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8th grade social studies research images
Native American Heritage Month Bundle 2
The Native American Activities bundle offers a rich array of resources to enhance understanding and appreciation of Native American culture and history. Here's how you can effectively use this bundle:1. **Notable Posters and Quotes Mindfulness Coloring Posters:** - Decorate your classroom with these posters to create an immersive environment during Native American Heritage Month. Encourage discussions about the notable figures and their contributions.2. **Understanding Totems Activity:** - E
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PreK - 9th
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My First Travel Book 1 with Questionnaire - Geography
- These children's books will help teachers read and discuss these world destinations with the children in the class and to answer the questions in the books after each page/chapter and go on and discuss the countries, culture, foods, traditions and the geographical locations of these countries in the world and more."Are you ready to take to the skies? Welcome Aboard Children! Come join the adventures of Captain Frankie as they travel across the world to some of the most popular, entertaining, a
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2nd - 9th, Staff
United States Government
United States Government - United States History - U.S. States - U.S. Presidents - U.S. Symbols (K-12). Classic United States government and American clip art posters. From government buildings to presidents to America itself, these images support your American studies throughout the year. The U.S. government provides the framework for America to succeed, and you have the images to prove it! • Keep search time efficient and productive. • Images travel nicely across grade levels. • Use for Pow
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K - 12th
Veterans Day Activities Bundle | Veterans Day Activities 1
How do students use the Interview a Veteran Activity?Invite your students to interview veterans in their local community using the Interview a Veteran Activity. This is a great way for students to honor military members on Veterans Day.Veterans Day BookmarksUsing our Veterans Day BookmarksUse our Veterans Day Bookmarks in your classroom. Print and laminate to hand out or use the black and white version for a coloring activity.Veterans Day Activities Veterans Day songsHow does this resource excit
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PreK - 8th
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Governments Around the World Activity
Students will identify types of governments around the world to explore patterns. Extension: Have students evaluate why types of governments are different in certain areas and what impact it has for the rest of the world.
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6th - 9th
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MS-ESS3-3
Native American Leaders Biography Research Report Banners Bundle 20% OFF
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with our Native American Leaders Research Report Bundle, featuring both black-and-white and color versions. This comprehensive resource invites students to delve into the remarkable lives and legacies of influential Indigenous leaders, providing flexibility and vibrancy for an engaging educational experience.This Bundle Includes:Native American Heritage Month Biography Research Report BannersNative American Heritage Month Coloring Biography Research Repor
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3rd - 12th
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Civil War: The Mathew B. Brady Photograph Collection of Civil War Scenes & Era
Civil War: The Mathew B. Brady Photograph Collection of Civil War Scenes & Era Personalities with Finding Aid 6,050 Civil War related photographs from the Mathew Brady Studios along with a table of contents/index. Plus 1190 pages of finding aids.The photographs in this collection are from the Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, Record Group 111, and Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, Record Group 165, held at the Still Picture Branch of the National Arc
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Historical March Madness
This is a bundle of four activities that will engage history students by relating it to the annual college basketball tournament in a fun learning experience. Include in this bundle are: (1) March Madness: History’s Mad Monarchs (2) March Madness on the High Seas: Who were history’s most notorious pirates? (3) The March of Madness: What were history’s most foolish decisions? (4) Military March Madness: Who was the greatest military leader of all time? Thank you very much for purchasing th
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5th - 12th
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Greek Mythology Research Banners!
Have fun with a Greek Mythology unit by having students research their own character!**No research or data included23 Characters included:ErosAresIrisGaeaHeraHermesCronusHestiaPerseusMedusaHerculesPsycheAchillesHadesZeusApolloTheseusPoseidonPandoraAthenaPrometheusAphroditeArtemisClipart from: Edu-clips.org
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2nd - 12th
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World History Research Bundle- Google Slide & PDF Graphic Organizers
Terms of Use: Please do not post this product to school websites, cloud sharing websites or wiki spaces. Do not take screenshots of the materials and use them in videos, advertisements and/or your own resources without permission and without credit. Thank you for helping to protect my work!Students may use this set of graphic organizers to document the information they research when studying the units in World History class. The graphic organizers include, Biography, Historical Object Analysis,
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3rd - 8th
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The ABCs of Systemic Racism Bundle
This bundle includes the free QR code that links to the interactive Thinglink, the graphic of the ABCs terms, and the 4-pg worksheet that can be used to help students work their way through the reading and research. Most Americans weren't taught the history of systemic racism in the U.S., so let's start at the beginning with one example for each letter of the alphabet. The design also includes a QR code that links to an interactive version of the graphic. Once it opens on your device, click on t
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Religion Education Protestant Reformation
Religion Education: Religion Education History of the Protestant Reformation - This is a passage about the history of the Protestant Reformation. You will receive PDF file. This passage has a word count of 1,450 and a Flesch-Kincaid Grade level of 9.3.
THIS IS A 5 PAGE DOCUMENT.
This common core reading comprehension passage is for personal or commercial use. Please use it to create educational products for any educational venue. You must add educational value to each passage. You may not resel
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
Create a Culture-Themed Business
Help your students learn about their culture or ethnic background and develop entrepreneurial skills with this comprehensive worksheet! This resource guides students through the process of researching their culture, identifying products that are unique to their culture, and creating a business plan for selling those products in a new country.Here are some of the benefits of using this worksheet:Helps students learn about their culture or ethnic backgroundDevelops entrepreneurial skillsTeaches st
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3rd - 8th
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1900, 1933 and 1947 Three years that shaped 20th Century American History
This 240 page resource contains three major book-making projects, clear teacher guidelines and more than a hundred discussion questions, debates and extension activities. Teachers will find the well-researched content, discussion questions and extension activities will effectively buttress the content available in a wide range of American history textbooks. 1900 (83 pages) When the new century began Theodore Roosevelt, a hero of the Spanish-American War, was serving as the Governor of New Yor
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7th - 12th
Frank Lloyd Wright fold up notebook
Perfect for an art history lesson. Fold along the lines to make a notebook.
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PreK - 12th
Distance Learning Activities in American History
These three lessons that combine process and content can easily be adapted to distance learning. They include: "San Francisco During World War Two: A Book-making project," "Who Was the Real King of the Frontier," and "Civil War Generals: Most or Least Effective." Please see individual product descriptions for more details about each lesson.
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6th - 12th
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George Washington - Information Sheet - Fact Sheet
George Washington - Information Sheet - Fact SheetIncludes -personal life-military life-presidential lifeSimple for elementary and middle school kids.-Please note that this has been updated with the birth year.
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1st - 8th
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George Washington Carver - Fact Sheet - Information Sheet
George Washington Carver Information/Fact sheetIncludes facts on his childhood, education, teaching career and agriculture
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1st - 12th
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1947 The year the Cold War began & 1965 America at a Crossroad
In 1947 President Harry Truman gave a speech to Congress regarding proposed aid to the struggling nations of Greece and Turkey. In it he suggested that the U.S. would give aid to any country that opposed Communist expansion. The speech was viewed by the Soviet Union as a clear declaration of what became known as the “Cold War.” On November 6, 1947 Soviet Minister Molotov, speaking in Moscow declared that the U.S. no longer held the sole possession of nuclear bomb technology. The USSR was ready
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8th - 12th
Extra Credit: Black History Month
You can use these for extra credit or group assignments. There are (5) total assignments/projects that your students can choose from. The way I set it up is to allow the student to receive up to 50 extra credit points if they completed all 5 assignments before the due date. The points can be applied to quizzes and assignments that are less that 70% and students can choose how many points they want to be added to each assignment until they run our of points.Assignments:-Biography-Poster-Movie Ana
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6th - 12th
Greek Civilization Culture ABC Book Project (Google Comp)
Greek Civilization ABC Booklet Is your class covering ancient civilizations? Are you looking for a fun way to learn about the the Greek civilization?In this fun and creative activity students will be creating a children’s ABC book for the ancient Greek civilization. Students will choose a word from Greek culture that represents each letter of the alphabet, they will then write a description of that word and draw a picture of symbol that represents the word they have chosen. The activity is no pr
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Evelyn Boyd Granville Biography Page & Writing Page Template
This resource includes one biography page and one writing page template for studying Evelyn Boyd Granville.Areas included on the biography pages for your students to research:Famous QuoteOccupation, born, location, date of death information (if applies)Early lifeMain AccomplishmentsAdjectives that describe the famous scientist"If you could ask one question..."Three factsWriting Page Template:Includes clip art image of the famous scientistLined paper for writingStudents may use the Biography page
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3rd - 12th
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Ballot Paper- Australian Political Parties Research Task Part 2
Perfect for a Year 7/8 civics and citzenship or politics unit!Students research the popular political parties in Australia.This ballot paper covers: Labour and LiberalCheck out the Bundle here
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6th - 8th
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Benjamin Franklin - Information sheet - Fact Sheet
Benjamin Franklin - Information sheet - Fact SheetIncludes- Inventions- Fun Facts- Writing- Civil RightsSimple and easy for elementary and middle school kids.
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1st - 8th
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