6th grade Halloween social studies cultural activities for GATE

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

Kerry Tracy Feel-Good Teaching

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

...

Halloween STEM Activity - Bone Bridge® - Halloween STEM Challenge

Created by

The Bone Bridge® Halloween STEM activity is collaborative, brain-busting work disguised as fun! This STEM challenge goes beyond Halloween. Connect it to your science lessons on skeletal system, bridges/transportation, and/or forces (specific ideas provided in the resource). The basic idea: Students work in partners or groups against a list of criteria and constraints to build a bridge for length, strength, or capacity using simple materials. This is the first resource from Bone Bridge® STEM Ch

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

Canadian History, Graphic Arts, Other (Arts)

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

...

Also included in: Halloween STEM Activities - 6 STEM Challenges - Print & Paperless

Indigenous Artists in Canada | Elementary Art Lessons and Projects

Created by

Brain Ninjas

This set of art projects incorporates painting, oil pastels, printmaking and carving to study six different artists in Canada who identify as First Nations or Métis through creating a piece of art inspired by George Littlechild, Bill Reid, Dana Standinghorn, Jason Carter, Benjamin Chee Chee and Leah Dorian.This inspiring product includes:six different art projects (each one can usually be completed within a few hours from start to the end of clean-up).complete lesson plans with step-by-step inst

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Activities, Cultural Activities, Lesson

Also included in: Art Lessons Bundle | Elementary Art Projects | Classroom Art | Easy Art Projects

Starry Night Pumpkins : Art Lesson Plan - Halloween - Fall - Autumn

Created by

Art with Creations Claudia Loubier

Here is an art project that highlights the arrival of autumn while also discovering Vincent Van Gogh and other impressionist painters. Your students will create artwork with pumpkins/squash while using superimposition. They will work in the manner of the impressionists to colour their projects. The technique of using oil pastels and tempera paint gives an incredible result. Level:Grades One and upTechniques:DrawingPainting Visual Language:Warm and cool coloursDifferent kinds of lines : (curved

Subjects:

Art History, Autumn, Halloween

Grades:

1st - 8th

Types:

Cultural Activities, Lesson

Coco Movie Guide | Day of the Dead Activities | Questions | Differentiated

Created by

Mr Hull's Movie Guides

This 16 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the film "Coco (2017)". ★★ Check out the full preview! ★★Great to watch to learn more about Mexican culture and Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) This guide may also work well as a sub plan for your substitute teacher.Steeped in Mexican culture and folklore, the movie follows young Miguel whose dreams of becoming a musician are hampered by his family's ban on music. Magically entering the Land of the Dead, Miguel embarks on an ex

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, English Language Arts, Halloween

Grades:

1st - 6th

Types:

Movie Guides, Cultural Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.4.7

, SL.2.2

, SL.3.2

, SL.4.2

, CCRA.SL.2

Also included in: 2 Pack Day of the Dead Movie Guide Bundle | Questions | Activities

Ancient China Geography: Virtual Field Trip (Google Earth Exploration)

Created by

Ancient History, Geography, Informational Text

Take your students on a virtual field trip to learn the geography of ancient China! Using a combination of Google Earth™ 360-degree views, informational text, video, and visuals, your students will learn about and explore the geography of ancient China including: the Gobi Desert, Himalaya Mountains, Tibetan Plateau, Yangtze River, and Huang He River (Yellow River).Your students will learn about::: geographic location of China:: modern-day borders (map skills included):: Gobi Desert (Mongols &amp

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 7th

Types:

CCSS:

Glitter Meets Glue - Art Projects and Crafts

Also included in: Ancient China Virtual Field Trip Bundle (Google Earth Exploration)

Chinese New Year Art Project: Chinese Ming Dynasty Vase Art Lesson & Sub Plan

Created by

Ready to liven up your middle school art curriculum with engaging, no prep Chinese New Year art projects? This Ming Dynasty vase lesson will boost student confidence and creativity. Kids will be intrigued by production of the cobalt blue porcelain ceramics. Moreover, they’ll enjoy playing a roll a dice game to make a vase of their own!And, it’ll help time-starved teachers like you create art lesson plans based on ancient China. During this art project, your class will learn about pottery, earthe

Subjects:

Art History, Asian Studies, Visual Arts

Grades:

5th - 7th

Types:

Projects, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

W.5.1a

, W.5.2d

, W.6.1a

, W.6.2d

, W.7.1a

...

Also included in: Multicultural Art Projects: Self-Assessment Rubrics, Worksheets, & Exit Slips

Veterans Day Program Script School Assembly or Class Activity to Honor Veterans

Created by

The Music Teacher Store

Are you planning a Veterans Day celebration for your school this year? This Veterans Day program script will help you get started as you plan your Veterans Day program.Our school's Veterans Day program has been my absolute favorite event of the year for over fifteen years!I have found that a program that celebrates Veterans is one of our favorite activities to bring together community members of all ages and students in our school. I have used this script at our school-wide Veterans Day progra

Subjects:

Arts & Music, Civics, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

Types:

Activities, Scripts, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

Also included in: Celebrate America! Patriotic Music Super Bundle! Veterans Day, Remote Learning

Halloween STEM Activity - Bat Wings Wanted Halloween STEM Challenge

Created by

Kerry Tracy Feel-Good Teaching

This Halloween STEM activity will keep your kids engaged & learning! Not doing Halloween activities this year? No problem! Just add this to a science unit on bats, life science, the physics of flight, or as a supplement to Stellaluna.Basic Premise:In this Halloween STEM challenge activity, students design and engineer a new set of bat wings, with the goal being to achieve maximum flight distance and/or accuracy. You can even throw in style points, if you like! It's a paper airplane challenge

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

Close Reading, Informational Text, U.S. History

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

...

Also included in: Halloween STEM Activities - 6 STEM Challenges - Print & Paperless

Immigration: Ellis Island Activities - Immigration Project

Created by

Kiki's Classroom

This Ellis Island & Immigration unit includes 44 pages of printables to engage your students while learning about immigration in the early 1900s. No fluff or filler here: this unit provides solid, high-quality content that will deepen students' understanding and simplify complex concepts, while taking them on a steamship journey across the Atlantic to New York Harbor and through Ellis Island. You’ll find these printables to be thoughtfully designed, easy to use, thorough, and engaging for

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Unit Plans, Printables, Cultural Activities

Oregon Trail Virtual Field Trip | 13 Stops Along Route | Google Earth

Created by

Informational Text, Social Studies - History, U.S. History

Take your students on a virtual field trip and make 13 stops along the Oregon Trail. Using a combination of Google Earth™ 360-degree views, video, informational text, and visuals, your students will view geographic locations and reconstructed sites along the trail as they learn about the history and significance of the Oregon Trail from multiple perspectives.This virtual field trip covers::: Native lands recognition :: What was the Oregon Trail?:: Why move west?:: Routes traveled:: Disruption of

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 7th

Types:

CCSS:

Earth Day, Geography, Social Studies - History

Also included in: Westward Movement Virtual Field Trip Bundle (Google Earth Exploration)

Passport Stamp Bundle - OVER 140 COUNTRIES!

Created by

NuttGeo

Thanks for checking out my store!This updated product now contains stamps from over 140 countries!!! Let your students cut out their own and glue it into their passport, or print the stamps on sticker paper and hand them out as rewards for reaching certain goals. Whatever your methodology may be, I’m positive your kids will love it! Altogether this product contains over 300 PNG files, one color and one black & white for each country. This product comes with a LIFETIME update guarantee. As I

Subjects:

Grades:

1st - 9th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Cultural Activities

Winter Holidays Around the World Virtual Scavenger Hunt (Google Earth)

Created by

Geography, Holidays/Seasonal, Social Studies - History

Take your students on a winter holidays adventure around the world! Using a combination of Google Earth™ 360-degree views, informational text, video, and visuals, your students will learn about and explore 8 different winter holiday events and traditions around the world. This low-prep, interactive activity is fully digital and is set up in Google Slides. This activity has been updated for the 2023 season!*CLICK THE PREVIEW BUTTON TO VIEW MOREStudents will visit and learn about the following:Nat

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 7th

Types:

CCSS:

, RI.6.7

California Gold Rush Virtual Field Trip (Google Earth Exploration)

Created by

Informational Text, Social Studies - History, U.S. History

Take your students on a virtual field trip to learn about the California Gold Rush. Using a combination of Google Earth™ 360-degree views, video, informational text, and visuals, your students will travel to 4 boom towns to learn about the gold rush from multiple perspectives.This virtual field trip covers::: Sutter's Mill:: James Marshall:: Prospecting for Gold:: President Polk:: Mixed Feelings:: Impact on Indigenous Peoples:: African Americans and the Gold Rush:: San Francisco:: Forty-Niners::

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

CCSS:

GATER Educator - Kris Prince

Also included in: Westward Movement Virtual Field Trip Bundle (Google Earth Exploration)

Solve a Mystery | Crime Scene Investigation Activity Bundle | CSI Forensics

Created by

Students love CSI Activities and Hands-on Investigations. These popular C.S.I. activities are a great way to teach inference, logic, analysis, and critical thinking.Looking to go DIGITAL in the CLASSROOM or Distance Learning Mode?Check out the C.S.I BUNDLE below which includes this Printable Resource as well as a Digital Format Link for each activity... C.S.I. for Kids Bundle - digital and printableGo 100% paperless with these C.S.I. ActivitiesC.S.I. Activities for Google ClassroomBy purchasing

Subjects:

Criminal Justice - Law, Critical Thinking, Forensics

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, GATE, Printables

CCSS:

RL.5.1

, RI.4.1

, RI.4.3

, RI.5.3

, RI.5.7

...

50 Black History Month Reading Passages, Informational Writing Research Activity

Created by

The Literacy Dive

Your students will be excited to learn about African American History during Black History Month with this product! There are 50 African Americans in this pack. Profile Pages are included, as well as simple kid-friendly written biographies in case you do not have access to enough resources for students to do comprehensive research.Blank templates are included and allow for several other African Americans to be researched and presented! Each sheet (biography and profile page) comes as a full- and

Subjects:

African History, Black History Month, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Projects, Cultural Activities

Flags of Spanish-Speaking Countries Windsock Craftivity

Created by

Spanish Made Easy

This is a coloring activity and windsock craft with the 21 flags of the Spanish-speaking world. Students will follow four simple steps to color, cut and glue these colorful windsock flags. Only five colors are needed: rojo, amarillo, verde, azul cielo, and azul (red, yellow, green, sky blue, and blue). This is a great activity when reviewing Spanish-speaking countries, Hispanic culture, holidays or colors. These windsock templates are available in both color and blackline. Makes a great decorati

Subjects:

Geography, Spanish, World Language

Grades:

K - 10th

Types:

Printables, Cultural Activities

Also included in: Spanish-Speaking Countries, Capitals, and Nationalities Bundle

Westward Expansion Wagon Project for Oregon Trail Unit

Created by

Simon Says School

Westward Expansion Wagon Project for Oregon Trail Unit – This creative and hands-on project is a wonderful opportunity for students to show their understanding of pioneers moving west. Learners will create a covered wagon out of construction paper, cardboard, and a shoebox. The bonnet of the wagon will include: • A map of the Oregon or California Trail • A model of a labeled wagon • A list of chores on the trail • A list of entertainment on the trail • Pictures and captions of 4 maj

Subjects:

Informational Text, U.S. History, Writing-Expository

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Research, Projects, GATE

Also included in: Westward Expansion Project Bundle

Passport Template & Bundle - Now Over 140 Countries

Created by

NuttGeo

Thanks for checking out my store!This product contains stamps from over 140 countries as well as a printable U.S. Passport template (three different styles)!!! Let your students cut out their own and glue it into their passport, or print the stamps on sticker paper and hand them out as rewards for reaching certain goals. Whatever your methodology may be, I’m positive your kids will love it! Altogether this product contains over 300 PNG files, one color and one black & white for each country

Subjects:

Earth Day, Geography, Social Studies - History

Grades:

1st - 9th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Cultural Activities

Back to School Beginning of the Year Activities for Social Studies Lessons

Created by

Martina Cahill - The Hungry Teacher

These back to school and first week of school activities were designed with community, teamwork, and relationship-building in mind so that students can get to know each other while performing fun social studies activities in upper elementary and middle school. Also included in these bundles: This product is part of my Back to School Activities: HUGE BUNDLEThis resource is part of my Back to School Activities: Social Studies and Community BuildingThis resource includes: 30+ social studies activit

Subjects:

Back to School, Civics, Social Studies - History

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Activities, Cultural Activities

Also included in: Back to School Beginning of Year Activities Community and Social Studies Bundle

Passport Booklet & Stamps Growing Bundle: Around the World Unit, Geography Fair

Created by

Kid World Citizen

These passport stamps and passport booklet are absolutely amazing!!! Perfect for an around the world unit, introduction to country studies, a Geography Fair, International Night, Social Studies Units, "Read Around the World" Passports, or Christmas Around the World (or Holidays Around the World). Save now by getting in early on this GROWING BUNDLE as we will be adding country stamps in the near future!The passport booklet is authentic, appropriate for students in any country ("Citizen of the Wor

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas, Geography, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

PreK - 12th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Cultural Activities

Compare World Religions Chart --Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism

Created by

Social Studies Showcase

This is a chart I use with my students to compare five major world religions-- Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism. It is meant to have the students learn the basics and be able to know the major aspects of all the religions. I included a blank copy and a completed version. In my social studies textbooks, there is quite a bit of info about each of these religions. This can also be done this as a group jigsaw activity. Feel free to edit it to suits your needs. Let me know if

Subjects:

Geography, Religion, Social Studies - History

Grades:

5th - 10th

Types:

Activities, Cultural Activities, Lesson

Ancient Greece: Geography Virtual Field Trip (Google Earth Exploration)

Created by

Ancient History, Geography, Informational Text

Take your students on a virtual tour to learn about the geography of ancient Greece. Using a combination of Google Earth™ 360-degree views, informational text, video, and visuals, your students will learn about and explore 6 geographical locations. This trip includes Mount Olympus, the Mediterranean Sea, the Peloponnesian Peninsula, Sparta, Macedonia, and Athens.This virtual field trip covers::: geographic location of Greece:: climate:: physical geography:: Mount Olympus (significance & Myti

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 7th

Types:

CCSS:

Kerry Tracy Feel-Good Teaching

Also included in: Ancient Greece Virtual Field Trip Bundle | Geography | Acropolis of Athens

Halloween STEM Activity - Creature Catcher Spider Web Halloween STEM Challenge

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In this Halloween STEM activity students work in partners or groups against a criteria and constraints list to design a device to catch as many “creatures” as possible. While spider web STEM designs definitely come to mind, there are many ways to catch a creature! Let your students' imagination and creativity shine by leaving the challenge open-ended.Not doing Halloween STEM activities this year?If Halloween activities are a no-go in your classroom, no problem! You can use this to start off a un

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types: