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Presidents' Day webquests for GATE
Presidents Day Research Activity - WebQuest Digital Lesson - 4th 5th & 6th Grade
This Presidents Day WebQuest will be the perfect activity to learn about and research US Presidents. In this activity, students will click through links and watch a video about the Presidents and Presidents Day. They will learn things they never knew about this holiday! There are 5 pages of interactive fun! Students will fill out graphic organizers and charts as they learn more about the US Presidents. This is the perfect activity for ELA centers, technology time or a fun social studies project
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4th - 6th
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White House: Learn about the White House(A webquest)
Learn about the White House with 10 informative web questions, comprehension and discussion questions and several extension activities.NEW:Check out all my resources(summaries) in one place: Gail's Pinterest PageOver the years, I have developed a number of webquests for Instructor Magazine. All my webquests contain lots of informational facts within the webquest so the students learn something as they are reading the questions. The webquests have extension activities and most of my webquests als
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: Civics! Learn About Our Government: A Bundle of Resources!
Abraham Lincoln - Webquest with Key (Google Doc Included)
Abraham Lincoln - Webquest with Key (Google Doc Included) - This 12 page document contains a webquest and teachers key related to the basics of the life of Abraham Lincoln. It contains 35 questions from a great history website. The resource also comes with a Google Doc version for ease of use in Google Classroom!Your students will learn about the life of Abraham Lincoln in the United States. It covers all of the major people, themes and events in the life and significance of life of Abraham Lin
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5th - 11th
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February STEM Activities Challenges Valentines Day Party STEM and Close Reading
February STEM and Valentine's Day STEM challenge activities are so much fun. But, finding the time to incorporate design challenges into your curriculum can be difficult. The February STEM Design Challenge COLLECTION is part of the STEM with CLOSE READING series. It gives you FOUR OF MY BEST SELLING STEM CHALLENGES that will seamlessly allow you to tie together the curriculum by giving you rigorous text dependent questions that go with a high interest reading passages IN ADDITION to the fun
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3rd - 6th
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February STEM STEAM Challenge: President's Day Edition
President's Day is a great time to honor our founding fathers. And what better way to honor our first president than by building a new monument? Using the listed materials, students will create a presidential pillar so that Washington's portrait (a quarter) can balance on top.
Included in this pack are:
-- Printable student challenge card
-- Teacher materials list
-- Pre-Activity guide
-- Engineering Design Process flow-chart for student record keeping
-- Self-assessment/Reflection page (diffe
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K - 5th
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Presidents Webquest (Washington to Biden)
Presidents Webquest (Washington to Biden) Students will gain basic knowledge about the Presidents by completing an internet-based worksheet. The President webquest uses the following great website.http://www.ducksters.com/biography/uspresidents/My students enjoy learning new facts about the Presidents from the website. I usually use this activity as a review or introduction activity for my middle school students and it takes at least one class period for students to cover each time period. High
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: Presidents Lesson Plan Collection bundle
Abraham Lincoln Log Cabin STEM
Abraham Lincoln - President's Day STEM - In this STEM challenge your students will learn some facts about Abraham Lincoln and will complete the challenge of building a one room log cabin similar to his childhood home. Students must stick to a budget and use the available supplies. This STEM challenge meets several NGSS standards and encourages critical thinking, budgeting, and engineering skills.
Suggested Plan of Implementation:
Prior Week: Send home the parent letter requesting supplies.
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K - 6th
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Also included in: STEM Activities Bundle
George Washington Webquest
Students will learn about the life of George Washington by completing an internet-based worksheet. The George Washington Webquest uses a great website created by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. The website allows students to explore the key events of George Washington life in a very student friendly website. Students read and scroll through the website. The webquest includes 50 questions and has an answer sheet for the teacher. A QR code is included along with the traditional website link.
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: George Washington Lesson Plan Collection
President's Day WebQuest & Word Search Puzzle
This Webquest / Internet scavenger hunt is a perfect one day activity for middle schoolers to learn more about our Presidents and Presidents' Day. This is a fun lesson for technology classes or history classes.The lesson includes teacher and student resources, the student handout and an answer key. Two versions of the WebQuest are included to let teachers print the questions or to provide them digitally as an interactive page in an editable Microsoft PowerPoint file. Additionally, a word searc
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6th - 8th
Presidents' Day STEM Activities Abraham Lincoln's Cabin February STEM Challenge
STEM challenge activities are so much fun. But, finding the time to incorporate design challenges into your curriculum can be difficult. The Presidents Day Lincoln's Cabin Design Challenge is part of the STEM with CLOSE READING series. It seamlessly allows you to tie together the curriculum by giving you rigorous text dependent questions that go with a high interest reading passage IN ADDITION to the fun STEM activity! Watch your kids faces LIGHT UP as they put their thinking caps on and let
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3rd - 6th
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President's Day Activity WebQuest
Do you want to make learning about President's Day FUN? Do you want your students to learn about George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and other presidents? Then download this engaging President's Day Activity WebQuest! This comprehensive research project allows students to explore the lives of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and other Presidents' early lives, achievements, and MORE! Easily incorporate this activity into your Winter Holiday plans, civic lessons, or history class. This research
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: President's Day Activity BUNDLE and Bulletin Board Set
Presidents: A Presidential Webquest
President Andrew Johnson had a pet white mouse. President William McKinley had a pet parrot who was trained to whistle, "Yankee Doodle". President James Garfield was the first president to be left- handed AND could write with both hands(and different languages at the same time-Greek and Latin). George H W Bush liked eating pork rinds as a snack. President George Washington was a spelunker, a person that likes searching in caves. John F. Kennedy said, “And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what yo
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: Civics! Learn About Our Government: A Bundle of Resources!
February Brain Teasers & Challenge Puzzles | Boom Cards | Digital & Print
Do you struggle to engage and differentiate for your:early finishers?gifted and talented students?smart students who just love a challenge?Then this product is perfect for you! It includes 20 fun and challenging brain teaser puzzles of all types. My students have LOVED solving these puzzles as a reward for completing their other work. I LOVE that they are self-checking which frees me up to help the students who need it.★★★★ Preview this deck in action here ★★★★It includes 20 varied February-th
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3rd - 8th
Abraham Lincoln DIGITAL ESCAPE ROOM for Google Drive® | Civil War
The Abraham Lincoln DIGITAL Escape Room will take students on a secret mission through two 360° VIEW rooms! This escape room has students decode interesting facts about Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. Drag the mouse or keypad to move the screen for a 360 view! All you have to do is share the link with your students!! It’s THAT easy! No prior knowledge is needed.***STUDENT GOOGLE ACCOUNTS™ REQUIRED FOR USE***Students will read 4 short passages, then answer questions related to each passage. Af
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5th - 8th
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Founding Fathers and Jacksonian Webquest (George Washington to John Tyler)
Founding Fathers and Jacksonian Webquest (George Washington to John Tyler)
Students will gain basic knowledge about our first Presidents by completing an internet-based worksheet. The President webquest uses the following great website.
http://www.ducksters.com/biography/uspresidents/
The wonderful clip art is from The Artventurous Life.
My students enjoy learning new facts about the Presidents from the website. I usually use this activity as a review or introduction activity for my middl
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: George Washington Lesson Plan Collection
Presidents With Pizzazz! A Research Choice Menu for Gifted/Enrichment
Want differentiation for your gifted or advanced learners made easy? Try an activity menu! Great for President's Day! This 30 page Presidents With Pizzazz Research menu packet includes 3 levels of difficulty and multiple intelligences/learning styles.
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All the forms you need are included for all 8 activities! Ready-to
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1st - 9th
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Also included in: Holiday Menu Bundle for Critical & Creative Thinking!
Inauguration Day! A Webquest
What is this event in the USA called an "Inauguration"? Taking the oath of office, a big parade and evening balls, Inauguration Day is a very busy day for the incoming President! There are 12 web questions, a Did You Know? section, comprehension questions and extension activities. This resource would be a great activity for around Inauguration Day to learn all about the history and festivities surrounding our country's inauguration procedures. It could be used as a Friday activity or when you a
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: Civics! Learn About Our Government: A Bundle of Resources!
Charts and Graphs - Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War
15 charts and graphs about Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. Students analyze and describe:Resources of the Union and Confederacy,1860 Election - popular vote and electoral college, Deaths in Civil War battles (Gettysburg, Shiloh, etc),Deaths in US wars (WWI, WWII, Korean, etc),Causes of discharge in Civil War,Retaking of the South by year (1862, 1863…),Most Popular Presidents,Age of Presidents, Height of Presidents,Cost of Presidential Campaigns,Vote of Succession by counties,and more...Take a
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7th - 12th
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President Election Day Logic Puzzles
Get your kids thinking a little deeper with five (5) US Presidential history - Election Day trivia themed table logic puzzles. These logic puzzles are designed for 4th - 7th grade students, but can be used with younger gifted students or as whole-class enrichment activities.When you use Everyday Learning with Hand In Hand logic puzzles, you help students develop deductive reasoning skills. You also get to explore little-known fun facts about American presidents, like which president walked their
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4th - 8th
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George Washington Exploration Hyperlinked PDF
This hyperlinked PDF is designed to be used on a computer or tablet—perfect for iPads or Chromebooks! More than 30 links to outside websites are embedded in this PDF, so your students are just click away from primary source documents, additional research, videos, and more. Ideal for Washington’s birthday. This is a great general overview and a perfect jumping off point for in-depth discussions or research.This works for many age levels. I’ve used this with my 3rd-5th grade students and my husban
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5th - 12th
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Presidents Day Webquest
Engage your students in an exciting learning journey with this NO-PREP Presidents' Day WebQuest! This interactive and educational resource is designed to spark curiosity and deepen understanding of this holiday while encouraging students to work together. Students will learn about why we celebrate this holiday and research a president of their choice throught the provided links on each slide. They will even get to create a portrait of Abraham Lincoln or George Washington. Check out my Presiden
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3rd - 5th
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Abraham Lincoln: QR Code Scavenger Hunt & Research Lap Book with Flip Book
Looking for an exciting and engaging way for students to learn all about Abraham Lincoln? Using QR code clues students discover all about his life, important work, and contributions. They will discover clues and crack the code to figure out all about this famous historical figure! First, students scan each QR code and record the answer clues on the scavenger hunt sheet. Once all the clues have been read they use the domino code in the answers to write the missing letters and discover who they ha
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1st - 4th
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Website Sleuths: George Washington and Abraham Lincoln | Web/ Internet Search
I hope your students will enjoy learning about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln with this ready to use "web search" resource! Please note: This resource is also included in my Holidays: A Year of Website Sleuths including 35 different holiday webquests at a highly discounted rate! ★ This resource is also included in myWebsite Sleuths BIG Bundle: Holidays & Famous Faces for even greater SAVINGS! After your students have completed the web searches (featuring twenty questions- ten question
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3rd - 6th
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Holiday's Webquest Bundle
This webquest bundle includes all 20+ of of my holiday webquests. Click on any of the links below to preview some of the webquests that are available in the bundle!
*UPDATE: NOW ALL webquests have been updated to include access to a Google Slides version of this product!
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