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Middle school Black History Month criminal justice - law unit plans
ELA Integrated Civil Rights w/ Summarizing - Main Idea & Detail - Writing
ELA Integrated with Social Studies! Black History Month Reading Passages - Civil Rights Movement Stories / Martin Luther King Jr. Unit that integrates the ELA literacy skills of Summarizing, Finding Main Idea and Supporting Details. PRINTABLE & DIGITAL Google Classroom! 7 Reading Passages that are engaging for upper elementary and middle school. This unit provides the teacher with lesson plans, passages, and very rigorous tasks that are focused on content while using the ELA skills of su
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4th - 6th
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Black History Month Research Project
Are you searching for meaningful Black History Month activities for your middle school students? This Research Project which includes a Creative Poster Project is the perfect way to celebrate Black History Month and teach useful research, writing, and communication skills at the same time! Students will learn vital research skills, learn about an influential African American, put their thoughts and ideas down in an ORGANIZED essay, peer edit and revise their essays, and present their research fi
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6th - 9th
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Civil Rights Movement Unit: PPTs, Guided Notes, Worksheets, Test + Google Apps
The Civil Rights Movement Unit Bundled includes Civil Rights Movement PowerPoints, primary source doc worksheets, an activity, warm-ups, exit tickets, crossword puzzle review, a Kahoot! review game, and editable assessment, all bound together by daily lesson plans. Civil Rights PowerPoints with presenter notes are packed with primary source documents, and stunning visuals. I have used these lectures with AP, Honors and regular students. PowerPoints also include 9 embedded YouTube videos for stu
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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BUD, NOT BUDDY Unit Plan Lesson BUNDLE Curtis Novel Study Activities, Quizzes
Get your learners thinking! Our Bud, Not Buddy Novel Study Unit Plan has the activities and quizzes you need to teach a 6-week novel study -- prereading questions, characters, vocabulary, projects, writing, and more. You'll love the "print-and-go" activities in slideshow and .pdf, both fun and rigorous for your learners (300+ pages and slides).Your learners will have fun with the rigor and creativity of our engaging activities built from best teaching practices. We want to make your lesson plan
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5th - 7th
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FINGERPRINT UNIT BUNDLE (Print and Digital)
Save time and valuable energy with this COMPLETE bundle of FINGERPRINTING resources (FOR FORENSIC SCIENCE). This product is just what you need to teach an engaging and student-led Forensics unit to your high school or middle school students. This no-prep resource is complete with everything that you'll need to teach a 5-7 day Forensics Fingerprint unit. Because it's all-inclusive, this resource is especially useful to teachers that are just starting a Forensics course. Need a digital option? N
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8th - 12th
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Martin Luther King - Reading Comprehension, Activities, Nonfiction MLK Passage
This 5-day unit covers many critical ELA skills as students develop a deep understanding and connection to Martin Luther King, Jr.! While studying about King, students practice critical skills including reading comprehension, identifying nonfiction text features, participating in group discussions, analyzing a quote, cooperative learning, and writing. Six activities are included in this unit. Each is based on a nonfiction reading passage about Martin Luther King, Jr. The activities are desig
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Lessons and Unit Plans for the entire month of January! - 4 Unit BUNDLE!
True Crime Podcast Informational Text Standards Unit | Middle School ELA
Do you need an engaging activity to get middle school students excited about learning informational text standards? If so, this True Crime Podcast unit plan is a must have! Assign in Google Classroom or download and print as a PDF! Both formats are included. This digital resource was created in Google Slides and is an easy, no-prep solution that will provide over two weeks of content to your students. Students will practice citing textual evidence, determining central idea, analyzing the structu
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6th - 9th
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THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM Novel Study Activities Comprehension Projects Movie
Get your learners thinking! Our The Watsons Go to Birmingham Novel Study Unit Plan has the activities and quizzes you need to teach a 7-week novel study -- prereading questions, characters, vocabulary, projects, writing, and more. You'll love the "print-and-go" activities in slideshow and .pdf, both fun and rigorous for your learners (196+ pages and slides).Your learners will have fun with the rigor and creativity of our engaging activities built from best teaching practices. We want to make you
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4th - 6th
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ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY Unit BUNDLE (Taylor) Novel Study Activities, Quiz
Your learners will enjoy the rigor and creativity of our engaging activities built from best teaching practices. We want to make your lesson planning journey easy, so you can focus on your expertise. This novel study includes a curriculum map pacing guide that offers our day-by-day suggestion for how to plan out your weeks of lessons. Our pedagogy section explains the instructive idea behind the activity, gives ideas for implementation, and aligns it to the standards. We've filmed some training
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6th - 8th
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Holes Mock Trials - a court simulation activity
This resource is included in Holes available at our store. Holes Mock Trials is an activity that facilitates many ELA learning outcomes in a way that is highly engaging for students. They will develop research skills, engage in critical thinking, defend a position, play the role of a character in court, and practice presentation skills. Students will learn about the judicial system as they participate in a mock trial of their own.This resource includes:Teacher NotesCourt InstructionsCourt Proced
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5th - 8th
Black History Month Music Lessons: Africa, Afro-Caribbean, Jazz, and more!
These slides include a variety of lessons, songs, and games targeted for studying music for Black History Month or anytime of year when discussing Jazz, African music, slavery, or the civil rights movement. All text is editable but the backgrounds and music are not. Included are links to outside videos and MP3 files of music. What's included...Introduction slideMusic from Ghana: facts, map, song game music and directions, drumming video from Brown UniversityMusic from Liberia: facts, map, welcom
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PreK - 8th
Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults) Chapter Questions
Basic questions for every Chapter in the Adapted version of Bryan Stevenson's "Just Mercy" with a final assignment of 6 different essay choices. Each chapter has around 8-12 questions. My class read along to the audio version and answered questions using their book afterward. This unit took me 5 weeks, but I also supplemented other materials so we did not read every single day. I have included some suggestions for ways to enhance this reading.
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7th - 12th
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Civil Rights Movement Unit - Made for Google Slides
The Civil Rights Movement is a critical part of our nation's history.Before starting this unit, I researched, studied primary sources, and submitted this file to other teachers in a peer-review process.If you are looking for the printable version of this resource, click here! This unit focuses on the major events and people of the 1950s and 1960s American Civil Rights Movement. As you know, this is a sensitive topic, so I must balance being careful with wording while also telling the truth about
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5th - 6th
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US Mini PBL Unit African American Great Migration with Interview Project
Strengthen your 1920s Harlem Renaissance, WWI, WWII, or Civil Rights units with an exploration of the Great Migration experience. Read the moving poetic words of Langston Hughes, hear the narratives of three individuals who escaped oppression for a better life, and examine the massive statistics each of these 6 million American Dreamers helped create. Culminate students' learning with their own oral history interview project!By the end of this unit, your students will be able toAnnotate and ana
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8th - 11th
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Middle School Research & Persuasive Writing: Famous Figure Speech Unit
In this unit, students will answer the question “Which historical figure deserves more recognition?” Your researchers will:Investigate and discuss the qualities of strong persuasive writing using TED Talks and sample essaysConduct a research project on a student-selected topicUse the student workbook to guide research, record information from multiple sources, and organize facts and detailsDraft, edit, revise, and publish online with Google SuiteUse success criteria throughout the unit to guide
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5th - 7th
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COPPER SUN UNIT, by Sharon Draper | Unit Plan and All Lessons Included | NO PREP
This complete unit includes everything you need to hook struggling readers and give them a reason to love books. This accessible and fascinating story is perfect for students who need some motivation from a page-turning story.Using this unit with Google Classroom is easy, just post one or two lessons each week for an exploration of a moving, devastating, and ultimately beautiful story. The unit includes 20 lessons and all supplemental resources and the book is available free online.This is the b
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: FULL YEAR of Literature Bundle | 4 NOVEL UNIT PLANS, Complete Curriculum
African American Literature Bundle: Units for School Year or Black History Month
This is a bundle of our African American literature units (5 units total). These resources are great for incorporating throughout the year or you can teach them sequentially for Black History Month. The literature begins with the early poetry of Phillis Wheatley in the 1700s, continues through the voices of the abolitionist cause in the 1800s (The Spirituals and Frederick Douglass), and culminates with influential writings for civil rights in the 20th century (Langston Hughes and Martin Luther K
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8th - 12th
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African Studies Unit for Georgia Performance Standards-7th Grade
This differentiated unit addresses all of the Social Studies Georgia Performance Standards: SS7H1 Analyze continuity and change in Africa. a. Explain how the European partitioning across Africa contributed to conflict, civil war, and artificial political boundaries in Africa today. b. Explain how the Pan-African movement and nationalism led to independence in Kenya and Nigeria. c. Explain the creation and end of apartheid in South Africa and the roles of Nelson Mandela and F.W.de Klerk. SS7G1 L
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7th
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U.S. History Sectionalism COMPLETE Lesson Plan Unit: 5th-7th Grade | Google Apps
The Sectionalism COMPLETE Lesson Plan Unit for 5th-7th Grade students features incredible resources that are 100% READY-TO-GO for both in-person and online digital learning (via Google Apps)! From the impact of Eli Whitney's cotton gin to the presidential election of 1860 and everything else in between (the Missouri Compromise, Underground Railroad, Kansas-Nebraska Act, and so much more!), this Sectionalism Unit has got you covered! The amazing resources included in this unit bundle have been us
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5th - 7th
Also included in: Bundle for Yvonne
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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Black Lives Matter: More Than A Hashtag
This is the first unit of the module Combating Injustice. Learning Goals:- Understand the origins of the phrase #blacklivesmatter, the organization Black LivesMatter, and the BLM movement as a whole - Draw connections between current BLM movement organizing and that of the Civil Rights Movement- Articulate the politics of BLM beyond those most commonly presented in mainstream media.- Learning Activities - Projects- Discussion Questions- Field Work-Text Dependent QuestionsSimilar Products In My S
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Djembe Drum Unit
A great drumming unit for those who may have a classroom set of African drums, or for those who just want to learn more about the subject! You can use Djembe or Tubano Drums.INCLUDES:-Slideshow of Drumming Unit: Djembe drum facts, origin of instrument, various tones on the drum, rhythmic activities, rhythmic notation, and assessment-Quickstart Teacher Summary-Djembe Drum Rhythmic Notation- 7 rhythmic patterns using bass, tone, and slap-Assessment rubric: Tones/Hand Position, Rhythmic Accuracy/Te
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
UNIT PLAN: The Civil Rights Movement
In this 4 week Unit, students will be building background knowledge and making modern day connections to the impacts of the Civil Rights Movement to identify the ways in which Black Americans fought (and continue to fight) for equality and freedom in society.Lesson Set Materials are all located in Google Docs. Teachers can copy and paste materials to place in their Google Drives. All materials are differentiated and translated (Spanish) for accessibility in the classroom.
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7th - 12th
Forensics Unit 1 Bundle: Introduction to Forensics & the Law (7 Products!)
Make teaching Forensics easy with this Unit Plan 1 bundle! SIOP, gifted, and differentiation strategies are embedded and easily identified throuought. Lessons are differnetiated accoding to learning style, grouping, and language ability. Both content and literacy standards as well as key vocabulary words, essential questions, activating strategies, instructional strategies, and summarizing strategies are included and highlighted. Unit plan contains links to resources! The Introduction to For
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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