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Economic Systems Car Activity

By For the love of Social Studies

Understanding economies of the world is a difficult task for many middle school kids. I have created an activity to help the students by making them apart of those economic systems so they can understand Traditional, Command, and Market systems.

Subjects:

Economics

Grades:

6^th, 7^th

Types:

Activities, Lesson

$3.00

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If the World were a Village of 100 people

By For the love of Social Studies

As the school year started several years ago, I realized that my students had no idea how the rest of the world lived. I read the book “If the World were a Village of 100 people” to give them a new perspective. We did several in class activities

Subjects:

Geography, Other (Social Studies - History)

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Simulations, Lesson

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6th Grade GSE Social Studies End of the Year Review Study Guide

By For the love of Social Studies

This is a review that covers 6th grade Social Studies in the state of Georgia. I have taken the most important information and limited down to a 2 page document that will be easy for my students to study. It contains all Government and Economic

Subjects:

Geography, Other (Social Studies - History), Economics

Grades:

6^th

Types:

Handouts

$1.50

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Heroes vs. Villains Narrative Writing Assignment

By For the love of Social Studies

The purpose of this project is to have students use their creativity and write a narrative writing piece. Students will be writing a narrative story from the perspective of either a hero or a villain and their struggle against each other. Students

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Other (ELA)

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Handouts, Rubrics, Lesson

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Viking Wanted Poster

By For the love of Social Studies

I created this assignment to get my students excited about our unit on the Vikings. This assignment has students create a Wanted poster as if they are a Viking being hunted down by the English. I have included an example, a blank template (where

Subjects:

World History, Middle Ages

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Posters, Lesson

$1.50

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Classroom Coupons

By For the love of Social Studies

Since I work with middle school students, it is sometimes hard to motivate them. I created these 8 coupons to help with that. You can use them in many ways: use as rewards for good behavior, start each grading period handing them out randomly, or

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Printables, Classroom Forms

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Travel Around the World

By For the love of Social Studies

Students will create a scrapbook as if they took a trip around the world. This project is very detailed and requires students to research about different places they would love to visit if given the chance. This project took a couple weeks to

Subjects:

Geography

Grades:

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

Types:

Research, Projects

$5.00

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European Geography File Folder Project and Scavenger Hunt

By For the love of Social Studies

This activity aligns with Georgia 6th grade GSE Social Studies standards. The project allows students to work in groups to research a country in Europe and create a file folder display to share with the class. Once the students complete their

Subjects:

Geography

Grades:

6^th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Printables

$5.00

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It's a Viking Life for me

By For the love of Social Studies

This is a week-long set of activities to do with the Vikings, however depending on your class time frames; it could be extended longer to make sure students have time to complete. The activities include: a KWL chart, creating a long ship, Norse

Subjects:

Ancient History

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities

$3.00

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Economics Bundle

By For the love of Social Studies

This is a bundle of my economics activities as well as a quick guide overview sheet. My school has a poster printer, so I made the Quick Review a poster. (However any Office Depot or Staples could make it a poster) The bundle includes my economics

Subjects:

Other (Social Studies - History), Economics

Grades:

6^th, 7^th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Lesson

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If the World were a Village of 100 people

By For the love of Social Studies

Subjects:

Geography, Other (Social Studies - History)

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Simulations, Lesson

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American Revolution Political Cartoon

By For the love of Social Studies

In this activity, students will create a political cartoon about one of the acts or taxes of the American Revolution. I first had to make sure the students understood what political cartoons were, so I showed them several examples. Then I allowed

Subjects:

U.S. History

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Lesson

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European Economics

By For the love of Social Studies

This project goes with Georgia Social Studies Standards-6th grade, but can be modified for Georgia 7th grade standards. This is a comic strip project. that allows students to tell you what they know in a more creative format. It also has a notes

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Economics

Grades:

6^th

Types:

Projects, Assessment

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European Geography

By For the love of Social Studies

This unit goes along with Georgia Social Studies standards of excellence for 6th grade. I like for my students to get to investigate about geography around the world instead of me giving them the information. Students will not only look at the

Subjects:

Computer Science - Technology, Geography, Other (Social Studies - History)

Grades:

6^th

Types:

Projects, Activboard Activities

$2.00

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Speed Geography- 6th grade GSE Social Studies Standards

By For the love of Social Studies

This a great review game for geography that really motivates students to study ahead of time! It is a game where students have to work together to completely label their maps, but the catch is ... a time limit! I've included directions, a short

Subjects:

Geography

Grades:

6^th

Types:

Games

$5.00

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Continents of the World Project

By For the love of Social Studies

With this project, students will create a persuasive brochure and a 3-D model of their continent. Students will learn about their select continent; however they also learn where their continent is in location to the rest of the continents in the

Subjects:

Geography, Informational Text

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Research, Projects

$3.00

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Night at the Museum

By For the love of Social Studies

This project has been a huge hit every time I’ve done it, and each time a new school year starts, kids ask if they get to do this project. This is a project where kids can research a famous person, and get to become that person. We make a huge

Subjects:

Writing-Expository, U.S. History, World History

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Bibliographies

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Outsiders Wanted Poster

By For the love of Social Studies

This is an activity I like to do as my students read the Outsiders. It allows them to look at Character traits and provide well round descriptions of the characters. I usually have the students take a large sheet of poster board, cut into 4 equal

Subjects:

Reading, Critical Thinking, Writing

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts

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The View from Saturday Character Diagrams

By For the love of Social Studies

This is an activity that I have students complete in pairs. They will create a character diagram/drawing for each member of the "Souls" from the novel, The View from Saturday. This activity usually takes about 3 days in class. This product comes

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Printables

$1.25

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Understanding Timeline

By For the love of Social Studies

This is an activity/lesson to teach students how to read and understand a timeline. In the PDF, I have included an example of the timeline activity.

Subjects:

Other (Social Studies - History)

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Lesson

$1.00

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have been teaching middle school since 2008 in Georgia. I love it! I have taught both Language Arts and Social Studies. I am currently only teaching Social Studies, and focus 100% of my time on it! .

MY TEACHING STYLE

I love using technology in my classroom, but sometimes creating projects can be great as well. I am really big in creating games as a way to help students learn and/or review the material.

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I have my bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennessee in Psychology and my master’s in teaching from there as well.

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