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Middle school informational text project microsofts
Slideshows That Don't Suck Mini Unit: Engaging, Visually Appealing Presentations
Are you tired of cringing at students' ugly font choices, plain white backgrounds, and overwhelming text? Are you bored listening to students read word-for-word off their slideshows? I was one more Comic Sans font from going crazy, so I designed this Slideshows That Don't Suck Mini-Unit to tackle the problem of boring presentations once and for all!In this mini-unit, students will examine examples of slides in a gallery walk, learn about elements of design in learning stations, and then they wil
Grades:
7th - 12th
Public Service Announcement Video Project Unit
Students will learn about Public Service Announcements including examples with links, persuasive techniques used, and how to create their very own! The PowerPoint and other Public Service Announcement handouts created by me are all aligned with the CCSS. I provide I CAN statements at the beginning of this powerpoint to set the stage for learning! This is a useful tool for covering presentation standards, analyzing the purpose of information in different types of media, evaluating motives like so
Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education
Attention Washingtonians! - Washington State Bundle
If you are a teacher in Washington, I've got your back. Here is everything you need to teach your Washington State History unit!Students will complete a research project as you learn about The Evergreen State:HistoryGeographyFamous WashingtoniansState SymbolsOther Awesomeness!Check out the links below for individual product information...
Grades:
3rd - 7th
EDITABLE Writing Rubric: News Article - Newspaper Writing - Journalism Unit
★★★★★ This is a great, versatile, simple writing Rubric for any kind of unit based on writing a newspaper article, news story, or for a journalism unit in (specifically in upper elementary). You can edit and change any point values you'd like!SEE PREVIEW FOR A MORE DETAILED LOOK AT THIS RESOURCEThis rubric uses the grammar editing process of C.O.P.S. and is best paired with a unit on editing based on the C.O.P.S. system.WHAT'S INSIDE? Includes 1 half-sheet editable rubric to make grading your st
Grades:
4th - 11th
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Black History Month: Project List of Notable African-American Figures
-Are you looking to take your students learning and research skills past the surface? -Each year do you have multiple students competing for a small number of certain "famous firsts", leaders, and movers &shakers when studying about the many historical contributions of African-Americans? This was my story as a 3rd and 4th grade self-contained teacher, and I'm sure several of you teacher friends can relate... How many of our students know and learn about important African-American figures b
Grades:
2nd - 12th
Research Project Planning Packet
This research packet can be used as a whole for any major research project to help students plan their project and budget their time, or parts of it can be used for individual research lessons or short-term assignments. The teacher needs to walk through every part of this packet in order to teach students the various aspects of planning a successful research project and citing their sources.
p. 1 – The Research Planning page is for students to record their research topic and begin to organize t
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Decades Scrapbook Project We Didn't Start the Fire
This project is a culmination of all the decades we have been exploring from 1950-1980 as well as 1990-2010.
Students will be divided into groups of 5, 6 or 7 depending on class size. I've included a rubric that will help students organize their project. They will keep this throughout the entire project.
Our project is called, “We Didn't Start the Fire” Scrapbook Project. Show students the music video so they can hear the song. **Play the song…In their groups they will create a scrapbook (show e
Grades:
6th - 9th
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UPDATED for 2023! Banned Books Week- F2F or remote project
UPDATED for 2023!! Celebrate Banned Books Week with this tech-friendly, whole class collaborative project you can use with F2F or remote classes.Note: This presentation was created in Google Slides, but this posting was made before you could directly upload Google docs to TPT. The PPT document is attached, BUT, when you purchase and download, within the PPT a link is also provided to take you directly to the Google slides version as well as the notetaking sheet.Use these materials to:Watch a lau
Grades:
6th - 12th
Famous Toy Inventions!
This packet provides an outline for students to research famous toys! The packet uses two books~ (The Kid Who Invented the Popsicle and Toys!) for students to research how the toy was invented! The students research 10 different toys and then create a Toy Invention project at the end of the unit! Visit the website~ http://arlingtonrobinson.weebly.com/toy-inventions--non-fiction-text.html to find additional material and links to information in this packet.
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Immigration Then and Now Activities - Project Based Learning Social Studies Unit
Everyone is interested in their own family heritage. In this project based learning unit, students will learn about the early history of immigration to the US and the reasons why people immigrate. This unit includes reading, social studies, writing, and technology skills. At the end of the unit, students will share their research and family heritage stories, and have a deeper understanding of immigration.STUDENTS WILL:learn to appreciate how immigrants have shaped our country through their diver
Grades:
4th - 6th
Famous Person Biography One Pager
Students will create a One Pager (AVID strategy) on a famous person.
Grades:
5th - 8th
No prep lesson- Day I was born web search for middle/high school students
No prep lesson- Day I was born web search for middle/high school students with a graphic organizer.You are purchasing a file in a Microsoft Word (docx) file that is completely editable and customizable for your classroom!Help your students tell their unique story. This packet includes 28 questions your students (you can edit the questions or add more) will search for on the web related to the day/year they were born. Once they finish the web search then you help them decide on three topics they
Grades:
7th - 12th
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The California Gold Rush And You
With only a few pages in the text book devoted to the California Gold Rush, you know your students aren’t getting a real feel for this exciting time in U.S. history. This interactive unit — The California Gold Rush and You — has 40 pages of information and illustrations. The unit includes a slide show with 27 slides and a 10-page script with more than 100 bulleted points. Five interactive slides spaced throughout the presentation will ask your students to take notes about • the journey alon
Grades:
4th - 8th
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon Research Project
Want a unique way to get students ready for Thanksgiving and incorporate research and presentation skills? Then this is the project for you! Students will have the opportunity to pick a helium balloon from the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade to research and report their findings to the class. This project uses differentiated instruction to allow students to choose their presentation method, from a basic PowerPoint to developing a model to writing a newspaper article to creating a poster. This
Grades:
5th - 6th
I am Malala Final Novel Project
This tic tac toe board is meant as a culminating project for students to show their comprehension of the novel, I am Malala. You can have students choose one project, three to create tic tac toe, or all 9 if you have time. The projects create differentiation for your students. Projects range from creating an inforgraphic, newspaper, graphic novel, collage, website, etc. Rubric is also included. My students loved the novel and this project!
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5th - 7th
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Close Reading: First Amendment Landmark Cases and Political Cartoons
Perfect for Social Studies, Language Arts, Reading, Debate, and Public Speaking classes! This lesson guides students through reading and analyzing the first amendment, what is protected speech and unprotected speech. Students examine the actual amendment, sample political cartoons, and two Landmark Supreme Court cases. To culminate the lesson, students conduct further research on the First Amendment in schools to create their own political cartoon to show mastery of the material!
This lesson
Grades:
6th - 12th
EDITABLE PPT TEMPlATES NONFICTION AND FICTION Book Reports, Projects, Assessment
These POWERPOINT templates have been designed to assist students in creating a well-organized nonfiction and fiction book projects. The editable slides are highly organized with slide titles needed for a thorough project. Questions and prompts are included so students will always include all critical information.Teachers can adapt the templates to their needs and the needs of their students. The templates are perfect to support Special Education students, ESL students, struggling students, or gu
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4th - 12th
Paleolithic Era vs. Neolithic Era Project
This assignment gives you all you need in order to give your students a project comparing/contrasting people of the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras. I have used the resources as follows:1. Use the info reading article to introduce (or review) information from these eras, and complete article questions.2. Using the reading and prior knowledge, have students fill out the comparison chart (be brief, key included) – this will be the key part of the info gathering for the project!3. Follow the checkl
Grades:
5th - 10th
Crafting a Nonfiction, Original TED Talk Project
Included are resources for students to make their own TED Talk project about a researchable topic of their choosing. I paired this with a nonfiction reading unit and had students teach each other about the topics they read about in nonfiction books and articles.Students first brainstorm their main topic and subtopics (brainstorming sheet included and shown in the preview). Then, students can use online resources (or nonfiction books) to research their subtopics in-depth. I recommend World Book O
Grades:
5th - 8th
Symbolism in Elie Wiesel's Night Lesson Plan, Project, and Rubric
This item is a lesson plan, project, and rubric that goes along with Elie Wiesel's memoir, Night. The topic of the lesson is symbolism. This includes several YouTube videos and student examples of the project.
Enjoy!
Grades:
8th - 11th
Nonfiction - Reading for Information - 8th Grade Bundle - Aligned w/ Common Core
This item bundles 8 nonfiction products for teaching students to read informational text in eighth grade. (You could use this for both 6th and 7th as well, but it is aligned to the eighth grade common core standards). 5 of the products are already posted, but three are new and only appear in this bundle. If you purchased all of these activities separately you would pay $19.00. In this bundle, you only have to pay $13.00. The bundle includes:
*The Lunchroom Food Fight
*Compare and Contrast Featu
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Climate Zone Brochure
Let students teach one another about Climate Zones with this project. Students create a travel brochure featuring one of the 5 Major Climate Zones: Polar, Temperate, Tropical, Dry and Highland. In the brochure, students provide various attributes of the particular climate zone including temperature, precipitation, vegetation and more. Upon completion, students present their travel brochures to one another.
Grades:
5th - 8th
EDITABLE Shoe Box Biography Project & Presentation (Think Outside the Box)
Shoe Box Biography Project and Presentations
This packet includes EDITABLE directions and an EDITABLE full sheet and half sheet grading rubric for the Shoe Box Biography Report.
Students may choose their person or the person can be assigned to them.
Students will collect 6 - 10 objects or pictures that fit into an adult size shoe box to represent the person that they chose. They will then present the project to the class, talking about each object.
I use this in my third-grade classroom, but
Grades:
3rd - 12th
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World Religions Full Unit Bundle
I completed this unit with my 6th graders, but you can certainly adjust the difficulty level of the questions as needed to suit your students' grade level and familiarity with the topic. All products are Google Drive friendly, editable, and translatable.Description: Embark on a captivating journey through the world's major religions with this comprehensive unit bundle. Designed to enrich students' understanding of diverse cultures and belief systems, this bundle features engaging resources for B
Grades:
3rd - 11th
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