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High school social studies interactive whiteboards $5-10
Causes of the American Revolution Analogy Game
This humorous game begins by posing to students a number of 'Parent-Child Conflict' scenarios in which students are asked to make decisions from the point of view of a child. What students don't realize is that every conflict scenario is intended to be a direct analogy to a cause of the American Revolution. These analogies and connections are revealed to students after they complete the decision making game. By using analogies in a game-like format, students are able to better understand and
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7th - 12th
The Haitian Revolution- 2 day lesson
The Haitian Revolution- 2 day lessonThis is a fantastic 2 day lesson that will help you provide a more in-depth understanding of the Haitian Revolution and its consequences. Topics covered in this two day lesson include: Geography of Latin America, information on the Haitian revolution, the class system of Haiti before the revolution, the role of Toussaint L’Ouverture in the revolution, Napoleon’s goals in Haiti, and consequences of the Haitian Revolution.,Students will also analyze several prim
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9th - 12th
Día de Muertos - The roots and the connections
Colegas, this customizable Google Slides presentation de Día de Muertos is perfect to explore the indigenous roots of the celebration and talk about it in depth through visually appealing audiovisual media.It features scaffolded slides in Spanglish, an illustrated vocabulary bank, a map for land acknowledgment, and links to two different gadgets I used with my students for assessment.What you'll find here:A link to a Google slides presentation with 23 editable slides plus extra clip art and auth
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2nd - 12th
Daily JANUARY Nonfiction Stories - Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Teachers love to use these every day to increase reading comprehension skills. You get the worksheets along with a google slide digital version. Plenty of nonfiction stories featuring celebrities, inventors, sports, scientific discoveries, dramatic events and more… this series is sure to give you an unending supply of relevant and intriguing daily reading lessons. Each high-Interest passage is followed by a full page of skill-specific comprehension activities designed to sharpen essential reading
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
Charity – it's not as clear cut as you think, Conversation ESL and debate class
This is a PowerPoint lesson in editable PPT format with worksheets and teacher’s notes. This conversation lesson, aimed at high schoolers and ESL adults, aspires to create a debate about the pros and cons of charity in its various forms and models and to discuss what, if any, are the problems with charity as we know it.Charity is something that seems pretty straightforward. Not everyone gives to charity, but most people believe it’s a good and moral thing to do. In this lesson, we look at scient
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Virginia Studies SMARTboard Lesson - Jamestown - SOL VS.3
**Updated to the NEW Virginia SOLS (2016)**
This is a 37 page instructional SMART Board lesson that covers Virginia Studies SOLs VS.3 - the entire Jamestown Unit. This lesson is full of interactive activities, video clips, websites, pictures and more!
This SMARTboard usually takes me about 2 -3 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/Product/Virginia-Studies-Int
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3rd - 10th
Powerpoint Game: United States Geography
A 50-question, interactive quiz to test your students' knowledge on the fifty states of the United States of America. Simply click on the corresponding color to make your guess! Each of the state's respective flags are shown for additional learning about the USA.This product is designed specifically to be engaging for your students. Your students will love the fun sound effects and the opportunity to get up and walk around in order to tap the on-screen buttons.This product is best used with a Pr
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
Extreme sport – There’s a twist! - ESL adult & kids conversation lesson
This is a two-hour ESL adult PowerPoint lesson in editable PPT format with worksheets and a class activity. In this lesson, students are asked to comment, discuss, and argue - risky and dangerous behavior – but they’ll need to define it first. Extreme sports are becoming popular due to a society that is growing wealthier, more health-conscious, and with much more free time. Another (seemingly less important, but who are we kidding) interesting factor is the visual attraction that these sports ha
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Pro and Post Vacation Bundle - ESL adult conversation PowerPoint lessons
21st Century DECEMBER DAILY COMPREHENSION - High Interest Reading Activities
A LESSON-A-DAY FOR EVERY DAY IN DECEMBER!ENGAGING READING COMPREHENSION LESSONS FOR EVERY DAY OF THE MONTH!Featuring celebrities, inventors, sports, scientific discoveries, dramatic events and more… this series is sure to give you an unending supply of relevant and intriguing daily reading lessons. Each high-Interest passage is followed by a full page of skill-specific comprehension activities designed to sharpen essential reading skills. This lesson-a-day series is sure to become a classroom fav
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
AWESOME MONSTEROPOLY SMART BOARD REVIEW GAME TEMPLATE
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
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2nd - 12th, Staff
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Describing faces – ESL/ELL adult conversation PowerPoint lesson
This is an ESL adult conversation lesson. It includes an editable PowerPoint with worksheets, a class activity, and teacher’s notes.Face description is a fascinating thing. Every time I watch a program where a witness is asked by a detective to describe a person that they’ve seen at a crime scene, I marvel at their ability to do it so accurately. I’m not even sure I’d be able to describe my neighbor’s face to someone, let alone a face I’ve seen for a split second under duress. Facial features ar
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: learning to describe - bundle for ESL, EFL, ELL adult conversation
Livin’ La Vida Latina – Fun Facts about Spain Presentation in English
This 45 slide Spain Fun Facts Power Point in English is perfect for incorporating culture into your daily lessons. This best seller Spain presentation can be used as a virtual field trip, as daily warm-up activities or as a complete Spain unit. All of the Livin' La Vida Fun Facts presentations inspire students to make cultural comparisons and to think about dispelling cultural stereotypes. Use this presentation all at once to focus on Spain in a few mini lessons or for one complete Spain unit
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7th - 12th
Virginia Studies SMARTboard Lesson - VA in the New Nation - VS.6
***Updated with 2016 SOLs***
This is the newest version of this SMARTboard lesson, and it covers all of the Virginia SOLs on this topic - VS.6a-c. I've also updated the interactive notebook that matches this lesson, found here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Virginia-Studies-Interactive-Notebook-New-Nation-Unit-VS6-2000122
This is an instructional SMARTboard lesson about Virginia in the New Nation. It covers all of the Virginia fourth grade SOLs for this topic. It is attractive
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3rd - 9th, Adult Education
Greek Pottery (Clay) Unit - Coil Building and Greek Pottery History Project
UPDATED!!! I have updated the Greek Pottery History and Styles sheet, and added some printable cards on all the styles as well. These cards can also be used in creating your own handouts, slides or PowerPoint.*Original Smart Notebook file is still included. This unit includes a Greek Pottery Handout to start the project, a Greek Pottery Guide that describes and lists several ancient Greek pots, and a Smart notebook file that can be used as an agenda guide for the entire unit. Students will also
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5th - 12th
Stations of the Cross Interactive PowerPoint
Journey Through Faith: An Immersive Exploration of the Stations of the CrossEngage your students in a meaningful and unforgettable learning experience with this highly visual and engaging PowerPoint on the history and celebration of the Stations of the Cross.Dive deeper than ever before:Unravel the rich history: Explore the origins of the Stations, from first pilgrimages to the Holy Land to the involvement of the Romans and Franciscans.Connect with scripture: Delve into the 14 traditional Statio
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Livin’ La Vida Latina – Fun Facts about Central America in English
This 67 slide Central America Fun Facts Power Point in English is perfect for incorporating culture into your daily lessons. This best seller Central America presentation can be used as a virtual field trip, as daily warm-up activities or as a complete Central America unit. EDITABLE!All of the Livin' La Vida Fun Facts presentations inspire students to make cultural comparisons and will help to dispel cultural stereotypes. Use this presentation to focus on the countries of Central America in sev
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6th - 12th
Stress - ESL business adult conversation lesson
This is a conversation lesson with two PowerPoint presentations in editable PPT format, worksheets, an activity, and teacher’s notes.This topic is probably one of the most relevant and interesting conversation topics you’ll find, perfect for ESL students, since it’s a universal problem, experienced by everyone.I tried to collect and include as much ‘up-to-date’ research data as possible about the subject so that you could hold an informative discussion in class about it.In this lesson, we will d
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
TWR Note-Taking and Sentence Expansion Slides
Based on The Writing Revolution, this lesson explicitly teaches middle and high school students how to effectively take notes for research and then expand them into beautiful sentences for a paper. It is differentiated, specialized, explicit instruction perfect for any student and great for students with language based learning differences. This resource has 23 slides, models each skill, and then has blanks for students and teacher to practice together on the white board.
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5th - 12th
Also included in: TWR Note-Taking and Sentence Expansion Lesson
Virginia Studies SMARTboard Lesson - VA in the Revolutionary War - SOL VS.5
****UPDATED FOR 2016!****
Note: This is the crossover year for the new SOLs. Teachers are expected to teach both the old and new SOLs! The Spring SOL test will include information from both versions of the SOLS, however, the new material will be only in the form of field test questions. I'm updating all of my materials to ADD the new information this year, and NEXT summer (2017), I will delete the parts of the SOLs that have been deleted from the new version.
This is a 26 page instructional SM
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3rd - 9th
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Refusal – How to say “NO” in English - Cross culture- ESL adult conversation
This presentation contains a 43 slide PowerPoint lesson in editable PPT format with a role play activity, work papers and teacher’s notes. This lesson discusses the difficulty of saying ‘no’ and how to confront it.Saying “NO”, is not an easy thing to do, especially for ESL students. Most people say ‘yes’ to things they don’t want to do because it’s easier, because they want to avoid conflict or because they want to appear nice. Like other things, we need to practice refusal in order to get bette
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Virginia Studies SMARTboard Lesson - VA in the Civil War - SOL VS.7
**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
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3rd - 12th
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Spanish Speaking Countries and Capitals Jeopardy Game
Students practice Spanish speaking countries and capitals in a fun way! This PowerPoint Jeopardy game contains all 20 official Spanish speaking countries, plus countries and territories where Spanish is still widely spoken, or where there has been significant Spanish influence in the past. They include Puerto Rico, Andorra, Guam, Philippines, and Gibraltar. The 5 categories are North America A, North America B, South America, South America and Africa, and Potpourri. Students click a number u
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4th - 10th
Piaget and Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development- 2 day lesson
Piaget and Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development- 2 day lessonThis is a fantastic 2 day lesson that will help you to provide a more in-depth understanding of different stages of moral development. This lesson coves concepts from Piaget, Kohlberg and Erikson. Students will start with learning about Piaget's Theory Moral Development and his two main types of moral thinking. Students will also practice their understanding of what they learned.Next students will learn about Lawrence Kohlberg's the
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8th - 12th
Also included in: Psychology Unit: Infant and child development- 12 day bundle
Quiz Show Game Template in a PowerPoint Presentation
Quiz Show Game Template in a PowerPoint PresentationThis Quiz Show game, Jeopardy Style, is a great way to review a chapter. There are 25 questions, Final Showdown question, and a scoreboard so you don’t have to write it on a side board. Each page has the point value!I created TWO different versions. One with a Final Showdown question and another without to give you more options.You can edit the content to review any subject, including Math, history, science, K-12 English (ELA), social studies,
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Importance of learning social studies
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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
- Evaluate information, analyze evidence, and make informed judgments about complex social, economic, and political issues
- Become active, responsible, and engaged citizens
- Comprehend global issues such as human rights, environmental sustainability, and economic disparities
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