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Social studies Common Core RL.9-10.4 resources
The Book Thief Novel Study and Project Menu; Plus Digital Option
Everything you need to use Markus Zusaks's award-winning WW2 novel, The Book Thief effectively in your classroom! A no-prep standards based interactive notebook literature guide with follow-up reading response questions for every chapter as well as vocabulary, writing projects, activities and enrichment projects. Teacher friendly engaging lessons to use with this award winning novel in your classroom while encouraging critical reading skills.CCSS/STAAR Aligned! Great for "Distance Learning".Eve
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5th - 9th
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Interactive Reading Notebook Fiction and Nonfiction Mega Bundle
Interactive Reading Notebook Fiction and Nonfiction Mega Bundle (Grades 5-12) A YEAR'S WORTH of activities: over 220 Common-Core aligned interactive reading foldable activities for secondary students. You do not have to use the Common Core State Standards to utilize this bundle! This download includes the following products:Interactive Notebook Reading Literature Bundle for ANY Novel or StoryInteractive Reading Notebook for Nonfiction Informational TextsInteractive Notebook Mini Books: Bundle of
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6th - 12th
Ancient Mesopotamia Gods & Myths Bundle: In-Person, Online, or Distance Learn
You can download this as a:1. PDF/Print activityor2. A ready-to-go TPT Easel Activity. You can assign Easel lessons through Google Classroom or you can copy a link to it and paste it into any learning management system you use with your students. However, for the time being, students will need to log in with a Google email account in order to access the assignment. You can use TPT Easel for free with this resource. Click here for info on how to use TPT Easel for free.Students will adore these
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4th - 10th
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Novel Study and Project Menu; Plus Digital Option
Everything you need to use John Boyne's award winning WWII novel, "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" effectively in your classroom! A no-prep standards based interactive notebook literature guide with follow-up reading response questions for every chapter as well as vocabulary, writing projects, activities and enrichment projects. Teacher friendly engaging lessons to use with this award winning novel in your classroom while encouraging critical reading skills.CCSS/STAAR Aligned! Great for "Distan
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5th - 9th
Also included in: World War II Novel Study Bundle, Seven Complete WWII Literature Units!
Figurative Language Interactive Reading Notebook Activity Editable
Editable Figurative Language Interactive Reading Notebook Activity Aligned with the Common Core State Standards (Grades 5-12)This IS included in my Interactive Reading Notebook Mega Bundle.Looking for a comprehensive foldable activity that you can actually customize and edit? Look no further...Students will practice literary, rhetorical, and figurative language devices with this foldable activity. It includes differentiated templates for all levels of learners. I also included a blank template y
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6th - 12th
Also included in: Interactive Reading Notebook Fiction and Nonfiction Mega Bundle
Children of Blood and Bone Novel Study
This product is a comprehensive set of instructional materials for teaching Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi. With over 140+ Common Core aligned materials, students will develop their literacy skills while deeply engaging with the novel. Plus, the literary analysis resources, critical consciousness activities and discussions, fiction close readings, West Africa and Yoruba historical and cultural readings and activities, extension projects, vocabulary, assessments, and essays all provid
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8th - 12th
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English Reading Lit & NonFiction Graphic Organizers Bundle {Grades 6-12}
This is a bundle of my Common Core Standards Graphic Organizers for ELA Reading Literature and Informational Texts BUNDLE for Grades 6-12 *UPDATED Aug. 2014: Now contains over 175 organizers! Perfect for Reader's Notebooks.*Do you need to implement the Common Core Standards into your curriculum? These graphic organizers are written for each individual anchor standard for Reading Literature and Reading Informational (for non-fiction), and will work for any piece of literature or non-fiction: shor
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Shakespeare in Memes: Tragedy of Julius Caesar
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar in Memes Presentation and Activities: This is Shakespeare made easy! Your students will love this close-reading activity because it uses humor, sarcasm, and thought-provoking memes to analyze each act the play. Advanced students will appreciate the humor and prompt to make their own. Struggling students will find Shakespeare easier to understand because they "get" it when it's put into the context of a meme.The zipped folder includes:• Presentation (Powerpoint Show -
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9th - 12th
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Engaging Native American - Indigenous People Literature Unit Bundle GOOGLE
Resources come in print & digital formats!Engage your students in meaningful lessons about Native American Literature through these interactive and creative lessons & activities. These resources work seamlessly in a hybrid/fully virtual distance learning environment, but they're also a great option for 1:1, socially distanced learning in a traditional classroom. Everything (except the creation stories) is digital and printable! The digital resources are made with Google and are compatibl
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Night by Elie Wiesel Reading Journal & Task Card Activity Set WWII Holocaust WW2
Night by Elie Wiesel Reading Journal and Task Card Activity Set -- Examine Night by Elie Wiesel with this interactive unit set. Read for content, respond to writing prompts for student engagement, and review key features with various task card sets and the student journal.Includes:9 Page Reading Journal 16 Reading Response Prompt Task Cards20 Vocabulary Cards w/Definitions12 Theme Task Cards8 Image Analysis Task Cards3 Essay Writing Prompts35 Total full pages to print.Addresses the following:Key
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Poetry Analysis- Harlem Renaissance Poets ( 4 Worksheets)
4 worksheets that require students to read and analyze poetry through questions
Focuses specifically on Harlem Renaissance poets Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, and Claude Mckay
Made by: Curriculum Candy
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9th - 12th
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Native American Myth: The Earth on Turtle's Back Questions & Creative Activity
Enjoy these engaging and no-prep supplemental activities for The Earth on Turtle's Back from the Iroquois tribe. American Indian creation stories can be difficult for students to comprehend because of the creative and abstract nature of the stories. These materials can help your students engage in the text and analyze the story on a deeper level! Included in this product:★ Tips and annotation notes for reading the myth with your students★ Comprehension questions (with an answer key) ranging of a
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7th - 12th
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Cyrano De Bergerac Play Unit of Study and Literary Analysis
So, what we have created for you is a curriculum unit for teaching the classical play Cyrano De Bergerac. We know, we’re excited about it, too! We love to use this play after we have taught about the Renaissance, Reformation, Scientific Revolution, Age of Exploration, and the Enlightenment. It is a great play to do with students taking medieval world history studies. This unit can be used with 7th graders and up. Tell Me More:We have created a literary teaching unit that contains the basic eleme
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7th - 12th
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Ancient Lit Epic of Gilgamesh Mini-Unit w/ Reading Comprehension & Activities
Teaching ancient epics can be a really exciting time in a high school classroom with the potential for blowing minds. This mini-unit is great for a one week splash into "The Epic of Gilgamesh" and leaves students with an understanding of the history, major themes of the text, and an appreciation for cuneiform.This resource includes:- 3 different quick writes that can be used for warm-ups, exit tickets, and homework-Slideshow covering general background of Gilgamesh, Mesopotamia, language, religi
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8th - 12th
MAUS Chapter Questions Common Core Aligned for every chapter!
Save money and time by downloading the entire unit.zip file!: MAUS I: A Survivor's Tale - Common Core Unit for $12
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/MAUS-I-A-Survivors-Tale-Common-Core-Unit-1125382
This winzip file includes:
- Over 25 pages of worksheets for MAUS I
- 6 .docx, one for each of the 6 chapters of Maus I.
- Objectives by chapter.
- Each chapter has at least 2 pages of short answer responses
- Each chapter includes 10 multiple-choice "Common Core style" questions.
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7th - 12th
Nothing But The Truth: Activity Pack (editable)
From creating character sociograms to exploring media bias, I know your students will have as much fun as mine! These activities are jam-packed with relevant information and skills students need to navigate information rich times like ours. What’s Included:Seven interactive and rigorous activities that will get students thinking, talking, creating, writing, and engaging with the text. An editable version of each activityEach activity has detailed notes that include the goal/purpose for each acti
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Nothing But The Truth Novel Study Bundle (editable)
Amanda Gorman Using Your Voice is a Political Choice TedTalk and Analysis
This no-prep activity asks students to analyze Amanda Gorman's TedTalk, Using Your Voice is a Political Choice and is a great way to teach students about voice and identity. Students will form and record their opinion on five text-related statements then answer a set of questions which aim to help them make text to world connections and reflect on recent historical events. Finally, students will consolidate their understanding by making comparisons with an excerpt of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Le
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8th - 11th
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World Myth Bundle: Teach a Semester-Long World Mythology Course
This planet-sized bundle gives you materials you need to teach a semester-long world mythology course with 92 days of instruction from which you can pick and choose! These stories are drawn from a variety of world cultures: Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Africa, China, Japan, Russia, American Indian, and many more! The WORLD MYTH BUNDLE includes:Digital teacher guide versions of 5 mythology textbooks: Reaching Valhalla, The Road to Camelot, Tales from Ancient Egypt, Hero Tales from Around
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6th - 12th
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World War I: Christmas Truce & Poetry Analysis (including "In Flanders Field")
About This LessonOne thing I am passionate about is infusing literacy and literary analysis into social studies. There is so much to be learned about a time period, conflict, and culture by reading their literature and primary source documents. This mini-lesson merges together themes of conflict, recognizing the humanity in someone you were made to believe is your enemy, courage, and resilience. Whether you’re a social studies teacher and adding this to your World War I unit or an ELA teacher wa
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7th - 12th
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Native American History & Literature: Indian Boarding Schools | Louise Erdrich
Looking for a resource on the Indian Boarding Schools that will help your students understand how victims of mistreatment and abuse resist oppression in their own ways? In an effort to “kill the Indian to save the man,” the assimilation policies of the United States caused a great deal of pain to the tens of thousands of young people who were displaced from their homelands and taken to horrific institutions. While the Native American children who were forced to cut their hair and forget their c
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
Native American Mythology Unit
Looking for a Native American Mythology unit that will engage and inspire your students? This unit features lessons, resources, assignments, and assessments that boost student learning and creativity.The mini lessons in this unit include:- Interactive instruction that gets students thinking and discussing.- Culturally-Accurate slides with true native imagery.- Entertaining myth videos and texts from a variety of American tribes.- Assignments that ask students to reflect on learning.- Assessmen
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6th - 12th
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Roaring 20's Research Project: Pre-Reading to "The Great Gatsby" or 1920's Era
In this product is everything you will need for a successful 1920's era project for your students! I used this project to teach my students about the 1920's era from a research format, though I plan to use it in the future for a pre-reading activity before reading The Great Gatsby. Each student will get to select a topic that is most interesting to them. Some options are: Economic Boom and Stock Market CrashThe Great DepressionFlappers and Women's RightsWW1 impactFilm Industry and Celebrity Wors
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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King's I Have a Dream Speech Literary Device Treasure Hunt
Martin Luther King was a master author. Have students discover this by having them identify all the various literary devices packed into this one, famous speech. Send them on a “treasure hunt” for the following literary devices: Metaphor, Simile, Symbolism, Assonance, Consonance, Alliteration, and Anaphora. Definitions of these devices and examples for each are in the student instructions.
The full text of the speech is included as well as links to the audio of the speech and an excellent an
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8th - 10th
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We Are Not Free by Chee Novel Japanese American Internment Digital Lesson
We Are Not Free by Traci Chee American History Novel Guide ideal for teaching about the Japanese American internment, the civil rights, the human rights and anti-racism. Asian Pacific Heritage Month ResourcePowerful and educational historical fiction (National Book Award finalist) that gives an account of fourteen teens as they live through the Japanese American internment. The best YA novel. This pack includes: Pre, during, and post-reading activities Background informationVisualsChapter by cha
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9th - 12th
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