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8th grade social studies graphic organizer interactive whiteboards
Major Battles of The War of 1812 - Interactive Battle Map
This interactive PowerPoint lesson is centered on a "clickable" interactive map that allows teachers and students a lot of flexibility as to how they choose to explore The War of 1812. The 9-slide ppt. file contains a slide vital information for each of eight major battles of the War of 1812. A graphic organizer worksheet is also provided so students can follow along and the teacher can check for understanding. (CA Standard 8.5) 9 slides total, plus a 2-page worksheet/notetaking guide. What
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8th - 12th
Ancient Egypt Achievements and Inventions
This is a whole class lesson, or if your students are familiar with the Frayer Models (printed out) then they could do this in small groups. They have the inventions or achievements of ancient Egypt and Frayer Models to go with each one. This is a great way to introduce new ideas and information and get the students talking about the new topics.
Grades:
5th - 9th
The 4 C's Pack
The 4 C's Pack has it all! Teachers can project the slideshow as students follow along with their own graphic organizers. Or use the interactive slideshow as a whole group. Teachers type right into the text fields as students call out responses. Teachers can then print the final product, so all students have a copy. Or students can download to their own device, complete the routine, and submit electronically. There are four versions of the graphic organizer, so choose which works best for your
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Pastel Painted Shiplap Welcome Agenda / Bellringer Daily Slides
*Fantastic for Digital Learning Assignments & Schedules* This colorful farmhouse-inspired welcome slides template will keep your classroom looking lovely, even on the busiest days! Designed to be used as Bellringer/Welcome/Homework/Schedule/Agenda slides, the versatility and editable elements can help keep your students (and yourself!) organized. These easy-to-use templates can add order to beginning, middle, or end of every class! No more scrambling to tell your students what to do! Incorpo
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education
Double Feature: Portraits, Comparing/Contrasting Renaissance and Baroque Art
Engage your students with art, history, writing, and critical thinking with the Double Feature series! Each Feature compares two masterworks with similar subject matter on a Venn diagram. By examining the visual differences and background information, students gain deeper insight into great works of art. Forget boring worksheets and textbooks, and ask students to really look, to notice details, and to organize and differentiate those details. My students' favorite part was the physical poll,
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5th - 8th
Cribbs - Latin American Geography, Physical Features
SS6G1a. This lesson highlights the major physical features of Central America, South America and the Caribbean. It includes a handout and slides for quizzing locations. It works very well with a SmartBoard and can be used for introducing the geography, quiz games and review.
Grades:
4th - 10th
Asian Economies - Presentation, Graphic Organizer, Summarizers
SS7E8. This lesson describes how Asia's major economies answer the basic economic questions. It also uses current events like China's toy recall and "gold farming" in World of Warcraft to make the concepts relevant to students. The product contains a presentation, graphic organizer, and several writing prompts that serve as summarizers. Enjoy!
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4th - 8th
SS8H10: Modern Georgia
This zip file contains a Smart Notebook, Cloze Notes, and a Sort and Label Assessment over Georgia Performance Standard SS8H10:The student will evaluate key post-World War II developments of Georgia from 1945 to 1970.a.Analyze the impact of the transformation of agriculture on Georgia’s growth.b.Explain how the development of Atlanta, including the roles of mayors William B. Hartsfield and Ivan Allen, Jr., and major league sports, contributed to the growth of Georgia.c.Discuss the impact of Elli
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8th
The Great Wall of China - ActivInspire Flipchart
The Great Wall of China: Building an Empire
The high-interest content in this history book includes stunning photographs and online text features such as search engine results. The second half of the book is a series of e-mails from a student researching the Great Wall of China. Developed to CCSS. Companion printable leveled reader available at TpT.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
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5th - 8th
African Governments - Presentation, Graphic Organizer, Summarizer
SS7CG2. This lesson describes the governments of three different countries in Africa distinguishing between Parliamentary and Presidential Democracies. It contains a PowerPoint presentation, double sided handout with graphic organizers and a summarizing activity. Enjoy!
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4th - 8th
SMART Board Unit for Ancient Greece
This unit covers the founding of Ancient Greece, the Governments of Sparta and Athens, and Greek society and economy. I have also created a 7 wonders of Ancient Greece information and video segment. It includes videos for each of the 7 wonders along with information and pictures. There are interactive slides, graphic organizers, charts, links to the internet, and much more. This unit includes everything you need for a unit on Ancient Greece.
Grades:
8th - 10th
Jackson Era Summary
Includes:
• 19 Slide PowerPoint
• 2 page Cloze Activity for the students to follow along while working on the PowerPoint “or” 2 completed pages that can be used as review
• 10 question quiz
• 1 Graphic Organizer (3-2-1 Summary)
Jackson Notes Included:
• Background
• Presidency
• Election of 1824
• Election of 1828
• Sectionalism
• Common Man
• Spoils System
• Bank War
• States’ Rights
• Tariff of Abominations
• Webster-Hayne Debate
• Nullification Crisis
• Indian Removal Act
• Worcester v. Geor
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6th - 12th
Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci's Works, Brunelleschi's Dome
This is a unit centered around an essential period of world history known as The Renaissance. It includes key vocabulary which is woven throughout different texts in order to provide students with increased exposure. It includes meaningful lessons and activities to engage students in the learning process. This unit is designed for English Language Learners but may be used in other contexts. It is aligned with WIDA standards and especially focuses on the Language for Social Studies. I hope that y
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4th - 12th
Aspects of Culture Graphic Organizer for SMART Board
Graphic organizer for teaching the 13 aspects of Culture Graphic Organizer. This download includes:- Student notes page- Key- SMART Notebook file of graphic organizerFollow my store for updates, sales, and new downloads by clicking follow at the top of the page.Please take a moment to leave me feedback after downloading this product. Remember - when you rate and comment on an item, you earn TPT credit, which is good for future purchases. Thank you and happy teaching!!!
Grades:
6th - 12th
Spanish Armada SMART Board File and Student Notes with Key
The SMART Board file allows you to do a simulation of the Spanish Armada. Tabs can be pulled out from the side that has information for students to copy down in their graphic organizer. Boats can be moved around the board. Key for the graphic organizer included.
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Compare and Contrast American Symbols
This graphic organizer will help students compare and contrast two American Symbols in a way that encourages them to write complete sentences. There is space below the "How are they different" boxes to illustrate.
Differentiation - Give students sentence starters/examples to help them form their own sentences.
Most useful during the American Symbols theme unit.
Grades:
K - 12th
Hinduism-Buddhism Venn Diagram - Promethean Flipchart (container game)
This 1-page Promethean flipchart is a Venn diagram that compares the two Asian religions - Hinduism and Buddhism. This graphic organizer is a container game, meaning that students can drag characteristics of the religions to the correct area of the Venn diagram. Incorrect answers will be "kicked back".
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6th - 12th
Cribbs - Latin American Geography, Countries - Presentation, Handout
SS6G1b. This lesson describes the location of Latin American countries. The countries highlighted are those of the Georgia State Standards for 6th grade. Included is a handout, as well as slides to quiz students on these countries' locations. The lesson works very well with a SmartBoard or MimioBoard. Great for introducing the geography, class activity or game, or review.
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4th - 10th
WWI Brainstorm with SMART Board file and key (World War I)
As a brainstorm, students use textbooks to find basic background information about WWI including: years fought, members of the various alliances (Triple Alliance, Triple Entente, Central Powers, and Allied Powers), event that started WWI, and location of the fighting (continent-specific). There is also a place for students to write down their questions. Key included. Can be done independently or in cooperative groups. Activity can also be done after notes as a follow-up for key information.
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Grades:
6th - 12th
French Revolution 3 Estates General SMART Board Graphic Organizer with Key
SMART Board file in which students can drag information for each Estate and place into the correct place. Breaks down the composition of each Estate including: who belongs, land ownership, taxes, and population. Key included! Great way to review. Includes student notes sheet for them to copy down the information - key included!
If you don't have a SMART Board, you can buy the PDF file with just the student notes page and key: French Revolution 3 Estates General Graphic Organizer #2 with Key
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Grades:
6th - 12th
History of Thanksgiving included SMART Notebook download with embed videos
Using the SMART Notebook file (free, additional download with purchase, directions included = 11 slides) students will learn about the history of Thanksgiving. Included are a bubble map for brainstorming and the directions for use of a Web 2.0 tool called Tagxedo.
Grades:
2nd - 8th
Distance Learning, Florida Civics Standard SS.7.C.1.6 Understanding the Preamble
Use this activity for supplemental note-taking for the Florida Students on-line tutorial. Keep students engaged in note-taking, and creating a product that can be used later for studying.This is a PDF Document.
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6th - 8th
Distance Learning, Florida Civics Standard SS.7.C.1.5 Articles of Confederation
Use this activity for supplemental note-taking for the Florida Students on-line tutorial. Keep students engaged in note-taking, and creating a product that can be used later for studying.This is a PDF Document.
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Colonies Comparison US History
Online resource that allows students to compare colonies. Backgrounds are permanent - students will be able to move text-boxes for matching and add to the chart. Made for AP US History, but would also work for high school or middle school.
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Grades:
8th - 12th
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