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High school social studies research for Easel
Scaffolded Natural Disasters Research Project Extreme Weather
Students will research specific facts about a natural disaster and create a brochure (either on paper or digital) about it. Are your students curious about natural disasters like volcanoes and earthquakes? This project will help students learn about different natural disasters around the world. This is great for helping all students access grade level content! Students will love learning about extreme weather and natural disasters in this scaffolded research project.This Natural Disaster Brochur
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8th - 10th
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The Battle of Lexington and Concord: Mysteries in History
The students will try and solve the mystery of who fired the first shots at Lexington by looking at Primary sources, finding the main idea of the documents, making judgements and then writing up a detective report to explain what they discovered.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Buying Your First Home (Renting vs. Owning and 15 vs. 30 Year Mortgages)
In this project students figure their purchasing power, select a house that they would like to buy, and investigate the total costs involved in purchasing that home. Students will also compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of a 15 vs. 30 year mortgage and renting vs. owning. This assignment is worth a total of 50 points and has points possible listed next to each question. An answer key is also provided with suggested answers. This project goes well with a Personal Finance, busin
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Personal Finance Project Bundle
Project-Based Learning: High School Current Events {Printable and Digital}
This high school current events project experience is a great way to study local and global issues as well as introduce self-directed project-based learning!Students will choose one current event topic of interest and design a self-directed project-based learning lesson plan around that topic using the guiding materials included in this resource.Students will work within the community, complete a project final product of their choosing (ideas available), and give an authentic presentation (ideas
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10th - 12th
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Also included in: High School Communications Curriculum Project-Based Learning Bundle
Franchise Web Quest and Research Activity
This Internet scavenger hunt and research activity are easy to use, engaging, and the perfect ready-to-go resource for your business ownership unit. High school students will set on a web quest to answer 11 questions that develop basic franchise vocabulary knowledge and explore interesting facts about franchises. Terminology covered includes: franchise, royalty fee, franchise agreement, and operating costs. Students will discover which industries tend to franchise, popular businesses that franch
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Forms of Business Ownership Activity Bundle
Types of Government Wanted Posters: A fun way to learn about political systems
This lesson is a fun way to teach your students about different political systems around the world throughout history and in modern times. Students can work independently or in small groups to research four different kinds of political leadership: dictatorship, monarchy, theocracy, and democracy.They need to complete independent research to find information about the following topics:Rise to power: How does this type of leader get chosen (are there fair elections, do they take power by force, or
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4th - 9th
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World Religions Project Mini Book for 5 Major Religions Social Studies Project
This is an engaging world religions project. Are you looking for a great cultural project? To demonstrate knowledge of the 5 major religions (Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism) in the world students will create a mini-book for one of the religions. By engaging in this interactive project, your students will gain exposure to other cultures and perspectives – making it an invaluable resource in any classroom setting!This is great for helping all students access grade level content!S
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8th - 10th
Native American Tribes Research Flipbook Project Native American Heritage Month
This makes a great project for Native American Heritage Month or Indigenous Peoples Day! Do your students need to learn about Native American culture and Native American history? Students will research Native American tribes with this flip book project! Students will research about the lives of early Native Americans, such as the food they ate, clothing they wore, and types of housing. This scaffolded flipbook is great for helping all students access grade level content! You can use this project
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8th - 11th
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Budget Project: Financial Literacy Application
Description:While one of our goals as educators is to prepare students for independent living, many students feel overwhelmed, underprepared, and uneducated about the realities of how to begin. This project allows students to research costs of living on their own while exploring topics of: BankingHousing - finding a living space, furnishing it, & paying for its utilitiesFood - creating a detailed meal plan, creating a shopping list, & calculating dining out costsTransportation - through
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10th - 12th
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Finding Proof-Text Evidence-Inferencing-Reading Comp/Famous YouTubers/CCSS
The Prove It Or Lose It product line is perfect for your 6th grade, 7th grade, and 8th grade ELA classes, as well as for providing support to your struggling 9th and 10th grade readers. This color-coded-text-evidence product teaches close reading and supports students in vocabulary development, making inferences, making predictions, finding text evidence, supporting their answers in using that text evidence, and synthesizing information without a lot of laborious writing, without inundating stud
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6th - 9th
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Geography: Central and South America Scavenger Hunt Intro Activity (Easel)
This lesson is easy enough for 5th graders to understand yet works well with students up to grade 12. Modifications can be made as needed. Get the Scavenger Hunt Bundle and Save HereStudents will find this scavenger hunt on Central and South America both fun and motivating, It will encourage students to examine the physical, political, economic, and cultural characteristics of Central and South America. This is the perfect introductory activity to begin your unit.For this activity, provide each
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5th - 12th
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Also included in: NEW! Geography Scavenger Hunt Bundle + 2 Freebies
City Research Project for Social Studies with Differentiated Options
Encourage students to learn about a different city in the world with this research project. *No Prep Necessary* This project has differentiated options to best fit your students' needs. Students will research specific facts about a city (either in the USA or around the world) and complete the packet. This is great for helping all students access grade level content!This City Research Project has been adapted to better support English language learners and students receiving special education ser
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7th - 10th
Women's Suffrage Biography Project for US History and Women's History Month
Students will research specific facts about one of the leaders of the Women's Suffrage Movement and create a poster about them for American History class. This also makes for a great Women's History Month project! Students will create a scaffolded research project about famous women in history Susan B. Anthony, Mary Church Terrell, Ida B. Wells, Sojourner Truth, Alice Paul, & Elizabeth Cady Stanton. These women in history biography templates are great for helping all students access grade le
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8th - 11th
World Religions Chart for 5 Major Religions and Cultural Geography
This world religions chart helps teach students about the 5 major religions that are popular around the world. Students complete this chart & write descriptions of each of the 5 Major Religions (Islam, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Judaism). This is great for helping all students access grade level content!There are many options for how to use this chart. You can assign students to complete the chart using notes or the Internet, you can complete the chart as a whole class notes activity,
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8th - 11th
Founding Fathers Biography Poster Project for US History and Government
Looking for Founding Fathers activities? Students will research specific facts about one of the Founding Fathers that established United States democracy and create a poster about them for American History or Government class. Students will complete a scaffolded research project about George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin. This is also a great project for Constitution Day! Students will research how these Founding Fathers influe
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7th - 10th
Womens History Month 10 Women in STEM Biography Research Activity Cubes Project
Students will celebrate and learn about 10 of the most accomplished Women in STEM with this creative Biography Research Activity Cube! Give to your students for homework, or to complete as a Women's History Month research project. This is a perfect activity for early finishers or to expand on your students' historical and scientific knowledge. Students can choose, decorate and complete six side templates to create their own unique cube combination with 10 women and 8 research activities to choos
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1st - 12th
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Current Events Research Project | Presentation | Scaffolded Lesson Grades 7-12
Are you wondering where to start when teaching your middle and high school students about world current events and currents in the US government? This choice-based research project and presentation will give you and your students step-by-step directions. There are checkpoints so you can assign mini due dates throughout the assignment. Also included is an entire example presentation to help students visualize how they will be putting together their research. I use this in my special education cla
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8th - 11th
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Rhetorical Analysis: Ethos, Pathos, Logos, I Have a Dream Speech, MLK, CCSS
Teach your students to analyze ethos, pathos, logos, and various rhetorical devices by analyzing Martin Luther King Jr.'s (MLK's) famous speech, "I Have a Dream." Dr. King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech is an important part of any unit of study, whether you're using it to teach U.S. history, rhetoric, speech and debate, Civil Rights, or to celebrate MLK Day. This multi-day worksheet is designed to help students understand the background and context behind this famous speech, practice CCSS alig
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9th - 12th
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Famous African American Inventors Flipbook Black History Month Project
Do you need a biography project about famous Black inventors and scientists? This makes a great Black History Month project. Students will research famous African American inventors with this flipbook project! You can use this as a STEM project!This scaffolded flip book is great for helping all students access grade level content! Students will research inventors like Sarah Boone, Garrett Morgan, Alexander Miles, Lewis Latimer, George Washington Carver, and more with this fun and engaging projec
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7th - 10th
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HS-ETS1-3
Black History Month Biographies List of 100 African Americans Research Project
This resource contains a ready-to-use printable list of 100 notable Black Americans who made contributions to American History. You get 1 list categorized by men/women, and another list categorized by profession. The same 100 names are on both lists. Use the organized and categorized lists to assign research projects, “wax museum” personalities, or Black History Month projects for the class. Create and share research to promote stories of American accomplishment, hope and inspiration through di
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff, Not Grade Specific
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Renaissance and Reformation Branches of Protestantism Jigsaw Activity
Assign students into small groups to learn about and organize the 4 Branches of the Protestant Reformation with this interactive lesson resource. Students will be engaged, will have the content they need on the Branches of Protestantism, and will have everything neatly organized for further study.Included: Lutheranism Reading CardCalvinism Reading CardAnabaptists Reading CardAnglicanism Reading CardStudent OrganizerStudent Wrap-up Questions Using Jigsaw Activity Format:Students will read the car
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6th - 12th
Psychology Research Methods Project & Rubric
In order to apply their learning of psychological research methods to the world around them, students will form their own questions and conduct their own research to answer them. Students will create a presentation of their research and findings and share it with the class. Included:Individual instructions and research guide Group instructions and research guide Presentation rubric specific to this project2022 APA National Standards for High School Psychology Curricula:Scientific Inquiry and Res
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Science of Psychology - Introduction to Psychology Activity Bundle
WWI Projects, World War I Research and Writing Projects, Timeline and Vocabulary
World War I Writing and Research projects with a Complete WWI Timeline, Vocabulary and Causes of WWI Handout! Nine thought provoking projects from scoring an interview with a unique WWI figure, comparing Military's, to writing about the U-Boat dilemma to writing about the impact on the United States; the projects are engaging and challenging. Rubric included.Perfect for distance learning as well.Included with This Resource:Nine Challenging Research and Writing WWI ProjectsComplete WWI Timeline
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5th - 9th
NO PREP - Italy - Country Study
This 23 PAGE, NO PREP Country Study / Project on ITALY covers the following topics:•Italy – Quick Facts•Where in the world is Italy?•The Italian Government•The Eternal City•Italian Tourist Attractions•Italian Food•Italian Culture and Traditions•Famous Italians and Italian Brands•Italian GeographyA Memo with suggested answers is inlcuded.Also have a look at:Germany - Country StudyGermany - Culture, Customs and TraditionsSpain - Country StudyFrance - Country StudySouth Africa - Country StudyThail
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6th - 10th
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