Dilemma- This is a video guide + answer key! (Hard copy and digital versions.)Technology, cell phones and social media leave us with a social dilemma for sure! Whether it be Facebook, Snap Chat, Instagram, Tik Tok or Twitter, all social media gives us reason to stop, pause and reflect!-----------------------------------------------------Here you will find:* 30 questions that follow along with the documentary* Answer key to make grading a breeze* An optional "less paper" version* Link
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: High School Health Curriculum: Full Year, Skills Based Health Education
Current Event Article Close Reading, Informational Text, PDF & Google Drive CCSS
Need more informational text-based lessons in your classroom? This print-and-go worksheet is the perfect little tool to use as a weekly, occasional, or extra credit assignment. You can either provide an article for your students to work through as a class or assign students to find their own article to use as the basis of the lesson. Whether you use this handout as an in-class assignment to use with copies of your local newspaper, take kids to the computer lab to find an online article, or assig
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Maps of the World: Clip Art World Maps
Maps of the World: Clip Art World Maps
High quality color and black and white maps of the world.
This clipart map set contains the following commercial use graphics:
- Color maps of the world
- Black and white line art maps of the world
- Maps of the world with lines of latitude and without lines of latitude
- Maps of the world with larger countries labelled (color and black and white)
- Silhouette maps of the world
- A map of the world showing seven continents in color and black and white:
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in: Maps of the World Clip Art - MEGA-BUNDLE
Veterans Day Program Script School Assembly or Class Activity to Honor Veterans
Are you planning a Veterans Day celebration for your school this year? This Veterans Day program script will help you get started as you plan your Veterans Day program.Our school's Veterans Day program has been my absolute favorite event of the year for over fifteen years!I have found that a program that celebrates Veterans is one of our favorite activities to bring together community members of all ages and students in our school. I have used this script at our school-wide Veterans Day progra
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Facebook Character Page -- Versatile Activity for any Character
This series of Facebook handouts can be used to create a mock facebook page for any character(s) from short stories, novels, films etc. This "fakebook" worksheet will be a fun assignment for any appropriate classroom setting. Included are a main facebook handout, an optional facebook handout (it can be printed on the back of the main handout), a brief student instruction handout, and a teacher grading rubric. It's easy to use since many students are already so familiar with facebook. Students
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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35 Different Tangram Puzzles - Black & Color
Here are 35 different Tangram puzzles for you to cut out and use in your classroom! Each tangram is on a 3.7" x 4.9" card and there are 4 cards per page. The color tangrams show the individual shapes while the black tangrams only show the whole figure as a sold color. The tangram cards will go with any sized tangrams. They aren't made to line up directly with the tangrams / aren't sized to any particular tangram set size, but were created give the students challenge cards to work with.I have
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PreK - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Psychology - Fun Activity - Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Activity Package
Go shopping at the Life Store! Buy your ideal life! The only problem is… you have just 20 dollars to spend. How will you spend it? Which needs will you value the most… safety and security? Social Belonging? Self-Actualization? Or do you just really like food? My students love this. I bet yours will too.This is an intensely student-centered approach to teaching one of the most famous psychological theories of all, Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs. It’s part of every Psych. 101 c
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Declaration of Independence: BREAK-UP LETTER Activity
The Declaration of Independence: Break-up Letter and Rewrite Activity! Good for any ELA or Social Studies classroom!
The Declaration of Independence is modernized! In this product you will get TWO different activities that will help your students better understand our nations most important document! The lesson includes an activity of a re-write- taking passages from the document and putting them in your own words. Also there is a two-worksheet activity on writing a break-up letter to King Geor
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
TED Talk Mental Health and Wellness Bundle | 8 Lessons
This Mental Health Ted Talk lesson bundle is designed to help educators teach students about mental health and wellness. The bundle includes detailed student handouts and various activities for students. The lessons included in this resource cover important topics such as stress management, coping strategies, and reducing the stigma surrounding mental illness. This resource features TED Talks by mental health experts, providing students with real-life examples and insights into mental health. Th
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Psychology Store Growing Bundle
Twilight Zone “Number 12 Looks Just Like You," Analysis of Twilight Zone CCSS
There’s a reason Rod Serling’s series, The Twilight Zone, has stood the test of time. The stories are compelling, the episodes are well-crafted, and the themes are timeless. With this lesson download (PDF & Google Drive formats), you can also use The Twilight Zone to help students develop analysis skills and connect classic storytelling to modern issues.In this episode, “Number 12 Looks Just Like You,” a teen girl resists efforts to look, act, and think like everyone else around her. Issues
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Flags of the World: 2740 World Flags - All 197 countries - Incl. Coloring Pages
Flags of the World: All 197 countries - 2740 graphics - Clip-art Set and Bonus PDF Document. Includes 197 colored flags that are identical in dimension to allow you to create uniform, clean looking resources!This clip art set contains 197 flags from around the world in both color, gray-scale and black and white outlined coloring pages. (A total of 2740 graphics!). A PDF document with the country name and large format flag is also included for easy printing and displaying.Every world flag is her
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Postcard Templates {PDF & DIGITAL}
Writing postcards is a fun and exciting activity for your students, especially if you are writing to other students or are connecting them to literature or other texts. Are you looking for postcard templates for your students? Check out these 6 different templates with digital options!These are great for ELA and Social Studies activities, novel studies, activities for setting or character, and so much more!In this product, you are receiving:1. 6 Postcard Templates - 3 Versions *Version # 1-Both
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Latitude and Longitude Worksheet & Answer Key
This worksheet is an awesome way to teach Latitude and Longitude. The way that it is structured reinforces that Latitude measures North and South of the Equator, and that Longitude measures East and West of the Prime Meridian. This worksheet features a World Map with an Answer Key.
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Get to Know You High School and Middle School: Student Visual Resume
When getting to know students online, it's important to put faces with names and to build relationships through technology. These student visual resumes will help you do just that! Students will get to tap into their creativity and reveal their personality through these get to know you templates. Though I provide a video tutorial for students, you can edit the directions to fit your needs. Students will edit in PowerPoint or Google Slides to create a beautiful visual resume for your class!
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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HARLEM RENAISSANCE | Art Gallery Walk Activity | 1920s | Print & Digital
Your students will feel as if they stepped back in time to the Harlem Renaissance with this engaging activity. To begin, students will be introduced to the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s with a short film clip and lecture. They will take notes on the creative lecture notes template provided. Print and Digital. Perfect for distance learning.Here is some feedback from a buyer:LOVE IT!! This is one of the best lessons I have downloaded. It hits the common core standards and I really love the short
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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39 Digital Moveable Tangram Puzzle Activities STEM Team Building Math
Have fun with your students while they solve these Tangram Puzzle Activities! This set of puzzles can be used in Google Slides or it can be downloaded and printed on paper. You choose! Great for developing critical thinking skills and team building activities!Great for distance learning!Included is a Google Slide version of the Following:39 Digital interactive Moveable Tangram Puzzles and their answers as well as a printable version. Your students will be able to move the tangrams into posit
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Editorial Cartoons Political Cartoons to Teach Persuasion Rhetoric Google Drive
Teach your students how to “read” an editorial or political cartoon with this one-day lesson that can also become part of your regular current event assignment rotation. Perfect for English/Language Arts and History/Social Studies classrooms!The lesson begins with an introduction to four persuasive tools used by editorial cartoonists (symbolism, exaggeration, labeling, and analogy) with real-world examples of classic public domain political cartoons. Then, use modern cartoon examples (links incl
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Satire Video Analysis, Birds Aren’t Real Conspiracy Theory, PDF & Google Drive
Introduce students to the power of modern satire with this video-based lesson featuring a behind-the-scenes look at Birds Aren’t Real, a satirical conspiracy theory group that insists the U.S. government has replaced all birds with surveillance drones to spy on people.Begin with a quick discussion and definition of satire and then view The Truth Behind Birds Aren’t Real – My Life Online, a high-quality 23-minute documentary available for free (with ads) via two online platforms. Next, ask studen
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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STOCK MARKET Simulation Game | 1920s & Great Depression | Print & Digital
This is a fun and interactive STOCK MARKET Simulation game to play with your secondary U.S. History students when studying the causes of the Great Depression. The presentation begins with an engaging introduction to the stock market. Very detailed directions are then given to play the stock market simulation game. Students will begin by choosing stocks to purchase from a list of companies that existed in the 1920s. They will then complete the corresponding worksheet with the stock they purchased
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Piaget’s Four Stages of Cognitive Development Activity + Distance Learning
Playing with Piaget Activity for Developmental Psychology, reviews Piaget’s four stages of cognitive development (Sensorimotor development, Pre-operational development, Concrete operational, and Formal operational). This is a great addition to any developmental psychology unit. Students are given four scenarios in which they must apply their knowledge of Piaget’s theory. A summary of each of the four stages is included as a reference. A rich discussion follows as students share their responses.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Nature vs. Nurture Activity for Google - FACS - Child Development
Are you looking for a nature vs. nurture activity that is no-prep for your sociology, family, and consumer science (FCS) or child development classes? This resource includes a Nature vs. Nurture reading and questions for students that also includes a Nature vs. Nature slide show in Google. ⭐ Students answer questions and respond on slides and return them to you through Google Classroom. Activity includes:brief description of the two theories of development - nature and nurturequestions for stud
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Importance of learning social studies
Social studies offers valuable insights into history, geography, and much more. Social studies captivates students by providing them with perspectives from the past, present, and future, allowing them to understand history and navigate current events. It enables them to appreciate how previous generations have shaped their present reality. In essence, social studies opens their eyes to the vastness of life beyond their immediate surroundings.
Benefits of learning social studies
Learning social studies offers many benefits to students in terms of helping them develop a holistic understanding of the world. Namely, it helps them:
- Learn about the achievements, challenges, perspectives, traditions, and customs of different societies
- Evaluate information, analyze evidence, and make informed judgments about complex social, economic, and political issues
- Become active, responsible, and engaged citizens
- Comprehend global issues such as human rights, environmental sustainability, and economic disparities
By teaching social studies, teachers can help students develop critical thinking skills, foster civic engagement, and promote social awareness and responsibility.
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On TPT, social studies resources come in various formats, from worksheets to interactive notebooks to units. They can be used to enhance learning, assess a student’s mastery of social studies concepts, or to reteach a tricky topic. With plenty of TPT resources at your fingertips, teaching and learning social studies will be so much easier.
Discover printable and digital social studies resources
If you’re a teacher or parent looking for printable or digital social studies resources, TPT has an extensive array of instructional materials for every learning need, topic, or grade level. Whether you’re teaching students about America’s democratic process, the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., how to read maps, or World War II, we’ve got you covered.
Social studies resources on TPT offer informative lessons, engaging texts, intriguing facts, interactive puzzles, and enjoyable trivia games. These grade-specific resources ensure that all students can access age-appropriate materials that stimulate their minds and enhance their creative thinking abilities.
For instance, first graders can explore worksheets on senses and emotions, followed by a coloring page featuring Harriet Tubman. Older students can test their knowledge with quizzes on statistics and capital cities, then delve into the history of the Underground Railroad through an informational sheet or enjoy a word search focused on civil rights leaders. With such a wide variety of subjects and topics covered, our social studies pages provide endless opportunities for students to explore the world in captivating ways.
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