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Higher education other (social studies) projects
Sociology Serial Killer Notes and Project
This editable resource introduces your sociology students to general characteristics of serial killers and specific serial killers. Students will take notes over a brief PowerPoint presentation about serial killers. Then with a partner, they will research a specific serial killer to share with the class. During presentations, students will take notes on the provided sheet, and finally, take an open-note quiz over presentations.You Get:☑ Serial Killers PowerPoint Presentation (Editable)☑ Serial K
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
Intro to Sociology Research Project on World Cultures | Cultural Studies
Such a fun and eye-opening assignment for your students to do to learn about a new culture! Description:What better way to teach about culture than to assign students a project that will immerse them in the student of culture? For this project, I make a list of over 80-100 countries around the world and I put them in a container. Students are to pick one, research everything there is to know about their country, and fill out this document. It asks for them to find information about everything cu
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Serial Killer Research Project
This project is a research based approach to studying serial killers. It includes directions and rubrics for a paper and presentation.
The paper requirements include biographical information, psychological disorder research, and a look at nature vs nurture.
The presentation is a short summary of what the students found in their research.
The document is a word document, so it is completely editable.
I've also included a list of prominent serial killers with short biographies and a sign up lis
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
Create Your Own Utopian Society: Sociology Final Project (Summative)
Students are provided with fifteen topics and questions for each to answer before creating a visual representation of their community. Students need to be provided a copy of this google slide presentation to edit. I would provide 2-4 days to work on this project and leave 1-2 days for student presentations (depending on the amount of presentations). Students can work in pairs or individually. I use this project as our culminating activity for our Sociology class. UPDATE: A rubric is now included
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Sociology Growing Bundle (30% Savings)
Intro to Sociology Project on the Tabula Rasa & Personality | Create a Collage
UPDATED 11/1/2022Kids love this project! They mimic the idea of a blank slate and fill an empty page with images that represent their personality! Description: When teaching about socialization, it's inevitable to talk about John Locke's idea of the Tabula Rasa [we are born a clean slate and we develop our personalities as we grow older]. This project asks students to fill out their Tabula Rasa. Here's what you'll get.A PDF file that has:Detailed directionsSpecifications Rubric Why is this pe
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Murder Mystery Activity w/out the Murder Who Poisoned Willy Wonka
Who Poisoned Willy Wonka is an interactive classroom activity promotes collaboration, logic, inference, critical thinking, character analysis and fun in your classroom. Students work to solve a mystery involving some of the greatest literary characters of all time.This is a great group activity, classroom team activity, or center activity. It is a great way to introduce units on mystery, character, literature or just for a fun and engaging activity. It is also great for classroom parties or bonu
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Design Your Own City Project
Have your sociology students design their own cities during a unit on social change and population. The purpose of this activity is to design a city that fosters community, interaction, and sustainability.
Models can be built tangibly, with blocks, poster board, file folders, etc., or virtually, with Minecraft (if your school has a Minecraft education subscription), City Creator (free, web-based), or let the students devise their own method. Some may choose to simply draw a detailed diagram on
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Solve the Problems Before the Russian Revolution!
Before the Soviet Union became a communist state, the Russian Empire struggled to solve a multitude of problems. Can your students solve the complex issues facing the empire before it crumbles into revolution and war? This historical simulation places students in the shoes of those supporting Czar Nicholas II, capitalists, communists, the military, factory workers, and former peasants. After being assigned a group and reading about the problems they face, students are tasked with coming up with
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Supreme Court Case Projects - Brochure, Powerpoint, & Infographic
Three projects that have students research Supreme Court Cases. I have typically used it for my Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Unit so I have included a list of the Court Cases that I have my students pick from as well. Included in this product: 1. A complete lesson plan with objectives, Bloom & DOK levels noted, materials needed, vocabulary/content to preview, instructional tips, common student misconceptions, and additional resources. 2. Court Case Powerpoint Project Direction Sheet fo
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Deviant Behavior and Disney Assignment
The following is an assignment/project in which Sociology students are instructed to re-write a Disney/Pixar movie by assigning a main character various acts of deviant behavior and then creating a "Case Study Character Analysis". I call it "Deviant Disney".This project is both creative and imaginative and allows Sociology students to apply acts of Social and Criminal Deviance as well as Theories of Deviance in a way in which students enjoy.The story requirements ask students to assign a charact
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Research Project: Real-Life Crime and Punishment (not Dostoevsky)
Research Project: Crime and Punishment: This is a full unit plan for a 5 - 10 day-long research project. The purpose of this project is to acquaint learners with the consequences of criminal actions, and to encourage them to explore alternative methods of punishment.
The project includes: individual and group collaboration, conducting research, analyzing findings, preparing reports, technical writing, creative and critical thinking, creating a presentation, and presenting to the class.
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Classroom Murder Mystery: Murder in Gold Rush Gulch - 3 Games in One
This interactive classroom activity promotes collaboration, logic, inference, critical thinking and fun in your classroom. Students work to solve a murder mystery set directly after the California Gold Rush - and on the brink of the Civil War.This is a great group activity, classroom team activity, or center activity. It is a great way to introduce units on mystery, the Gold Rush of 1849 or even abolition. It is a fun activity for classroom parties or bonus time.3 Ways to Play - All engaging -
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
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Intro. to Sociology Curriculum BUNDLE | Lessons, Student Notes, Projects, Tests
Looking for a ready-to-use Intro. to Sociology curriculum? This full year sociology bundle can be used as a stand alone curriculum or as a supplement to your current textbook. This Sociology curriculum includes 18 units or topics. Each unit includes everything you need: lessons with PowerPoint Presentations and student notes. Additionally, some of the units also include extension sociology projects, tests, and more.Each PowerPoint includes key sociology vocabulary, examples of theories and con
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
Intro to Sociology Student Investigation on Socialization Through Picture Books
UPDATED 11/1/2022An applied approach to Sociology- students investigate messages in childhood favorite books! Description: When discussing socialization, I have students analyze children's books as a way to determine how a simple picture book is laden with images and messages that teach our young on how to act and think. It's interesting to see the type of books the students bring in to analyze, most often their favorite books from childhood! Here's what you'll get.This particular product is a
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Whodunit? - Who Stole Dracula's Coffin? - A Classroom Mystery Inference Activity
Who Stole Dracula's Coffin? is an interactive classroom activity that promotes collaboration, logic, inference, critical thinking, character analysis and fun in your classroom. Students work to solve a mystery involving some of the greatest literary characters of all time. There are two versions included - one with a named thief and the second, where student consensus determines who committed the crime. Murder mystery game without the murder.This is a great group activity, classroom team activit
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Murder Mystery, Reader's Theater, Games - Halloween Activities BUNDLE
Social Science Survival Packet: High School United States History BUNDLE
INCLUDES:Movies/Documentaries Viewing GuidesProjectsBell RingersTask CardsOver 400 Resources! Teaching packets with movie or documentary guides and associated projects is a strategic approach to enhancing engagement, fostering critical thinking, supporting multidisciplinary learning, addressing diverse needs, promoting active participation, facilitating project-based learning, cultivating media literacy, aligning with curriculum standards, and encouraging a lifelong love of learning.While foster
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Stratification Choice Board (Sociology --- Project/Activities)
This differentiated choice board offers student nine activities to choose from that center around Stratification in a high-school Sociology course. The activities are titled as follows: The Myth of Meritocracy, Affirmative Action and the Equality of Condition, Malthus and Global Hunger, Brazil's Favelas, Human Trafficking, Indian Caste System, The New Jim Crow, Marx's Capitalist Society, and Childhood Poverty. Activity choices include writing an op-ed, designing a magazine cover, and creating an
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Sociology Growing Bundle (30% Savings)
Truth and Reconciliation Project
This resource is a multi-day project based around Truth and Reconciliation between Indigenous Canadians and Settler Canadians. The creation of the final project- a poster- will have your students engage meaningfully with many different Truth and Reconciliation activities such as: land acknowledgment, representation, understanding the impact that the Indian Act continues to make on Indigenous self-determination, the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the 94 Calls to A
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Murder Mystery Activity - w/out the Murder: Who Poisoned Sherlock Holmes
This interactive classroom activity promotes collaboration, logic, inference, critical thinking, character analysis and fun in your classroom. Students work to solve a mystery involving some of the greatest literary characters of all time.This is a great group activity, classroom team activity, or center activity. It is a great way to introduce units on mystery, character, literature or just for a fun and engaging activity. It is also great for classroom parties or bonus time.This resource inclu
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Sociological Theorists for an Interactive Notebook
Introduce 8 major sociological theorists to your students without a lecture! Students will scan QR Codes (or use web links) to take notes on theorists. They will then prepare a presentation for the class. Finally, they will take a quiz over the presentations and review with a foldable graphic organizer. If you don't like the theorists I've chosen, edit it--now you can!Here’s what you get:-Sociological Theorists Foldable Activity with QR Codes-Website Links without the QR Codes-Presentation Hando
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
Classroom Murder Mystery Activity: Frankenstein: Who Killed the House Maid?
This interactive classroom activity promotes collaboration, logic, inference, critical thinking and fun in your classroom. Students work to solve a murder mystery set right after Victor Frankenstein creates his monster. No knowledge of the novel is necessary; however, this is a great activity if you've read the novel.This is a great group activity, classroom team activity, or center activity. It is a great way to introduce units on mystery, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein or just for a fun and enga
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Create An Online Business Project - Economics - Distance Learning Bundle
The project is part of a new approach that I have found, after several years of teaching the class, most-effectively impresses the concepts & information on students, and engages them in economic games, scenarios, and teaches them to apply the skills in real life. In this project, students create their own online businesses, logos, determine product details, production, distribution, and incorporate microeconomics concepts. More importantly, the project is designed to align students to 202
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Macroeconomics National Economic Advisor Project - GREAT AP ECON FINAL PROJECT!
GREAT end of year project for an AP Economics class, or general macroeconomics course!In this project, students will be taking on the role of Chief Economic Advisor(s) for a country of their choice. They will be expected to become an expert on the country’s current economic climate and will advise a national economic committee on the fiscal and monetary policies that can be enacted to best stabilize the economy in the nation of their choice. Essentially, imagine a conference room with the most i
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: AP Economics Exam Review BUNDLE! TRIO OF EXAM REVIEW ACTIVITIES!
World History Project Bundle | Research | 1200-1800 |9th, 10th, 11th, 12th Grade
This World History Project Bundle for 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th graders is a great combination of resources for students and teachers to be able to practice and prove their proficiency in historical research and technology skills. Every item in this bundle is editable, and incorporates multiple areas of historical knowledge/deeper thinking skills and practicing skill sets students will use beyond the classroom. Teachers will love the smooth efficiency of implementing the products, the creative fi
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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