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Common Core RH.6-8.8 research
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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Mummification and the Afterlife - Ancient Egypt - Print and Digital
Students LOVE studying the fascinating details of Ancient Egypt including the Pyramids of Giza, the Afterlife, mummification, and sarcophaguses. This resource takes the most interesting topics and makes them even more interesting! Starting with a vocabulary unit and progressing all the way to a hands-on mummification activity, this set of lessons is bound to catch your students’ attention and make them want more! Use all of these activities, or just a few. Teach it all in one class session, or b
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6th - 8th
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Africa Social Justice Project
**NEWLY UPDATED**Students will be researching one of five social justice issues in Africa, creating a presentation and presenting their topic to the class. This bundle includes online links for research, research questions by topic, rubric for presentation, and a listening guide for class presentations. Links to all needed websites are given for less web-savvy students, or for differentiation.You will received links to Googleâ„¢ Doc versions, along with PDF and Word versions of all documents. This
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6th - 9th
Also included in:Â Middle East & North Africa - Geography/World Cultures BUNDLE!
Mummification and the Afterlife-Ancient Egypt - Digital
Students LOVE studying the fascinating details of Ancient Egypt including the Pyramids of Giza, the Afterlife, mummification, and sarcophaguses. This resource takes the most interesting topics and makes them even more interesting! Starting with a vocabulary unit and progressing all the way to a hands-on mummification activity, this set of lessons is bound to catch your students’ attention and make them want more! Use all of these activities, or just a few. Teach it all in one class session, or b
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Ancient Egypt Unit Bundle | Reading Comp, Presentations & Notes - Digital
Middle School Social Studies Project Refugees | Action Research
This Middle School Social Studies Project on Refugees engages critical thinking. The task is suitable for IB schools, and any class conducting inquiry based learning. Now suitable for digital learning with printable and Google Slides options. Click the green PREVIEW button above to view all the pages in this great resource. ** REASONS FOR REFUGEES**Students will work to research and understand reasons for people becoming refugees. Through action research they will come up with possible solution
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5th - 9th
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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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Just Mercy Movie Guide & Death Penalty Debate - PAIR PACK - CCSS
This is a pair-pack of our popular resources: Just Mercy Movie Guide and Capital Punishment Class Debate. Both go well together for any classroom covering the complex topic of capital punishment. Students can analyze the film and contemplate the issues within the U.S. justice system. They can later have a class debate about whether capital punishment, in itself, should be abolished within government. In the movie guide, there is a set of resources for viewing Just Mercy in your classroom. The vi
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9th - 12th
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Solve History's Mysteries- Stonehenge
History is full of unsolved mysteries, and who doesn’t love a good mystery? This packet is one of a growing collection of engaging inquiry-based learning adventures for your students. In each packet, students will investigate a mystery from history and try to solve the case!This investigation requires your history detectives to travel back in time to 5000 B.C. where they will enter the world of the Celts and Druids in Britain. Their mission: unravel the mysteries of Stonehenge. How was it buil
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:Â Early America United States History Unit
Explorers Internet Reliability Research Activity
Do your students need to learn about Internet Reliability? Do you have problems with students using unreliable Internet sources? Or, are you looking for a fun and engaging lesson on the Explorers that will reinforce the importance of checking your sources on the Internet?This activity asks students to view two websites on 4 explorers from the Age of Exploration. One of the websites provides incorrect information, helping students to realize that not all information on the internet is correct!
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4th - 12th
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Immigration in the United States Family History Research Project (Google Comp)
Immigration in the United States Family History Research ProjectIs your class learning about Immigration in the United States? In this fun and interactive project students will research the history of their family as it relates to their story of coming to live where they do today. The project includes the completion of a family tree, an interview with a family member, descriptions of food and transitions related to their family, and research on their country of origin. The worksheet is no prep,
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â The United States Gilded Age Unit (Google Compatible)
Aboriginal Civil Rights Movement Unit 10 tasks + inquiry project and essay
This unit of work focuses on the Aboriginal Civil Rights Movement of the 20th Century. It is a very interesting topic to do especially to compare and contrast with the US and South African Civil Rights Movements occurring at the same time.This unit is designed to be followed chronologically from slide 3-73. Teachers can pick and choose with subtopics are suitable to their curriculum. This unit includes:* Primary and secondary sources of photos, maps, film and audio* Aboriginal Australian history
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Create a Netflix Series about a Supreme Court Case
There are several groundbreaking Supreme Court cases that every American should be aware of. These historical cases have had the biggest impact on our system of government and our laws. For this project, students will be assigned one of these cases and will need to create a Netflix docuseries about the case itself and the outcome. Using their knowledge of the Constitution, Bill of Rights, Supreme Court, and basic ideas about law, students will research the case they have been assigned, and org
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6th - 12th
Central & South America Countries Project and Student Presentations
Use this student-centered project rubric to guide students through the research and reporting on the countries of Central & South America. Students will investigate the political, economic, and social characteristics of the countries, as well as comparison statistics.Includes student handouts for gathering of information on all countries presented by students and overall wrap-up questions for the activity.Topics Addressed:Geography/Land FeaturesPeople & CultureEconomyHistoryGovernmentCu
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5th - 10th
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Printable Wax Museum Research Project - Rubric & Graphic Organizer Templates 6-8
Get your students excited about research reports with this fun and engaging Biography Research project! Students will create a living history wax museum and write a research paper while building their research & writing skills.This engaging and ready-to-go research project provides excellent support to the history, writing, and literacy curriculum to engage students and motivate students for learning. Tie in black history / women's history month, President's Day, or created your theme for t
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6th - 8th
Climate Change and Global Warming Social Studies Unit Project Middle School | IB
A Climate Change and Global Warming Middle School Social Studies Unit that your students will LOVE. They will be critical thinkers as they complete this social studies project, researching the issues facing our world today and possibilities for the future. Includes print out and digital options. Click the green PREVIEW button above to view all the pages in this great resource.** GLOBAL WARMING**Students will work to research the causes of global warming / climate change and ways the impact can b
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5th - 8th
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Exploring Victorian London & the Context of "A Christmas Carol"
Immerse your students in the world of Charles Dickens' timeless classic, "A Christmas Carol," with this interactive digital Canva HyperDoc lesson! Designed to engage students and pave the way for a deep dive into the novel, this pre-reading lesson offers multiple activities to delve into the context and background of the story, Victorian London, and the author.Students will explore the historical and social backdrop of Victorian England, gaining valuable insights into Dickens' life and the circu
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6th - 12th
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Patriots vs. Loyalists Debate - American Revolution - CCSS
This is a set of lesson materials that culminates in a Patriots vs. Loyalists debate by the class. Great for any classroom analyzing the issues on the road to the American Revolution. Students will: Learn about the two sides and the disagreements about the War for Independence, analyze the different viewpoints, be assigned a position to take, collaborate within teams, prepare main arguments, peer review each other's reasoning, and participate in an academic debate that is guided by moderator que
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8th - 12th
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Also included in:Â U.S. History Debates Bundle - CCSS
Ancient History Wax Museum Biography Research Project - Rubrics & Organizers 6-8
Get your students excited to learn about Ancient Egypt, Ancient China, Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece, or Ancient India with this fun and engaging Biography Research project! Students will create a living ancient history wax museum and write a research paper while building their research & writing skills.This engaging and ready-to-go printable project provides excellent support to the history, writing, and literacy curriculum to engage students and motivate students for learning. Students can
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6th - 8th
Gods of Egypt Movie - Interactive Worksheet
***Note there is one brief bedroom scene in Gods of Egypt that I skip when I show this scene to middle schoolers.Do you want your students to enjoy watching videos for History class but still really get something educational from it? What better way to reinforce your history lessons then by wrapping up a unit with a video that covers some of the lessons and standards that you are teaching. If you study Ancient Egypt at all in your class, you will want to purchase this. The students also have
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in:Â 12 Interactive Worksheets for Movies from Early Humans to Medieval Europe
The Enlightenment & Scientific Revolution Newspaper Activity (Google Comp)
The Enlightenment & Scientific Revolution Newspaper ActivityIs your class studying about the Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution in Europe?In this interactive activity, students will create a newspaper headline page about the Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolution in Europe. Students will write three headlines, three summary blurbs, and illustrate three pictures on the headline page. The activity is low prep, easy to use, and google compatible.With this resource, your student will b
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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CHANGE MAKERS: A Black History Biography Inquiry and Research Project Unit
Looking to build information literacy skills in your middle schoolers? This engaging 36 page/slide Black History Inquiry biography research unit will allow students to gain practice in several library and research skills:using a six step inquiry-based research processPulling information from nonfiction textGathering informationAnswering inquiry based questionsFormulating their own questionsNavigating the features of an online encyclopediaSummarizing and paraphrasing informationCiting sourcesDigi
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6th - 8th
Also included in:Â Middle School Library Research Skills Mega Bundle!
CHANGE MAKERS: Asian American Pacific Islander Biography Inquiry Research Unit
Looking to build information literacy skills in your middle schoolers? This engaging 36 page/slide Asian American & Pacific Islander Inquiry biography research unit will allow students to gain practice in several library and research skills:using a six step inquiry-based research processPulling information from nonfiction textGathering informationAnswering inquiry based questionsFormulating their own questionsNavigating the features of an online encyclopediaSummarizing and paraphrasing infor
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6th - 8th
Death Penalty Debate - Capital Punishment - CCSS
This is a set of lesson materials that culminates in a class debate about capital punishment. Students will: Research how capital punishment has been used in U.S. justice system, analyze different viewpoints, be assigned a position to take, collaborate within teams, prepare main arguments, peer review each other's reasoning, and will participate in an academic debate that is guided by moderator questions (included). The objective is to help students think critically, learn to articulate a view,
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9th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Just Mercy Movie Guide & Death Penalty Debate - PAIR PACK - CCSS
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