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Prohibition Warm Up / Bellringer

By Chris Hilgeman

This is a fun warm up activity for a class about Prohibition or the 1920's in the U.S. It includes five entertaining questions that are designed to grab student attention.

Subjects:

U.S. History, History, Criminal Justice - Law

Grades:

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

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Old West - Chuck Wagon Bellringer

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Now updated with eight questions! A fun bellringer testing student's abilities as a cook on an Old West cattle drive. Students are asked multiple choice questions about jobs, nicknames, chuck wagon recipes, equipment, etc. to see if they can guess

Subjects:

U.S. History, History, Cooking

Grades:

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

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PowerPoint Presentations, Simulations

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Roaring 20s Slang Warm Up

By Chris Hilgeman

This warm-up activity is a perfect way to start your US History (Prohibition, etc.) or US Literature (Great Gatsby, etc.) unit dealing with the 1920s. Slang from this period of history is used and students have to guess the meanings of these words.

Subjects:

U.S. History, Literature

Grades:

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

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PowerPoint Presentations

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Vietnam War Tap Code Activity / Bellringer

By Chris Hilgeman

Students learn how to communicate in code in the same way that U.S. prisoners of war did during the Vietnam War. The Tap Code is easy to learn and the presentation includes a slide of student handout cheatsheets with the code and basic

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, U.S. History

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

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PowerPoint Presentations, Games, Simulations

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Old West - Pioneer Children Experiences - Bellringer Warm-up

By Chris Hilgeman

A fun bellringer where students learn fun facts about the interesting experiences of pioneer children in the old west. How did children find gold for themselves? What barnyard animal did they practice their lassoing skills on? Use this as a fun

Subjects:

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

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

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PowerPoint Presentations, Games

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First Thanksgiving Bellringer Warm-up Quiz

By Chris Hilgeman

Use this fun bellringer quiz as a warm-up for any unit having to do with Thanksgiving. The quiz challenges student's assumptions about what would have been eaten on the first Thanksgiving between the Pilgrims and Wampanoag Indians. Eel or chicken?

Subjects:

Native Americans, U.S. History, Cooking

Grades:

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

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Games

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30 Days of Warm-Up Prompts

By Chris Hilgeman

Here are some of the prompts I use in my own class to start the day. Each takes between 1 - 5 minutes to complete (depending on the time the teacher allows) and is a great way to start class off in an interesting way that engages students and gets

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

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

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Activities

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Love, War, and Lightning - Review Game Template

By Chris Hilgeman

Love, War and Lightning is a Powerpoint Review Game template that can be used as a fun review game for any subject! There are a total of 25 possible slots for you to insert your own subject matter questions. Once a student answers a question

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas

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

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PowerPoint Presentations, Games

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Idioms From Around the World - Warm Up

By Chris Hilgeman

This is a fun warm-up bellringer that challenges students to guess the meaning of strange-sounding idioms from other countries.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Foreign Languages

Grades:

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

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Games

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Middle Ages - Herbal Cures and Fallacies

By Chris Hilgeman

A warm-up bellringer that allows students to play the role of a medieval doctor. The multiple choice question ask about medieval cures to common maladies. This is a fun warm-up activity for any lesson on the Middle Ages. Enjoy!

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Middle Ages, Nursing

Grades:

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

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PowerPoint Presentations, Activities

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Teaching Annotation Kinesthetically

By Chris Hilgeman

A great activity for teaching students how to annotate using a fun, kinesthetic approach!

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Writing, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

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Activities, Lesson

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Practice DBQ Exam AP World History - 1800's Child Labor Britain & Russia

By Chris Hilgeman

This is a practice Document Based Question (DBQ) exam for students preparing to take the Advanced Placement (AP) World History exam. Includes 8 primary and secondary source documents.

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, World History

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10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Assessment

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Test Your Kurdish Learning Ability - Warm Up/Bellringer

By Chris Hilgeman

This fun warm-up activity is designed for students who do not know any Kurdish. It is designed to show how critical thinking and pattern recognition can make learning a language much easier than a student would expect. This presentation can be

Subjects:

World History, World Languages, Critical Thinking

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5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, ...

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Cultural Activities

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I'm currently enjoying my time teaching at an international school in central Asia. My nine years of teaching have been in a variety of settings including international, national, and online classrooms. I have taught and developed a variety of curricula for middle school, high school, and university level classes.

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