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4th grade social studies projects for Microsoft Word
13 Colonies Project
Students will pretend they are a travel agent working for the Thirteen English Colonies. They will create a travel brochure promoting each region (New England, Middle, and Southern). I have included kid-friendly websites for research. The project will take 2-3 class periods to complete. Please message me if you have any questions. I have included a rubric for grading. *Engaging and fun project! *Editable document*The project does not require the use of a textbook. *The document can be uploaded t
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: American History Projects (US History Projects)
Early Government and Constitution - Create-a-Country Activity
Personal Note: My students LOVED this project. I used it after teaching the American Revolution and before introducing the Articles of Confederation. There was a LOT of debating among the groups, even though I let them choose the groups! Be prepared for this activity to last several classes, as students will debate the issues for as long as you let them. It was a great introduction for the Constitutional Convention, as I reminded them of how difficult it was for their groups of 3-4 to form
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3rd - 12th
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Causes of the Civil War Project
Students will create a 10-slide presentation about the causes of the Civil War. I have provided students with 30 guiding research questions and websites for research. Please message me if you have any questions. I have included a rubric for grading. *Engaging and fun project!*Students will use Google Slides or Microsoft PowerPoint to create their presentations. *The project will take students at least 2 class periods to complete. *The project does not require the use of a textbook. *The document
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: American History Projects (US History Projects)
American Revolution Causes of the American Revolution Project
Students will create a 13-slide presentation about the important events leading up to the American Revolution. On each slide, they will include a title, date, visual, and a summary. I have included guiding questions and websites for research. The project does not require the use of a textbook or teacher preparation. I have included a rubric. Please message me if you have any questions. *Engaging and fun project! *Students will use Google Slides or Microsoft PowerPoint to create their presentatio
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: American History Projects (US History Projects)
Economics Unit and Mini-Society Resources!
This Economics Unit and Mini-Society packet covers Georgia Performance Standards:
SS3E1 The student will describe the four types of productive resources: a. Natural (land), b. Human (labor), c. Capital (capital goods), d. Entrepreneurship (used to create goods and services)
SS3E2 The student will explain that governments provide certain types of goods and services in a market economy and pay for these through taxes and will describe services such as schools, libraries, roads, police/fire pro
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2nd - 5th
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Great Wall of China 3 Dimensional diorama art project
The Great Wall of China will come to life as your students recreate this ancient wonder out of paper! By printing out the sheets on different colors of paper, you gain the view of perspective (areas in the foreground are darker, areas in the background are lighter). Students practice fine motor skills as they piece together the "puzzle" and create their own 3-dimensional view of the Great Wall. If you like this project, check out my other World Cultures activities, like my paper Stonehenge proje
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4th - 7th
SHARK TANK Economics Pitches Prototypes PROJECT BASED PBL GATE
Welcome to the shark tank project-based learning unit. Let’s begin our entrepreneurial careers today!
Build critical thinking skills, public speaking success, and bring creativity, language arts, and economics into your classroom in a purposeful and authentic way.
Students will work in collaborative teams to solve a complex, ongoing, inquiry-based problem with a physical product for an authentic audience:
• Brainstorm a product, citing a need that will be fulfilled.
• Construct a prototyp
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Creativity Bundle for GATE Gifted and Talented and ALL
Make Your Own Constellation Project Science Constellations Science Project
EDITABLE! NO PREP! Students connect with the stars by creating their own constellation as they graph their name, then create their own myth to tell its story. Students will have fun creating their own story to explain their stars just they have learned about the original constellations, a great way to take a "break from the book" and create a personal connection to the text! The project is interdisciplinary/cross-curricular:Science - Connect with knowledge of the stars and constellations.Social
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4th - 7th
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Renaissance Biography Project worksheet
You have been chosen by Renaissance Time Magazine to write biographies of famous Renaissance people for our new issue. The issue's title is "The Most Influential People of the Renaissance". Your job is to write biographies for each of our honorees. Pick any 2 of the Renaissance people listed below; your fellow journalists will do the rest!
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4th - 11th
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Civil War Project
Students will create an 11-slide presentation about the significant battles during the American Civil War. I have provided students with 50 guiding questions and kid-friendly websites for research. The project will take 2-3 class periods to complete. Please message me if you have any questions. I have included a rubric for grading. *Fun and engaging! *Detailed instructions for students*Students will create their presentations using Google Slides or Microsoft PowerPoint*Editable document *The pr
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: 8th Grade American History Projects (US History) Bundle
Have your students teach the class!! (Class teaching assignment)
Here is a rubric and instructions for an activity I do in my classes each year. This can work in ANY CLASS for ANY SUBJECT matter!!!
I always find myself teaching a section that is review for my students or is really easy for them and we speed right through it. So I decided to create this rubric as a project to make my students be the teachers!
They can have 2-3 days to learn the content, come up with a lesson plan and make a handout for the class. I ask them to use a half sheet and I make
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Road Trip Adventure PROJECT BASED LEARNING for GATE and 3rd - 8th Grades
Come along on a fun project-based adventure as students practice different forms of writing, geography skills, computer and internet technology skills, engineering and design skills, math skills, public speaking, creativity, and art.
Here is your Gold Medal Standard project based learning unit ready to go. Because this project-based unit relies heavily on student creativity and invention, the key knowledge, understanding, and success skills can be scaffolded across many grade levels. This un
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: SIMULATIONS Real-World Projects GATE Bundle Gifted
Carnival Game Economics PBL Project-Based Learning GATE
Smaller tasks add up to big, big learning with this gold medal standard project-based learning activity! What a sneaky cool way to learn math, economics, and functional design! (Insert evil teacher laugh.) It’s a hands-on approach to Common Core Standards.
In Carnival Game Economics, students design a carnival skill game and gather data as junior market researchers during the test phase. They’ll use this data to help make decisions. After making calculations for probability, students will
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Gifted and Talented SURVIVAL KIT Bundle -- 235 pages, big discount!
The Civil War "Baseball Cards" Project
Watch your students eagerly research important figures of the Civil War Era in order to create historical "Baseball" cards for each figure. As in real baseball cards, each figure will have a picture and facts of the role he/she played leading up to or during the Civil War. This Civil War project is teacher tested with a great success rate at any level of U.S. History. This project can easily be used in other disciplines (in English - authors, science - scientists, etc.).
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4th - 11th
Climate Zones Tissue Box Project
This project is for students to research and create climate zones out of tissue boxes that will be displayed in the classroom for the remainder of the school year!Part 1: Creation of tissue box climate zone.Part 2: Students will "backpack" through their classmates climate zones and describe their experiences!Enjoy!
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4th - 8th
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50 State Dodecahedron Activity US History Hands on Project
Studying the United States has never been more fun! Included in this unit are 12 pentagons with guided topics for your students to fill out. Assign one state to each of your students to research. Your students will then research these 12 topics and record them on each pentagon. Once you connect all 12 together, you will create a dodecahedron that can be hung and displayed in your classroom or the hallway! Included in this activity are:1) State2) Flower3) Bird4) Year of Statehood5) Capital6) #1 E
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4th - 7th
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Social Studies Mythology Make Your Own Myth Constellation Activity Mythology Fun
EDITABLE! Just like ancient civilizations observed the night sky and created myths to tell stories of the stars, students write their own myths after creating their own constellation as they graph their name. All civilizations have mythology to tell the stories of the stars! Pick any civilization and create a social studies connection with the star tales of the Greeks, Romans, Native Americans, Africans, Aboriginals, India, and South Americas just to name a few!The project is also interdisciplin
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4th - 8th
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Community Service Project
Students plan and carry out their own community service project to learn how to be a part of a community. Students learn that even though they are young, they can be a valuable asset within their city. Students complete forms to help them plan, carry out, and reflect on their service projects.
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3rd - 8th
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T-Shirt Entrepreneurs PROJECT BASED LEARNING Math Economics GATE 4-8th
Your students will be excited for this “gold medal standard” project-based math, design, and economics activity. It’s appropriate and adaptable for 4th – 8th grade. It has been a staple for my 4th grade gifted and talented math group since 2013.You won’t be the sage on the stage. Students will problem-solve their way through the project working in collaborative teams, and the teacher will guide, be a resource, spur discussion, play devil’s advocate, and provide mini lessons when necessary.In
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: STEAM Class BUNDLE - Math Focus Hours of Hands-on Projects GATE Gifted
Create A Country Activity ( Great End of the Year Activity )
In this activity, students will "create their own country". Students will answer a variety of detailed questions regarding their country as well as draw out their country's flag & draw a map of their country. Assignment should take 60-130 minutes depending on student ability levels. Color pencils/crayons are required.
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
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Native American Tribe Research and Google Slide Presentation
In this activity, students research a Native American Tribe and complete a Google Slide presentation to present to their class. This is done in partners. Included is a checklist of the items students need to have included on their slide presentation, a research collection notes worksheet, a grading sheet, and a gallery walk assignment for listening students to complete as others present to the class or to work on as they walk around if you have students have their slide presentations up on devic
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4th - 9th
My Culture Project
Before young students can understand cultures around the world, its a great idea to let them explore their own culture! This project includes six different choices for students to explore their own cultures. The choices are: a poster, telling a story, sharing a recipe, interviewing a family member, sharing music or a dance, researching clothing. Each page of the project can be duplicated for students so that they can take the project home to complete it. Each choice includes some writing and ans
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2nd - 5th
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Facebook and Twitter Templates for Any Content Area
This is a Microsoft Word document that looks like a Twitter Page. 90% of the page can be edited. Students can change out the pictures, update the Tweets, create suggestions of who to follow, determine how many followers the individual has, as well as how many people the individual is following. This is a safe and easy way to bring social media into the classroom. Your students will love showing how characters in a novel would use social media. Research all of a sudden gets a new twist. Historica
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Liberty's Kids Episodes 1 - 10 worksheets with critical thinking and research
This companion to the Liberty's Kids series includes worksheets (for fill in during or after viewing this episode). Included are ideas for discussion, research, or essays that move into the higher levels of Bloom's taxonomy. A highlighted answer key for the worksheets are included. This first offering is part of a packet that will similarly cover the entire series. (Though this will be marked elementary to middle school, I admit that (as an English teacher, not a history expert) I myself have le
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4th - 8th
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