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Bobblehead Biography Project
Use “Bobblehead Biographies” to tackle informational writing in your classroom AND (more importantly) make history come alive for your students!
The “Bobblehead Biography Project” will immediately capture the attention of your kiddos (plus anyone else walking by) while promoting important skills like:
•Reading comprehension
•Summarizing + drawing inferences
•Informational writing
•Research
Create adorable art while setting the stage for purpose-driven writing + high-interest reading!
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K - 12th
Journalism: Fact-Finding Scavenger Hunt Activity
One vital aspect of being a successful reporter is learning how and where to find factual information. With this activity, middle school and high school students will use any source that they can, i.e. the internet, the telephone, in-person interviews, etc., to figure out the needed information. An answer key is included. This product offers students the chance to exhibit a number of reporting skills. Although I use this activity for a Journalism 1 class, teachers could also use this in any l
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6th - 12th
Also included in: Journalism Activities & Lessons Bundle: Beginning & Advanced Students
Veterans Day Activities & Crafts: Patriotic Agamograph Project & Bulletin Board
Honor our military veterans during Veterans Day, Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, Patriot Day (9/11), and other patriotic holidays, by creating this easy-to-make project that you can display in your classroom or school hallway.This ready-to-go, time-saving project becomes a beautiful, kinesthetic display that transforms from the image of a saluting veteran into the image of an American bald eagle. Students will love creating this easy-to-make agamograph using the color-by-number templates. And as
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: 10 Patriotic Activities and Crafts: Patriotic Holidays BUNDLE (Save 30%)
Hispanic Heritage Month Activities — 27 Famous Latinx and/or Hispanic Americans
Great bulletin board! Whether you're preparing for Hispanic American Month or learning about famous Americans who have made a difference, this cut-color-and-create project is a must have! Great art and writing project. Ready-to-go templates for 27 famous Hispanic Americans make this a classroom-ready activity. Easy-to-follow directions — with photographs. Display the Hispanic Americans People Books on a wall or bulletin board to make a dazzling display.Each figure has 4 templates. Simply color,
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3rd - 8th
Egyptian Mythology: Gods and Goddesses Ancient Egypt Bulletin Board Project
Ra Ra Ra! Are there any stories more exciting than those pulled from the mythologies of ancient cultures? Students will love learning about Egyptian gods and goddesses as they create Big Galoots of these fascinating figures. Choose from 15 different gods and goddesses, and invite students to learn their mythologies. Have them color and cut the ready-to-go Big Galoot templates and write about what they learned on the back side of the figure. Then hang the Big Galoots on a bulletin board or across
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4th - 8th
The Amazing Race: Classroom Edition (Includes Customizable Clue Templates)
This student-driven game includes 50 pages of racing material that will take your students on a fun-filled, virtual tour of 6 continents!
The Amazing Race: Classroom Edition is a game in which multiple teams of two or three students compete in a race with one another. Teams strive to arrive first at "pit stops," located at the end of each leg, to avoid coming in last. The clues provided during each leg lead the teams to the next destination or direct them to perform a task. These tasks are perf
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6th - 12th
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Colonial America 13 Colonies Recruitment Poster Research & Art Project
I use this art project as a final project to conclude our study of the 13 Colonies. It can also be adapted as a small research project. The assignment entails creating a recruitment poster focusing on one of the 13 colonies or a famous settlement like Jamestown or Plymouth.Included in this project are the Student Handout, which provides detailed directions and requirements, as well as a section for students to brainstorm and sketch their poster. Additionally, there is a Basic Information documen
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4th - 8th
Inquiry-Based Endangered Animal Research Project
Inquiry-based learning is a student-centered and teacher-guided instruction approach. It empowers students to become critical thinkers. It increases students’ ability to develop a deep understanding of content while increasing students’ intellectual engagement.
Students start by brainstorming endangered animals and why they would like to research those animals. Then, students pose questions about their endangered animals. Students go through the research process by finding sources and info
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4th - 8th
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Anzac Day Activities and Crafts: Australia and New Zealand History Projects
Remember the heroes! Anzac Day is the most patriotic and solemn of Australian/New Zealand holidays. It is the day we commemorate the heroes who gave their lives in service to their country.This ready-to-go, time-saving project becomes a beautiful, kinesthetic display that transforms from the image of a saluting veteran into the image of poppies. Students will love creating this easy-to-make agamograph using the color-by-number templates. And as a bonus, you’ll get four Anzac Day-themed stationer
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: ANZAC DAY Activities Bundle! TWO Hands-on Writing and Art Projects
The Critical Thinking Toolkit: DESIGN SPRINT (Design Thinking Activity)
Give your classes the critical thinking tools and frameworks they need to think through big, complicated issues, as well as training them to reflect on their own thinking patterns and behaviours!Design Sprints are creative problem-solving tools for moving your student’s thinking forward a lot in a small amount of time (1-2 hours) by taking them through a series of timed brainstorming, feedback, and iteration sessions. The logic behind them is that it’s better to test and figure out all the thing
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: THE CRITICAL THINKING BUNDLE
Famous Artist Research Project - Research Paper Assignment
This editable Famous Artist Research Project is a great way to help middle school or high school students dive deeper into learning about an artist. This research paper and artwork assignment can be used for:Art and art history classesSpanish, French, or other language classes studying artists who speak that language (but please note this resource is entirely in English)Helping students learn more about Black artists during Black History Month, Hispanic artists during Hispanic Heritage Month, o
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6th - 9th
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Artist Research Project - PBL
If you would like to purchase the 100% EDITABLE version of this product, click here! Great for differentiation!For thousands of years, artists have been communicating ideas, beautifying spaces, and generating strong emotions from the artwork that they create. Since many artists get inspiration from their personal experiences, studying an artist can provide great insight into their work. From the reclusive and volatile personality of Jackson Pollock, to the sensitive and mathematical mind of Geor
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5th - 9th
Artist Study - Research Worksheet with list of 100 Artist
This artist research assignment was designed for students to demonstrate their independent research skills while reinforcing their knowledge of the Elements of Art and Principles of Design. Students are asked to research basic background information about an assigned artist, select a piece of their work and identify the element of Art and Principle of Design in the piece. I use this worksheet as a weekly research assignment, but this could also be a great substitute assignment if your students
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4th - 12th
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Spring Break Project: Plan a Trip
Product Description: Plan A Trip Project Based Learning, Staycation or VacationResearch, organize, and plan a staycation or vacation. An eight step guide walks students through their project. Brainstorming, traveler interests, itinerary, expenses, web research, scoring guide, and awards are all part of this no prep unit. Unit culminates with a presentation on their planned trip, complete with award certificates for audience or teacher chosen favorites. Students can choose a driving vacation wi
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5th - 9th
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Ancient Egypt Activities BUNDLE: 15 Gods and Goddesses & 2 Collaborative Posters
Save when you buy the bundle of THREE favorites from GravoisFare—Egyptian Mythology: Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt--15 BIG GALOOTSANDAncient Egypt Collaborative PosterANDThe Great Sphinx of Giza Collaborative PosterClick here to follow my store to be notified when new products are released.Click Here To Follow GravoisFareEGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY: GODS AND GODDESSES OF ANCIENT EGYPTRa Ra Ra! Are there any stories more exciting than those pulled from the mythologies of ancient cultures? Students w
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4th - 8th
Ceramic Artist Research Worksheets
This is a 2-page worksheet that prompts students to research a ceramic artist or potter. Students can choose their own artist to research or can select from a provided list (make sure to screen the list of ceramicists for age-appropriateness before giving it to your students). This works well as a sub lesson or as part of your Ceramics curriculum.The worksheet includes questions and prompts as well as a drawing/sketching section.Included in this file:- 2-page worksheet (pdf)- 1-page list of arti
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7th - 12th
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Year-Long Art Lessons Art Task Cards, 190 Drawing Prompts, Art Activities Gr 5-8
190 Year-Long Daily Art Tasks and Art Lessons that practice the Elements of Art and Creativity for Grades5 to 8 or upper Elementary and Middle School are perfect for year-long art practice and to reinforce Art Making Skills, the Elements of Art, art education concepts and techniques, and Creative Thinking and Experimentation learned in your classroom through a Choice-Based, Flexible Learning approach. Use these art lessons as a mini-lesson or exploration, practicing learned art techniques or ski
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5th - 8th
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ABCs of the Revolutionary War Activity: Mini-Research Reports and Bulletin Board
Down and dirty, easy peasy! These ABC Research Reports make it easy to cover a broad range of information about the American Revolution. After researching a topic related to the American Revolution, students will use the Art and Writing Banners to illustrate and write about what they learned. The ABC Banners make a colorful bulletin board filled with facts and history.You’ll get TWO banners for each letter of the alphabet that focus on different topics related to the Revolutionary War, such as—A
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4th - 8th
Natural Disasters Collaborative Poster --- Bulletin Board and Writing Activity
Avoid the disaster of a boring classroom! Students will erupt with excitement as they work together to create a large, colorful poster that they can display in the classroom or hallway.25 color-by-number, 7.5-inch tiles of paper join together to create a beautiful 3-foot-square poster that features the icons of 13 different natural disasters (volcano, earthquake, hurricane, tornado, tsunami, wildfire, avalanche, blizzard, meteor, drought, flood, pestilence, and landslide). Students will love cre
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3rd - 8th
Civil War Projects, Activities, and Bulletin Board (Big Galoots and ABC Banners)
Hands down, these are the best hands-on activities for studying the Civil War! Students will learn about famous people, exciting places, and important events related to the Civil War when you buy these two GravoisFare favorites!CIVIL WAR BIG GALOOTS andABCs OF THE CIVIL WARCIVIL WAR: 13 BIG GALOOTSStudents will love learning about the turbulent lives of THIRTEEN famous figures from the Civil War and responding to what they learn by creating a Big Galoot for each of these fascinating men and wome
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4th - 8th
Inquiry Based Learning Project: CLIMATE CHANGE
An Inquiry Based Learning Project your students are going to love!Climate change has been a topic of discussion and debate, under various titles, for many decades. With an increase in droughts and flooding, ecologically forced human migration, and the melting of ice sheets globally, climate change is obviously a major issue. But if we know it's a problem, why is so hard to solve?! With the ability to look at climate change scientifically, politically, socially, economically, or any combination o
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6th - 12th
Also included in: THE INQUIRY BASED LEARNING RESEARCH BUNDLE
THE INQUIRY BASED LEARNING RESEARCH BUNDLE
All of our Inquiry Based Learning Research projects, all in one place, and all %50 off the regular price! All products have digital and printable hard copy formats.This bundle is a growing package, so purchasing it now at the lower price will lock you in for all of the future additions (over the next few months) for free!Each project includes 16 pages of the Inquiry Learning Process Explanation, Brainstorming, 5 Vetted Background Information Sources pertaining to their individual topic, a Later
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6th - 12th
Natural Disasters COMPREHENSIVE BUNDLE of all products related to this topic
I am utterly fascinated by Natural Disasters! Volcanoes, earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, and floods? Bring 'em on! Tsunamis, droughts, and avalanches? I love learning about them!Natural Disasters was one of my all-time favorite topics to teach when I taught fifth grade. And the students ate it up every year. That must be why I turn to this subject again and again as I develop new products for my store GravoisFare.After developing so many products, I thought I would put together a COMPREHENSI
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4th - 8th
Project-Based Learning: Real-World Student-Produced Ideas That Make a Difference
Project-based learning activity is entitled "Make a Difference" because it challenges students to select an issue in their school, community, nation, or world that concerns them. They research this issue and write a report explaining statistics and logical information to support the need for their project to be implemented, how their project will be carried out in detail, the desired outcomes, and how they will measure the project’s success. Then, they fill out a grant proposal, create two art
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8th - 12th
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