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5th grade social studies rubrics $5-10
Abraham Lincoln Informative Writing Prompt with two Passages/Articles
With this resource, students must use information from two unique & engaging passages to write an evidence-based informative essay explaining three major things that Abraham Lincoln did during his lifetime. This writing prompt is perfect for Lincoln's birthday or for around President's Day. Many extras are included to help you along the way. If your students have to take a standardized writing test where the writing prompt includes passages/articles, then this product is a must-have!*Please
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3rd - 5th
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Paired Passages with Writing Prompts - Theme: American Revolution Camp Followers
Paired Passages/Paired Texts are showing up on reading and writing assessments all over the country! This resource contains everything you need to successfully guide students through the process of using paired passages to create an essay or other type of writing. I included multiple prompts and activities using the same two paired passages so that teachers and students will have a variety of writing choices. Contents of this resource: Teacher NotesTeaching Writing with Paired Texts – A Quick Re
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5th - 6th
Also included in: Paired Passages with Writing Prompts and Activities BUNDLE
Paired Passages with Writing Prompts and Activities - Theme: Valley Forge
Paired Passages/Paired Texts are showing up on reading and writing assessments all over the country! This resource contains everything you need to successfully guide students through the process of using paired passages to create an essay or other type of writing. I included multiple prompts and activities using the same two paired passages so that teachers and students will have a variety of writing choices. Contents of this resource: Teacher NotesTeaching Writing with Paired Texts – A Quick Re
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5th - 6th
Also included in: Paired Passages with Writing Prompts and Activities BUNDLE
Design Your Dream Vacation ISU Project
Check out this Guided Project Based Learning Independent Study Unit! Design your DREAM VACATION!You have won $10,000 for you and a friend to take a trip for one week! With this money you must plan:1) Your transportation including flights2) Visas and medical shots3) Accommodations4) Your Itinerary5) What you will pack6) What phrases you should translate and learn 7) Any cultural traditions to respect... and more! If you are interested in spicing up your classroom and letting your students experie
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5th - 8th
Project Based Learning - Plan a Dream Vacation - ELA/Social Studies - Geography
This Dream Vacation Project Based Learning Unit focuses on providing students with having a realistic and authentic experience of planning a Dream Vacation for another person. This could be another classroom teacher, administrator, parent, or fiend.
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Dream Vacation PBL – Plan a Trip - 8th Grade Social Studies
This Dream Vacation Project Based Learning Unit exemplifies the critical components of a true PBL and has the following elements built into the PBL Design:
-Key Knowledge and Underst
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5th - 9th
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Middle School Level Research Paper Helps & Google Slides Presentation
Middle School Level Research Paper Helps & Google Slides PresentationInclusionsGrading RubricCriteria ChecklistResearch Paper Outline TemplateHints and Things to Remember ListResearch Paper ExpectationsEditing ChecklistNote Taking SheetPossible Topics ListResources to Get Started List
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5th - 8th
Native American Museum Project Based Learning Activities
Native American Museum Project Based Learning Activities: Project based learning is an important part of any classroom. In this unit, students will follow the rubric to research a specific tribe for the Native American Society of Elders. The Native American Society of Elders is creating a Native American Museum of History. They feel it is important to be correctly represented. Each group will research and represent a different tribe (Arctic (Inuit), Northwest (Kwakiutl), Plateau (Nez Perce), Sou
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3rd - 5th
Distance Learning: My Immigrant Story and Picture Map (Communities in Canada)
*NEW* Updated for Distance Learning!I've updated this resource to suit the needs of Distance Learning and expanded this activity to be a project with a rubric included. The Original Description is below. Check it out!This resource now includes: *Teacher Notes (with a suggested message to students and tips for how to use this resource in your virtual classroom)* Success Criteria* Related Vocabulary* 3 Pages of Interview Questions (you can choose how many you wish to assign to students)* A Final S
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5th - 7th
Also included in: Grade 6 Social Studies Communities in Canada Past and Present BUNDLE
English Colonies (Jamestown & Plymouth) Brochure Project, Assessment, Print & Go
This product is an excellent resource to assess and wrap up the end of your English Colonization unit (geared for upper elementary and middle school students).Students are expected to choose either the Jamestown Colony or Plymouth Colony and then illustrate/write about what life was like in that colony. Sections included are: The CoverRelationship with the Native AmericansShip FleetOur LeaderDifficulties & SetbacksFoodHousingMap of the colonyThis product includes-Blank Templates (of both Jam
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4th - 10th
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Canada Writing Prompt with Informational Mentor Texts | 2 Nonfiction Passages |
With this evidence-based writing resource, students use information from two different informative passages to write an organized, informative/explanatory essay that describes Canada. Nowadays, there is a noticeable difference in how students are expected to write their essays on the standardized writing test. Many standardized tests, such as RISE (formerly SAGE) in Utah, AzMERIT in Arizona, PARCC in New Jersey, and FSA in Florida, require the students to read/listen to multiple texts and then u
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3rd - 5th
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Solve History's Mysteries- Stonehenge
History is full of unsolved mysteries, and who doesn’t love a good mystery? This packet is one of a growing collection of engaging inquiry-based learning adventures for your students. In each packet, students will investigate a mystery from history and try to solve the case!This investigation requires your history detectives to travel back in time to 5000 B.C. where they will enter the world of the Celts and Druids in Britain. Their mission: unravel the mysteries of Stonehenge. How was it buil
Year 6 HASS Australian Government Research Project
This Year 6 HASS engaging government project has students using inquiry skills to research the Australian Government. It has TWO assignments, with both providing critical thinking with Civics and Democracy. Now suitable for home and distance learning with Google slides option. It has been designed to tie assessment with the Australian Curriculum Year 6, although it could meet Year 5 standards or for any class completing research on Australian GovernmentThis resource includes: Printable student o
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: Year 6 HASS Australian Curriculum Bundle | Year 6 HASS
Celtic Knot Letters with Design • Upper Elementary Art Lesson • Colored Pencils
Create exquisite Celtic Knot Letters with this lesson that integrates a lesson on the Celtic culture with showing you step by step, how to draw Celtic Knot Letters.This lesson is more than decorating letters with knots. In this lesson, your students will learn to turn letters into knots! If your students are up for the challenge, they will love the impressive results of this lesson! Students Will:✠ Learn about the Celtic Culture✠ Draw some simple knot moves. ✠ Twist and turn their letters
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Homeschool Drawing Bundle • Integrated Art Lessons
Paired Passages with Writing Prompts and Activities - Theme: Colonial Education
Paired Passages/Paired Texts are showing up on reading and writing assessments all over the country! This resource contains everything you need to successfully guide students through the process of using paired passages to create an essay or other type of writing. I included multiple prompts and activities using the same two paired passages so that teachers and students will have a variety of writing choices. Contents of this resource: Teacher NotesTeaching Writing with Paired Texts – A Quick Re
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5th - 6th
Also included in: Paired Passages with Writing Prompts and Activities BUNDLE
(ENG) PBL - SHARK TANK/DRAGON'S DEN (GRADES 4 TO 8)
This resource is in ENGLISH! If you're looking for this document in FRENCH, please click here! This 38-page resource has everything you need to lead a Dragon's Den or Shark Tank in your middle school classroom! This resource begins with 10 slides that explain the project rundown and is then followed by oodles of activities, mentor texts and rubrics:"What Interests Me?" (A brainstorming activity)"Improving an Experience" (A strategy to find an idea)"My Prototype: My Vision" (A visual activity on
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5th - 8th
Oral Storytelling Unit
Looking for an engaging oral storytelling unit to foster a sense of community in the classroom? This language arts unit will provide will provide everything you need to teach 7+ lessons to your students including: - A drama activity- An Oral Storytelling pre-assessment- Artifact activity to represent a personal story or memory - Multiple activities to practice story retelling (based on picture books) - Small group storytelling practice- Two assessments for students to self-assess their storytell
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3rd - 9th
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Countries 'Travel Expo' Research Project
Embark on an exciting educational journey with the "World Explorer Project: Trifold Brochure Presentation"! This comprehensive resource invites students to step into the role of travel ambassadors, diving deep into the cultural, geographical, and historical aspects of a country of their choice. Designed for middle school classrooms, this project fosters research skills, creativity, and public speaking through engaging, hands-on activities.Product Includes:Editable PowerPoint Version: Customize t
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3rd - 7th
Diorama rubric criteria sheet
This is a rubric criteria sheet for a diorama, (a model or environment created inside a shoe box). It has a 5 point scale. The indicators on this rubric are APPEARANCE, REQUIRED ELEMENTS, CONTENT, LABELLING, KNOWLEDGE, CREATIVITY AND DESIGN.
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3rd - 6th
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The Colonial Times Newspaper Project (Early European Colonization), Print and Go
This product is an excellent resource to assess and wrap up the end of your English Colonization unit (geared for upper elementary and middle school students).Students are expected to write from the perspective of a colonist (Spanish, French or English) and create a newspaper that reflects the life and time of the people. Instructions and rubrics are included that will describe two different ways for students to publish their newspaper- The ole fashioned way with a pencil and crayons or a staine
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3rd - 8th
Project Rubrics Bundle
This bundle includes several rubrics for alternative means of assesment. They are great for class projects and assignments. They allow for flexible requirements, yet include specific directions so that the teacher can quickly mark missing and bonus points. It also allows for in-class grading. I originally used these for literature assignments in highschool level courses, but they can easily be modified for history, drama, art, music, or debate courses on a variety of age levels. Included in this
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5th - 12th
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My Tennessee Vacation: End of Year /Semester Project
My Tennessee Vacation is an activity perfect for the end of the year, or end of the 1st semester in that awkward time before Christmas break. The activity requires students to plan a Tennessee vacation, where they will list the location they begin for the day, their destination for the day, and mileage for the day. It requires them to name the location (EX: Smoky Mountain National Park), the nearest city (EX: Gatlinburg, TN), and the county it is located in (Ex: Sevier County). Next, students wi
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4th - 12th
Number the Stars Dodecahedron Project
A wonderful project to finish out reading Number the Stars with your students. This dodecahedron project will cover a variety of reading comprehension skills while also bringing in social studies, art, and present day topics. Students will read a present day article about MalalaYousafzai and make connections between her story and Ellen's. A second version of the project is included that is slightly modified to cut down on writing. It provides scaffolding (sentence starters, etc.) for some of the
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4th - 7th
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Complete Dance Unit
This PDF supports my DANCE UNIT ASSESSMENT and DANCE UNIT ACTIVITY PACKAGE.
This PowerPoint is divided into 5 sections:
1. Introduction to the elements of dance
2. Improv
3. Exploring First Nations Dances
4. Media and Dance
5. Creating a Piece of Dance
All of the activities are imbedded into the PPT and have matching organizers which can also be purchased from my store.
Answers for some work are in the NOTES.
This is teacher and student friendly. Especially for a teacher who is unsure abou
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4th - 8th
French Black History Month Biography Research Project & Poster
Biographie sur un(e) Canadien(ne) OU un(e) Americain(e) NoirChoisissez 1 Canadien(ne) Noir OU 1 Americain(e) NoirTrouvez l’information ci-dessous pour chaque personneNom de la personne Date de naissanceLieu de naissanceDate de décèsLieu de décès3 événements ou accomplissements importants dans sa vieUne citation cléDes imagesProduits Inclut:- Critères de projet- Listes de canadiens et américains noirs - Organisateur graphique - Rubrique- Affiche finale- Bonne Copie
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4th - 12th
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