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Common Core WHST.6-8.1c games
US Civil War Simulation Activity, Tour of Duty
US Civil War simulation activity: Tour of DutyHistory can be difficult for students to understand and experience. Simulations help students put themselves in the past, learning about history in an authentically engaging way. Students love simulations because they don't know what the final outcome will be. It's an exciting learning experience!Want to try a FREE simulation? You can download my free World War 2 Battle of Iwo Jima simulation to get a closer look!This minimal prep simulation puts stu
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6th - 10th
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World War 2 Simulation Activity, Code Talkers Simulation
World War 2 Simulation: Code TalkersHistory can be difficult for students to understand and experience. Simulations help students put themselves in the past, learning about history in an authentically engaging way. Students love simulations because they don't know what the final outcome will be. It's an exciting learning experience!Want to try a FREE simulation? You can download my free World War 2 Battle of Iwo Jima simulation to get a closer look!This minimal prep simulation puts students in
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6th - 10th
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Code Hacker! Ancient India Escape Room Activity : Digital Google Lesson
What a great way to learn about key achievements, empires, leaders, and cultures of Ancient India! Can students break the codes to win billions in riches? Each section tests student skills, knowledge, and understanding with a resource map that is on TWO printable pages, and in a Google Form! Students use the resource map and clues to decipher a code that is entered into a Google Form. If they are able to enter all of the correct codes, they win a chest of riches. In a fun, optional summary acti
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5th - 8th
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Renaissance Mystery Party Gallery Walk - Fun Knives Out Style Detective Activity
In this Knives-Out-Style renaissance-detective-lesson students solve a crime while learning about the accomplishments of key renaissance figures! This renaissance mystery party activity is engaging, fun, and academic.Setting the stage: Billionaire Ronald Jenkins has a lavash Hollywood A-list party with a renaissance dress-up theme. The party is complete with a Da Vinci painting borrowed from the Vatican. In a strike of lightning, the lights dimmed, and the painting went missing! The student's mi
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6th - 10th
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American Revolution Simulation Activity, No More Taxes Simulation
American Revolution simulation activity: No More Taxes!History can be difficult for students to understand and experience. Simulations help students put themselves in the past, learning about history in an authentically engaging way. Students love simulations because they don't know what the final outcome will be. It's an exciting learning experience!Want to try a FREE simulation? You can download my free World War 2 Battle of Iwo Jima simulation to get a closer look!This minimal prep simulation
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6th - 10th
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World War 1 Simulation Activity, A Soldier's Life in the Trenches
World War 1 Simulation: A Soldier's Life in the TrenchesHistory can be difficult for students to understand and experience. Simulations help students put themselves in the past, learning about history in an authentically engaging way. Students love simulations because they don't know what the final outcome will be. It's an exciting learning experience!Want to try a FREE simulation? You can download my free World War 2 Battle of Iwo Jima simulation to get a closer look!This minimal prep simulatio
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6th - 10th
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Colonial America Activity, Thirteen Colonies: A New Life in Plymouth Simulation
Colonial America simulation activity: A New Life in PlymouthHistory can be difficult for students to understand and experience. Simulations help students put themselves in the past, learning about history in an authentically engaging way. Students love simulations because they don't know what the final outcome will be. It's an exciting learning experience!Want to try a FREE simulation? You can download my free World War 2 Battle of Iwo Jima simulation to get a closer look!This minimal prep simul
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6th - 10th
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WW1 Simulation Activity+ 1 Year Online Subscription Included
Online Learning Ready!World War 1 Simulation Activity for middle and high school students. This easy to set up, interactive lesson plan actively involves students in the events of the First World War.
In this World War 1 Lesson Plan, students begin by learning about the background of The Great War. In June 1914, one single incident set off a chain reaction engulfing Europe and the world into a devastating war. Students are assigned roles as leaders or foreign ministers of 16 countries involved
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7th - 12th
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Gilded Age Simulation, Life of a Factory Worker Activity
Gilded Age simulation activity: Life of a Factory WorkerHistory can be difficult for students to understand and experience. Simulations help students put themselves in the past, learning about history in an authentically engaging way. Students love simulations because they don't know what the final outcome will be. It's an exciting learning experience!Want to try a FREE simulation? You can download my free World War 2 Battle of Iwo Jima simulation to get a closer look!This minimal prep simulatio
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6th - 10th
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Roaring '20s & Great Depression Simulation Life of a Farmer Activity
Roaring '20s & Great Depression simulation activity: Life of a FarmerHistory can be difficult for students to understand and experience. Simulations help students put themselves in the past, learning about history in an authentically engaging way. Students love simulations because they don't know what the final outcome will be. It's an exciting learning experience!Want to try a FREE simulation? You can download my free World War 2 Battle of Iwo Jima simulation to get a closer look!This minim
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6th - 10th
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Simulation: A Traveler's Guide to the Crusades
This simulation is an easy, low-prep activity to engage students in what Crusaders would have experienced journeying to the Holy Lands!Students take on the perspective of a Crusader and must make decisions to try and make it to the Holy Land in time to fight! Spark their creativity by encouraging them to come up with hashtags, mentions, and tweets about their experience!Simulations can be such fun and meaningful activities, but they often take a lot of work and preparation to set up, which is wh
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6th - 9th
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Simulation: Surviving Life in the Middle Ages
This simulation is an easy, low-prep activity to engage students in what life was like during the Middle Ages! Students take on the perspective of a new Lord or Lady of the Manor and tweet about their experiences as they run their manor and encounter various challenges! Spark their creativity by encouraging them to come up with hashtags, mentions, and tweets about their experience!Simulations can be such fun and meaningful activities, but they often take a lot of work and preparation to set up,
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6th - 9th
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Lewis & Clark Expedition Simulation, Westward Expansion Activity
Constitution & A New Nation simulation activity: Lewis & Clark ExpeditionHistory can be difficult for students to understand and experience. Simulations help students put themselves in the past, learning about history in an authentically engaging way. Students love simulations because they don't know what the final outcome will be. It's an exciting learning experience!Want to try a FREE simulation? You can download my free World War 2 Battle of Iwo Jima simulation to get a closer look!Th
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6th - 10th
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Ancient India Tower of Progress Primary Source Reading Passage Activity
Want to make reading Ancient India primary sources more engaging and fun? This easy-to-run primary source-based collaborative lesson had my students hooked! Students read primary sources about Ancient India and answer questions on a Google Form. Each correct answer earns groups a 3x5 card to build a tower with. The tallest tower wins!In a fun twist, students also get to choose a “power-up” card for 15 correct answers which allows them to win extra classroom-supply-type building materials (such a
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7th - 10th
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Medieval China Tower of Progress Primary Source Reading Passage Activity
Want to make reading Medieval China primary sources more engaging and fun? This easy-to-run primary source-based collaborative lesson had my students hooked! Students read primary sources about Medieval China and answer questions on a Google Form. Each correct answer earns groups a 3x5 card to build a tower with. The tallest tower wins!In a fun twist, students also get to choose a “power-up” card for 15 correct answers which allows them to win extra classroom-supply-type building materials (such
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7th - 10th
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Empires of Islam Tower of Progress Primary Source Reading Passage Activity
Want to make reading Empires of Islam primary sources more engaging and fun? This easy-to-run primary source-based collaborative lesson had my students hooked! Students read primary sources about the Empires of Islam and answer questions on a Google Form. Each correct answer earns groups a 3x5 card to build a tower with. The tallest tower wins!In a fun twist, students also get to choose a “power-up” card for 15 correct answers which allows them to win extra classroom-supply-type building materia
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7th - 10th
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Ancient Egypt Tower of Progress Primary Source Reading Passage Activity
Want to make reading Ancient Egypt primary sources more engaging and fun? This easy-to-run primary source-based collaborative lesson had my students hooked! Students read primary sources about Ancient Egypt and answer questions on a Google Form. Each correct answer earns groups a 3x5 card to build a tower with. The tallest tower wins!In a fun twist, students also get to choose a “power-up” card for 15 correct answers which allows them to win extra classroom-supply-type building materials (such a
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7th - 10th
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Simulation: Life during the American Revolution
This simulation is an easy, low-prep activity to engage students in the American Revolution!Students take on the perspective of a young apprentice in Massachusetts at the beginning of the war and have to make decisions to see if they can survive life as they fight for independence! Spark their creativity by encouraging them to come up with hashtags, mentions, and tweets about their experience!Simulations can be such fun and meaningful activities, but they often take a lot of work and preparation
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5th - 9th
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Protestant Reformation Tower of Progress Primary Source Reading Passage Activity
Want to make reading Protestant Reformation primary sources more engaging and fun? This easy-to-run primary source-based collaborative lesson had my students hooked! Students read primary sources about the Protestant Reformation and answer questions on a Google Form. Each correct answer earns groups a 3x5 card to build a tower with. The tallest tower wins!In a fun twist, students also get to choose a “power-up” card for 15 correct answers which allows them to win extra classroom-supply-type buil
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7th - 10th
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Medieval Japan Tower of Progress Primary Source Reading Passages Activity
Want to make reading Medieval Japan primary sources more engaging and fun? This easy-to-run primary source-based collaborative lesson had my students hooked! Students read primary sources about Medieval Japan and answer questions on a Google Form. Each correct answer earns groups a 3x5 card to build a tower with. The tallest tower wins!In a fun twist, students also get to choose a “power-up” card for 15 correct answers which allows them to win extra classroom-supply-type building materials (such
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7th - 10th
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California Gold Rush Simulation Activity, Age of Jackson & Sectionalism Activity
California Gold Rush simulation activityHistory can be difficult for students to understand and experience. Simulations help students put themselves in the past, learning about history in an authentically engaging way. Students love simulations because they don't know what the final outcome will be. It's an exciting learning experience!Want to try a FREE simulation? You can download my free World War 2 Battle of Iwo Jima simulation to get a closer look!This minimal prep simulation puts students
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6th - 10th
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Ancient Hebrews Tower of Progress Primary Source Reading Passage Activity
Want to make reading Ancient Hebrews primary sources more engaging and fun? This easy-to-run primary source-based collaborative lesson had my students hooked! Students read primary sources about Ancient Hebrews and answer questions on a Google Form. Each correct answer earns groups a 3x5 card to build a tower with. The tallest tower wins!In a fun twist, students also get to choose a “power-up” card for 15 correct answers which allows them to win extra classroom-supply-type building materials (su
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7th - 10th
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Ancient Mesopotamia Tower of Progress Primary Source Reading Passage Activity
Want to make reading Ancient Mesopotamia primary sources more engaging and fun? This easy-to-run primary source-based collaborative lesson had my students hooked! Students read primary sources about Ancient Mesopotamia and answer questions on a Google Form. Each correct answer earns groups a 3x5 card to build a tower with. The tallest tower wins!In a fun twist, students also get to choose a “power-up” card for 15 correct answers which allows them to win extra classroom-supply-type building mater
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7th - 10th
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Simulation: Life in the Aztec Empire
This simulation is an easy, low-prep activity to engage students in what life was like in the Aztec Empire during the year 1519!Students take on the perspective of a merchant, travel throughout the empire, and keep records when the Aztecs receive a strange visit! Spark their creativity by encouraging them to come up with hashtags, mentions, and tweets about their experience!Simulations can be such fun and meaningful activities, but they often take a lot of work and preparation to set up, which i
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6th - 9th
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