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Patriotic Agamographs | Original, Unique Memorial Day Craft Activity
This patriotic agamograph set is a fun and unique activity to integrate art into your classroom. They complement your Memorial Day, Veteran's Day, Remembrance Day, September 11th, 4th of July, or any other patriotic celebrations. My original agamographs are often copied but never equalled! For patriotic holidays like Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Veterans Day, I have created an image of the American flag that morphs into soldiers. I have also included designs for September 11th, where the
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3rd - 8th
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Black History Month Activity Collaborative African American Biographical "Quilt"
My Famous Faces® of African-American History "Quilt" project is the perfect whole-class activity to do during Black History Month or any time of the year! It connects the individual with the group using hexagons that will tessellate to create a large “quilt” collaboration poster featuring 40 influential African Americans and their biographies. The final poster has a ton of “wow factor” when complete, and I hope it will make a large impact on your students as they learn about these 40 influential
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1st - 8th
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Also included in: Tessellation Bundle | Use one every month!
Reconstruction Evaluation Interactive Project Activity
This interactive Reconstruction Era activity for US History has your class assuming the roles of various people during the Age of Reconstruction and evaluating how they would feel about Reconstruction.Students are assigned one of six characters (a women freed from enslavement, former plantation owner, teacher with the Freedmen's Bureau, etc) and must read the short biography to think critically about each aspect of Reconstruction. They then decide which parts of Reconstruction would be positive
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7th - 11th
World War 2 Battles Radio Show Project: Pearl Harbor, D-Day, & More
This World War II Battles Radio Show Project is a cooperative learning project that has students read about 7 key battles of World War 2 and create engaging radio news segments just like Americans would have heard in the 1940's!Everything you need to complete this fun, creative lesson about the key battles of World War 2 is included! You will receive:A directions page that explains how the war unfolded for Americans via the radio and what students need to do to create a radio news segment.Seven
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7th - 11th
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Veterans Day Activities & Crafts: Patriotic Agamograph Project & Bulletin Board
Honor our military veterans during Veterans Day, Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, Patriot Day (9/11), and other patriotic holidays, by creating this easy-to-make project that you can display in your classroom or school hallway.This ready-to-go, time-saving project becomes a beautiful, kinesthetic display that transforms from the image of a saluting veteran into the image of an American bald eagle. Students will love creating this easy-to-make agamograph using the color-by-number templates. And as
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: 10 Patriotic Activities and Crafts: Patriotic Holidays BUNDLE (Save 30%)
United States Geography Collaborative Collaboration Coloring Poster Art
This United States Collaborative Poster is a fun collaborative way to get your kids working together and learning during your geography, American history, regions of the U.S. or other social studies unit!Show off your learning of the United States with this beautiful U.S. map collaborative poster. Collaborative poster activities are so much fun because they combine group work, with creativity, color and so much fun! Perfect to display throughout the year, this collaborative project includes one
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3rd - 8th
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Collaborative Veterans Day Craft Activity | Thank You Veterans Agamograph Poster
This year, you've got to try Art with Jenny K.'s Veterans Day 3D Collaboration Poster!! It is easy for teachers and fun for kids and makes the perfect Veterans' Day activity for your class! This project is a "3-way" agamograph (3 images spliced together) and a collaboration poster mixed into one. This project is unique because I developed it to combine my agamographs with my collaboration posters. And there is no beating the "wow! factor" at the end, when children walk back and forth to see the
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K - 8th
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Preamble Stretch Book | Constitution Day Activity | Preamble Meaning
Wow your students on Constitution Day or any time of the year with this unique stretch book about the Preamble! Students will think about and illustrate the meaning of each section of the Preamble. Two versions of the book are included. For a more in-depth study, students write their own interpretations for the words in the Preamble. If time is limited, a second version is included which has the meaning already printed and ready to illustrate.Stretch books are made by folding three paper squares
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4th - 12th
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Also included in: Constitution Stretch Book Bundle: Preamble & Bill of Rights
Spanish Country Profile Project
This is a country profile project over the 21 Spanish-speaking countries. Students will research important geographical and cultural facts about each country. This activity includes a blank country profile template, a template for each country, a list of Spanish-speaking countries, and a grading rubric in both English and Spanish. Research topics include: Countries flag, map, capital, language(s), population, area, currency, climate, interesting facts, tourism and attractions, cuisine, sports, a
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2nd - 12th
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Also included in: Spanish Countries and Capitals Geography Bundle
Industrial Revolution Inventions Infomercial Project
This Industrial Revolution Inventions project will have your students engaged and having fun with cooperative learning about the major inventions and inventors of the Industrial Age. Included is a directions page on how to present a 1 minute infomercial to the class along with 7 one-page readings on different inventions of the industrial period. In groups students read about their assigned inventor/invention and plan their "infomercial". As each group presents, other students fill out the includ
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6th - 10th
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Persuasive Techniques Unit - Media Literacy Analysis PowerPoint & Project Bundle
Teach persuasive techniques, ad analysis, and propaganda with this bundle of media literacy activities. This comprehensive bundle includes bellringers, projects, PowerPoints, and quizzes for teaching persuasion through engaging advertising analysis, interactive practice, and creative projects. In this bundle, you’ll get 3 weeks of engaging activities to introduce or strengthen student understanding of persuasive techniques. This is a perfect foundation for media literacy with a variety of activ
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6th - 9th
Friendly Letter Writing Paper & Template - Great Mail Race How to Write a Letter
The Great Mail Race is an excellent way for students to learn letter writing, geography, research skills, data collection, and graphing skills, and much more! Students send letters and questionnaires to schools in all 50 states. You can use the responses any way you want - mark the schools on a map, graph data from their surveys, etc. This packet has everything you need but the stamps and envelopes! Includes:Teacher instructions for the projectEditable introductory letter Class questionnaireStud
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2nd - 8th
Civil War Stations Activity: Comparing the Union and Confederacy
This Civil War Stations Activity is a fantastic lesson to get your students out of their seats and moving around the classroom while they analyze and compare the Union and Confederacy.Six stations feature characteristics of the North and South that students must review to determine which region their are describing and whether that would be an advantage or disadvantage in the war. They then must explain why it would help or hinder that side in the war.After completing each station, students answ
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5th - 9th
Instagram Post & Profile Templates
Engage your students by incorporating their love of social media into your lessons! Your students can create full or half page single Instagram posts or create an entire profile! What's included with your download:Tips on how to implement into various subjectsPrinting tips Full-sized Instagram post template (8.5" x 11")Half-page Instagram post template - two templates per pageFull-page Instagram profile template See this template in action in my Not So Boring Bacteria Bundle with the Bacteria I
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6th - 12th
Also included in: Super Social Media Template Bundle
Social Media Pages (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) Project plus DIGITAL Version
This project is sure to be a hit with your social media-loving students! They can create a Facebook profile, Twitter page, or Instagram post. These are great for using at the beginning of the year for students to introduce themselves, for students to show what they know about a historical figure or book character, or to represent important historical events or plot points in a story.In addition to printed versions of this product (which can be done in full-color if you like), this product also c
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2nd - 8th
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History Crime Scene Investigation: The Lost Colony of Roanoke CSI
Want a great way for students to engage in a group activity while they examine maps, artifacts, primary sources, and solve a historical mystery? Download The Lost Colony of Roanoke CSI!
This exciting activity can be used to challenge individual students or to encourage collaboration in groups of up to five. Students form CSI teams and examine real evidence from the Roanoke to determine what happened to the colonists. It's a great way to encourage students to support historical arguments with r
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7th - 11th
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Scaffolded Natural Disasters Research Project Extreme Weather
Students will research specific facts about a natural disaster and create a brochure (either on paper or digital) about it. Are your students curious about natural disasters like volcanoes and earthquakes? This project will help students learn about different natural disasters around the world. This is great for helping all students access grade level content! Students will love learning about extreme weather and natural disasters in this scaffolded research project.This Natural Disaster Brochur
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8th - 10th
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The Book Thief Novel Study and Project Menu; Plus Digital Option
Everything you need to use Markus Zusaks's award-winning WW2 novel, The Book Thief effectively in your classroom! A no-prep standards based interactive notebook literature guide with follow-up reading response questions for every chapter as well as vocabulary, writing projects, activities and enrichment projects. Teacher friendly engaging lessons to use with this award winning novel in your classroom while encouraging critical reading skills.CCSS/STAAR Aligned! Great for "Distance Learning".Eve
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5th - 9th
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Jackie Robinson Collaborative Poster — Great Black History Month Activity
Jackie Robinson Collaboration Portrait Poster. My collaboration posters are designed to complement or supplement any Jackie Robinson lesson, sports, or Black History Month studies. This poster is the perfect anticipatory set to pique your students’ interest or a great extension to finish your studies with a WOW. Your students will be talking about this poster for weeks to come and will always remember exactly which piece was “theirs” when they see it on display! Recommended for any grade as th
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K - 9th
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Also included in: Black History Month Activities: Collaboration Posters BUNDLE Set 2
Early Humans Unit - Stone Age Unit - Early Humans Activities - Prehistory Unit
This 120 page Early Man unit resource package provides students with everything they need to complete an Early Humans unit or Stone Age unit on the Paleolithic - Neolithic Era. This stone age unit plan contains early human reading passages and annotation activities, comprehension questions, archaeology vocabulary, graphic organizers, and Stone Age activities for Interactive Notebooks.✅Be sure to click on the preview above to see a full detailed description of exactly what is included in this res
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4th - 8th
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Create A Life Size Samurai and Haiku Battle Activity: Feudal Japan Lesson Plan
This lesson is a class favorite by far that has been completely remastered with new resources! It is academic, collaborative, and it looks fantastic hanging in your room! This great step by step lesson covers feudal Japan's military hierarchy. Students create a life-size samurai in groups. They outline a student in the group and draw armor, a sword, and a helmet like a samurai would have worn. The lesson comes with an anatomy of a samurai reference sheet for students to get ideas. In the backgro
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6th - 10th
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Biography in a Bag
Great way to research biographies and present to classmates in an interesting and engaging way. Promotes deep thinking and creativity. After reading a biography or studying a historical figure students complete this two page document and find household items to symbolize the person studied. Items can symbolize character traits, accomplishments, hobbies, etc. Students bring items in bag and are displayed and explained to class along with new information learned about historical figure. Rubric inc
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3rd - 8th
Holocaust Research Project Teen Resistance - Holocaust Literature Activities
Use the Teen Holocaust Resistance Project with any Holocaust story in order to provide historical context! This unique resource focuses on teen and young adult Holocaust resisters who took courageous stands! Use with Night by Elie Wiesel, the Diary of Anne Frank, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, or Book Thief! Implement as a standalone Holocaust research project. Your students will be fascinated by acts of resistance facilitated by their peers.Designed for secondary students, these activities an
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8th - 11th
Presentation Feedback Slips - Peer Feedback and Self Evaluation Activities
Want students to practice active listening during presentations? Use these peer feedback and self-evaluation forms! Students will develop constructive criticism skills and can give each other feedback in a wide range of presentation settings. Three differentiated versions of this form allow for skill-building throughout the year. ✅ Active Listening✅ Constructive Criticism✅ Self-Evaluation Your Peer Feedback and Self-Evaluation Activities include:Three yes/no presentation requirements ("Made eye
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7th - 10th
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