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Common Core WHST.6-8.1 research
Thomas Paine Common Sense: Primary Source Activity | American History
Thomas Paine's Common Sense was a little pamphlet with big ideas! This primary source activity gives students a chance to read through and analyze the major paragraphs, or arguments, within his pamphlet while answering various questions. I created this mini-unit for my own classroom to help students understand this important document that shaped the course of Independence. You will find that this resource is challenging yet capable for all. Students are analyzing text from the 1700's which ca
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6th - 12th
Also included in: American History U.S. History Bundle: Beginnings through the 1850's
History's Mysteries - The Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
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 return to the year 1937. The world was a buzz with the excitement of Amelia Earhart completing the first trip around the world at the equator. Everything was going well.
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4th - 8th
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Civics Research Project - Representative or Elected Official Letter
Use this complete letter to an elected official kit to upgrade your Civics class with an authentic project that makes your students to be real agents of change with their government!Cultivating great writing skills isn’t hard. You just need the scaffolded, step-by-step directions and models in one low-prep, everything's-included project kit.This resource comes in both print PDF and paperless Google files for your flexibility!Greatness is sharing one's ideas with those who can create change.This
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Essay Writing Curriculum - How to Write Opinion Narrative College Essays
Op-Ed Essay - Opinion Argumentative Writing - Civics ELA Research Project
Use this complete op-ed argumentative essay kit to upgrade your Social Studies or ELA class with an authentic project that makes your students real agents of change in their local community!Cultivating great writing skills isn’t hard. You just need the scaffolded, step-by-step directions and models in one low-prep, everything's-included project kit.This resource comes in both print PDF and paperless Google files for your flexibility!Greatness is sharing one's ideas with the real world to create
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Essay Writing Curriculum - How to Write Opinion Narrative College Essays
History's Mysteries Whatever Happened to the Ghost Ship Mary Celeste?
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 adventure includes activities for integrated learning in history, reading comprehension, writing, and technology. Students will be required to use higher order thinking skills to infer, evaluate, analyze, draw conclusion
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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Montgomery Bus Boycott Activity and Project Kit Print & Digital
Tap into your students’ personal passions, the deciding factors of successful social movements, and an array of critical thinking skills in these 7 activities and project the cover the complete story of Civil Rights Movement's kick-off event, the Montgomery Bus Boycott by learning the contributions of everyone from Booker T. Washington and WEB Du Bois to Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr.This resource comes in both PDF and Google Slides for your flexibility!What made December 1995 Montgomery
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8th - 11th
Also included in: US History Activity and Project Kits Bundle Print & Digital
Letter to the Editor Writing - Opinion Writing PBL Project for Civics or ELA
Use this letter to editor how-to writing kit for a real-world way to engage your Civics, Current Events, or ELA students. This resource comes in both print PDF and paperless Google files for your flexibility!Greatness is sharing one's ideas with the real world to create change.The United States holds free speech and press highly, yet so few meaningfully use it. Town halls are sorely attended, and newspapers are struggling. And social media fails at meaningful conversations.Challenge your student
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Essay Writing Curriculum - How to Write Opinion Narrative College Essays
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
Thomas Jefferson Hero or Hype? U.S. History Body Biography Poster Project
Based on his accomplishments, was Thomas Jefferson an American hero, or is it hype? Students decide! This fun, student-centered, full-body biography project is skill and content-based. Students read, write, and support claims with evidence in a creative biography project format.Here's what's included:1. Teacher Instructions2. An Instructional Slide Show that explains each requirement3. A Thomas Jefferson 2-page Google Doc Reading. The reading can be read to students via Google and easily transla
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5th - 9th
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Science of Gratitude Experiment Project Thanksgiving Activity CER Middle School
Discover firsthand the profound impact of gratitude on well-being with our Science of Gratitude CER & Project Pack! Tailored for science, health, and advisory educators at the middle school level and above, this resource empowers students to investigate the science of gratitude while honing their critical thinking and scientific argumentation skills.This resource is also adaptable for homeschooling families, community and church groups, and kindness/character clubs.Why Explore Gratitude?Unde
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7th - 12th
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Charlemagne Hero or Hype? Medieval Europe Body Biography Poster Project
King Charlemagne was one of the most popular royalties of his time, but based on his accomplishments, was Charlemagne a hero, or is it hype? Students decide! This fun, student-centered, full-body biography project is skill and content-based. Students read, write, and support claims with evidence in a creative biography project format.Here's what's included:1. Teacher Instructions2. An Instructional Slide Show that explains each requirement3. A King Charlemagne 2-page Google Doc Reading. The read
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5th - 9th
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Business Letter Writing Kit - Complaint Letter - Research Project PBL
This universal business letter kit will turn your students into real agents of change as they stand up for themselves and what they believe.This is the perfect PBL addition to any social studies or ELA unit.And the resource comes in both print PDF and paperless Google files for your flexibility!Greatness is speaking up to create authentic change.Challenge your students to “vote with their dollars” by researching and writing to a business or brand they love to express their position on a business
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Essay Writing Curriculum - How to Write Opinion Narrative College Essays
Bias Detectives: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Cross-Curricular Unit!
Welcome to Bias Detectives! This thematic unit is centered around the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire that occurred on March 25, 1911. In this unit, your students will immerse themselves in life from the 1910s, and examine first-hand primary sources, newspaper excerpts, and speeches that led to the reform of worker's rights and factory safety, and eventually the birth of OSHA many years later! All of these resources will help your detect the bias and argue whether the negligent building owners
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5th - 9th
Perfect World Argument
Students are challenged to create a perfect world by exploring and deciding on all of the elements that make up a society. They are then writing an argumentative essay to explain why their world is perfect. There is a link to a Canva presentation with pre-set resources for students to use to investigate different aspects of the society to help them decide. On the final page is a link to graphic organizers to help students plot out their information. Included in the handouts are paragraph frams t
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7th - 10th
Confucius Hero or Hype? Ancient China Body Biography Poster Project
We know that Confucius was one of the best teachers of Ancient China, but based on his accomplishments, was he a hero, or is it hype? Students decide! This fun, student-centered, full-body biography project is skill and content-based. Students read, write, and support claims with evidence in a creative biography project format.Here's what's included:1. Teacher Instructions2. An Instructional Slide Show that explains each requirement3. A Confucius 2-page Google Doc Reading. The reading can be rea
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5th - 9th
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Black History March Madness
At the end of Black History Month and before March Madness(NCAA Basketball Tournament) I use this lesson. It's a great way to end BHM and a perfect way to introduce March Madness. I run a tournament with 16 influential African Americans. The students vote through Pear Deck and at the end of the tournament we crown the "champ". There are two ways to do it. 1. You can have the kids be one of the "participants in the tournament. They could even dress up like them and add to the info provided
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4th - 12th
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Living History Interview Activity Kit - Black History
Product Description:Engage your students in a dynamic and meaningful exploration of Black history with our "Living History Interview Activity Kit." This comprehensive kit is designed for middle school and high school classrooms, providing a unique and interactive way for students to connect with living individuals who have made significant contributions to Black history.Key Features:Real-World Connection:Foster a deeper understanding of Black history by allowing students to connect with living h
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Black History WebQuest Kit - For Middle School and High School
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5th - 12th
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13 Colonies Activities - 13 Colonies WebQuest for Middle School
WebQuests take the pressure off of you and put the onus of learning on your students. The goal is to get some general info on each colony and then decide in which one they would like to live. Students will be completely independent as they are guided through with clear, specific directions.Included:Clear directions to guide students WebQuest on Google Slides™(23 slides long)Ad-free video links for each colonyBackground information slide with website to referenceData charts for each colony to k
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5th - 8th
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Exploring Identity, Privilege & Oppression
Why are some identities granted social privileges more than others? How does oppression manifest on ideological, institutional, interpersonal, and internalized levels? In this unit, students will explore their various identities and the ways in which oppression and privilege manifest in American society. Students will use the 4 I's of Oppression as a framework to analyze one oppressed social group (-ism) in a focus group.
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8th - 12th
FINAL PROJECT: End of the Year Activity for Any History or Social Studies Class
Are you in need of a final project for your class or the end of the school year? This final project guide will work for any historical subject matter or class. All the directions for the student project are included as well as a grading rubric for teachers. The following items are included in the student directions:Choose a topic to research. (person, place, era, event, etc.)Choose the format of the project. (video, podcast, poem, google slides, etc.)The full details of what should be included
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Not Grade Specific
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Women's History Month Reading Passages, Activities, & Project
This set of Women’s History Month resources will help students build their background knowledge about women’s history, engage in activities to better understand the challenges women have and continue to face, and complete a project that celebrates the influence of women. All the resources are aligned to Common Core State Standards, and will aid students in developing essential skills, such as close-reading, critical thinking, examining perspectives, and conducting and presenting research, among
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7th - 10th
Introduction to Youth Participatory Action Research YPAR Pear Deck Google Slides
Engage your students in Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR or Civic Action Research) with this introductory Google Slides Pear Deck. This interactive lesson combines the power of Pear Deck and Google Slides to foster active student participation and knowledge retention. Explore the fundamental concepts of YPAR with first-hand student experiences and thought-provoking questions. By integrating Pear Deck's interactive features, such as real-time responses and formative assessments, you can
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7th - 11th
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