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Teach Students How To Research
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4th - 9th
Dream Vacation Project - Cross Curricular Activity - Great for End of the Year
Congratulations! You have been selected by the Blue Waters and Sandy Beaches Travel Agency to participate in a dream vacation contest! Imagine if you could go anywhere within the United States. Where would you go? How would you get there? What would you do? These questions and more will need to be researched and answered. Use your persuasive and informative skills to plan out your trip, put together a convincing presentation, and prove to the travel agency that your trip is the best dream va
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5th - 12th
Human Rights Violations Research Project (Presentation or Infographic)
In this project, students will review the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights to research a country's specific human rights violation. Students will conduct research using Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International to create a presentation or an infographic that reviews:Location of where the violation is occurringThe specific violationThe role of the United NationsWhy is this occurringThe significanceSolutions➡️The presentation is designed to be a group project. However, it c
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8th - 12th
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US History Timeline Activity | Editable | American History | Printable & Digital
Review learning with this editable US History timeline activity! Full-size pennant flags covering 50 major events in U.S. history from 1607-1914 are included! Each pennant flag template highlights a major U.S. event and the corresponding historical date. Students are required to provide a short summary and illustration of the event in the designated space provided. Two editable blank flag templates are also included for you to add your own events. The timeline can be created at any point in
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5th - 9th
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Student Loans and Financial Aid Unit Bundle
High school students will soon be faced with the realities of paying for higher education. Give them the tools they need to make educated decisions about their financial future. This product contains a Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation, 2 graphic organizers (FREE), 2 internet research activities, a scenario-based activity, a write the room scavenger hunt and an article writing activity with a rubric. This lesson covers student loans and other financial aid options. Start with a PowerPoint Presen
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7th - 12th
Gallery Walk & Presentation Feedback Form for any Project, Handout Peer Review
This Gallery Walk & Presentation Feedback Form/Handout is something I use anytime students participate in a gallery walk activity and I want them to complete a peer review/engage meaningfully with the work of their peers. I value gallery walks in the classroom because they provide a great opportunity for students to celebrate, admire, and learn from the work of their peers. This Gallery Walk and Presentation Peer Review Feedback Form can be completed with any grade level and works for all su
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4th - 12th
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Halloween Short Research Project: Myths, Ghosts, & Legends Media Presentation
With this standards-based short research task AND a digital media presentation project, your middle and high school students will be 100% engaged on Halloween. Student Experience: Students will be assigned a myth from their state or from a state in the US. They will research and create a media presentation to share their findings. This type of assignment is very flexible and is 100% editable. It could be used to teach MLA and research, review MLA, conclude a unit on Dark Romantic or Gothic lit
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6th - 12th
Also included in: Research Writing Unit, Curriculum BUNDLE+
#Activism Research Project: Perfect for Social Justice/Informational Text Unit
Thanks to social media and trending hashtags, modern activism movements look much different than the activism of the past. This project is a great addition to any study of activism, social justice, social movements, informational text, or just as a stand-alone research project. It is crucially important we teach students how to research and understand the movements of their generation so they can actively participate in the dialogue that is taking place all around them. Understanding the current
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Food Truck Step-by-Step Business Plan Project
The business plan can be a challenge for high school students to create. This project breaks down the content into manageable lessons and applies course content knowledge with a fun and engaging food truck theme. This product provides step-by-step instructions for creating a business plan with definitions for each section, detailed instructions for how to get started creating a business plan, a sample business plan, and a detailed rubric for grading the business plan. Also included are instructi
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9th - 12th
Also included in: Food Truck Business Simulation Semester Project Bundle
Business Plan Entrepreneurship Project (Grade 9-12)
This assignment requires students to develop a business plan for their own company. During this assignment, students will learn about what to consider as well as the process of starting a business. Students will complete this assignment step by step from the beginning stages of development to the final stages of execution. This is designed to be a teacher-led walkthrough with the gradual release of responsibility. This resource is appropriate for Grade 9-12 students for a business, marketing, en
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9th - 12th
Also included in: High School BUSINESS Projects and Lessons Bundle (Grades 9-12)
McCarthyism Internet Scavenger Hunt - The Crucible
This graphic organizer asks students to research for answers to prompts about The Red Scare and McCarthyism. This introduction lays the foundation for Arthur Miller's The Crucible.
It is presented as a Word document so you may alter to fit your instruction or scaffold for struggling learners.
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9th - 12th
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Psychology Final Project "Who am I?" Two Different Project Options
AP Psychology and regular psychology end of the year project to wrap up all that the students have studied of the course of the year.
This creative project will allow students to take a more in depth look at themselves and how their personal experiences relate to a wide variety of psychological concepts.
There are project two options to look at; one takes a more creative approach to self-analysis, while the second option is a purely written reflection. You can choose one to assign or give both
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9th - 12th
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Myers-Briggs Personality Type & Career | High School Research Paper Writing Unit
A synthesis research project. Use this unit to help your students explore one of 16 personality types and synthesize information from multiple sources and guide your students through a research paper. Students must include a (1) description of their Myers-Briggs personality type including its characteristics, strengths, weaknesses, and frequency in the population, (2) ideal career and professional options for the personality type, and (3) well-known individuals with the same personality type fro
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9th - 12th
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Teach Students To Become Expert Researchers And Avoid Fake News
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4th - 10th
First Nations Residential Schools: 'The Rights of a Child' (61 slides)
First Nations Residential Schools: the Rights of a Child has been developed to support the current Canadian curriculum standards. I have been using this presentation with classes from Grade 3 to Grade 12. It is an easy way to step in to the topic of Residential Schools with students. Teachers can choose one or more of the suggested post projects depending on the level of the students.You will need to have a copy of the book 'When I was Eight' by Margret Pokiak-Fenton. Or you can view a read alou
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5th - 12th
Credit Card Project
Students will compare and contrast potential credit cards options in this web based research project. This project has 3 different assignments designed to give students hands on experience in shopping for credit cards and understanding the positives and negatives associated with credit cards. Students must analyze rewards (benefits) and choose a card that best fits their spending style. Students must also analyze the negatives of interest rates and minimum payments. Product includes links t
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9th - 12th
Economics Personal Finance Minimum Wage Assignment - Poor Man's Budget
This assignment is called the Poor Man's Budget. This assignment forces students to work 40 hours a week at minimum wage. They must calculate their gross pay, taxes, net pay, and all of their expenses. They must choose an actual place to live online, pay transportation, food costs, utilities, etc. They must determine whether they are in debt or not, make changes if needed, and summarize what they learn from the assignment. This Word Document sets up the assignment with students and makes it easy
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7th - 12th
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High School BUSINESS Projects and Lessons Bundle (Grades 9-12)
This is the ULTIMATE business bundle for secondary school teachers in Ontario and the rest of Canada. The 12 resources included are all in Google Slides™/Google Docs™ format, which makes them ideal for both in-person and remote learners as they can be completed digitally or printed. These resources would work for Grade 9 and 10 Introduction to Business (BBI1O, BBI2O), Grade 11 Entrepreneurship (BDI3C) and Marketing (BMI3C), as well as Grade 12 International Business (BBB4M) and Business Leadersh
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9th - 12th
Thesis Statement
Use this worksheet to help students plan a thesis statement for a research paper. The thesis worksheet guides students to use three main points and meld them together in one sentence for a thesis statement. Effective scaffolding for students with writing accommodations and modifications or first-time writers! These handouts model sentence-by-sentence, paragraph-by-paragraph the basic structure of a five paragraph research paper.Use this worksheet in conjunction with the other 6 that I have pos
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Gallery Walk: Stalin’s Soviet Union
This is a great one day Gallery Walk that provides students with general background knowledge about life in the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin. I like to print out the information on a colored printer and then laminate them before we display them around the room. Getting students moving keeps students engaged for me! You can also do this lesson in its original digital format, with students filling in the chart as they learn!What’s Included?✏️ Short Reading For 13 Different Stations✏️ Graphic
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9th - 12th
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Friday the 13th & Other Superstitions: PowerPoint Presentation & Research Task
Friday the ThirteenthStudents love to discuss cultural superstitions, wondering where they came from, what they mean, and debating if there is any validity to them. I originally created this PowerPoint for a fun one-off lesson that I use any time I teach on a Friday the 13th (be it in English or Socials, Psychology, or Art).We go through various superstitions and discover their origins as a class. Students access background knowledge, make predictions, and discuss/debate their ideas. But, ove
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
Investigate the Teacher First Day Activity - Editable
Hook your students from day 1 with this Investigate the Teacher activity! Get your students thinking and using inferencing skills as they learn more about their new teacher!
This product includes clear, easy-to-follow directions and incorporates writing (with sentence stems) to get your students thinking and writing from the first day of school!
The product is fully editable as a powerpoint document. It can easily be modified up or down for different grade levels!
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3rd - 12th
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Mini Black History Research Project - Notable Musician Presentation
Quick mini-research Black History Month project to highlight notable African American musiciansPRODUCT DESCRIPTION: • Over 50 names of notable musicians to research! • Super quick project to incorporate Black History into your classroom!• Assign in Google Classroom or Apple Classroom!Time is something that teachers never have enough of! This is a quick and easy mini-research project for students to present information on notable African American musicians. Students will learn about musicians tha
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3rd - 9th
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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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