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Social studies unit plans on sale
World History Complete Curriculum (800 Resource Pages/185 Activities/18 Units)
Your entire year of lesson planning DONE and packaged up in one easy-to-navigate, organized digital folder. This curriculum has every guided reading article, comprehension question, simulation, activity, game, mapping activity, primary source, critical thinking activity, internet activity and skill building activity that you need for the entire year. Student will love these tried and true activities and they will help prevent both teacher and student burnout - guaranteed!! Eliminate the
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Ancient Civilizations / Early Societies Grade 4
Early Societies/ Ancient Civilizations - Rome, Egypt, Greece, and MesopotamiaThis thorough and detailed package includes everything a grade 4 teacher needs when teaching the Early Societies/ Ancient Civilizations unit. This package focuses on the societies of ancient Rome, Egypt, Greece and Mesopotamia. This package is well priced and your students will love the fun activities included. Enjoy :)Includes:AssessmentsCulminating TasksDetailed readingsReading comprehension questionsPrintable workshe
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4th - 5th, Staff
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World History Complete Curriculum PowerPoint Package (16 Units/800 slides)
Get my Complete World History Curriculum Here ($30 - great value!)Every slide that you need to teach a full year of World History! This resource contains 16 units worth of visually engaging, fully editable Power Point slides to take your students from the earliest humans all the way through the Cold War. Each presentation contains maps, key figures, key terms in differentiated font, "look ins", key concepts and more. Edit as needed or use exactly as it is.Topics Covered River Valley Civiliz
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
CHV2O - Civics - Complete Course Package - 2022 Curriculum
NOTE: Updated to reflect the 2022 Ministry of Education curriculum changes.If you're teaching CHV2O in Ontario, this is the package for you. Used in many jurisdictions across Ontario, this package has been utilized in Traditional and Virtual Classrooms with great success. It can also easily be adapted to Summer School and Night School settings. Sample calendars for multiple scenarios are included in the course package.This updated version of our best-selling CHV2O Course Package is designed for
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9th - 10th
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Positive Psychology PowerPoint (Psychology Enrichment Unit)
Are you a psychology teacher looking to engage your students in an exciting and meaningful way? This Positive Psychology Enrichment Unit is the perfect addition to your curriculum. Whether you're teaching AP Psychology or "rookie" psychology, this resource is a valuable addition to your teaching arsenal.Key Features:Lifetime Access to Updated Resources: Every resource is in an editable format, allowing you to tailor the content to your unique teaching style.Interactive PowerPoint: This organized
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9th - 12th
Also included in:Â Full Year Psychology Elective PowerPoints (Non-AP, General Psych)
Mardi Gras Unit History, Tradition and Culture Activities Bundle
This HUGE Mardi Gras Unit Bundle is great for either ELA or a Social Studies class! It’s a great resource for a complete unit or as a supplement for any Mardi Gras unit. You will have lots of resources and options to choose from while teaching your Mardi Gras unit. Most importantly, your students will love the variety of activities, and you will too!No Prep Resource! Print & copy, that’s it!Included in this resource: Student Tested & Approved! Focus Content: What it is, Basics, History,
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2nd - 4th
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U.S. History Guided Notes (Full Year / Study Guides/ Exams / Activities )
Your entire year of Guided Notes for U.S. History (1877 - Present). Included in this resource are over 50 Guided Note Presentations covering material form Reconstruction through the United State's dealings with Afghanistan. This resource its perfect for teachers who prefer direct instruction with their students. It's also perfect for students who read below grade level, have learning challenges, speak English as a second language, are joining your class at an odd time (having missed a ton of
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
NBE3U D2L Brightspace Full Course - Grade 11 English, Indigenous Voices
This is a full course shell for the course NBE3U - Grade 11 University Preparation English: Indigenous Voices (Ontario Curriculum) - to be uploaded on D2L/Brightspace. It can be easily used in a face-to-face classroom or an eLearning course, as it is ready to be shared with students immediately.NBE3U is meant to replace ENG3U to incorporate Indigenous voices and perspectives into the curriculum. It still follows the requirements and expectations of a 3U English course.This .zip file must be up
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11th, Adult Education
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Economics and Personal Finance Canvas Course (Fully Online Asynchronous)
Looking for a comprehensive and time-saving fully online Economics and Personal Finance (EPF) course for your students? Look no further than this pre-made Canvas course! Developed by adapting materials from the Civics Today Textbook and online resources, this survey course covers all the essentials and is an excellent starter course for Canvas. Plus, it leaves room for you to customize with your own activities.Each chapter in the Economics portion includes Extra Credit Note Taking Guides, Edpuzz
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9th - 12th
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APUSH Period 7 Unit Bundle- PPTs, Activities, SAQs, Review & More!-AP US History
This Complete Bundle resource includes 57 resources (PowerPoints, Document Analysis Handouts, Primary Sources & Political Cartoons, SAQs, Graphic Organizers, and more!) for helping to guide your students through Period 7 of AP US History (1890-1945). There is also a Pacing Guide & Calendar included for using each of these resources, as well!(Answer Keys Included!)This Period 7 Unit Bundle is great for helping your students master the content and essential skills in APUSH! This Unit Bundl
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8th - 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
Prehistoric - Bronze Age - Art History Lesson - Slideshow, Notes, Webquests
This art history unit covers art from the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age and early Persian Empire. A slideshow with a guided note packet and modified note packet is included, along with webquests, several assessment versions, a test review slideshow, and a flashcard matching game for review. This unit can take two to three weeks depending on how you pace it.All resources included are editable Google Docs and Google Slideshows!The Flashcard review game is a PDF.Artworks Included:L
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
U.S. History 2 (Imperialism to Present American History) Canvas Course
Save yourself hundreds of hours with this pre-made US History Canvas course.This product is a U.S. History 1 (Pre-Columbian to Progressive American History) survey course. It covers content from Pre-Columbian history to the Progressive Era. It is an excellent Canvas starter course with room to fill in some of your own activities.Each chapter includes the following:Extra Credit Note Taking Guides. The PowerPoints in the course folder are keyed to these which helps students to focus, follow along,
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9th - 12th
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U.S. History 1 (Pre-Columbian to Progressive American History) Canvas Course
Save yourself hundreds of hours with this pre-made US History Canvas course.This product is a U.S. History 1 (Pre-Columbian to Progressive American History) survey course. It covers content from Pre-Columbian history to the Progressive Era. It is an excellent Canvas starter course with room to fill in some of your own activities.Each chapter includes the following:Extra Credit Note Taking Guides. The PowerPoints in the course folder are keyed to these which helps students to focus, follow along,
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9th - 12th
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US HISTORY - Complete Course in ONE SEMESTER (1763 to Present Day)
This Bundle has absolutely EVERYTHING you need to teach U.S. History in a single semester. No book needed, just add teacher. There are multiple different versions of US History Bundles sold here. Here are the different versions, choose the one that best suits your needs!*NEW!* US History – Complete Course in one single semester (Proclamation of 1763 - to Present Day)American History I in a semester (1492 and Colonization – to Compromise of 1877)American History II in a semester (End of Reconstru
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Unit/Lesson Plans | AP Psychology | Biological Bases of Behavior *Block
In my first few years of teaching I had everything ready to teach, except for my unit/lesson plans posted for administration (luckily they were very understanding). It was really just survival mode and I couldn't keep up! I learned a very valuable lesson that lesson plans cannot be 15 page documents and it needs to be very manageable/efficient! I use a spreadsheet format for my lesson plans and I can input all of the lesson information very quickly. I use the backwards design for my unit plans a
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9th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Unit/Lesson Plans | AP Psychology | All Units Bundled *Block *Editable
IB Psychology: Biological approach (full unit)
This bundle contains all the resources needed to teach the Biological approaches to behaviour in the IB psychology course.All lessons include:All the information the IB have included in the new spec.Clear diagramsExtended writing questionStudent research tasksAll key case studies explained in detailed including evaluationsStudent workbook which accompanies the lessons.Content included:The brain and behaviour:Map of the brainTechniques for studying the brainLocalisationNeuroplasticityNeurotransmi
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11th - 12th
Forensics Unit 14 Resource Bundle: Human Remains (Forensic Anthropology)
Make teaching Forensics easy with this complete Forensics Unit 14 Bundle that includes:Forensics Unit Plan 14: Human Remains (Forensic Anthropology)Forensics Unit 14 PPT: Human RemainsForensics Unit 14.1 All-in-One Lab Activity & Review Worksheet: Overview of the SkeletonForensics Anthropology Unit 14.2 All-in-One Lab Activity & Review Worksheet: Classification of Human BonesForensics Anthropology Unit 14.3 All-in-One Lab Activity and Review Worksheet: Human Bone StructureForensics Unit
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Africa Geography: A Long Walk to Water Interactive Notebook (LOST BOYS)
This lesson is easy enough for 5th graders to understand yet works well with students up to grade 12. Modifications can be made as needed. This Africa book study unit is written based on the story of the Lost Boys in the book: A Long Walk to Water. This is a great way to study Sudan and its struggles throughout the years. It teaches how the goodwill of one person can have a domino effect and change the lives of many while exploring the geographical aspects, environmental issues, political issues
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in:Â Interactive Notebook Bundle + 3 Freebies
Global Studies WHOLE COURSE - 150+ Separate Lesson Bundles!!!!!
Everything you would need to use for Virtual/Online learning. Over 500 files for Global History (Part 2 - 1500's to Modern day). I have taught this and updated over and over for the past 15 years. My last class had 89% Mastery rate on the Global Studies Regents.Over 150 Lesson Plans that are very detailed including Anticipatory sets and activities, Students centered activities and Closure activities. All lessons include essential questions, guiding questions and aim questions. Objectives and NY
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9th - 10th
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IB Psychology: Genetics & Behaviour (full unit)
This PowerPoint contains everything you need to teach Genetics & behaviour in the biological approach unit of IB Psychology specification.These Powerpoints contain the following:All the information the IB have included in the new spec.Clear diagramsExtended writing questionStudent research tasksAll key case studies explained in detailed including evaluationsStudent workbook which accompanies the lessons can be downloaded free from my store.Content included:Nature of the geneGene expression &
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11th - 12th
Also included in:Â IB Psychology: Biological approach (full unit)
IB Psychology (Sociocultural approach): The individual and the group (bundle)
This bundle contains all the resources you need to teach The individual and the group (Socioultural approach) unit in IB Psychology:Social identity theorySocial cognitive/learning theoryStereotypes and their effectsConformity and factors affecting conformityAs part of the new IB specification. This bundle contains:Covers all the content stipulated by the IB.Student questions with answersStudent experimentsClear diagramsResearch tasksVideosQuestions and answersAll lessons come with an a student b
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11th - 12th
Founding Principles of the U.S. and NC: Civic Literacy Full Course Bundle!
This massive bundle contains all of the presentations, assignments, tests that I use to teach this class online and in person through Google Classroom. I've created these resources using the Civics Today and 'The Americans' textbook but they would work with any Civics Literacy class and with these resources my students rarely even use the book.For fully online classes I use Edpuzzle Lessons that I've made from recordings of the lessons that I teach in class. You're welcome to use those too. Here
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9th - 12th
IB Psychology: Animal research full unit (HL only)
This PowerPoint contains everything you need to teach Animal research in the biological approach unit of IB Psychology specification.The Powerpoint contains the following:All the information the IB have included in the new spec.Clear diagramsExtended writing questionStudent research tasksAll key case studies explained in detailed including evaluationsStudent workbook which accompanies the lessons which can be downloaded for free from my store. Content included:Animal research on the brainAnimal
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11th - 12th
Also included in:Â IB Psychology: Biological approach (full unit)
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Learning social studies offers many benefits to students in terms of helping them develop a holistic understanding of the world. Namely, it helps them:
- Learn about the achievements, challenges, perspectives, traditions, and customs of different societies
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- Become active, responsible, and engaged citizens
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If you’re a teacher or parent looking for printable or digital social studies resources, TPT has an extensive array of instructional materials for every learning need, topic, or grade level. Whether you’re teaching students about America’s democratic process, the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., how to read maps, or World War II, we’ve got you covered.
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