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Women's History Month close reading simulations for ESL-EFL-ELL
Pioneer Unit / Oregon Trail Game
Do you love the game Oregon Trail? This unit includes a whole class version of the game!
This is a Problem Based Learning Unit all about the pioneers of our great nation. I created this unit for my second graders, but you could use it for older children too. This unit is very detailed. It integrates ELA skills, social studies, history, and provides the opportunity for creativity as well as FUN!
The children get to "go along" in the journey. This unit has three parts. Check out the Preview Fil
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2nd - 5th
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Figurative Language Writing & Analysis Classroom Cafe Project
EVERYTHING you need for the most engaging and interactive way to practice, teach, or review writing or analysizing figurative language! This resource encourages learners to think outside the box as they create their own restaurant menus using figuative language such as metaphors, similies and imagery. Perfect for nearly any grade, ability level and English learners. These PDF printables and google slides transform your classroom as students pour over the creation of personalized restaurant me
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Not Grade Specific
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The Great Gatsby: Chapter 8 & 9 - Gatsby's Funeral & Close Reading {EDITABLE}
If you're teaching The Great Gatsby, you might need a few extra ideas to get you through chapters 8 and 9. How about some small group close reading and throwing a funeral for Gatsby? This product includes a wide variety of lessons to help students through close reading and literary analysis, including a writing project where students compose either an elegy or eulogy for Gatsby. These lessons and activities are COMPLETELY EDITABLE on Google Drive and can be used to supplement your current plan
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: The Great Gatsby: Activity, Lesson & Assessment Bundle
Dust Bowl Mystery: Inquiry-Based Intro. to Great Depression!
The Great Depression and The Dust Bowl have fascinated kids and adults for years. Use this mystery to harness that fascination and engage students in an inquiry-based investigation that they will remember all year long!This lesson is SO FUN when used as an introduction to a unit about The Great Depression. I let them try to solve the mystery first and THEN tell them that our next unit will be about The Great Depression. It's the perfect way to get them asking questions and build genuine curiosit
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4th - 8th
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Amelia Earhart Disappearance Activity CSI Mystery of Women's History Analysis
Make learning about Amelia Earhart, a high flying figure in Women's history and a STEM role model, engaging and educational with this investigation activity! Your students will try to crack the mystery of Amelia Earhart's tragic disappearance through a crime scene investigation case file activity that encourages historical and creative thinking. This resource makes history come to life!A visually engaging case file with comprehensive background readings on Amelia Earhart, her final flight, and
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6th - 10th
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The Most Dangerous Game Mock Trial
After being hunted for three days by General Zaroff, Sanger Rainsford is now on trial and being charged for Zaroff's murder. Was Rainsford truly acting in self-defense, or did he willfully and intentionally kill General Zaroff and feed him to his hounds? Your students will RAVE about this mock trial based on Connell's short story "The Most Dangerous Game"! What better way to get students to practice literary analysis, argument development, and speaking and listening skills than with a mock trial
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Women's Suffrage Movement: Susan B. Anthony Trial Scavenger Hunt Activity
Your students will walk in the shoes of Elizabeth Cady Stanton as they learn about the Women's Suffrage movement and the trial of Susan B. Anthony. This scavenger hunt uses primary sources! What better way to learn about the past than to analyze historical photos and documents. Your students will use close reading skills, decoding, and teamwork to complete 7 different tasks with clues. This resource is similar to an escape room, but allows for more flexibility as it can span over the course of t
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Women's Suffrage Bundle: Activities, Reading Passages, Analysis, Lecture
Ordering in a Restaurant ROLE PLAYS for Adult ESL
Ordering in a Restaurant is the perfect role-play resource tool to help your adult ESL students navigate American restaurant English with confidence.Do your students find themselves reduced to pointing at items on a menu and struggling to respond to the server's questions? With this, you can empower your students to politely request their favorite dishes in restaurant English. (It's the difference between "May I have the pasta" and "I'll have the pasta.")The included role-play scripts are carefu
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10th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Role Plays for Adult ESL bundle 1
"Hogwarts mystery" game (Harry Potter Interactive PowerPoint quiz & quest)
An unusual adventure in search of a philosopher's stone beginning in platform 3/4 guiding you through Hogwarts secret chambers hand in hand with well-known characters. 44 PowerPoint slides with sound and animation effects fully emerging you in Harry Potter's universe. On every slide, there is a ready-made question connected to a book, film or its author. Enjoy a 45-60 minute magical journey with your students! ! IMPORTANT ! 1) As this presentation is a 44-paged PowerPoint with each slide fully
Grades:
K - 12th
Populism Game
This game allows students to take on the role of a farmer during the late 1800's in the United States to understand the difficulties they faced. Students will be able to connect their learning to the Populist Movement and how farmers were able to impact government policy and the election of 1896. After the game students will listen and take notes over a brief powerpoint that discusses the topics of:Overproduction of farmersCreation and purpose of the National GrangeInterstate Commerce Act of 1
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6th - 12th
Frida Kahlo: La Casa Azul Virtual Field Trip
Take your students on a virtual field trip to learn about Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo. A great addition to your Women's History Month learning, your students will deepen their understanding of her life, artistic works, and contributions through this tour of her home and studio, La Casa Azul. This trip combines Google Earth™ 360° views, websites, informational text, video, and visuals, with everything set up in Google Slides and ready to go!This virtual field trip covers::: Who was Frida Kahlo?::
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5th - 7th
Also included in: Latin America Virtual Field Trip Bundle (Google Earth Exploration)
Mock Election and Voting Simulation Unit
Let’s Get Out and Vote! This election simulation takes students from registering with paper applications or online, to researching the candidates, making campaign signs, voting in a mock election paper-based or online; you decide! Students collect the votes in a graph to decided who the winnign candidate is. Its a fun way to teach civil responsibility and learn about the election process. This unit is organized to be completed in 4-5 days. It has a plan at the beginning of each day along with
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3rd - 8th
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The Great Gatsby REVERSE Escape Room! Break IN to a New Unit with QR Codes!
Imagine a class Escape Room in REVERSE. Where student teams compete to break IN to a new unit of study, teaching themselves by solving asynchronous BYOD puzzles in a race against their peers and the clock.
Interested?
I've had a ton of fun designing and implementing themed escape rooms in my HS classes, but for as AMAZING as class escape rooms and tools like Breakout EDU can be (for real, they're fantastic!) -- I've found the traditional escape room to be somewhat limited when it comes to its
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9th - 12th
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Immigration Simulation Game in Spanish / Juego de inmigración
This product is a fun, hands-on way for students to learn about push and pull immigration factors. Colored candies (not included) represent different groups of people. This game is set up to be played in groups of six but can be modified for smaller groups. Each student represents an imaginary country and as students go through the event cards their population is affected by events listed and they lose or gain their candy population. Students record their population at the beginning of the g
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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IELTS Speaking Preparation Bundle (20 lessons)
Effectively prepare your student(s) for speaking clearly, confidently, and fluently during the speaking portion (Parts 2 & 3) of the IELTS exam! Each of the 20 lessons in this bundle focus on one specific topic students may be tasked with speaking about. Students are first provided with an in-depth lesson which gives them the tools necessary to speak about virtually any aspect of the topic at hand. Once prepared, students participate in a simulation of the actual exam by providing the infor
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Not Grade Specific
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Dealing with Murder Series: 2 Cases - Fatal Error and Dead & Breakfast
NOTE: While generally similar in process to the Unsolved Crimes cases, the Dealing with Murder cases have one significant difference. Rather than being given all of the case information at once, the information in the Dealing with Murder cases is provided in four sections in an effort to be more realistic and better represent the process of an actual investigation.
The Dealing with Murder cases merge science and literacy as students are required to be critical and active readers as they conduc
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7th - 12th
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To Kill a Mockingbird Escape Room: Escape from Bob Ewell (Breakout EDU)
Can you break the locks and make it safely back to Atticus Finch before Bob Ewell tracks you down to extract his revenge? Drive student engagement through the roof with this comprehensive Escape Room simulation in a race against the clock as students use knowledge of the plot, characters, setting, and events of To Kill a Mockingbird -- arguably one of the most beloved novels in all of American literature!
This Escape Room is designed to test your students’ knowledge of To Kill a Mockingbird in
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9th - 12th
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The Crucible Introductory Activity: Salem Cold Case Mystery Activity
Perfect for introducing The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, this three-day activity is the Salem Witch Hunt edition to the popular Cold Case File game. It encourages collaboration, critical thinking, and inference skills. This introduction activity puts your students in the shoes of Arthur Miller when creating the drama The Crucible based on this mark on America's History. This innovative lesson puts students in the driver's seat of their learning. They will analyze 14 pieces of historically accurat
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Who's the robber? (Speaking games)
With this Speaking activity students will practise different topics and structures.CONTEXT:Each student has a role-play card and one of them is the robber. They have to ask and answer questions to their partners using the structures below to catch the thief. TOPIC 1: Hobbies / Likes and dislikes- What's your name? / - My name is...- Do you like...? / - Yes, I do / No, I don'tHobbies included: playing computer games, writing e-mails, rollerblading, listening to music, playing basketball.(There ar
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3rd - 6th
Crime Scene Investigation Reports Bundle Worksheets - True Crime - For Any Text
Unlock the door to real-world learning experiences with this Crime Scene Reports Bundle! It's the secret ingredient you've been missing for immersive learning that brings text and characters to life. This resource is perfect for inferencing skills, mock trials, pretend investigations, or any scenario where your students can put their critical thinking and creativity to the test.Included are three versatile templates in PRINT and DIGITAL:✅ Police/Incident Report: Dive deep into the world of law e
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7th - 10th
Autism Social Skill CBI Eating At A Buffet Line Restaurant SPED/OHI/ODD/ELL
CBI (Community Based Instruction). Now available for more than 50% off in my "BUNDLED Transition Age Students' Social Skills" I'm Growing Up - Eating at a Buffet Line Restaurant! Social Story for Special Education Students with Autism/PDD/IOHI/ntellectual Disability. This social skill is for transition age students as it includes the steps for asking for help both at school and work. Fully editable! All photos (and or clipart) are public domain. 16 pages in powerpoint form. Please download the p
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
Escape The Room Where it Happens: Hamilton Escape Room (Breakout EDU)
Can you rewind time and save Alexander Hamilton from his fateful Weekhawken duel? Do not throw away your shot! Drive student engagement through the roof with this comprehensive Escape Room simulation in a race against the clock as students use knowledge of the plot, characters, poetic techniques, and events of Broadway's hip hop juggernaut, Hamilton: An American Musical.
This Escape Room is designed to test your students’ knowledge of Hamilton in a high-energy end-of-unit collaborative activity
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9th - 12th
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Coal Mining Simulation
This simulation is about coal mining, but does so much more than just having students take the chocolate chips out of a cookie!
Students have the opportunity to:
1. Build background knowledge of coal mining
2. Create a coal mining company and work with financial decisions
3. Go coal mining (yes, with chocolate chip cookies!), but coal companies will have events occur to them during and after the simulation (when they sell their coal)
4. Learn about strip/surface mining and reflect
5. Listen to a
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4th - 7th
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Reader's Theater: Honoring the Heroes of September 11th
Students will actively engage in dialogue that will increase their awareness of the events surrounding September 11th through a kid sensitive script based on a true story focusing on the human spirit. Stitches of Love tells the sweet story of the power of healing provided through a rescued flag from Ground Zero and the journey it made around our country to its final resting place in the 9/11 Memorial. By providing 16 individual parts, more students will have a chance to practice fluency, use th
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3rd - 6th
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