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Common Core RI.11-12.3 simulations
Unsolved Crimes:Complete Series of 4 Cases
The Unsolved Crimes Series consists of the following cases: Deathboat, Slime 9, Curse of the Mummy, and Alien Invasion.
Case Overviews:
Slime 9: Professor Tarling developed Slime 9 as a means to protect his country from its neighboring enemies – a weapon of peace. Yet it could just as easily be used as a weapon of war – if it fell into the wrong hands. When Tarling ends up dead questions arise as to how he died and who was involved.
Deathboat: When multimillion dollar lottery winner, Waverl
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8th - 12th
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Dealing with Murder Series: 2 Cases - Fatal Error and Dead & Breakfast
NOTE: While generally similar in process to the Unsolved Crimes cases, the Dealing with Murder cases have one significant difference. Rather than being given all of the case information at once, the information in the Dealing with Murder cases is provided in four sections in an effort to be more realistic and better represent the process of an actual investigation.
The Dealing with Murder cases merge science and literacy as students are required to be critical and active readers as they conduc
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7th - 12th
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Unsolved Crimes Series: Deathboat Case
Deathboat Case Overview: When multimillion dollar lottery winner, Waverly Berg is pulled from the ocean the question is, “How did she die?” Was it an unfortunate accident caused by seasickness or could it be that someone on board the luxury ship wanted her to take her last swim?All of the cases in the Unsolved Crimes Series merge science and literacy as students are required to become critical and active readers as they conduct their investigation. Beginning with an evaluation of the crime scene
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9th - 12th
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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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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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Mastering the Prisoner's Dilemma: Dynamic Classroom Game
Introducing "Mastering the Prisoner's Dilemma: Dynamic Classroom Game" – an innovative lesson plan and immersive game designed to captivate students' minds while exploring the intriguing realm of the Prisoner's Dilemma. This comprehensive package combines an informational text, engaging multiple-choice questions, a thought-provoking Socratic seminar, an immersive simulation, and stimulating essay prompts. Teachers, get ready to transform your classroom into an arena of critical thinking and stra
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Did My Bill Pass? – A Model Legislature
Hot off the press and updated for the 118th Congress (January 2023), your class can have fun being Congress!This activity gives your students the chance to be Congress while watching the actual Congress at work.I’ve used the newly apportioned House districts (after the 2020 census) and the current line-up of Democrats and Republicans in the House and Senate so your class can closely approximate the makeup of the actual Congress.The students elect congressional leaders, represent regions of the U
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Angles and Demons: A Journalist/Bystander/Police Simulation about Evidence
Take on the role of journalist, police on the scene of a jewelry heist, or a bystander who watched it all go down in this interactive simulation about reliable testimony and evidence. Uses gathering evidence tools, interviewing skills, and inferences to draw upon! Pack includes bystander cards, journalist logs, and police report, as well as the scenario to read to your class to get them started on gathering evidence, creating narratives, and drawing inferences about the event. Inspired by events
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9th - 12th
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$$$ Is Speech – Citizens United v FEC
Four activities that teach students to research, analyze, and discuss issues about campaign fundraising and spending, and how money influences elections. 1) Students become Congress and write campaign finance legislation; 2) They run for president and role-play candidates, speech writers, pollsters, and the media; 3) in Moot Court, students argue the Citizens United case; using the excerpts from the actual US Supreme Courts case opinion; 4) They have a debate on the issues. The PDF Includes sub
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9th - 12th
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And Justice for ... The Supremes' Greatest Hits (2014)
Want your students to speak with confidence and be able to think on their feet? This project is designed to do just that. The project lets students work with 11 actual US Supreme Court (USSC) cases. A primary activity is an appellate court argument on the groundbreaking case, Obergefell v. Hodges (same-sex marriage). Some of your students will act as lawyers and argue the case, while other students act as justices. You have the option of having them portray the actual US Supreme Court Justices.*
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9th - 12th
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And Justice for ... The Supremes' Greatest Hits (& Misses) / 2018 and 2019 Terms
Do you ever wonder what important issues the US Supreme Court (USSC) decided recently? Well look no further …The project lets students (and you) work with 12 actual USSC cases from the 2018 and 2019 terms. There are six important and interesting cases which include language from the majority and dissenting opinions. Some of your students will act as lawyers and argue the cases, while other students act as justices. You have the option of having them portray the actual US Supreme Court Justices.
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9th - 12th
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Educational Improvement Proposal
This is a fun group project that is great at the beginning or end of a school year! It covers so many writing, research, and speaking & listening standards, without the students having to write a traditional essay! It can be completed individually or in groups and creates the best results when a week or more is spent on this, assigning small deadlines to promote deeper research and give the teacher time to conference with the groups to help them delve deeper.The premise of this project is th
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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