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4th grade social studies research for Microsoft Word
Renaissance Biography Project worksheet
You have been chosen by Renaissance Time Magazine to write biographies of famous Renaissance people for our new issue. The issue's title is "The Most Influential People of the Renaissance". Your job is to write biographies for each of our honorees. Pick any 2 of the Renaissance people listed below; your fellow journalists will do the rest!
RUBRIC INCLUDED
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4th - 11th
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The Civil War "Baseball Cards" Project
Watch your students eagerly research important figures of the Civil War Era in order to create historical "Baseball" cards for each figure. As in real baseball cards, each figure will have a picture and facts of the role he/she played leading up to or during the Civil War. This Civil War project is teacher tested with a great success rate at any level of U.S. History. This project can easily be used in other disciplines (in English - authors, science - scientists, etc.).
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4th - 11th
How To Research Any Topic Online
This packet teaches students how to search effectively online. I walks through why to use special characters when searching as well as how to narrow search results effectively. Students have opportunities to compare results from various search engines. There are tips for effective online research to yield the most relevant results. There are also pages dedicated to the actual research that will help students to identify information that will be needed when creating bibliography/ reference pages.
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education
Ten Superstitions
Students will learn the history behind 10 common superstitions including: Friday the 13th, itchy palms, ladders, umbrellas, mirrors, horseshoes, tossing salt, knocking on wood, saying "Bless you" and black cats.
Students can take a quick assessment to test their comprehension.
This could be used to jump-start research on Superstitions as well.
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4th - 5th
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Native American Tribe Research and Google Slide Presentation
In this activity, students research a Native American Tribe and complete a Google Slide presentation to present to their class. This is done in partners. Included is a checklist of the items students need to have included on their slide presentation, a research collection notes worksheet, a grading sheet, and a gallery walk assignment for listening students to complete as others present to the class or to work on as they walk around if you have students have their slide presentations up on devic
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4th - 9th
Editable Titanic Passenger Tickets!
These editable tickets will allow your students to explore what it was like on the titanic in first, second, and third class. This ticket allows you or your students to write in their name, their class, who they are accompanied by, their reason for traveling and any additional comments for their trip. It is perfect for literature and creating fictional characters to write about their journey or your students can research actual passengers from the Titanic and do a mini biography on the real pass
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3rd - 5th
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Countries/Cultures: Compare and Contrast Graphic Organizer
Download the preview for a free uneditable version of the base template. The paid product is a .docx editable version which enables you to adjust directions and design elements of the product.
In this lesson students will research various countries and their corresponding cultures. Students will use the graphic organizer to collect information about the customs and people, nature and geography, clothing, and food of the country they are researching.
This product is meant to be paired with Nat
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3rd - 8th
Middle Ages Research Project
This is a research project on the Middle Ages for middle school students, but it could be modified for both elementary and high school students.The document includes project requirements, suggested topics, rubric, and timeline.Middle Ages Research Project by Lori A. Musa is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.
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4th - 12th
Norse Mythology Fundamentals: The Nine Worlds in Norse Mythology
This is a two-part internet-based exercise. First, students are required to examine the nine worlds of Norse Mythology and chart the residents and whereabouts of each. Then, there are fifteen follow-up questions to further their understanding. This assignment includes an answer key.
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4th - 12th
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Winter Holidays Around the World - Project
This is a research report about winter holidays celebrated around the world. I have included the directions to the project, as well as a list of appropriate holidays for your students to research. These directions are very clear and are perfectly suited for 5th grade, but they can easily be adapted for 3rd grade and all the way up to high school. You can choose to make this project homework, or it can be completed in class. I gave my class approximately 4-5 class periods to work on it, and that
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3rd - 12th
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The Cost of Growing Up: A career focused personal finance project
Recently reformatted as an editable Word document. This project allows students to individually research a future profession and walks them through the math to figure out a monthly paycheck. Once there, the students are able to research a home, car, and other necessities all while determining whether or not they will be able to afford them. This is a great project for those in the state of Georgia attempting to fulfill the fifth grade career requirement or anyone wanting to help give their stu
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4th - 8th
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Algonquin Native American Tribes Flip Book
*Students explore the Native American tribes of the "Three Fires"--the Ottawa, Chippewa and Potawatomi
*This flip book refers to the tribes located in Michigan, but students can list any state located in the Great Lake states
*Students will make a flip book to learn about the Three Fires tribes
*Students are given CLOZE passages to complete and learn about the following areas of life for the tribes during the 1760 period
1. Introduction
2. Location
3. Shelter
4. Hunting and Food
5. Clothing
6.
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3rd - 4th
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Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Common Core
This is a unit on the book Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson. The unit includes reading questions and extensions activities.
Reading Questions:
There are questions for every chapter, as well as the epilogue.
Extension Activities:
1. The life cycle of a mosquito using teacher approved site and creation of a foldable
2. Primary Source Dissection using An American Plague: the True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793
3. Research projects, divided up among
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3rd - 12th
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13 Colonies Online Scavenger Hunt (Bundle)
Save $2.25 by getting the bundled scavenger hunts for the New England, Middle, and Southern Colony scavenger hunts. For this fun and interesting Internet based activity students use the clickable links to access web pages in order to answer questions about the 13 colonies. This activity helps students not only understand more about the 13 colonies but allows them to practice their reading/researching skills involving informational text as well as writing skills. I usually have the students acces
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3rd - 6th
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Ecosystem Research Project
Ecosystem Research Project includes:*Parent introduction letter with expectations (2 pages)*Note taking sheet (2 pages)*Grading rubric (1 page)*Photos of student example projects (1 page)This project addresses Tennessee 3rd grade social studies (geography) and science standards. Students research and create a diorama box or poster to represent a specific ecosystem around the world: Ocean- Great Barrier Reef, Grassland- African Savannah, Tundra- Arctic Circle, Temperate Deciduous Forest- Appalach
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2nd - 4th
Biomes, Ecosystems and Movies!!
What do Biomes and Disney movies have in common? Many Disney movies take place in the Earth's diverse biomes. There are four different activities in this mini-unit. *In the first activity, students will use provided websites to fill in a chart of nine different biomes. *In the second activity, students will play a game matching biomes to animated Disney movies. *In the third activity, students will work in groups to research how human activity can affect biomes. *In the fourth activity, I h
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4th - 7th
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President Resumes
Presidential Resumes from Washington to ObamaResumes IncludeBirth and Death DateTerm in office Political Party affiliationVice President InformationExperience EducationHome and Family LifeDuring their AdministrationLife after time in office Information on the Vice President
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
National Parks Brochure
With this travel brochure, we read the book The Camping Trip That Changed America and researched national parks from, https://www.nps.gov/index.htm which opened up discussion for preservaiton of nature, endangered species, landforms, researching, and more.
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1st - 8th
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NGSS:
2-LS4-1
, K-ESS3-2
, K-ESS3-3
Travel Brochure Rubric
This is a rubric used at the end of a Geography unit. The rubric covers the five themes of Geography and all of the text features that should be included in a travel brochure when given to tourists. This is one of my students favorite projects! The use Publisher to create their brochures and they can choose any place in Arizona to go. You can also modify it to fit any country in the world.
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4th - 8th
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Three Branches of Government Project!
Just print and put together! The kids will love this hands on project! They look great displayed in your classroom hanging from the ceiling or on the wall!
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3rd - 6th
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Fourth Grade ELA Common Core Iroquois Longhouse Project
As part of the Common Core State Standards and New York State history, teaching the students about the Iroquois culture is one of our highest priorities!
This project supports both of those curriculum-based goals.
It supports the ELA Common Core curriculum, AND is a creative and artistic way to get students engaged in the culture of the Iroquois.
Included in this set is:
-a parent letter explaining the project
-a student overview, including a STEP by STEP checklist
-a Learning RUBRIC, designe
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3rd - 4th
Ancient Egypt Webquest-The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
Is it right for archaeologists and historians to disturb the dead? What if they gain new knowledge about an ancient culture in the process?In this webquest your students will be answering questions to multiple tasks that will guide them through primary source photographs and secondary source readings in order for them to form an opinion on whether King Tutankhamen's tomb should have been opened. Students do not have to address the supposed curse in the final essay, but it is in there as a resou
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4th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Ancient Egypt bundle
Viking Scavenger Hunt: Internet Research
Utilizing a highly engaging website students will research the history of the Vikings and Viking life. They will also have an opportunity to creatively express what they've learned in drawings and comic strips. This can be an individual or team assignment; done in a computer lab or for homework if students have access to the internet at home. Question sheet, instructions and answer key included.
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3rd - 6th
50 States Project
This research activity is great for any class studying the 50 states. This can be use as a class book by having each student complete one page or work together and each student will end up with their very own book.
There is one state per page each page includes a map of the state and a coloring book version of its flag. There is also room for students to collect information on the states abbreviation, nickname, year of statehood, capital state flower, state bird and interesting facts. The infor
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2nd - 6th
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