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High school social studies centers for Microsoft Word
Coyote Tales - Native American Reader's Theater
This package was intended for November which is Native American month but can be done at any time. My name is Melanie Whitesides but my store name is Wonbyone. One of the things I am passionate about is Reader's Theater. It is a fun way for my students to improve on their fluency. In a world where reading is pushed so hard on students that many are losing their love of reading it is IMPORTANT to give them opportunities to read that are fun. Reader's Theater does this. In this package I have plac
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Code Breaking - A Veterans Day Activity
Involve your students in a celebration of Veteran’s Day by discussing the integral role of encoding and decoding messages in WWI (e.g. the Zimmermann telegram) and WWII (e.g. the Enigma code), and then challenging your students to decipher three diverse messages.
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9th - 12th
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Slavery in Antebellum America: A Document Set Stations Lesson
Immerse your students in a primary source-based study of the lives of the enslaved during the Antebellum Era. Using seven different document sets of five primary sources each, students learn about the following aspect of slavery:Labor in the "Big House"Labor in the FieldsFamily LifeInternal Slave TradeReligionPunishmentResistancePrimary sources range from visual images to WPA interviews to slave narrative excerpts. [NOTE: some sources deal with difficult and violent content, thus the product is
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9th - 12th
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Entrepreneur Project- DIY: Open for Business
Entrepreneur Project- DIY (Do It Yourself) Open for Business: is multi-step, long term economics project for students of all abilities and varied grade levels to learn how to form a small business and become young entrepreneurs.
Students of all ages are very aware of the hard economic times that many are experiencing in the country, in their neighborhoods and even in their own homes.
This project allows students to see that with creativity, ingenuity, organization, hard work, dedication, m
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2nd - 12th
Reading Decoding & Social Studies Integrated 5E Lesson Plan
This is a Reading Decoding lesson plan that uses word origins, and root words to decode vocabulary in Social Studies. The lesson plan follows the 5E Lesson Plan model. The 5 Es are Engagement, Exploration, Explanation, Elaboration, and Evaluation. The plan uses poetry to enforce vocabulary, however, any reading passage can apply to this lesson plan. The lesson plan applies to Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and the Common Core Standards. The lesson is designed for the average student
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2nd - 12th
Also included in: Reading 5E Lesson Plan BUNDLE
The Flight of Icarus - Small Group Reader's Theater
This is a small group reader's theater is for 4-5 students. This is a Greek tragedy and is based on the story of Daedalus and Icarus. Daedalus is an inventor and very very smart. He builds King Minos a labyrinth and, after it is finished, the king decides to get rid of him. He locks Daedalus and Icarus in the labyrinth that Daedalus made him. Daedalus know the labyrinth well and he and his son escape. They go into hiding and come up with a plan to get away from the island where King Minos lives.
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4th - 12th
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Types of Government Posters
I created these posters for my social studies classes last year. Each poster features a different type of government and contains easy-to-understand definitions of each form. Posters also include images representing each of the following eight forms of government:*Oligarchy*Monarchy*Republic*Theocracy*Autocracy*Direct Democracy*Representative Democracy*AnarchyEngaging Activity Idea: I laminated mine, hung them around the room, and had students move to each of them in 2-minute increments (station
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5th - 12th
Criminal Podcast Listening Guide with Answers- Ep 135: 527 Lime Street
This listening guide (questions with answers, along with discussion questions) in an editable .docx format goes along with an episode of Criminal, my favorite true crime podcast. Listen to the episode titled 527 Lime Street HERE. GREAT FOR REMOTE AND HYBRID CLASSROOMS!!!Episode 135: 527 Lime Street- Just before midnight on October 15, 1990, police arrived at 527 Lime Street in Jacksonville, Florida to find the small wood-frame house on fire. A man named Gerald Lewis was standing in the front yar
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Criminal Podcast Listening Guides - 10 episode bundle
The Mexican American War, a Primary Source Analysis Stations Activity
This primary source analysis activity focuses on the Mexican-American War. Students will select 4 of 6 primary sources to analyze. The primary sources range from maps, paintings, and speeches to treaties and political cartoons. These can be used as stations or as a full document for individual students to explore alone. This activity is a great one to use after a lesson on the war, such as the one featured in my store that explores both the war's geography and history.For a full overview of Mexi
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Mexico History and Geography Bundle of 22 Resources
Ancient China Achievements Hands On Activity
This lesson is a thoroughly experiential and engaging series of activities in which students actually produce some of the achievements of Ancient Chinese Civilization. Students print using a “printing press” made of block stamps, they produce paper, calligraphy and even a compass. They go around workstations in your classroom performing these activities. A worksheet is provided here with all the instructions students and the instructor needs. A sample station in which paper is produced is provid
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3rd - 12th
US History - Imperialism - American Foreign Policies Gallery Walk
The American Foreign Policies Gallery Walk includes United States foreign policies from the early 20th century when the nation had first emerged as a world power following the Spanish American War. This activity is great collaborative activity to get students up out of their seats and having academic conversations about Imperialism. The American Foreign Policies Gallery Walk provides a set up for 6 stations around the room along with a graphic organizer with questions for students to complete
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9th - 12th
AP World History | Exam Review Packet and Games | Time Periods 1-4 |10, 11, 12
The AP World History Exam Review Packet/Games for Time Periods 1, 2, 3 and 4 (Olympic Review) for 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students is a great editable resource for students to review for the AP World History Exam! This packet is designed to have students review and expand their understandings of the historical content and to work on their historical skills in preparation for the AP Exam. Students will like that they are able to organize and make new connections from their historical understan
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Life in the 1980's - Reading Comprehension Passage & Questions
Topic of "Life in the 1980's" Reading Passages and Questions:Reading Passagex10 Questions NOW WITH ANSWERS!Great Homework ResourceGreat Assignment for Substitute Teachers 100% Editable!This reading passage focuses on Life in the 1980's. Here is an excerpt from the introductory paragraph; "The 1980s was a decade marked by significant changes in politics, technology, and popular culture. As the world recovered from the economic challenges of the 1970s, a sense of optimism emerged, leading to a
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Years 1980 - 2000: Reading Comprehension Articles Q/A BUNDLE
The Industrial Revolution in Britain - Reading Comprehension Passage & Questions
Topic of "The Industrial Revolution in Great Britain" Reading Passages and Questions:World History Reading Passagex10 Questions NOW WITH ANSWERS!Great Homework ResourceGreat Assignment for Substitute Teachers 100% Editable!This reading passage focuses on The Industrial Revolution in Great Britain.Our School District has placed an emphasis on student ability to read, comprehend and respond in writing. This is the best tool for developing good readers and writers within World History Classes.What
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: World History Articles/Essays Reading Comprehension BUNDLE
The End of World War One - Reading Comprehension Passage & Questions
Topic of the "End of World War One" Reading Passages and Questions:World History Reading Passagex10 Questions NOW WITH ANSWERS!Great Homework ResourceGreat Assignment for Substitute Teachers 100% Editable!This reading passage focuses on the End of World War One.Our School District has placed an emphasis on student ability to read, comprehend and respond in writing. This is the best tool for developing good readers and writers within World History Classes.What other teachers are saying: "Many of
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: World History Articles/Essays Reading Comprehension BUNDLE
The Vietnam War - Reading Comprehension Passage & Questions
Topic of "The Vietnam War" Reading Passages and Questions:World History Reading Passagex10 Questions NOW WITH ANSWERS!Great Homework ResourceGreat Assignment for Substitute Teachers 100% Editable!This reading passage focuses on the Vietnam War.Our School District has placed an emphasis on student ability to read, comprehend and respond in writing. This is the best tool for developing good readers and writers within World History Classes.What other teachers are saying: "Many of our text-book que
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: World History Articles/Essays Reading Comprehension BUNDLE
Hades Goes to Court for Kidnapping - Small Group Greek Reader's Theater
This is a small group reader's theater for 4 students. It is a short version of the story of how Hades kidnapped Persephone and tricked her into becoming his wife. In the script, Hades is in court accused of kidnapping Persephone and forcing her to live with him in the underworld. Demeter, Zeus, and Persephone are also there. Zeus is serving as the judge even though he is Persephone’s dad. They discuss what Hades did – including the way he tricked Persephone into eating something that ties her f
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Autopsy: Age of Revolutions, Part I
The students will be looking into a specific Age of Revolution and will be researching major themes provided. The students will be depicting this through an autopsy project where the students will be drawing a person him/herself or someone from that time period with the themes surrounding the person. Students have autonomy on who they want to draw as long as it adds to the project. This assignment is created to be fun, creative, and most importantly… informative.
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Autopsy: Age of Revolutions
End of the Cold War - Reading Comprehension Passage & Questions
Topic of "The End of the Cold War" Reading Passages and Questions:Reading Passagex10 Questions NOW WITH ANSWERS!Great Homework ResourceGreat Assignment for Substitute Teachers 100% Editable!This reading passage focuses on the end of the Cold War. Here is an excerpt from the introductory paragraph; "The Cold War, a geopolitical and ideological struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union, dominated the second half of the 20th century. The tension between these two superpowers had pr
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Years 1980 - 2000: Reading Comprehension Articles Q/A BUNDLE
The Manhatten Project - Reading Comprehension Passage & Questions
Topic of "The Manhattan Project" Reading Passages and Questions:Reading Passagex10 Questions NOW WITH ANSWERS!Great Homework ResourceGreat Assignment for Substitute Teachers 100% Editable!This reading passage focuses on the Manhattan Project. Here is an excerpt from the introductory paragraph; "The Manhattan Project, initiated during World War II, stands as one of the most remarkable scientific endeavors in history, marking the birth of nuclear weapons and altering the course of warfare. This
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: United States Years 1941-1945 World War Two Reading Comprehension BUNDLE
Reform Movements of the 1800s Stations Activity
UPDATE! Pairs great with Reform Movements of the 1800s Introductory Lesson6 Stations for the Reform Movements of the 1800s in the United States!Topics:The Second Great AwakeningHospital and Prison ReformEducation ReformAbolitionist MovementWomen's Rights MovementTemperance Movement
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7th - 12th
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End of the Cold War - Reading Comprehension Passage & Questions
Topic of the End of the Cold War Reading Passages and Questions:World History Reading Passagex10 Questions NOW WITH ANSWERS!Great Homework ResourceGreat Assignment for Substitute Teachers 100% Editable!This reading passage focuses on the End of the Cold War.Our School District has placed an emphasis on student ability to read, comprehend and respond in writing. This is the best tool for developing good readers and writers within World History Classes.What other teachers are saying: "Many of our
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: World History Articles/Essays Reading Comprehension BUNDLE
Ford Becomes President - Reading Comprehension Passage & Questions
Topic of "Ford Becomes President" Reading Passages and Questions:Reading Passagex10 Questions NOW WITH ANSWERS!Great Homework ResourceGreat Assignment for Substitute Teachers 100% Editable!This reading passage focuses on Gerald Ford becoming President. Here is an excerpt from the introductory paragraph; "The year 1974 marked a turning point in American history as Gerald R. Ford, the 38th Vice President of the United States, assumed the highest office following the resignation of President Ric
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Years 1968-1980 United States Reading Comprehension Articles BUNDLE
End of Apartheid - Reading Comprehension Passage & Questions
Topic of The End of Apartheid Reading Passages and Questions:World History Reading Passagex10 Questions NOW WITH ANSWERS!Great Homework ResourceGreat Assignment for Substitute Teachers 100% Editable!This reading passage focuses on the end of apartheid.Our School District has placed an emphasis on student ability to read, comprehend and respond in writing. This is the best tool for developing good readers and writers within World History Classes.What other teachers are saying: "Many of our text-b
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: World History Articles/Essays Reading Comprehension BUNDLE
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