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6th grade social studies Common Core W.3.2 resources
Wax Museum Biography Research Report for 3rd - 6th Grade Social Studies Project
Need an easy to use, meaningful research project that your students, parents, and principal will love? This Wax Museum Project is a highlight of the year and will guide your students to create a biography research report on a famous person. The culminating part of the project is an amazing Wax Museum event, where students dress up as the person they have learned about and stand “still”, like a Wax Museum, until someone walks up to them and presses the “button” on their backdrops to hear a short
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3rd - 6th
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Digital Day of the Dead Art Project: Build a Sugar Skull Resource & Prompts
No prep sub plans for middle school are easy with my engaging, digital art project to build a sugar skull on Google Slides™. Students will practice technology skills with my digital Day of the Dead skull template and step by step art lesson. Then, pick a Día de los Muertos writing prompt to draft a creative story about their sugar skull craft.Need fun, fast finisher activities for 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th graders? Digital art projects are paperless, take up no space, and don't use art materials. S
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3rd - 6th
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Country Research Projects Study Report Countries Around the World Research
Country Research Projects: This newly revised (July 2023) country study worksheet packet will help your 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade social studies students conduct a country study research project for countries around the world. It not only includes country research graphic organizers and templates and for gathering information and conducting country research, but also guidance and skills for country report writing and giving a presentation. Grading rubrics, answer keys, differentiated a
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4th - 7th
Country Research Project | Country Reports Graphic Organizer Template Digital
Choose from 60 beautifully designed (and EDITABLE) country research report slides for your country writing projects. Create the exact presentation you want for your students but customizing any of the slides to fit your needs. Students will use the slides to share all about a country they researched while working with all sorts of text features (headings, table of contents, photos, captions, fun facts, bold words, glossary, and more).Want more report templates for the year? Click here for the BU
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2nd - 8th
Honoring Veterans Day (Dog Tag Craft and Writing Activity)
***UPDATED 10/20/13
In order to educate my students on why we celebrate and more importantly honor Veterans, I have created this 27-page writing prompt and Dog Tag craft. Not only did they write friendly letters to veterans, but they also learned about the history of military dog tags and why poppies are often symbolic of Veterans Day.
This project is aligned to the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade standards, but it can easily be adapted to higher or lower grades.
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3rd - 6th
Character Biography Reports | Digital and Printable Biography Writing Resources
Character Bio Reports is a great way to teach kids how to write an organized report about a person or a book character... without copying and pasting facts from a website. This assignment requires students to choose a famous person or character, research that person, and write a short character analysis essay. Editable student directions are included, along with a graphic organizer and a scoring rubric. Updated Printables and New Google Slides Resources!This product has been completely revised
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3rd - 7th
Indigenous Peoples Day Research Project
Engage students with a Thanksgiving writing activity based on Native American Heritage month! Students will be assigned their own famous Native American person, who they will then do a research project about. Students will then fill out the research posters and give a snapshot of a biography of their assigned person. With little to no-prep for you, this makes a perfect activity for the week of Thanksgiving or November writing activity. Let's celebrate Native American Heritage month!*WARNING: Man
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Biography Report Templates | Research Poster Template
Open House Project Ideas Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month AAPI
Are you looking for open house or Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month project ideas? This biography research project graphic organizer is designed for 3rd 4th 5th 6th grade students and combines to form a beautiful banner! It covers all the basics, and can be used as a stand alone biography report or as a starting point on which to elaborate. These templates can be used for ANY famous or historical figure! A few famous AAPI figures you might consider for student research include:
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3rd - 6th
Native Americans Unit Native American Heritage Month
This unit is a great introduction to Native American Heritage and History. The unit introduces Native American history, Native American Heritage Month, important figures of Native American history, and 8 regions of Native American tribes. Pick and choose the resources you want to use to complete your unit! Included in this package:Close Reading and Information Text•The Speedy Version of Native American History•What is Native American Heritage Month?•Northwest Coast Tribes•Southwest Tribes•
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3rd - 6th
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Westward Expansion Project - Distance Learning
Westward Expansion Project– This culminating project can be used with any study of the Westward Expansion Movement. This is an easy and effective way to differentiate to meet the needs for ALL students in your class. (especially gifted and talented learners). Students are asked to choose one out of eight possible project choices about Westward Expansion. Each project requires students to do research using online and print sources, take notes using the provided graphic organizers, and create a
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Westward Expansion Project Bundle
Biography Project for Any Person - Informative Writing Graphic Organizer
Teach informational writing and research skills with biographies of famous people! This guided writing and research project will work with any historical person's biography. Not only is the research guided and organized for students, the writing comes in 3 different levels so you can differentiate for all learners. Students will love being assigned their own famous person for a biography project!⭐Click here to save 20% on the biographical posters that go with this product!⭐This biography writing
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3rd - 6th
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Biography Research Project | Country Report | Animal Research Project | Reports
6 beautifully designed (and EDITABLE) report projects for your students for the end of the year or anytime during the year! Create the exact presentation you want for your students but customizing any of the projects to fit your needs.This bundle includes report templates to share all about a country, animal, famous person, book, state, and any topic templates! Students will work with all sorts of text features (headings, table of contents, photos, captions, fun facts, bold words, glossary, and
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2nd - 8th
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CHINESE NEW YEAR 2036 Writing Activity and Craft: Year of the Dragon Agamograph
The Year of the Dragon: An Agamograph for the Chinese New Year! This ready-to-go, time-saving, writing-and-art project becomes a beautiful bulletin board display that transforms from one image to another as the viewer walks past. Students will love creating these easy-to-make agamographs using the color-by-number templates. Collect all 12 animals of the Chinese Zodiac by buying the bundle. Click here to buy the BUNDLE and save!CHINESE NEW YEAR BUNDLEClick here to buy the CHINESE NEW YEAR DOOR DE
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3rd - 6th
BUNDLE: Africa Unit Studies Resources | Africa Unit Activities
This bundle will help provide a ton a resources to make your exploration of the African continent effective and fun! These resources are packed with great information, photos, and activities to really round out your Africa unit study! Learn about animals, plants, countries, landmarks, and landforms of the huge continent of Africa! All these resources have versions using both the metric system and the imperial measurement system.Check out other Continent Bundles:South America Unit Study Resource
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4th - 6th
Jamaica Research Project - Country Study Research Templates - Reading Activity
This 30 Page Jamaica Research Project is perfect your upcoming Jamaica Unit, cultural fair, or country study. A two page Jamaica reading passage is included, along with student research templates. All information needed to complete the research can be found in the reading passage - no additional research necessary! Key information about Jamaica is included, including geography, the Jamaican flag, nature, people and culture, and other fun facts. It works well for a whole class activity, or can be
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3rd - 6th
BUNDLE: South America Unit Studies Resources | South America Unit Activities
Explore the continent of South America with your class with this bundle of fabulous resources! Learn about the plants, animals, countries, landmarks, landforms, and maps of this continent. Enjoy!Check out other Continent Bundles:South America Unit Study Resource BundleNorth America Unit Study Resources BundleAsia Unit Study Resource BundleEurope Unit Study Resource BundleAfrica Unit Study Resource BundleAntarctica Unit Study Resource BundleAustralia Unit Study Resources BundleYou Might Also Enjo
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4th - 6th
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4-ESS2-2
CHINESE NEW YEAR 2025 BUNDLE Writing and Art Activities 12 Agamographs - 30% OFF
Celebrate the Chinese New Year with this creative art and writing project that is sure to be a hit with your students! These ready-to-go, time-saving, writing-and-art projects become a beautiful bulletin board display; they transform from one image to another as the viewer walks past. Students will love creating these easy-to-make agamographs using the color-by-number templates. Collect all 12 animals of the Chinese Zodiac by buying the bundle. As a bonus, you’ll get two stationery templates fo
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3rd - 6th
Morning Work Bundle (4th, 5th, 6th Grade)
Morning Work Bundle (4th, 5th, 6th Grade) - 532 Worksheets & Printables. A morning work bundle for upper elementary. Use the many art illustrations as a springboard into writing prompts.• Worksheets travel nicely between grade levels. • Meets 65-82% of Common Core Writing Literacy Standards for grades 3-7. Click links for full previews. You get the following:1. Editing - 12 Printable Prompts• Labor Day• Haunted House• Winter Solstice• Sled Racing• White House Easter Egg Roll• Valentine's Day
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4th - 7th
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No Prep Presidents Day Information Passages | Digital Included
Presidents are essential leaders in the American nation. This 85-page packet contains no prep informational passages meant to teach students about the first five presidents of the United States.This packet includes the following:Reading Passages: With information about each president, from birth to death, each passage is chalked full of background information to support your historical learning. Additionally, fun facts at the end of each passage help you learn more about each former president.
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4th - 6th
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Ancient Civilizations Unit Study | Ancient Aztec, Maya, and Inca Resources
This set of resources will help you teach your students about Ancient Central and South America. Some people call Ancient Central America "Mesoamerica". This product covers all three civilizations as one, with some distinctions (separate timeline cards, and indicating which civilization important people or places were) Dive into history with recommendations for books, projects, and videos to supplement your studies. Hang posters that highlight the most important places from this time period. Lea
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Ancient Civilization Unit Studies
Black History Month Biography Poster Project Research, Plan, Write, Present
Looking for an engaging, ready to go project for Black History Month? Immerse your students in the research process with this Black History project!What's IncludedDirections30 point rubricNote-taking planning pagesBiographical information shapes for posterA list of 50 names to research.In this project, students will...Research an African American and create a biographical posterRecord notes on a research planning pageTransfer this information to shape cut outs for their postersCut and paste thei
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3rd - 6th
No Prep Martin Luther King Junior Information Reading Packet
No Prep Martin Luther King, Jr. Reading Passage for Upper Elementary Grades! This 17-page packet is full of great resources to make it easy for you to plan meaningful academic discussions about the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. and why we celebrate a day in his honor. Students will enjoy learning about civil rights and opportunities set forth by Doctor King.This packet includes the following:Reading Passage and Writing Prompts:Students will have the ability to read and understand the reasoning
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4th - 6th
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Black History Month Activities Martin Luther King Jr. MLK Activities
Are you looking for a meaningful Black History Month resource that will not only let your students have fun and show their creativity, but also requires them to conduct research and think critically? Look no further! Included in this resource:Reading StrategiesCivil RightsThe Civil Rights Act of 1964Civil rights timelineMapping the Civil Rights MovementThen and NowHarriet TubmanFrederick DouglasRosa ParksMartin Luther King Jr.Ruby BridgesBarack ObamaBlank Graphic OrganizerResearch projectBiogra
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3rd - 8th
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Black History Month Research Project
Informational Writing - Research Project - Black History Month - With this informative writing research project students will be assigned and research an influential African American. They have the option to write an essay about their African American, create a poster displaying images or illustrations and facts about their African American, and/or give an oral presentation about their person. A great assignment for students in 3rd through 8th grade!Included are:*List of over 60 African American
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3rd - 8th
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