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6th grade social studies assessments for Easel
Ancient Greece Activities, Worksheets, & Handouts Includes Google Driveâ„¢ Link
A link to Google Slidesâ„¢ is included within the PDF For google Classrooms and distance learning. Ancient Greece {Activities, Worksheets, & Handouts} 22 pages for a packet!Answer Key included! What's Included:-Packet Cover-An Introduction to Ancient Greece-Greek City-States Reading Passage & Questions-The Greek City States Cloze Reading Activity-Athens Democracy Cloze Reading Activity-Getting to Know Greek Geography-Athens vs Sparta Reading Passage & Venn Diagram-Athens Vs. Sparta Bro
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Map Skills Package
This package contains a variety of handouts, worksheets, a lesson idea, and an activity to help teach students map skills such as scale, cardinal and intermediate directions, types of maps (planimetric, thematic, topographic), and basic map elements (legend, title etc.)
Contents
Welcome
Teaching Guide (3 pages)
Latitude, Longitude, and Directions: The Orange Lesson
Latitude Labeling Worksheet Option 1 (label)
Latitude Labeling Worksheet Option 2 (trace)
Cardinal and Intermediate Directions Han
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Also included in:Â Map Skills Bundle: activities, worksheets, crafts, posters + more
World Map: World Map Quiz (Test) and Map Worksheet | 7 Continents and 5 Oceans
Map of the World Test: Easy-to-read World Map Quiz requires students to locate 7 Continents and 5 Oceans. This resource also includes a world map printable for kids to practice learning the map of the world. Students must label continents and oceans: 7 Continents (Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Australia & Europe) and 5 Oceans (Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic & Southern). This is an ideal continents and oceans activities for 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th
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2nd - 6th
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Imperialism to WWI Mapping Activity Informational Reading Events Leading to War
Teaching how Imperialism led to WW1? Want an engaging lesson on Imperialism that will allow students to practice mapping skills? This resource will be the one that sets a great foundation for your Imperialism to WWI Unit!Imperialism to WWI Mapping Activity is a great resource for introducing the WWI era as students map the imperialism that spread from Europe and beyond to create the conflicts and chaos leading to the great war.This mapping and information gathering activity will help students un
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6th - 11th, Higher Education
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Roaring 20s: Primary Sources, Close Reads, Analyzing Political Cartoons
Students will read about the people and changes in popular culture during the 1920s while practicing their close reads and analytical thinking skills. Brief summaries about the legends in art, literature, and science are a part of the reading featuring, Lindbergh, Earhart, Picasso, Hemingway, Einstein, and more! There are directions on how to analyze a political cartoon and opportunity to practice on a cartoon about Women's Suffrage. Students will make connections from our growth in popular cul
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Roaring 20s Bundle: 3 Products
Acts and Taxes: Stamp Act, Tea Act, Coercive Act, Proclamation of 1763 and More!
Students will read and answer text dependent question about the Acts and Taxes King George III imposed on the Thirteen Colonies. The Stamp Act, Tea Act, Proclamation of 1763, Quartering Act, Townshend Acts, Coercive Acts, Committee of Correspondence, Boston Massacre, and Boston Tea Party are also included. Close Reads, Highlighting, underlining, text dependent questions, fun activities and a quiz will keep your students busy and engaged!
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3rd - 8th
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Learning from The Lorax Conservation Mini Course CCSS Grades 3-6 Print and Go
Introducing the Lorax Conservation Mini Course: Celebrate Earth Day and Arbor Day with a learning experience that combines reading, writing, art, vocabulary, and economics. This comprehensive mini course is designed to inspire students to think critically about environmental conservation.Key Features:Comprehension Guide: A two-page guide helps students explore the world of "The Lorax" and its themes.Resource Identification Activity: Students categorize resources (capital, human, natural) to rein
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
NGSS:
K-ESS3-3
Landforms and Bodies of Water Posters Geography Skills Vocabulary Worksheet
Give your landforms and bodies of water unit a visual boost with this set of illustrated examples! Students will get to SEE what each landform or water body looks like and better understand their features.WHAT YOU WILL GETThis resource contains 24 visuals plus a digital assessment. Each page includes an illustration of the landform or body of water along with the title and definition. Includes:archipelagobaybeachbuttecanalcanyoncavecliffdeltaduneglacierhillislandisthmuslakemesamountainoceanpenin
Grades:
4th - 7th
Also included in:Â Geography Landforms & Bodies of Water Types of Maps Map Elements Posters
Student Self Assessment Rubric Poster Presentation Social Studies Science Math
You will download poster presentation rubric packet including a student self assessment rubric and a teacher version for creating a poster in social studies, science, math, art, and more. The first poster rubric may be used by the teacher to assess the students' skills in use of time, pictures/graphics, required elements, readability/attractiveness, and grammar/mechanics. The assessment is on a four point scale. The second assessment is the student version of the first assessment and uses "I
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in:Â Student Self Assessment Rubric Social Studies Poster Summarizing Lit Circles
50 States and Capitals Worksheets | Print & Digital Resource
Help your students learn the 50 States and Capitals by region by matching states and capitals, unscrambling, and creating map worksheets. The 50 United States and Capitals Map Activities are print and go easy to use. Update: Digital version is now included! 7/22Click Here to View The United States and Capitals Geography Review Activities and Assessment Bundle (Save 40% when you buy as a bundle)Product includes:Northeast Region Matching States and CapitalsNortheast Region Unscramble States and Ca
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Also included in:Â 50 States and Capitals Bundle Map Print & Digital Resource 50% OFF
Age of Exploration Document Based Question Activity DBQ Writing Lesson
Review the Age of Exploration with this ready-to-go document analysis and DBQ writing prompt. Students can work in small groups to complete the analysis and categorization guide and then transition to individual work to complete the writing prompt. Topics covered include:Changes in Africa, Asia, Americas and EuropeColumbian ExchangeConquests in AmericaEuropean Rewards/Goals for ExplorationSlavery and Slave TransportStudent handouts are included with an analysis guide and a writing prompt page fo
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6th - 12th
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Blood on the River Novel Test - Printable & Digital
Need a rigorous way to assess your novel study? This end-of-book test (part of my bestselling Blood on the River Novel Unit) covers comprehension and reading skills in Elisa Carbone's Jamestown novel, Blood on the River. It contains eight vocabulary matching questions, 22 multiple-choice story questions, and a paragraph response about how Samuel (the narrator) changes throughout the novel.Concepts covered include:VocabularyPlotCharacterConflictSettingThemeCause and effectInferenceand more!This r
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Blood on the River Novel Study Bundle - Printable & Digital
Oil in the Middle East Response Group Activity - Geography
In this response group activity, students learn about the benefits and costs of the Oil in the Middle East. A number of implementation ideas are provided along with the 23 page set to allow students to investigate 5 topics.Content Topics CoveredGeography of the Middle EastThe Processing of OilThe Human ImpactThe Export BusinessWorld ConnectionsAbout this ResourceAll materials are provided and include reading cards for each center, primary sources such as images, charts, and graphs to analyze, a
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Modern World History Interactive Lessons Bundle Walking Tours & More
Mummification and the Afterlife - Ancient Egypt - Print and Digital
Students LOVE studying the fascinating details of Ancient Egypt including the Pyramids of Giza, the Afterlife, mummification, and sarcophaguses. This resource takes the most interesting topics and makes them even more interesting! Starting with a vocabulary unit and progressing all the way to a hands-on mummification activity, this set of lessons is bound to catch your students’ attention and make them want more! Use all of these activities, or just a few. Teach it all in one class session, or b
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Famous Explorers of the Age of Exploration Newcasts Activity
Looking for a fun and engaging Explorers from the Age of Exploration lesson?Let your students become the center of attention as they create and perform newscasts on the famous explorers of the Age of Exploration! This activity allows students to review basic facts about the key explorers of the Age of Exploration and to create Newscasts that they report to the class. Resource Includes8 Explorer Reading CardsStudent Research GuideStudent Activity OrganizerTeaching SuggestionsExplorers CoveredVas
Grades:
5th - 11th
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Mythology PowerPoint - What Everyone Should Know From A-Z with Easel Assessment
Mythology PowerPoint - What Everyone Should Know From A-Z PowerPoint and Easel Assessment. Slides on what is a myth, classical mythology, and the main characters and myths of Greek and Roman mythology. Photos of statues and ruins, coins and ancient art, as well as interesting facts about the gods, goddesses, and heroes of ancient Greece. Build background knowledge before starting any mythology unit. 69 informational slides, 50 question/answer slides, and 25 Easel Assessment pages.Includes inform
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Civil War: Sectional Differences in North and South
This product provides reading material with text dependent questions about the sectional differences between the North and South prior to the Civil War. It includes population, transportation, and economy. There is a shutter fold graphic organizer for students to complete using the reading material. Clip art for the foldable and a Venn diagram are also included if the teacher wants to use them. A 15 question assessment is also provided.
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Also included in:Â Civil War Bundle
Kingdom of Kush
Students will read about the Kush civilization and their political, cultural, and commercial relationship with Egypt. They will do close reads and answer text dependent questions. There is a compare and contrast activity that is provided in differentiated formats. One gives a word bank students can use to complete the Venn diagram. The other does not provide a word bank, and it asks a constructed response question in addition to the compare and contrast activity.
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Ancient Egypt Bundle
States and Capitals Quizzes
States and Capitals Quizzes- Quizzes are divided by the 5 regionschoose to test states OR states and capitalsstates and capitals tests includes a word bank of the capital cities or choose test without capital cities word banktests build upon each other; for example, quiz one is northeast region. Quiz 2 is southeast region OR choose northeast AND southeast region quiz. This continues until the 50 states quiz at the end.answer sheets and answers included for all quizzes 3 US maps6 US region maps
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5th - 10th
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New Deal Great Depression Primary Source Analysis
This New Deal Great Depression Primary Source Analysis will help you address the key content from the era while students practice the skill of analysis. This 2-page handout provides an assortment of quotes and images for students to analyze with guiding questions for a better understanding of the New Deal for the Great Depression. Includes a wrap-up question in which students make comparisons to our modern cultural changes.Answers will vary, so no key provided! All images and other primary sourc
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Compare and Contrast Life as a Slave: Plantation, Farm, Town
Students will read and answer text dependent questions on Life as a Slave on large plantations, smaller farms, and in towns and cities. There are two activities that have students compare and contrast a slaves life depending on where they lived and worked.
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4th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Civil War Bundle
Geography's Effect on Early Settlement in Early Civilizations Activity & Writing
Teaching about the Early Settlement of Ancient Civilizations?
Want to address the impact of Geography on Settlement?
This Geography's Effect on Early Settlement Activity is what you need!
Introduce students to the geographic features in early settlement with this Big Paper Activity and Writing Prompt. As students analyze images with guiding questions, they prepare for a writing activity that will help them better understand the settlement of the early civilizations.
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6 Image Cards
Grades:
6th - 11th
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Medieval West Africa - "The Story of Sundiata" - Article, Power Point, Assess.
The illustrated Article and Power Point, "The Story of Sundiata" is an engaging story of the life-altering journey a disabled boy, named Sundiata, undertakes to become a great warrior and eventual ruler of the Empire of Mali. The story, "The Lion King" has many parallels to this story. Ideal for Venn Diagram, T Square, and/or discussion groups. The Story of Sundiata makes a perfect cross-curriculum and/or extension lesson. Great for a discussion centered on whether a griot is a storyteller or
Grades:
5th - 9th
Comparing and Contrasting Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt
Students will read, highlight and answer text based questions about the similarities and differences between the social, political, and religious structures of Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt. There are three activities included to use as review or assessments. A complete the pyramid for each civilization's social structure. A Venn Diagram they can complete by doing close reads and comparing and contrasting. And a fill in the blank quiz based on the text.
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Ancient Egypt Bundle
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