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Social studies Common Core SL.9-10.3 resources
Legislative Branch Activity: Classroom Simulation on How a Bill Becomes a Law
Make civics practical and exciting for students using this Social Studies simulation that allows students to experience the Legislative Branch! Students will participate in writing bills for their school, community, or state while learning the various stages within the lawmaking process. All voices are heard as students become members of Congress, participate in committees, debate on the floor, and watch their President sign the bills that survive the entire process. Not only do students love
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6th - 12th
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TED Talk Mental Health and Wellness Bundle | 8 Lessons
This Mental Health Ted Talk lesson bundle is designed to help educators teach students about mental health and wellness. The bundle includes detailed student handouts and various activities for students. The lessons included in this resource cover important topics such as stress management, coping strategies, and reducing the stigma surrounding mental illness. This resource features TED Talks by mental health experts, providing students with real-life examples and insights into mental health. Th
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Psychology Store Growing Bundle
Children of Blood and Bone Novel Study
This product is a comprehensive set of instructional materials for teaching Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi. With over 140+ Common Core aligned materials, students will develop their literacy skills while deeply engaging with the novel. Plus, the literary analysis resources, critical consciousness activities and discussions, fiction close readings, West Africa and Yoruba historical and cultural readings and activities, extension projects, vocabulary, assessments, and essays all provid
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8th - 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
Mock Trial Assignment for Any Story or Novel - Script, Outline, Universal Rubric
Mock trials don’t need to be daunting! Your students will absolutely love this assignment for any short story or novel. It includes a mock trial script, 30+ mock trial roles, an objection cheat sheet, an editable mock trial rubric, and more. Suitable for online learning with digital worksheets for Google Classroom®!Included with this Mock Trial Assignment for Any Story or Novel:✏️ Legal Trial Slideshow - Microsoft PowerPoint®, Google Slides®, and PDF✏️ Various Mock Trial Role Descriptions for up
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7th - 12th
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A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah - COMPLETE UNIT
This unit plan really helps students understand and process Ishmael Beah’s evocative, heartbreaking, and hopeful memoir. The 27 separate editable resources (over 80 pages of instructional materials!) are neatly organized and labeled, with a unit overview listing objectives, essential questions, enduring understandings, all supporting texts, and each resource.
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*background building readings and activities
*a motif tracking activity
*pre-reading reflection questions
*content n
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9th - 12th
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Benito Mussolini - The Doctrine of Fascism worksheet - WWII - Global/World
Benito Mussolini - The Doctrine of Fascism worksheetAIM: How did Mussolini use fascism to rise to power in Italy? Common core-compliant worksheet. Includes several activities designed to promote critical thinking, active engagement, and class discussion such as:Do now that appropriately sets up the worksheet – 2 review questions on Mussolini’s appeal. Secondary source context reading - Mussolini's rise to powerPrimary source analysis – excerpts from The Doctrine of Fascism by Mussolini followed
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Benito Mussolini Worksheet Bundle - WWII - Global/World History
Murder on Mount Olympus: A Mythological Murder Mystery Party Kit
Murder at Mount Olympus: A Mythological Murder Mystery Party Kit, murder mystery games, clue party, kids mystery party, detective party**Available as a Virtual Party, see below**Host a mythological murder mystery! Also works well as a toga party. Great for Kid's Birthday Parties, Adult Parties, College Parties, Tween Parties, Classroom Activities, Office Parties, Social Groups, and more!Visit mystical Mount Olympus where the Greek gods and goddesses have gathered for a party. Students have the o
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Rhetorical Analysis: Ethos, Pathos, Logos, I Have a Dream Speech, MLK, CCSS
Teach your students to analyze ethos, pathos, logos, and various rhetorical devices by analyzing Martin Luther King Jr.'s (MLK's) famous speech, "I Have a Dream." Dr. King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech is an important part of any unit of study, whether you're using it to teach U.S. history, rhetoric, speech and debate, Civil Rights, or to celebrate MLK Day. This multi-day worksheet is designed to help students understand the background and context behind this famous speech, practice CCSS alig
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9th - 12th
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The Birth of Indian Civilization worksheet - Hinduism and Buddhism
The Birth of Indian Civilization worksheetAIM: How did civilization, the caste system, Hinduism, and Buddhism develop in ancient India?Common core compliant worksheet Includes a variety of activities that promote class discussion, active engagement, and critical thinking skills. Topics covered include:Indian geographyIndus River Valley civilizations – Harappa and Mohenjo-DaroHinduismCaste SystemMauryan EmpireBuddhismThe Golden Age of India – The Gupta EmpireActivities used include:Do now that a
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Bundle #11 - India
The Causes of the Age of Exploration & Columbus worksheet - Global/World History
The Causes of the Age of Exploration & Columbus worksheet AIM: Why did European nations begin to explore during the 15th century? Was Christopher Columbus a hero or a villain? Common core compliant worksheet covering the motivations behind Spanish exploration in the 15th century as well as the impact of Columbus’ voyages. Includes a variety of activities designed to promote critical thinking, active engagement, and class discussion such as:Do now that analyzes the benefits vs. risks of exp
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Bundle #8 - Age of Exploration - Global/World History
Lenin and the Bolsheviks worksheet - Russian Revolution - Global/World History
Lenin and the Bolsheviks worksheet AIM: How did Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks transform Russia into the Soviet Union? To what extent would Karl Marx approve of Lenin’s actions?Common core-compliant worksheet focusing on the appeal of Lenin, his rise to power, and some of the changes he made with the creation of the Soviet Union. Contains a variety of activities that promote critical thinking, class discussion, and active engagement such as:Do now that appropriately sets up the worksheet
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8th - 12th
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Nathaniel Bacon's Rebellion Debate
Teach your students the story of Bacon's Rebellion by analyzing the causes and effects of the event. This debate reviews the trial of Bacon and the arguments for and against his rebellion. This activity helps students understand the rising tension between the colonists and the British government while analyzing primary sources and working collaboratively with a team to develop a strong argument for a debate.
The packaged activity includes a lesson plan, grading rubric and all materials for the
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7th - 12th
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Debating Topics for Middle/High School: Mental Health
Get your middle/high school students debating topics that are both relevant and important to them while building their critical thinking skills. Students will be encouraged to develop their communication and debating skills, while opening their minds to different viewpoints. Each debate package covers and reinforces the five basic steps of the debating process: gathering information, exploring all sides of an issue, forming an initial opinion, defending the position in a debate and finally, refi
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8th - 12th
Also included in: Debating Topics- Middle/High School: Growing Bundle- Grades 8-12
Rhetorical Analysis: What to the Slave is the Fourth of July, Frederick Douglass
Teach your students to analyze ethos, pathos, logos, and various rhetorical devices by analyzing Frederick Douglass' famous speech, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" Douglass' famous speech is an important part of any unit of study, whether you're using it to teach U.S. history, the Civil War, the abolitionist movement, rhetoric, or speech and debate. This multi-day worksheet is designed to help students understand the background and context behind this famous speech, practice CCSS alig
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9th - 12th
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Letter from a Birmingham Jail reader's theater script
Letter from a Birmingham Jail reader’s theater is a 2 page script for 8 readers that explains the events leading up to Dr. Martin Luther King’s arrest and subsequent letter, summarizes the content of the letter and provides a peek at subsequent landmark events that came as a result of the civil rights movement.Also included: a rubric, reader's theater version of MLK's I Have a Dream speech, and some Black History visual writing prompts/bulletin board items to promote critical thinking.Check out
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Black History Month bundle (in person and remote)
Speech Analysis Venn Diagram: I Have a Dream and The Ballot or the Bullet, CCSS
Help your students master their rhetorical analysis skills while analyzing and comparing two famous speeches from history: Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech and Malcolm X's "The Ballot or the Bullet." The two rhetorical analysis worksheets are designed to help your students analyze the message and rhetoric of these two historical speeches, including their ethos, pathos, and logos. Additionally, a compare and contrast Venn diagram will engage your students with higher-level questio
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9th - 12th
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Propaganda Bundle | Propaganda Techniques | Logical Fallacies | Lessons | Games
Students love this unit. Fun, done, timely, and relevant! Sharpen critical thinking skills to prepare for your next argument or debate unit. Students learn how to recognize and analyze logical fallacies and propaganda techniques. Complete with highly engaging, kid-tested slides, video clips, Name that Fallacy, colorful posters, paperless, self-grading games/quizzes, graphic organizers, complex sentence and paragraph frames, mock stock exchange simulation/project, and more. You can also use this
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6th - 9th
African Nations Gain Independence worksheet
African Nations Gain Independence worksheetAIM: How did African nations gain independence from imperialist nations?Common core-compliant worksheet focusing on two case studies - Kenya and Ghana - as examples of methods used by Africans to free themselves from colonialism. Includes several activities designed to promote critical thinking, active engagement, and class discussion such as:Do now that appropriately sets up the worksheet - cartoon analysis reviewing the reasons and process of African
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Bundle #7 Africa - Geography Through the End of Apartheid
Entrepreneur Project and Shark Tank Worksheets - PAIR PACK -CCSS
This is a pair-pack of our popular Entrepreneur Project and Shark Tank Worksheets. These resources pair well together for students learning the economic principles of entrepreneurship and business. In the Entrepreneur Project students come up with their own business idea! The material covers key economic components of what it takes to start a business. The end result is a fun simulation in which groups of students create a fun presentation about their unique good or service. The project works be
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8th - 12th
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Unbiased Sources vs. Fake News | Informational Reading Editable Mini-Unit
Just in time for election season, this differentiated and engaging resource will help you teach your students to think critically and evaluate sources. You'll teach your students to understand bias and to spot fake news and disinformation, then challenge them to see the "other side" of a story. Includes articles, research, worksheets, activities, and reflections. Some essential questions of this introduction to journalism mini-unit include: What makes a story newsworthy? How do I analyze bias an
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8th - 11th
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Authoritarian or Totalitarian? worksheet - Global/World History
Authoritarian or Totalitarian? worksheet AIM: How does living in a totalitarian state impact people’s lives? Common core-compliant worksheet. Includes several activities designed to promote critical thinking, active engagement, and class discussion such as:Do now that appropriately sets up the worksheet. Secondary source analysis – Excerpts from a 1988 Newsweek article comparing authoritarianism with totalitarianism. Followed by four analysis questions. Think-Write-Pair-Share – Students evaluat
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Bundle #10 - The Interwar Period
The Impact of Imperialism on Africans worksheet
The Impact of Imperialism on Africans worksheetAIM: To what extent did imperialism hurt Africans?Common core aligned worksheet on the impact of European imperialism on Africans in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes a variety of student-centered activities designed to promote class discussion, active engagement, and critical thinking such asDo now that appropriately sets up the worksheet - European motivations for imperialism. Secondary source reading - Scramble for AfricaTurn
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Bundle #7 Africa - Geography Through the End of Apartheid
Louis XIV of France worksheet - Absolutism - Global/World History
Louis XIV of France worksheet AIM: To what extent did the absolute rule of Louis XIV benefit France? Common core-compliant worksheet focusing on the absolute rule of Louis XIV. Includes several activities designed to promote critical thinking, active engagement, and class discussion such as:Do now that appropriately sets up the worksheet - New class rules (absolutism introduction)Secondary source reading - context of Louis XIV's ruleWhat Should Louis Do? - Create a five point plan to help Louis
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Global Absolutism Bundle
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- Become active, responsible, and engaged citizens
- Comprehend global issues such as human rights, environmental sustainability, and economic disparities
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