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Critical thinking unit plans for homeschool
State Report Editable Template - Informational Report Writing Research Project
Looking for an organized way to help you guide your students to create meaningful, well-researched reports? The research project includes a student-written example, editable student directions, research pages, writing pages, and an editable rubric. Everything you need to teach and organize this social studies unit is included in this time-saving unit!It includes: A Student Written State Report ExampleList of States (I pull sticks and let the kids choose. This is my checklist.)Student Directions
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4th - 6th
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Depth and Complexity Teaching Critical Thinking Using Fairytales
Teach your students how to explore content with depth and complexity.Here it is, a complete and ready-to-use resource for teaching all 11 elements (Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives) of critical thinking.! Your students will explore of these elements by applying them to familiar stories, such as “Cinderella”, “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, “Goldilocks and the
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Mega Bundle
Mystery Genre Study Unit - Read, Write & Think Like a Detective Activities
Read, write, and think like a detective! Bulk up your mystery genre study with inference activities, short stories, writing projects, secret codes, observation, logic puzzles, fingerprinting, and invisible ink! This unit is guaranteed to engage your third, fourth, or fifth grade students.Open the previews to take a closer look at all resources.Read Like a DetectiveEight inference activities and five short detective stories help kids build critical thinking and deduction skills. These literature
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3rd - 5th
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Historical Thinking Bundle: A Complete Unit - Digital & Print!
This bundle contains 7 Historical Thinking lessons and a 4-5 day culminating group project where students are required to apply the skills from these lessons in a fun, critically engaging way. This means roughly 2 weeks of fully planned materials that will help your students develop their historical thinking skills!Included in this Unit Bundle:Introduction to Historical Thinking lessonHistorical Significance LessonContinuity and Change LessonCause and Consequence LessonHistorical Perspective Les
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Media Literacy Unit Plan Digital and Printable
Help your students in third, fourth or fifth grades think critically about digital and print media. Advertising is everywhere: in movies, in books, on youtube, and on every website students visit. This unit helps students to see how media is designed for a variety of purposes in order to become critical thinkers. This unit includes digital student pages that are ready for GOOGLE classroom and distance learning.Included in this 2-week media literacy unit is:Introduction - Introduce students to
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3rd - 5th
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Decision-Making Lessons: A TPT Best-Selling Unit on Dangerous Teen Decisions!
TPT's #1 Best-Selling High School Decision Unit!!If you work with 6th through 12th grade teens, these decision-making lessons are so powerful! I consider this one of my BEST Health units since it deals with the consequences of teen decisions! Your students will LOVE this-it's so relevant to their lives and the world we live in today!Articles are shocking, revealing, often heart-breaking, and very relatable for teens!>> Integrated Skills Based, Content Based / Knowledge Based. The best of b
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6th - 12th
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Canada and World War One: Complete Unit - Digital & Print!
This unit contains 11 full lessons, 3 summative assessments, and everything you need to teach an engaging WWI CANADIAN HISTORY UNIT. LESSON TOPICS:Causes of WWIFighting on Land, Sea and AirCanadian Battles (Ypres, Somme, Vimy Ridge, Passchendaele)RecruitmentOpposition to the warWWI Propaganda AnalysisCanadian HomefrontEnd of WWI and Treaty of VersaillesFREE BONUS LESSONS included in this Bundle:Introduction to History (1 lesson)Introduction to Historical Thinking Concepts (1 lesson)This unit pla
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Thinking Like a Historian Lesson Plan Unit | 5th-7th Grades | Social Studies
The Thinking Like a Historian Lesson Plan Unit is PERFECT for 5th-7th grade students! This incredible unit focuses on the importance of primary and secondary sources of information and will help grow your students critical thinking skills and abilities, as well as how to examine sources of information for bias and cause and effect relationships, and MUCH more!! The amazing resources included with this unit have been used with GREAT SUCCESS by THOUSANDS of students, and can easily be used with an
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: Bundle for Virginia
First 20 Days of Math: Back to School Review Activities & Diagnostic Assessments
Are you looking for some amazing Ontario math review activities and diagnostic assessments? Start with the First 20 Days of Math Unit as a back to school math review - teach students about social emotional learning, critical mathematical processes, learning skills and growth mindset for a successful year while reviewing key math concepts. Students will love these hands-on math activities and you will establish ideal classroom routines. Everything you need is included - lessons, printables and
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3rd - 5th
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GROWTH MINDSET FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH UNIT PLAN AND RESOURCES
Are you ready to get your middle school students MOTIVATED and ready to learn in math class?? To be successful, students need to BELIEVE in themselves and their ability to grow mathematically. They need to change the belief that mathematical ability is something people are just born with and, therefore, unchangeable.This resource has everything you need to change those negative attitudes about math!! Through a variety of lessons, videos, & engaging activities, students will gain confidence i
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: GROWTH MINDSET FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH BUNDLE
Alberta Grade 2 Social Studies {Communities in Canada: Iqaluit, Nunavut}
Communities in Canada: Iqaluit, NunavutBased on Alberta CurriculumBy Megan's Creative ClassroomBuy this product as part of my Communities in Canada BUNDLE and save!**UPDATED NOVEMBER 2021**Download includes BRAND NEW digital activities for every lesson!BUNDLE: This download includes my Landforms Unit too!And my NEW Arctic Animals Yoga Poses!This Set Features: - 136 Pages of Fun and Engaging Activities - 11 Lessons with Detailed Teacher Lesson Plans 1 Getting to Know Nunavut 2 Landforms
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2nd - 3rd
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Also included in: Alberta Grade 2 Social Studies {Communities in Canada: VALUE BUNDLE}
Roaring Twenties in Canada: Complete Unit - Digital and Print!
This unit contains 8 full lessons, 3 summative assessments, and everything you need to teach an engaging ROARING TWENTIES UNIT FOR CANADIAN HISTORY.LESSON TOPICS:The Winnipeg General StrikeIntroduction to the Roaring TwentiesProhibitionPolitical Cartoon AnalysisCanadian AutonomyDiscrimination in the 1920sFilm AnalysisLiving Timeline ProjectThis unit places a significant focus on the experiences, stories and perspectives of FIRST NATIONS, BLACK CANADIANS, ASIAN CANADIANS, WORKING CLASS CANADIANS
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Social Studies SUPER BUNDLE | Units 1-9 for 5th-8th Grades! | Google Apps!
The Social Studies SUPER BUNDLE Units 1-9 for 5th-8th grades is COMPLETELY ready for both in-person and digital learning (via Google Apps)! With this amazing Social Studies SUPER BUNDLE you'll receive EVERYTHING you need to cover the Age of Exploration all the way to the Reconstruction Era with your students, -PLUS- you'll also receive an Intro to U.S. Geography Unit -AND- Thinking Like a Historian Unit!! ***STOP the stressful and endless search for amazing, high-quality, and affordable Social S
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5th - 8th
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Treasure Island Comprehensive Teaching Unit
A Literature Unit on making inferences and forming opinions. The unit contains Common Core Curriculum Standards for Reading, Literature, and Writing. There are also occasional highlights suggesting possible connections for History, Social Studies, and Math, as well as several fun hands-on enrichment activities. I don’t suggest using every resources provided for every lesson, but a judicious selection will bring the story to life for you and your students as they make connections and identify
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5th - 7th
Imagined Life Podcast Complete Unit Plan, Close Listening, and Literary Devices
Imagined Life is an incredibly engaging podcast and perfect for use in the English classroom that will allow your students to hone their close listening skills and then ultimately apply what they've heard to their own creative essay styled after the podcast! Named Best Podcast on the Human Condition, Imagined Life will thrust your students into a unique story of obstacles and growth while using narrative elements that model the power of a well-told story. Each episode details a famous person's l
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9th - 12th
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NGSS Pumpkin and Five senses Unit Kindergarten First Grade
Learn about pumpkins and explore using your five senses with this kindergarten or first grade science unit.
Aligned with NGSS standards for kindergarten and first grade.
Students will engage in inquiry-based learning, discussions, activities, and more while learning about plants.
Unit focus areas:
5 senses
Observing pumpkin changes
Parts of a pumpkin
How pumpkins survive
Life cycle of a pumpkin
Uses of a pumpkin
Students have an opportunity to guide the learning through questions and researc
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PreK - 1st
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Archaeology for Kids: "Dig Deep" Interdisciplinary Unit
This resource pack was developed for use with my elementary students when studying ancient civilizations, cultures, paleontology, and archaeology. Students will also learn more about the Aztecs, Incas, and Mayas with meaningful, cross-curricular activities! Join in as we explore together!
This unit's approach is interdisciplinary in nature. Students will enjoy learning about history, cultures, art, archaeology, and architecture in combination with traditional math and literacy activities.
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1st - 6th
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Math Problem Solving Essentials Bundle
Perfect for distance learning! Our Math Problem Solving Essentials Bundle provides an entire year's worth of Common Core aligned, differentiated problem-solving activities to give distance learning students the strategies they need to solve word problems. Perfect for distance learning, general education, special education, RTI and math intervention! Can be used with students in grades Kindergarten, first, second and third. This 200 page file has all of the lessons, activities, worksheets, print
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K - 3rd
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Thinking Like a Historian Lesson Plan Unit for 8th-10th Grade Social Studies
The amazing resources included with the Thinking Like a Historian Lesson Plan Unit for 8th-10th Grade Social Studies have been successfully used by thousands of students and come completely ready to use for BOTH in-person and digital learning (via Google Apps)! The Thinking Like a Historian Unit lays the foundation for your students to succeed in your social studies class! They'll explore and discuss learning strategies that promote and encourage students to think critically, how to effectively
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8th - 10th
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Also included in: 8th Grade U.S. History YEAR-LONG Curriculum Bundle!! | Google Apps
Thinking Outside the Box- Using Creative and Critical Thinking Skills
“I cannot teach anyone anything. I can only make them think.” ~SocratesUtilizing this unit, your students will learn higher-order thinking skills including both creative thinking and critical thinking skills. Students will go beyond basic observation of facts and memorization. Through explicit instruction students to become more evaluative, creative and innovative in their thinking. This unit includes multiple teaching methodologies with variations on each for extended application. Through this
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1st - 5th
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Digital Interactive Writing Units | Google Slides & Classroom | 5 Text Types
Teach and learn like a boss in 2024 on your Chromebook, iPad, laptop, or device of choice with this vast collection of purpose-built digital writing resources with thousands of glowing reviews. These interactive units are full of resources, interactive graphic organizers, multimedia, cutting-edge teaching resources, and ideas that will blow your students' minds for years. Maximize the use of all that tech in your classroom with these proven resources in classrooms worldwide.You are buying hundre
Grades:
3rd - 10th
Hypothetical Questions | Visual Writing Prompts | What would you do? Icebreakers
Following the wild popularity of the Visual Writing Prompts Bundle comes HYPOTHETICAL VISUAL ICE BREAKERS AND OPINION PROMPTS for 2024. This FUN writing resource is evergreen with proven success with struggling or reluctant writers and an excellent ICEBREAKER for students and staff.The resource is broken into five unique areas⭐ What If?⭐ Icebreakers⭐ Would you rather? ⭐ Hmmm??? That's a tough one⭐ Tough questions for young adults.Everything is entirely EDITABLE with absolutely "NO PREP REQUIRE
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4th - 9th, Staff
Critical Thinking Activities, Cognitive Bias: Nonfiction Close Reading, TED Talk
Tired of students who are afraid to think for themselves?If your goal is to open your students’ minds, to get them to think critically, to help them become more receptive to new ideas, or to show them the importance of examining the evidence before jumping to conclusions, you’ll need this resource. These informative and engaging lessons on cognitive bias will challenge your students to consider fascinating questions about the way that the human brain works. Why is it that when people are faced w
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9th - 12th
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7th Grade TEKS Unit 8: Cotton, Cattle, Railroads & TX Frontier | Texas History
The 7th Grade Social Studies TEKS Unit 8: Cotton, Cattle, Railroads, and Closing the Texas Frontier (Texas History) COMPLETE Lesson Plan Unit is PERFECT for those teaching 7th grade Texas History! The resources included in this lesson plan unit follow the TEKS standards and come ready to use for BOTH in-person classroom and online digital learning via Google Apps! The amazing resources included with the TEKS Unit 8 Lesson Plan Unit have been used with GREAT SUCCESS with THOUSANDS of 7th grade st
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7th
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Also included in: Bundle for Virginia
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