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Agribusiness And Geography: Building A Farming Supply Store

By David Cooper

Student groups take control of an agribusiness and use map resources to choose locations to build new stores within the United States-- locations with access to transportation, work forces, and ready markets for products. Through research,

Subjects:

Geography, Economics , Problem Solving

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Simulations

CCSS:

RH.6-8.1, RH.6-8.2, RH.6-8.4, RH.6-8.7, WHST.6-8.1, WHST.6-8.4, WHST.6-8.5

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Federalism And The U.S. Government Reading And Reading Strategy

By David Cooper

The United States’ founding fathers embraced federalism as a guiding principle. They knew sharing power between state-level and centralized governments would result in a system able to address region-specific and collective needs without

Subjects:

Government, Reading Strategies, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Handouts

CCSS:

RH.6-8.2, RH.6-8.3, RH.6-8.10

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Analyzing The U.S. Declaration of Independence

By David Cooper

Richard Henry Lee’s decisive resolution for independence approved on July 2nd, 1776 marked a dramatic turning point in the American colonies’ conflict with Great Britain. Colonial leaders would settle for nothing less than freedom and for the world

Subjects:

U.S. History, Reading Strategies, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment

$4.00

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Investigating The Past Through Primary and Secondary Sources

By David Cooper

Investigating The Past Through Primary and Secondary Sources is a five-day mini-unit for students in grades 8 through 10 addressing the effective use of primary and secondary sources when conducting research. The zip archive includes pdf and

Subjects:

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

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, DBQs, Assessment

$5.00

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Washington, D.C. and The Five Themes of Geography

By David Cooper

The seat of the Unites States’ Federal Government is a location rich in geography and history. This ready-to-use activity package includes an informational text, reading strategy, reinforcement activity, and scaffolded writing task, which provide

Subjects:

U.S. History, Geography, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RH.6-8.2, RH.6-8.4, RH.6-8.7, RH.6-8.10, WHST.6-8.4, WHST.6-8.9

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The Industrial Revolution: Cottage Industries To Factories

By David Cooper

This 850-word informational text, reading strategy, social vocabulary activity connecting key terms with thematic concepts, reinforcement activity, and a quiz-based assessment provide students with active and high-order ways to engage the

Subjects:

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

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

RH.6-8.2, RH.6-8.3, RH.6-8.4, RH.6-8.10

$4.00

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Teaching Writing With Portfolios Across The Subject Areas

By David Cooper

Creating and maintaining classroom portfolios can encourage intrinsic motivation, personal investment in work, and provide long-term opportunities for reflection. This teaching resource by David Cooper provides the handouts and instructions

Subjects:

English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Assessment

CCSS:

WHST.6-8.10

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Historic Philadelphia Landmarks: Photography For The Classroom

By David Cooper

Use these images to add visuals to your digital presentations, handouts, manipulatives, station activities, or for your bulletin boards and walls. The twelve photographs contained in this zip archive have been formatted to at least eight-inch by

Subjects:

Civics, Government, U.S. History

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas, Clip Art

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Two Reading Strategies To Engage Students In Current Events Problem Solving

By David Cooper

Ten minutes reading the morning paper or your favorite news.com, one of these strategies, and five minutes at the copier yields a relevant high-order thinking activity. News bombards students constantly. They need ways to engage current events and

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas, Reading Strategies, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RH.6-8.1, RH.6-8.2, RH.6-8.4, RH.6-8.10, WHST.6-8.1a, WHST.6-8.1b, WHST.6-8.1e

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Supplying Washington's Army Role Play: Revolution & Articles Of Confederation

By David Cooper

The first United States Federal Government struggled to support its army during a revolution against Great Britain because it feared to possess the resource it needed most-- power. A brainstorming activity, reading, reading strategy, and

Subjects:

Government, U.S. History, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Simulations

CCSS:

RH.6-8.2, RH.6-8.4, RH.6-8.7, RH.6-8.10

$4.00

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Resources For Mentoring Student Teachers and Teaching Interns

By David Cooper

Mentors provide guidance, feedback, and safety nets during the student teaching experience. This ebook presents tools in pdf and modifiable Word formats for mentors and student teachers to facilitate meaningful communication, record ideas and

Subjects:

Education, Professional Development, For All Subjects

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Teacher Manuals, Classroom Forms, Professional Development

$4.50

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Adventure On The Nile Word Problems

By David Cooper

How long will it take your students to canoe over 4000 miles of one of the world's most dangerous rivers? Will they be able to carry enough supplies in their canoes? This lesson integrating reading, geography, and word problems by David Cooper

Subjects:

Reading, Geography, Word Problems

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Printables

CCSS:

6.EE.A.2a, 6.EE.B.6, 6.EE.B.7, RH.6-8.2, RH.6-8.4, RH.6-8.10

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A Profile of The Nile River: An Informational Text & Comprehension Questions

By David Cooper

The Nile River is an intriguing feature rich in history, geography, and history. Use this brief geographic overview and reading strategy as a Geography warm-up activity, an introduction to Egypt (past or present), or an introduction to the region

Subjects:

World History, Geography, Informational Text

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts

CCSS:

RH.6-8.10

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Save The Mississippi Word Problems

By David Cooper

As reliance upon the Mississippi grows, so do environmental pressures, and your students must devise plans to secure the river’s future. Students run a fictional conservation group, identify ecological problems facing the Mississippi, calculate

Subjects:

Geography, Word Problems, Informational Text

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Simulations

CCSS:

6.EE.A.2a, 6.EE.B.6, 6.EE.B.7, 6.RP.A.3, RH.6-8.2, RH.6-8.4, RH.6-8.6, RH.6-8.7, RH.6-8.10

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Life and Works of Thomas Paine: Text, Reading Strategy, and Two DBQ Activities

By David Cooper

Common Sense and The American Crisis author Thomas Paine presented a variety of faces during the United States' early history: patriot, propagandist, hero, conspirator, criminal, and villain. This copy-ready ebook includes a 1,600-word

Subjects:

U.S. History, Reading Strategies, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, DBQs

CCSS:

RH.6-8.1, RH.6-8.2, RH.6-8.4, RH.6-8.10, RH.9-10.2, RH.9-10.3, RH.9-10.4, RH.9-10.10

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The United States Federal Government's Three Branches

By David Cooper

Tackle the "Three Branches" concept with these easy-to-prepare information-rich social and tactile learning activities! This ebook’s 575-word informational text, reading strategy, tactile "puzzle flowchart" activity, primary-source enrichment

Subjects:

Government, U.S. History, Informational Text

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Handouts

CCSS:

RI.4.1, RI.4.10, RI.5.10, W.4.4, W.4.5, W.5.1a, W.5.1b, W.5.1d, W.5.4, W.5.5, W.6.1a...

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A New and Uneasy U.S.: Political Parties and Crises in the Late 18th Century

By David Cooper

Political intrigue and drama fill this content-rich ebook of copy-ready resources covering the United States’ Constitutional Convention’s political infighting, the contempt between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton, George Washington’s

Subjects:

Government, U.S. History, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Projects, Activities

CCSS:

RH.6-8.2, RH.6-8.4, RH.6-8.10, RH.9-10.2, RH.9-10.4, RH.9-10.10, WHST.6-8.1a, WHST.6-8.1b, WHST.6-8.2b, WHST.6-8.2c, WHST.6-8.2f...

$9.00

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Writing Nature Haiku

By David Cooper

Watch fourth through sixth-graders build connections between nature, thoughts, and the creative use of language with this copy-ready resource entitled "Writing Nature Haiku." Haiku is a three-line form of Japanese poetry following a syllable

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Asian Studies, Poetry

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

W.5.3d, W.6.3d, W.4.3d

$3.00

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US Match And Discuss Cards Sets 3 and 4: The Declaration and Constitution

By David Cooper

Print, cut, and teach-- these 62 Match and Discuss Cards keep students moving and collaborating in high-order exercises like linking specific British actions to grievances in the United States' Declaration of Independence. Suitable for classes of

Subjects:

Civics, Government, U.S. History

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Activities, Task Cards

CCSS:

RH.6-8.1

$3.00

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Fox, Rabbit, Eagles, and More: Animal Photos for Bulletin Boards and Handouts

By David Cooper

Use these images to add visuals to your digital presentations, handouts, manipulatives, station activities, or for your bulletin boards and walls. The fourteen photographs contained in this zip archive have been formatted to at least eight-inch by

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas, Clip Art

$2.00

Digital Download ZIP (24.56 MB)

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

David Cooper has taught Middle School Social Studies since 1995 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania where he lives with his wife Judy.

MY TEACHING STYLE

Challenging students with new ways to examine history, to express ideas and discoveries through multiple media, and to value learning beyond letter grades is an approach to teaching I have clung to and continue to develop with the help of colleagues, and, most importantly, my students.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Dave received the first place award for Literary Short Fiction at the 2012 Philadelphia Writers' Conference. He received the Outstanding Graduate Student In Teaching and Curriculum Award from the School of Behavioral Sciences and Education, Penn State Harrisburg in 2001. He also received Departmental Recognition For Contributions To The Field Of Education from York College of Pennsylvania in 1995.

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Dave graduated from York College Of Pennsylvania in 1995 with a degree in Secondary Education-- Social Studies. He completed his Master's Degree in Teaching and Curriculum through Penn State University in 2001.

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

In addition to teaching proudly in the public school system, Dave is Instruction Coordinator of Kim Studio of Tae Kwon Do Lancaster and a writer. Visit Dave’s writing blog dcwriting at http://dcwriting.wordpress.com/.