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French and Indian War Doodle Notes with PowerPoint (print and digital resource)
These French and Indian War doodle notes summarize the causes, major battles, and effects of the war.What's included with the printed Doodle Notes:*Teacher directions (2 pages)*French and Indian War doodle notes with blanks for students to fill in and color as you cover the information on the handout. (2 pages)*Fill-in-the-blank version for students who have difficulty with note taking. (2 pages)*Completed version of French and Indian War doodle notes for ELL students or students with learning d
Grades:
6th - 11th
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Map Skills Package
This package contains a variety of handouts, worksheets, a lesson idea, and an activity to help teach students map skills such as scale, cardinal and intermediate directions, types of maps (planimetric, thematic, topographic), and basic map elements (legend, title etc.)
Contents
Welcome
Teaching Guide (3 pages)
Latitude, Longitude, and Directions: The Orange Lesson
Latitude Labeling Worksheet Option 1 (label)
Latitude Labeling Worksheet Option 2 (trace)
Cardinal and Intermediate Directions Han
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Map Skills Bundle: activities, worksheets, crafts, posters + more
Dred Scott Decision, Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Election of 1860, Fort Sumter
What finally started the Civil War? Your students will research, analyze, and use their critical thinking skills to read the passages and complete the scaffolding questions. They will use details from the text and knowledge of Social Studies to brainstorm details and arguments to determine the South's reasons for secession and what finally causes the start of the Civil War!Looking for the digital, 1:1 version of this resource? Find it here!The Last Straw Google Drive ASSLIncluded in this resou
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: Civil War UNIT BUNDLE
Veterans Day | Virtual | Google Slides
This Veterans Day Digital Activities Resource engages students in learning about Veterans both in person or virtually via Google Classroom or via screen share in Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, or your preferred virtual platform. This no prep resource can be used for students independently, small group, or whole group.Included in this pack: Veterans Day vocabulary (military, flag, veteran, monument)Let's Learn About the Military (slides include info about Marines, Army, Coast Guard, Air Forc
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
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Also included in: Year Long Learning Slides Bundle
Chinese New Year 2024 PowerPoint - Free yearly updates! (Lunar New Year)
Follow Mei and her friends as they teach your students about Chinese New Year 2024 with this beautiful PowerPoint presentation! Rich graphics provide an eye catching experience. There are a mixture of real photos and clipart. (This is not an editable product and there is no voice over.) Bonus! FREE YEARLY UPDATES! Included in this slide show:*Chinese New Year traditions such as:History of the holidayCustoms Preparing for the holidayMandarin treeLucky Money (red envelope)Dragon DanceLion
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
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
Grades:
10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Psychology Store Growing Bundle
13 Colonies: Early English - Roanoke, Jamestown, Plymouth & New England
Establishing the 13 Colonies:If you are having problems with Kahoot links they were changed (not my idea:) - here's the new one: https://create.kahoot.it/share/13-colonies-mr-raymond-s-u-s-history/855ec28c-c0ce-4a6a-94ad-e860a946ad7d JUST ADDED FOR FREE - Additional Colonies: I was going to do this as a separate lesson; but have added another PowerPoint presentation, worksheet, quiz, and smart-board map - FOR NO ADDITIONAL COSTThis lesson teaches students about the earliest European colonies in
Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in: Early US History Bundle: 1492 - Civil War
Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Kansas Nebraska Act, Fugitive Slave Law
How did Congress compromise over the issue of slavery? Your students will research and analyze documents and complete the scaffolding questions. They will use their inferential skills to make predictions about the successes or failures of the Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, and Kansas-Nebraska Act in this engaging lesson and activity!Looking for the digital, 1:1 version of this resource? Find it here!Enslavement Compromises Google Drive ASSLIncluded in this resource:• Title page • Do
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: Civil War UNIT BUNDLE
FDR's NEW DEAL programs - The Great Depression - Printable & Digital
This common-core-aligned activity will help your students understand the New Deal programs created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression in America. Students will work in pairs to analyze 11 new deal programs. Both print and digital (Google Drive) versions are included! After reading the informational text and looking at a primary source picture, they will complete a chart describing what the program did, who it helped, predicting if it was a Relief, Recovery, or Reform
Grades:
8th - 11th
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Population Pyramids Lesson and Activity
UPDATED 2023! This product now has an updated version with population data from 2020-2022 for the practice countries. This product will teach students the basics of how to read, understand and analyze population pyramids. The product has a student note piece along with an activity that can be used as an individual assignment or as a cooperative group activity. After students learn how to read a population pyramid they will construct their own using data provided and then analyze the pyramid(s)
Grades:
8th - 12th
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Andrew Jackson, Election of 1828, Jacksonian Democracy, and the Spoils System
How did Andrew Jackson shape his presidency? Your students will analyze the close-reading passages to understand the circumstances surrounding and the outcome of the Election of 1828. They will identify who the candidates were, what happened in the election, who won, and how Jackson shaped his presidency. They will complete the questions and graphic organizer(s) based on the reading and graphic organizers in this engaging lesson and activity!Included in this resource:• Cover Page• Types of Jo
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: Age of Jackson UNIT BUNDLE
Jamestown Doodle Notes and Digital Guided Notes
These Jamestown doodle notes engage students while encouraging them to use both hemispheres of their brains for better retention while they learn about the settling of Jamestown through Bacon's Rebellion.What's included with the printed Doodle Notes:*Teacher directions (2 pages)*Jamestown doodle notes with blanks for students to fill in and color as you cover the information on the handout. (3 pages; uneditable PDF)*Fill-in-the-blank version for students who have difficulty with note taking. (3
Grades:
6th - 11th
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CURRENT EVENTS: News Article Summary, Main Idea, Reading Comprehension | NEWSELA
This Current Events Summary is an excellent tool for students to get involved with the news and the current events of the week. A simple writing format helps students find, summarize, and write opinions about current news stories and events. I find this activity to be a practical filler for various social studies courses. What's Included:Teacher directions with ideas for implementation and useSimple student directions: Find, Highlight, Summarize, Importance, OpinionGuided student writing temp
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Not Grade Specific
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Civil War Battles - Bull Run, Antietam, Gettysburg, Appomattox Courthouse
How did certain battles shape the Civil War? Students will read, research, analyze, and critically think to answer questions based on their knowledge of the Civil War in this engaging lesson and activity!★★ Looking for the digital, 1:1 version of this resource? Find it here!Civil War Battles Google Drive ASSLIncluded in this resource:• Title page • Battles of the Civil War reading passages: Bull Run, Antietam, Shiloh, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Address, Sherman's Total War, Surrender at
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: Civil War UNIT BUNDLE
Producers and Consumers Cut and Paste Sorting Worksheet - Economics
I created this worksheet for my students to have one more practice with understanding producers and consumers. They read the 12 situations and determine if it is an example of someone being a producer (making lemonade to sell) or a consumer (eating chicken nuggets from the restaurant). They cut,sort and paste the cards into the Producer or Consumer category. This activity can also be used for a graded assignment. I have several other Economics activities for sale in my TPT store! -- goods a
Grades:
1st - 4th
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Also included in: Economics Bundle - 1st - 3rd Grades - Worksheets and Center Activities
Oregon Trail Doodle Notes and Digital Guided Notes
These Oregon Trail graphic notes are an engaging way for students to learn about the Oregon Trail.What's included with the printed Doodle Notes:*Greyscale version to be used a coloring sheets or for doodling while you go over the information. Use one or both pages. (2 pages; uneditable PDFs)*Color version for examples or displays (2 pages; uneditable PDFs)*Version for students to take notes on and keys. Use one or both pages. (4 pages; uneditable PDFs)*Wrap-up handout (1 pages; uneditable PDFs)*
Grades:
6th - 11th
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Thirteen Colonies - New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies
How did the colonists of the thirteen colonies live? Students will research the differences between the colonial regions, identify the specific colonies within each region, understand the way of life/occupations of colonists and analyze how colonists needed to adapt to their environment in this engaging lesson and activity!Included in this resource:• Title page • Colonial Regions: New England, Middle, and Southern colonies readings with corresponding graphic organizer• Answer key for graphic or
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: Thirteen Colonies UNIT BUNDLE with BONUS Activities
Bleeding Kansas, John Brown, Raid on Harpers Ferry
Aim: What was the cause of "Bleeding Kansas?" Your students will research, analyze, and use their critical thinking skills to read about John Brown and Bleeding Kansas to complete the scaffolding questions. They will examine and analyze the details and causes in this interactive activity. ★★ Looking for the digital, 1:1 version of this resource? Find it here!Bleeding Kansas Google Drive ASSLIncluded in this resource:• Title page • Do Now - Quote Analysis: students answer questions based on qu
Grades:
5th - 9th
Also included in: Civil War UNIT BUNDLE
California Mission Comprehension Passages
California Mission studies that are new, relevant, and perfect for today's classroom? Yes, please! California Mission Comprehension Passages not only cover a standard, but also offer valuable and meaningful test prep opportunities! Printable, digital, and AUDIO options available inside.
This mini set offers both stand-alone lesson opportunities that can be utilized in a whole class teacher-guided setting or as an independent assignment. SIX non-fiction passages are included. Each covers life
Grades:
4th
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December 1st Grade + 2nd Grade Morning Work - 1st + 2nd Grade Writing Prompts
This December morning work product will save your mornings, your sanity, your time--you name it! Mess-less, stress-less, and (almost) paperless! A month's worth of morning journal prompts will engage your students, make them think creatively, and have fun! Also—each prompt has the option to play classical music to calm your students as they focus and write!Prompts are organized to cut down on teacher direction-giving time during the busy morning time. The electronic nature of the prompts creates
Grades:
1st - 2nd
Causes of the Civil War Interactive Stations Activity
Causes of the Civil War Interactive Stations ActivityGet your students moving and engaged by taking your students through an interactive stations activity on the Causes of the Civil War!The activity consists of EIGHT interactive and differentiated stations that can either be combined or broken up into smaller/larger stations to suit your needs. The activity also comes with a notes/important connections section for each station and corresponding analysis/critical thinking guiding questions. The e
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Early European Explorers Math Project
Graphing ordered pairs on a coordinate grid meets early European explorers! This math-social studies cross-curricular activity will have your students learning how to graph ordered pairs on a coordinate grid. In doing so, they will also learn the exploration routes of many early European explorers. This three part lesson plan, designed to take approximately 2 days, will guide your students through the concept of plotting ordered pairs on coordinate grids. All ordered pairs and coordinate gri
Grades:
5th
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The Truman Show (1998) and Plato's Allegory of the Cave: Common Core Aligned
This product introduces the movie, The Truman Show, by recounting the key details of Plato's Allegory of the Cave. The story is adapted and condensed for the students. I have also included a video link to the EDTed Talk video that explains the allegory. The story will provide a paradigm by which to view the film for the class. After the introduction using Plato's Allegory of the Cave, the students will then watch the film and answer 17-questions. After the film, the students are asked to make 3
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Identify Virginia State Symbols - Dogwood, Cardinal, Capitol, Flag (SOL 1.12)
Teach your first grade students about Virginia's state symbols: the dogwood, cardinal, capitol building, and the Virginia state flag! This product includes printable posters with images and vocabulary, fill-in-the-blank activities, a student mini book to read, and a graphing activity. This resource includes:4 Full-Page Posters (Color and B&W)3 Vocabulary Posters (Symbol, Tradition, Patriotic) *Color only*3 Fill-in-the-blank Activities (identify symbols from pictures, fill-in-the-blank sent
Grades:
1st
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