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Not grade specific social studies pdfs for GATE
Cornell Notes Template | Note Taking Graphic Organizer | Note Taking Template
Cornell Notes are a systematic, structured way for students to take organized notes. Perfect for college prep classes. (Step 1) On the right-hand side, students should paraphrase important ideas. These notes can be taken from any source of information, such as fiction and nonfiction books, DVDs, lectures, text books, etc. Symbols or abbreviations should be used instead of long sentences. (Step 2) After reviewing the notes, students record key vocabulary, facts, people, and places on the left-han
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Biography Report template
This reproducible worksheet can be used as part of a larger project or independently as a simple biography report. I made this to use as optional extra credit in my middle school science classroom. I plant to photocopy pages from "Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World" on to the back to give my students a start in their research. Because of the simplicity of design, this could work in a wide variety of classrooms.
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Simple Rubric for RACES Paragraph Writing 2 per page
This is a simple rubric to grade student submissions for paragraphs written while learning and mastering the RACES strategy for writing. This rubric is printable at 2 per sheet to save paper, and it is a perfect addition to the RACES Graphic Organizer and RACES paragraph MLA Template that I also have available. Have your students writing professionally in no time at all!
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To Publish or Not to Publish- Ethics in Photojournalism
To Publish or Not to Publish- Ethics in Photojournalism
A mixture of Mind Mission activity and DBQ strategy, To Publish or Not to Publish- Ethics in Photojournalism honors the Civil Rights movement of the 1960’s in Birmingham, Alabama. As photo editors, students analyze an archival photo and a current photo in order to choose the one they think best commemorates the anniversaries of the 1963 Children’s March that followed the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. Debat
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Gold Rush STEM Activity Bundle Colonial Life
Explore common structures and techniques used during the gold rush and colonial times with these STEM activities! Follow the design process to design and build working models of:-The windlass-The horse and cart-The wattle and daub hut-Gold Rush Research Project-An information text and PCQ have been added to introduce your students to the experiences of Aboriginal Peoples during the Gold Rush.*** Try a free sample of my STEM project; Bush Beds. ***For each of the three STEM projects, you will re
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Gold Rush STEM Activity BUNDLE Colonial Life Transport
Explore common structures and techniques used during the gold rush and colonial times with these STEM activities! Follow the design process to design and build working models of THREE common forms of transport used during the gold rushes. The projects included are:-The Horse and Cart-The Cobb and Co Coach-The Wheelbarrow-An information text and PCQ have been added to introduce your students to the experiences of Aboriginal Peoples during the Gold Rush.*** Try a free sample of my STEM project; B
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Daisy Create & Innovate Meeting Plans
Thank you for visiting my store! This packet will help you fully complete the Daisy Create & Innovate Badge! No fuss, very little prep! This download was created with the Girl Scout Leader in mind. I have been involved with Girl Scouts for many years and found this particularly helpful in keeping things organized with my meetings!Please check out the rest of my store for more awesome resources!Thank you!Amie
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Gold Rush STEM Activity BUNDLE Colonial Life Housing
Explore common structures and techniques used during the gold rush and colonial times with these STEM activities! Follow the design process to design and build working models of FIVE common housing structures built during the gold rushes. The projects included are:-The Log Hut-The Bark Hut-The Wattle and Daub Hut-The Tent-Bush Beds-An information text and PCQ have been added to introduce your students to the experiences of Aboriginal Peoples during the Gold Rush.*** Try a free sample of my STEM
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Gold Rush STEM Activity BUNDLE Colonial Life Mining Techniques
Explore common structures and techniques used during the gold rush and colonial times with these STEM activities! Follow the design process to design and build working models of FOUR common forms of mining used during the gold rushes. The projects included are:-The Cradle-The Windlass-The Whip-The Puddler-A bonus file has been added to introduce your students to the experiences of Aboriginal Peoples during the Gold Rush.*** Try a free sample of my STEM project; Bush Beds. ***For EACH of the FOU
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Depth and Complexity Icon Classroom Posters
Take your students thinking to the next level! This set of 24 custom designed classroom posters enable your students to deepen their understanding of complex concepts, texts, videos, pictures, and more. When printed on 13 x 19 paper, these beautiful posters will make your room pop while allowing your students to access all of the thought-provoking questions and key phrases. These posters are perfect for students of all ages!
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Vote Smart- Elections in Fairy Tale City
The citizens of Fairy Tale City are all atwitter because their beloved mayor Jack N. Beanstalk has to retire due to term limits. Will their new mayor be I. M. Hogg, Redda R. Hood, or Goldie Locke? Who can the citizens trust to be the best leader? How can the citizens vote smart?
Student citizens determine the qualities of a good, positive leader and analyze the candidates through primary sources such as their bio-blurbs, campaign posters, newspaper interviews, and the student deter
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Gold Rush STEM Activity The Cradle Colonial Life
This Gold Rush STEM project series is sure to engage and inspire your students! Explore common structures and techniques used during the gold rush and colonial times with these STEM activities! Students follow the design process to design and build a working model of a cradle; a common mining technique used during the gold rushes. *** Try a free sample of my STEM project; Bush Beds. ***You will receive:-Student work booklet (see below for details)-Pictures demonstrating how I built my model-Samp
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Also included in: Gold Rush STEM Activity BUNDLE Colonial Life Mining Techniques
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Reading Passage Fill-in-the-Blank and Word Find K-12
This set of 4 different fill-in-the-blank reading passages for Martin Luther King Jr. Day is perfect for any grade level. They correspond with (and include) my FREE Martin Luther King Jr. Day Word Find K-12. Great resource for morning work, early finishers, reading centers, or 'Fun Friday'. Happy Teaching!This resource includes:1: 10x10 Word Find with Answer Key1: Corresponding Fill-in-the-Blank Reading Passage with Answer Key1: 15x15 Word Find with Answer Key1: Corresponding Fill-in-the-Bla
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African American History Timeline Brainteaser
This brainteaser challenges students to use logical thinking, addition, and subtraction to find the dates that correspond with important events in African American History. It is possible to complete the brainteaser with no prior knowledge of these events or dates. This activity is perfect for a unit on African American history or as part of Black History Month celebrations.
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Ancient Egypt Menu
Do you know students who love all things of Ancient Egypt? This menu study is for them. It extends learning and retention through creative activities based on Bloom’s Taxonomy, Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences, Creative Productive Thinking, and Sandra Kaplan’s Depth and Complexity icons. It allows for differentiation for all students through Pace, Process, and Product Choice and can be used as an extension for students who have demonstrated mastery through pretesting.
It’s Something
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Dragon Tamer Help Wanted Poster
The village is under attack, and it needs your students' help! Let them use their creative thinking skills to create a help wanted ad in order to hire the perfect dragon tamer. This activity is perfect for any study involving fantasy or medieval times. Extend this activity with creative writing by having your students write a narrative about their problem and their search for the perfect dragon tamer.
I use this activity with my study of Beowulf:
Beowulf Informational Text Scavenger Hunt
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Big as Texas- The A to Z Tour of Texas Cities and Places
Big as Texas- The A to Z Tour of Texas Cities and Places
“Is so!”
“Is not!”
“I’ll bet you that Texas is so big that there’s a city or place in Texas for every letter of the alphabet.”
“Okay, prove it!”
And so they do- all the way through Big as Texas- The A to Z Tour of Texas Cities and Places. Written for my fourth grade classroom, I packed it full of geography, history, and lots of Texas details along with black line illustrations suitable for coloring. Now out of print, I shar
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Election BINGO
This is a twist on the classic BINGO.Have fun learning about our country's election process!By no means is this a comprehensive list of everything that makes up an election day, but I dare you to try and narrow it down to 24 significant images! Not gonna happen!:) So here is my quick version that covers quite a bit!Gather up a few prizes and download this winner! Print and duplicate the game board and tiles for your students to create a unique board. Students should cut out and mix up the tiles
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Talking History- Interviewing an Older Person
Talking History- Interviewing an Older Adult
In this study, a student interviews an older adult in order to compare life now and in the past and creates a book or other product to share the learning. The lessons include templates, parent letter, student pages, rubric, directions, student examples.
A differentiated project for multi-skill/age levels, Talking History includes:
-questioning skills
-interpersonal skills
-encouragement of intergenerational understanding
-multiple pe
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FREE Martin Luther King Jr. Day Word Find K-12 (4 levels of difficulty)
This set of 4 different word finds for Martin Luther King Jr. Day is perfect for any grade level. This resource includes:1: 10x10 Word Find with Answer Key1: 15x15 Word Find with Answer Key1: 20x20 Word Find with Answer Key1: 30x30 Word Find with Answer KeyCheck out my other Martin Luther King Jr. Day activities here:Math Task Cards Middle School/Upper Elementary-Martin Luther King Jr. DayMartin Luther King Jr. Day Coloring Pages and PostersMartin Luther King Jr. Day Word Find and Reading Passa
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Operation Bill of Rights
OPERATION BILL OF RIGHTS
We are on a mission, an operation to better understand the importance of our U.S. Bill of Rights through comparison of its old language with our new, exploration of other bills of rights, and ending with Operation Bill of Rights in which student groups are challenged to use what they have learned to create their own bills of rights for animals. Oh, did I mention the writing, problem solving, movement, cooperation, art, and acting involved? And
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Beowulf Informational Text Scavenger Hunt
This activity is designed to supplement any Beowulf study. I use it with my intellectually gifted third graders when reading a kid-friendly version of the story. This download contains nine pages of informational text providing background knowledge about the poem and the history behind it. There is also a crossword puzzle activity with text-based questions that correspond directly with the informational text.
See my creative thinking activity that I use with my Beowulf unit:
Dragon Tamer Help
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Creating a Town
Most curriculums include some sort of lessons on what makes a community.
Want Something Different to Try?
Creating a Town is a
multi-purpose,
multi-level unit of study
that can be a menu study for individual students
or a teacher directed set of lessons
or a technology-based study that introduces MS Publisher
or even a mixture of all 3 versions.
Included are 20 pages of forms, rubrics, lesson plans, teaching hints, illustrations of sample products, and a chart of higher level thinking sk
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Classroom Cash - Space Theme
Be the coolest teacher in your school! This resource is perfect to support any classroom economy. It offers multiple denominations to use as you need. Print on colored paper to differentiate between denominations, or leave in the dramatic black and white format. Use lower denominations for everyday payments and save higher denominations for something special like Spelling Bee Champs, Box Top Leaders, Game Winners and more. Be sure to leave cash with your guest teachers and they will be able to s
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- Become active, responsible, and engaged citizens
- Comprehend global issues such as human rights, environmental sustainability, and economic disparities
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