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8th grade government tools for common cores for Google Apps
Declaration of Independence Activity: The Big Break Up Letter & Texting Activity
The Declaration of Independence was really just a big "break-up" letter written by the colonists to the King of Great Britain. This historical document was written to convince the world of the King's abuses and to let everyone know that the colonies no longer wanted to be in a relationship with Great Britain. While studying the Declaration of Independence, students will use this assignment as a reinforcement to understand just what Jefferson wrote in this historical document. The lesson start
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: American History U.S. History Bundle: Beginnings through the 1850's
Bill of Rights Scenario Activity | Which Bill of Rights Amendment was violated?
In this engaging Bill of Rights scenarios lesson, students examine a variety of scenarios to discover which of the Bill of Rights has been violated! There are 15 Bill of Rights scenarios in total, and students can work individually or in pairs to solve which of the first 10 amendments has been broken! Then, students create their own scenario! ☆ ☆ Get this engaging resource (and a huge discount) when you purchase my US Constitution activities unit located here bundle.This resource includes a pap
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5th - 8th
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Transformations Unit | Translation, Reflection, Rotation, & Dilation Notes
An 11 day CCSS-Aligned Transformations Unit - including translations, rotations, reflections, dilations and scale factor, and properties of transformations. Students will practice with both skill-based problems, real-world application questions, and error analysis to support higher level thinking skills. You can reach your students and teach the standards without all of the prep and stress of creating materials!Standards: 8.G.1, 8.G.2, 8.G.3, 8.G.4; Texas Teacher? Grab the TEKS-Aligned Transfor
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8th
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3 Branches of Government Activity | Social Studies Interactive Notebook
Your students will enjoy learning about the 3 Branches of Government with this interactive packet. This hands-on approach to learning will be a huge help to your students as they learn and understand all about the checks, balances, and duties of the three branches of the U.S. Government.Click the PREVIEW button above to see all the details of this resource!This is the perfect companion to the 3 Branches of Government Reading Escape Room!Click HERE to SAVE 20% by buying ALL 15 Social Studies Inte
Grades:
4th - 8th
Journal Writing Prompts Bell Ringers for a Full Year Editable Distance Learning
*EDITABLE* A Year of Journal Prompts Bell Ringers or Exit Slips Bundle includes: Over 400 writing prompts aligned with the ELA Common Core Standards for reading, writing, speaking and listening, language, and history strands. The prompts are provided in Powerpoint and in Microsoft Word, so they are completely editable and perfect for distance learning! NOTE: If you are looking for a version of the prompts already formatted in Google Drive, they are here: JOURNAL PROMPTS in GOOGLE SLIDESThis IS i
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5th - 12th
Also included in: Custom Bundle for Jen W.
Math Warm-Ups 7th Grade (CCSS-Aligned Math Bell Ringers) | Spiraled Math Review
These 120 daily math warm-ups can be used as bell work to immediately engage your students. They are designed to be used as spiral review bell ringers throughout the year! However, eight additional ideas for use have been included. These warm-ups/bell ringers allow you to reinforce each of the 7th Grade Math Common Core State Standards throughout the year and refresh your student's memory by continually spiraling the content. What is included?Printable PDF (120 Warm-Ups)16 spiral review bell
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6th - 8th
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8th Grade Geometry | Pythagorean Theorem Unit | Distance on a Coordinate Plane
An 8 day CCSS-Aligned Pythagorean Theorem Unit - including the Pythagorean Theorem, the Pythagorean converse, Pythagorean theorem word problems, distance on a coordinate plane, and 3D applications of Pythagorean theorem. Students will practice with both skill-based problems, real-world application questions, and error analysis to support higher level thinking skills. You can reach your students and teach the standards without all of the prep and stress of creating materials!Standards: 8.G.6, 8.G
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8th
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8th Grade Math Warm-Ups (CCSS-Aligned Math Bell Ringers) | Spiraled Math Review
These 120 daily math warm-ups can be used as bell work to immediately engage your students. They are designed to be used as spiral review bell ringers throughout the year! However, eight additional ideas for use have been included. These warm-ups/bell ringers allow you to reinforce each of the 8th Grade Math Common Core State Standards throughout the year and refresh your student's memory by continually spiraling the content. What is included?Printable PDF (120 Warm-Ups)16 spiral review bell
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7th - 9th
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Angle Relationships Unit | Parallel Lines, Transversals, & Angles Guided Notes
A 7 day CCSS-Aligned Angle Relationships Unit - including parallel lines and transversals, angle sum of triangles, exterior angles of triangles, and angle-angle criterion with your students.Students will practice with both skill-based problems, real-world application questions, and error analysis to support higher level thinking skills. You can reach your students and teach the standards without all of the prep and stress of creating materials!Standards: 8.G.5; Texas Teacher? Grab the TEKS-Align
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8th
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"Hunger Games" Unit: Lessons Q&A Tests Activities Quiz Vocab Maps Key
The Hunger Games Literature Guide Novel Teaching Unit Bundle with Lessons Aligned with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) - Digital Download UPDATED for distance learning with a DIGITAL version of my Survival Guide that can be shared on a secured platform with your students. They can type directly into the document!This is a comprehensive literature guide for the entire novel, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. It correlates with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for grades 6-12 in En
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5th - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: The Hunger Games Teaching Unit Mega Growing Bundle
Scatter Plots and Data Unit | 8th Grade Math | Line of Best Fit Notes
A 9 day CCSS-Aligned Scatter Plots and Data Unit - including scatter plots, trend lines, two-way tables and relative frequency.Students will practice with both skill-based problems, real-world application questions, and error analysis to support higher level thinking skills. You can reach your students and teach the standards without all of the prep and stress of creating materials!Standards: 8.SP.1, 8.SP.2, 8.SP.3, 8.SP.4; Texas Teacher? Grab the TEKS-Aligned Scatter Plots and Data Unit. Please
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8th
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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE Activity: Primary Source Analysis and Questions
The Declaration of Independence can be a daunting document for teachers to explain to students, but this primary source lesson will help students understand the major themes and concepts within the document itself. Though Thomas Jefferson's Declaration was written in the 18th century, this worksheet has proven to be a fantastic, big-picture way for today's students to study such an important writing without becoming overwhelmed. The Declaration is really just a big "break-up letter" from the co
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7th - 12th
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13 Colonies Map and Scavenger Hunt Activity
In this 13 Colonies activity and map scavenger hunt, students complete a gallery walk on the colonization of the 13 American Colonies. Students navigate around the room examining each colony's station to understand the reason behind its founding. Students can work individually or they can create groups and, before they are turned loose, divide up the responsibilities to research the founding of the 13 Colonies and detail the 13 Colonies map. This lesson is a great introduction to the 13 colo
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5th - 8th
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MLA Style & Format 9th Ed: Instruction, Practice, Examples Distance Learning
Teach your students how to cite their sources! Newly updated to include MLA 9th edition. This has also been updated for distance learning! Everything is included in an easy-to-use Google Slides document that can be shared digitally with students on a platform such as Google Classroom.MLA style and format for citations includes teaching instructions, practice exercises, interactive notebook flipbook, and many examples. The citations are those your students use the most. I wrote guidelines and exa
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Custom Bundle for Jen W.
Volume Unit | Volume of Cylinders, Cones, and Spheres Notes for 8th Grade Math
A 7 day CCSS-Aligned Volume Unit - including the volume of cylinders, volume of cones, and volume of spheres. Students will practice with both skill-based problems, real-world application questions, and error analysis to support higher level thinking skills. You can reach your students and teach the standards without all of the prep and stress of creating materials!Standards: 8.G.9; Texas Teacher? Grab the TEKS-Aligned Volume Unit. Please don’t purchase both as there is overlapping content. Lear
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8th
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Julius Caesar Assassination CSI Inquiry for Ancient Rome World History
In this Julius Caesar CSI investigation, students take on the role of an investigator as they read testimony (compiled from primary and secondary evidence) related to Caesar's assassination. Ultimately, students seek to understand why Caesar was killed and who may have played a role. Students hear and learn from Cleopatra, Nicolaus of Damascus, Suetonius, Octavian, Mark Antony, Marcus Brutus, Sulla, and others. Students investigate their words and study their relationship to Caesar to gather de
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5th - 8th
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The Bill of Rights Practice Activity | US Amendments in Cartoons | Google
This fun “Which Amendment?” activity challenges your students to figure out which amendment is violated in 15 cartoon scenarios by referencing the Bill of Rights. The silly connections engage your classes while they explore their basic rights as Americans! My students always love this activity. There are 2 versions so you can easily differentiate learning in your classroom. One gives short descriptions of each amendment to use as reference while the other includes the actual text from the Bill o
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4th - 9th
Declaration of Independence Scavenger Hunt Causes of the American Revolution
In this Declaration of Independence primary source resource for the American Revolution, students complete an engaging scavenger hunt activity to understand the Declaration of Independence. Students work in teams or individually (I'd recommend teams in middle school) to complete this Declaration of Independence activity. There are 32 questions that students will be responsible for hunting down. There are two versions in this purchase to easily allow for differentiation: one provides questions
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5th - 8th
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Reconstruction Era and 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments | End of Civil War Activity
In this Reconstruction activity on the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, students closely examine the text of the Reconstruction Amendments to decide their impact in Reconstruction and the freedmen community. Once students have dissected these three landmark amendments, students turn their focus to how the South responded by the passage of these amendments. Here, students examine two documents that focus on how the South responded and how the freedmen were affected. ☆ ☆ Get this engaging 13th, 1
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6th - 9th
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US Constitution Activities Lessons | Bill of Rights Articles of Confederation
This Constitution unit bundle includes 16 activities to teach the Articles of Confederation, US Constitution, government, the Bill of Rights, the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches, Checks and Balances, Federalism, the 27 Amendments, how Laws are Created, the Electoral College, landmark Supreme Court decisions, much, much more. The 16 resources included in the US Constitution Unit Bundle are:✔ 1.) Are all Governments Equal?. In this lesson, students will work individually or in groups
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5th - 8th
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7th Grade Math Escape Rooms Bundle ★ Digital and Printable
Looking for no-prep, fun, and engaging activities for middle school students? Look no further! This bundle is a great way to review all the 7th Grade Math Common Core Standards with your students in a fun and engaging way. Your students will be asking for more math! These escape rooms will have your students using mathematical skills from the 7th Grade math standards to find codes that will unlock each puzzle. Plus there is NO PREP all you need is an internet browser as well as either a laptop,
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6th - 8th
MOCK TRIAL: Class Preparation
This resource will provide students with an introductory framework from which to understand the judiciary process. Students will delve into the fundamental aspects of a courtroom such as: the basic structure and lay-out of a courtroom, the function of different roles (judge, jury, defense, prosecutor), and the common procedures and language used in a courtroom environment. Students will also explore the importance of how to create an opening and closing statement, the legal grounds of when to ob
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7th - 12th
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Articles of Confederation and Constitution PowerPoint and Guided Notes
This 57 slide PowerPoint presentation on the creation of a New Nation covers a myriad of topics including:- Critical Period- Creation of the Articles of Confederation and the role of John Dickinson- Structure of government under the Articles of Confederation- Accomplishments of the Articles of Confederation- Weaknesses and problems of the Articles of Confederation including Shay's Rebellion- Annapolis Convention- Philadelphia or Constitutional Convention- Creation of the Constitution including V
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7th - 12th
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8th Grade Math Escape Rooms Bundle ★ Digital and Printable
Looking for no-prep, fun, and engaging activities for middle school students? Look for further! This bundle is a great way to review all the 8th Grade Math Common Core Standards with your students in a fun and engaging way. Your students will be asking for more math!These escape rooms will have your students using mathematical skills from the 8th Grade math standards to find codes that will unlock each puzzle. Plus there is NO PREP all you need is an internet browser as well as either a laptop,
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Grades:
8th
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