Middle school critical thinking other (performing arts) thematic unit plans

Criminal Justice - Law, Critical Thinking, Forensics

Students love CSI Activities and Hands-on Investigations. These popular C.S.I. activities are a great way to teach inference, logic, analysis, and critical thinking.Looking to go DIGITAL in the CLASSROOM or Distance Learning Mode?Check out the C.S.I BUNDLE below which includes this Printable Resource as well as a Digital Format Link for each activity... C.S.I. for Kids Bundle - digital and printableGo 100% paperless with these C.S.I. ActivitiesC.S.I. Activities for Google ClassroomBy purchasing

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, GATE, Printables

CCSS:

RL.5.1

, RI.4.1

, RI.4.3

, RI.5.3

, RI.5.7

...

Indigenous Peoples and Europeans & Early Societies | ONTARIO GRADE 4/5 UNIT

Created by

Madly Learning

Teach your split grade 4 and grade 5's with this inquiry based split grade unit on Indigenous people and Europeans and Early societies. Teach two separate curriculums during one period with this complete unit in an easy and manageable way. Grade 41) Identify and locate the major early societies on a map and time line. 2)Compare the daily life of two or more early societies. 3) Identify the environmental features in early societies 4) Identify how the environment impacts the daily life of earl

Subjects:

Canadian History, Critical Thinking, Native Americans

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Film in Music Lessons and Worksheets for Middle School and General Music

Created by

With these Film in Music Lessons and Worksheets for Middle School and General Music, you can help your students learn about the Elements of Music while listening to some of their favorite movie soundtracks. Each of the no prep lessons include a variety of activities for film in music history, reading comprehension and the Elements of Music listening activities.Click here to stay up to date with latest product releasesUPDATED RESOURCE DECEMBER 2023Included in the UPDATED Film in Music Lessons and

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 9th

Types:

Critical Thinking, End of Year, Math

Also included in: Middle School Music Lessons | Complete General Music Curriculum for Entire Year

Project Based Learning+End of Year FUN:Design A Dream House 4th Common Core Math

Created by

Carmichael's Class

I designed this project to give my students (and myself!) some relief after standardized testing at the end of the year! It is a FUN and EDUCATIONAL math project based on Common Core Standards. During this project students will get to tap into their creative side and design the house of their dreams! They will use design skills, budget and money skills, area and perimeter skills, and geometry skills--all while being engaged and having fun! Included in this item are: -Slide presentation to

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Projects, Thematic Unit Plans, Activities

ANCIENT CIVILIZATION UNITS BUNDLE: Rome, Greece, Egypt, Mali, China

Created by

Education Contessa

All 5 of my Ancient Civilization units all together. 300 pages plus a slide show!. Each unit has more than enough to fill your unit plans, but they keep growing. Each time I add to any of the 5 units, you'll get an update to download the bundle again at no charge. Bought separately, they would cost $40.00. Buy the bundle and save $10.55!All 5 units cover the Virginia SOL standards for Ancient Mali, Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt, and Ancient China

Subjects:

Ancient History, Critical Thinking, World Language

Grades:

2nd - 6th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Interactive Notebooks

Aca-Scuse Me? Teaching Theme vs. Main Idea With Music and Lyrics

Created by

Little Miss Dys

This assignment is PITCH PERFECT for teaching theme to students grades 4 through 8!***UPDATED 9/8/18 TO INCLUDE:***PRE/POST TEST ANSWER KEYSCONCEPT HANDOUT FOR STUDENTSANSWER SHEETS FOR EACH OF THE 5 SONGSIf you are like me back during my first year of teaching 5th, I struggled to teach main idea and theme. This assignment makes the task more fun. Resource is designed to help your students analyze 5 popular songs for themes. Included in this 21 page bundle:-5 hugely popular song lyric pages for

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Other (Music)

Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Songs, Centers

CCSS:

RL.4.2

, RL.5.2

, RL.6.2

, RL.7.2

, RL.8.2

Road to the American Revolution DBQ Document-Based Questions

Created by

ideas by jivey

American RevolutionDocument-Based Questions (DBQs) are a great way to expose students to primary sources as well as to make them think about an event in history and respond to it. This unit can be used in a few ways. You can project the full-page images on my board so that we can discuss them, and then the students answer the DBQ in their notebooks. I have also included the DBQs in printable format so that your students can answer on paper and digital Google Forms that you can send electronicall

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Social Studies - History, U.S. History

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, DBQs

CCSS:

RI.4.3

, RI.4.6

, RI.5.3

, RI.5.6

, RI.6.6

...

A Dog Day 7-Hour Complete Sub Plans Thematic Unit for Grades 5-6 Common Core

Created by

Lovin Lit

A Dog Day 7-Hour Complete Sub Plans Thematic Unit for Grades 5-6 Common Core This packet includes everything you need for a complete interdisciplinary interactive unit on dog breeds. I created this unit to leave with a sub for 5th-6th graders to complete in a day. All of the teachers (7 of us) had to be out for the day so we wanted to leave something fun instead of a whole day of seat work. The students work through the packet, completing activities for reading, writing, science, social studies

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Informational Text, Writing

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Worksheets, Thematic Unit Plans, Printables

Also included in: The 7 Hour Sub Plans Bundle for Grades 5-6 ~ Easy Sub Plans!

Gifted and Talented - Living on Your Own: Lessons in Financial Responsibility

Created by

Learning Highway

Challenge your gifted and talented to play the “game of life” and survive financially during their first year in college. This concept-based unit allows students to “earn” an inheritance from a distant relative by repurposing items from a barn. With this “money,” students find affordable housing, transportation, furnishings, and other essentials. Then the “game of life begins with monthly reoccurring expenses, opportunities to buy additional necessities and/or wants, as well as challenges or o

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Economics , Gifted and Talented

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, GATE, Simulations

Bill of Rights Activity | Criminal Justice | Rules and LAWS

Created by

Criminal Justice - Law, Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented

Your students will love investigating the Criminal Justice System especially when they approach it in a fun and engaging manner.Play the marshmallow game to understand why we have laws... play BINGO with the Bill of Rights, what's not to enjoy?This resource includes a printable AND digital version to use with Google Classroom™ (By purchasing this set you are saving 20% off the individual resources)If you're looking for just the Print and Go or Digital versions, click the links below:Criminal Jus

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Printables

Also included in: Gifted and Talented Teacher | Gifted Students | Early Finishers | BUNDLE 2

Summer Reading Comprehension | Summer Bucket List | Logic Puzzles | CSI Mystery

Created by

Critical Thinking, End of Year, Summer

Here's an easy-prep bundle of fun for End of the Year Activities, Summer School or substitute plans. Great for those, "What do we do now that grades are turned in at the end of the year" teaching opportunities...By purchasing this BUNDLE you are saving 20% off each individual resource!Check out the PREVIEWS for more details to see what is included in each resource.These activities are Just Print and Go! Or Click and Go!**Digital versions are included for use with Google Classroom.**With the digi

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Printables

Handbell Unit - Learn to Play Hand bells / Tone chimes

Created by

Merry Music

A best seller. A unit of study for teaching upper elementary and middle school students how to play hand bells (aka hand chimes or tone chimes). This is the process I have used for years to teach 5th - 8th graders to play. It is a step-by-step process with 7 lessons, songs to use and how to teach the lessons. It has a .pdf file of the teaching process along with 11 projectable .pdfs to use with the class. This unit is for 2 octave hand bells (G4 to G6).It takes about a month (or 7 class periods

Subjects:

Instrumental Music, Music, Other (Music)

Grades:

5th - 9th

Types:

Rock Music Appreciation for Middle School | Year-Long General Music Curriculum

Created by

The Rock Music Appreciation for Middle School Year Long Curriculum is a great collection of resources that are suitable for the Middle School and General Music classroom. There are enough resources to teach for an entire year. Each resource is ready to teach, you just choose a lesson or activity and go.Click here to stay up to date with latest product releasesThe complete resources included in the Rock Music Appreciation for Middle School | Year-Long General Music Curriculum include:African and

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

English Language Arts, Music, Other (Music)

Music in the Movies Mini Unit for Music + Language Arts || Google Slides + PDF

Created by

Planting Little Seeds

This is a ready-to-go, no prep, entirely done for you mini unit that is sure to engage your students, even if music is not their thing! I have created this unit to integrate music and language arts so that it is cross-curricular and purposeful, and can result in multiple marks for you as the teacher.Students will:* Learn about the history of music in the movies* Explore some Oscar winners* Learn specific terminology* Develop an understanding and appreciation for mood, tone, and feeling conveyed

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

Projects, Thematic Unit Plans

Unit Bundle: Music History (Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic)

Created by

Mr E's Music Room

Welcome!My goal is to provide educators with thoughtful materials that they can either integrate into their current curricula or adopt entirely. The Unit Bundle: Music History contains four different units: Early Music (Medieval and Renaissance Eras), Baroque Era, Classical Era, and Romantic Era. With more than 300 pages worth of content, these units comprise over a year's worth of study for General Music classes. All files, with the exception of the PowerPoints, are in PDF format. Below are

Subjects:

Music, Other (Music)

Grades:

6th - 9th

Types:

African and Jazz Music Lessons and Worksheets for Middle School & General Music

Created by

These African and Jazz Music Lessons and Worksheets for Middle School & General Music tell the story of how Rock Music began. The resource has been created with the Middle School and General Music student in mind. It has a focus on the Elements of Music Listening Analysis, Paragraph Writing and the use of the Reading Comprehension Strategies to help improve the writing and literacy skills of your students.Click here to stay up to date with latest product releases Included in the African and

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Also included in: Rock Music Appreciation for Middle School | Year-Long General Music Curriculum

Pop and Rock Music Lessons and Worksheets for Middle School and General Music

Created by

The Pop and Rock Music Lessons and Worksheets for Middle School and General Music have been created with the Middle School and General Music student in mind. These pop and rock music appreciation lessons have a focus on the Elements of Music Listening Analysis, Paragraph Writing and include Reading Comprehension Strategies.Click here to stay up to date with latest product releases Included in the Pop and Rock Music Lessons and Worksheets for Middle School and General Music: TWO versions of the

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Missus Bee's K to Twelve Music

Also included in: Rock Music Appreciation for Middle School | Year-Long General Music Curriculum

Bucket Drumming Karate (Google Slides Version) w Play Along Tracks!

Created by

**NOTE: This is for the Google slides version - a PowerPoint version is also available.This is a fun way to establish rhythms with students from kindergarten on up, but I've found it works best from third grade through eighth grade, giving kids a way to not only learn aurally but visually and kinetically all at once! All you need are some sticks and some buckets, and it can be as easily as chopping up some dowel rods from your local hardware store, chopsticks from your local eatery, or even buyi

Subjects:

Instrumental Music, Music, Other (Music)

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Lesson

Instruments of the Orchestra Music Lessons and Worksheets for General Music

Created by

These Instruments of the Orchestra Music Lessons and Worksheets have been created with the Middle School and General Music student in mind. This unit of work on the Instruments of the Orchestra has a focus on the Elements of Music Listening Analysis, Paragraph Writing and the use of Reading Comprehension Strategies.Click here to stay up to date with latest product releases Included in the Instruments of the Orchestra Music Lessons and Worksheets for General Music:TWO versions of the Instruments

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Also included in: Middle School Music Lessons | Complete General Music Curriculum for Entire Year

Gifted and Talented Projects and Activities | STEM Activities and Challenges

Created by

Critical Thinking, Engineering, Gifted and Talented

Need a creative and fun way to share information about being GIFTED with your gifted learners? This is a creative and differentiated resource for gifted students in grades 4-6. This "Outta the Box" Classroom Competition has been used as part of a Monthly GATE Pullout Program, but could also be part of your gifted curriculum that supports teaching students about their unique social and emotional characteristics. This 2+ hour workshop can be done on a Fun Friday or within the week during a GATE ro

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, GATE

CCSS:

L.4.5

, L.5.5

, L.6.5

Also included in: Independent Projects | Gifted and Talented Students | Early Finishers | BUNDLE 1

Music History Unit: Introduction to Jazz (Middle/High School General Music)

Created by

Mr E's Music Room

Welcome!My goal is to provide educators with thoughtful materials that they can either integrate into their current curricula or adopt entirely. The Introduction to Jazz unit contains over 80 pages of content and is a 6-10 week unit that explores jazz history of the first half of the twentieth century. All documents, with the exception of the PowerPoints, are in PDF format. Please note that teaching schedules vary. This unit has been designed based on a 6-day rotating schedule. Below are the it

Subjects:

Music, Other (Music)

Grades:

7th - 10th

Types: