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8th grade Black History Month library skills lessons
Avoiding Plagiarism: A Mini-Unit
FULLY UPDATED IN AUGUST 2023. The update now reflects APA 7 and MLA 9 styles!___________________________________________________________________________Most teachers have had to deal with plagiarism in some form or another, and many still haven’t quite figured out the best way to combat it. Some teachers give a stern warning and threaten serious consequences. Others use software to detect plagiarism.These methods work to some extent, but many students plagiarize because they don’t always know wh
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7th - 12th
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Media Literacy - Fake News and Media Bias - Digital Media Literacy Project
Are your students gullible or easily swayed by dubious sources and fake news? Looking for a media literacy project? This fifteen-lesson media literacy unit is designed to train middle and high school students to evaluate source credibility and recognize questionable content on the Internet. It is provided in both Google Slides and PDF.Topics are CURRENT and include Israel and Hamas, Trump and Biden, ChatGPT, and more.This unit is regularly updated to remain current. CONTENTS:◈Lesson 1: The Probl
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8th - 10th
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Martin Luther King Day I Have a Dream Close Read and Rhetorical Analysis
Engage your students in close reading and rhetorical analysis skills with this Martin Luther King Jr. "I Have a Dream" close reading and analysis activity. This is a perfect activity for students on Martin Luther King Jr. Day!
"I Have a Dream" by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a speech packed with rhetorical devices. This activity packet provides secondary teachers with multiple resources to help students conduct a close read of this famous speech.
This resource includes:
A teacher introductio
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Martin Luther King Day Activity Bundle for Secondary Students
Black History Month Bulletin Board - Interactive Posters & Biographies - Decor
This Black History Month interactive bulletin board resource comes with TWO Black History Month bulletin boards and is filled with Black History Month activities for middle school and high school students to learn about influential African American individuals. Create an engaging bulletin board with these 60 eye-catching posters that contain thought-provoking quotes to pique students' curiosity and get them thinking critically!You will receive two separate bulletin board kits: Set #1 contains 30
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6th - 9th
Black History Month Activities: Collaboration Posters BUNDLE Set 2
Black History Month Collaboration Posters Bundle Set 2. This is the second volume of my Black History Month Collaboration Posters bundled together. There are six (6) people featured in this set: Jackie Robinson, George Washington Carver, Nelson Mandela, Thurgood Marshall, Harriet Tubman, and Muhammad Ali. These posters are in a variety of different styles and are great for ANY age or grade as there are poster variations included. My collaboration posters are easy for teachers and fun for kids a
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K - 9th
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Classroom Library + Book Scavenger Hunt Activity - Help students find books!
Help your students explore your classroom library with this engaging library/book scavenger hunt activity. This activity is a great way for your students to explore the features of your classroom library, practice using checkout/return systems, and find new books to add to their "to-read" list. It is a much more engaging, interactive, and student-centered way of introducing the classroom library. Instead of you walking around the room and explaining the features of the library, this gives studen
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5th - 12th
Modern Black Artists Art Projects, Artist Study, Rubrics for Black History Month
Need ideas for Black History Month art projects for your elementary and middle school art curriculum? These engaging, step by step art lessons will boost confidence and creativity. Use fun roll a dice art games to teach modern Black artists like Ringgold, Basquiat, Bearden, Laurent, and Cantrell. Your classes will love them!And, they’ll help time-starved teachers like you create lesson plans quickly. No more searching for art worksheets and artist biography handouts online. Art rubrics, exit tic
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1st - 8th
Black History Month Art Project: Jean-Michel Basquiat Portraits & Art Sub Plan
Ready to teach a Black History Month art project in February that’ll keep elementary or middle school kids engaged? This Jean-Michel Basquiat art lesson will boost student confidence and creativity. Kids will appreciate his loose style of painting. Moreover, they’ll connect with his personal story of grit and determination. And, it’ll help time-starved teachers like you create lesson plans based on modern Black artists like Basquiat. During this project, your class will discover Jean-Michel Basq
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6th - 8th
ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY Unit BUNDLE (Taylor) Novel Study Activities, Quiz
Your learners will enjoy the rigor and creativity of our engaging activities built from best teaching practices. We want to make your lesson planning journey easy, so you can focus on your expertise. This novel study includes a curriculum map pacing guide that offers our day-by-day suggestion for how to plan out your weeks of lessons. Our pedagogy section explains the instructive idea behind the activity, gives ideas for implementation, and aligns it to the standards. We've filmed some training
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6th - 8th
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Juneteenth Lesson: Reading, Project, Activity for Civil War & Reconstruction Era
This fantastic lesson plan on Juneteenth is an excellent resource to learn about the holiday during your Civil War or Reconstruction units, Black History Month, or at the end of the year! It includes a full lesson plan detailing how to use all of the great resources included. There's a few video links to use as an introduction before students create an essential question about Juneteenth (several are also included as examples or to assign to students). Students then receive a worksheet to use fo
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7th - 10th
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Design a Lab Coat Activity No Prep Science Project - End of Year Activities
Looking for a fun, no prep project that integrates science, art, and literacy AND keeps kids engaged? Your students will love designing a lab coat template for a famous historic or modern scientist, inventor, doctor, astronaut, engineer, or other STEM figure and it will quickly become one of *your* favorite activities too. Perfect as an end of year or after testing activity, students think critically and work independently as they apply their knowledge to design a lab coat for one of the 56 men
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5th - 12th
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MLA Format - Reading & Writing MLA Citations - Worksheets, Activities, Examples
Teach students how to write in-text citations and references for their works cited page using this MLA format bundle! Scaffold MLA citations step-by-step using the worksheets, games, anchor charts, and activities in this unit. Suitable for online learning with digital worksheets for Google Classroom®!⚡️ Save over 20% with the bundled discount! ⚡️Included with these MLA Format Activities for Reading and Writing MLA Citations:✏️ Works Cited Slideshow Lesson - Google Slides®, Microsoft PowerPoint®
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7th - 12th
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Using Images Correctly: A One-Day Lesson
Students use images all the time, but do they use them legally? Ethically? Correctly?
Too often, the answer to all of those questions is no.
This lesson teaches students how to correctly use images in their printed and digital products: images that they place on written pieces, presentations, videos, posters, e-books, and other projects.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
Design a Hoodie Activity No Prep Social Studies Project - U.S. History APUSH
Looking for a fun, no prep project that integrates history, art, social studies, science, and literacy AND keeps kids engaged? Your students will love it and designing a historical hoodie will quickly become one of *your* favorite review or end of year activities too. Students think critically and work independently as they apply their knowledge to create a hoodie for a chosen historical figure or topic ... all while you cross things off your never ending to do list! How It Works:Learn about the
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6th - 12th
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Social Justice Activities: Racism, Stereotypes, Privilege, Black Lives Matter
Social Justice can be a difficult topic to cover with your class, but teachers shouldn't be afraid to teach these important lessons! This bundle contains lessons and activities about variety of social justice topics including privilege, gender, stereotypes, prejudice, discrimination, toxic masculinity and more.These lessons are designed to help teachers and students navigate difficult topics in a way that is accessible and meaningful to them. Help your students learn valuable lessons that will l
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8th - 12th
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Cultural Diversity One Pagers Bundle | Heritage & History One-Pager Projects
Heritage Months are periods within the year that are designated to celebrate and acknowledge various ethnic and marginalized groups! In this Cultural Diversity One Pagers Bundle, your students will have the opportunity to research and learn about influential people throughout history for the following heritage and pride months:Black History MonthWomen’s History MonthAsian American and Pacific Islander Heritage MonthHispanic Heritage MonthLGBTQ+ Pride MonthNative American Heritage MonthJewish Ame
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8th - 12th
Black History Month - Artists of the Harlem Renaissance
Warm nights, hot jazz! This Black History Month, explore the cultural revival known as the Harlem Renaissance. 10 fun craft and literacy lessons for grades 3-7 based on key artists of the Harlem Renaissance!• Make a collage with Romare Bearden• Storyboard the Great Migration with Jacob Lawrence• Analyze African Art with Lois Mailou Jones• Learn about dialogue with Langston Hughes• Make a sculpture with Augusta Savage• Write a poem about Paul Robeson• Identify the elements of a folktale with Zora
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3rd - 8th
6-Word Summaries Activity - Independent Reading/Lit Circles - Engaging Activity
Get students thinking critically and creatively with this fun lesson/mini project where students feature a favorite book by writing a 6-word summary. This activity is a great way for students to share books they've read during an independent reading program or choice reading unit. The 6-word summaries also make for a fun book recommendation display that will pique readers' curiosity! Help your students connect with other readers, explore books, give/get book recs, add to their "to-read" lists, b
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5th - 12th
Alma Thomas Inspired Landscape Painting Art Lesson
This abstract landscape painting art lesson inspired by Alma Thomas is perfect for middle school artists or upper elementary students, perfect for Black History Month. Students will create an abstract landscape painting and mix tints and a variety of colors. Students create variety in their painting by changing the direction and colors in their landscape. The PowerPoint and PDF presentation includes standards, objectives, materials (including Line Landscape Idea Sheet), vocabulary, examples, fac
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Celebrating Black Artists & People Art Lessons for Black History Month
Reliable vs. Unreliable Sources Full Lesson! Which Sources Can I Trust?
Updated January 2019This Common Core aligned lesson is meant to teach students the characteristics of reliable and unreliable sources. I originally created this for an interview mini lesson, but use it in the classroom as well. Students are drawn in first by discussing which social media accounts they would follow and why - opening the conversation about which sources to trust and which to dismiss. This lesson teaches students which internet sources they can trust!This is the perfect lesson for
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5th - 12th
Teaching Research Skills for Students : How- to- Guide Lesson, Activity & Rubric
Ever told students they had to do research only to be met with deer-in-the-headlights expressions? Or only realized they had no clue how to research while in the midst of marking your 10th paper? Get students on the right track by introducing research skills early on in their learning, at any grade level, so they’re prepared to do it when that research-skills-based assignment comes up! This step-by-step and no prep guide serves as an introductory mini lesson, covering the what, when, why, &
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4th - 12th
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Research Skills Bundle | Fundamentals, Online Search, Fact & Opinion Task Cards
This bundle brings together three of our super popular research skills resources to ensure your students can ask the right questions, seek the correct answers, verify the integrity of what they are researching and report it back in their own words using the correct citation protocols.Be sure to read the reviews the description and reviews of each resource, as you will not be disappointed.YOU MIGHT ALSO❤️VE THESE ENGLISH RESOURCES ❤️ Year-Long Visual Writing Prompts Collection❤️ News and Media Li
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7th - 9th
Interactive Bulletin Boards GROWING Bundle - Asian Pacific American Heritage
This year-long interactive bulletin board bundle includes 12 ready to use bulletin boards that are perfect for middle school and high school students. You will find important topics like Growth Mindset, Hispanic Heritage Month, Anti-Bullying, Black History Month and more in this secondary decor bundle. The BEST part is that you get FREE updates to this growing bundle for life!Each poster focuses on an individual, quote, or nonfiction text and includes a H.O.T question. Question types include ana
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5th - 9th
Micrography Portrait Art Lesson for Black History Month Inspired by Phil Hansen
This drawing art lesson will teach students about micrography, Phil Hansen and influential African Americans. This is a perfect lesson for your middle and high school students during Black History Month or MLK day. Students will learn how to use micrography to create value while creating a portrait of an influential African American of our history. This art lesson plan includes: PowerPoint slides and/or PDF slides & lesson plan includes: objectives, standards, vocabulary (portrait, rhyth
Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in: Celebrating Black Artists & People Art Lessons for Black History Month
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