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8th grade Presidents' Day resources for GATE
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
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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Presidents' Day Research Low Prep
Informative Research and Writing: Presidents' Day
Students research and write an informative composition on George Washington or Abraham Lincoln.! Biographies, note taking outlines, and blank writing pages are included in this purchase. Multiple Common Core Standards and TEKS for 5th Grade Writing are supported.
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* 2 Biographies
* 4 Outlines / Graphic Organizers for Note-taking (Topics Provided)
* 2 Composition Pages (Blackline)
* 1 Product List (for teacher flexibility)
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4th - 8th
President Time Machine
Just in time for President's Day! Study Presidents with pizzazz...What if a President from the past stepped into a Time Machine...and it is set to travel to your year? Your students get to greet him in modern times! This packet helps them plan their adventures with the President through research and creativity. The President Time Machine project is ready-to-go for your Gifted or advanced students, fast finishers, enrichment or differentiation!
(NOTE BEFORE BUYING: This product is part of my la
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1st - 8th
Art STEAM: Making a Monument
STEAM Challenge: Making a MonumentLearn and use key techniques sculptures use to build and create monuments! In addition, learn about scaling and technique while making your own modeling clay scale model of a monument you design.What is STEAM?STEAM is about Community, Collaboration, and Confidence! STEAM programming is essential for communities. STEAM is so much more than just fun science, technology, engineering, art and math activities. When STEAM is done right, it challenges kids to solve pr
Cultural Literacy Activities Bundle - What Do You Know?
These “What Do You Know?” cultural literacy questions challenge your students to learn about people/places/things/events that happened prior to today’s modern culture and give them a better advantage to be smarter and more productive members of a society that moves faster than it ever has.Just as knowing vocabulary allows a child to better comprehend what they are reading, there is a common core of background knowledge that also needs to be taught in order for a child to truly understand their c
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7th - 12th
Charts and Graphs - Presidents' Day
22 printable or digital pages for students to analyze charts and graphs exploring the Presidents and Donald Trump: the trade deficit, the height of presidents, age of presidents, employment and unemployment numbers, experience of presidents prior to office, vocabulary level of presidents, popular vote and the electoral college, firing within the executive branch by the president, executive orders, immigrants, the stock market, defense spending, civilian deaths in Afghanistan, mass shootings, sch
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Presidents' Day BUNDLE
FREE President Rap/Song Research Mini-Project
Study Presidents with pizzazz...just in time for Presidents' Day! Your Gifted, advanced students, or fast finishers can compose their own musical masterpieces about any President through research and creativity! Perfect for enrichment or differentiation! Includes guidelines, and lower & upper grade music paper.
(NOTE: This is part of my larger Presidents with Pizzazz research menu packet with 8 activities....please check out that menu product with this link below!)
http://www.teacherspayt
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1st - 8th
Portrait of a President
Have your students discuss the Habits of a Scholar and what three qualities they think the President of the United States should possess. They can nominate a person they know in real life, make up a person, or write about themselves! They can draw a portrait of this person or attach a picture in the frame.
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3rd - 8th
Nancy Hanks - Get Creative With Poetry!
This is an incredibly unique poetry activity for elementary, middle, and high school students! Students write a poetic response to Abraham Lincoln’s mother in the poem ‘Nancy Hanks’ by Rosemary Benét. Students will answer her questions: What’s happened to Abe? What’s he done? Did he grow tall? Did he have fun? Did he learn to read? Did he get to town? Do you know his name? Did he get on? I actually have my students memorize the poem ‘Nancy Hanks’ before having them write the response to these qu
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Spelling Unscramble for Presidents' Day
10 printable or digital pages of scrambled words to use on Presidents' Day: election, respect, debate, choice, united, honor, rights, equality, protect, serve, borders, charity, leader, health, terror, peace, safety, and more. Students will work with images of:The White House, US soldiers, US flag, USA, voting, Statue of Liberty, Mt Rushmore, and more... Use with your Gifted students, as challenge for early finishers, at a Literacy Center, or as homework. Take a look at the Preview to see sa
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: New Teacher Activities - February (First Year Teacher) BUNDLE
Critical Thinking Questions - Abraham Lincoln
21 printable pages combining critical thinking with Abraham Lincoln, responding to prompts like: How to win a staring contest…Weird stuff to wear on your head…Things you might run away from…Things that make you smile…Things with too many colors…Stuff that surprises everyone…How to dress like a cowboy…How to Hold onto something…How to be a spy…Why you should save money…and more… PRINT: I created a PDF version that you can download on your computer and print for students to use in class or at home
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Abraham Lincoln BUNDLE
Divergent Thinking - Presidents' Day - George Washington + Abraham Lincoln
20 printable or digital pages for students to think about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln and the Presidency. Students generate multiple answers to each page’s question, like: What might a president wear on their head? What might a President hold in their hand? What activities might a President do after they finish serving as President? What fun Activities might the President do with a kid? What small things might the President carry in a pocket?How does a person become the President?What
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Abraham Lincoln BUNDLE
Electoral Map Math: Race to 270!
This is the perfect game to get your kiddos flexing their math muscles. Easy to learn, fun to play… and kind of addicting! To play, students choose a state-- that state’s electoral votes is the target number. Now spin the spinners to get 5 numbers. Players must use all 5 numbers to create an equation (using any math operation / symbol) that equals (or gets closest) to the target number. Whoever gets closest wins that states’ votes. On to the next state!Great as a warm-up activity or for math ce
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1st - 12th
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U.S. Presidents - What Do You Know?
Just as knowing vocabulary allows a child to better comprehend what they are reading, there is a common core of background knowledge that also needs to be taught in order for a child to truly understand their culture. These “What Do You Know?” cultural literacy questions challenge your students to learn about people/places/things/events that happened prior to today’s modern culture and give them a better advantage to be smarter and more productive members of a society that moves faster than it e
Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in: Cultural Literacy Activities Bundle - What Do You Know?
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