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Common Core CCRA.R.1 cultural activities
Design and Run a Food Truck STEM With Digital PBL - Project Based Learning Math
Introduce your students to the FOOD TRUCK CRAZE as they master their math and STEM skills through this project based learning math unit. With this math project based learning unit, students will design and run their own food truck! As they plan their final product in this PBL unit, students integrate digital learning by investigating various cultures and diversity and learning about foods from different countries. They will be able to represent a country of their choice, design (STEM) open a fo
Hot Topics Informational Text Lessons: BUNDLE, Set #1
Engage and motivate students with these informational, expository text close reading assignments. These easy-prep Hot Topics Info Text Lesson is the perfect ready-to-go resource to practice close reading skills and comprehension. This resource is not just questions and answers - you are getting a full lesson plan complete with a relevant video links, an argumentative writing prompt, and extension ideas! Plus, all the answers are here, too!Included:-Lesson Plans-Questions/Answers-Sub Plan-Prompts
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Lunar New Year Activities in 5 Countries - 2024 Chinese New Year Good Luck Craft
Time to celebrate the 2024 Lunar New Year with Lunar New Year activities! Explore Lunar New Year traditions in 5 countries: China, Tibet, Mongolia, South Korea, and Vietnam. With 8 Lunar New Year activities, 6 informational texts, and crafts, you have everything you need for your students to explore how people celebrate this vibrant holiday. Build community and cultural identity with this great lesson.Here are some ways teachers have used this resource:✔ Teach about more than just Chinese New Ye
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3rd - 5th
Capibara y Ecuador Google Stations Spanish Culture Cabybara Spanish 1 sub plans
This editable Google Doc activity was designed for novice Spanish students to introduce to Capybaras & Ecuador. It could work well before reading the novel El capibara con botas. It was created for Spanish 1, middle school Spanish, or Exploratory Spanish as a general cultural exploration of Ecuador and capybaras. It would make a great one-day sub-plan for Spanish one as well.What's Included in this Spanish 1 activity?✅ Instructions for teacher✅ 2 pages in Editable Google Doc in Google Drive
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7th - 10th
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I Never Saw another Butterfly: Exploring the Holocaust through Terezin Poetry
Teachers, use this lesson to teach the Holocaust through analysis of children's poetry from the camp-ghetto of Terezin. The lesson brings the humanity of the Holocaust to the front of student's minds and allows them to study language arts skills while studying a watershed moment in history.Starting with a short presentation over the camp-ghetto of Terezin, students will be able to contextualize the history and learn about the circumstances that led to the poetry being produced they will be readi
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7th - 12th
Fairy Tale Analysis Unit High School - Cinderella Around the World Folktale Unit
Looking for a multicultural folk literature unit for your high school or advanced middle school students? Throughout this relevant and engaging fairy tale unit, students have an opportunity to study multiple Cinderella fairy tales from a historical perspective. Grimm's Cinderella is used as the anchor short story for in-class work and discussions. Then, students will have the opportunity to explore many other cultural versions of Cinderella by completing an independent research project. By the e
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8th - 12th
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Thanksgiving Activities Nonfiction Lesson on Hot Topics: Black Friday
This informational text lesson for Thanksgiving is ready-to-go to engage your high school students this November. With leveled texts, standards-based questions, creative activity, and a text-based writing prompt, your students will be engaged, informed, and ready to debate! Student Experience: The encroachment of Black Friday into Thanksgiving Thursday has been a trend years in the making. This mini unit is designed to get students not only thinking and questioning this topic, but also analyzi
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Thanksgiving Activities for Teens, Mini Unit, BUNDLE
Spanish Reading Comprehension Ecuador, Geography y La selva tropical - Earth Day
This cultural reading was designed for NOVICE Spanish students to give them a basic overview of Ecuador while staying in Spanish. It includes sections on Geography, Culture & the Amazon. It would work well for students who are about to read the novel El Capibara con botas by Mira Canion. It was designed for interpretive reading practice for Spanish 1, middle school Spanish, or Exploratory Spanish. It would work well for a basic environment or Earth day reading activity as well. What's Includ
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7th - 10th
Valentine's Day Spanish Reading Comprehension Worksheet, Slides San Valentín
Everything you need for Valentine's day in Spanish class. This is an authentic Spanish interpretive reading comprehension of a Día de San Valentín infographic with comprehension and discussion questions in Spanish. Plus it includes an editable Google Slideshow to project directions, discussion, as well as for extensions to fill a full class period. It would be great for Spanish 1, Spanish 2, or Spanish 3 to start the discussion of cultural comparisons of Día de San Valentín, or Día de Amor y Am
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6th - 10th
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Valentine's Day Bible Lessons for February, Complete Unit
This set of three Valentine's Day Bible Lessons is perfect for kids' church, Sunday School, home school, Christian schools, and more. This no prep themed teaching pack will show children - through the use of Bible stories and Bible characters - that we are to love one another as Christ loves us! This pack will teach children through February with a Love Each Other theme that Jesus is Love! The coloring pages, crafts, and activities are kid-friendly with a touch of Valentine's Day fun!Student Exp
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PreK - 2nd
Also included in: Bible Curriculum, Year-Long BUNDLE of Holiday-Themed Lessons for Kids
The Pedestrian Mini Unit by Ray Bradbury, Lesson Plan
In this unit for Bradbury's "The Pedestrian," you will find classroom-tested strategies, activities, and high-order thinking questions. The easy-prep structure of this unit is designed to guide students through the texts, and as they go, the questions and thinking build. The overarching questions are present and addressed in every segment, and the work prepares students for the culminating task. A unit plan such as this one gives the teacher ultimate flexibility in instruction, assessment, and
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9th - 11th
Also included in: American Literature Curriculum, Year-Long, BUNDLE, English Lesson Plans
Black History Month Activities - Biographies, Calendar, Black History Project
This resource is designed to celebrate Black History Month in the classroom. Students will learn about over 20 important and influential African Americans to fill every school day of the month. As they learn about each person, they’ll create a calendar fact card that they can glue to their February calendar. The end result is an interactive and meaningful calendar that celebrates Black History Month. This resource includes everything students will need to make the interactive calendar, a prof
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3rd - 8th
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month: Digital Choice Board Activity
Whether you're celebrating Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May or are incorporating more poetry and poets to diversify your curriculum, this digital choice board activity will help students gain exposure to 25 different resources across the categories of: stories, poetry, art & music, books and culture.The goal of a choice board is to primarily provide choice to students - an opportunity to self-navigate their interests and explore new ideas. This activity can be us
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8th - 11th
Also included in: Digital Choice Board Activity Bundle: Monthly Celebrations
The History of Thanksgiving Activities Middle School
Searching for Thanksgiving Activities for Middle School ELA? This History of Thanksgiving PDF is the perfect reading to help your Language Arts students understand the facts of the complicated history of the Thanksgiving Holiday. The best part? There is NO-PREP required for teachers! Simply Print & Go! Save yourself time and stress the week of Thanksgiving! Included in this resource is a four-page informational article, "A Brief History of Thanksgiving," that is based on facts from primary s
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6th - 9th
Also included in: Thanksgiving Christmas Holiday Mega Bundle - Middle School ELA
Valentine's Day Activities, Hot Topics Informational Text, Does True Love Last?
Looking for a thoughtful, quick, and creative close reading lesson for Valentine's Day that covers several standards for your middle or high school students? I love to bring holiday themed lessons in when I can, but I am always very cautious to choose lessons that are standards-based. This mini-lesson meets both requirements perfectly! Student Experience: Students exercise summarizing and close reading skills as they read the article about a couple whose love brought them back together after s
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7th - 12th
Also included in: Hot Topics Informational Text Lessons: BUNDLE, Set #1
4 Tools for Teaching "The Danger of a Single Story" Google Slides and Form
This is my best selling resource! Add it to your classroom today!Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's "The Danger of a Single Story" Ted talk is an incredible speech to watch with students 6-12. I watch the talk and read the transcript with my tenth graders, and the discussion and reflection after each view are consistently impressive. To help my students discuss the talk meaningfully, I developed these four printable tools: two listening guides, a text-connection tool, and a SOAPSTone analysis. The liste
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6th - 12th
Thanksgiving Play or Readers Theater and Songs with Literacy Activities
Make your November and Thanksgiving literacy activities memorable this year with integrated Reading, Writing and Drama and Music activities. These are the most excellent ways to include all students and offer diverse learning activities, while developing reading, writing, speaking and creativity skills. Use the Readers Theater or Play about the Native Americans and the Pilgrims to help children learn how to become friends and celebrate Thanksgiving Day. Integrate READING, WRITING, MUSIC and DRAM
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K - 3rd
Paired Text Lesson, Malala Yousafzai Nonfiction Speech and "Brave" Song
My paired poetry and text lessons allow numerous standards to be covered as you move through unpacking the rich texts included. With the lesson plan provided along with answers, you'll have what you need in a no-prep fashion to conduct this text-based lesson for Earth Day with success. It also makes the perfect lesson for test-prep as students are required to synthesize between two texts.Student Experience: This paired text lesson juxtaposes pop culture's song "Brave" and Malala Yousafzai's "Spe
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8th - 11th
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Hot Topics Informational Text Lessons: BUNDLE, Set #2
Engage and motivate students with these informational, expository text close reading assignments. These easy-prep Hot Topics Info Text Lesson is the perfect ready-to-go resource to practice close reading skills and comprehension. This resource is not just questions and answers - you are getting a full lesson plan complete with a relevant video links, an argumentative writing prompt, and extension ideas! Plus, all the answers are here, too!Included:-Lesson Plans-Questions/Answers-Sub Plan-Prompts
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes The Story of 9/11 Novel Guide
Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes Novel Guide. Ideal realistic fiction resource that masterfully tells the story of September 11th, the fallen towers and their legacy, which lives on in all of us. History is alive.This pack includes:Chapter-by-chapter reading comprehension questions and answers. Character(s) analysis New VocabularyCause & Effect ChartKLW ChartThemes ActivityEssay TopicExtension ResourcesThis resource is great for: Teaching about American HistoryTeaching about September
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4th - 7th
Ancient Egyptian Art and Egypt Geography Nile River Primary Source DBQ Activity
Enrich your study of Ancient Egypt Geography and Agriculture with SIX Primary Source DBQ Analysis Activities – plus two bonus DBQs!Read and analyze an excerpt from the Hymn to the Nile. Then, examine 5 separate tomb paintings depicting agriculture and fishing in Ancient Egypt. Finally, compare paintings for 2 BONUS analyses! Complete Answer Keys included! Mix and Match each DBQ to meet your needs. Use in stations, as part of a gallery walk, or for extra credit. Ready to Go, with no additional re
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6th - 9th
Chinese New Year 2024 Lunar New Year Activities Print + Google Slides
Everything you need to celebrate Chinese New Year with your students!The Lunar New Year date changes yearly. This year the holiday begins on Saturday, February 10th, 2024 and it's the Year of the Dragon. However, this resource contains every animal on the Chinese Zodiac so you can use it every year in your classroom, no matter the year!This resource is filled with authentic cultural activities, that you and your students will absolutely love! Every year my students say this is one of their favor
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Holidays Through the Year Mega Bundle
Thanksgiving Reading / Listening Comprehension Non Fiction Passages | Boom Cards
Digital BOOM CARDS™ are a fun and easy way for your students or clients to practice language skills! Target reading OR listening comprehension with these 15 highly engaging passages, 5 videos, and 45 corresponding questions about the first Thanksgiving all the way up until modern day. The questions target inferencing, comparing/contrasting, vocabulary/context clues, sharing opinions, making personal connections, inferencing, drawing conclusions, and justifying/explaining answers. This deck will
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4th - 7th
3rd-5th Grade Indigenous Peoples Day Digital Resource for Google Slides™
What is Indigenous Peoples Day? This Indigenous People's Day resource is geared towards students in 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade. Use this to teach your students about the difference between Columbus Day and Indigenous People's Day. Students will complete this project on their computer or tablet using Google Slides™.Students will learn about the history and importance of remembering Indigenous People and then answer comprehension and discussion questions about what they have learned.This Google Slides
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Yearlong Digital Holiday Activity Bundle - Ready for Google Classroom™
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