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High school social studies posters for Microsoft Word
Reconstruction Amendments Project
Students will create a poster informing formerly enslaved people of their newly gained rights in the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. I have included 15 guiding questions and websites for research. An answer key and rubric are included. Please message me if you have any questions.⭐ Engaging and fun project!⭐ No Textbook Required!⭐ Student-Friendly Websites⭐ Editable Word Document⭐ Explicit Student Directions ⭐ The project requires a poster board or an 8 1/2 X 14 sheet of paper.
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5th - 9th
Also included in: American History Projects (US History Projects)
History Projects-26 total with Detailed Rubrics-Any Area/Grade of History
This is for 26 different project ideas to do with any level/grade and any subject history class. Each project has in depth rubric to go along with the directions. I have done all of these with my students in both Middle and High School and have had great success. I love that they can work for any class and any grade level.
I sell each of these assignments separately in my store, so this is a huge discount versus buying each one individually. Also if you would like to see each item before buyin
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5th - 12th
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WWI Propaganda Poster Activity
For the following activity, students are asked to develop and create a propaganda poster which represents the view of the United States and encourages its citizens to support the war effort.The activity allows students to take what they have learned about WWI propaganda and use that knowledge to create their own piece of WWI propaganda.This activity pairs well with my U.S. History WWI PPT.This activity also comes with a grading rubric which can be adjusted to fit your individual needs.
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7th - 12th
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Wanted Poster Template (Word Doc)
This file is an editable "wanted poster" (word document). This template can be used for a variety of projects. As a Modern World History teacher, I have students create wanted posters for the International Crime Court's most wanted fugitives. This project serves as enrichment after watching "Hotel Rwanda" and reading the United Nation's Declaration of Human Rights. On the "wanted poster," I have students list and summarize the UN Declaration of Human Rights articles that the fugitive violated.NO
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7th - 12th
Erik Erikson Stages of Development Project
According to Erikson, each person must navigate through a series of interrelated stages in their life cycle. The key idea in Erikson's theory is that every individual will face a conflict at each stage, which may or may not be successfully resolved.
In this project, students will be researching one of Erik Erikson’s Stages of Development and creating a poster. Upon completion of this project, students will give a presentation on your stage.
Included is an instruction handout and grading sheet
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7th - 12th
US History End of Year Museum Project
This product gives guidelines for students to create their own museum floor plan as an end of the year project for US History. It instructs students to create 10 exhibits, one from each of 10 eras in US History, to represent their learning through out the year. The floor plan and pictures are to be done on a poster. Students will also create a booklet guide to accompany their visitors throughout their museum. This guide will include a description of each exhibit as well as an explanation for eac
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7th - 9th
World War One Technology and Weapons Project
This is a two-day project intended to emphasize the new weapons and technology that were introduced during World War One. The project requires students to create a poster of a new type of weapon introduced during the war and give details related to how that weapon was used and the exact models used. Specific requirements of the project include:
-Choosing one type of weapon to present (small arms [machine guns, grenades, flamethrowers, etc...], tanks, poison gasses, airships/planes, or artille
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7th - 12th
The Water Cycle Worksheet and Answers
This activity works well when projected onto a whiteboard and writing in the answers together with the class while discussing the purpose of each part of the Water Cycle. Answer sheet is included.
Activity can also be used for assessment of knowledge of the Water Cycle.
Answers sheet can be printed out and used as a poster for the classroom.
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Paleolithic Era vs. Neolithic Era Project
This assignment gives you all you need in order to give your students a project comparing/contrasting people of the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras. I have used the resources as follows:1. Use the info reading article to introduce (or review) information from these eras, and complete article questions.2. Using the reading and prior knowledge, have students fill out the comparison chart (be brief, key included) – this will be the key part of the info gathering for the project!3. Follow the checkl
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5th - 10th
Industrial Era and Gilded Age Project (Robber Barons or Captains of Industry)
A social studies project where students will research and investigate various entrepreneurs from the Industrial Era or Gilded Age to determine whether they were Robber Barons or Captains of Industry. Through this student centered project, students will practice research skills and then using that information to make their own determination of an essential question, "Were the biggest entrepreneurs of the late 19th and early 20th century robber barons or captains of industry?" Students will work
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6th - 12th
How to Tackle the CRQ
This is a basic breakdown of what the CRQ portion of the NYS Global Exam asks. It can be used as a permanent piece in student's notebook to refer to throughout the year or it can be blown up to hang on the wall of the classroom. The chart includes "stem sentences" to help students answer each part of the CRQ.
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: NYS Global I Review
American Revolution Propaganda Poster Project
This project is designed to go with the events/causes leading up to the American Revolution. Along with the directions is a rubric I designed that was formed for this project. The students are to design a creative propaganda poster depicting one of the key events/causes of the American Revolution to try and persuade an audience of what occurred. Use your knowledge of propaganda during the Revolution to assist you in explaining this to the students.
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5th - 11th
WWI American Homefront Gallery Walk
Using dozens of visuals to understand life on the American homefront during WWI, students will discover how society, politics, and the economy were changed during a time of war.
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7th - 11th
Create a Historical Movie Trailer Project
See how project based learning and 21st century skills can transform your classroom and make history come alive with this seller. Students use creativity and innovation to create their own movie script, poster, and trailer. Each of these could be used an individual assignments. Students are asked to research an event in contemporary History and create a movie trailer for the event. Students are the actors and create the storyline based off historical facts. Five different grading rubrics and
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7th - 12th
Progressive Era Reform Charts
This activity is designed for students to both learn and teach about Progressive Era Reforms in the United States. For the first part, students are typically assigned one Progressive Reform. They research it (we use an old text section as a starting point, but there are plenty of online resources available as well), and then create a mini-poster on an 8.5"x11" piece of paper outlining the information about their assigned reform, and then they draw a picture that represents the reform and/or th
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11th
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Criminal and Civil Law Poster Project (Government)
A great was to utilize group work in preparation for an essay writing assignment, unit assessment or informal assessment for Criminal and Civil Law studies. Students represent our justice system through visual aids describing lawsuits, the process of bringing a lawsuit, our criminal justice system, penal codes, sentencing and more! Great to combine with a venn diagram x2 for easy comparing and contrasting.This product is also sold as part of the Government: Individual Rights, Law and the Inte
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: U.S. Government & Civics Best Sellers Bundle
Supply and Demand Poster Group Project
I use this lesson as a summative authentic assessment for the Economic concepts of the Laws of Supply and Demand, Supply and Demand Curves, and Market Price (Equilibrium).
I divide my students into groups of 3-4 and have them create their own unique soda, product slogan, and graph the given supply and demand schedules to find the Market Price for their new soda.
This lesson requires poster paper, markers/colored pencils, and rulers and will take about an hour to complete.
This lesson inclu
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9th - 12th
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Greek Mythology Group Poster Project and Oral Presentation
There are so many Greek gods, goddessess, heros, and monsters. Rather than memorize them all — and then promptly forget them — I would rather students become experts in one, and share their knowledge with their peers. This assignment has students delve deeply into one of forty-five ancient Greek mythological figures and then present their findings to the class by way of a poster and oral presentation.Students, working in groups, will be assigned by Zeus himself, from up on high on Mount Olymp
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7th - 9th
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History of Medicine - Timeline Project
This timeline project can be done as a poster, ppt, or interactive timeline.Rubric and Topic Ideas included.Objective: Describe the early days of medicine, discuss various countries contributions to ancient medicine, and explain modern day technology.Directions: You and a partner will be assigned a specific time period during the early days of medicine to research. You will also be given a physician/scientist to research. This information will be used to create a timeline.
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9th - 12th
Absolute Monarchies in Europe project
Student groups are assigned one of the major European ruling families of the 16th-8th centuries (Hapsburg, Bourbon, Hohenzollern, Romanov, and Stuart) and must complete a poster project and class presentation. Groups will present information to the class and teach the class about their assigned dynasty. Charts for class to complete during presentation are included. A grading rubric is also included.
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6th - 12th
The Story Of Stuff Short Documentary Activity
If you are not familiar with the short animated video The Story Of Stuff, I am glad you chose this activity, you will not be disappointed. The Story Of Stuff first aired in 2007 and launched an honest conversation about our consumer driven culture. The message is simple - “ We have a problem with stuff: we have too much of it, much of it is toxic, and we don’t share it very well. But that's not the way things have to be.” I use this activity on the second day of school in my APES classes. S
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9th - 12th
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Epic Timeline of American History Around The Classroom
Take a walk through American history from 1869 to the present as you take a walk around your classroom. This printer-friendly document features 100 iconic events in America’s social, political and economic history. When printed on 8 ½” x 11” paper or card stock, the timeline stretches over 70 feet (approximately 3 walls in an average classroom). It's art for your walls, it's a great learning reference tool for you and your kids and it's an instant conversation starter with parents and colleagu
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Depth and Complexity Icons for desk
This can be placed on student's desks or in a folder where they can access them quickly. This is an easy way for students to remember what each icon means during class discussions.
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3rd - 12th
Types of Government Project
Group project that compares the different types of government in a fun Shark Tank method
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7th - 12th
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