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Common Core SL.9-10.5 webquests
Frontloading Text Set -OR- Web Quest for Touching Spirit Bear
This is a versatile project that works as an old-fashioned printed Text Set OR as a "Web Quest" if you are lucky enough to have technology available to you in your classroom!The good news is that this project works either as a frontloading exercise OR as a project to complete after they have started reading as a way to support their learning. By the end of these two class periods, students will have researched a topic (either individually or with a partner), made an individual poster, presented
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6th - 10th
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Also included in: Textual Evidence-Based Novel Study for Touching Spirit Bear (BUNDLED!)
The Great Gatsby Themes Research Activity - The Roaring 20s and Organized Crime
Explore the "Roaring 1920s" and the theme of organized crime in The Great Gatsby with this collaborative research activity! Students will research the history of the 1920s and prominent historical figures, inviting them to analyze characters within The Great Gatsby and think critically about the potential allusions to real-life figures.Included with this The Great Gatsby Themes Research Activity:✏️ WebQuest Handout and Research Activity Instructions - Digital & Print✏️ Vocabulary Terms Wor
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8th - 11th
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Transcendentalism and American Romantic Poetry Webquest
This Google Slides Webquest is provides an opportunity for groups or individuals with a mini-research component, as well as excerpts from Walden, Self-Reliance, and poetry from Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman. Also included is a creative writing final assessment project related to either Transcendentalism or American Romantic Poetry. Three expository writing prompts are also included with the poetry. This assignment is intended to engage students with challenging topics and literary works throu
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: American Literature: Transcendentalism, Poetry, and Short Stories
J.K. Rowling Pre-Reading Webquest
Thinking about teaching a Harry Potter novel but feel that your students need some insight on the author before diving into the magic? Me too! I created this webquest for students to explore J.K. Rowling as an author and who she is as a person. Perfect pre-unit activity to engage students in research and help them to appreciate the writer behind the famous wizard, Harry Potter!------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Socratic Seminar: Who Should Be on American Currency?
The images we see around us daily have a subtle yet profound effect. In this Socratic seminar, students consider American currency and consider: should the faces on the bills be changed or stay the same? The learn who is featured on currency now and think on who could be. This activity can be used during an American History course as students learn about figures like Andrew Jackson and Harriet Tubman, or can be used as a general debate in any Social Studies or English-Language Arts classroom.
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8th - 12th
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Lord of the Flies Choice Board
This choice board integrates technology and students' knowledge of the novel.
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7th - 12th
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Designing Temporary Shelters: A STEM Design Team Project
Designing shelters to provide safety to those in harm’s way.Temporary Shelters is a design team project that supports critical thinking and collaboration as student teams make decisions about how to solve the critical need for temporary shelters. Each team will focus on one need for temporary shelters by randomly selecting from the provided Challenge Cards. They will be guided on a design path to learn about the specific need for shelters, analyze current solutions, and decide how to improve upo
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5th - 9th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Pre-Reading for ANY Thriller or Adventure Novel - Escape Plan Presentation!
Get students immediately engaged and prepped to read your next adventure novel with this Escape Plan Presentation. This editable Google Slides Presentation covers all of the pre-reading activities to prepare your students to feel immersed in the world of your novel. This primarily works with an adventure novel or any novel that involves a character needing to escape. For a little added fun, we let loose on the various ways we can escape!In this presentation, students will need to create an escap
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6th - 12th
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YouTube Deep Dive Presentation: A Mini Research Project on a High Interest Topic
In this high-interest research project, students will conduct an analysis on the popularity, appeal, and revenue of a YouTube channel they enjoy. They will present their findings in a short presentation with a clip that shows the typical channel content. In addition to presentation skills, this project will ask students to read and view media critically, use math skills, and use some of the more advanced features of Google Slides. An example project is included, as well as a page of teacher and
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: YouTube Research and Presentation BUNDLE!
History of Halloween Webquest
This webquest centers around the students using the resources provided on the document to find and research the history of Halloween. Students are to follow the instructions and complete the worksheet. Feel free to edit the document as you see fit for your classroom (parts of mine are centered around flowers for my Floral Design class).
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7th - 12th
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The Outsiders WebQuest
Students will work in groups (or tweak to have them work individually) to search the Internet for background information before reading The Outsiders. I had the students collaboratively work together to create one Google Slides presentation.
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7th - 12th
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