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2023 Year in Review Current Events Trivia with Answer Key Quiz Bowl
This resource consists of 23 questions having to do with current events that occurred during 2023. This would be a great way to review the year at the end of 2023 or the beginning of the new year, 2024!This could be done as a homework assignment, where students research the answers, or as a team builder or icebreaker just for fun to see what everyone knows collectively, especially on the return from winter break. Appropriate and fun for staff events, academic challenge teams or quiz bowl! Answer
Grades:
7th - 10th
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SCAMPER Invention Project
This two page activity includes instructions, expectations, descriptions, and a rubric for a "SCAMPER" project. Students will use the "SCAMPER" process to invent a new product. This is editable so that it can be modified for your specific purpose and grade-appropriate activity.
Grades:
2nd - 12th
2022 Year in Review Current Events Trivia with Answer Key Quiz Bowl
This resource consists of 22 questions having to do with current events that occurred during 2022. This would be a great way to review the year at the end of 2022 or the beginning of the new year, 2023!This could be done as a homework assignment, where students research the answers, or as a team builder or icebreaker just for fun to see what everyone knows collectively, especially on the return from winter break. Appropriate and fun for staff events, academic challenge teams or quiz bowl! Answer
Grades:
8th - 12th
Types:
Global Issues Vocabulary and Mini-Research Activity
Students will be able to learn vocabulary associated with global issues. Have students highlight the ones they know a lot about. Have students put a star next to a few they would like to learn more about. Assign students a topic to dig deeper in with research and answer the questions in the table organizer. Students can create a presentation to share with the class and teach other students about the global issue.
Grades:
4th - 7th
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13 Colonies (Colonial Life) Artifact Research Project
This is a really fun, rigorous, and engaging project that allows students to research a specific person or event from the Colonial Era in American History. The students begin by choosing a topic, researching their selected topic, and identifying artifacts to share with their classmates. Also within the project, students will take meaningful notes, identify sources, create a bibliography, and create a written response. The project can be adapted to fit all learners and accommodate each teacher's
Grades:
5th - 11th
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Local History Museum Project
Use this project to help your students understand your local history. This is a great research project for everyone and it can be modified to meet any learner's needs. Students are required to create their own Local History Museum and fill it with research they have done about a specific topic. They get to design everything: from the entrance of the museum to the giftshop! Students are responsible for creating "display rooms", summaries of the events, and explanations of why they chose the artif
Grades:
4th - 12th
Founding Fathers Trading Cards - Social Studies - American History - Revolution
This is a simple project that will make your classroom walls less boring! The project has students make trading cards (how many is up to you) of various Founding Fathers and some Framers.
I assign this project on Day 1 of my unit on the Revolutionary War, and collect it two weeks later.
This lesson is 1 page and simply contains the instructions.
When the trading cards are finally submitted by the students, I love holding up some cards and reading quotes to the class from these brave men. Fo
Grades:
5th - 11th
China Collage Activity
This is a great activity to do after you have introduced China to your class. It contains a pre-assessment as well as a cool group activity that will give students a different method of showing what they know. The lesson also includes extension ideas for gifted/high ability students. There is one activity sheet that goes with it, and it is included.
Grades:
2nd - 4th
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Industrial Revolution Project
Students make a model of an invention from the American Industrial Revolution.
Grades:
8th
Types:
Conflict Study/Sophia's War Novel Study
Students will study the concept of CONFLICT using photography, primary sources and the novel, Sophia's War. This is a slideshow guide that can be shared with students and they can work through the slideshow, everything they need is included to complete the entire study (except a copy of the novel).
Grades:
5th - 7th
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TIMELINE - TEACHER TIMELINE - HOW TO MAKE MY TIMELINE
This PowerPoint presentation shows 14 slides with explanations and some simple timeline examples. It included the timeline of the teacher step by step. You make some changes to make your timeline. The slides have a descriptive note that explains the steps on how to interpret each timeline. The last slide shows the procedure for the child to create their own life timeline in a sentence strip.The students have several opportunities to answer and make questions as they learn. By using PowerPoint yo
Grades:
2nd - 8th
Also included in:Â CHRONOLOGY BUNDLE - ENGLISH AND SPANISH
LINEA DE TIEMPO - TEACHER TIMELINE - HOW TO MAKE MY TIMELINE - SPANISH
This PowerPoint presentation shows 14 slides with explanations and some simple timeline examples. In Spanish!! It included the timeline of the teacher step by step. You make some changes to make your timeline. The slides have a descriptive note that explains the steps on how to interpret each timeline. The last slide shows the procedure for the child to create their own life timeline in a sentence strip.The students have several opportunities to answer and make questions as they learn. By using
Grades:
2nd - 8th
Also included in:Â CHRONOLOGY BUNDLE - ENGLISH AND SPANISH
Create A Product for the Gold Rush
Howdy Miners! There are many opportunities for entrepreneurs at the Gold Fields. You will be creating a model of your actual product that could be used during the Gold Rush time. Then you will display the usefulness of your new product by creating the advertisement poster.
Grades:
4th
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Current Events/Analysis
Do you want to help students engage in analyzing multiple articles based on the same theme? This project/assignment is an excellent way of monitoring their abilities to infer, compare, contrast across the same theme. It is also a great project to help students work together with a common interest and produce information using a variety of technology. It's very much related to how to do research appropriately as well as forming their own conclusions based on what they chose research.
Doughnuts by Robert McCloskey, Extension and Enrichment Activities
Robert McCloskey's short story, Dougnuts, is the perfect springboard to exploring inventions, inventors, economics, production lines, and so much more in the interdisciplinary realm of ELA and Social Studies. This list of extension and enrichment activities provides extension and enrichment projects, along with links to related topics, such as how donuts are made - perfect for a fiction vs. nonfiction compare and contrast paper! Also included is a suggested book list for further reading, for
Grades:
4th - 6th
Types:
3 Extra Credit Project Assignments for 4-5th grades
Writing and research based extra credit assignment directions aimed at early finishers in grades 4-5.
Grades:
4th - 5th
Ireland: Cultural Studies through Film Study
Students or individuals may learn about Ireland by viewing one of the four films listed.
Eight cultural traits are listed to guide individuals or small groups while they are viewing one or all of the films.
Post-viewing discussions promise to be lively and of high interest.
Grades:
4th - 8th
School/Town Video Project
Students complete a short video on their town or school. Guidelines included
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Types:
A Historical Overview of Ireland
Starting from the end of the last Ice Age, this overview is a fast study all the way up to modern times. Included are: three presentations (teachers notes, for audio/visual, handout); activities including individual, small group, entire class, as well as, short and long term activities; student handouts that support the activities; teacher supplemental that support the activities.A narrated slide show can be found on our website: CelticLifeandHeritage.orgThe Activities Guide includes icons wher
Grades:
4th - 6th
American Revolution Videos For Class
In my class, my students were bored to tears by the slow and methodical reading of the textbooks. So I decided to do something about it and make the Revolution fun again! I kept in mind middle school students who are learning about the revolution, but also made it serious enough to appeal to High School and beyond as well.
The videos are broken up into 17 3-5 Minute chunks that are great for generating discussion and getting the kids into the material.
The best part is, you can get the entir
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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