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6th grade social studies resources for ActiveInspire Flipchart
Landforms Promethean ActivInspire Flipchart Lesson
This flipchart lesson has everything you need to teach landforms to your students. It includes over 50 pages of interactivity, along with three printable pdfs (a landforms booklet, graphic organizer, and quiz) for formative assessment, reinforcement, and extra practice. Included within the flipchart are tons of voting along with graphic organizers, containers, games, and online resources. Make sure to read the page notes included by going to your notes browser. Directions are given on each page
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1st - 6th
World Map (Continents and Oceans) Review Game - Promethean Flipchart
This 1-page Promethean flipchart helps students learn the location of the continents and oceans through a container game. Students can drag and drop continent and ocean names to their proper locations, with incorrect answers being "kicked" back. This flipchart can easily be used as a whole-group or small-group activity.
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1st - 8th
U.S. States by Region Review Game - Promethean Flipchart
This 5-page Promethean flipchart helps students learn the location of the 50 U.S. states by region through a container game. Students can drag and drop states to their proper locations, with incorrect states being "kicked" back. This flipchart can easily be used as a whole-group or small-group activity.
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Transition Words in Narrative Writing for PROMETHEAN Board
Do your students need help using transition words in their writing? If so, here is the Promethean Board flipchart for you. This standards based lesson(s) comes complete with multiple activities to teach students about transition words. Click HERE to save 30% off the price of individual resources with the bundle.Inside you'll find a complete and easy to use lesson in ActivInspire Software:• Teacher defines transition words•A joke, about Kermit the Frog, in which students pick out transition words
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4th - 6th
Also included in: Writing Lesson Plans Bundle PROMETHEAN BOARD Version
Early American Civilizations (Incans, Mayans, Aztecs) Flipchart
This flipchart introduces the Incan, Mayan, and Aztec civilizations with great visuals and brief descriptions. Perfect for class discussion or lecture. I teach 8th grade but is perfect for any level.
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5th - 12th
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European Explorers Unit - Flipchart
An introduction to European Exploration of the Americas. Pages include: World Map/Timeline, Vikings, Marco Polo, Columbus, Cabot, Cortes, Cartier, Ponce de Leon, and a process grid. If you want Word Documents of the World Map and Process grid, they will be available for FREE in my store. Enjoy!
Grades:
4th - 7th
Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) League Flipchart
This flip chart is designed around a lesson on the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) League. Each flip chart has information and illustrations in addition to teacher instructions in the note browser. This flip chart also includes a fun, interactive game based on the Haudenosaunee League to solidify what the students have learned. The flipchart is made on the Actvinspire program and you will need an interactive Promethean board. Teacher tested and student approved!
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3rd - 7th
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Black History Month Jeopardy Game - Promethean Activinspire Flipchart Lesson.
Your students will have fun learning all about famous African American while playing this engaging Jeopardy game. There are so many fabulous famous African Americans that not all could be covered in this Jeopardy game so here are the 25 that your students will be learning about:
Martin Luther King, Jr.,
Benjamin O. Davis SR,
Sojourner Truth,
Barbara Jordan,
Garrett Morgan,
Jackie Robinson,
Guin Bluford,
Billie Holiday,
Booker T. Washington,
Fred D. Jones,
George Washinton Carver,
Co
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2nd - 6th
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Branches of United States Government Promethean ActivInspire Flipchart Lesson
This flipchart will be sure to engage your children as they learn about the three branches of the United States government. The students will learn about the Executive Branch, the Legislative Branch including Congress, the House of Representatives, and the Senate, along with the Judicial Branch. This flipchart lesson includes container activities, links to outside videos and games, as well as ten pages of voting for your students. Enjoy!
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PROMETHEAN ACTIVINSPIRE SOFTWAR
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3rd - 8th
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Spain Builds an Empire & the Voyages of Columbus
This Promethean Flipchart is aligned with Scott Foresman Social Studies 5th Grade: The United States textbook Chapter 4: Spain Builds an Empire. It includes lessons and activities for all three lessons of chapter 4: The Voyages of Columbus, Different Worlds Collide, and Life in New Spain. It is approximately three weeks worth of classroom lessons.
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5th - 7th
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The Seminole
This is a 31-page Activboard flipchart that contains information about the Seminole tribe, taught as part of the 4th grade social studies Georgia Performance Standards. The flipchart includes information and pictures depicting the Seminole's environment, food, clothing, and shelter. A graphic organizer and writing opportunity are included at the end of the lesson.
The flipchart was designed for English Language Learners and is rich in vocabulary and illustrations. However, the content is appropr
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3rd - 6th
Ruby Bridges Biography Flipchart- Black History Month
This is a flipchart I created to use on my Promethean Board. I used it during my Ruby Bridges unit. I created it to along with Black History Month which is in February.
The flipchart includes
- KWL chart
-where she was born
- questions to start class discussions
-her first days at the all white school
-pictures
-videos (embedded into the flipchart)
-a page to describe her character traits
-various facts about Ruby
It is an interactive flipchart that provides students the opportunity to learn
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2nd - 8th
Who Am I? A World History Review Game
In this end-of-year review flipchart, students are provided with clues about different civilization they have studied in my World History 1 class. To reveal the clues, move the shapes to the side. When the student decides which civilization, they write it on their whiteboard. The less clues that are revealed, the more points they earn.
Developed in a special education classroom for students with language delays and is written as such.
Civilizations reviewed: Ancient Egypt, Mali/Ghana/Songhai
Grades:
3rd - 9th
Africa South of the Sahara and Its Colonialism - Promethean Flipchart
This colorful, interactive 23-slide Promethean flipchart helps introduce students to Africa South of the Sahara Desert. Some of the covered topics include African landforms and climates, renewable/nonrenewable resources, African tribes/empires, the African slave trade, and African colonialism. Vocabulary reviews are included, as well as a variety of H.O.T. (higher order thinking) discussion questions and a renewable/nonrenewable resources container game. This flipchart was originally created
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6th - 12th
Ancient Greece; Ancient Rome; Middle Ages - Promethean Flipchart
This colorful, interactive 33-slide Promethean flipchart helps introduce students to European topics. The flipchart is divided into 4 sections - European geography, climate, and economy; ancient Greece (Athens and Sparta); ancient Rome (including Caesar); and the Middle Ages (including Charlemagne and the rise of Christianity). A vocabulary container game is also included, as well as a variety of H.O.T. (higher order thinking) discussion questions, a vocabulary preview slide, and a geography re
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6th - 12th
AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL JEOPARDY GAME FLIPCHART ~ FUN HISTORY & FACTS ~ GRADES 5+
This flipchart game is a Jeopardy version of American Presidential Jeopardy trivia. This four category game features twenty trivia questions about past and present American Presidents. Categories include: Who am I?; Nice work, Mr. President!; A Tragic End; and Presidential Quotes. Great for review of Americanhistory and trivia facts for your upper elementary students. Ideal for grades 5 - 8 although can be adapted for high school students as well. Can be used whole class, as an individual assess
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5th - 12th
5 Themes of Geography - Promethean Flipchart
This colorful, interactive 15-slide Promethean flipchart helps introduce students to the 5 themes of geography (location, place, region, movement, and human-environment interaction). The 5 themes are covered thoroughly, including a geography themes chart activity to make the information relative to the students. A vocabulary preview is also included, as well as a variety of H.O.T. (higher order thinking) discussion questions and links to an online Pangaea active model and Google Earth. This f
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4th - 8th
Ancient Civilizations Standards Review for Promethean ActivInspire/Smartboard
This 41 page flipchart may be used as a cumulative review of the California Sixth Grade Social Studies Standards for Ancient Civilizations. It may also be used as an end of the unit review. About a third of the way through the school year, I have used it in my classroom as a “sponge” or “bell ringer” activity using one to two questions per day. The answers for the questions are “hidden” until activated by clicking on the blank. I have also used the Active Expression devices by having the stu
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6th - 8th
Bull Run Novel Study for PROMETHEAN Board Use
After you found the perfect novel to teach, perhaps you are not sure how to teach it. If so, here is the literary unit to help you teach Bull Run, a wonderful novel about the Civil War. Guide your students through the study of Bull Run by Paul Fleischman with this standards-based book study from Catch My Products. Students will remain engaged and challenged as they discuss each of the sixteen characters and the Civil War with this flipchart for use with the Promethean Board.Inside you will find:
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4th - 6th
Also included in: Bull Run Novel Study and Activities for PROMETHEAN Board
India, Hinduism, Buddhism - Promethean Flipchart
This colorful, interactive 20-slide Promethean flipchart helps introduce students to India's culture and history. Topics covered in this flipchart include India's climate and regions, monsoons, the Indus River Valley civilization, Hinduism, and Buddhism. Vocabulary reviews are also included, as well as a variety of H.O.T. (higher order thinking) discussion questions, maps, and diagrams on the caste system, karma, and reincarnation. This flipchart was originally created for use in a 6th grade s
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6th - 12th
Latin American Countries and Capitals Interactive Promethean Board Activity
Países y capitales de Latinoamérica Interactive Promethean Board Activity by Lonnie Dai Zovi is an active board activity that gets students out of their seats as they learn and review the countries and their locations (moving the names to the country) and matching the capitals with their countries. The names of the countries are written in Spanish (with accents where needed). Of course the names are not that different so they are totally useable in an English speaking geography class. These
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4th - 10th
Quilts of the Heart Craft Activity for ActivBoard
Every year during the winter my students and I love to make paper quilts. There is so much American history in the topic of quilting. This activity is fun for students of any age as they create quilt blocks from a template. This ActivBoard activity is linked to literature, math and social studies. Common Core Standards for 3rd grade are included along with step by step instructions and examples. Finally there in an interactive page where students can create their own quilt block.
Grades:
1st - 6th
Causes of the Revolutionary War Flipchart
A brief introduction into a 5th grade Revolutionary War Unit. This flipchart focuses on the major causes that lead up to the Revolutionary War. This chart follows up from my "Introduction to Colonization" chart in my store.
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5th - 7th
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Weathering
Lesson about types of weathering. It includes how ice weathering, water weathering and wind weathering occur. It is interactive and has pictures and video links to engage all learning styles. A lesson the could prelude erosion. It has page notes to help the teacher with a suggested activity at the end.
Weathering by Mike Bailey is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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Grades:
2nd - 9th
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