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WWI Murder Mystery - Archduke Ferdinand

By Crafty Middle School Teacher

In order to kick off my World War I unit, I like to set my room up as a crime scene. I typically outline two bodies with painters tape or something to that effect. I then have 6 “Classified” Stations set up around my room. Within these 6 stations

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, U.S. History, World History

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Activities, DBQs, Assessment

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Living on a Budget - Economics Activity

By Crafty Middle School Teacher

This activity allows students to create a monthly budget. Each student will be assigned a career and annual salary. They must use basic math skills to find their monthly income and construct a budget based on the basic costs of living. Students will

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Math, Economics

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Lesson

$3.99

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Blitzkrieg DBQ

By Crafty Middle School Teacher

This DBQ (document based question) packet includes 6 primary source documents: 2 eye witness accounts, one overview, and 3 photographs. Each document has questions students must answer after analyzing the primary source document. The 6 documents

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Social Studies - History, World History

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, DBQs, Assessment

$4.99

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WWII Choice Board & Checklists

By Crafty Middle School Teacher

This product is great tool to use as final project assessment for a unit on WWII. This product includes 9 different projects and a checklist for each of the projects. This assessment is a great way to incorporate differentiated assessment in your

Subjects:

U.S. History, World History, Writing

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Projects, Activities, Assessment

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WWI (Great War) Political Cartoon Analyis Activity

By Crafty Middle School Teacher

Do you need something engaging for your students to participate in before or after you've discussed the four MAIN causes of The Great War? Look no further! My students love this activity. I have done it successfully in both 6th grade and now 11th

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English Language Arts, Social Studies - History, U.S. History

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Assessment, Lesson

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WWII American Home Front Web Quest

By Crafty Middle School Teacher

Through this web quest, students will look through a variety of primary sources, including letters, photos, and propaganda posters to answer text dependent questions. Students will be immersed in American life during the 1940's. Students will

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Social Studies - History, U.S. History

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Webquests

$5.00

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McCarthyism/Cold War DBQ

By Crafty Middle School Teacher

This activity includes the use of 7 primary source texts (speech excerpts, photographs, and comic strip) to engage students and encourage them to interact with text and cite specific evidence. Each document comes with at least 3 questions. The

Subjects:

U.S. History, Writing-Essays, Informational Text

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, DBQs, Assessment

CCSS:

RI.6.8, RI.7.1, RI.7.8, RI.8.9, RI.9-10.1, RI.11-12.1, W.6.1a, W.6.9, W.7.1, W.7.1a, W.7.1b...

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Speeding Ticket

By Crafty Middle School Teacher

This product is to be used as a classroom management tool. Too often, students "finish" their work quickly and when you go to grade it, it is not top quality. I created this speeding ticket and use it with my 6th graders. This is a little slip of

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For All Subject Areas

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Classroom Forms

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Cell Phones from the Past

By Crafty Middle School Teacher

This is a smart device (iPhone XS) template featuring 15 blanks for apps, space for contacts, text messages, and a call log (featuring the call symbols for missed call, received, and sent phone calls). This assignment is a great assessment tool for

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Social Studies - History, Literature

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Graphic Organizers

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Primary vs. Secondary Sources

By Crafty Middle School Teacher

This package includes a Primary vs. Secondary source power point presentation which breaks down the differences between primary and secondary sources and provides examples, an exercise activity in which students practice classifying whether the

Subjects:

Social Studies - History

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

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Escalation in Vietnam - Strategies & Tactics

By Crafty Middle School Teacher

Perfect lesson for a sub or distance learning! This activity works best being introduced after a brief overview of American involvement in Vietnam leading up to LBJ's Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. This interactive activity is a hyper doc (power point

Subjects:

Social Studies - History

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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PowerPoint Presentations, Activities

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Paleolithic Age & Early Humans

By Crafty Middle School Teacher

This is a quick overview of the Paleolithic Age. It includes an overview of archaeology and anthropology. This download includes a power point presentation and graphic organizer (complete with clipart!). The graphic organizer is a perfect way for

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, World History

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, Homeschool

Types:

Lectures, Graphic Organizers, Lesson

$3.99

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Iran Hostage Crisis Web Quest, Summative Activity & Rubric - Jimmy Carter

By Crafty Middle School Teacher

This is a webquest in which students will use primary sources and informational text to help them answer text dependent questions. This activity centers around the Iran hostages during the 1970s and Jimmy Carter's presidency. This activity includes

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, U.S. History, Informational Text

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Webquests

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World War II America on the Homefront Text Mapping Activity

By Crafty Middle School Teacher

If your students are anything like my 6th graders, they struggle with text annotation and citing evidence to justify their answers. I have created a text mapping activity that allows students to interact with the text and see the big picture.

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, U.S. History, Informational Text

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, Homeschool

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Activities, DBQs, Graphic Organizers

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Instagram Template

By Crafty Middle School Teacher

This Microsoft Publisher template allows students to create a username, add a username photograph, add large a photograph/image, and add comments, likes, and #hashtags. I use this activity my students to help them make inferences. Students use the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Social Studies - History, For All Subject Areas

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Internet Activities

CCSS:

RH.6-8.7, RH.6-8.9

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Red Scare iMovie Project & Rubric - Propaganda Film Trailer

By Crafty Middle School Teacher

During the Cold War Era, America was creating anti-communist propaganda films through the Hollywood Film Industry. While America was churning out anti-communist films, the Soviet Union was producing anti-capitalist propaganda films. Within your

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Social Studies - History, Arts & Music

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Projects, Assessment, Rubrics

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WWII US Home Front During Christmas Choice Board Project

By Crafty Middle School Teacher

Need a fun assessment to wrap-up your lessons on the American Home Front during WWII? Want to tie it into the holiday season? This is the activity for you and your students! This project include 9 mini-projects in a Tic-Tac-Toe Choice Board format,

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, U.S. History, Holidays/Seasonal

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Projects, Activities, Assessment

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Vietnam RAFT Activity & Rubric

By Crafty Middle School Teacher

Vietnam War final project for a mini-unit on the Vietnam War. RAFT stands for role, audience, format, and topic. Through this activity students will assume the role of a person from the Vietnam War era and choose a specific activity to complete as

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, U.S. History, Writing

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Assessment

$3.50

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The Cold War - World Cafe Activity

By Crafty Middle School Teacher

This activity serves as the perfect brainstorming activity to introduce your students to main events and topics during the Cold War Era. This activity is designed to get students up and moving around the classroom. There are six questions, which

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, U.S. History, World History

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Lesson

$2.99

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Guns, Germs, and Steel Episode 1 - Questions & Essay

By Crafty Middle School Teacher

This download includes 29 video guide questions, answers, and a summative writing assessment. You can find the Guns, Germs, and Steel Episode One for free on YouTube and it goes from the beginning of time to the spreading of the River Valley

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, World History, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Movie Guides

$4.99

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I am currently in my fourth year of teaching and actively pursuing my National Board Certification in Social Studies Early Adolescence.

MY TEACHING STYLE

I strive to create a classroom environment in which students become independent learners and critical thinkers. I want my students to be able to work collaboratively but also be able to think on their own and explain WHY they believe something and CITE where they found the evidence to support their opinion or argument.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

RESA 2 Teacher of the Year 2011-2012

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

B.A. Elementary Education K-6 B.A. Secondary Education 5-Adult Social Studies Currently pursuing a M.A. in Educational Leadership and Reading Education/Literacy

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I enjoy crafting and reading.

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1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, U.S. History, World History, Arts & Music, For All Subjects, Literature, Economics , Writing, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Informational Text