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Common Core RH.6-8.6 projects
Renaissance Art Show and Newspaper Project
This fantastic, interactive project has students analyzing some of the most famous art and artists of the Renaissance by rotating around the room with a "reporter's notebook". Students then use their notes to create newspapers detailing the art and artists as if the art show was taking place at your school!The download includes:6 stations with art and background info on Renaissance artistsA "reporter's notebook" sheet for note takingNewspaper templateLesson plan directions with video linksEditab
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5th - 10th
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Also included in: Renaissance Art and Literature Complete 1 Day Lesson Bundle
Viking Ship Interactive Distance Learning Geoexplorers Reading Project Vikings
Explore the world with my Geoexplorers projects! This project focuses on the Viking ships of Norway and Scandinavia. Have your students read the included story about Vikings and answer questions related to the text. A second page using the vocabulary will help the students find the meaning of new words. Once the reading lesson is complete, your students get to build their own Viking ship! This lesson can be used independently, or to enrich a unit already being taught. The page of directions can
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3rd - 8th
Supreme Court Case Project Based Learning
This thorough lesson on Landmark Supreme Court cases in America includes a rigorous and authentic PBL activity, overview presentation on the cases, video overview, guided notes, and lesson plan.Students are assigned a landmark court case for the Project Based Learning (PBL) activity. They must research the case, Constitutional question involved, the Court's decision, and its significance. A directions page describes all of this and includes multiple links students can use for their research. The
Biography Project Research Bundle: 7 Activities Famous Person or History Report
Choices, choices, choices!!! In this inquiry-based learning project, students can choose between 7 formats, but grades are based on the same rubric criteria. This research project is Common Core writing and literacy aligned, and was recently completely updated.This works as a biography or teacher-assigned topic project. Students write a focus question, gather primary source quotes, write an informational text paragraph with evidence, create timelines, create five class questions, and provide vis
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4th - 12th
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Jonathan Edwards - "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" Fun Project
This Great Awakening activity includes an excerpt of Jonathan Edwards' famous sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" and turns it into an engaging project for students. Following the excerpt of the sermon are a few short analysis questions before students must write their own speech titled, "Students in the Hands of an Angry Principal". The directions explain how students must identify the purpose of Edwards' sermon and then write a speech imagining what a new principal for your school mi
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6th - 11th
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The One and Only Ivan Novel Study Unit - Printable and Digital for Google Slides
Your students will GO APE over this unique book report project. Activities for the project-based classroom. Mix-and-Match Templates allow you to create a novel unit that is tailored to your students' needs. Both PRINT and DIGITAL versions.PRINTABLE: 69 ready-to-go templates focus on a wide range of topics related to The One and Only Ivan by Katharine Applegate—story elements, themes, symbolism, characters, parts of a book, research topics, vocabulary, and more. Challenge students to use higher-l
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: The One and Only Ivan Mega-Bundle (4 Posters and Complete Novel Unit)
Potsdam Conference, Berlin Airlift, Nuremberg Trials Stations Activity Resource
This detailed stations activity on the Potsdam Conference, the Nuremberg Trials, the Berlin Airlift (and more), students focus on the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences and, after investigation, students decide if the Potsdam Conference was a failure or a success. Students begin with an introductory background reading assignment with four overarching questions on the Yalta Conference, the changing political landscape before the Potsdam Conference that ended WWII, and the agreements between Truman, A
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6th - 10th
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Black Out Poetry Civil Rights Reading, Writing & Art Project
Resource for Black History Month and Martin Luther King, Jr. DayThe purpose of these activities is to help students read deeply while reading excerpts from historical civil rights speeches. So often, civil rights leaders like Dr. King are discussed as if they were super heroes. They are, in a sense, super heroes. But it’s important for students to realize that they were also regular people, often with very humble beginnings who found themselves in situations, environments and racist conflicts th
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5th - 7th
Code Talker Unit Plans - Novel Study Guide with Reading Comprehension Questions
Teaching reading skills by reading a novel can be a daunting task if you've never done it before. The Code Talker novel study guide is a COMPLETE LITERATURE GUIDE for this gripping historical fiction book about the role of Navajo Code Talkers during World War II. Everything you need to turn Code Talkers into a standards-based unit of study is included: BUILDING BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE (access articles and videos using QR codes), READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS (multiple times), and DEEP THINKING TEX
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Historical Fiction Novel Studies BUNDLE & Book Companions
Galileo On Trial! Common Core Primary Source Literacy & Writing Activity
This engagaing literacy and writing activity includes a paragraph introduction historical background about the famous Catholic Church trial of Galileo and his sentence issued by the Church. Then, students read the 2-page primary source document issued by the papacy. Difficult vocabulary is defined right in the text! A new annotation guide was just added to help students make deeper meaning with the text!After reading, students support claims about the trial and heresy with evidence from the text
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6th - 10th
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Chinese Dynasty Magazine Project Activity Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming
In research project activity students create a magazine about one of the five dynasties (Sui, Tang, Song, Yaun, Ming) by using guiding questions handout. Upon completion, other students do a gallery walk and read his/her magazine and fill out the questions on the handout for the remaining dynasties. This fun and easy. It can be used with Sui, Tand, Song, Yaun, Ming graphic organizer and the Chinese dynasty PowerPoint posted too.The magazine now has a Google Slides collaboration version. This pro
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6th - 10th
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My Community State and Local Government Project (Google Compatible)
My Community State and Local Government Project Is your class learning about local politics and your local community? In this hands-on project, students will create a local community profile on their town, city, or county. The students will research their local government officials, compile demographic data on their area, interview local citizens, attend a local government meeting or event, and perform a community service. Through this project students will be able to better understand the funct
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: State and Local Government Unit Plan
Japanese American Internment WWII Homefront Activities
Use these powerful photos of the Japanese American internment during World War II to tap into your students’ critical thinking and historical empathy skills.This resource comes in both printable PDF and digital for Google Slides.These photos are not to be missed in any unit on the WWII American home front. Taken by famous photographers, including Dorothea Lange and Ansel Adams, they tell a story like no other and one the U.S. government wanted to hide. This activity kit offers 6 respectful ways
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: US History Activity and Project Kits Bundle Print & Digital
Galileo Guilty or Not? DBQ Common Core Literacy & Writing Activity
This Common Core literacy and writing DBQ (document-based question) project requires students to analyze the famous Catholic Church trial of Galileo and his sentence issued by the Church. Students read up to 4 primary source documents in groups, pairs or individually. Difficult vocabulary is defined right in the text! Students individually come to a conclusion and are individually accountable for writing a portion of a group project, paired or individual project. After reading, students support
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6th - 10th
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Christopher Columbus: Hero or Villain
This resource includes 4 sources that students will read and can use to complete the rest of the worksheet. They will list reasons why some people consider Columbus a hero while others consider him a villain. Students will also be guided through making their own claim on this debate and supporting that claim with at least three pieces of evidence. This can be used as a starting point for a Structured Academic Controversy (SAC). I recommend supplementing this with videos on the topic and even all
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6th - 12th
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Monthly Current Event Assignment
Have your students become world class news reporters and stay current on events with this monthly project!! This is one of my students' favorite assignments and they enjoy presenting their research to the class throughout the year. I tend to get too many request to do current events and have to limit them as progress through the curriculum. This assignment also astonishes parents, because their student becomes mini-experts on the specific topic that they choose. This project is successful becau
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Medieval Japan Tale of Genji Common Core Literacy & Excerpt Match Activity
This common core literacy and writing activity includes a paragraph introduction about the Heian Period in Japan and excerpts from the Tale of Genji by Lady Mirasaki Shikibu.Students pair the excerpts with commentary interpretations. This activity provides great historical perspective and relevance to a great primary source! Includes an answer key.All difficult vocabulary is defined right in the text!Instructomania, Tony Pavlovich, Medieval Japan, Daimto, Shogun. Feudal Japan
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6th - 10th
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Project Based Learning Editable Digital Family Culture Project
This is THE zero prep project for your students to interactively research their family history and apply important cultural vocabulary terms in a way that is fun and engaging. This immersive project asks students to respond to 20+ short answer questions, a drag & drop interactive geographic map, & complete a family tree graphic organizer. With a focus on vocabulary, writing, and information recall, students will learn about their families while applying the necessary skills for success i
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: High School Digital Resource SEL Building Classroom Culture
Did Pocahontas Save John Smith? An Investigation and Essay Activity
It’s a story familiar to every American child: John Smith, captured by Powhatan Indians, was about to have his head smashed in when suddenly the Chief’s daughter, Pocahontas, laid her head on his and begged her father not to kill Smith, thereby saving his life. But is it true?
The answer to that is simple: nobody really knows. In this activity, students will examine both sides of the question, analyze the arguments made for and against the veracity of Smith's story, and decide for themselves wh
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7th - 11th
Prince Shotoku Reading, Quote Match, & Selfie Instagram Post Medieval Japan
This activity is FUN, current, engaging, and easy to teach. First, students read a one-page informational text cloze reading. Then, students analyze the Seventeen Article Constitution primary source he wrote to determine his values and learn about his Confucian/Buddhist influences. Lastly, as a homework assignment or class activity students create an Instagram post that reveals Prince Shotoku's accomplishments and character traits. They cite evidence from the informational text that supports the
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6th - 10th
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National Parks Unit: Readings, Research, Projects, and More
Spur your students’ curiosity about America’s national parks with the materials in this resource! This product is a comprehensive set of instructional materials for teaching a unit of study about the national parks. The anticipation activity, nonfiction close readings, primary source analysis assignments, extension projects, and vocabulary all provide opportunities for your students to practice and apply their learning. They also provide numerous ways for you to DIFFERENTIATE learning for your s
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6th - 8th
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Boston Tea Party Point of View Comic Strip Project
In this project, students will use their knowledge of the Boston Tea Party to create a comic strip that illustrates the events of that night from a specific point of view. Students must have thorough understanding of the different viewpoints surrounding the Boston Tea Party, and the events that led up to it. This activity will have them objectively analyze how one event could seem so different depending on the viewpoint of the person.Purchase includes detailed project information sheet, studen
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5th - 12th
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Famous Filibusters Activity (Google Compatible)
Famous Filibusters Worksheet - Legislative Branch The Famous Filibusters Worksheet allows students to explore the filibuster process and examine four famous filibusters by reading articles about each instance. Students are provided a QR code and web link to each article then are tasked with answering questions about the famous filibusters they read about. The worksheet is no prep, easy to use, and google compatible.With this resource, your student will be able to understand and master concepts i
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: The Legislative Branch / Congress Unit Plan (Google Compatible)
The Salem Witch Trials True Crime Podcast Project (Google Compatible)
The Salem Witch Trials True Crime Podcast Research Project Is your class learning about American Colonies and the Salem Witch Trials?This fun project is designed to help students understand the impact that the Salem Witch Trials had on Colonial life in America. In this activity, students will create and record a 15 – 20-minute true crime podcast on the topic of the Salem Witch Trials. Students will plan their podcast using the attached materials and will record their podcast at home or in class
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Early America United States History Unit
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