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Higher education critical thinking unit plans
Historical Thinking Bundle: A Complete Unit - Digital & Print!
This bundle contains 7 Historical Thinking lessons and a 4-5 day culminating group project where students are required to apply the skills from these lessons in a fun, critically engaging way. This means roughly 2 weeks of fully planned materials that will help your students develop their historical thinking skills!Included in this Unit Bundle:Introduction to Historical Thinking lessonHistorical Significance LessonContinuity and Change LessonCause and Consequence LessonHistorical Perspective Les
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Prosthetic Leg Engineering Design STEM Challenge
Prosthetic Design STEM ChallengeAfter learning the history and uses of prosthetic legs, students use the engineering design process to build a prosthetic leg that is interchangeable for multiple people. This design challenge is followed by a research extension to design a prosthetic leg for an animal. Lesson Sequence: Introduce real-world careers of biomedical engineers and show a video on fabricating a prosthetic legRead about the history of prostheticsLearn important concepts related to prosth
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5th - 9th, Higher Education
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 4-LS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
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Also included in: Year-Round STEM Engineering Challenges Bundle (Middle School STEM)
Canada and World War One: Complete Unit - Digital & Print!
This unit contains 11 full lessons, 3 summative assessments, and everything you need to teach an engaging WWI CANADIAN HISTORY UNIT. LESSON TOPICS:Causes of WWIFighting on Land, Sea and AirCanadian Battles (Ypres, Somme, Vimy Ridge, Passchendaele)RecruitmentOpposition to the warWWI Propaganda AnalysisCanadian HomefrontEnd of WWI and Treaty of VersaillesFREE BONUS LESSONS included in this Bundle:Introduction to History (1 lesson)Introduction to Historical Thinking Concepts (1 lesson)This unit pla
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Roaring Twenties in Canada: Complete Unit - Digital and Print!
This unit contains 8 full lessons, 3 summative assessments, and everything you need to teach an engaging ROARING TWENTIES UNIT FOR CANADIAN HISTORY.LESSON TOPICS:The Winnipeg General StrikeIntroduction to the Roaring TwentiesProhibitionPolitical Cartoon AnalysisCanadian AutonomyDiscrimination in the 1920sFilm AnalysisLiving Timeline ProjectThis unit places a significant focus on the experiences, stories and perspectives of FIRST NATIONS, BLACK CANADIANS, ASIAN CANADIANS, WORKING CLASS CANADIANS
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Teacher Pack - The Social Dilemma
This comprehensive teaching unit has been designed for teachers to use with The Social Dilemma (Netflix documentary-drama film - dir. Jeff Orlowski).Contents (4 digital/editable/printable files ready for immediate download and use):1. Teacher Guide - (14 page .pdf)An overviewSuggested Lesson OutlineTeacher Answer Guide to Student BookletInquiry learning - focus questionsAssignment/Extension activitiesFurther resources/reading links2. Student Booklet (10 page - in .pdf/.doc formats):Pre-viewing a
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Easy Chemistry: Food Pairs Stoichiometry
Stoichiometry is a term that strikes fear in the heart of many, but has always been my favorite subject to teach. This unit simplifies a complex concept in an easy-to-understand way.Product includes:Balancing equationsMole-to-moleGram-to-gramMole-to-gramGram-to-mole Percent yield Vocabulary5 Practice ActivitiesShow What You Know ReviewCCSS and TEKS aligned.This product is a part of my growing Stoichiometry unit. Visit my store to pre-purchase the bundle at a discounted price. Product will be com
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Stranger Unit Plan: CCSS Teaching Notes, Lessons, and Activities
Aligned with the Common Core principles, 'The Stranger Unit Plan,' a 90-page compilation of lessons and activities, has been detailed and developed for clarity, depth, comprehension, and analysis- from basic to higher level cognition. This version is a third larger than the previous one with a flexibility terrific for Distance, Classroom, and Home School Learning. It includes a table of contents, a copious variety of activities for teachers to meet their goals and the needs and skills of their h
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
Introduction to Criminology- A four to five week course
Updated August 2021 with working current links. Please re-download the unit if you purchased it previously. This unit presents a complete overview of criminology and includes daily lessons (along with articles, materials, and web quests) games and activities and three short assessments. Everything needed to teach the introduction tocriminology is present in the unit and students in grades 8-12 would be appropriately and actively engaged in the activities, readings, and supplementary materials.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Fallacy Detective: How to Spot Bad Reasoning and Errors in Logic
Learn how to win arguments and debates with active listening and logic.This is an introductory course to logic and part of a Classical Education. Sometimes it's easiest to teach things by using the opposite approach, in this case teaching fallacies. Fallacies, or errors in logic, are used every day in all types of situations. Everyone has committed a fallacy before. For example, this class is great. Why? No one has every told me it wasn't. (Proof by Lack of Evidence Fallacy - which isn't rea
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Reading Powerfully Powerpoint Lesson
41 slides! Active reading strategies are used while students solve the murder mystery game Murder in the Streets of London!Get your students to read ANALYTICALLY with this awesome powerpoint presentation! Detailed in this powerpoint are the steps (such as marking the text, questioning and summarizing) students need to take in order to read difficult and challenging material! Great for all subjects and a variety of different student levels. This powerpoint also has a Sherlock Holmes theme, dr
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6th - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Back to School Bundle Powerpoint
Ralph Waldo Emerson UNIT - "Nature," "Self-Reliance," "The American Scholar"
Looking for an engaging way to introduce your students to transcendental thinker and writer Ralph Waldo Emerson’s works? This lesson on excerpts from "Self-Reliance,” "The American Scholar,“ and “Nature” will do just that!What's Included . . . ► Step-by-step instructions for each day.► Common Core English Standards aligned to daily tasks.► Understanding Transcendentalism group synthesis task.► Viewing guide for short biography clip suggestion (about 10 minutes) ► Bell Ringers► "Emerson or Lil Wa
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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CCSS:
Also included in: Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau Transcendental Bundle
College-Ready Writing Essentials—PDF & Google Docs (Argumentative Essay 11-12th)
**NOW WITH GOOGLE DOCS**Does teaching high school writing have you stressed and confused? This done-for-you, standards-based unit can change everything!Feel amazing about deep-diving into argumentative and persuasive essay writing with your high schoolers instead. Help prepare them with THE key skills research proves most essential for student success in college. WRITING is the #1 skill most linked to positive postsecondary outcomes—and I’ve put all the lessons and tools you need here to get you
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Sociology Curriculum - 5 Complete Units
This bundle contains 5 complete units to begin your Sociology class. Units include:* Introduction to Sociology* Sociological Research* Culture* Society and Social Interaction* Crime and DevianceUnits include handouts, worksheets, activities, projects, assessments, slideshows, and more. They also include a teacher guide detailing how I used the files in my classroom.The price is set for you to be getting the Introduction Unit for free!! ($8 savings)I also have many other files dealing with Sociol
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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6 Unit Bundle: High School Finding Flow Solutions
Bulk discount: get the complete curriculum line for high school!Unit 1: Foundations of FlowI can find my “flow state” in the learning environment.I can direct my focused attention.I can problem solve when it’s hard to concentrate or be productiveI can create habits that support energy and focus.I can develop a toolbox of strategies to help me find flow.Unit 2: Self-Directed LearningI am in control of my own learning.I view myself as a life-long learner.I am curious and inquisitive.I take initiat
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Debate- Basic Argumentation and Fallacies Unit Packet
This is my introductory unit packet for my Debate class. It prompts bellwork assignments, explains several fallacies, provides opportunities for practice, previews a formative project, as well as outlines basic information on sources and argument structure. There are answer keys provided at the end.
This is great for a debate class or even for a debate team to use in between competition preparation!
I use this packet for a 2 week unit in class. You could use an abbreviated pacing or you could
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Another 10 Lessons in Digital Literacy
This is the final book in a series of three books that collect together lesson plans based around developing students' critical thinking and understanding of a range of digital literacy skills.The book is a collection of 10 lesson plans with digital materials, each on a different theme and each including an infographic as the stimulus for thought, discussion, research and creativity.The topics covered in this book are:Activism or Slacktivism Artificial Intelligence Conspiracy Theories
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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1984 Complete Bundle for AP, Dual-Enrollment, Advanced Students
This complete bundle includes everything you need for a complete unit on 1984, deliberative rhetoric, and debate.Includes 2 PowerPoint presentations, 2 quizzes, a debate rubric, links to news articles to learn about "fake news" vs. reliable sources, thinking and discussion questions, an essay prompt with writing guidelines, complete debate guidelines, connections to critical thinking about generative AI, definitions of key terms, and complete teaching materials.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Mini Unit: Cyber Security and ZOMBIES! (critical thinking & extended metaphor)
My school has a focus on teaching students tech skills in addition to the traditional curriculum. This lesson is usually used as a review of metaphors in my 9th grade ELA class, and an intro to our Cyber Security unit. I have been teaching this lesson for the past two years, and have had nothing but positive results from my students. They LOVE anything to do with zombies and survival. The main focus, however, is not on surviving a zombie apocalypse; the hypothetical scenario is a metaphor for ha
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER): A Whodunit Mystery Unit (Bundle)
This is a unit about teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER) that can be expanded at the teacher's discretion to include a presentation and a paper that practices utilizing evidence, reasoning, and argument, or alternatively can also be collapsed into a mini-unit of just teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER). This unit can also be used to teach the concept of Line of Reasoning for the AP Lang and AP Seminar Classes. It is structured as an investigation for students to explore the murder of a
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER): A Whodunit Mystery Unit
This is the accompanying teaching sequence for the unit “Teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER): A Whodunit Mystery.” It includes a mystery to solve, all the evidence (which can be turned into manipulatives), rubrics for presentations and writing, teaching instructions, graphic organizers, and solutions. It does not include the "Teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER): A Whodunit Mystery" PowerPoint presentation which can be purchased separately or as part of a bundle.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Philosophy Boxes - Complete Set (20 Lessons) (P4C - Philosophy For Children)
This download contains the complete set of 20 'Philosophy Boxes' P4C (Philosophy for Children) Lessons. You can browse the sessions individually here.By buying them all together here, instead of individually, you save 50% and get them at half their regular price.The topics covered are:1) Animal Ethics2) Aesthetics & Art3) Political Philosophy4) Our Values5) Environmental Ethics6) Celebrating Other Cultures & Religions7) Christian Ethics8) Citizenship9) Computers, Robots & Artificial
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Sociology - Introduction to Sociology Unit #1
This introductory unit covers the 5 key concepts, 3 major paradigms, and why study Sociology. These files will supplement your textbook readings and engage your students! Sociology is a bit complicated at the beginning and this unit will help them better understand the important concepts and perspectives of this science.Within this introduction unit you will find the following files:Intro Slideshow (PPT) - This slideshow gives a basic overview of the main topics within the unit. It is in PPT for
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Sociology Curriculum - 5 Complete Units
Sociology Unit - Culture
This unit bundle covers major aspects of culture. These files will supplement your textbook readings and engage your students! Culture is such a fun unit that your students should truly enjoy. Several critical thinking question pages, projects, and content sheets help your students really dive deep in the topics. This unit bundle contains the following files:9/11 Sociology Article (PDF) - This article explains how 9/11 impacted the psyche of American and how the U.S. has changed since that histo
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Sociology Curriculum - 5 Complete Units
Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER) - Mini Mysteries
This is a mini unit on CER (Claim Evidence Reasoning) that can also be used for exercises of Line of Reasoning/Line of Evidence for AP Classes. It contains graphic organizers, five "mini" murder/mystery scenarios with original characters to solve, a rubric for a written portion, sentence stems to use for writing, and solutions. Students will be able to utilize close reading and critical thinking skills in order to solve the scenarios. Attached to the unit is the Presentation for CER (Claim Evi
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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