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8th grade social studies activboard activities for staff and administrators
Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists (Compare & Contrast) 8 Different Activities!
*This resource is digital resource to be used in conjunction with Google Drive.This resource is 100% editable. The lesson is on Google SlidesIn this very engaging lesson, students compare and contrast America's original political parties: the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists. Activities included:Background reading with matching activityPersonality quiz (either Federalist or Anti-Federalist)Federalist reading/video with comprehension questionsDrag & drop activity (with Google Form answer
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6th - 10th
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Revolutionary War Interactive Battle Map and Worksheet w key
This interactive PowerPoint lesson is centered on an interactive map that allows teachers or students to choose their own Revolutionary War Battle to explore simply by clicking. The 10 slide ppt. file contains a slide vital information for each of six major battles of the American Revolution. A graphic organizer worksheet is also provided so students can follow along and the teacher can check for understanding. (CA Standard 8.1) (10 slides total, including worksheet and answer key) What makes
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7th - 10th
Disability Awareness & Acceptance 15 POSTERS | Neurodiversity Affirming
Help spread disability acceptance and awareness with this set of posters meant for high schoolers and/or teachers! These posters will print clearly up to 3x the size of standard paper, and can be hung around the school, hung in a classroom, used for a disability event, used for training, used for disability awareness month, etc.! 15 high-quality posters included, created by and in collaboration with those in the disability community.Looking for the Elementary /Middle School version? Click here!
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in:Ā Disability & Neurodiversity GROWING BUNDLE | Training & Posters for Teachers
Nothing But The Truth Novel Study Bundle (editable)
A Brief Breakdown of the NovelNothing But The Truth is a documentary novel about a high school student, Philip, and an incident that occurs in his English class taught by Miss Narwin, a veteran English teacher. What unfolds is a story about motives, perspectives, media bias, local politics, free speech, and, most significantly, how the truth can get lost in the shuffle. As someone who taught middle school government, modern world history, and English Language Arts, I think this novel is essentia
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6th - 9th
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Checks & Balances 3.1 Civics EOC Continued: Lesson Plan, PowerPoint, Smartboard
Checks & Balances 3.1 Civics EOC Continued: Lesson Plan, PowerPoint, SmartboardThis lesson is an in-depth look at the Checks & Balances of the three branches of the United States Federal Government. Students will learn first why a system of checks and balances was put in place, and then they will look at most of the ways (checks) that the three branches stop each other from abusing their powers. Each check is explained and examples are given to reinforce comprehension. Checks and balance
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6th - 10th
Also included in:Ā Civics / Government Bundle II
KIDS Disability Awareness & Acceptance 17 POSTERS | Neurodiversity
Help spread disability acceptance and awareness in your Elementary or Middle School with this set of posters meant for kids ages 6-12! These posters will print clearly up to 3x the size of standard paper, and can be hung around the school, hung in a classroom, used for a disability event, used for training, used for disability awareness month, etc.! 17 high-quality posters included, created by and in collaboration with those in the disability community.Looking for the high school / staff versio
Grades:
1st - 8th
HBCU Bingo Game w/ 50 Historically Black College & University & 30 Bingo Cards
This HBCU Bingo Game is a twist on a bingo game to help educate on historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). This HBCU bingo game activity is a great AVID activity or AVID project and helps to build college and career readiness on HBCUs. This bingo game features 50 HBCUs with informational text and facts on the Historically Black College & University & 30 bingo cards to accommodate large classes. 50 HBCU Fact cards are included which provide one or more key facts on each H
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6th - 12th
BUNDLE LGBTQ Bulletin Board for Pride Month - Timeline and Flags
Looking for a simple and powerful way to celebrate diversity in your classroom? Do you want to engage your students and motivate them to learn? Then download my BUNDLE LGBTQ Bulletin Board for Pride Month - Timeline and Flags! These posters are perfect for celebrating the diversity in your classroom community. The various flags and historical timeline of global events allow students to deepen their understanding of the LGBTQ community. The historical events resource comes in full-color and low-i
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7th - 11th
Women's History Month Digital Scavenger Hunt: Google Slides & Form Activity
Women's History Month Digital Scavenger Hunt is a Google Slides and Google Form March cooperative learning, comprehension, and inferencing activity. Students read, examine, and extract information from CLUE BOARDS to answer questions about Women's History Month. It includes Women's History Month Clue Boards (Google Slides) and Questions and Answers Sheet (Google Form Quiz). Students race against time to quickly learn and find answers about this historical holiday. It's an interactive way to le
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4th - 8th
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Interactive Calendar Books -Autism-Circle Time Morning Meeting
I use interactive calendar books for my students to complete independently at their desks as we are doing calendar each morning. It comes with interactive pieces for students to match - I have my higher level students use a dry erase marker and write each answer in the given space. Simply laminate and cut the pages, bind and add velcro!Enjoy!
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PreK - 12th
Lunch Detention Reflection ISS In School Suspension Middle High School
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25 Prompts! Wide variety of questionsā
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6th - 12th
Needs Vs Wants (Consumer & Financial Literacy for Teens)
Financial and Consumer Education for Teens.Includes focus questions for class discussion and video link to Dave Ramsey's Generation Change "Needs Vs Wants".Ideal for Consumer & Financial literacy, suitable for Australian Curriculum standards and any course targetted at middle school students.
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7th - 9th
The Characteristics of Civilization
The Traits/Characteristics of CivilizationThe main goal of this lesson is to have students describe and apply the various traits of civilizationYou get a 15 Slide PowerPoint with:Do NowClass Notes, Graphics, and Charts2 Video Links2 Assessment QuestionsActivity InstructionsConclusion QuestionFor the Activities there are 4 different options based around 2 different resourcesResource 1: 625-word reading on the Characteristics of Civilization Resource 2: 170-word chart on the Characteristics of Civ
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6th - 11th
Also included in:Ā Prehistoric Times - Unit Bundle
Civil War & Reconstruction Era Project Based Learning
RECENT UPDATE 2023 - GRAPHIC NOVEL, BLOG, INFOGRAPHIC LINK, EXAMPLES & TEMPLATES. + REMOVED ALL OUTDATED LINKSMost Updated: New Google Classroom Rubric, New Google Form Planning Page, and Additional ResourcesUpdated: New Links, New examples, New instructions, and Canva links & templates.This interactive, student driven, project based learning toolkit gives teachers a perfect package to allow students to showcase and review the knowledge they have acquired after learning about the Civil W
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6th - 11th
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Civil War Interactive Battle Map and Worksheet w key
This interactive PowerPoint lesson is centered on a "clickable" interactive map that allows teachers or students to choose their own battle to explore. The 11 slide ppt. contains one slide of vital information for each of seven major battles of the American Civil War set to stunning full color paintings. A graphic organizer worksheet is also with an answer key so students can follow along and the teacher can check for understanding. (CA Standard 8.10) (11 slides total, including worksheet and
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6th - 12th
Latitude and Longitude Map Geography Skills Google Slides Pear Deck
Improve your students' map skills with these interactive and engaging Pear Deck slides! Teach your students how to identify lines of latitude and longitude, the Equator, and the Prime Meridian with ease. These slides are a great addition to your geography lesson plans, and can be used as a formative assessment or review activity. The slides come with a brief video tutorial to explain these concepts, followed by an activity where students will pin and label locations on a map using either Google
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6th - 8th
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Anchor Charts in Secondary Social Studies Online Professional Development
Have you heard about anchor charts but you are unsure how to implement them in secondary Social Studies? Are anchor charts a tool you find valuable but you are looking for more ideas? Check out my online professional development course created specifically for secondary Social Studies teachers! This online professional development course will explore the many different ways anchor charts can benefit you in secondary social studies. We will examine:ā¢The purpose of anchor charts. ā¢How anchor chart
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in:Ā Texas History 7th Grade Curriculum Bundle of Activities
The Roaring Twenties 20's and Great Depression Jeopardy Review Game
This Roaring 20's and Great Depression Jeopardy game allows students to review material in a fun way! Students are given the topics: Roaring 20s, Famous People, Causes of the Great Depression, The Great Depression, Presidents, The New Deal, and Vocab. There are 35 review questions and a final jeopardy question included in this game. In my classroom, I print out the PowerPoint in slide format as an additional study guide for students, too! Included: - Interactive Jeopardy gameThis jeopardy
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4th - 8th
Also included in:Ā The Roaring Twenties and Great Depression New Deal Unit Bundle
Ancient Egypt Egyptian Pharaohs Google Slides ā¢ and Notes- Ancient Civilizations
This Ancient Egypt digital and printable lesson has everything you need to teach about the first Egyptian pharaohs. Teach with the Google Slidesā¢ and students can follow along with the notes. Your students will learn about it in a fun, engaging, and interactive way!This unit includes:50+ Google Slidesā¢ of information that are interesting, engaging, and visually stimulating with pictures and videos along with thought-provoking questions! Your students will never be bored again when you make ancie
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5th - 8th
Also included in:Ā Ancient Egypt Egyptian Pharaohs Lesson Bundle - Ancient Civilizations
Middle School Geography Timeline Map Skills Interactive Google Slides Pear Deck
Introduce your students to essential social studies skills with this interactive and engaging Pear Deck lesson on Geography, Timelines, and Primary and Secondary Sources! This Google Slides presentation includes mixed-level questions to guide instruction, and students will practice important ELA skills such as identifying and applying domain-specific vocabulary, composing clear written responses, and other writing and reading comprehension skills. This lesson is perfect for whole group instructi
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6th - 8th
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Child Social Skill Screening Tool, First Edition (2-18 years old)
Due to difficulty of identifying social skills and the need for social skill training for an individual. An analysis of eight assessment tools were used to create a social skill screening tool for children. Furthermore, this project was used to (1) analyze and identify commonality of social skill targets for children (ages 2-18) through the use of a variety of assessment tools, (2) create a user friendly social skill screening tool, and (3) develop a user friendly interpretation of results. Thus
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PreK - 12th, Staff
Ancient Classical Greek Philosophies and Philosophers Pear Deck Google Slides
Engage your students in learning about philosophy and ancient Greek philosophers such as Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates with these interactive Pear Deck slides! This lesson features engaging multimedia resources, including YouTube and EdPuzzle videos, to teach students the meaning of philosophy and the impact of these great thinkers on Western thought.In addition to learning about the history of philosophy, students will also analyze quotes from these philosophers and evaluate their validity. Th
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Ā Ancient Greece BUNDLE Pear Decks, Google Docs, and more!
LGBTQ History and Pride Month Activity WEBQUEST
Do you want to support students in learning about their LGBTQ peers? Do you want an inclusive classroom that supports diversity? Then download this no prep LGBTQ History and Pride Month Activity WebQuest! This comprehensive research project allows students to learn about the LGBTQ+ community's history, people, and more! This WebQuest is perfect for Pride Month, LGBTQ+ History Month, small groups or individuals, substitute plans, homework, extra credit, and more!You'll receive this activity in pr
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7th - 10th
Also included in:Ā BUNDLE LGBTQ Pride Month Activity and Bulletin Board Set
Social Studies Online Professional Development Course
Learn how to use a variety of strategies to support differentiated instruction in Social Studies. Check out my online professional development course created specifically for secondary Social Studies teachers! Are you a novice teacher looking for solid instructional ideas to teach Social Studies for the first time? This course is for you! Are you a master teacher who needs to brush up on new strategies? This course will fit your needs as well! This online professional development course will ex
Grades:
6th - 9th
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