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8th grade Common Core WHST.11-12.2 resources
Random Acts of Leadership - Kindness Bingo - Kindness Week Activities Challenge
Kick off a month or week of kindness with this Random Acts of Leadership activity challenge in your Leadership class or with Student Council officers. This BINGO-style game encourages kindness, inclusion, and service around campus and the community. Sample of acts of service: Being a door greeter in the mornings Writing an unexpected note of appreciation Volunteering at an extra-curricular event Showing staff appreciation Cleaning up the campusGreatness is serving others and spreading kindness i
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7th - 12th
Also included in: Leadership Student Council Full Course for Middle High School Advisors
Writing & Reading "PEELS" Anchor Charts & Graphic Organizers
Writing & Reading "PEELS" Anchor Charts and Graphic Organizers - Aligned with the Common Core State Standards for writing (arguments, explanatory/informative, expository) AND for reading (text analysis: showing evidence, evaluating claims, analyzing author's purpose and style, etc.)
This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my WRITING RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.
Building on my popular Common Core Writing Paragraphs “PEEL" Anchor Chart, I've updated this resource to add the "S" for style and
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5th - 12th
Also included in: Custom Bundle for Jen W.
US History Thematic Inquiry PBL Full Course Bundle Print & Digital
Transform your U.S. History classroom to be inquiry-driven and project-based and start cultivating authentic learning with this growing course, plus bonuses!This is the course I wish existed in my first year teaching U.S. History. Whether you are brand new and overwhelmed or looking to upgrade your impact from the same-old, same-old, this thematic PBL U.S. History course will fast-track you to cultivating a passion in your students to appreciate those who have come before them and become the his
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8th - 11th
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Extreme World Poverty Living on One Dollar Unit | Human World Geography
Explore extreme world poverty using a variety of sources with this eye-opening inquiry unit that will leave your students feeling thankful, aware, and empowered to create change.This unit is perfect for your Human Geography or Current or Contemporary Global Issues course.All student resources come in both printable PDF and editable, digital Google files.Almost half of the world lives on $5.50 a day or less. At least 70% of all humans live on $10 or less. While those are shocking, the most extrem
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8th - 12th
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Thank You Note or Letter Template Project - How To Writing Kit
Use this complete how-to kit for writing a thank you note or letter to teach students the real-life skill of sharing gratitude and kindness. This resource comes in both print PDF and paperless Google files for your flexibility!Greatness is expressing genuine appreciation to others.The thank you note is an essential life skill that's rarely formally taught but practices everything from being genuine to being specific and formal. Challenge your students to do good by expressing their appreciatio
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Essay Writing Curriculum - How to Write Opinion Narrative College Essays
History Crime Scene Investigation: CSI Hamilton Duel At Dawn
Hamilton was so much more than just an amazing play on Broadway.
Want a great way for students to engage in a group activity while they examine eyewitness testimony, artifacts, primary sources, and solve a historical mystery? Download The Hamilton Duel at Dawn CSI!
This exciting activity can be used to challenge individual students or to encourage collaboration in groups of up to five people. Students form CSI teams and examine real evidence from the duel between Vice President Aaron Burr an
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7th - 12th
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#Activism Research Project: Perfect for Social Justice/Informational Text Unit
Thanks to social media and trending hashtags, modern activism movements look much different than the activism of the past. This project is a great addition to any study of activism, social justice, social movements, informational text, or just as a stand-alone research project. It is crucially important we teach students how to research and understand the movements of their generation so they can actively participate in the dialogue that is taking place all around them. Understanding the current
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
World Population Growth Poster Project Activity | Human World Geography
Explore just how big the world’s population really is with this two-part activity that includes an eye-opening simulation and a creative poster project while stretching their math skills.The posters make for a fun and engaging hallway display for the whole school to learn from!These activities come as both print-and-go PDF and editable, paperless Google files and are included in the complete Human Population Growth Unit.Greatness is being able to make the incomprehensible easy to understand.A mi
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7th - 12th
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LBJ's Great Society | War on Poverty | Poster Project | DISTANCE LEARNING
Students will become familiar with President Lyndon B Johnson’s Great Society Programs by creating informational posters and completing a gallery walk. This activity will definitely keep your students engaged. This is an interactive, student-centered activity. Both Print & Digital (Google drive) versions included! Perfect for Distance Learning and your U.S. /American History classroom."Students loved this activity. Straight forward and easy." ChristopherThis purchase includes the following:•
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: MODERN AMERICA| BUNDLE | Print & Digital |JFK-Trump| Grades 8-12
Pep Spirit Assembly Planning Kit for Student Council Leadership
Sit back and let your Student Council or Leadership students take charge with this 2-part bundle: Universal assembly planning kit Spirit pep assembly idea flip deckEvery form, from idea proposal to post-assembly reflection, is included. In addition, you’ll get a 44-card flip deck of pep assembly activities to engage the entire school in fun competitions and student recognition.By buying both, you save big!Greatness is making everyone feel special and included.What used to be a headache of keepi
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7th - 12th
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American Immigration Thematic PBL Unit Print & Digital
Build a strong base of evidence-supported writing and appreciation of the main ingredient to America’s world-renown success, the immigrant, with this project-based unit that asks, "What is our American story?" This unit coversCurrent-day immigration and ethnic makeup of theUSEllis Island "new" immigrants of the early 1900sGreat Migration migrants of the mid-1900sVietnamese refugees of the late 1900sThis unit strengthens core skills like Analyzing and evaluating statistical, interview, and artist
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: US History Thematic Inquiry PBL Full Course Bundle Print & Digital
ANCIENT ROME: World History Travel Brochure Research Summary Project
Have you ever wanted to take your class to Ancient Rome? Now you can without spending a dime! On this virtual field trip, students will become the travel guides. Through summaries and pictures, students will create a travel brochure that highlights 10 major locations of the Ancient Roman Empire. This creative project includes writing, research, and graphic design. What's Included:Student instructions to help explain all aspects of the projectA map of the Roman Empire to locate each stop of th
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5th - 12th
The Enlightenment & Declaration of Independence: Document-Based Question (DBQ)
DBQs are an excellent way to hit most of the Common Core standards in your class. If there is one activity that encapsulates the requirements of the Common Core - the DBQ is it! Prompt: Analyze the impact that the Enlightenment thinkers had on the development and ideas expressed in the Declaration of Independence. There are a total of 7 documents. Here is a list of the documents:1. John Locke Two Treatises of Government, 16902. Jean Jacques Rousseau The Social Contract - 17623. Jean Jacques Rous
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8th - 11th
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Japanese American Internment WWII Homefront Activities
Use these powerful photos of the Japanese American internment during World War II to tap into your students’ critical thinking and historical empathy skills.This resource comes in both printable PDF and digital for Google Slides.These photos are not to be missed in any unit on the WWII American home front. Taken by famous photographers, including Dorothea Lange and Ansel Adams, they tell a story like no other and one the U.S. government wanted to hide. This activity kit offers 6 respectful ways
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: US History Activity and Project Kits Bundle Print & Digital
US History Protest from Suffrage to Civil Rights Print & Digital
Challenge your students to think beyond themselves in this point-of-view focused thematic unit examining 4 very different 1900s American protest movements. This unit coversFounders' views on First Amendment rightsLandmark Supreme Court on free speechRecent protest movementsSilent Sentinels and suffragists of the early 1900sJapanese American internment during WWIISit-In demonstrators of the Civil Rights MovementAlcatraz Occupation and the American Indian Movement of the 1970sThis unit strengthens
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: US History Thematic Inquiry PBL Full Course Bundle Print & Digital
Word Work Practice Pages 2009 Words Their Way Derivational Relations Sorts 1-13
These Word Study Practice Pages were created to accompany the ©2009 Words Their Way Word Sorts for Derivational Relations Spellers, Sorts 1-13. My hope is that you will find these pages to be a valuable resource to use with your students who are at the Derivational Relations stage of spelling development. This item includes word work for the first two units, sorts 1-13. You can also purchase Within Word and Syllable & Affixes sorts by visiting my store at https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/
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2nd - 12th
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US Mini PBL Unit African American Great Migration with Interview Project
Strengthen your 1920s Harlem Renaissance, WWI, WWII, or Civil Rights units with an exploration of the Great Migration experience. Read the moving poetic words of Langston Hughes, hear the narratives of three individuals who escaped oppression for a better life, and examine the massive statistics each of these 6 million American Dreamers helped create. Culminate students' learning with their own oral history interview project!By the end of this unit, your students will be able toAnnotate and ana
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8th - 11th
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Holocaust Research Unit Literature and Writing EDITABLE
This exhaustive unit contains EVERYTHING you need to teach the Holocaust while integrating reading, research, and writing! Reframe the way you teach the Holocaust in English and/or Social Studies while creating advanced readers, thinkers, speakers, and listeners! The design of the unit could be used in one subject or taught across the curriculum in both a reading or literature course and history or social studies. The materials and lesson plans are a fit for any level of students in grades 7-12.
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7th - 12th
WW1 Simulation Activity+ 1 Year Online Subscription Included
Online Learning Ready!World War 1 Simulation Activity for middle and high school students. This easy to set up, interactive lesson plan actively involves students in the events of the First World War.
In this World War 1 Lesson Plan, students begin by learning about the background of The Great War. In June 1914, one single incident set off a chain reaction engulfing Europe and the world into a devastating war. Students are assigned roles as leaders or foreign ministers of 16 countries involved
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: World War Bundle: WW1, WW2 & Cold War + Online Year Subscriptions
The Constitution Unit Plan Lessons Notes
Immerse your students in The Constitution with this comprehensive, Regents and Common Core-aligned unit plan. It includes primary sources, video links, reading passages, guided notes, editable Google Slides, and 14 days of lessons, activities, and homework. Enhance historical thinking, reading comprehension, and writing skills with interactive worksheets, a vocabulary quiz, extension activities, and thematic daily agenda slides. Bring history to life and optimize your teaching with this zero pre
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8th - 11th
Also included in: United States History Full Year Curriculum
BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS, reading comprehension questions, critical thinking
BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS, reading comprehension questions, critical thinkingThis is a bundle with 115 pages and 21 Slides. It works with Easel, may be printed, or used interactively with Google Classroom.** PLEASE NOTE THAT I UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES WITH THIS NOVEL AND MY EDITED PRODUCTS ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS BY ASKING STUDENTS TO DO RESEARCH ON AUSCHWITZ AND HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS.**THIS IS A BUNDLED PRODUCT. IT MAY BE USED WITH THE BOOK AND THE FILM. 30% DISCOUNT!• The Boy in the Stri
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The 5-Paragraph Essay Rubric
What's Included?This is a 4-point, proficiency-based scoring guide for grading middle-school level, five-paragraph essays. This is a complete, holistic essay rubric that follows from the 4-Point Proficiency Rubric for Body Paragraphs and the 4-Point Proficiency Rubric for Intro Paragraphs.Pair this rubric with the Five-Paragraph Essay Scoring Sheet to provide students with a clear and easy-to-read peer grading sheet that makes grading for teachers and students a breeze. Easily convert the 4-poin
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5th - 12th
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Roosevelt Four Freedoms Primary Source Writing Activity Print & Digital
Strengthen students' skills in analyzing two primary source documents: President Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” speech and Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” painting series in a text and image-driven, evidence-based extended writing sample. This resource comes in both print PDF and digital for Google Slides.**************************************Greatness is conveying a complex and scary message with simplicity, positivity, and emotion. Challenge your students with this plug-and-play lesson to learn
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: US History Primary Source DBQ Writing Activities Print & Digital
Ellis Island Immigrant Unit w/ Interview Oral History Project Print & Digital
Strengthen your Gilded Age or Progressive Era unit with an exploration of the Ellis Island immigrant’s experience. Read the moving poetic words of Emma Lazarus, hear the retelling of memories by living immigrants, and examine the massive statistics each of these 12 million American Dreamers helped create. Then, culminate your students’ understanding with an interview oral history project of their own!This unit strengthens core skills likeAnalyzing and evaluating statistical, interview, and arti
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8th - 11th
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