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Common Core CCRA.R.4 simulations
Economics Resources: A Bundle of Engaging Resources On Money, Economy, & More
This bundle includes a variety of 9 economic resources from my store that you can add to your various economic units. With a total of 9 fantastic resources on economics, you will be saving 25% by getting this bundled version instead of purchasing the resources individually! That's like getting a few products for FREE! Products included are seen above! Enjoy!Thank You!Thanks so much for stopping by! It's great to meet you! I hope this resource adds value to your classroom. If you have time, I'd
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Dust Bowl Mystery: Inquiry-Based Intro. to Great Depression!
The Great Depression and The Dust Bowl have fascinated kids and adults for years. Use this mystery to harness that fascination and engage students in an inquiry-based investigation that they will remember all year long!This lesson is SO FUN when used as an introduction to a unit about The Great Depression. I let them try to solve the mystery first and THEN tell them that our next unit will be about The Great Depression. It's the perfect way to get them asking questions and build genuine curiosit
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4th - 8th
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The Most Dangerous Game Mock Trial
After being hunted for three days by General Zaroff, Sanger Rainsford is now on trial and being charged for Zaroff's murder. Was Rainsford truly acting in self-defense, or did he willfully and intentionally kill General Zaroff and feed him to his hounds? Your students will RAVE about this mock trial based on Connell's short story "The Most Dangerous Game"! What better way to get students to practice literary analysis, argument development, and speaking and listening skills than with a mock trial
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Crusades Simulation Middle Ages Medieval Europe Feudalism Activity
Are you struggling to get your students engaged and excited about your Middle Ages Unit? Then use this no prep simulation to transport your students back in time to the First Crusade! Students will role play as reporters as they interview pilgrims and knights, recording information about battles, Crusaders' motivations, routes taken to the Holy Land and the war's long term impacts. They will also evaluate whether the Crusaders’ actions go against Christian teachings and whether knights gained we
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6th - 7th
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Also included in: Medieval & Middle Ages Simulation & Project Bundle Simulation Reading
The First Crusade Map & Simulation Middle Ages Medieval Europe Feudalism BUNDLE
Are you looking for a way to introduce the Crusades to your students and get more engagement? Then let your students create a map of the First Crusade then transport them back in time to the First Crusade! Maps are also a nice change of pace for classes. They are great for direct instruction or independent work. Students need practice reading maps and recognizing shapes. And yes, they still need practice creating visual representations of information with their hands. Your students will love tak
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6th - 7th
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The Tell-Tale Heart Mock Trial
Assembled here are eight individual resources used with 8th graders to conduct a mock trial based on Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart”. For my classes, this was a major-fun!- culminating project in the 2nd trimester. However, I think it could easily be adapted to other purposes, including part of an existing unit on mock trials or a short project within a short story unit.
The key skills addressed with this unit are using evidence from text to build and make an argument, as well as speak
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8th - 12th
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Reader's Theater: Honoring the Heroes of September 11th
Students will actively engage in dialogue that will increase their awareness of the events surrounding September 11th through a kid sensitive script based on a true story focusing on the human spirit. Stitches of Love tells the sweet story of the power of healing provided through a rescued flag from Ground Zero and the journey it made around our country to its final resting place in the 9/11 Memorial. By providing 16 individual parts, more students will have a chance to practice fluency, use th
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3rd - 6th
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Stuck in School Fun Simulation Game (Critical Thinking, Problem Solving)
This resource is an editable, fun simulation game in which students work in groups to survive scenarios. The scene is set as the students being stuck in school overnight, with all windows and doors barricaded. If any school personnel catches them, they will die/lose. Groups must strategize tactful ways out of the situations to make it through all 12 scenarios and survive the game.
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5th - 12th
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Medieval & Middle Ages Simulation & Project Bundle Simulation Reading
Need to boost student engagement in your Middle Ages Empires Unit? Then let your students role play feudalism as lords, knights, serf and vassals, report on the Crusades, investigate Charlemagne and build a 3D medieval castle!Feudalism Simulation - Transform your students into lords, knights, vassals and serfs as they simulate the development of European feudalism and battle for the control of the classroom! Crusades Simulation - Transport your students back in time to the First Crusade! Studen
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6th - 8th
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Ancient Rome Empire Activity & Project Bundle - Simulation Reading Comprehension
Need to boost student engagement in your Roman Empire Unit? Then use these interactive resources & take your Roman Empire Unit to the next level! Transport students to the Roman Senate, investigate Augustus and build Roman achievements!Roman Senate Simulation - Students role play as Roman senators in this highly interactive and competitive simulation.Augustus Legacy Investigation - Students investigate whether Augustus had a positive or negative legacy on the Roman Republic & Empire! Leg
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6th - 7th
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Medieval China Activity & Project Bundle - Simulation Reading Comprehension
Need to boost student engagement in your Medieval China Unit? Then use these interactive resources & take your Medieval China Unit to the next level! Transport students to the Silk Road, let them grade the Tang Dynasty and build a Chinese Palace similar the the Forbidden City. Silk Road Simulation - Students are suddenly transported back in time to ancient or medieval China during the Han/ Tang Dynasties. Students must work together to travel the Silk Road in order to return home. Decline an
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6th - 7th
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Medieval Japan Activity & Project Bundle - Simulation Reading Comprehension
Need to boost student engagement in your Middle Ages Empires Unit? Then let your students grade Japan, role play feudalism as daimyo, samurais, serfs and vassals, report on the Crusades, investigate Tokugawa Ieyausu and build a 3D Buddhist - Shinto Temple!Japan Shogunate Report Card - Transform your students into daimyos, samurais, vassals and serfs as well the Tokugawa Shogunate they simulate the development of Japanese feudalism and battle for the control of the classroom!Japanese Feudalism Si
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6th - 7th
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Medieval West African Empires Activity & Project Bundle - Simulation Reading
Need to boost student engagement in your West African Trading Empires Unit? Then let your students grade the Mali & Songhai Empires, experience the fall of the Mali and build a West African mosque!Mali & Songhai Empires Report Cards - Students will read thematic reading passages about the Mali & Songhai Empires. They will then become experts by answering questions based on each theme. Finally, students will then demonstrate their expertise by grading each theme, calculating the civil
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6th - 8th
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Medieval China Activity & Project Bundle - Simulation Reading Comprehension
Need to boost student engagement in your Medieval China Unit? Then use these interactive resources & take your Medieval China Unit to the next level! Transport students to the Silk Road, let them grade the Song Dynasty, determine whether Kublai Khan had a positive or negative legacy and build a Chinese Palace similar the the Forbidden City. Silk Road Simulation - Students are suddenly transported back in time to ancient or medieval China during the Han/ Tang Dynasties. Students must work tog
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6th - 7th
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Ancient India Activity & Simulation Bundle - Simulation Reading Comprehension
Need to boost student engagement in your India Civilizations & Empires Unit? Then let your students grade the Maurya Empire, evaluate their happiness as they study Buddhism, learn the symbolism of Hinduism and experience the decline of the Maurya Empire!Hinduism Reading Comprehension Activity - Students will learn the basic beliefs of Hinduism The will then develop their understanding of the symbolism of four of the main Hindu gods: Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva and Ganesh by reading four passages.
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6th - 8th
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Ancient Aztec Inca Activity & Project Bundle - Simulation Reading Comprehension
Need to boost student engagement in your Aztec & Inca Empires Unit? Then let your students grade the Aztec & Inca Empires, experience the fall of the Aztec and build a step pyramid!Aztec & Inca Empires Report Cards - Students will read thematic reading passages about the Aztec & Inca Empires. They will then become experts by answering questions based on each theme. Finally, students will then demonstrate their expertise by grading each theme, calculating the civilization's GPA an
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6th - 8th
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Great Depression: Can You Survive?
Choose your own Great Depression adventure! Students learn a bit about the general global context of the late 1920's/1930's, and then can choose to do a deeper exploration of four countries: Japan, Germany, USA, and Mexico. Each country has a wealth of resources to choose from, allowing students to see how sometimes poverty and war were inescapable. A small worksheet is included in this bundle with 5 questions, allowing students to still process what they've learned, but not feel the pressure t
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9th - 12th
Teaching the Argument: Sample Argument Response
This document is a color-coded sample response of the previously posted sample argument task for the NYS English Regents exam. The colors correlate with the cheat sheet, which is the third document needed to fully teach students how to successfully compose a Part 2 response to the NYS English Regents exam.
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9th - 12th
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Teaching the Argument: Breaking Down Part 2 of the NYS English Regents Exam
This array will provide you with instant handouts for your learners and includes:Sample Argument TaskArgument Cheat SheetSample Argument Response
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9th - 12th
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Animal Research Adopting a Pet STEM +Word Search CCSS Grades 2-5 Print and Teach
Open the preview to explore this STEM-inspired animal research unit. This activity challenges students to think critically as they choose an unconventional pet from the extensive animal kingdom, embracing the fun and absurdity of the task.Included Resources:An optional cover to personalize student materials.A detailed task description to guide students through the project.Definitions of classifications within the animal kingdom to enhance understanding.A section to formulate hypotheses, encourag
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2nd - 5th
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Hip-hop Shakespeare Debate: Templates, Rubric, Research, Slides
I developed the Hip-hop Shakespeare Debate after thinking carefully about relevance for my students. This debate answers a question I struggled with for years: How can I get my students to authentically engage with Shakespeare's language and how language exposes cultural/societal norms? The Hip-hop Shakespeare debate not only addresses student relevance, it also engages students with the cognitively demanding, novel task of defending a hip-hop artist as "the Shakespeare of our time" with a defen
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Teaching the Argument: Sample Argument Task
This file provides teachers with a sample argument task for the English Regents.
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9th - 12th
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Lord of the Flies: Call in Radio Show: Interactive Assessment acting as the boys
You've finished Lord of the Flies. You can discuss each symbol lecture-style or you can do this interactive role-playing call-in radio show (or talk show or podcast) where every student uses either pre-written roles that are meant to dive deeper into the symbols and complexity of the characters' actions or pre-written questions for the characters on the stage. It's fun. It's funny. Students leave the classroom after this lesson with deeper understanding of the symbolism, the characters, and the
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Not Grade Specific
Ancient China Simulation & Activity BUNDLE - Reading Comprehension
Need to boost student engagement in your Ancient China Unit? Then use these interactive resources & take your Ancient China Unit to the next level! Transport students to the Silk Road & let students grade the Qin & Han Dynasties! Silk Road Simulation - Students are suddenly transported back in time to ancient or medieval China during the Han/ Tang Dynasties. Students must work together to travel the Silk Road in order to return home. Decline and Fall of the Han Dynasty - Students wor
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6th - 7th
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