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canada National Indigenous Peoples Day slideshow with Reflection questions
Celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day with our educational slideshow and accompanying reflection questions. This comprehensive resource provides an engaging way to learn about and honor the rich culture and contributions of Indigenous peoples in Canada.The National Indigenous Peoples Day Slideshow includes the following components:Slideshow Presentation: A visually captivating slideshow that explores the history, traditions, and achievements of Indigenous peoples in Canada. It highlights the
Grades:
1st - 5th
Negro League Baseball Card
This is a research project that allows students to research and design their own negro league baseball card. The fact sheet gives the students a great start on what to research. The baseball card template is designed to allow the students to draw or print a picture of their baseball player and then on the back of the template they may design the way they would like to present their information.
*File includes-directions, template, and rubric
*I allowed students to google how information is
Grades:
4th - 8th
Writing Prompt Pack, Expository Compare & Contrast Duck Dynasty Scandal
Hey, Jack! It was a scandal that blew the nation out of the water. Millions of people stopped to weigh in on this controversial clan. With this prompt pack, you'll be able to turn that "fowl" situation from popular culture into a teachable moment in your classroom with this no prep, highly interesting and challenging informational text analysis and compare/contrast writing task pack. Student Experience: Students will explore both viewpoints of this controversy with the texts chosen. Rather
Grades:
10th - 12th, Higher Education
The Story Behind Your Name (personal narrative writing)
Students explore the meaning of their name in a personal narrative. Three media connections are included that you can use to introduce the subject and galvanize student curiosity: audio, video, and an example anchor text.
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Nora Neale Hurston, Final Test, Novel Assessment
This is a final test for Zora Neal Hurtston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, including multiple choice, true false, quote matching, and short answer essay questions with an ANSWER KEY included. Possible answer examples for each short answer essay prompts are also included. I use the essay prompts for essay choice questions they can use for their expository essay at the end of the term as well.This assessment delves into the rich tapestry of themes, characters, and literary elements within the nov
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Civil Rights Movement Then & Now
Students will be able to compare and contrast the Civil Rights Movement of the 60s and the current civil rights movement of today. Using research techniques and provided resources, students get a first hand look at the similarities and differences between the two groups. Students will also conduct research and write an comparative essay to showcase the knowledge of their research project.
Grades:
5th - 12th
"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost - Test / Quiz
This is a test about Robert Frost's poem, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", including true / false, multiple choice, and short answer essay questions. An ANSWER KEY is included. Possible key points for short answer essay prompts are also included. I use the essay prompts and the possible key points for essay choice questions and for my assessment of their expository essay as well.This comprehensive test delves into the poem's intricate themes, characters, and societal critiques, offering a
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Thanksgiving Thankful Writing
This month is the best time to take advantage of various upcoming holidays and focus on students expository and narrative writing skills. This activity is best suited for students in grades K-5. This activity is very meaningful and provides a writing activity for your students to share with their family. Students will need to think about the things they are thankful for first and write them on a separate piece of paper. When done jotting down ideas they will fill in their words next to the appr
Grades:
K - 5th
Interview with an Elder Essay Project
Would you like your students to learn the skill of interviewing while also learning about a past generation's culture? This project informs students on how to interview another person, practices that skills, and then allows the students to interview an elder in order to learn about that elder's life. The culminating assessment is an expository/narrative essay that helps the students connect to both the past and the present through their elder.
Grades:
8th - 10th
Identity: TedTalk by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie:”The Danger of a Single Story”
This resource has been created and formatted to support a variety of skills: Multimedia resourceThematic Development [Identity]Speaking / Listening [Literacy]Argument Development and Analysis [Thesis, Line of Reasoning, Appeals]Students will begin this 45-60 minute digital or paper lesson with completing a 5-7 minute Do Now question. After completing, for 2-3 minutes have students Turn and Talk to share their answers before a whole class share for 2-4 minutes. Afterwards, as the first Comprehens
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Persuasive Mentor Text WAGOLL- Cultural Differences Should Be Celebrated
This is a persuasive text about embracing and celebrating diversity in a classroom/school. This is good if you are teaching about diversity OR you are wanting something for Harmony Day or cultural diversity week (MARCH) or something that is related to racism.You can use this as a mentor text or to deconstruct the text as a class, independently or students in pairs.
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Grades:
4th - 9th
Interview an Adult Essay
This series of lessons teaches students how to give an effective interview. As a summative assessment, they will transform their interview into an essay.The materials included are:Description of the assignmentImportant steps in preparing and giving interviewsA list of over 70 great interview questionsPeer editing worksheetA model essay
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education
High School Ted Williams Essay Rationale/Outline/Vocabulary/Rubric
Ted Williams is not just a baseball legend; he is a significant figure in American history. His career spans several decades, making him a witness to and participant in many key moments in American history, including World War II and the Korean War. An essay on Ted Williams can provide insights into these historical events and their impact on individuals. Ted Williams is often lauded not only for his athletic prowess but also for his character. He was known for his dedication, discipline, and wo
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
Recipe Project: Digital Family Recipe Project
This family recipe project is such an empowering project for students to learn not only about their family recipes but also about audience, tone, and purpose, depending on how the instructor sets up the task. This project is also a great way to boost literacy AND culinary skills for all ages. Students can also build videography skills as well by making and editing a video of their cooking of their favorite family recipe. The exercise helps students use content specific vocabulary and use inform
Grades:
5th - 12th
Freedom on the Menu Common Core Human Rights Materials
This is an exercise in providing text-based evidence in the written response. It is based on the human rights story "Freedom on the Menu", by Carole Boston Weatherford, about the Greensboro sit-ins in the 1960's. Students will read excerpts from the book and analyze characters' behavior to answer questions about them while including text-based evidence.
This activity supports Grade 5 Common Core Writing Standard W.5.9: "drawing evidence from literary texts to support their analysis".
Grades:
5th
More Informational Writing Prompts, Article Links, Essay Prompt
Five NEW articles with informational writing prompts.- some articles from New York Times student articles (FREE) and others from NewsELA (FREE)PLUS a bonus long essay prompt.Also included:- a visual INFORM reminder- a rubric- directionsTopics covered in this set of 5 prompts and one bonus long essay:- BLM and Reconstruction- Native American Reservations and Public Schools- the Magna Carta- Sports Team Name Changes- Teen Mental Health in Schools- Generation ZFYI: for those that may use different
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: SET of Informational Writing Prompts | Hybrid, In-Person, Virtual
Tongan Language Week Bundle - Reading, Maths, Art and Writing
This is a bundle based around the Tongan text “Ngatu: Keeping the Tradition Alive” from School Journal, level 2, June 2018.ReadingThis resource includes a digital version of the text including comprehension questions (literal and inferential) on each page.MathsThe maths section of this bundle is based around geometry and transformations. It teaches reflection, rotation and translation and looks at traditional patterns and how they've been made. The students get the chance to create their own nga
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
Hispanic Heritage Month - Country Report
Students will complete research on a Hispanic Country for Hispanic Heritage Month using the template provided. Once they have finished, they will use the information to create a Travel Brochure enticing tourists to visit. The research will provide the evidence to use in their brochures.
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Ancient China Research Report
Common Core report based on essential questions! Compatible with Google Drive. Students may complete digitally or by hand. Report may be completed individually, in pairs, or in small groups.The Task:Ancient culture is the foundation upon which all existing cultures have developed. The many profound influences of Ancient China often go unnoticed. You have been selected as a member of a special international relations team to research an aspect of Ancient Chinese culture. Using the knowledge y
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: Distance Learning: Ancient China Tech Activities Bundle
Identity / Culture Community Interview Assignment
This assignment can be used during many units (I used as a culminating project after reading Their Eyes Were Watching God). This project asks students to interview someone in their community about the multiple facets of their identity, how these have contributed to their power and privilege (or lack thereof), etc. Part II of the assignment asks students to write up the results of this interview in a synthesis paper, analyzing their own identities and embedding quotes from their interviewee.
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Rosa Parks Change Agent
Teach students about the Civil Rights Movement by understanding Rosa Parks as a historical figure and change agent. Help students think about how they can be a change agent within their communities. This research-based lesson plan uses hyperlinks to all materials. NO PREP and interactive.Students will explore, create and showcase about the following:How do we understand Rosa Parks as a historical figure?What do we know about and how do we understand the Civil Rights Movement?What are the charact
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Spanish Expository Writing: Comparing Day of the Dead to Halloween
This expository writing takes your students through the 5 steps of the writing process which include:
prewriting
rough draft
revising
editing
final copy.
Templates are provided for their rough draft and final copy. Two activities are provided for the revising part.
Topic: Compare and contrast the two holidays.
Everything is in Spanish!
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
Personal Identity Essay Draft Sheet
This is a simple graphic organizer to help students start drafting an essay about personal identity! It provides prompting questions and sentence starters to help them think more deeply about an identity that's really important to them. This is great for a unit specifically on identity or for students to get to know each other at the beginning of the year! Also works well for heritage months!
Grades:
4th - 7th
Disney Pixar Coco Theme Analysis Paragraph
Students will use a template to write a paragraph describing the theme of the movie Coco. Students will use evidence from the movie to support their claim. Once students have completed the template, they should write their theme analysis on a sperate sheet of paper. This will be their theme analysis paragraph. An extension of this activity would be to have the students draw a movie poster promoting the theme they described in their analysis.
Grades:
4th - 8th
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