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Common Core RI.7.5 cultural activities
Black Out Poetry Civil Rights Reading, Writing & Art Project
Resource for Black History Month and Martin Luther King, Jr. DayThe purpose of these activities is to help students read deeply while reading excerpts from historical civil rights speeches. So often, civil rights leaders like Dr. King are discussed as if they were super heroes. They are, in a sense, super heroes. But it’s important for students to realize that they were also regular people, often with very humble beginnings who found themselves in situations, environments and racist conflicts th
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5th - 7th
Salva's Journey Map & Timeline (with answers) Salva's Journey Map & Timeline (w
Drag and drop the yellow boxes next to each number to label each key area of his journeyDrag and drop the different red boxes to label each section of his journeyDrag and drop the different green boxes to label each yearMake a caption for each year by briefly summarizing what happened in the novel
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5th - 7th
Informational Text; Reading Strategies; Sacajawea; Lewis and Clark; Inferencing
This is a 13 page document about the Lewis and Clark Expedition as led by Sacajawea. Two pages are teacher's notes. The informational text is seven page article in which I have embedded reading strategies within. Reading strategies include: Text to Text, Text to Self, Text to World, summarizing, and visualizing. There are ten inferential questions to follow up with a "suggested" answer key. There are also vocabulary and illustrations to enhance the text. I use the essential questions as a
Grades:
7th - 8th
1980s Reading Comprehension Digital Self-Checking Game & CER Activity
Engage your students in an immersive exploration of 80s popular culture with this interactive, self-checking digital game! Designed for grades 5-8, this resource combines reading comprehension with fun, text-dependent questions your students could play during ELA, History, or Social Studies. Dive into the rockin' world of the 1980s as students read a non-fiction article and test their knowledge with interactive questions. This activity is perfect for independent practice, small groups, station w
Grades:
5th - 8th
CLASS: Mythology and Folklore- ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)
Unit: Norse Stories- Mythology and Folklore- ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)Grade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloAnchor Standards: All 32 CCSS Anchor StandardsSteps: 115+Original Products: 75+Links to Resources: 100+Rubrics: 5+11 Unit Bundles Include: Introduction, African, Sports, Pirates, Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Arabian, Celtic, Italian, Norse, Greek
Grades:
7th - 12th
Hispanic Heritage Month Compare Contrast Activity, Latinx Labor History
This Hispanic Heritage Month, introduce your students to two important events from Latinx history; the Los Angeles Dressmaker's strike & the Delano Grape Strike. Show students the power of union organizing while offering practice with three key reading skills.Day OneStudents can read about the Los Angeles Dressmaker's Strike and identify the text structures throughout the passage (answer key provided).Day TwoStudents will read about the Delano Grape Strike and identify the main idea in each
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5th - 7th
Guided Reading A- Z: Famous Art Paintings For Traditional Students
“Famous Art Paintings”Guided Reading Levels for Informational Text: Levels A - Z (Criteria Listed on Pages 8-26:I.C. Fountas & G.S. Pinnell, The Continuum of Literacy Learning, Janice Kite, ACS Literacy)Additional Criteria Grades 3-5Refer to Additional Reading Level Books such as: https://www.amazon.com/Childs-Introduction-Art-Paintings-Sculptures/dp/1579129560/ref=pd_bxgy_14_2/138-9216607-0241849?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1579129560&pd_rd_r=dc5fff14-ad21-4eda-9767-f12244815b5f&pd_r
Grades:
K - 8th
Also included in: Grade 3: Bundle for Traditional Students
Rhetorical Analysis Google Doc Packet & Printable - Emma Watson "Women's Rights"
PRINTABLE or DIGITAL Google Doc work packet. Ready to be assigned on Google Classroom. You will save time because an answer key and detailed lesson plan are included, and you will have a rigorous and engaging lesson aligned to standards on reading informational texts and argumentative writing! Students will love reading about social justice and gender inequality, perfect for Women's History Month!In this activity, students will...1. Evaluate Emma Watson's persuasive techniques by reading the spe
Grades:
6th - 12th
Dear Martin, by Nic Stone, One-Pager Project
This resource contains two one-pager instructions with templates, as well as a blank template to use as you wish!What is a one-pager, you ask? A one-pager project is an excellent way to assess students’ comprehension. They can be constructed with a lot of specific directions, or you can let your students have all the creative freedom they’d like! My students never complain when presented with a new one-pager project because they enjoy them so much! I hope your students have just as much fun!
Grades:
7th - 12th
Hola, Flamenco – A Mini-Curriculum Devoted to Spain's National Art
History, Music, Dance, Cultural Studies and adventure come together in a high-spirited romp through the rolling hills of Andalusia!‘Hola, Flamenco’ is a historically-themed mini-curriculum dedicated to Spain’s UNESCO-recognized national art. Featuring performances, demonstrations and interviews with some of Flamenco’s most renowned and charismatic figures, it provides a striking, vibrant introduction to Spain, to European History, and to one of the world’s most beloved cultural genres.***An exci
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Rhetorical Analysis Google Doc Packet & Printable - AOC "Women's Rights" Speech
PRINTABLE or DIGITAL Google Doc work packet. Ready to be assigned on Google Classroom. You will save time because an answer key and detailed lesson plan are included, and you will have a rigorous and engaging lesson aligned to standards on reading informational texts and argumentative writing! Students will love reading about social justice and gender inequality, perfect for Women's History Month!In this activity, students will...1. Evaluate AOC's persuasive techniques by reading the speech2. An
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6th - 12th
Puerto Rico is More than just Salsa – A Mini Curriculum
In cultural terms, Puerto Rico is unique among Caribbean islands for two reasons: first, it contains a post-colonial music form (Jibaro) that is completely free of African influences. Second, its most famous music form - Salsa - was not actually invented on the island itself.How did Brooklyn's Nuyorican community create a traditional music form while living so far away from the rhythms and melodies of home? Where can these influences be found among the throbbing beats of San Juan's current night
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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ELA Test Prep with EOG Question Stems: Women's Biographies
Nonfiction ELA Test Prep for EOG test.Teach reading informational text with power standards. Students will complete questions with text evidence, context clues, literal comprehension, figurative language, summarizing, and main idea. This is designed to teach reading informational text standards for 7th grade in a rigorous way as well as expose them to the influential stories of 3 historical women. The focus in this resource is on using question stems that are designed to look like EOG style
Grades:
6th - 8th
Guided Reading A-Z: Famous Art Paintings for students with Autism
Guided Reading Levels for Informational Text: Levels A - Z (Criteria Listed on Pages 8-26:I.C. Fountas & G.S. Pinnell, The Continuum of Literacy Learning, Janice Kite, ACS Literacy)Predictable language with: tactile, visual and auditory prompts for students with Autism. Students on the spectrum need a multi-media approach including: visual images, an auditory reinforcement, a tactile involvement and key words presented in different contexts 3 - 5 times. This educational resource pack is m
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K - 2nd
Also included in: K - 2, Bundle for Students with Autism
Destination Caribbean – The Historical Roots of Reggae, Calypso, Salsa + Tambrin
'Destination: Caribbean’ is a seven-part essay series dedicated to using the region's most popular music forms – Reggae, Calypso, Salsa, etc. – like a time machine, transforming rhythms, lyrics and melodies into a vehicle for understanding the historical conditions that created them. Many of the Caribbean's traditional dance steps, costumes, instruments and religions evolved as methods for slaves to preserve their culture and undermine their captors. As we discover through reading, a Rastafaria
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Romany: Centuries of Discrimination (Complete Mini Curriculum)
If you are lucky enough to have traveled in Europe, you’ve probably seen members of the Romany ethnic group gathered outside of popular tourist sites, Known variously as Roma, Gypsies, Tsingani, Boyash, Zingari, Kipti and, in Spanish, Gitanos, the Romany rank among Earth's most marginalized ethnic groups.'The Romany, Centuries of Discrimination,' is a 400-word informational text that can help teachers supplement their lesson plans for a variety of subjects - from History to the Arts to Ethnic St
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Guided Reading A-Z: "Famous Art" for Hard of Hearing
Guided Reading Levels for Informational Text: Levels A - Z (Criteria Listed on Pages 8-26:I.C. Fountas & G.S. Pinnell, The Continuum of Literacy Learning, Janice Kite, ACS Literacy)This educational resource pack includes ASL and hands-on approaches: Modified for students hard of hearing: tactile, ASL and visual prompts applied. Students who are deaf versus hearing-impaired require accommodations determined by three factors: the degree of hearing loss, the age at onset, and the type of lang
Grades:
K - 8th
Also included in: K- 2 Grade Bundle for Students Hard of Hearing
Black History Project (NO PREP NEEDED) Common Core Aligned
Teacher will provide students with the sign up sheet of African and African American Greats (provided)Part 1: Students will choose an individual and research his/her life.Part 2: Students will construct an Informational Essay written in chronological order detailing specific events in their Individual's life. Part 3: Students will create a visual timeline representation of their Individual's life. LAFS.RI.2.5 Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sec
Grades:
5th - 12th
Braille, Guided Reading A-Z: Famous Art Paintings for Blindness
This educational resource pack includes audio and hands-on approaches: Modified for students with blindness: tactile, Nemeth Code Numbers, imagery of muffin pans and tennis balls (to replicate the braille alphabet) and auditory prompts applied. A media player is necessary.Students may require braille and tactile learning or the use of a computer with voice synthesizer. Visually impaired will also require enlarged print. Images and descriptions from world famous paintings with:(Level 1) A rec
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Not Grade Specific
Also included in: Braille Bundle, Grades 6 - 12 for Students with Blindness
Hispanic Heritage Month Delano Grape Strike Reading Passage- Main Idea Practice
Introduce students to the power of organized labor this Hispanic Heritage Month while preparing for deeper explorations of informational text with these differentiated no-prep reading comprehension passages. Identifying the main idea is a critical informational reading skill that helps our students determine what information to focus on. To support them in developing this skill, we must provide students with scaffolded, challenging, and interesting texts. This no-prep activity does all of that.
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Hispanic Heritage Month Compare Contrast Activity, Latinx Labor History
Calypso: Trinidad’s Captivating National Art – A Mini Curriculum
The sister islands of Trinidad & Tobago rest a mere 52 miles apart, yet due to the value of Tobago's colonial sugar plantations, its early economy was far more reliant on African slave labor than Trinidad's. Not surprisingly, as each island developed its own unique culture, such fundamental differences in economy, ethnic composition and human experience led to wildly different artistic outcomes - i.e. 'Tambrin Music in Tobago and its far more famous cousin Calypso in Trinidad.Why did Calypso
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Guided Reading, Levels A-Z: Famous Art For Students w/ TBI
This educational resource pack is modified with audio and visual prompts for students with Traumatic Brain Injuries and includes:Images and descriptions from world famous paintings with:(Level 1) Cut and paste descriptions to be matched to the appropriate images(Level 2) Learn key words/phrases regarding the paintings(Level 3) Complete a word search for key words(Level 4) Use a range of strategies including text features to gain meaning, draw conclusions and make predictions.Students with Trauma
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K - 2nd
Also included in: Grade K- 2, Bundle for Students w/ Traumatic Brain Injuries
Jamaica's Reggae, Rage & Redemption – A Mini Curriculum
The spirit of the Islands comes alive! 'Destination: Music' is a seven-part essay series that follows one Musicologist's journey into Caribbean History.'Jamaica's Reggae, Rage & Redemption' is the powerful 3200-word climax of the series. Incorporating all the lessons learned in previous essays, it discusses the uniquely miserable conditions endured by Jamaica's slaves, and the unique cultural output that emerged as a result. Included in the analysis are the theories of repatriation theories
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Unit: Norse Stories- Mythology and Folklore- ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)
Unit: Norse Stories- Mythology and Folklore- ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)Grade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloAnchor Standards: 10Steps: 8Original Products: 6Links to Resources: 17 Rubrics: 2
Grades:
7th - 12th
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