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Problem solving Native Americans simulations
French and Indian War Activity Scenarios, Notes, PowerPoint
In this French and Indian War PowerPoint, perspectives, and guided notes activity, students analyze a variety of scenarios to understand the cause behind the French and Indian War! Students begin by discussing the idea of war, how war is avoidable, when it might be necessary, and the positive and negative consequences of it. Then, students read short perspectives to understand the role of colonists, the British, members of the Ohio Company, and the French in the conflict of the French and Indi
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5th - 8th
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History Crime Scene Investigation: The Lost Colony of Roanoke CSI
Want a great way for students to engage in a group activity while they examine maps, artifacts, primary sources, and solve a historical mystery? Download The Lost Colony of Roanoke CSI!
This exciting activity can be used to challenge individual students or to encourage collaboration in groups of up to five. Students form CSI teams and examine real evidence from the Roanoke to determine what happened to the colonists. It's a great way to encourage students to support historical arguments with r
Grades:
7th - 11th
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Escape Room Solve the Mystery Challenge | Teamwork Activity | Breakout Game
Bring the fun and excitement of a breakout room to your classroom! This cross curricular mystery challenge will have your students engaged, investigating and challenged from start to finish without the need of complicated locks or boxes. Students will work their way through 4 clues, each time they complete the clue challenge, they eliminate a suspect. You can use this as an introduction to teaching mysteries or a review day game!This is the PRINTABLE VERSION, the DIGITAL VERSION is available her
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3rd - 4th
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Back to School Escape Room | Team Building Activities | First Week of School
Are you ready to kick off the new school year with a thrilling and collaborative experience for your students? Our Back-to-School Escape Room Team Building Activities will make the first week of school unforgettable as students work together to solve puzzles, decode challenges, and build lasting connections.This is the PRINTABLE VERSION, the DIGITAL VERSION is available here. Why Choose Our Back-to-School Escape Room Team Building Activities?Engaging and Interactive: The escape room format adds
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3rd - 4th
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Also included in:Â Escape Room Challenge Bundle | Breakout Games | Teamwork Challenges
Hunter Gatherer Building Shelter and Gathering Food Simulation Activity
This exciting simulation activity provides students the opportunity to pretend that they are a hunter-gather! With limited resources they must build a successful shelter. Then they must go on five hunting trips for food. They might find berries, nuts, a gazelle, a mammoth, or they may get the “injured” card while hunting. This extremely engaging lesson is sure to engage students into the lifestyle of being a hunter-gatherer and students will love the activity. This lesson comes with a Direc
Grades:
5th - 8th
Peace Path: A Visual Conflict Resolution Strategy
I have used a Peace Path for the past 8 years of teaching Special Education, and absolutely love it. It is an awesome way to help students work out any issues that arise. I also use it personally with my students if an issue needs to be addressed. It really helps students learn how to work out a problem in a safe way. Just print the pages on card stock, laminate each one, and tape it together. It's very easy to use- two people step on each sides of the path on the footprints and walk through the
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PreK - 9th
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Football Escape Room Mystery Challenge | Breakout Game | Teamwork Activity
Bring the fun and excitement of a breakout room to your classroom! This cross curricular mystery challenge will have your students engaged, investigating and challenged from start to finish without the need of complicated locks or boxes. Students will work their way through 4 clues, each time they complete the clue challenge, they eliminate a suspect. You can use this as an introduction to teaching mysteries or a review day game! This football themed mystery works great in the fall during footba
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3rd - 4th
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Also included in:Â Escape Room Challenge Bundle | Breakout Games | Teamwork Challenges
Digging For Fossils - A Cookie Excavation Experiment
Students will love acting as an archaeologist as they dig for fossils during this experiment! Using simple materials such as toothpicks and cookies, students will learn what it's like to excavate fossils. Students will formulate a hypothesis, collect data, and develop conclusions using this experiment aligned with both Common Core State Standards and Next Generation Science Standards. Teaching tips included! A great resource and hands-on lesson for any fossil unit.
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3rd - 6th
Design a Zoo: A Digital Project Based Learning Experience
Thanks for choosing this project based learning experience for your students! They are sure to have fun, be creative, and learn some valuable skills.
In Design a Zoo, students take on the role of a design consultant asked to create a new zoo. Students will need to:
–Name the Zoo
–Create a welcoming sign
–Select the animals
–Design animal habitats
–Create information sheets
–Create a budget
–And present their work to a "Board of Directors"
This experience is designed to be completed without sub
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3rd - 8th
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Roanoke: The Lost Colony! A Reader's Theater (with differentiated parts!)
What happened to the colony of Roanoke? Students will bring this century old mystery to life in this whole class reader’s theater based on 4th grade Ohio Social Studies standards! Students will gain a deeper understanding of the events, people, places, and effects of this important piece of our country’s history in an engaging and connected way! This original 7 page play contains 21 parts featuring 3 reading levels to ensure whole class participation, fluency development, and differentiation. St
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in:Â Early United States History Reader's Theater Bundle-Discovering America
Andrew Jackson & The Trail of Tears PowerPoint and Infographic
Condensed lesson summarizing the Andrew Jackson's run for President and the impact of the Indian Removal Act and Trail of Tears. Includes editable PowerPoint, coordinating student info-graphic style note taking sheet, answer key, and suggestions for optional video resources.
Grades:
4th - 12th
Lewis and Clark Louisiana Purchase Sacagawea Activity CSI Mystery of History
Explore the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the contributions of Sacagawea, and Thomas Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase with this engaging investigation activity! This activity is perfect for lessons on American history and westward expansion, and encourages inquiry and historical thinking!A visually engaging case file is provided with comprehensive background readings on the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the contributions of Sacagawea, and Thomas Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase. Student detectives will
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5th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Westward Expansion Manifest Destiny Activity US History CSI Mystery Bundle
Characteristics of Living Things Interactive PowerPoint AND Case Studies
Fun, animated review of the material as well as TWO case studies exploring the characteristics of life. Students journey to Europa, where they must analyze samples for the presence of life. In the second case study, students discover the tobacco mosaic virus.
This extremely fun PowerPoint was created to get kids thinking! No more simple lectures centered around listing the shared characteristics of life - your students will be putting themselves in the shoes of xenobiologists and research bota
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7th - 12th
Jamestown: A Reader's Theater (with differentiated parts!)
Bring the settlement of Jamestown, John Smith and Pocahontas to life with this whole class reader’s theater based on 4th grade Ohio Social Studies standards! Students will gain a deeper understanding of the events, people, places, and effects of this important piece of our country’s history in an engaging and connected way! This original play contains 23 parts featuring 3 reading levels to ensure whole class participation, fluency development, and differentiation. Students will integrate importa
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in:Â Early United States History Reader's Theater Bundle-Discovering America
Escape Room Challenge Bundle | Breakout Games | Teamwork Challenges
Bring the fun and excitement of a breakout room to your classroom! These cross curricular mystery challenges will have your students engaged, investigating and challenged from start to finish without the need of complicated locks or boxes. This bundle includes over 10 different escape room challenges.Students will work their way through clues, each time they complete the clue challenge, they eliminate a suspect or collect tools to move on to the next challenge. You can use this as an introductio
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2nd - 4th
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AMERICAN HISTORY - Chocolate Chip Archeology (New and Improved)
Participants will simulate the process of archaeological excavation as they excavate the chocolate chips (or raisins) in cookies. They will discover how excavation is both destructive and scientific.
Older participants can also practice coordinate graphing skills by mapping the results of their excavations.
This project has always worked great with my middle school students.
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6th - 10th
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Class Escape Problem Solving Game
Modeled after the popular "Escape" games in many cities around the country, this classroom version prompts students to work together as a class to solve puzzles, connect the clues, and crack the code! This is a great activity for the first week of school to encourage teamwork and help students get to know each other and the classroom. Your students will be totally engaged in this hands-on challenge!
You will need the following tools:
- tape
- color printer
- scissors or paper cutter
- white c
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Westward Expansion Manifest Destiny Activity US History CSI Mystery Bundle
Explore the California Gold Rush, Oregon Trail, and Lewis and Clark Expedition with this this bundle of investigation activities! Make learning about American westward expansion and the concept of Manifest Destiny fun and engaging. Your students will explore investigation case file activities with visuals and primary sources that encourage historical and creative thinking. Perfect for lessons on westward expansion, American history, and more, this resource bundle makes history come to life!This
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5th - 10th
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Age of Exploration Simulation
Scientists from the country of Sapanya have just received initial reports from an interstellar space probe that was exploring a nearby galaxy. There are strong signs that one planet is home to an advanced civilization. Such news cannot be kept secret for long, and soon Sapanya’ major rivals discover the existence of the new world. Decisions must be made quickly.
Students are led through a series of activities and discussions that bring the political, economic, social, and moral aspects of th
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9th - 12th
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Fur Trading Simulation Game
The fur trade was a significant factor in the economic development of early Canada and played a role in shaping the country's current relationship with Europe and Indigenous peoples. This simulation is an engaging activity where students can learn about the history and economics of the fur trade, how it led to Treaty making, Indigenous technology and ingenuity, and the effects of European contact and colonization on Indigenous populations. Students take on the role of hunter-trappers hunting for
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Not Grade Specific
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Holidays Around the World Escape Room | Math Fact Practice | Zodiac Calendar
Bring the fun and excitement of a breakout room to your classroom! These holiday challenge activities will have your students engaged, investigating and challenged from start to finish without the need of complicated locks or boxes. Students will complete 5 challenges in order to earn each passport stamp while learning about holidays celebrated around the world at the same time!This would be an excellent culminating activity to a Holidays Around the World unit or a stand alone activity to fill t
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3rd - 4th
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Also included in:Â Escape Room Challenge Bundle | Breakout Games | Teamwork Challenges
Mound Builders Native American Mississippian Activity CSI Mystery of History
Explore the prehistoric Native American Adena, Hopewell, and Mississippian cultures of the Eastern Woodlands, and learn about the mystery of the Mound Builders! This investigation resource celebrates Native American heritage, and promotes student engagement. Student detectives will try to crack the case of the Mound Builders through a crime scene investigation case file activity that encourages historical and creative thinking. Perfect for Native American Heritage Month or anytime of the year, t
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5th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Native American Indigenous Heritage Activity CSI Mystery of History Bundle
History Mystery: The Trail Where They Cried
Your students will become investigators on a history mystery analyzing primary and secondary sources surrounding the Trail of Tears forced migration of the Cherokee people. This activity includes over a dozen primary and secondary sources set up in 8 investigation stations and students' investigation packet. Teams of students work together to solve the mystery of what happened to the Cherokee people of Georgia. Includes a PowerPoint for teachers to use with the activity with answers to the st
Grades:
6th - 12th
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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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