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Other (social studies) Common Core W.9-10.2 resources
Dystopian Literature Unit - Civilization Creation - Create your own Dystopia
Dystopian Literature Unit - Create Your Own Dystopian Society! This Dystopia activity package is the perfect supplement to a Dystopian Literature Unit! Students research the meaning of the word Dystopia, and create Dystopian societies of their own. This Dystopia introduction ask students to practice their critical thinking and creative writing skills as they create a detailed project that describes all of the different aspects of their Dystopian societies.⭐This is an excellent final project or e
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6th - 9th
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Freedom Writers Film Unit: Common Core-Aligned Assignments & Activities
This 46-page movie guide for "Freedom Writers" allows you to share this inspirational film with your students while also incorporating meaningful writing and literature learning activities aligned to Common Core Standards.
Student Resources (19 pages) include:
Coming Attractions (Pre-Viewing Activity):
•"The Line" Activity & Student Reflection (Try it for FREE HERE!)
Feature Film (During-Viewing Assignments):
•Character Growth Graphic Organizer
•Character Growth Analysis
•Journal Entries
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Emergency Activities: Ideas and Lessons for Your Sub Folder or When You Need It!
Are you needing some excellent ideas for a substitute teacher or those times when you need something fast? This bundle contains a variety of engaging resources from my store in a bundle format to help you save time and money. Get a whopping 30% off all included resources by buying this bundle format. Once the bundle is yours, you will then get 100% off all future products added to the bundle! Buying the bundle format will save you time and money, and you will be getting many of my favorite less
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Not Grade Specific
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Harlem Renaissance:"How It Feels to Be Colored Me," Hurston -- Reading & Writing
Students will read a portion of Zora Neale Hurston's "How It Feels to Be Colored Me." Then, students are prompted to write their own piece about their identity, titled "How It Feels to be ____ Me" in the style of Hurston. Activity includes: Excerpt of Hurston's "How It Feels to Be Colored Me" piece Analysis questions to summarize readingDetailed instructions on writing activity where students model their writing after HurstonRubric for writing activity This history and language arts activity is
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9th - 12th
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Autopsy: Age of Revolutions, Part II and Part III
Part II. The Gallery WalkThe students will go around to each New World Empires Autopsy Report, and complete the graphic organizer. It is important that take your time and write quality notes because this will be helpful for Part IV.Part III. RaterEmbedded is a student partner rater as well a reflection on the project itself.
Grades:
4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Autopsy: Age of Revolutions
French Revolution Bingo Review with 30 Scrambled Cards and Vocab Handout
This is a fun way to review the terminology for your French Revolution Unit.Students complete a vocabulary review handout (individually or in pairs) then use their answers to play Bingo.The student vocabulary review handout is FULLY EDITABLE. You can add other terms you deem necessary.There are 24 of the most important terms from the French Revolution included on both the student worksheet and the Bingo Cards.There are 30 separate and distinct Bingo Cards included as well as all 24 terms to be c
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9th - 12th
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Ramadan NO PREP Passage & Activities
Provide students with a background of Ramadan including vocabulary such as FASTING and EID AL-FITR. Highlight important Ramadan concepts with a Query featuring four multiple choice questions and a short answer. A word search, crossword and parts-of-speech fill-in reinforce vocabulary, while a writing reflection and scrapbook page take the lesson deeper. Suggested activities of Daily Good Deed, Five Pillars Flipbook and a STEAM project idea can turn a brief introduction into a larger activity.
Grades:
4th - 9th
Also included in: NO PREP Second Semester Holidays BUNDLE
Connecting Cultures Around the World and Community Service | Cultural Geography
Engage your 5th, 6th and 7th grade students with cultures around the world as they learn about communities in Panama and Guatemala, as well as at home in the US. Students will understand through cultural geography about needs faced in diverse communities. Introducing students to community service, when paired with cultural geography, is a powerful learning experience. Students learn to identify needs in their own community and global communities. However, the learning goes beyond identifying
Grades:
4th - 6th
Freakonomics Literature Guide
SuperSummary’s Literature Guide for Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner provides text-specific content for close reading, engagement, and the development of thought-provoking assignments. Review and plan more easily with plot and character or key figures and events analyses, important quotes, essay topics, and more.Note: This rich text-study resource for teacher and student support does not contain activities, quizzes, or discussion questions. For ready-to-use classroom materials
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9th - 12th
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Current Events Ongoing Quick Write
This is an ongoing assignment that could be used for 7-12 and altered. It is high engagement and develops writing and recall.Prep: Have students read or watch a news article the night before. I always suggest "The Skimm," "The Daily," or a news media of their choice but warned them to try to find a mostly unbiased account.Assignment: Students have 8-10 minutes to 1.) summarize the event and 2.) develop a position or solution that connects to that event. They have to write the entire time!After a
Grades:
9th - 12th
Report Writing: Navigating the Research Adventure
Laying out clear instructions for your students when navigating the steps of writing a report can be daunting. For both students and teachers, it helps to have a map. Provided here is a general guide for the report writing process, complete with step-by-step instructions for both teacher and students, scoring guides, samples, and rubrics, as well as checklists and due date reminders. A journey is far more enjoyable with the right map and effective tools!
Grades:
5th - 12th
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A Midsummer Night's Dream Greek Myth Project
This is a great creative project to jumpstart a unit on A Midsummer Night's Dream! Even though this project was created to work in tandem with AMND, it can be easily adapted for any Greek research project. This project allows a lot of teacher and student flexibility—there are four options students can choose to demonstrate their knowledge of a Greek myth.
Students must research a myth (there are suggestions for myths on the project; these myths are specifically alluded to in Midsummer) and the
Grades:
8th - 12th
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Similarities/Differences between Aztecs & Incas via Letter Writing and Rubric
This is a great 50 minute lesson to help students, through a scaffolded approach, write a letter (as an Inca or Aztec) writing to other describing the similarities and differences between their cultures.
Included in this lesson:
1) Do Now asking about how you communicate with others
2) Graphic organizer planning page
3) Writing expectations and what you must include
4) Sample letter (from an American to an Englishman) so students can see the format
5) Rubric and sentence starters
6) Peer editi
Grades:
6th - 11th
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The Price of Sugar (2007): Complete Video Guide & Activities
In 1997, appalled by the plight of the up to 20,000 Haitians annually lured into laboring for low wages on sugar plantations in the Dominican Republic, Catholic priest Christopher Hartley begins advocating to improve their working conditions. As a missionary in a rural parish, Hartley offers medical care and organizes a strike. His efforts anger the wealthy plantation owners, who stoke the Dominicans' hatred against the Haitians they feel are taking their jobs.DIRECTED BYBill HaneyWRITTEN BYBil
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
What in the World can you do with Social Studies?!
This is a great project to begin the year with to not only get your students excited about social studies but also get them back into the groove of researching. The students will randomly select a career and begin researching this career by following prompting questions provided in the following documents. The final project is a brochure presenting their findings.
I have used this as an introductory project for my sixth grade geography class with great success. The students loved looking at t
Grades:
6th - 9th
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Zayn Malik One Direction and SocioEconomics
One of the most Successful and Popular Boy Bands, One Direction, lost a member - Zayn Malik. This event can be used in class to discuss the relevance of SocioEconomics on the Music Industry and a fun, engaging way to get Students introduced to how SocioEconomics can be applied to their everyday lives.
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education
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