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8th grade social studies projects for Google Apps
Spanish Speaking Countries Project Research a Country with Google Slides Digital
This Spanish-Speaking country project is an organized and efficient way for students to research Spanish-speaking countries. The templates are in both English and Spanish and can be completed digitally or handwritten. Includes digital templates for PowerPoint and Google Slides.*can easily be adapted for other languages, geography, or social studies classesThis project to create an infographic for a country includes:-Templates in 3 different designs-English templates-Spanish templates-Completed
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6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Spanish Speaking Countries BUNDLE Project Maps Flip Book Quizzes + DIGITAL
Reconstruction Evaluation Interactive Project Activity
This interactive Reconstruction Era activity for US History has your class assuming the roles of various people during the Age of Reconstruction and evaluating how they would feel about Reconstruction.Students are assigned one of six characters (a women freed from enslavement, former plantation owner, teacher with the Freedmen's Bureau, etc) and must read the short biography to think critically about each aspect of Reconstruction. They then decide which parts of Reconstruction would be positive
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7th - 11th
Black History Month Activity - Research Project - Biography Banners - Posters
This best-selling Black History Month biography project is the PERFECT activity for middle school and high school students to learn about influential African American individuals during Black History Month. Take back your time with these LOW PREP Black History Month biography activities that come in both PRINT and DIGITAL versions. This banner project contains over 40 pages of instructional materials that will help guide teachers and students through this activity. You can sit back and watch you
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5th - 9th
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Geography Adventure: Amazing Race Project for Middle School (End-of-Year)
**Embark on an Exciting Journey Around the World with "The Amazing Race Geography Project"!** Are you ready for the ultimate adventure? Step into the shoes of a globe-trotting explorer and dive into the rich tapestry of our planet's geography, culture, and diversity! In this engaging end-of-the-year project, students will embark on a thrilling journey to explore fascinating locations from every corner of the globe. **Research, Discover, Create!** Students will choose captivating locations on
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5th - 9th
Also included in:Â Middle School World Cultures & Geography Course
Consumer Math & Financial Literacy - Credit Card Project (with Google Slides™)
You can purchase this product with other consumer math and personal finance activities and projects in a BUNDLE:Consumer Math and Financial Literacy Activities & Projects BUNDLEUpdated to also include a Google Classroom™ version in addition to the original print-friendly version! **************************************************************************************DOWNLOADED OVER 1,000 TIMES**************************************************************************************This is a credit
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5th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Consumer Math and Financial Literacy Activities & Projects GROWING BUNDLE
Budgeting Activity: Monthly Budget Project and Worksheets for Middle School
If you are looking for a no-prep, yet detailed budgeting activity, look no further! In this budgeting activity for Google Drive, students will create a monthly budget. This monthly budget project features the elements of career, housing, transportation, monthly expenses, and more! This activity was designed to help with budgeting for middle school students, and was implemented in an 8th grade Social Studies class, but it could easily be incorporated in a variety of subjects and grade levels. Thi
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6th - 9th
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Industrial Revolution Inventions Infomercial Project
This Industrial Revolution Inventions project will have your students engaged and having fun with cooperative learning about the major inventions and inventors of the Industrial Age. Included is a directions page on how to present a 1 minute infomercial to the class along with 7 one-page readings on different inventions of the industrial period. In groups students read about their assigned inventor/invention and plan their "infomercial". As each group presents, other students fill out the includ
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6th - 10th
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Civil War Stations Activity: Comparing the Union and Confederacy
This Civil War Stations Activity is a fantastic lesson to get your students out of their seats and moving around the classroom while they analyze and compare the Union and Confederacy.Six stations feature characteristics of the North and South that students must review to determine which region their are describing and whether that would be an advantage or disadvantage in the war. They then must explain why it would help or hinder that side in the war.After completing each station, students answ
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5th - 9th
Civil War Battles Digital Research Project & Presentation|Distance Learning
There were thousands of battles during the American Civil War and it can be difficult for students to remember the most important ones. This is a great project that can help with that! Students work in groups of 2-3 to research one significant battle and create a Google Slides presentation using a template. (This project will work for any Civil War battle.) The groups present their projects to the class while the other students take notes on the basic battle information.This product includes a z
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5th - 12th
Fun End of Year Activity - Travel Project - Plan a Trip!
This is the perfect project to do this year - especially before a break or just for fun! In this project, students will apply personal finance skills to plan a 3-day trip for themselves and a few friends. They must create a budget and plan three days' worth of food and activities. It is a whole lot of fun and they can have so much ownership and creativity. It works great to display Math, ELA, and Social Studies skills. They will have to research customs, and locations and add, multiply, and divi
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4th - 10th
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Create a Civilization Project for Google Drive and PDF
This Create a Civilization Project will be a hit with your students and help them understand the components that make up a civilization. In this engaging activity, students will create a civilization and prepare a Google Slideshow to highlight different aspects of their civilization. This resource includes four different versions of the assignment to help you find the perfect for your students!This resource includes the following:Teacher Guide (PDF)Civilizations Highlights Project (quick version
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6th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Ancient Civilizations Bundle Part 1: Prehistory, Mesopotamia, Egypt, + India
US History & APUSH End of Year Project: History Yearbook - Digital or Print
This fully digital or printable Yearbook Project can be posted and completed on Google Classroom or completed by hand if you want students to "unplug." Great for the end of the year, end of the Semester, or even end of a Unit (with minor modifications)STUDENTS WILL CREATE A YEARBOOK TO REMINISCE ABOUT ALL THE GOOD TIMES (& BAD TIMES) OF US HISTORY: Be creative & have fun, but also show what you have learned by including important factual information.There are 4 sections [Letter from the
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8th - 12th
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Holocaust Research Project Teen Resistance - Holocaust Literature Activities
Use the Teen Holocaust Resistance Project with any Holocaust story in order to provide historical context! This unique resource focuses on teen and young adult Holocaust resisters who took courageous stands! Use with Night by Elie Wiesel, the Diary of Anne Frank, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, or Book Thief! Implement as a standalone Holocaust research project. Your students will be fascinated by acts of resistance facilitated by their peers.Designed for secondary students, these activities an
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8th - 11th
Middle Ages Coat of Arms Project
This Medieval Coat of Arms project is great for a unit on the Middle Ages or for a back-to-school "get to know each other activity"! Included is a directions page that gives the historic background of Coats of Arms and heraldry, as well as simple instructions for students on how to create a Coat of Arms. Next is a fantastic printable Coat of Arms template to use in class and a rubric to help with grading.An editable Google Drive version is now also included! This version can be completed all onl
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3rd - 9th
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ANY TOPIC 1 Day Mini Research Activity Lesson for Google Slides™ Project w/ MLA
Teach research skills, encourage curiosity, and promote choice with your students. This product includes 4 Google Slides templates to allow for a straightforward mini-research project. You have so much flexibility with these templates, and you can edit them in VIEW > THEME BUILDER to suit your needs. For example, you can change "definition" to "description" depending what you want your students to research. An editable grading rubric is also included.Similar products:1 Day Mini-Research Proj
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3rd - 9th
WWII Propaganda Posters Activities and Project Print & Digital
Examine over a dozen famous WWII home front propaganda posters for the devices used, culminating learning with students creating posters of their own to address a current school problem.Let your principal decide whose poster has the winning message to transform your school’s culture!This plug-and-play PBL activity kit comes as a printable PDF and digital in Google Slides!Greatness is spotting persuasive devices at work and knowing how to use them for good. World War II was the U.S.’s greatest f
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8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â US History Activity and Project Kits Bundle Print & Digital
Project Based Learning Packet for ALL of World History
This awesome packet for bringing Project Based Learning (PBL) in your World History classes will be life-changing! PBL brings real world experiences into the classroom to make lessons more meaningful and engaging for students. It gives them choice in their learning while also delving deeper into a World History topic that matters to them. This packet gives you everything you need to use project based learning for any unit in World History and includes 196 (yes, 196!) suggested topics for proje
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7th - 11th
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Also included in:Â World History 1: Complete Curriculum Bundle: Projects, Activities & Lessons
Project Based Learning Packet for ALL of US History
This awesome packet for bringing Project Based Learning (PBL) in your US History classes will be life-changing! PBL brings real world experiences into the classroom to make lessons more meaningful and engaging for students. It gives them choice in their learning while also delving deeper into a topic of US History that matters to them. This packet gives you everything you need to use project based learning for any unit in American History and includes 99 (yes, 99!) suggested topics for projects
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7th - 11th
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Silk Road Project: Plan Out a Road Trip Along the Silk Road
If you are looking for a creative and no-prep Silk Road Project, you have come to the right place! This Silk Road: Road Trip Project for Google Drive gives students a chance to learn more about the geography and architecture of the Silk Road, while also incorporating student choice and using problem-solving skills to plan out the order of the road trip. Simply post to Google Classroom and you are good to go!This resource includes the following:Teacher Guide (PDF with differentiation options)Edit
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6th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Ancient China Unit Bundle | Activities, Projects, Notes, Timeline, Test
Research Paper | Complete Unit Any Topic | Printable & Digital
Research Paper complete unit with everything you need to teach writing a research project essay writing from start to finish FOR ANY TOPIC (Printable & Digital) - Perfect for distance learning or Google Classroom activities!No prep start-to-finish student research packet in printable and digital formats: Printable PDF, editable Word Document, PowerPoint slides, Google Slides and Google Doc for no prep research project or independent Google Classroom activity.This packet has successfully guid
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5th - 12th
Shark Tank Project - Creating a Digital Business Entrepreneurship Project
Do you have what it takes to impress the Sharks? In this digitally focused project, students will be immersed in a variety of free, online tools including: Google Workspace, DOCS, SITES, SLIDES, Canva, & More!Based on the hit show, "Shark Tank", students will experience what it's like as an entrepreneur as they research product or service ideas, identify a specific market, and use individual creativity to create a simple business plan, design a logo for their business, as well as a digital t
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4th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Shark Tank Business Projects for Grades 6-12 | Interactive Business Lessons
Get to Know You High School and Middle School: Student Visual Resume
When getting to know students online, it's important to put faces with names and to build relationships through technology. These student visual resumes will help you do just that! Students will get to tap into their creativity and reveal their personality through these get to know you templates. Though I provide a video tutorial for students, you can edit the directions to fit your needs. Students will edit in PowerPoint or Google Slides to create a beautiful visual resume for your class!
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Resort Marketing Simulation Semester Project Bundle
Engage your high school marketing students with this digital and editable, travel-themed, resort project bundle. Students will explore economics, the marketing mix, market segmentation, the SWOT analysis, the marketing plan, feature-benefit selling, sales messages with the AIDA approach, the selling process, customer relationship management (CRM), magazine ads, and digital marketing by creating a website. This is a semester-long business simulation or final project meant to accompany a high scho
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7th - 12th
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End of Year Project Plan a Road Trip Digital with Google Slides™
This no-prep, engaging geography project challenges your students to plan and document a road trip to five park destinations across the United States. This is an excellent project for the end of the school year.This project-based learning opportunity for your students features real-world connections and opportunities for student choice. Students need access to the internet to complete this project.TASKS INCLUDED IN THIS PROJECTYour students will complete the entire project on Google Slides™. It
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6th - 8th
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