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Critical thinking cultural activities under $5
My Place in the World Project: "Me on the Map" Geography for Kids
This hands-on geography project "My Place in the World" has kids create a visual representation of how we fit into the world. Teachers often use it with the kids' geography book "Me on the Map," by Joan Sweeney. Ideal for integrated Social Studies, ELA, Geography, Literacy, and Map Skills.Using a series of nesting circles to show the relative sizes of different geographic places, this simple but effective geography lesson helps kids sort out their relation to one another. This activity includes
Grades:
K - 5th
Also included in: Geography for Kids Bundle: Three Essential Hands-on Activities
Picasso Pumpkins: Hispanic Heritage Month, EASY Fall or Halloween Craft Cut&Glue
A fun Fall art activity for Hispanic Heritage Month. Learn about Spains most famous artist while creating a cubist style pumpkin in the likeness of Picasso’s famous paintings. Several pumpkin images and sizes are included for student choice, including one created after Picasso's "Girl in the Mirror" painting. There are 2 pages of facial features drawn from Picasso’s most popular paintings including “Skull with Leeks. Students of all ages and abilities will have fun mixing up the face features
Grades:
K - 6th
Canadian CANADA BLACK HISTORY Reading Passages, Activities PRINT and EASEL
Included in this set of 3 informational texts and 4 activities are:-- 3 one-page texts: “A Short History of Black Canadians”, “Mary Ann Shadd, Activist” and “Richard Pierpoint, Hero of the War of 1812”. -- 4 activities that complement the texts, the first a "True/False" activity to go with the first passage, and two for Mary Ann Shadd and Richard Pierpoint which require use of the internet (two YouTube videos); the fourth about the U.S. Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 (this can be done without intern
Grades:
5th - 7th
Also included in: Canadian Black History BUNDLE #1 of 3 Resources PRINT and EASEL
CNN 10 Guided Worksheet
Use this worksheet in conjunction with CNN 10. https://www.cnn.com/cnn10What is CNN 10?Explaining global news to a global audience: This is the mission of CNN 10, a new, 10-minute news show that appears as a daily digital video on CNN.com. CNN 10 replaces CNN Student News, the network's longest-running show that first aired in 1989. CNN 10 more effectively serves a growing audience interested in compact on-demand news broadcastst ideal for explanation seekers on the go or in the classroom. The s
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Not Grade Specific
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Culturally Responsive Morning Meeting Slides | Morning Meeting Activities
A picture is worth 1,000 words therefore use powerful pictures to have powerful morning meeting discussions with these morning meetings slides. Compatible with Google Slides, Google Classroom and Seesaw. This powerpoint contains over 90 pictures with prompts to discuss with your students. Now includes pandemic pictures to engage students in the conversation about living in a pandemic. A Whole Year of picture prompts! Watch video to see the entire presentation:Culturally Responsive Morning Meetin
Grades:
PreK - 1st
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Depth and Complexity Frames for Every Month of the Year | Print-and-Go
This set of Depth and Complexity frames offers one frame for each month of the year. If you are looking for a quality print and go activity for your students, this is the perfect resource for you. There are twelve Depth & Complexity frames tied to holidays and month themes (such as Black History Month). They've got great graphics and strong, high-level thinking questions. There's even a rubric you can use to evaluate your students' completed frames.No need to be a Depth and Complexity expert
Grades:
4th - 10th
Culturally Responsive Teaching Activity Cards
Do you need some ideas for your cultural responsive teaching? Here are 25 culturally responsive teaching activity cards that will help you engage and involve all students in your classroom. Each card contains the name of the activity, a description, and an example of how to use it in your classroom. Culturally Responsive Teaching Activities Included:Call and ResponseThink-Pair-ShareJigsawChoral ReadShout OutPass the CardCircle the SageElbow PartnersEcho ReadKnowledge ParadeCloze the GapJump in R
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Transportation Around the World (Real Photos)
** 60 REAL Photographs
** Water, air, land, and human-powered types of transportation from around the world
** Pictures from North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Six of these pictures show the unique ways that children get to school in India, Burma, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
** These pictures are perfect for a transportation unit and can be incorporated into many other areas of learning as well, including multicultural studies and geography. Use them for writing prompts, d
Grades:
K - 3rd
Morning Message SEL Writing Prompts for April
This month long set includes 25 questions that will help to build a strong community in your classroom. Questions are a combination of thought-provoking, motivational, seasonally relevant, and sometimes a little silly. They are perfect for morning meetings! I use these questions daily and my students look forward to finding out the question each day and answering them! Each day of the week is themed- see the preview and thumbnails for the different options. There is a color and a black & whi
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Morning Message SEL Writing Prompts Morning Work & Bellringer BUNDLE
Culture Pot Project
This is a great hands-on activity to teach culture. Students will learn about many elements of culture, create their own, and interpret another culture by using evidence.
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Not Grade Specific
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Code Crackers #2 - Pigpen Cipher
Help your students develop critical thinking skills, learn a bit about secret societies, and have some fun at the same time with this Code Cracker activity! Students will be introduced to the Pigpen cipher and learn how it works, then they will have an opportunity to crack some codes themselves. There is also a space for them to create their own codes for each other to decipher.This is the second activity in my Code Crackers series. You can now get this resource as part of a bundle! Have a look
Grades:
4th - 7th
Also included in: Code Crackers - Ultimate Bundle
Morning Message SEL Writing Prompts for March
This month long set includes 26 questions that will help to build a strong community in your classroom. Questions are a combination of thought-provoking, motivational, seasonally relevant, and sometimes a little silly. They are perfect for morning meetings! I use these questions daily and my students look forward to finding out the question each day and answering them! Each day of the week is themed- see the preview and thumbnails for the different options. There is a color and a black & whi
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Morning Message SEL Writing Prompts Morning Work & Bellringer BUNDLE
The Rose that Grew From the Concrete - Tupac Shakur Poem Analysis
Short analysis of Tupac Shakur's famous poem, "The Rose that Grew from the Concrete." Three discussion questions follow the poem by Tupac. Used during Black History Month in a 6th grade classroom in Oakland, CA.
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Grades:
4th - 12th
World War II: Holocaust Photo Analysis (Warsaw Ghetto Uprising)
This photo analysis activity pairs well with a Holocaust study and an understanding of the creation of Jewish ghettos during Nazi-occupied Europe. This resource is a helpful supplement to a study of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, however, the photos included are not limited to this location only. This resource includes 8 primary source images with a step-by-step analysis guide, historical context information, and writing prompts reference sheet perfect for deeper discussion. You can use this resour
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Morning Message SEL Writing Prompts for February
This month long set includes 28 questions that will help to build a strong community in your classroom. Questions are a combination of thought-provoking, motivational, seasonally relevant, and sometimes a little silly. They are perfect for morning meetings! I use these questions daily and my students look forward to finding out the question each day and answering them! Each day of the week is themed- see the preview and thumbnails for the different options. There is a color and a black & whi
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Morning Message SEL Writing Prompts Morning Work & Bellringer BUNDLE
Ohio's 4th Grade Natural Resource PBL Activity: Make a Blueberry Pie & See Ohio
Engage 4th grade Ohio students in this hands-on, project based learning activity that will strengthen their knowledge of Ohio’s natural resources and map skills. Based on the popular book, How to Make a Cherry Pie and see the USA, students will be presented with the challenge of making blueberry pancakes using only ingredients found in the Buckeye state! They will utilize higher level thinking skills as they identify the natural resources needed, the location in the state where they are found in
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: 4th Grade Social Studies Projects Bundle
Words of Wisdom - Celebrate Black History Month with 34 Inspirational Quotes
Celebrate Black History Month with 34 inspirational quote posters from influential African American people.This resource is a powerful tool to use in your classrooms, and can stimulate many interesting and inspiring topics and discussions with students about the challenges of people of color through history, including modern day heroes. They can make a striking bulletin board or hallway display and can also be used as writing prompts and will help promote critical thinking, diversity awareness,
Grades:
5th - 12th
Also included in: Black History Bundle
Censorship, what's the big deal? debate - ESL adult and kid conversation
This presentation contains a 39 slide PowerPoint lesson in editable PPT format with a worksheet on censorship in our society.It includes a debate lesson on:- Examples from real contemporary censorship cases - Self-censorship – do we need to apply it? When?- News censorship – is it different to other forms of censorship?- Movies, should they be censored?- discussion about the censorship of books.I hope you enjoy this lessonFor problems and questions, suggestions or idea sharing, I would LOVE
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Social Studies 2-5: A Thanksgiving Project Based Learning Resource
Do you need ideas for elementary Thanksgiving activities? Have you heard of Problem Based Learning? This product uses activities for elementary grades that are ready for a higher-level Thanksgiving activity.This is a thanksgiving project incorporating social studies standards while using Problem Based Learning. Many of our social studies standards are similar when it comes to Thanksgiving. Even if you are not from AZ, it will be easy to find the standards that this meets. It includes everythin
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Easy Picasso Turkey Cut and Glue Fall Craft. Adorable Thanksgiving Art Activity
This lesson is inspired by Pablo Picasso's "Le Coq" painting and drawings. Students will have fun cutting and pasting their own poultry pictures using the variety of rooster and turkey parts. They can create turkeys, roosters, chickens, or even disguise their poultry to look like one of Picasso's paintings! Mix and match face features to create an expressive turkey or rooster in the likeness of Picasso’s "Rooster". Includes rooster and chicken parts to disguise the turkey along with hats from P
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Grades:
K - 6th
Famous Buildings of the World - Buildings Study
This is a fun printable that goes well with your building study. I have compiled a bunch of pictures of famous buildings from around the world that you can print out and share with your students during your study. You can turn them into a book or display them in your block area for your students to build using the building materials available in your class. If you have already purchased my Building Study Bundle, you will find it there as part of the bundle.How to use:Print, laminate, and cut out
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Grades:
PreK - 1st
Also included in: Creative Curriculum-Buildings Study Bundle
Morning Message SEL Writing Prompts for October
This month long set includes 27 questions that will help to build a strong community in your classroom. Questions are a combination of thought-provoking, motivational, seasonally relevant, and sometimes a little silly. They are perfect for morning meetings! Quick and easy way to cover SEL daily. I use these questions daily and my students look forward to finding out the question each day and answering them! Each day of the week is themed- see the preview and thumbnails for the different options.
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Morning Message SEL Writing Prompts Morning Work & Bellringer BUNDLE
Design Your Own Home - Architecture Unit
Students learn the basic stages of designing a house, from planning to final design, in this two week unit. Critical thinking plays a large role in this activity. The unit has a strong emphasis on the preliminary planning stages of designing a home: spaces that are necessary vs. those that are amenities; defining public vs. private spaces; room locations and relationships; and working within a square footage budget. Just as an architect does, students will develop a preliminary floor plan, refin
Grades:
6th - 12th
Celebrating Black History Month Through Critical Thinking: Famous Inventions
Black History month is designated as a time to celebrate and recognize African American history and achievements. This year, combine the history with critical thinking!Famous Inventions focuses on four major inventions that we use everyday that were created through the innovation of Black Inventors but with a level of rigor that fosters the development of critical thing.For example:In Garrett saw a problem. Many people were having car crashes. What did Garrett invent to help solve the problem
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
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