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Middle school oral communication geometry dbqs
Socratic Seminar: Who Should Be on American Currency?
The images we see around us daily have a subtle yet profound effect. In this Socratic seminar, students consider American currency and consider: should the faces on the bills be changed or stay the same? The learn who is featured on currency now and think on who could be. This activity can be used during an American History course as students learn about figures like Andrew Jackson and Harriet Tubman, or can be used as a general debate in any Social Studies or English-Language Arts classroom.
Grades:
8th - 12th
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Andrew Jackson Award Show Project
With this project, students will use the information they learned about Andrew Jackson to make an informed choice as to which award to give him. The students will use reasoning and support their claims of the award by describing the effects of Jackson's presidency. My students loved this activity and I did a full classroom redectoration to make it look like a real awards show!
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education
Teaching Socratic Seminars to Students (SPIDER Style)
If you want to teach your students a fun way of having a deep conversation in class, look no futher! This activiy include a hand out rubric for all stduents to have and follow as well as a power point slide show to explain how a SPIDER or Socratic Seminar work.
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â Thinking Like A Historian Unit
Geometry Warm Ups | Triangles and Proofs Bell Ringers | Google Slides
Several days of openers (5-15 minute review problems) or check ins for Geometry to try to catch students up and maintain previous skills. These Bell Ringers are the perfect activity while you take attendance and provide for a discussion at the beginning of each class. Most problems are designed to be completed on a whiteboard and then discussed as a class but this can easily be adjusted as the document is editable. I use this to be sure that my students are able to draw and define key terms such
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Grades:
8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Geometry Google Bundle - Triangles, Logic, Surface Area and Volume
Trigonometry Helper
This is a step by step guide to help students solve Basic Trig problems. It adds questioning to ensure reasonable answers and enables students to take on the challenge of trig by them self.
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Grades:
8th - 12th
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SEL Conversation Bundle - Sophocles on Hardship
Going through hard times is something almost everybody has to do. Some people face hardship and turn away. They become discouraged and think that success is unattainable. Others see hardship as an opportunity for self-motivation, goal-setting, and a fresh re-evaluation of values. Students must determine whether to see hardship as a barrier or an opportunity and accept the consequences underlying the choices they make.The theme of this conversation is Hardship.The CASEL competency associated with
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education
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