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Higher education social studies resources for Microsoft Excel
Distance Learning: The Economics of the Stock Market Activity - MS Excel/Google
This stock market game for students uses the NASDAQ American Stock Exchange web site and has never failed me in getting even the most reluctant students to participate! If you are looking for a great activity to keep your students active and engaged this one hasn't failed me yet. Each student is given "$50,000" and has to invest in 10 different corporations. This activity is done in "real-time" and truly helps them make connections to the economy they are a part of. You can decide how long y
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Middle School Economics Financial Literacy Activities Bundle
Personal Financial Literacy Full Course Notes Bundle with Assessments and Agenda
This complete 2024 updated collection of notes covers my entire year teaching Personal Finance at the high school level and can easily be adopted for a one semester course as well.*Download the preview above to see my Cost of Housing notes from my Budgeting Unit for an example of how my notes are typically structured*This full set contains 44 sets of notes within ten major units, as well as a midterm and final project, full daily agenda (for 93 65-minute class days with links to activities used)
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Personal Budget Spreadsheet
This is a personal budget spreadsheet that I created which completes automatically calculations. I use it for my Senior Economics course, but it could easily be adapted for all grade levels and classes (life skills, mathematics, etc.).
I have students search and select a job listing in the career field they wish to pursue. With the spreadsheet, they must breakdown how much they will make each month after taxes and figure out their budget expenses first for a month and then for a year. I have 37
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Global History II (c.1750-Present) - Complete Essential Vocabulary Excel File
The following vocabulary words are essential for comprehension of topics for Global History & Geography II, c. 1750 to the Present. This complete essential vocabulary is unit driven and includes basic terms for a broader understanding of Global History.The following Excel file contains all of the words for all of the units necessary for Global History II.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Personality: Theory Comparisons
This excel sheet is very useful for students enrolled in psychology when they are learning about theories of personality, including: Piaget, Kohlberg, Freud, Eric Erikson, and Trait theory.
The top of the page lists the 5 personality theories stated above, while the left side of the paper lists ages from birth (top of page) to 65 years old (bottom of page). Within each theory's column, the theories main categories and short discription is listed.
This is an excellent study guide. Additionall
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
WISE EXAM and PERSONAL FINANCE GLOSSARY -- PDF, Word, and Excel Formats!!
This is a printable and customizable (provided in PDF, Excel, and Word format) WISE Exam / economics and personal finance glossary with accurate but student-friendly definitions. It has all essential W!SE / WISE exam content...but also vocabulary that is often in personal finance classes but not tested by the W!SE exam.This resource is available as a "print and go" glossary in PDF format. But, the MS Word file is also provided as is an easy to sort / organize Excel file with suggested themati
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: WISE / W!SE Exam REVIEW SHEETS and PERSONAL FINANCE GLOSSARY Bundle
Psychology Research - Survey Writing, Data Collection, Correlation Graphing
I teach Dual Enrollment Psychology 101. There's no better way to understand Psychology Research Methods than to conduct your own research. This project requires students to come up with a research question, guided survey questions, collect data, chart and graph that data, recognize correlation, then reflect on their results.While this project is designed to be used in Psychology, I supply you with DOCX files so that you can change the directions to suit ANY SUBJECT! For example, I was require
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
High School Economics Activity Bundle: Budgeting and Basic Financial Principles
This unit introduces high school students to basic financial principles through a vocabulary worksheet and then has the students use the terms in a business illustration. The next activity is a simulation where students make financial choices based on their future life as a "25 year-old." Based on these choices, the students create a monthly budget filling in the categories for income and fixed/miscellaneous expenses, and then the students begin setting goals for their budget. This monthly budge
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Monthly Attendance / Digital Contact Tracker - Distance Learning or In Class
This monthly attendance / digital classroom contact tracker is for one full school year (August - May.) This helpful resource will help you quickly track student attendance, participation, or activity in each content area for online or in class teaching. You will be able to quickly see if a student is or is not participating so you can quickly provide additional help for that student. Directions for this resource can be found in the preview. I also have additional similar resources that can be f
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Best Budget Worksheet
What makes this budget worksheet the best? It will help your students learn and understand the difference between wants and needs. It will show them the difference between gross and net income. This budget worksheet will itemize things they probably have not considered before. They will be able to follow along and stay engaged with the lesson. All of my previous clients (students) stated this is what they want to learn and something they will always remember.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Realistic Game of Life (NO MATH, JUST CLICKING)
Most game of life or financial literacy lessons fall short of realism in terms of how much things may cost. Buying a car in New York is not the same as buying a car in Delaware with no sales tax. This google sheet helps students see what thing may cost with a focus on being as realistic as possible, with simply clicks no typing needed. This is meant to be a tool teachers can use in a variety of ways, and to avoid having student lazily research what a teacher can make, when again a teacher in NY
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Graphs, Charts, and Tables: U.S. Census Data Study
This lesson uses data from the 2010 U.S. Census to allow students to access numbers and data in a social science classroom. The lesson is a 2 day mini-unit centered on working with charts, graphs, and tables (serves extremely well for SAT and ACT prep). This cross-curricular lesson draws meaningful parallels between math and social science, and the necessity of bringing these subjects together. The lesson uses a comparative look at Census data for California and the United States as a whole, but
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Holocaust Event Timeline
There are 15 different events that occurred during the Holocaust. I usually cut them out and have students work in groups to put them in chronological order.
Students are often surprised at how earlier or late certain events occurred.
Great refresher of events with spending too much time on them.
There is an answer key included with the dates.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Excel Spreadsheet Grading Tracker
This Excel spreadsheet template is set up to monitor student work on higher stakes projects, or any assignments given throughout the year. With an easy-to-use interface, it lets you customize and manage student data, use color codes when work is missing or not, and allows you to visualize progress at a glance, in order to manage student accountability on big or small projects. Includes 3 tabs for 3 different groups of classes and can easily be modified for learning cycles, semesters, and multipl
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
AP Psychology Defense Mechanisms Video Project
Ever wanted to teach your students how to psychoanalyze someone? This project will serve your class by exploring a variety of psychological defense mechanisms in the Neo-Freudian vein. Your students will be assigned a defense mechanism, and will have to devise and plan a skit that will show their defense mechanism so that the class will be able to determine which defense mechanism is being displayed. The students will film themselves acting out their skit and the class will try to psychoanaly
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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World Geography APA Research Paper Rubric
Are you a world geography teacher looking for a comprehensive and user-friendly APA research paper rubric to streamline the assessment process for your students' projects? Look no further! Our "World Geography APA Research Paper Rubric" is designed to help you evaluate and guide your students' research papers with ease.Key Features:Alignment with APA Guidelines: This rubric is meticulously crafted to align with the American Psychological Association (APA) formatting and citation style. It ensure
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: APA Research Paper Template/Example Paper & APA Grading Rubric
True Colors Personality Quiz
Working on communication or understanding other's way of thinking? Give the True Colors Quiz a shot! It's a great tool to use with middle to high schoolers when explaining how to work with others.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Federal Government Budget Simulation
Make changes to the tax code and government spending to reduce the deficit while keeping your approval rating above 50%. No paper needed. Student's only need access to google sheets!-The newly elected President of the United States has come to you, their trusted economic advisor, to fulfill the promise of fiscal responsibility. The President has promised the voters to not reduce Social Security or Medicare. The President's budget is projected to balance the nation's budget and promises to not al
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Academic Competition Scoreboard
Check out this academic competition scoreboard. It's designed to be projected during a competition. There's a separate scoreboard for each subject, displayed in the school colors with a continually updated total score. There's also a summary scoreboard that shows the scores for each subject. There are complete instructions on how to enter school names, select school colors, change the competition name and even change the points earned/lost for each correct/wrong answer. Not exactly what you need
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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CEU Tracking Log for BCBA's
Excel spreadsheet with formulas to help track BCBA continuing education. The file has built-in formulas and data analysis, so some of the cells will auto-populate. Please reach out to me if you have any trouble with this file.
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Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
BINGO so fun it's a crime
This BINGO game places students into the role of a criminal. They are given description cards of their crimes. All of the students are to figure out whether they are Federal or State, Criminal or Civil.
Please pay attention to the formating of the document once you are ready to print it for use. You might need to adjust your print margins to NARROW so that the bingo sheets fit correctly.
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Kahoot Class Data
WORKS FOR ANY SUBJECT/CLASS !THE GOALInstant data collection from a Kahoot live game or challenge. Get statistics from one class, or all classes together overall. WHAT IT ISEasily see which questions were the most commonly missed after a Kahoot game or challenge has been completed. Kahoot has basic percentages at the end, but some students play with more than one name, or do the challenge multiple times. With this resource, you can easily “turn off” duplicate students to show more accurate stati
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Tax Systems
Interactive explanation of the tax systems!Pass out student amount randomly as they walk in. Go through the slide show and discuss. Then model how the proportional tax system works! Students then do it with their amounts on their graphic organizer!Its all set up and ready for you!FOLLOW & Rate us on TPT!Leave feedback and earn TpT money!We love hearing from you! It helps us grow and improve our resources. Once you've made a purchase, be sure you're logged in, leave us feedback, and you'll ea
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
Your Go-To Standards-Based Emotional-Skill-Academic Binder Database
Your go-to to keep your data in check. I utilize this skill-and-academic-based binder to collect data to scaffold or challenge my students to reach their full social, emotional, and academic potential. This instrument became compulsory for all Advanced Education educators and endorsed by AdvancED.
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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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.
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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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