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African Griot Biography Mask Project

By The Art of Learning

This is a fun and creative research project on West African People. In it, students will research an important West African leader, determine symbols and colors that would represent their biographical experiences, and then create a Griot

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, World History

Grades:

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

Types:

Research, Projects, Activities

CCSS:

RI.8.2

$2.00

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Early Explorer Route Coordinates

By The Art of Learning

8 coordinate plot cards of early American explorers. Engage your students in meaningful practice of coordinate grid math concepts, social studies review, and reading summary and inference practice. Each coordinate card features the plot points

Subjects:

English Language Arts, U.S. History, Geography

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, Homeschool

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Homeschool Curricula

CCSS:

5.MD.B.2, RI.5.1, RI.5.2

$5.00

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Early American Explorer Mini Biography Cards

By The Art of Learning

8 mini biography cards of early American explorers. Engage your students with these easy to read, biographies which can be used for small group instruction, reading fluency practice, individual research, games and activities, enrichment, test prep

Subjects:

U.S. History, Test Preparation, Close Reading

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Research, Activities, Flash Cards

$2.00

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Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Picture Sequence

By The Art of Learning

This is a great activity for an introduction to a unit on Slavery, however, it could be used throughout a unit. This is a photo sequence activity where students will place 5 illustrations in the correct order. Then they will add three additional

Subjects:

English Language Arts, U.S. History, World History

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities

CCSS:

RI.5.1, RI.5.5

$2.00

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Mesoamerican Mosaic Project

By The Art of Learning

This activity could be used throughout a unit on Mesoamerican cultures, or it could be used as an end-of-unit project assessment. Either way, it is a unique, and visually appealing way for students to interact with content vocabulary as well as aid

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, World History

Grades:

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

Types:

Research, Projects

CCSS:

CCRA.L.6

$2.00

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Football Longitude and Latitude Coordinate Task Cards

By The Art of Learning

This is a great way to practice longitude and latitude while engaging your young football fans. Do it for a fun geography review, as a football homecoming station, or during Super Bowl week! 27 coordinate plot cards for each NFL team (A few of

Subjects:

Graphing, Geography

Grades:

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

Types:

Printables, Task Cards

$3.00

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Author's Purpose Quiz

By The Art of Learning

This assessment could be used before a unit, during, or after on Author's Purpose. It could be given as whole group, small intervention group, center work, review, test prep, or as a formal or informal assessment. **ANSWER KEY INCLUDED** Please

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Assessment, Homework

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Columbus - Hero or Villain? Movie and Book Critics

By The Art of Learning

There have been, and continue to be, differing opinions and perspectives on Christopher Columbus. Many argue that he should be considered a villain in the archives of history, while others argue that he brought fourth colonization and the modern

Subjects:

English Language Arts, U.S. History

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Lesson

$1.00

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Narrative Beginning Activity

By The Art of Learning

This is a great activity for students to identify strong, good, and weak narrative beginnings. In this activity, students can work either alone or with a partner to RATE different beginnings of the same story.This handout can come before a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets

CCSS:

W.5.3, W.5.3a

$1.00

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Career Day Student Worksheet

By The Art of Learning

This worksheet is for students to be filling out while watching different career day presentations. It works along with my Parent Career Day Information sheet which gives the adults topics to cover in their speech that connects what we are doing and

Subjects:

Life Skills

Grades:

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

Types:

Handouts

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Causes of the Civil War Card Sort

By The Art of Learning

This is a great review activity before diving into the actual Civil War. Students will need to have prior knowledge and have studied the events listed before doing this activity. There are many different ways you can utilize these cards, however,

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, U.S. History

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities

$1.00

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Medieval Europe Project Menu

By The Art of Learning

This project can be done during a Medieval Europe study, or used as a project assessment/review at the end of a unit. In order to facilitate independently student learning and enjoyment, this activity provides CHOICES. Much like literature CHOICE

Subjects:

Social Studies - History

Grades:

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

Types:

Research, Projects, Assessment

$2.00

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Higher Order Thinking Question Sheet

By The Art of Learning

This sheet was made for history discussion and test taking, but the concept and stems can be used for any class. The sheet contains level 1, level 2, and level 3 question examples and sentence starter stems. EXAMPLE: LEVEL 1 BASIC MEMORY

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Social Studies - History

Grades:

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

Types:

Assessment

$1.00

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Persuasive Essay of the Week

By The Art of Learning

Writing essays can be daunting and a bit overwhelming for students of any age. That is why I started making Essay of the Week packets. They are bit size, only a section a day, then, by the end of the week, students are able to produce a strong

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Homework, Lesson

CCSS:

CCRA.W.1

$1.00

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Rome Student Test Creation

By The Art of Learning

For our test on Ancient Rome, I had my students provide the questions for our unit test. This activity can be helpful, as teacher, to see how deep students can go on the topic and to see where there are gaps in future units. For obvious reasons, the

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, World History

Grades:

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

Types:

Assessment

$1.00

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Medieval Kingdoms THEN and NOW

By The Art of Learning

Simple worksheet where students guess the modern country or countries that Medieval European kingdoms occupied during the Middle Ages. Meant to be an inference activity - the teacher would want to go over the answers together as a class so students

Subjects:

Social Studies - History

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets

$0.50

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Pictures for comparing and contrasting early settlements to the colonies

By The Art of Learning

Great colonial American introduction activity. You could use these pictures to compare life between the early settlements and colonial life. Using these as a picture walk could work as well.

Subjects:

U.S. History, Other (Social Studies - History)

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, Homeschool

Types:

Printables

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Career Day Parent Information

By The Art of Learning

This handout is for parents or community workers who have come to participate in a Career Fair. It provides the adults with topics and ideas to cover in their speech that connects what we are doing and learning in the classroom to the outside work

Subjects:

Life Skills

Grades:

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

Types:

Handouts

FREE

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Video Game Station Organization Tool

By The Art of Learning

This activity was created as a station organization tool. It can be adapted for any subject area and any standards. You can change the booklet to match any material you were wanting to work with. However, this one is set up for the Constitution. I

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Math, Social Studies - History

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Centers

FREE

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Inference Sheet

By The Art of Learning

Students can use this sheet to record their inferences while reading text.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Informational Text

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool

Types:

Handouts, Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.5.1, RI.5.1

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.11 MB)

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I have taught fifth grade reading, writing, and social studies for the past seven years. I now teach 6th, 7th, and 8th grade history and literature.

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My teaching style is very hands on. I prefer to facilitate my students learning and try to create many opportunities for discussion, interactive learning, and simulations to help bring social studies alive!

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English Language Arts, Reading, Specialty, Math, Graphing, Social Studies, U.S. History, World History, ELA Test Prep, Geography, Other (Social Studies), Life Skills, Literature, Writing, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Informational Text, Test Preparation, Close Reading