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4th grade social studies simulations for Microsoft Word
Virtual Field Trips: 25 engaging trips that make fun end of year activities
This document contains 25 links (with descriptions about each link) to free virtual field trips. You click on the link and are taken to a sight that has both information and media--such as a virtual tour of a museum or a live feed of a webcam or a 3d manipulative view, etc.
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K - 12th
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Manorialism Simulation
Students have a blast learning about the medieval manorial economic system involved in feudalism in this fun lesson! Students create their own feudal manor system in this hands-on simulation, which especially appeals to visual and kinesthetic learners. The lesson includes an Aim, Do Now, a student reading about manorialism in the Middle Ages, and two summary questions for students after the activity is completed. This would also make a good sub plan.This file is left in Word so you may edit it
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4th - 8th
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Jelly Bean Economy: A Simulation of Why We Pay Taxes
This simulation allows students to understand the hows and whys of our economy. During this lesson, students will pretend to have jobs, pay rent or mortgage, experience the daily events that affect our personal connection to the economy. A journal is provided for students to reflect upon their learning.
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3rd - 5th
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Food Truck Project Simulation - STEM Economics and Design
Food Truck Project may be used alternately as an independent study, for small groups, or engage the entire class in a cross-curricular simulation. All instructions are written so that students working independently may take direction on their own with minimal teacher support. Teacher notes are provided to support teachers in guiding students when needed. The Food Truck Project is presented as a series of sub-units, best used in the order they appear, but adjustable to time available by selective
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4th - 7th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-PS2-2
Also included in: SIMULATIONS Real-World Projects GATE Bundle Gifted
Gold Rush Dice Game
This game will have students feeling the “rush” of finding gold during the Gold Rush of 1849. Students will be rolling dice to mine for gold and to rob from their opponents. The goal of this game is for students to experience the highs and lows in the life of a California gold miner in the late 1840’s.
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3rd - 12th
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Rule the World: A Nation Building Simulation
Watch your students become entirely engaged as they compete to see who will be the supreme ruler of the world. This simulation has students work in teams (nations) to create their own culture or the teacher can adapt the 'tasks' to have them research and report out on real nations. Diplomats and spies from each nation move around the world and develop trade / defence agreements (or steal valuable information!) in preparation for the 'War' phase of the game. Every time I have run the simulatio
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4th - 12th
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European and Native Americans (Conflict and Cooperation Scenarios)
This product is an activity that has the students role playing. The students are divided up between two English colonies (Jamestown and Plymouth) and the Native American tribes they interacted with (Powhatan and the Wampanoag) .
The lesson comes with a scenario that gives background on each group and a series of questions and steps for each group to follow. The steps for each group a relatively the same. For example: Jamestown and Plymouth will follow the same steps.
This can be done with you
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4th - 6th
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Market Day - A "Real World" Economics Simulation For Grades 3-6
Would you like to give your students a “real life” opportunity to experience being a consumer and a producer? This simulation does exactly that! Turn your classroom into a marketplace and watch as your students become highly engaged in the principles of economics. This unit includes step-by-step instructions on how to successfully set up a classroom marketplace, a letter to parents about the event, and a record booklet for the students to use as they track their sales, expenses, and calculate
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3rd - 6th
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Show Me the Proof ~ Providing Textual Evidence ~ The Trial of Fact and Opinion
If you're looking for a lesson plan that will help your students finally get what it means to provide textual evidence to prove their answers, then this is the lesson for you!
It combines reading strategies and social studies government law in a very exciting way. First, students must pass the Bar Exam by being able to pass one of your fact and opinion assessments, then they team up in two-person law firms and present their evidence in court.
This was so fun that my students have asked we do
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1st - 6th
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4th/5th STEAM Activity:Money, Decimals Percentage, Interest Rate, Stock Market!
This activity is AMAZING!!! We used this in conjunction with our math unit on fractions and decimals and our literacy unit on Using Money and The Stock Exchange. It incorporates literally every discipline! **Editable!
----->Students are given a weekly budgeting scenario, where they must manage their account balance, write checks, and calculate withdrawals and deposits on a check register.
It is differentiated to accommodate higher-level learners. This accelerated activity requires multiplyi
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4th - 6th
Reconstruction Activity - Rebuilding the South
This quick and engaging activity demonstrates the difficulties of Reconstruction in the South following the Civil War.
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Ancient Greece: Interactive Game on Greek Gods
Your students will love this interactive game among mortals and immortals in Ancient Greece. Mortals will have to survive interaction with 12 Greek gods by offering acceptable sacrifices, attempting to earn gifts, thwarting death, and steering clear of the underworld! The game should be adapted depending on the number of players. The version I have written is for roughly 20-22 players.
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4th - 7th
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My Occupation - A Personal Finance Project
This product serves as an introduction to personal finance. It is intended for small groups of students. There are seven occupations available for student to choose from, or be assigned by the teacher. Students are given a daily salary, as well as daily expenses. The rest of the project involves a surprise income, as well as two surprise expenses - some of which require students to dip into their savings account to pay for the expense. Also included are a check register for students to writ
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2nd - 5th
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Westward Expansion Advertisements
Students will use their knowledge of U.S. history and their creativity to create a poster or brochure to convince people to move to the western frontier. It's a great, simple simulation to get students putting their knowledge into practice and thinking about history in a relevant way.
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3rd - 12th
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Lincoln Assassination Trial of Mary Surratt: The Conspirator
This is a simulation of the trial of Mary Surratt. Your students will be assigned a key figure in the case. The students will research their character and their characters connection to the events and the trial. The students will simulate the trial and come to their own conclusion as to whether Mary Surratt was guilty.
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4th - 12th
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CSI Investigation: Latitude & Longitude Scavenger Hunt
Students become CSI Investigators hot on the tail of a criminal who ran amok in their school. Using grid provided grid co-ordinates they travel around their school grounds speaking with witnesses who provide them with information until they can confidently arrest a suspect from a provided suspect pool. A guaranteed hit in your classroom!
All things necessary provided in the lesson package, along with instructions for how to personalize the maps and information to YOUR school location!
FOR USE
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4th - 10th
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Market Day / Mini-Economy Project Experiential Learning
Give students a real-life taste of our economy! They will learn all about supply and demand, profits, cost of starting a business, etc. in this fun learning experience!
Each student will create a product at home to sell to their fellow peers at a "Buy and Sell Day" (also called "Market Day"). I use these guidelines, but you can tweak it:
- Students may spend up to $10 on materials for their product
- They create 15-20 of their item to sell at market day
- The Market Day lasts for 2-3 hours, as
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3rd - 6th
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Agricultural Revolution Simulation
This simulation shows students the process that early humans collectively went though when engaging in the Agricultural Revolution--that is, the change that occurred about 12,000 years ago when humans transitioned from nomadic hunting and gathering into a settled farming lifestyle. The simulation doubles as an opportunity to introduce vocabulary about the Birth of Civilization, and experience the struggles of hunting and gathering. It will emphasize the importance of surplus food production th
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4th - 10th
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Assessing Ancient Egypt in Minecraft
OverviewThis Assessing Ancient Egypt digital game was created as a final assessment for 4th and 5th grade gifted students in a academic year-long unit, but it can be used for many different age groups and in different situations. The default settings for this game will have pairs/groups of students playing at the same time with the instructor hosting the game from a device. Students playing Assessing Ancient Egypt will have four main tasks: build a pyramid of a specific volume (volume requireme
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4th - 7th
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Hunter-Gatherer Game
Hunter-Gatherer Gamea. This game illustrates the objective of survival for Humans during this time. Students must manage the amount of food chips they have each day with scenarios humans might have encountered during this time.
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Early Humans (Hunter Gatherer) Unit Bundle
Twitter Page Template For Any Content Area
This is a Microsoft Word document that looks like a Twitter Page. 90% of the page can be edited. Students can change out the pictures, update the Tweets, create suggestions of who to follow, determine how many followers the individual has, as well as how many people the individual is following. This is a safe and easy way to bring social media into the classroom. Your students will love showing how characters in a novel would use social media. Research all of a sudden gets a new twist. Historica
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Step by Step Geocaching Template for Students
I recently wrote and received a grant to purchase Garmin eTex 10 GPS units for my Geography Club at my elementary school. This product is a template that I created with step by step instructions that shows students how to key in and use a GPS device to locate geocaches. Once you have the GPS coordinates of a hidden cache, you can type them into this template. Then your students can begin this global scavenger hunt. I have attached four different sheet with groups A, B, C, and D. You can cre
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Living Wax Museum for Social Studies, Science, and Language Arts!
Here is the information packet I use for students and parents about creating and hosting a Living Wax Museum of characters from three content areas - Social Studies, Science, and Language Arts!
The alignment with the font I use does not carry over - so feel free to reformat the word document as needed!
For the museum, students dress up as historical figures, events, literary characters, and scientific elements. Students line the hallways and stand frozen with a small coin collection bucket.
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4th - 12th
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Create Your Own Business Project
Included:Overview of ProjectRubricBrainstorming/Planning Worksheet for StudentsNote: This unit took me 10 class periods (45 minutes each) with my third graders, but it could be adapted to any time frame you would like. It is completely editable for your needs.
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2nd - 5th
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