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Biography Research Project Graphic Organizer, Templates, Rubrics, Report Writing
Biography Report templates that can be used as a graphic organizer, lap book, or template for a biography project, such as writing a biography research report or summary on any historical person. It's a great resource for Black History Month, Women's History Month, and to make a wax museum project for second grade, third grade, fourth grade, or fifth grade.Students use graphic organizers, activities, and various report options for a biography report presentation or to complete a genre study of
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Primary and Secondary Sources Activities - Social Studies Unit 3rd 4th 5th Grade
This extensive Primary and Secondary Sources unit is great for teaching, reinforcing, practicing, and assessing student understanding of this important social studies concept. Your students will learn how to analyze primary and secondary source material through guided lessons, worksheets, sorts, and activities, with a fun project at the end!This best-selling unit is:Comprehensive - can be a standalone resource or a supplement to your existing curriculumEasy-to-Use - includes lesson plans as well
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Create a Culture Project
Students will have the fun opportunity to create their very own culture. This project can work great in a geography class when teaching about culture, at the beginning of the year, as an end of semester or year wrap-up or even as its own Enrichment course. Students will enjoy this project since they have a lot of room for creativity. If you prefer a digital version, you may be interested in this resource: Digital (Google Slides) Create a CultureStudents will create the following aspects of thei
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: Geography Activities, Projects & Task Cards
Map Skills Project Based Learning Pirate Treasure Map w/ Landforms & Communities
Need to assess your students' map skills in a fun engaging way? This project-based learning activity assesses elementary student map skills by having them bury their pirate treasure! Students become actively engaged in designing their own island and mapping the route to X Marks the Spot! A great resource for teaching and assessing basic map skills in your social studies classroom! This pirate project includes landforms and community services to make a comprehensive map assessment.This map skill
Grades:
2nd - 5th
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Family Heritage and Culture Lapbook Project
This is a great project to motivate and engage students while learning about their family heritage and culture! The project contains a Family Heritage Interview and parent letter. Using the information from home (8 questions on heritage and culture), students are able to assemble and complete this cute lapbook at school.
Includes all foldable templates and clipart for assembly.
The lapbook contains:
✺Family Heritage Interview questions
✺Family Heritage Project parent letter and questions
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Grades:
1st - 5th
Me on the Map Project (Circle and Rectangle Project Choices)
Are you looking for a fun and interactive ME ON THE MAP project for your first through fifth grade students to do in Social Studies? Look no further!Help students explore their place in the world with this engaging project. Choose from either a circle map or a rectangular map.This best sellingpacket includes:⭐Planning Pages⭐Printables for a Circle Map Project⭐ Printables for a Rectangular Map Project⭐Printable US and state maps for each state⭐Printable Candian provinces and states⭐Rubrics for
Grades:
K - 5th
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Create a Board Game Project | Board Games Templates
Students LOVE games - channel that excitement and stir up some creativity with my Create a Board Game Project! Students choose a topic, develop a theme, create a game, and present it to the class. Whether students create a math board game for their project, or use the assignment to create a board game for another subject, your class will have so much fun as they plan, present, and evaluate their games on Game Day!For students that need a little extra guidance, game card templates for a board gam
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Create a Culture Project & Create Your Own Country Maps - Bundle
Students will have the fun opportunity to create their very own culture and design their own country.Project #1: Create a CultureClick here for more informationStudents will create the following aspects of their culture:✓ physical geography✓ language✓ governments, laws, consequences✓ holiday✓ sport✓ school✓ clothing✓ food✓ painting✓ map of town✓ nursery rhyme✓ inventionFor each aspect of their culture, specific directions and guidelines are provided, along with questions to help spark the imagin
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Also included in: Create a Culture, Country, and World Three Projects Bundle
Sociology Serial Killer Notes and Project
This editable resource introduces your sociology students to general characteristics of serial killers and specific serial killers. Students will take notes over a brief PowerPoint presentation about serial killers. Then with a partner, they will research a specific serial killer to share with the class. During presentations, students will take notes on the provided sheet, and finally, take an open-note quiz over presentations.You Get:☑ Serial Killers PowerPoint Presentation (Editable)☑ Serial K
Grades:
10th - 12th, Higher Education
Civil Disobedience Research Project - Henry David Thoreau - Social Movements
The Civil Disobedience Research project focuses on real people who have engaged in acts of rebellion, protest, and civil disobedience in order to enact change. This project aligns perfectly with Civil Disobedience by Thoreau and American Literature literary themes! This high school research project can be used as a short-term research activity containing thematic connections to Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience," Huckleberry Finn, Antigone, or with any of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s speeches and w
Grades:
9th - 12th
Also included in: American Literature Curriculum Resources and Projects
Build a City Urban Planning and Community Development Project Based Learning
BUILD A CITY! Box Town is an exciting Social Studies Urban Planning and Community Development PBL Unit that can be done as a collaborative activity with your Second, Third, or Fourth Graders. What better way to build ‘classroom community’ than by building a community in your classroom!WHY I CREATED THIS RESOURCE:Elementary students LOVE to explore and build. They are curious about cities, towns, maps, and geography. I have found that creating a 3D city is the perfect opportunity to nurture that
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Market Day PBL with EDITABLE FORMS
Looking for an engaging PBL to help teach economics in your classroom? Check out this fully loaded Market Day PBL! This product includes over 160 pages of materials needed to have an amazing Market Day with your students! To make a Market Day as authentic as possible, I split this activity up into about 5 -8 days of activities. I have included 10 pages of teacher tips and lessons for this activity.Check out my video ALL about Market Day! Click Here.This includes:•Making a Business Plan (page 4)
Grades:
1st - 3rd
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Maya, Inca, Aztec Notes, Activities, and Mesoamerica Projects
Students will learn critical facts about the Maya, Aztecs, and Incas as they collect facts and create 3-D pop-up displays for each civilization. The facts about the three civilizations of the Americas focus on the the geography, religion, achievements, politics, economy, and society of each civilization. Also, critical vocabulary associated with each civilization is included. This resource includes the materials for a fact hunt and 3-D display for each civilization. That means that students can
Grades:
4th - 7th
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End of Year - US History Choice Board Project
The end of the year is a great time for fun and interesting projects! This is a Choice (or Menu) Board that allows students to choose from 9 projects to complete to wrap up their study of US or state history.The Choice Board includes projects such as:- US History Theme/Amusement Park- ABC Alphabet Book- US History Board Game- Decades Project- News Broadcast- and several others!I have used this with my 7th and 8th grade classes and can easily be adapted to lower and higher grade levels according
Grades:
5th - 10th
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Volcanoes Project and Research Report
Are you teaching a social studies or science unit on the types of volcanoes? Help students identify and understand the different volcanoes! This project guides students through researching composite (or stratovolcano), cinder cone, and shield volcanoes, as well as active, dormant, and extinct volcanoes. Students research, take notes, and publish on the interactive fan pages. This is an awesome report or culminating project for your unit on volcanoes! This project can be used for: an extension
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3rd - 5th
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Middle School Geography: Human Population Density Map Skills
Looking for a great lesson that encourages collaboration and hands-on experience in creating and making maps, graphs, and/or charts? Or do you need a simple lesson to introduce the concept of population density to your students? This lesson includes videos, map presentations, and more to teach students the meaning behind "population density". Students will team up to work collaboratively to create a map, graph, or chart depicting the population density of the 7 continents. In addition, they wil
Grades:
7th - 12th
Civil War Mini Museum: Research Project
Need a high-interest Civil War Research project that students will LOVE? This week-long project will be something you'll want to show off and do year after year!Kids will study one Civil War topic from list provided, or one of your choosing and create mini museum displays for all to learn from.Included in this product is a packet your kids will use to complete while researching their topic. They will cut and glue the different displays all over their mini museum (instructions provided.)Include
Grades:
5th - 7th
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Create Your Own Utopian Society: Sociology Final Project (Summative)
Students are provided with fifteen topics and questions for each to answer before creating a visual representation of their community. Students need to be provided a copy of this google slide presentation to edit. I would provide 2-4 days to work on this project and leave 1-2 days for student presentations (depending on the amount of presentations). Students can work in pairs or individually. I use this project as our culminating activity for our Sociology class. UPDATE: A rubric is now included
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Sociology Growing Bundle (30% Savings)
Annexation of Texas Bundle with Lesson Plans - 4th Grade TX History Activities
Are you looking for an engaging way to teach your students all about the annexation of Texas by the United States? This unit bundle includes a PowerPoint, Task Cards, Interactive Notebook activities, and a student activity along with complete lesson plans to meet the 4th grade TEKS!Full previews of each resource can be found at the links below. *Updated to include unit lesson plans, word wall cards, and an assessment only available in this bundle.*Included in this bundle:Annexation of Texas Powe
Grades:
4th
State Research Writing Project | State Report
How would you like to teach state history in a new and engaging way? Your students will research an assigned state, write an informational piece about it, and then create a t-shirt themed on the state they researched! If you'd like to take the project even further, I've added a component for creating a PowerPoint and implementing technology!Check out the preview for details!This Product Covers:--Lesson plans that cover the following:✓ Researching and taking notes (including citing sources and pa
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Black History Month Activity Biography Research - Teens Making History NOW
During Black History Month, celebrate impactful African-American teens and young adults who are making history NOW! This engaging African-American History Month research project teaches students about modern movers and shakers - current teens of color who are changing our world. Your students will learn about 30 African-Americans who are succeeding despite great odds, taking a stand for their beliefs, and serving as models of inspiration for us all!Based on their research, students will create a
Grades:
8th - 11th
California Regions Poster - Research project
**Newly updated with more options for titles and map.**
As your 4th Graders study the California Regions, they can complete this fun research project poster!
Students will study one of the 4 California Regions: Coast, Desert, Mountain, or Central Valley and create a poster based on their research.
This package comes with printables your students will need to complete their posters. They can add their own drawings or images to decorate and personalize their posters.
Students may work indi
Grades:
3rd - 6th
U.S Symbols Digital Research Project for Google Slides
Looking for a new way to have your students incorporate technology and research while learning about U.S symbols? This digital research project uses Google Slides to have your students do some research on these U.S symbols!*Please note: I inserted YouTube video links to educational videos that are short in length. You do have the capability of deleting the video and inserting a new one. ( Insert > Video > YouTube).There are 4 editable slides per U.S symbol.Slide 1: Students watch short e
Grades:
1st - 4th
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Conspiracy Theories Assignment/ Project- Students love this!
Conspiracy Theories Assignment/ Project- Students love this!this includes, background information, research tasks and topics with graphic organizer for students to complete with an annotated bibliography and rubricBackground:One guilty pleasure in the life of a curious person is indulgence in the world of conspiracy theories. Conspiracy theories serve an important purpose for one major reason: they contain plenty of truth or of verifiable fact in resistance to secret, corporate or government en
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Not Grade Specific
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