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5 World Religions: Timeline, Map, Reading Activity + Compare & Contrast Table

By Uncommon History

These activities on six worksheets (three pages front and back) introduce students to the central figures, beliefs and the basic history and geography of the world’s five major world religions: Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Islam and Christianity

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Ancient History, World History

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Google Apps

CCSS:

RI.7.4

$4.00

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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Climates & Climate Graphs Bundle: Reading, Analyzing & Creating them

By Uncommon History

This set of interactive reading and guided inquiry worksheets, Google Slides and Google Form or paper assessments directs students through a series of activities that review and build on their knowledge of climate types and climate graphs.Students

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, World History, Geography

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Google Apps

$18.00

$11.00

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Christopher Columbus: Explorer or Exploiter? DBQ and writing assignment

By Uncommon History

How should history remember Christopher Columbus? This tantalizing question has been a favorite for years. Pieces of evidence from both sides of the argument are offered to question this historic man's legacy as a master adventurer and salesman

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, U.S. History, World History

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, DBQs, Google Apps

$3.50

Digital Download ZIP (33.21 MB)

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The Agricultural Revolution: Its Causes and Effects. Guided Inquiries

By Uncommon History

These Guided Inquiries help students to investigate the Agricultural Revolution. Included in the Google Folder are the following resources:A 4 page Guided inquiry/ DBQ worksheet that defines and analyzes the Agricultural Revolution with text and

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Ancient History

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Google Apps

CCSS:

RH.6-8.6

$3.50

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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The Holocaust & The Final Solution: Defining Genocide. DBQ Bundle

By Uncommon History

This is a bundle package of the Guided Notes & Digital DBQ activities.Students will define, analyze evidence and assess the legacy of The Holocaust and the Nazi's Final Solution to exterminate the Jewish people in Europe and beyond, which became

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, U.S. History, World History

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, DBQs, Google Apps

$6.00

$3.25

Bundle

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Major World Religions: Unit Bundle

By Uncommon History

These Google Folders have everything you need for students to fully investigate the five major world religions: their geographic origins, place on the timeline, key figures, main storylines and core beliefs. This folder contains:An initial student

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Ancient History, World History

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, DBQs, Google Apps

$24.50

$10.00

Bundle

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Maps & Map Projections mini-unit: Bundle of Resources

By Uncommon History

These guided inquiries and activities explore the purpose of maps, common definitions, the representational element of maps, how world maps become distorted, and the basics of map projections. Students will analyze key differences between shape

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, World History, Geography

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Scaffolded Notes, Google Apps

$10.00

$5.25

Bundle

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4 Market Structures: Monopoly, Oligopoly, Perfect & Monopolistic Competition

By Uncommon History

This student worksheet accompanies a short teacher presentation on the four basic market structures that exist within free enterprise systems and descriptions of the characteristics that make up each. The overall learning targets are for students

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Economics

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Google Apps

$3.00

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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The Stock Market Crash: Game-Based Learning Simulation

By Uncommon History

This game and guided notes activity can be completed in one 50-60 minute class. After the introduction, students have a blast playing this game that they think will go on until about the end of class. In the frenzy of buying, and buying more and

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, U.S. History, World History

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Games, Scaffolded Notes, Simulations

$3.00

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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Economics: Fiscal Policy & The National Debt - Presentation & Worksheets

By Uncommon History

This student worksheet guided inquiry accompanies a teacher presentation on the economic concepts of fiscal policies and the national debt. The presentation can be used to pace the students, review the readings, or dive deeper into the graphs,

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Economics

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Google Apps

$3.00

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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Geographic Luck: Geography in History. Guns, Germs & Steel Activity. Bundle

By Uncommon History

This packet of worksheets introduces students to Jared Diamond’s theory of Geographic Luck. It uses key quotes from professionals and researchers from the documentary Guns, Germs & Steel: Out of Eden (episode 1). Students will analyze quotes

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Ancient History, Geography

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Movie Guides, Google Apps

$5.35

$3.50

Bundle

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Cold War Ideologies: Democracy & Capitalism VS. Communism & Socialism

By Uncommon History

This Google Slide worksheet can be used for distance or in-person learning. It could be used as an introduction or review of the key ideas that were part of the ideological war of the cold war.Students complete several fill-in-the-blank reading

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, U.S. History, World History

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Google Apps

$3.25

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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How Historians Organize Time and the Timeline with Eras & Periods - Unit Bundle

By Uncommon History

This guided inquiry begins with song lyrics to an Eduparody of Chris Daughtry’s Home (the song is included as an MP3 attachment). There are fill in the blank reading activities that make for a quick and easy read-aloud activity and become the

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Ancient History, World History

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Assessment, Google Apps

CCSS:

RH.6-8.4, RH.6-8.7

$9.00

$6.00

Bundle

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Children of the Industrial Revolution - Primary Source Analysis - Digital DBQ

By Uncommon History

This Primary Source Analysis activity is a digital DBQ in Google Form format. It is useful for in-person, distance or hybrid learning. There is a Teacher Presentation Google Slide to introduce the topic, which includes a Student Inquiry Activity

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, U.S. History, World History

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, DBQs, Google Apps

$2.25

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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The Mongolian Empire Bundle: Presentation, Notes, Super Facts Analysis & Game

By Uncommon History

This short unit works best for in person learning, but can definitely be used for distance as well. It was created to allow students to attain the National Geographic Standard 11: Students will use historical and modern maps, locate and describe

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, World History, Middle Ages

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Google Apps

$9.75

$5.00

Bundle

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World War II Super Bundle

By Uncommon History

Discounted Together. Bundle & Save.See Previews for individual products.

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, U.S. History, World History

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, DBQs, Google Apps

$25.00

$15.00

Bundle

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The Agricultural Revolution BUNDLE: The WHOLE Unit.

By Uncommon History

This unit offers students an array of opportunities to investigate the Agricultural Revolution. Students will study:its definition, causes & effects,the dynamic changes it produced,and different positive and negative interpretations of this

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Ancient History, World History

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Google Apps

$13.50

$8.00

Bundle

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Economics: Market Failures, Public & Private Goods, and Externalities

By Uncommon History

Keep students engaged while teaching the basic concepts of Economics. Short formative assessments are included in the teacher presentation. The interactive reading worksheet functions as a textbook that serves like a mini-workbook.The preview is

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Economics

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Google Apps

$3.00

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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Feudalism - Map Puzzle Activity, Key Characteristics Diagram and Reading

By Uncommon History

This worksheet allows students to figure out the feudal system through a short logic puzzle activity by reading and interpreting a map/ drawing. It then has an interactive reading and diagram that shows who lords and vassals are and their

Subjects:

European History, World History, Middle Ages

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Google Apps

$3.00

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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The Great Human Migration: Map Activity and National Geographic Reading

By Uncommon History

This four page map activity, reading worksheet and accompanying Google Slide presentation allows students to analyze and map out the route that humans took during their great migration around the planet. The reading is an adapted and slightly

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Ancient History, World History

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Google Apps

$2.00

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

This is my fifteenth year teaching secondary Social Studies in Michigan. Over the years, I've been designing curricula that promotes discovery, guided inquiry and engagement with historical, geographic, civic and economic concepts and key terms. My goal is to create activities where students are continually processing the information and ideas to which they are exposed. Rather than lecturing and telling them what to learn, they explore ideas and information through means like guided inquiry, games and small projects.

MY TEACHING STYLE

I like to use the following strategies as a teacher/ facilitator: Guided Inquiry, A Gamified Learning Environment Student Response System/ Clickers, Game-Based Learning, Problem/ Project Based Learning, Interactive PowerPoints, Learning Games, Multimedia Presentations, Musical Adventures, Scaffolded Notes

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Yet to be added

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

I have a B.A. in Philosophy from Calvin College and received my Teaching Certificate and Master's Degree from Grand Valley State University.

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I am married with three children and reside in Grand Rapids, MI.

GRADES

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

SUBJECTS

Specialty, Social Studies, Ancient History, Civics, Government, U.S. History, European History, World History, Middle Ages, Arts & Music, Visual Arts, British History, Geography, For All Subjects, Psychology, Economics , Character Education, Asian Studies, African History