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High school Back to School social studies resources for SMART Notebook
Scattegories for the Smartboard
Play Scattegories with your class! This Smartboard game is a lot of fun. 5 lists are included, with 6 different letters for each list. That's a variety of 30 games! Use it as a "break-the-ice" game for new students, class-bonding, or as a stress reliever during testing. The last page is a printable answer sheet. Have fun!
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3rd - 12th
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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
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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Animated Traditional Cursive SmartBoard Upper and Lowercase
Your students will love this interactive SmartBoard Cursive lesson. It contains 52 pages of animated upper and lowercase letters. While your students are practicing their cursive at their seats, keep the animation going on the SmartBoard so they can check their own progress.
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2nd - 12th, Adult Education
SMARTBoard Farkle Interactive Game
Your students will love playing Farkle on the SMARTBoard. I have given you two options for scoring and game play.
*Either use the interactive website for rolling the dice or use the interactive dice embedded within the Notebook. If using the embedded dice, have your students pick a pen from the tray and circle the dice being held. To erase the circles for the next player simply draw an imaginary circle around the dice and tap in the middle of the imaginary circle. The ink will disappear and
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3rd - 12th
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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
Daily Oral Language Daily Fix It Interactive SMARTBoard
This SmartNotebook interactive lesson allows you to use your own daily oral language or daily fix it sentences. Simply drag the infinitely cloned proofreading marks up to the sentences and rewrite the sentences correctly. I have provided both a younger and older student version. You can also make worksheets using your own sentences.
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1st - 9th
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Virginia Studies SMARTboard Lesson - VA in the Reconstruction Era - SOL VS.8
**Updated to the NEW Virginia SOLS (2017)**
This is a 13 page instructional SMARTboard lesson that covers Virginia Studies SOLs VS.8 - the ENTIRE Virginia during the Reconstruction Era Unit. This lesson is full of interactive activities, video clips, games, websites, and more! Use this to teach your entire Reconstruction Unit!
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 i
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3rd - 9th
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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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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Back to School Smartboard Dice Activity
Use this Notebook file on your Smartboard on the first day of school to get to know your new students. The large die on the bottom is an interactive one. Students will come up to the Smartboard, roll the die (by tapping it), and then share something depending on what they rolled. They may be asked to share: their favorite book, television show, food, hobby, song, or something they did this summer. Have them roll more than once to learn more!
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2nd - 12th
Attendance Monster Interactive Smartboard Morning with Four Options for Lunch
If you are looking for a fun way to take attendance in the morning, you will love this monster animated SmartBoard attendance file. It comes complete with a page of detailed instructions for editing names and text. I know your students will love using the SmartBoard to take attendance. Look for more of my themed attendance pages including months September through May in addition to a birthday, beehive, butterfly, computer, cookie, Easter, garden, Halloween, kite, patriotic, pizza, sports, summer
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PreK - 12th
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Crossing the Road Safely - Road Safety
This is a SMART notebook file for teaching a lesson about road safety. It was made for the UN World Road Safety Day, but it can be used anytime of the year to teach a lesson about crossing the road safely.
This lesson was designed for a special needs class but easily can be used for most ages and abilities. It is suitable for regular classroom teacher, but would also be great for relief teachers as a one of lesson.
The lesson includes videos, activities and an activity at the end to complete to
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PreK - 9th
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Homeworkopoly for your SMARTboard! Gameboard ~ Homework Reinforcement
Get your students to turn in their homework on a regular basis with this gameboard! Game begins when your host clicks the start button! Completely interactive! Students LOVE it! I have a student host it after I have modeled it the first week of play.Created for use with your Smartboard using Notebook 10 software. Play as often as you like, just SAVE and play resumes next time! Saves on bulletin board space.Prize spaces include "Chance" cards, treasure chest, sticker basket, stamp for studen
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K - 12th
United States Labeling Puzzle Map
This is a map of the United States for students to label. Teachers can scramble up the puzzle and students put it back together. This is a great activity to get students up out of their seats and do a hands-on activity with technology
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6th - 10th
Central America and The Caribbean - Spanish Lesson
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.
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5th - 12th
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Virginia Studies SMARTboard Lesson - Virginia Government & Economy - SOL VS.10
This 16 page instructional SMARTboard unit lesson covers the topic of "Virginia Government and Geography." This lesson covers ALL of the Virginia SOLs VS.10 (updated with NEW SOLs in 2017). This lesson is fun, well organized, and will keep your students' attention! It has tons of pictures, video clips, and interactive parts. Use my SMARTboards in place of a textbook! My interactive notebooks (also featured on TPT) correspond perfectly with the SMARTboards and are a perfect way for your stud
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3rd - 9th
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
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7th - 12th
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Attendance Monkey Interactive Smartboard Morning 30, 20, & 15 Students
If you are looking for a fun way to take attendance in the morning, you will love this monkey animated SmartBoard attendance file. It comes complete with a page of detailed instructions for changing your student names and animating the monkeys to go off the screen. I know your students will love using the SmartBoard to take attendance. Look for more of my themed attendance pages including months September through May in addition to a birthday, beehive, butterfly, computer, cookie, Easter, garden
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PreK - 12th
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Central America and Caribbean Labeling Puzzle map
Map of Central America and Caribbean for students to label. Teachers can scramble up the puzzle and students put it back together. This is a great activity to get students up out of their seats and do a hands-on activity with technology
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6th - 10th
Daily Math Assignments Owl Themed Interactive Rotations for SmartBoard
If you are looking for a fun way to assign your students to their Math Rotations, you will love this owl themed interactive page complete with embedded timer. You will get detailed instructions for editing this Notebook Software file for SMARTBoards along with three different stations options. I know your students will love using the SMARTBoard for assigning your Math Rotations.
~ Happy Teaching ~ Michelle Hanson
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PreK - 11th
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Jeopardy Template for the Smartboard
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!
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3rd - 12th
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Lewis and Clark Expedition Postcard Lesson
This lesson is based on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Included in the Smart Notebook file is a Bell Ringer, Video Guide, Timeline, Postcard Assignment Directions, and a Postcard Model. The idea of the lesson is to utilize a video resource and timeline to help students identify the goals, accomplishments, and positive/negative experiences associated with the efforts of the Corps of Discovery from 1804-1806 and then to use that knowledge to extend their own learning by creating an original pos
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5th - 10th
Urbanization, Immigration, & Industrialization of the 1800s
This SMART Notebook file contains notes about the U.S. during the 1800s, focusing on the urbanization and reforms of cities, immigration changes, and the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, and is geared towards middle school students taking a U.S. History course. Pages include animations (click pictures to reveal notes/information) and information to be "pulled out" from the sides of the file, lending itself to a great student-friendly presentation. Attachments within the notebook file incl
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7th - 9th
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