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Common Core SL.6.1c research
Fairy Tale Court - a mock trial mini unit
Fairy Tale Court is an activity that facilitates many ELA learning outcomes in a way that's highly engaging for students. Students will develop research skills, engage in critical thinking, defend a position, play the role of a character in court, and practice presentation skills. They will learn all about the judicial system as they participate in a mock trial of their own.This resource includes:Teacher NotesFairy Tale Court InstructionsCourt Procedures and EtiquetteSix Classic Fairy TalesExhib
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Mock Trial Scenarios 1 - court simulation for middle school
Mock Trial Scenarios 1 is an activity that facilitates many ELA learning outcomes in a way that is highly engaging for students. Students will develop research skills, engage in critical thinking, defend a position, play the role of a character in court, and practice presentation skills. Students will learn about the judicial system as they participate in a mock trial of their own.This resource includes:Teacher NotesCourt InstructionsCourt Procedures and EtiquetteCasesTemplate for the Prosecutio
Grades:
6th - 9th
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Mock Trial Scenarios 2 - a court simulation
Mock Trial Scenarios 2 is an activity that facilitates many ELA learning outcomes in a way that is highly engaging for students. Students will develop research skills, engage in critical thinking, defend a position, play the role of a character in court, and practice presentation skills. Students will learn about the judicial system as they participate in a mock trial of their own.This resource includes:Teacher NotesCasesCourt InstructionsCourt Procedures and EtiquetteExhibitsJudge InstructionsJ
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6th - 9th
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Create a Podcast Project with The Big Fib Podcasts
Listen to podcasts in the classroom with the BIg Fib! Students research and collaborate to create a podcast in the classroom. They can create a podcast digitally or speak it live. This nonfiction podcast is based on a topic of the student's choice. Students will determine claims based on evidence from other false information. This resource can easily be printed or used digitally for online/distance learning with Google Classroom, Canvas, Schoology, Seesaw, and more!This product is zero prep and
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Valentine's Day Debate (Inquiry Based Learning)
Help students learn how to support their stance on in an argument with facts and evidence. This resource has students visit 4 stations to explore a variety of vetted resources--from articles, to infographics, videos, and audio clips.Students will decide: Should Valentine's Day be banned in our country? What are the pros and cons of the holiday? Is it something worth celebrating?By the end of this inquiry based stations lesson, students will synthesize their findings into a stance to debate with
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Eco Heroes! Earth Day/Environmentalist Research Project + Student Discussion
Looking to celebrate Earth Day or hone your students' research, and discussion skills? Look no further than ECO HEROES! In this student-led activity, students research one of 10 curated environmentalists of yesterday and today to pique your students' interests. After conducting their research, students will present their findings on a Google Slide, and then participate in a Student-Led Discourse or Socratic Seminar- dealer's choice!What's Included in this Resource:A cute and colorful Google Slid
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Grades:
6th - 8th
The Ultimate Middle School Debate Packet
Debate can be intimidating for both teacher and student. This middle school debate packet has it all. The packet includes: potential debate topics, debate guidelines, key terms glossary, research outline, and debate rubric. This packet will ease your students through debating from start to finish. This resource could also be used for first-time debaters of any age.
Grades:
5th - 8th
Presidents Day Activity-Speed Dating (Editable + Google + Sub Plans)
Looking for no-prep sub plans or a way to make learning the Presidents exciting? This is the resource for you! With Google Slides, 3 graphic organizers and President clipart, this activity is ready to implement right away! Just add the files to your drive and print!In this activity, students will choose a president to learn more about. Using the online resources, they will complete a graphic organizer that will also serve as a "poster" of information about the president. The culminating act
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Controversial Genetic Issues: Research & Debate
Students will research topics in genetics and conduct a formal debate. Students will be placed on teams to defend the pro or con side of a particular genetic topic. The stance that students will be defending, may not align with their personal beliefs. Suggested topics could include: gender selection, genetically modified organisms (GMO,s) gene selection theory and genetic engineering. Students will be assigned a variety of roles during the debate processTEACHER PREP:Provide students the ability
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Grades:
5th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-LS3-1
Also included in: Genetic Research & Debate Activities: High level thinking activity
Tuck Everlasting JIGSAW Research Project: Building BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE
Taking the time to build background knowledge prior to reading is shown to improve student interest and overall comprehension of the story. Tuck Everlasting, a novel set in the 1800's, can be a difficult read for students due to it's out of date setting and their lack of identifiable similarities. Insert: The Jigsaw research project! This research project allows for students to work in groups, researching only their assigned topic. Their topic is only 1 of the 6 pieces of the Jigsaw.After each g
Topic Talks: Inquiry-Based Projects and Presentations
Build student inquiry, thinking and oral skills through engaging Topic Talks; a tried and true method of inquiry-based tasks that students complete at home and present in class.
Use Topic Talks as a supportive and extension project, as a supplement to or replacement for traditional homework, as summative assessments and as a means for students to develop their research and public speaking skills while making connections to taught concepts.
Topic Talks can easily be used for any subject and wit
Grades:
2nd - 6th
World War 1 Speaking Project - Mock Trial of Gavrilo Princip
This World War 1 resource for curious Middle School learners asks students to take a deep dive into the life of Gavrilo Princip, one of the 20th Century's (and history's) most consequential figures.Students will frame the life and actions of Gavrilo Princip, the historical context he lived in, the chain of events that led to the First World War, and the consequences of the war on our times; leading to a student led mock-trial where students can apply critical thinking, research skills, collabora
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: World War 1 Cross Curricular Language Arts & History Bundle
Fact or Fiction? Research Project! - Mysteries of the World
Ever wonder what happened with Machu Pichu? Or if Bigfoot was real? Your students probably are wondering the same thing! This is a project for any middle or high schooler involving research, theorizing, presentation, and other great skills. In Pearson Longman's Keystone Textbook (Level A - for Grade 6) Unit #1 Reading 3 talks about mysteries of the world - but are they fact or fiction? This project is attuned to this specific reading and is an added bonus!!
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Grades:
5th - 9th
Designing Temporary Shelters: A STEM Design Team Project
Designing shelters to provide safety to those in harm’s way.Temporary Shelters is a design team project that supports critical thinking and collaboration as student teams make decisions about how to solve the critical need for temporary shelters. Each team will focus on one need for temporary shelters by randomly selecting from the provided Challenge Cards. They will be guided on a design path to learn about the specific need for shelters, analyze current solutions, and decide how to improve upo
Grades:
5th - 9th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Listen Lesson Kit: Ancestral Foods
Engage your students and inspire thoughtful discussion and research with media!This Listen Lesson Kit contains a guided note-taking exercise, discussion questions, follow-up links, and supporting presentation/discussion slides for Aparna Pallavi’s TEDx Talk, “What foods did your ancestors love?” This is an excellent, thought-provoking talk that shares a personal perspective on the loss of traditional or ancestral foods from indigenous cultures worldwide. While the talk is centered around the M
Grades:
5th - 12th
Socratic Seminar (Debate) Lesson (EDITABLE)
This is a COMPLETE lesson that works great for teacher evaluations! It works for almost any unit and can be perfect for sparking student's attention. It includes a packet that will help to keep your student's data organized, and a plan that can either be used to help document this for future years, or teach others about your lesson. This also teaches a great life skill to students: how to work with others to solve a problem.
Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education
Economic & Environmental Issues: South America "Shark Tank" Style project
This project is inspired by the TV show "Shark Tank". It asks students to use what they've learned about South American countries and then dive deeply into one of the social, economic, or environmental issues present in the country of their choosing. Once they've completed their research, they put on their entrepreneurial hats and come up with a solution to that issue by creating and pitching a product of their own invention. Instructions are formatted on powerpoint. Student handout is a linked
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6th - 12th
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THOMAS JEFFERSON: An Introductory Quiz in Google Drive Format
Thomas Jefferson is one of the greatest men and Presidents in Untied States History. This Google Slides Presentation has ten questions, with answers, on the life and presidency of Thomas Jefferson. As an anticipatory set for any Jefferson lesson, this has been an engaging way for the whole class to participate and get excited to learn about any unit that includes Thomas Jefferson. Also, giving candy treats to the winners is always helpful to increase engagement!In addition to the 10 questions a
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Not Grade Specific
Also included in: American History U.S. History Bundle: Beginnings through the 1850's
Space Research Video Project - Google Doc link included!
This project can be done during in classroom learning OR distance learning! Turn a research project into a video instead of embarking on a research paper. You will be allowing for creativity, inquiry, use of technology and communication. This is one of my students' favorite projects we do all year in Earth Science. Included: - detailed lesson description with timing- Google Document links for distance learning format- printable PDF student worksheets - link to example project for you to show y
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Grades:
6th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ESS1-3
Also included in: Video Research Projects for Science - Google Doc link included!
Christopher Paul Curtis Author Study
Students will use the websites to answer questions about author Christopher Paul Curtis.
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4th - 6th
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Free Market or Predatory Pricing? *online teaching ready*
An activity where students read about a recent case of Americans attempting to profit off of the recent COVID-19 outbreak, form their own opinions about the ethical implications of the situation, and support their opinion with additional sources found online. Assign as online activity or print and go, everything is ready!Activity includes:*Short Response Activity Sheet - identifies the task, includes directions, includes link to Boston Globe article, includes six short response questions ranging
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Soft Skills Activity - Debate
This activity was originally created to meet the standards of the ELEOT observation tool for AdvanceED accreditation.Younger students (grade 6-7) may need 3 to 4 class periods to complete this activity. Older students (grades 8-9) may be able to complete it in 2 to 3 class periods.This activity was created for a speech and debate class, but may also be used forScience English Language Arts
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Grades:
6th - 9th
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Presentation Rubric
Presentation Rubric for group projects that require students to present information they researched
Grades:
5th - 12th
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