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5th grade social studies unit plans for Microsoft Word
The Arrival by Shaun Tan -- 100+ Page Unit and Teacher's Guide GATE
Yes, we can teach reading, writing, speaking and listening, and critical thinking skills using this amazing graphic novel which has no “words!” It’s a journey about who we are, where we have come from, and the humanity we share. It’s about hope and love and understanding. At times powerful, at times breathtakingly beautiful . . . Shaun Tan’s The Arrival should be on every bookshelf in every classroom.This 100+ page teaching guide and unit has been developed over the past three years in my adv
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5th - 12th
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Spanish-American War - America Becomes a World Power Unit BUNDLE
Increase student growth and engagement while saving time, energy and money! This bundle has everything you need and more! It is perfect for textbook free classrooms. Just print and go! Specific product descriptions can be found at the links below:Spanish-American War Reading Passage with Response WorksheetAmerica Becomes a World Power Reading Passage with Response WorksheetSpanish-American War/American Imperialism PowerPoint with Guided Notes OutlineSpanish-American War Stations ActivitySpanish-
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5th - 9th
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Stock Market Unit Plan
Two week unit!
Day 1-
Have a discussion on how people can make their money grow. Introduce vocab for unit. Hand out Stock Market passage and answer questions about reading.
Day 2- 3
Vocab matching sheet quiz. Discuss dangers of investing in stocks. Hand out Danger in Stocks handout and answer questions.
Discuss stock symbols. Have students search symbols for 4 teacher chosen stocks and check progress of the stocks together across the week. Tell students they have $1000 to invest. They will
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3rd - 10th
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STEM Kid Engineering for GATE -- FERRIS WHEELS plus Primary Sources
In this GATE engineering journey, students will each construct a very cool Ferris wheel prototype as a final product. Along the way, they will examine primary source images, read primary source history, and integrate math, engineering, and economics in a learning process which incorporates best practices in gifted and talented education for 21st Century Learners.
This is a challenging engineering project—teacher guided. I used it for GATE 4th grade; however, my kids are experienced builders.
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: STEAM Class Bundle - Engineering Focus - 115+ Hours 374 pp Gifted GATE
SHARK TANK Economics Pitches Prototypes PROJECT BASED PBL GATE
Welcome to the shark tank project-based learning unit. Let’s begin our entrepreneurial careers today!
Build critical thinking skills, public speaking success, and bring creativity, language arts, and economics into your classroom in a purposeful and authentic way.
Students will work in collaborative teams to solve a complex, ongoing, inquiry-based problem with a physical product for an authentic audience:
• Brainstorm a product, citing a need that will be fulfilled.
• Construct a prototyp
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Creativity Bundle for GATE Gifted and Talented and ALL
Road Trip Adventure PROJECT BASED LEARNING for GATE and 3rd - 8th Grades
Come along on a fun project-based adventure as students practice different forms of writing, geography skills, computer and internet technology skills, engineering and design skills, math skills, public speaking, creativity, and art.
Here is your Gold Medal Standard project based learning unit ready to go. Because this project-based unit relies heavily on student creativity and invention, the key knowledge, understanding, and success skills can be scaffolded across many grade levels. This un
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: SIMULATIONS Real-World Projects GATE Bundle Gifted
Carnival Game Economics PBL Project-Based Learning GATE
Smaller tasks add up to big, big learning with this gold medal standard project-based learning activity! What a sneaky cool way to learn math, economics, and functional design! (Insert evil teacher laugh.) It’s a hands-on approach to Common Core Standards.
In Carnival Game Economics, students design a carnival skill game and gather data as junior market researchers during the test phase. They’ll use this data to help make decisions. After making calculations for probability, students will
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Gifted and Talented SURVIVAL KIT Bundle -- 235 pages, big discount!
Entrepreneur Project- DIY: Open for Business
Entrepreneur Project- DIY (Do It Yourself) Open for Business: is multi-step, long term economics project for students of all abilities and varied grade levels to learn how to form a small business and become young entrepreneurs.
Students of all ages are very aware of the hard economic times that many are experiencing in the country, in their neighborhoods and even in their own homes.
This project allows students to see that with creativity, ingenuity, organization, hard work, dedication, m
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2nd - 12th
Chasing King's Killer by James Swanson Unit Plan
This is a Unit Plan for Chasing King's Killer by James L. Swanson. It contains Standards (CCSS), Objectives, Daily Activities, Over 50 Chapter Questions, Vocabulary with Definitions, Vocabulary Frayer Models, Over 50 Multiple Choice Questions Divided by Section for Quizzes, Essay Questions, and Answer Keys.
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4th - 10th
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T-Shirt Entrepreneurs PROJECT BASED LEARNING Math Economics GATE 4-8th
Your students will be excited for this “gold medal standard” project-based math, design, and economics activity. It’s appropriate and adaptable for 4th – 8th grade. It has been a staple for my 4th grade gifted and talented math group since 2013.You won’t be the sage on the stage. Students will problem-solve their way through the project working in collaborative teams, and the teacher will guide, be a resource, spur discussion, play devil’s advocate, and provide mini lessons when necessary.In
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: STEAM Class BUNDLE - Math Focus Hours of Hands-on Projects GATE Gifted
STEAMy GATE 4th 5th 6th PYRAMIDS Unit
Very STEAMy with reading and writing, too! This unit is loaded with higher order thinking tasks, variety across the curriculum, creative responses, and hands-on learning through building and design. It’s the same sort of stuff you’re used to seeing here, and your kids will love it!
• Level—4th through 6th grade GATE
• Time—about 15 hours
• Materials—start saving cardboard!
Craft sticks and tape or low temp hot glue. Otherwise, common classroom materials.
You’ll get explanations, teacher
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4th - 7th
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6.1 Present Day Eastern Hemisphere Geography and Culture Unit Guide
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Present Day Eastern Hemisphere Geography and Culture Unit Guide
This document is a full unit plan for introducing Present Day Eastern Hemisphere Geography and Culture, and is designed to meet Common Core and NYS SS Framework guidelines, while incorporating CC ELA skills. Embedded in my unit plan is also an Inquiry Design Model that was inspired by C3 (College, Career, and Civic Li
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5th - 10th
Inventions and Inventors: How Technology Changes Over Time
This is an OUTSTANDING unit on inventions and inventors. It is a 24+ page reosurce with detailed lesson plans, technology integration links, and student worksheets and handouts (including a parent letter and guidelines on how to set up the end of unit Invention Convention). Download the preview file to see a sample of both the lesson plans and some student worksheets. It is scheduled to last for 8-10 weeks. It is adaptable from 2nd-5th grade with the best age range being in 3rd or 4th. The uni
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2nd - 5th
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Manitoba Report Card Comments: Grade 5 Social (full paragraph copy/paste)
You will find a high, medium and low report card comment for all Grade 5 Social Studies Clusters/Outcomes. You will also see a high, medium and low comment for each of the the Social Studies Skills (straight from curriculum). Headings include: Skills for Active Democratic Citizenship; Skills for Managing Information & Ideas; Critical and Creative Thinking Skills and Communication Skills.These are easy to use and ready to copy & paste into your reports. Of course you will adjust the comme
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5th
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Witch of Blackbird Pond Unit Plan
Developed by Mark Weakland, this Witch of Blackbird Pond Literature Unit Plan consists of ten core 60 to 70 minute lessons and three supplemental lessons that make use of an Exploration Board.
The purpose of this integrated focus unit is to develop language arts skills through multiple patterns of practice. More specifically, students working through this unit will demonstrate oral reading fluency, use metacognitive reading strategies that lead to deeper levels of thinking and greater levels
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5th - 7th
Early American Explorers Research Project - Children's Book
This research project was designed for my 8th grade US History class, but could be adapted to fit grades 4-12, depending on the level of your students and on the material being taught at your grade level. The outcome is a children's book, complete with pictures (either hand-drawn or computer images) and age-appropriate text to accompany each picture. The outcome is NOT a huge research paper, rather a brief summary of different topics relating to the explorers.
The overall project is that stud
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4th - 12th
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The World Where I Live...
This is a jam-packed, 40 page unit full of multi-sensory and multi-grade-level activities all centering on the relationships between the following concepts: city/town/village, county, state, country, continent, and community helpers. The following mathematical concepts are also explored: range, median, mode, and average (mathematical mean).
The following activities are included in this unit: Key vocabulary exercise, coloring Venn diagram activity, "Greater Than, Less Than" activity page, "My
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K - 8th
Extensive The Year of the Hangman Novel Study
This is an extensive study of the novel The Year of the Hangman by Gary Blackwood. This novel study contains vocabulary by chapter, prediction logs, chapter questions, an answer guide, activities, bulletin board design idea, final project ideas, and a set of questions for students to use to help the students write a biography on the author. The complete document is 62 pages long. It works well as a blog, too.
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4th - 12th
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Rule the World: A Nation Building Simulation
Watch your students become entirely engaged as they compete to see who will be the supreme ruler of the world. This simulation has students work in teams (nations) to create their own culture or the teacher can adapt the 'tasks' to have them research and report out on real nations. Diplomats and spies from each nation move around the world and develop trade / defence agreements (or steal valuable information!) in preparation for the 'War' phase of the game. Every time I have run the simulatio
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4th - 12th
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6 Crime deviance and social control Latest Syllabus of Sociology Cambridge O Lev
Uncover the World of Crime, Deviance, and Social Control with Our Sociology Lesson Plans! Title: 6 Exploring Crime, Deviance, and Social Control - Sociology Cambridge O Level 2251 Lesson Plans Welcome to our exclusive collection of lesson plans, carefully tailored to align seamlessly with the latest Cambridge O Level 2251 syllabus. In this exciting journey, we delve into the intriguing realms of crime, deviance, and social control. Key Features:✅ Syllabus Integration: Our lesson plans are meti
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5th - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
Myths, Legends and Folktales Cooperative Unit
In this unit students will identify the characteristics of myths, legends, and folktales, apply thinking skills to reading, listening, and writing, and demonstrate knowledge of plots and major characters of myths, legends and folktales.
Students work in cooperative groups to read Native American and Japanese myths and legends. They learn about trickster tales and the characteristics of them.
Included is the unit test.
Grades:
4th - 8th
5.1 Early Peoples of the Americas Inquiry Design Model
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The Early People of the Americas Unit Guide
This document is a full unit plan for introducing the Early People of the Americas, and is designed to meet Common Core and NYS SS Framework guidelines, while incorporating CC ELA skills. Embedded in my unit plan is also an Inquiry Design Model that was inspired by C3 (College, Career, and Civic Life) Teachers. NYS SS Framework Key Idea
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4th - 7th
Esperanza Rising Lit Unit- Anti-Racist/Migrant Worker & Hispanic Culture Study
This is a complete unit for upper elementary school students or middle school students to study the book Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan. It includes a Rationale, Goals & Objectives, Supporting Texts Set Lists, Lesson Overviews, PreAssessment, Formative Assessments for every Lesson, & Complete, Detailed Lesson Plans. This is a 10 hour unit that will cover 10 class periods of approximately 60 minutes each and includes homework assignments.
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5th - 8th
2 Identity self and society Lesson Plans Latest Syllabus of Sociology Cambridge
Elevate Your Sociology Lessons with Our Comprehensive Lesson Plans! Title: 2 Identity, Self, and Society - Latest Syllabus Sociology Cambridge O Level 2251 Lesson Plans Welcome to a treasure trove of sociology lesson plans, meticulously designed to complement the latest Cambridge O Level 2251 syllabus. Key Features:✅ Syllabus Alignment: Our lesson plans are intricately aligned with the most current Cambridge O Level 2251 syllabus, ensuring thorough coverage.✅ Diverse Resources: Our collection
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5th - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
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