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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
Grades:
10th - 12th, Higher Education
Credit Card Project
Students will compare and contrast potential credit cards options in this web based research project. This project has 3 different assignments designed to give students hands on experience in shopping for credit cards and understanding the positives and negatives associated with credit cards. Students must analyze rewards (benefits) and choose a card that best fits their spending style. Students must also analyze the negatives of interest rates and minimum payments. Product includes links t
Grades:
9th - 12th
Conspiracy Theories Assignment/ Project- Students love this!
Conspiracy Theories Assignment/ Project- Students love this!this includes, background information, research tasks and topics with graphic organizer for students to complete with an annotated bibliography and rubricBackground:One guilty pleasure in the life of a curious person is indulgence in the world of conspiracy theories. Conspiracy theories serve an important purpose for one major reason: they contain plenty of truth or of verifiable fact in resistance to secret, corporate or government en
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Not Grade Specific
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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
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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AP Human Geography - Create a City Project
Project correlates to Services and the Urban & Rural Land Use Chapters. Students are instructed to create their own city map and include elements of different service sectors. (Due Date information and work time in class has been left in the assignment, but this can be updated to your needs
Grades:
9th - 12th
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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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Foreign Government Research Study Comparative Country Project Editable
This project is fully editable, so teachers may personalize it for their own Civics, Government, AP Government, AP Comparative Government, or other relevant class. This resource contains the project assignment, task, and prompt, as well as a four page research worksheet, and a detailed rubric. Each element of this resource can be edited to work with your specific curriculum. With this study, students will analyze the characteristics, and development of different political systems, with emphasis
Grades:
9th - 12th
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CCSS:
Sociology - "American Culture by Decade" Project
Group project where students pick a decade (I always started with the 1950s) and report on the many aspects of culture (technology, fashions, fads, music, movies, era defining news events, etc.). Lots of "pop culture" stuff, but also more serious aspects as well. Fun project that students always seemed to enjoy and work hard on.
Grades:
10th - 12th
Community Service Project
Students plan and carry out their own community service project to learn how to be a part of a community. Students learn that even though they are young, they can be a valuable asset within their city. Students complete forms to help them plan, carry out, and reflect on their service projects.
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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World War 2: Who's Who and What's What Assignment
On this assignment students must fill in each box on either a person, place or thing from World War 2.
I have done this as an introduction to the unit and have kids look up these items in their textbook or Internet or use it as a review before a test to write down everything they know. I have also used this as a quick assessment of what they know at the end of lesson and have them fill in each box as we learn about it.
The topics include:
Adolf Hitler
FDR
Truman
Benito Mussolini
Winston Chu
Grades:
5th - 12th
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Psychology/Sociology Cult Project
This project is great for cooperative learning groups in a psychology/sociology class!
The group project includes links to the information for the students to research about the individual cult groups and also gives you an idea for a cult "t-shirt" that they could present to the class. When I taught these subjects the kiddos loved getting to work on these projects and showing them off!
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Great Depression, Dust Bowl & New Deal: Who's Who and What's What Assignment
On this assignment students must fill in each box on either a person, place, event, or thing from the Great Depression, Dust Bowl and New Deal.
I have done this as an introduction to the unit and have kids look up these items in their textbook or Internet or use it as a review before a test to write down everything they know. I have also used this as a quick assessment of what they know at the end of a lesson and have them fill in each box as we learn about it.
The topics include:
Herbert Ho
Grades:
5th - 12th
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Global Issues Awareness Project(s)
This comprehensive project challenges students to inform, raise awareness, and advocate on a global issue of their choice. Students research and plan an awareness campaign to deliver to their community, school, and/or student body. Turn students from passive learners into advocates as they assume the role of teacher as they are challenged to inform and educate their peers about their topic. The project requires students to be creative, innovative and use 21st century skills as they complete
Grades:
9th - 12th
Create Your Own Civilization Project
This is a project for students to create their own civilization project. Typically this should be done at least after teaching about the features of a civilization, or at the end of the year after learning about different types of civilizations. This is a fun way for students to show their understanding of the different features of a civilization. I uploaded the word document so it can be edited if needed to fit the needs of your classroom.
This ends with students creating a PowerPoint, however
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Holocaust: Who's Who and What's What Assignment
On this assignment students must fill in each box on either a person, place, event, or thing from the Holocaust.
I have done this as an introduction to the unit and have kids look up these items in their textbook or Internet or use it as a review before a test to write down everything they know. I have also used this as a quick assessment of what they know at the end of lesson and have them fill in each box as we learn about it.
The topics include:
Adolf Hitler
Gestapo
Anne Frank
Concentrat
Grades:
5th - 12th
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American Revolution Battle of the Battlefields Project
Sometimes learning about battles can be boring for students. In this project, students research and debate which battle was the most important in The American Revolution in a collaborative, engaging and authentic manner. This can be done as a research project or you can use the provided background information on each battle so you can do it as self contained project in the classroom.
What is included:
1. Project directions for teachers.
2. 2 rubrics for the presentation and letter to The Pr
Grades:
5th - 11th
Erik Erikson Stages of Development Project
According to Erikson, each person must navigate through a series of interrelated stages in their life cycle. The key idea in Erikson's theory is that every individual will face a conflict at each stage, which may or may not be successfully resolved.
In this project, students will be researching one of Erik Erikson’s Stages of Development and creating a poster. Upon completion of this project, students will give a presentation on your stage.
Included is an instruction handout and grading sheet
Grades:
7th - 12th
American Indian Creation Myth Project
See how creative your students can be as they work their way through Bloom's Taxonomy using the Iroquois and Cherokee creation myths. This project is a great starter project for any US History class. It is a teacher tested, student approved project. I have been assigning this project for thirteen years now.
Grades:
4th - 11th
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Imperialism Unit Bundle: PPT, Activities, Test with Study Guide, Projects & More
This unit contains 4 different PowerPoint presentations covering the Age of Imperialism for a World History, AP European History, or AP World History course. It covers all the necessary definitions and covers Africa, India, China, and Japan in-depth. Each comes with a note sheet to help the students follow along. There are two types of note sheets, one is completely filled in (great for students on an IEP) and the other has fill-in-the-blanks if you would like to see if the students are follo
Grades:
8th - 12th
Blank Timeline
This can be used as a planning sheet for a personal timeline project, or as a graphic organizer for any timeline of events.
Grades:
1st - 4th
Africa Country Research Project
I LOVE teaching this project, and came up with it after living in Ghana and realizing, upon returning to the U.S., that Americans don't know much about Africa!
In this 2-week project, each student picks a country in Africa after we do background lessons about the continent. (See my store for background lessons.) To assign countries, have students rank their top 15 choices for homework, then go around the room assigning them, entering them in a Google spreadsheet to ensure no two students in a c
Grades:
7th - 9th
Sociology - "Analyze a TV Family" Report
Student picks a TV show depicting family life and report on how that family functions. The paper addresses many sociological components such as:Do they seem to be a happy family? Why or why not?How does the family cope or deal with problems?Do the parents share power in the family or is authority more vested in one parent?It's a fun, smaller project that can definitely be stretched out over several days or possibly even a week.
Grades:
10th - 12th
Spanish Speaking Countries Project - Daily Assignment Packet and Rubric
*** If you use google classroom and prefer to do everything digital - see my slide show version of this!***This is an assignment packet and rubric for a project on a Spanish-Speaking country. The assignment is for students to research a SS country and create a poster for it in the shape of something that is representative of the country (i.e an animal typical of the country, a food, musical instrument, etc.). I personally don't allow them to do the shape of the country or flag - this pushes th
Grades:
4th - 12th
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The Reconstruction Era Research Project
This resource features a list of many of the key aspects of The Reconstruction Era in the United States. Task: Students will build a PowerPoint/ Google Slides presentation based off of the listed topics which follows the rubric attached. Requirements: internet access or a computer lab for research purposes. Many of my student loved this and found it to be a fun and exciting thing to do to take ownership of their education.
Grades:
7th - 12th
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