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7th grade critical thinking other (social studies) simulations
Growth Mindset Escape Room | Middle and High School
Want a fun and engaging way to teach perseverance, grit, teamwork and why having a growth mindset is important? This Growth Mindset Escape Room is the perfect challenge for middle and high school students to both teach the concepts of a growth mindset and to have fun. ● ● ● Students are given the a scenario where their school is taken over by the evil Dr. Dread, with the only way out is to use their brain power before it turns to mush. By working together, and figuring out the clues, studen
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Escape Room Counseling Bundle | Friendship Growth Mindset Career
The Sinking of the Lusitania: Solve the WWI Mystery w Primary Source Analysis!
Perhaps one of the most important events of World War One, the sinking of the Lusitania has fascinated kids and adults for years. Use this mystery to harness that fascination and engage students in an inquiry-based mission that they will remember all year long!In this mystery, students are posed with an engaging scenario - they are CIA Agents that must piece together once and for all how and why the Lusitania sank. They are presented with a variety of "exhibits," all cleverly designed to engage
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5th - 12th
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Also included in: GROWING WWI BUNDLE: Higher Order Thinking WWI Activities (SS5H2)
Budgeting Board Game for Financial Literacy - Students Practice Real Life Skills
Empower young minds with the ultimate guide to shaping their dream lifestyle! This resource isn't just a bunch of financial planning worksheets. This game is designed to show pre-teens and teens the real-life impact of personal financial choices on their future. It's a game-changer for helping them grasp the art of budgeting as they transition into adulthood.Over the course of the game, students embark on a journey where they'll make a series of decisions, each one carrying the power to shape th
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6th - 12th
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Lunch Bunch Games | Friendship Escape Room
This Friendship Escape Room is the perfect challenge for upper elementary and middle school students to build teamwork and learn about positive friendship skills. This challenge is meant to be given in a shorter time span than other escape rooms and is perfect for those lunch time groups! Students are given the a scenario where there school is infected with Bully Fever and to release the antidote students need to work together to solve the challenges, release the keys and solve the secret co
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3rd - 7th
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Also included in: Escape Room Counseling Bundle | Friendship Growth Mindset Career
Oregon Trail: Simulation Game
Super engaging slideshow game to get students thinking about what life on the Oregon Trail was like. You lead the class with 13 scenarios, and students make decisions and keep track of survival points. A great way to introduce the Oregon Trail to students. It includes 42 slides, directions, and a student handout to record survival points. I use this activity with my 8 graders a few details might need to be edited if used with younger grade levels.Takes about 1 hour.
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3rd - 12th
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Also included in: Western Expansion Games Bundle: Oregon Trail, Gold Rush, Lewis and clark
CELLS CSI Investigation - Examining Plant and Animal Cells
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In this lesson, students will be given a mystery to solve, based on their knowledge of cells. To solve the mystery, they need to know the major differences between plant and animal cells. Students apply their knowledge to a "real-life" scenario in which they must classify cells as plant or animal. Students will record their conclusions in a forensic lab report similar to one that could be used in court. This is an excellent activity for the end of a unit on plant and animal ce
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4th - 7th
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13 Colonies Students Journey through the Colonies with an Engaging Simulation!
This is a Google Slides experience that guides students on a journey through the 13 Colonies. Students visit the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies and they write a narrative about the experience of two English travelers based on the prompts provided in the journey. All of the information in the journey is based on real research. Each event is based on actual information regarding the 13 Colonies, and every event has been carefully edited for clarity, comprehension, and conciseness. Stud
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Colonial America | 13 Colonies | 17 Days of Lesson Plans and Assessment
Jamestown interactive simulation: Can you survive Jamestown Decision Making Game
"Can you survive Jamestown?" Allow your students to step back in time and experience the perilous journey of America's first settlers in a more personal and educational way with this interactive decision-making game. Your students will be tested with choices and decisions on everything from everyday life and personal finances to farming difficulties with this Jamestown game. It is proven students retain 90% of information if they "do" the task. Well, in this simulation, they are not just lear
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5th - 8th
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Donner Party and Westward Expansion CSI Inquiry Activity Investigation
Donner Party: A CSI Investigation! What Happened To The Donner Party? Google 1:1 Compatible!The Donner Party CSI Investigation is included as part of two bundles, located here:CSI American History Bundle! Lost Colony, Salem, Donner Party, Lincoln!Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny Unit!Buy a Bundle and save a Bundle!----The Donner Party CSI investigation is a great resource to teach students the history of the Donner Party, their role in Westward Expansion, and the challenges faced by emigr
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: CSI US American History Inquiry Bundle | 10 Amazing Inquiry Activities
Zombie Task Force Simulation for Model United Nations BUNDLE
Get students debating and engaged in Model UN with this fun Zombie Task Force simulation! This bundle includes everything you will need to host an effective Model UN simulation. The comprehensive Zombie Task Force Simulation Slides presentation will walk your students through the process from learning what it means to be a delegate to successfully writing a resolution. Resources and graphic organizers are provided for each step of the process. This is a great way to kick off your club or unit! S
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6th - 12th
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Factory Conditions in the 19th Century! PowerPoint, Simulation, Writing, & More!
In this highly-engaging United States industry lesson, students learn about factory conditions and labor conditions in 19th-century factories! Students react to images of child labor, complete a short writing assignment based on an excerpt from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, view a video of life on an assembly line, then are enthralled with an assembly line home construction simulation! A MP3 file has been included to play the "factory sounds" as students compete in the simulation!One of the f
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5th - 8th
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Gifted and Talented - Living on Your Own: Lessons in Financial Responsibility
Challenge your gifted and talented to play the “game of life” and survive financially during their first year in college. This concept-based unit allows students to “earn” an inheritance from a distant relative by repurposing items from a barn. With this “money,” students find affordable housing, transportation, furnishings, and other essentials. Then the “game of life begins with monthly reoccurring expenses, opportunities to buy additional necessities and/or wants, as well as challenges or o
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5th - 8th
Full Year of U.S. Government and Civics Essentials Bundle
This bundle includes a variety of slide decks, simulations, activities, and games designed to provide the scaffolding that connects major ideas for a semester of U.S. Government.It includes Google Slide presentations, which include over 1000 slides, on:Purpose of Government, Public and Political ProcessForms of GovernmentThe Three BranchesCivic ParticipationRights and ResponsibilitiesFederalists and AntifederalistsPolitical Parties, Interest Groups, and ValuesAmerican Elections ExplainedGerryman
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Design a Zoo: A Digital Project Based Learning Experience
Thanks for choosing this project based learning experience for your students! They are sure to have fun, be creative, and learn some valuable skills.
In Design a Zoo, students take on the role of a design consultant asked to create a new zoo. Students will need to:
–Name the Zoo
–Create a welcoming sign
–Select the animals
–Design animal habitats
–Create information sheets
–Create a budget
–And present their work to a "Board of Directors"
This experience is designed to be completed without sub
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3rd - 8th
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Gifted Crime Scene Investigation Activity The Case of the Missing Cash
This highly engaging crime scene investigation activity will have your students using their critical thinking skills as they critically read and analyze witness testimonies, view and evaluate evidence, and draw inferences to determine the motive and identity of the person guilty of robbing a bank. Higher-level thinking skills will be practiced while investigating the crime scene, as students form a hypothesis about who committed the crime, establish a motive, and then justify their hypothesis b
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5th - 8th
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Characteristics of Living Things Interactive PowerPoint AND Case Studies
Fun, animated review of the material as well as TWO case studies exploring the characteristics of life. Students journey to Europa, where they must analyze samples for the presence of life. In the second case study, students discover the tobacco mosaic virus.
This extremely fun PowerPoint was created to get kids thinking! No more simple lectures centered around listing the shared characteristics of life - your students will be putting themselves in the shoes of xenobiologists and research bota
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Personal Finance Life Situations Worksheets & Activities - Print & Digital
This is a multiple day and even multiple week in-class simulation for students as you walk them through life. Students have daily worksheets to complete that walk them through various life scenarios like finding an apartment, buying a car, or going grocery shopping. They have to write checks, fill-out a W-4, and fill out a lease agreement. It is a helpful experience for the students and I like to show quick YouTube videos before some of the activities, like the W-4, to show them how to do it
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7th - 12th
WWI Simulation MAIN Game
The causes of WWI will be made into an experience through this World War I simulation game. The MAIN game is a great introduction to WWI that ties directly to the MAIN causes! The MAIN causes students will experience during this game are Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism. Students will be in groups and create their own country. They will then try to take over the world! ⭐️This product is also part of a World War I Mixed Resources Bundle. Get it plus four other products for your
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: World War I Mixed Resources Bundle
Editorial vs. Regular News Article Game (Is it Fact or Opinion Writing?)
In this engaging, self-checking Google Slides game, students gain a valuable skill for interacting with media. Students are guided to learn the difference between fact and opinion writing—even when the difference is subtle—by reading information about both, then looking at headlines and choosing whether the headlines are for editorials or regular facts-only news articles. All headlines are from real articles, so students are learning with content that is relevant. Students are given feedback i
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4th - 10th
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ARGUETROPIA - Argumentative Writing and Speaking Group Debate Fun ELA Game
Do you want to be the best teacher? Get ready to dive into the world of argumentative writing with a twist of game-day excitement. Tackling real-world issues through the lens of argumentative writing and speaking is like embarking on a heroic quest. With social, economical, or environmental challenges as your battleground, you're not just teaching; you're inspiring students to be advocates of change. If you found something that gave you all these benefits, would you want to get started with it
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6th - 8th
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Civil Rights Movement Simulation Cooperative Learning
Civil Rights Simulation. Voting in Alabama in the 1960's. Point of View. 15th Amendment. Poll tax. Poll taxes. Ku Klux Klan. KKK. Voting Rights Act of 1965. This is an INCREDIBLE simulation that allows students to see the point-of-view of African Americans in the South trying to vote prior to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The question that students are asked in this simulation is: "Would you have been able to vote?" I LOVE that students are forced to put themselves in the shoes of people who tr
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6th - 12th
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US History Interactive Games and activities Growing Bundle for whole year
Make history comes alive in your social studies classroom with this US history interactive games and activities growing bundle. Get yourself ready for the whole year with these fun and super engaging activities! Rounds are comprised of realistic scenarios, reading comprehension activities, dice rolling options, a decipher activity, and more - your students will live through the adventure of Lewis and Clark's, Jamestown settlers, Oregon Trail emigrants, American Revolution, immigrants, US Preside
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5th - 8th
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Pilgrims, Plymouth colony, Thanksgiving, and Native Americans interactive game
Make history come alive with this interactive survival simulation that covers Pilgrims journey, Plymouth colony, Native American encounters, and Thanksgiving! With 16 rounds and over 80 slides comprised of thoroughly researched realistic scenarios, your students will live through the adventure of Pilgrims traveling to America and establishing the Plymouth colony right at their fingertips! It is proven students retain 90% of information if they "do" the task. Well in this simulation, they are not
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5th - 8th
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Intro to Economics: Needs V. Wants
An engaging way to begin a unit on economics! This fun and hands-on activity will have students explore the important concepts of human needs versus wants through an engaging rocket ship simulation. Students will be vicariously drawn into an emergency situation in which they must collaborate, and agree as to what items they consider as ‘essential’ for their survival on their rocket ship mission to live on a far away planet. An interactive Slide Presentation will help guide the groups on their jo
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5th - 10th
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