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12th grade holidays social studies resources for SMART Notebook

Preview of AWESOME MONSTEROPOLY SMART BOARD REVIEW GAME TEMPLATE

AWESOME MONSTEROPOLY SMART BOARD REVIEW GAME TEMPLATE

Created by
Science Girl
Are your students tired of playing BORING review games to prepare for assessments? Undoubtedly, your answer must be YES! Well, here's A SMART Board review game template that your students are sure to beg you to let them play. The MONSTEROPOLY SMART BOARD REVIEW GAME TEMPLATE allows your class to review as many questions as you want while playing a MONOPOLY-like game that includes crazy stunts and monster money. The main board slide on the SMART Board presentation has moving animated monsters
Preview of Virginia Studies SMARTboard Lesson - VA in the Civil War - SOL VS.7

Virginia Studies SMARTboard Lesson - VA in the Civil War - SOL VS.7

Created by
Virginia Kiddies
**Updated in 2017 for the new SOLs!** This is a 24 page instructional SMART Board lesson that covers Virginia Studies SOLs VS.7. This lesson is full of interactive activities, video clips, games, websites, and more! Use this to teach your entire unit on Virginia in the Civil War! This SMARTboard usually takes me about 2 weeks to teach. It is aligned perfectly to my interactive notebook on this topic that is also listed here on TPT. You can find it here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Pro
Preview of Trivia Crack- U.S. History Review

Trivia Crack- U.S. History Review

Fantastic and engaging tool for reviewing U.S. History, especially for the FL EOC exam. Separates the multiple choice practice into unit-based categories. Most questions were pulled from the public domain of the NYS Regents website. This is a SmartNotebook file. The preview contains a sneak peak but the final product 282 slides. I use this game as part of a larger review competition in which the icons on the spinner are printed out in mass and given to students when they earn a point. Once we
Preview of A Christmas Carol activities

A Christmas Carol activities

Smart Board activities to go with my "A Christmas Carol in symbols with questions." Includes functional reading, writing, and math activities designed for young children or those with moderate to severe cognitive handicaps. Matching symbols to words, forming sentences with symbols, simple addition and subtraction word problems, counting quarters. Appropriate for special needs students, including autism, Down Syndrome, and traumatic brain injury, and FMD. Symbols are helpful for emerging read
Preview of SmartBoard  Attendance- Halloween

SmartBoard Attendance- Halloween

Created by
Cristina Knapp
Happy Halloween! Who doesn't love Halloween? This is a fun way to have the kids take attendance by putting their candy into the trick-or-treat bag! The candy pieces that are left are considered absent students. A great tool for classroom management. Just don't save it when they are done and you will be able to use it throughout the month of October! Be sure to check out all of my smartboard attendance files for Notebook software. Enjoy!
Preview of Central America and The Caribbean - Spanish Lesson

Central America and The Caribbean - Spanish Lesson

Created by
Jacqueline Covey
This Notebook file is a great introduction to the countries and capitals of Central America and Spanish-speaking Caribbean countries. Students can move around the labels of the countries and capitals, play a dice game to practice what they know, and enjoy several rap songs. Spanish sentence-starters will help students talk about where the countries are located. Also included are pictures from around Central America and flags.
Preview of Christmas Trivia SmartBoard Activity

Christmas Trivia SmartBoard Activity

Created by
fizzpro
This is a very fun game to play on the SmartBoard. It is adaptable for any number of participants. You can play the game using the Smart Response clickers but they are not required. The game designed to use a koosh ball or bean bag to throw at the dancing reindeer to bring up a question. If you don't want to use this techniques students can touch the reindeer and the question will open. Christmas Trivia by Sherri McKendree is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDer
Preview of Jeopardy Template for the Smartboard

Jeopardy Template for the Smartboard

Created by
Matthew Stanbro
This Jeopardy template is ready to use! All you need to do is add the questions you need your students to review. This Jeopardy game board can fit up to 5 questions in each of 4 different categories. Links are built-in to make transition from board to questions easy and flawless. Save the template so you can use it again and again. Have fun!
Preview of Christmas Trivia Game for Smart Boards

Christmas Trivia Game for Smart Boards

Created by
Teacher Time
This is a Christmas Trivia game that can be used for all ages. It includes 24 questions and is easy to use! (You can also adapt it by having students create extra questions.)
Preview of Power Grab Game: Separation of Powers

Power Grab Game: Separation of Powers

This activity reinforces and teaching the powers of the three branches of government. Students are broken up into teams and exposed to various situations where one branch steals the power of a another branch. Students need to use the US Constitution to prove that this is a power grab in order to earn a point. Simulation and answers are included in the SMART notebook.
Preview of SmartBoard  Attendance- Turkey Theme

SmartBoard Attendance- Turkey Theme

Created by
Cristina Knapp
I must admit, that this is another one of my favorites! It's perfect for November and the fall! Once the students put their feather behind the turkey for attendance it looks really cute - and attendance is done for the day! Just make sure you don't save it at the end of attendance and it can be used over and over again! Be sure to check out all of my smartboard attendance files for Notebook software. Have Fun!
Preview of Christmas/Holiday Brainstorm Game

Christmas/Holiday Brainstorm Game

This is a quick game to play during the holiday season that helps increase students' brainstorming skills. Played like Scattegories, divide the students into groups. Have each group number a piece of paper or dry erase board from 1 to 12. One person in each group should serve as the recorder. Press the letter tile, and groups must come up with a word or phrase (must be a noun) that starts with that letter. For example, if the letter is "s," they could have Silent Night for the song and star
Preview of Sociology 3 Perspectives Triple Venn for SMART Board

Sociology 3 Perspectives Triple Venn for SMART Board

Triple Venn Diagram for the 3 Perspectives: Functionalism, Conflict Perspective, and Symbolic Interactionism. Characteristics are already listed in a word-bank format for students to drag into the appropriate space. A word document of this Venn is located in my store for students to take notes on. Follow my store for updates, sales, and new downloads by clicking follow at the top of the page. Please take a moment to leave me feedback after downloading this product. Remember - when you rate an
Preview of Spanish Thanksgiving Games, Vocabulary and Activities for SmartBoard

Spanish Thanksgiving Games, Vocabulary and Activities for SmartBoard

Created by
Sue Summers
This Spanish Thanksgiving SmartBoard resource contains 9 games and activities, plus a page with vocabulario and corresponding images. The games and activities use mostly Spanish food vocabulary but also a few words associated with the Thanksgiving holiday. Examples are family, airplane, football, t.v. and deer.Activities included are:Word BizImage MatchImage SelectWord GeneratorWord GuessRandom Image ChooserTable with 12 Food Words and Pictures for Vocabulary PresentationDrag Food Pictures to
Preview of U.S. Coins SmartBoard

U.S. Coins SmartBoard

Created by
Solida Dickson
U.S. Coins Penny, Nickel, Dime, Quarter
Preview of States and Capitals - Mid-West States

States and Capitals - Mid-West States

Created by
The Browns
An interactive activity that provides your students a fun way to practice states, capitals, and abbreviations for the Mid-Western states. Great for social studies, center time, or mini-lessons. The Browns.
Preview of Religion in the Middle Ages Smartboard Presentation

Religion in the Middle Ages Smartboard Presentation

Created by
Danis Marandis
Contains a smartboard presentation covering Religion during the Middle Ages. Also includes a guided note sheet for students to following along with presentation. Topics covered include: --the Catholic Church, its functions, and its hierarchy --the knight's code of chivalry --Christianity and Jesus of Nazareth --powers of the Catholic Church (sacraments, excommunication, etc.) --the spread of Islam and the Arab Empire --the life of Muhammad --the teachings of Islam --religious conflict between C
Preview of Smartboard Attendance/ Lunch Count

Smartboard Attendance/ Lunch Count

Created by
Daniel Jones
This is a fall template that you can manipulate for use with your students. It comes with instructions on how to change the names on each leaf. You will also get a password to watch a video on how to create your own!
Preview of Smartboard Attendance - Valentine's Day Theme

Smartboard Attendance - Valentine's Day Theme

Created by
Cristina Knapp
Who doesn't love Valentine's Day....especially kids? Well this attendance board is sure to jump start their excitement about the upcoming holiday. This file contains two different pages - one with valentine's and the other with cupid and arrows. This is a perfect way for your students to take attendance! Just make sure that you don't save it when you're done using it each morning and you'll be able to use it over and over again. Be sure to check out all of my smartboard attendance files for
Preview of World Telecommunications Day - The History of Telephones

World Telecommunications Day - The History of Telephones

This is a Smart Notebook file that forms a lesson on World Telecommunications Day - The History of Telephones. It was originally made for a special needs class but can easily be used for a class of nearly any age or ability. It includes links to videos and a worksheet to be completed at the end to summarise the lesson.
Preview of SMARTBOARD Christmas or Holiday Game Template

SMARTBOARD Christmas or Holiday Game Template

Created by
Bethany Silver
This is a Christmas game template made with Smart Notebook software. This game is completely written and ready to go with all links in place. Just simply type in questions and answers and you are done! Text boxes are already there with font in place. Just click and type. Gameboard takes you to QUESTION slide, which has a link to go to ANSWER slide, which takes you to POINTS slide that will take you back to the GAMEBOARD. The gameboard consists of all types of Christmas objects (gingerbread
Preview of Christmas Squares Review Game Template - Smart Notebook File

Christmas Squares Review Game Template - Smart Notebook File

Created by
Workaholic NBCT
Your students will love reviewing any concept with this fun, Christmas themed, Christmas Squares Notebook file. Just add your questions and answers and you are ready to play this fun review game with your students. This Smart Notebook Template includes a title page, how to play instructions, the main game board, 9 question pages, and 9 answer pages. What a great and fun way to review any concept with your class! THIS IS A SMART NOTEBOOK FILE. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SMART NOTEBOOK INSTALL
Preview of Sociology Social Class SMART Board Responder Quiz

Sociology Social Class SMART Board Responder Quiz

This quiz is based upon Ruby Payne's book "A Framework for Understanding Poverty". This quiz has been reworded into student from the original due to SMART Board's limitations of only allowing 40 questions for a given responder assessment. Using the SMART responders, students answer 40 questions related to their skills and experience. Questions are weighted. At the end, scores will be tallied and based on the student's percentage, the student will be placed into a social class. Follow my store
Preview of SmartNotebook Balloon POP Template w/ How to Create Instructions

SmartNotebook Balloon POP Template w/ How to Create Instructions

This "teacher how to template" is designed to provide teachers how to "create magic" using their SmartBoards. Easy to use and applicable to any subject areas. This template provides instructions on how to create and modify. Include are also 2 examples on how to use or present for Soc Std and Math. Which can easily be transformed to work for Language Arts and Science too. Check out our other SmartNotebook Games & Templates: Magic Words Teacher Template SmartBoard Checkers Game Connect 4 Gam
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Learning social studies offers many benefits to students in terms of helping them develop a holistic understanding of the world. Namely, it helps them:

  • Learn about the achievements, challenges, perspectives, traditions, and customs of different societies
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  • Become active, responsible, and engaged citizens
  • Comprehend global issues such as human rights, environmental sustainability, and economic disparities

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