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High school Back to School other (social studies) simulations
Marshmallow Team Building: A Back to School Activity for First Day of School
Whether you’re headed back to school or starting a new unit, this team building exercise will get kids engaged and excited about being in your classroom. The Marshmallow Team Building exercise helps teachers establish a classroom atmosphere of teamwork and sets the tone for a fun, high energy class!Here's what you need: a whole lotta marshmallows, a box of toothpicks, and some Clorox wipes! :-) Set your classroom up for the first day so that students are working in teams to build eight differ
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5th - 12th, Staff
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Desert Island Team Building, Cooperative Learning Challenge
Your students will love this game! They are required to work together in teams and make important decisions to help them survive on and escape from a Desert Island.Perfect for developing Critical Thinking, Cooperative Learning and Team Building.Students earn points based on the decisions they make and one team will leave the island as the victors. This resources comes with a comprehensive teacher guide, a full lesson on PowerPoint and an island map. You don't need to do a thing!!This would be g
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4th - 9th
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Donner Party and Westward Expansion CSI Inquiry Activity Investigation
Donner Party: A CSI Investigation! What Happened To The Donner Party? Google 1:1 Compatible!The Donner Party CSI Investigation is included as part of two bundles, located here:CSI American History Bundle! Lost Colony, Salem, Donner Party, Lincoln!Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny Unit!Buy a Bundle and save a Bundle!----The Donner Party CSI investigation is a great resource to teach students the history of the Donner Party, their role in Westward Expansion, and the challenges faced by emigr
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: CSI US American History Inquiry Bundle | 10 Amazing Inquiry Activities
Full Year of U.S. Government and Civics Essentials Bundle
This bundle includes a variety of slide decks, simulations, activities, and games designed to provide the scaffolding that connects major ideas for a semester of U.S. Government.It includes Google Slide presentations, which include over 1000 slides, on:Purpose of Government, Public and Political ProcessForms of GovernmentThe Three BranchesCivic ParticipationRights and ResponsibilitiesFederalists and AntifederalistsPolitical Parties, Interest Groups, and ValuesAmerican Elections ExplainedGerryman
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
GRAPES Design a Civilization Activity | Ancient History Social Studies Project
Teach the GRAPES of Civilization in your classroom with this creative activity that tasks students with designing their very own unique civilization! This resource contains printable project worksheets in color and black and white versions. Organizer worksheets feature each of the G.R.A.P.E.S. of Civilization: Geography, Religion, Achievements, Politics, Economics, and Social Structure. Civilizations can be rooted in the real world, or fantasy! Will your students declare themselves emperor of th
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5th - 10th
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Also included in: GRAPES Ancient Civilizations Resource Activities Value Unit Bundle
Constitutional Convention | 2-3 Day Simulation
Take your students back in time to become delegates at the Constitutional Convention! This 2-3 day simulation activity for high school students allows students to learn more about key issues by acting as Constitution delegates to create their own version of the Constitution. Students will meet with fellow states delegates from Virginia, New York, New Jersey, and South Carolina to discuss issues in the framework of each state's interests. They will have to compromise to all sign the product they
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9th - 12th
Zombie Migration Activity- AP Human Geography- Unit II
This activity is perfect to do with students within Unit II- Population & Migration in AP Human Geography. During this activity, students simulate concepts from Migration, including Ravenstein's Laws, Push/Pull Factors, Intervening Obstacles and Opportunities, Characteristics of Migrants and Refugees all within the context of a Zombie Apocalypse! You can find my Prezi on Migration here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Migration-Prezi-AP-Human-Geography-7292869Link to a walkthroug
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9th - 12th
Personal Finance Life Situations Worksheets & Activities - Print & Digital
This is a multiple day and even multiple week in-class simulation for students as you walk them through life. Students have daily worksheets to complete that walk them through various life scenarios like finding an apartment, buying a car, or going grocery shopping. They have to write checks, fill-out a W-4, and fill out a lease agreement. It is a helpful experience for the students and I like to show quick YouTube videos before some of the activities, like the W-4, to show them how to do it
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7th - 12th
Model United Nations Resource MEGA Bundle
Help your students be the best Model UN delegates they can be with this no-prep resource bundle. It includes lessons and activities to teach students the essential skills and information that they need, materials to help advisors run an effective MUN class or club, and fifteen engaging Model United Nations simulations on a wide variety of social, political, and environmental topics that can be used in class, practice, or for an in-house conference.You Save 30% off the price of each resource whe
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8th - 11th
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WWI Simulation MAIN Game
The causes of WWI will be made into an experience through this World War I simulation game. The MAIN game is a great introduction to WWI that ties directly to the MAIN causes! The MAIN causes students will experience during this game are Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism. Students will be in groups and create their own country. They will then try to take over the world! ⭐️This product is also part of a World War I Mixed Resources Bundle. Get it plus four other products for your
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: World War I Mixed Resources Bundle
Civil Rights Movement Simulation Cooperative Learning
Civil Rights Simulation. Voting in Alabama in the 1960's. Point of View. 15th Amendment. Poll tax. Poll taxes. Ku Klux Klan. KKK. Voting Rights Act of 1965. This is an INCREDIBLE simulation that allows students to see the point-of-view of African Americans in the South trying to vote prior to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The question that students are asked in this simulation is: "Would you have been able to vote?" I LOVE that students are forced to put themselves in the shoes of people who tr
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6th - 12th
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A Journey Through the Dust Bowl
In this interactive experience, students will make decisions that will guide them through the Dust Bowl. Because everyone's choices will be their own, students will experience multiple adventures.Students begin by choosing to either:stay on the farm leave the farm for new opportunitiesbe a Dust Bowl photographerFrom there, they will read through their stories and learn about the experiences of those living through the times.Students will follow along with a graphic organizer in which they'll doc
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8th - 12th
Intro to Economics: Needs V. Wants
An engaging way to begin a unit on economics! This fun and hands-on activity will have students explore the important concepts of human needs versus wants through an engaging rocket ship simulation. Students will be vicariously drawn into an emergency situation in which they must collaborate, and agree as to what items they consider as ‘essential’ for their survival on their rocket ship mission to live on a far away planet. An interactive Slide Presentation will help guide the groups on their jo
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5th - 10th
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Ancient Civilizations Geography & Rivers: Mesopotamia, China, Indus, Egypt, Rome
Teaching geography of ancient civilizations and the importance of rivers? In this world history group activity, students are given the geographical features of an ancient civilization. Then, they work as city-planners and to make predictions and decisions about this civilization based on their provided geography. The resource covers six civilizations and their geography: Ancient India/Indus River ValleyChinaGreeceRomeMesopotamiaEgyptPDF & Google Slides Activity includes: Teacher Directions &
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8th - 11th
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Candy Economics! Capitalism | Communism | Socialism
Making learning about the economic systems (capitalism, socialism, and communism) relevant to students in this engaging activity that is sure to be a highlight lesson of your entire year. This lesson includes google slides that includes a review section, step by step directions for student and teacher use throughout the activity, as well as discussion topics after each phase. It also includes a worksheet packet which enhances students learning by giving them time to analyze and compare systems a
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6th - 12th
Digital Scavenger Hunt ... Culture Wars of the 1920s!
This lesson is an engaging Scavenger Hunt that can be used to engage students in person, or through distance learning. Students enter a "speakeasy" where they will click on different items to learn about the culture wars of the 1920s. There is music, YouTube videos and descriptors for each culture war. This is a very fun and informative lesson for students to learn about divides within American society during the Roaring Twenties. The cultural conflicts are below:Science vs. ReligionNativism vs.
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9th - 12th
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Back to School REVERSE Escape Room: Candy Land-Inspired Break IN to ANY Class!
The only thing sweeter than summer break? Knowing that you’ve got a game-changing activity in store for the first days back. Kick your new school year off with a REVERSE escape room -- which is *SO. MUCH. BETTER.* than the traditional approach of “hi! Now let’s waste 40 minutes reading the syllabus" and “Let’s Do Some Super Awkward Icebreakers!” approach to a traditional course introduction. Introduce course routines, cool tech tools, and classroom procedures to start your class year off with a
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5th - 12th
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Solve the Problems Before the Russian Revolution!
Before the Soviet Union became a communist state, the Russian Empire struggled to solve a multitude of problems. Can your students solve the complex issues facing the empire before it crumbles into revolution and war? This historical simulation places students in the shoes of those supporting Czar Nicholas II, capitalists, communists, the military, factory workers, and former peasants. After being assigned a group and reading about the problems they face, students are tasked with coming up with
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy, and the Money Supply (Slides, Games, Worksheets)
This mini-bundle is designed to cover all the crucial content related to Fiscal Policy, the Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy, the Federal Budget, the National Debt, the Money Supply, and Inflation. This 8-part bundle includes twin lessons on fiscal policy and monetary policy with accompanying follow-along notes, as well as two simple and engaging simulations on the money supply that has been a huge favorite in my store. Additionally, there is a lesson on the government budget and government debt
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6th - 12th
*Mesopotamia City-State Simulation*
This turn-based simulation immerses students in the circumstances the early rulers of civilizations would deal with when planning out their city-states. Students are assigned to different social classes and must collaboratively decide whether to focus on developing their food production through building farms, protecting their city-states from invasions by building walls, and creating armies for protection from invading armies or other city-states. Students will learn about the social hierarch
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6th - 12th
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2 Scarcity Simulations and Activities for Basic Economics Concepts
Are you looking for a student-centered simulation to introduce the concept of scarcity and basic economic concepts? Then this is the product for you! Scarcity refers to the basic economic problem, the gap between limited – that is, scarce – resources and theoretically limitless wants. This situation requires people to make decisions about how to allocate resources efficiently, in order to satisfy basic needs and as many additional wants as possible.ObjectiveStudents will engage in a simulation t
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6th - 12th
Also included in: Basic Economic Concepts Powerpoint Webquest Digital Interactive Notebook
Stranded: Island survival icebreaker/team-building
Thieving monkeys. Angry ghosts. And there's SOMETHING in the jungle. Can YOU survive the island until help arrives?Many students have played the classic critical thinking game in which they prioritize a list of items to survive on a remote tropical island. But there's two major drawbacks of this original version. First, most of these games reward a clear preference for certain items ("What do you mean you didn't take the compass?"). Second, the game basically ends as soon as the students m
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education
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Articles of Confederation Surgery Experience
Transform your classroom into a surgical room and give your students a hands-on experience with the Articles of Confederation. This interactive and engaging learning experience will bring history to life for your students. Watch our behind-the-scenes TIK TOK video to see the exciting and effective way to teach the AOC.With our user-friendly Google Slideshow, guiding your students through the process will be a breeze. The slideshow provides clear instructions, historical context, and all the nece
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Government/Constitution Bundle
Israeli Palestinian Conflict 2023 to 2024 War BUNDLE
12 Resources about the 2023-24 War between Israel and Hamas, which is directly impacting the people of Gaza and Israel. This crucial unit will educate your students as global citizens, keeping them up to date on some of the most pressing issues of our time. Resources Included:Israel Palestine 2023-24 Current War Slideshow Lesson UPDATEDIsraeli-Palestinian Conflict Timeline ActivityPalestinian and Israeli Conflict Competing Perspectives News AnalysisHamas in the Gaza Strip SlideshowAnalyze 4 Vide
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6th - 12th
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