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Social studies Common Core W.9-10.1b lessons
13 Days Interactive Cuban Missile Crisis Movie Group Project
Cuban Missile Crisis Movie Group Project for 13 Days
One of the best movies to show to a class learning about the Cold War is 13 Days. This dramatization of the Kennedy administration's struggle to contain the Cuban Missile Crisis in October of 1962 is riveting, factual, and relevant to the curriculum.
It also makes for a great, interactive project based on the film. This is a fantastic project that fits right into the film. After showing the first 18 minutes to your class, pause the movie and
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6th - 12th
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Chop it Up: A Look at Food Justice Unit
Unit Essential Questions:1. How can food be used as a tool for both oppression and liberation?2. How does our neighborhood influence the choices we make about our health?3. What is the relationship between privilege, poverty, and consumption?4. How can we, as students, become involved in the food justice movement?5. How does the history of systemic racism in America create food insecurity?6. How do issues of land access impact food access both historically and presently?What's included?A hyperd
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9th - 12th
Rank the Frank: Charles Martel / Pepin / Charlemagne
Looking to engaging your students in the process of determining historical significance? Use "Rank the Frank" to help your students read for evidence, craft persuasive paragraphs, and understand how historians determine historical significance.
Through an investigation of three background briefs on Charlemagne, Charles Martel, and Pepin, students will glean pieces of evidence from which they can make a persuasive case as to which Frankish leader had the greatest impact, on the greatest amount
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7th - 12th
American Factory Documentary Worksheet (Netflix)
This product is a close examination of the excellent documentary, American Factory, which is currently available on Netflix. This multi-part assignment is broken into 6 separate worksheets and is meant to be taught over the course of a full week. This assignment is a great way for students to learn about unions, corporations, business, and culture. This product also includes a very short pre-reading assignment which defines unions and gives some brief background information.The premise of this f
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Hamilton: The Musical + Comprehensive Packet + Auto Graded Movie Guide + Slides
I spent a week creating, sampling, testing, then revising this curriculum in my 7th-12th grade public school classrooms. As a 13-year veteran California educator I wanted to make sure this was a quality and actually useful resource in the real-world-classroom. It's tailored to highly engage Generation Z students. I focus on themes and topics that matter to them, such as: social justice, climate change, and equal rights. I promise you this resource is leaps and bounds above the other offering
Grades:
7th - 12th
Argumentative Analysis: Interactive Slide: Barack Obama Speech
Here is an interactive slide which includes: * Link to video: Obama's National Address to School Children * Link to Excerpt of Speech * Paragraphs in each slide to analyze. *Questions that are Common Core aligned. Students have to highlight and write down responses. * Multiple choice question* Short Response Question * Drag and Drop responses for claim, counterclaim, rebuttal, and textual evidence. * and cute GIFS to capture students attention. Very easy to go through. It took about one hour and
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7th - 10th
Rhetorical Analysis Essay - I Have a Dream - Speech by Martin Luther King Jr.
Teaching rhetorical analysis essays doesn't have to be tricky. This no-prep rhetorical analysis unit for Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech is engaging and easy to use. This rhetorical analysis unit teaches students how to analyze a speech; identify ethos, logos, and pathos; and write a rhetorical analysis essay. Students are supported through the rhetorical analysis essay with prewriting activities and detailed graphic organizers. Both a printable PDF and digital Google Slides version
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8th - 11th
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Hieroglyphics & Rosetta Stone Bundle: In-Person, Online, or Distance Learning
You can download this as a:1. PDF/Print documentor2. A ready-to-go TPT Easel Activity. You can assign Easel lessons through Google Classroom or you can copy a link to it and paste it into any learning management system you use with your students. However, for the time being, students will need to log in with a Google email account in order to access the assignment. You can use TPT Easel for free with this resource. Click here for info on how to use TPT Easel for free.Need help tying in the Co
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4th - 10th
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A Complete Persepolis Bundle
Ready to teach Volume 1 of Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi? Enjoy this complete bundle of lesson plans, slides, activities, presentations, quizzes, and essay prompts! You need to look no further than to use this bundle to dig deep into the compelling world of Marjane and the Iranian Revolution. Suitable for English 9-12 or High School Social Studies classes!
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9th - 12th
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Gettysburg Address Rhetorical Analysis Essay - Abraham Lincoln Speech Analysis
Teaching rhetorical analysis with speeches doesn't have to be tricky. This no-prep rhetorical analysis unit for Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is engaging and easy to use. This Gettysburg Address rhetorical analysis unit teaches students how to analyze a speech; identify ethos, logos, and pathos; and write a rhetorical analysis essay. Students are supported through the rhetorical analysis essay with prewriting activities and detailed graphic organizers. Both a printable PDF and digital Goo
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: English 9-10 Full Year Curriculum - Yearlong Pacing Guide and Lessons
Drones: Fun or Dangerous? - Projects & PBL
Driving Question:How should we view the increased use of drones?Description:In this project, students are taken through the process of argument writing in a real world scenario reporting on the drone industry.What's Included with this Project:NextLesson Projects are extended lessons based in real life situations or simulations, culminating in the creation of a final idea, interpretation or product. They are specifically designed to be ready to use and compatible with implementing PBL in your cla
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7th - 10th
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Rhetorical Analysis - Assassination of Martin Luther King- Robert Kennedy Speech
Teaching rhetorical analysis doesn't have to be tricky. This no-prep rhetorical analysis unit for Robert Kennedy's Statement on the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. is engaging and easy to use. This rhetorical analysis unit teaches students how to analyze a speech; identify ethos, logos, and pathos; and write a rhetorical analysis essay. Students are supported through the rhetorical analysis essay with prewriting activities and detailed graphic organizers. Both a printable PDF and digital
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: English 9-10 Full Year Curriculum - Yearlong Pacing Guide and Lessons
Persuasive Argument- State of the Union Address
Are you teaching students how persuasive appeals are used when making an argument? Want to encourage your students to have lively discussion? Have your students analyze how persuasive appeals are used through President Biden's 2024 State of the Union Address!This no-prep lesson/assignment takes approximately 45 minutes to one hour, and it includes:A link to a highlight video of the State of the Union 2024 (approx. 12 minutes)A brief overview of Ethos, Pathos, and LogosEditable fill-in chartsRevi
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9th - 12th
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Structure of Government - Textbook and Debate
This activity provides secondary government students with a solid background on the structure of governments - not only in the USA but around the world!Included in this resource is a slide-deck of Google slides with an engaging "Monty Python" hook video where your class can brainstorm how governments related to the video clip. In addition, students will use an open-source government textbook (link included) to gain background knowledge on the structure of government. The concluding "exit ticke
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6th - 12th
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Propaganda Techniques | Logical Fallacies Lesson | Part 5 | Game | Posters
Timely and relevant! Fun and done! Students love this lesson. Sharpen critical thinking skills to prepare for your next argument or debate unit. Students learn how to recognize and analyze logical fallacies in five fun lessons. Complete with highly engaging, kid-tested slides, video clips, colorful posters, teacher tips, paperless game to check for understanding, and teacher tour. Each of the five parts builds on the last. Get all five lessons. I teach this under the umbrella of my Propaganda Un
Grades:
6th - 9th
Making Transcendentalism Fun A 7- Day Unit
This full seven day unit will provide your students with all they need to know and understand about the Transcendental movement in literature as well as how they can still see the ideas of Transcendentalism in modern pop culture. This Unit includes:7 days of lesson plans that cover an introduction to Transcendentalism, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Margaret Fuller and Walt WhitmanReady to go PowerPoint Lesson for each day of the unitAll the worksheets you will need to support the go
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9th - 12th
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Military Appreciation + Memorial Day + Unit + Lesson Plans + Crafts + Activities
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• a. Brief Summary
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3rd - 8th
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Cultural Appropriation Source Synthesis and Philosophical Corners Discussion
This lesson asks students to consider whether cultural appropriation is more helpful or harmful to society through 6 sources and a philosophical corners discussion activity.This resource includes:1. A personal connection Do Now (engaging opener)2. 6 statements related to cultural appropriation and note-taking space for philosophical corners.3. 6 text sources related to cultural appropriation.4. A graphic organizer to organize source evidence.5. A teacher guide for evidence and points.6. An exit
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7th - 12th
3.7-B: Economic Foundations of Maya, Inca, Aztec (Pre-AP WHG)
This lesson covers 3.7-B: Economic Foundations of the Maya, Inca, and Aztec in the Key Concept Postclassical Americas for Pre-AP World History and Geography. Because I follow College Board and their recommended resources, this lesson actually focuses on the Inca and Aztec and doesn't cover Maya. (I do have a separate reading on the Maya empire, see below.)This lesson includes a PowerPoint and guided notes that review the sources and requires students to answer document-based questions in a "10-2
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8th - 10th
Escape from Dystopia Game
This game creates a real-world idea of dystopia as students are working together to build a community, but come to find out they are living in a dystopia.
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9th - 12th
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Checking Source Truthfulness - Mini Lesson on Source Reliability
Teach or review with your students about how to check the source of information, examine if evidence has enough support, and corroborate evidence between multiple students. This is formatted as a Google Slides for easy sharing with students, and can easily be downloaded and used as a PowerPoint. Includes both information and questions for each step of checking information, as well as sample websites to use for practicing these skills and speaker notes to aid you with tips and an answer key for s
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Not Grade Specific
Also included in: Ted Talk Research Project Unit Bundle
Quality Quotations Anchor Chart
Quality Quotations Anchor ChartDo you find that the quotes your students choose to support their answers are missing the mark? Use this anchor chart to support your students in selecting quotes that the most beneficial to their writing. With four simple rules to remember, students will be able to make wiser decisions when evaluating a text for evidence.This can be printed to hang in your classroom or passed out to students to keep in their materials as a reference.
Grades:
6th - 12th
Propaganda Techniques | Logical Fallacies Mini-Lesson | Part 4 | Posters | Game
Timely and relevant! Fun and done! Students love this lesson. Sharpen critical thinking skills to prepare for your next argument or debate unit. Students learn how to recognize and analyze logical fallacies in five fun lessons. Packed with highly engaging, kid-tested slides, video clips, colorful posters, teacher tips, paperless game to check for understanding, and teacher tour. Each of the five parts builds on the last. Get all five lessons. I teach this under the umbrella of my Propaganda Unit
Grades:
6th - 9th
Propaganda | Cite Evidence MLA Format Mini-Lesson | Sentence Frames
Analyze propaganda quotes and practice framing and explaining textual evidence using MLA format. Packed with writing tips, World War II quotes, examples to emulate, complex sentence frames (that dual as posters), synonyms for said, and extension activity. Perfect for whole group instruction, small groups, and independent work. Post on Google Classroom for student reference. No prep; no copying. Preview the quotes in advance (mature content). I teach this under the umbrella of my Propaganda
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6th - 9th
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