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Common Core WHST.6-8.1a resources $5-10
Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation Analysis Stations Activity Set
In this Articles of Confederation Stations or Gallery Walk Activity activity students analyze the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation by viewing visuals. The lesson includes:▶️1. 9 stations of visuals▶️2. A PowerPoint (Slides) weaknesses presentation with answers▶️3. A graphic organizer and a guided practice fill-able chart▶️4. This product now has a Google Ready option. Just click on the blue link in the PDF and you will get a copy to assign to your students in Google Classroom, complet
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5th - 10th
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History's Mysteries - The Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
History is full of unsolved mysteries, and who doesn’t love a good mystery? This packet is one of a growing collection of engaging inquiry-based learning adventures for your students. In each packet, students will investigate a mystery from history and try to solve the case!This investigation requires your history detectives to return to the year 1937. The world was a buzz with the excitement of Amelia Earhart completing the first trip around the world at the equator. Everything was going well.
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4th - 8th
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CER Claim Evidence and Reasoning Unit
Introduce and reinforce the CER strategy with your science students using the bundle of print and digital materials. These lessons will walk you through introducing the claim, evidence, and reasoning method to your students to help clarify, think critically, and explain their scientific reasoning to demonstrate their knowledge of the concepts learned. Students will be able to:Demonstrate their knowledge of scientific principles through crafted writing responsesUtilize the claim, evidence, reason
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5th - 7th
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China: Teaching Buddhism Confucianism Taoism (Daoism) with Kung Fu Panda & Mulan
THIS IS A MUST-HAVE FOR ANY TEACHER LOOKING TO MAKE A STUDY OF THE BUDDHISM, CONFUCIANISM, & TAOISM RELEVANT AND ACCESSIBLE FOR MIDDLE-SCHOOLERS. EASY-TO-FOLLOW, PERFECT FOR AN INTRO, DECLARATIVE LESSON, OR EVEN AS A FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT. ENJOY!***GOOGLE COMPATIBLE*** 1) Drag and Drop the Word Doc or PowerPoint into Google Drive2) Then Go to "FILE", and SAVE AS "GOOGLE SLIDES" or "GOOGLE DOCS"***In addition to the original slides, this download now also includes the Kung Fu Panda writing a
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5th - 9th
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The Breadwinner - a complete novel study
The Breadwinner is a complete novel study that’s ready to go with minimal preparation required by the teacher. This book is a great fit for middle school language arts and social studies. It aligns with many of the common core state standards. The activities included engage the students in many learning outcomes: reading comprehension, predicting, making inferences, writing for clarity and conciseness, writing to persuade, critical thinking, comparing and contrasting, analyzing, justifying, eval
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5th - 8th
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Ecology Mystery - C-E-R Changes In Ecosystems, Invasive Species, Habitat Loss
What happens when something disrupts the ability of a system to meet the needs of the organisms within its bounds? In this activity, students will explore what that “something” might be when presented with the problem of a precipitous decline in the native tree frog population of Mayberry, Florida.In this activity, students will identify possible causes for the “silent nights” Mayberry is now experiencing as the tree frog population has plummeted. While there is no one right answer, students ca
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6th - 9th
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MS-LS2-2
, MS-LS2-4
, MS-LS2-1
Ronald Reagan and His Policies: Reaganomics, Iran-Contra Affair, Libya, Cold War
In this engaging, stations-based way to teach the policies of Ronald Reagan's presidency, students investigate many positive and negative aspects to his legacy to understand his role in American History. Students learn about his 1980 victory over Jimmy Carter, "Reaganomics", "trickle-down economics", the Iran-Contra Affair, the Reagan Doctrine, the Boland Amendments, Sandinistas and Contras, Ayatollah Khomeini, Hezbollah, Nicaragua, Operation El Dorado Canyon, Libya, the 1986 West Berlin bombin
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8th - 11th
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History Crime Scene Investigation: CSI Hamilton Duel At Dawn
Hamilton was so much more than just an amazing play on Broadway.
Want a great way for students to engage in a group activity while they examine eyewitness testimony, artifacts, primary sources, and solve a historical mystery? Download The Hamilton Duel at Dawn CSI!
This exciting activity can be used to challenge individual students or to encourage collaboration in groups of up to five people. Students form CSI teams and examine real evidence from the duel between Vice President Aaron Burr an
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7th - 12th
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George Washington's Presidency Activities | The Federalist Era
Do you want a classroom filled with students engaging in debates, analyzing primary sources, reading informational texts and creating booklets filled with relevant information for your unit on the Federalist Era? Engage your students in learning about George Washington's presidency through a variety of activities, including informational text and corresponding note activities, three debate topics, a booklet on the early challenges of his presidency (paper and digital versions included), a primar
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: The Federalist Era - George Washington and John Adams Unit Bundle
Pilgrims, Puritans, and the 13 Colonies | 4 Activities for Pilgrim Life
In this mini-unit on the Pilgrims, Puritans, and the 13 Colonies, you receive FOUR resources to teach the Puritans, Pilgrims, the Mayflower Compact, and life in New England. ✯ ✯ This resource is included in my 13 Colonies Unit located here! ✯ ✯1.) A Powerpoint: “Who are the Pilgrims and the founding of the Plymouth Colony?” It covers only the essentials and teaches students who this group is, what their situation is in England (and Holland), where they originally wanted to land, and what the d
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5th - 8th
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Amend Six Episode Super-Bundle (Netflix): Movies Guides for All Episodes
Amend: The Fight for America is a groundbreaking 6-part series hosted by Will Smith that explores the evolving, often violent, fight for equal rights through the lens of the US Constitution’s 14th Amendment. This SUPER-BUNDLE includes engaging movie guides for ALL 6 episodes. Each Guide is designed to highlight the episode’s big ideas, prompt rich classroom discussion, and cement student learning. These guides usually sell for $2.49 - by buying them in this bundle you save 50%! Each guide inc
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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CER Claim Evidence Reasoning Activities Posters and Worksheets
Are you trying to implement CER into your science classroom and unsure where to start? These claim, evidence, reasoning materials will walk you through introducing CER to your students using teacher tips pages, ideas for practicing with your students, student reference sheets, scaffolded classroom decor posters, a graphic organizer, and a rubric to assess student writing. Are you looking for more practice writing CER responses? Check out this resource that includes ten student activities. Click
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: CER Claim Evidence and Reasoning Unit
All Thirteen by Christina Soontornvat Google Classroom Novel Guide
All Thirteen by Christina Soontornvat Google Classroom Novel GuideAn Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team | BESTSELLER This resource includes: Learning ObjectivesChapter-by-chapter reading comprehension questionsAnswer KeyVocabulary Activities Text-to-self questionsExtension Resources:- Map- Videos - Cave formations and locations - Documentary This resource is great for: Teaching about non-fiction science textTeaching about problem solvingTeaching social studies Literacy centers
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5th - 8th
World Without Fish by Mark Kurlansky Marine Science Earth Day Lesson
World Without Fish by Mark Kurlansky Marine Science Earth Day Lesson is one of the most popular middle school science books that brings awareness to overfishing, biodiversity and ecosystems, toxins in food chains, human ocean pollution, evolution, adaptation, and extinction of the species. Concepts covered: The theory of natural selectionBiologically and commercially extinct fishBiodiversity & ecosystemOver-fishingHuman ocean pollution Effects of toxins in food chainOcean salinity and temper
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6th - 9th
Thinking Like a Historian Lesson Plan Unit for 8th-10th Grade Social Studies
The amazing resources included with the Thinking Like a Historian Lesson Plan Unit for 8th-10th Grade Social Studies have been successfully used by thousands of students and come completely ready to use for BOTH in-person and digital learning (via Google Apps)! The Thinking Like a Historian Unit lays the foundation for your students to succeed in your social studies class! They'll explore and discuss learning strategies that promote and encourage students to think critically, how to effectively
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8th - 10th
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Also included in: 8th Grade U.S. History YEAR-LONG Curriculum Bundle!! | Google Apps
Bomb The Race To Build And Steal The World's Most Dangerous Weapon Novel Guide
Bomb: The Race To Build And Steal The World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Sheinkin Novel Guide is perfect for teaching about Oppenheimer, WWII, development of nuclear weapons, American history, Manhattan project, European history, the Red Scare, and so much more. This novel unit includes: Benchmarks Background informationPre-reading activities, Chapter comprehension and discussion questions, Essay questions, Vocabulary list, Extension activities, - KLW chart.-Kahoot Quiz This resource is great for:
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7th - 10th
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Lesson Plan
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving is a great introduction to Thanksgiving, particularly for EFL or ESL students who don't know a lot about the holiday. It covers the Thanksgiving football game, the turkey dinner, the theme of gratitude and friendship, even a name-drop of the Mayflower and Miles Standish! Students are led to discuss Thanksgiving traditions, the meaning of Thanksgiving, and key holiday vocabulary. The movie also lends itself to discussing hospitality and being a good guest as Peppermin
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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History's Mysteries Whatever Happened to the Ghost Ship Mary Celeste?
History is full of unsolved mysteries, and who doesn't love a good mystery? This packet is one of a growing collection of engaging inquiry-based learning adventures for your students. In each packet, students will investigate a mystery from history and try to solve the case!This adventure includes activities for integrated learning in history, reading comprehension, writing, and technology. Students will be required to use higher order thinking skills to infer, evaluate, analyze, draw conclusion
Who Said it? Ancient Greek Government Quote Match-Democracy, Oligarchy, Monarchy
This lesson has fun and analysis rigor! What a great way to learn about the legacy of the Greek government! In this activity, students learn about monarchy, oligarchy, tyranny, and democracy through chunked primary and secondary texts.First, students read about monarchy, oligarchy, tyranny, and democracy each in a half-page of the text. While reading students take notes via a graphic organizer. Then, students read a page of quotes and text excerpts about each type of government, recording which
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5th - 8th
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Animal Research Unit - Project Based Learning
In this project-based learning unit, kids focus on animal adaptations and their habitats. Animal RAFT Research Unit is a two-week Language Arts-Science animal research unit that allows students the opportunity to use their research by applying it to one of five different RAFT choices. RAFT is an acronym for Role Audience Format Topic. Students choose a role they want to assume and, based on that role, are given a format and topic for a specific audience. RAFTs are great ways to embed different
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5th - 8th
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MS-LS2-2
, MS-LS2-4
, MS-LS2-1
Ancient History Key Concept GRAPES Activities, Year in Resources, & Worksheets
Start the year off right by introducing key concepts that will be embedded throughout the year! This resource set will both get you started and provide key activity choices that will get students analyzing major concepts. Did you know that all of Instructomania's content is grounded in key concept G.R.A.P.E.S.? That's right! From the introduction all the way to the assessments the key concepts are embedded! Unfamiliar with the acronym G.R.A.P.E.S.? The key concepts or G.R.A.P.E.S for World Hist
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6th - 9th
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End of Year Middle School Newspaper Project
This end of year middle school ELA or Social Studies resource provides students with a fun and engaging project to bring the school year to an end. Providing students with an opportunity to reflect upon and write about their school year (both inside and outside of the classroom) is a sure way to excite them and capture their attention. As students complete this low-prep and interactive project, students will write about their experiences and favorite memories from the school year. The project i
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6th - 8th
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Student Data Binder - SMART Goals, Conference Forms, Reading log and more
Are you looking for a resource that will help your students set goals, track progress and take ownership in their learning? This resource includes over 100 SMART goal setting sheets, data tracking sheets, reading logs and other helpful printables that will make Parent-Teacher Conferences a breeze! Everything you need to bring data binders to your classroom is included. There are multiple options for each subject area, allowing you and your students to create the data binders that work for yo
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3rd - 6th
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MS-LS1-5
, MS-ESS1-4
, 5-ESS2-2
, 4-PS4-2
, MS-ESS2-3
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Tracking Trash Flotsam Jetsam and Science of Ocean Motion Lesson
Tracking Trash Flotsam, Jetsam and Science of Ocean Motion by Loree Griffin Burns Lesson is perfect for teaching about plastic pollution, coriolis effect, ocean currents, the garbage patch, and ocean science. This captivating earth science non-fiction will engage students from grades 6 and up. This file comes in Pdf and Nearpod Format. Nearpod Teacher Access is included on the last page of the file. Nearpod Lesson can be shared on any internet device. Google Classroom Ready. This lesson includes
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6th - 9th
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