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7th grade Presidents' Day professional development simulations
Arctic Survival Activity (For Team-Building, Group Dynamics, and Personality)
This cooperative learning activity pits learners and their groups against survival experts to see if they can survive a plane crash in the arctic. Will they make more sound decisions individually, or as a group? How do groups reach consensus? What sort of identities, personalities, or traits tend to dominate group discussion or group activities? These questions and more lie underneath the surface of a classic and beloved classroom activity!These topics and more are broached in this product, whi
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in:Â Full Year of U.S. Government and Civics Essentials Bundle
Disability Awareness Activities
The SMART notebook provides the user with activities for participants to engage in that simulate various learning challenges. It is appropriate for students or for adults in a professional development seminar.
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
Presidential Pursuit
This seven day unit of study emphasizes the importance of the election process in the United States. Since recent presidential elections have become divisive, students nominate and then elect a candy as the head of state of their Confectionery Country. The unit begins with students developing ideas about why someone would want to be president. Students learn the requirements and job description of the executive office and the qualifications of voters through history. Students make a graph, a
Grades:
4th - 7th
Presidency Trends- What it takes to hold the office?
Are you looking for a way to introduce cultural proficiency to students? Harness the spiciness of an upcoming election or focus lay the foundation for learning the presidents of the U.S.Included- Warm up-Students brainstorm what it means to communicate with culturally diverse groups. Students will then be then be tasked to think about what culture they are apart of and the rules that each of those cultures has. Analyze- cultural data of past presidents. Students will make generalizations about t
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Grades:
7th - 9th
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Also included in:Â US History- 8th Grade Curriculum (Year long bundle)
STRATEGIES FOR GLOBAL STUDIES - WORLD HISTORY CLASS DISCUSSIONS
I'm a recently retired, award winning, HS Global Studies teacher, and currently I teach, part - time, in the Education Department of Salve Regina University, and in the Political Science Dept. at the University of Rhode Island. (See my profile.) If you polled my ex-students, and my current students, as to what they liked best about my classes, the most common response you would hear would be "the class discussions." It took me a while to get good at it, and now it seems like child's play, but i
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education
Lightning Decision Jam for School Leaders
The Lightning Decision Jam (LDJ) is a shortened version of the Decision Sprint (from Google's Jake Knapp) with the purpose of moving leadership teams (or even individual teachers) from problem to testable solution in 90 minutes. The LDJ was developed by Berlin-based design firm AJ and Smart to help teams get unstuck and start to get things done. This version of LDJ has been tested with multiple leadership teams and includes examples of how school leaders can apply this approach. I rewrote the
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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