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10th grade Winter writing-expository simulations
Lowell Mill Girls Document Base Question and Lesson
The purpose of this activity is to familiarize students with life at Lowell Mills and the causes and effects of the strike. Students will use primary sources to compare and contrast accounts of life at Lowell. Students will examine documents from the Lowell Mill and also documents about the strike. Then students will analyze the documents to determine if the accounts are exaggerated. Finally, students will evaluate the strike's impact on the labor union movement and the women's rights moveme
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8th - 11th
Heart Transplant Debate - Argument, Persuasion, Line of Reasoning, Team Building
The Heart Transplant debate is a great entry to a unit on persuasion/argumentation. It's also a fantastic tool to teach Line of Reasoning through experiential learning. This activity provides an opportunity for students to apply knowledge of general debate skills as well as locating and citing appropriate evidence. Two articles are linked as sources and pre-reading to this debate. My students loved arguing for their "client" and this debate got them out of their seats. I used this as an opportun
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Elf Escape: Help Buddy Save Christmas
You must get through the seven levels of the Candy Cane forest, through the sea of swirly, twirly gum drops, and then through the Lincoln Tunnel and into New York. The race is on. The Kringle 3000 is on the fritz and there is no time left to fix it. You and your team must help Buddy find the elements to bring Christmas cheer to an all-new level. The final puzzle will face you against the fake Santa and you must destroy the Throne of Lies...AKA The Beef and Cheese Throne. If you can destroy it an
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6th - 12th, Staff
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Lincoln Assassination Trial of Mary Surratt: The Conspirator
This is a simulation of the trial of Mary Surratt. Your students will be assigned a key figure in the case. The students will research their character and their characters connection to the events and the trial. The students will simulate the trial and come to their own conclusion as to whether Mary Surratt was guilty.
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4th - 12th
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Drift into Winter REVERSE Escape Room: Break IN to ANY Lesson or Content Area!
Ready to "Fall" in love with a game-changing new pedagogy? Put the power of gamification to work for this seasonally spirited REVERSE escape room activity, guaranteed to add life and energy to ANY content area or grade level. Turn *any* (yes, any) existing lesson plan into an asynchronous puzzle solving challenge with a wintery twist. Introduce course routines, cool tech tools, and classroom procedures to turn your unit into an exploration that your students will love.
In this REVERSE Escape Ro
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5th - 12th
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Would You Rather Freewrite
This uses the Would You Rather scenario as a basis for freewriting and eventually thesis development. This short activity can be used as a standalone introduction to thesis-based freewriting or modified to start a scaffolded multi-part theme lesson.
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Argue A Supreme Court Case Using Precedents!
Use this project to get your students researching and analyzing important federal court decisions involving precedents in education!Students are provided with 4 fictional court cases involving student rights in schools. They are to read the facts of the case and then form an argument that they could present to the Supreme Court by doing the following:-Provide a case summary-Identify the constitutional issue(s)-Declare which side of the case they will argue-State their argument-Find and summarize
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8th - 12th
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EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING SLIDES OT: Simulated Grocery Store Shopping Life Skills
Virtual Trip to the Grocery Store Executive Functioning Activities Slides: These slides work on a TON of life and EF skills. UTILIZE IN EDITABLE POWERPOINT MODE. Students must organize items, follow lists, manage time, engage in money management skills, scanning and problem solve GREAT for practicing/improving mouse/track pad skills by dragging and dropping images PERFECT for Occupational Therapy session, life skills classes, Speech Therapy Classes, General and Special Education General Class.
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Winter Holiday BUNDLE: Reverse Escape Room, Essay Writing, & Peer Review Games!
Happy Holidays!Looking to change the game on your December instruction? This three product bundle contains everything you’ll need to turn content from ANY unit into a holiday-themed series of student-centered activities (saving you 25% vs. purchasing each product separately), and it includes: Drift into Winter REVERSE Escape Room: Break IN to ANY Lesson or Content Area!The #QRBreakIN pedagogy transforms any course content into a “REVERSE” Escape Room for 2-3 days of small group centers activity.
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5th - 12th
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Essay Writing Unit
Scrambling to construct instructions for essays? Tired of reading the same generic papers over and over? Well, the students find that frustrating, too! Purchase this bundle for differentiated and individualized content to promote skilled writers. Once purchased, you will have access to instruction and assessment in all three writing content areas: informative, persuasive, and narrative. Educators will be able to use the prompts effectively as the creative content will be certain to build rappor
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8th - 11th
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Writing Revisions: Amazing Race
Revisions: Are you looking for a fun way for your students to revise their writing beyond the basics? This is a writing event your students will remember FOREVER! Students will race around to 7 different stations by using the location clues provided (route info). At the station students will complete a revision task (road block) and a team challenge (detour)! This activity was created based on the infamous TV series, The Amazing Race. Please note: set-up is required, BUT totally worth it!
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4th - 12th
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Rhetoric - SOAPS, RAFTS chart for writing
This chart can help students write in different modes as they consider the "SOAPS" elements of writing: Speaker, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, and Subject.
Use this to guide students as far as "Role/Speaker" and "Format/Purpose" when coming up with writing prompts.
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8th - 12th
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Holiday Genetics Lab
This is a festive spin on a classic lab. Students will use pennies to determine the alleles for different traits of a holiday character. This product includes the option to do either a snowman or reindeer or both and is editable! I usually give my students the option to draw their creations for extra credit to add a little creativity.
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8th - 12th
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HS-LS3-3
ROMEO AND JULIET PARTNERED WRITING ASSIGNMENT
RAFT your way through Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
Transform your classroom into a newsroom with this assignment! Students take turns composing and responding to Dear Abby-style questions from members of the town of Verona.
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8th - 10th
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