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11th grade social studies scaffolded notes for Google Apps
Unit 2: Student Guided Notes - AP Human Geography
Notes pages for each CED topic for Unit Two.Use the guided notes to scaffold your Human Geography lectures or use the notes with my accompanying lecture slideshow! You can find slideshow lectures that correlate directly with EACH CED Topic for AP Human Geography Unit 2 here.Students can use as a study guide, you can assign for homework, or use with a self-guided lecture! You can assign this to be completed digitally for distance learning or print and have students complete hardcopy.So many uses!
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9th - 12th
Unit 3: Student Guided Notes - AP Human Geography
Notes pages for each CED topic for Unit Three.Use the guided notes to scaffold your Human Geography lectures or use the notes with my accompanying lecture slideshow! You can find slideshow lectures that correlate directly with EACH CED Topic for AP Human Geography Unit 3 here.Students can use as a study guide, you can assign for homework, or use with a self-guided lecture! You can assign this to be completed digitally for distance learning or print and have students complete hardcopy.So many use
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9th - 12th
Unit 4: Student Guided Notes - AP Human Geography
Notes pages for each CED topic for Unit Four.Use the guided notes to scaffold your Human Geography lectures or use the notes with my accompanying lecture slideshows! You can find slideshow lectures that correlate directly with EACH CED Topic for AP Human Geography Unit 4 here.Students can use as a study guide, you can assign for homework, or use with a self-guided lecture! You can assign this to be completed digitally for distance learning or print and have students complete hardcopy.So many use
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9th - 12th
Unit 5: Student Guided Notes - AP Human Geography
Notes pages for CED topics 5.1-5.10 for Unit Five. *NOTE: THIS IS MISSING TOPICS 5.11 and 5.12*Use the guided notes to scaffold your Human Geography lectures or use the notes with my accompanying lecture slideshows! You can find slideshow lectures that correlate directly with EACH CED Topic for AP Human Geography Unit 5 here.Students can use as a study guide, you can assign for homework, or use with a self-guided lecture! You can assign this to be completed digitally for distance learning or pri
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9th - 12th
Unit 6: Student Guided Notes - AP Human Geography
Notes pages for each CED topic for Unit Six.Use the guided notes to scaffold your Human Geography lectures with my accompanying lecture slideshows! You can find slideshow lectures that correlate directly with EACH CED Topic for AP Human Geography Unit 6 here.Students can use as a study guide, you can assign for homework, or use with a self-guided or in-person lecture! You can assign this to be completed digitally for distance learning or print and have students complete hardcopy.So many uses!
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Political Cartoon Analysis BUNDLE - 30 US History Activities - Print & Digital
This bundle currently includes 30 US History Political Cartoons, covering key topics from Westward Expansion to the Cold War. Each political cartoon is crystal clear and accompanied by a graphic organizer that asks 5-7 scaffolded questions to engage your students and facilitate independent thinking! What a great way to help your students develop and practice their analytical and inferential skills while reinforcing key ideas from the day's social studies lesson! Or yesterday's! Flexible to use!P
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8th - 11th
Eyewitness Testimony and Memory Activity Collection BUNDLE
Forensic Science, Criminal Justice, and Psychology Courses: All your favorite Eyewitness Testimony & Memory Activities in one bundle. Teach the faults of eyewitness testimony and the malleability of our memory. This Bundle would be excellent for a student teacher, someone just starting to teach a forensics course or someone looking to spice up the course they already teach! Content will continue to be added, and you will get FREE downloads for LIFE once you purchase this Bundle!✔️Bundle In
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8th - 11th
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Boss Tweed and Political Machines Reading Comprehension and Document Analysis
This close reading comprehension activity reviews Boss Tweed, Political Machines, city corruption, bribes/kickbacks, etc. Following the page and a half reading comprehension, two documents follow for students to analyze. One document is a political cartoon and the other is a quote from a member of a political machine. An additional check for understanding worksheet is included - students match key terms, answer five true/false, and sequence five events from the reading - perfect to use as an Exi
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8th - 11th
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Shatterbelts Case Studies - AP Human Geography - Unit 4: Political Geography
AP Human Geography Topics Covered:4.3 Political Power & Territoriality This "webquest" type activity includes three case studies for Shatterbelts. Students use a single resource for each case study (one article, two videos) to answer high-level analysis questions. Finally, two prompts are provided for students to practice their FRQ skills. Eastern Europe/The Balkans/YugoslaviaThe Middle East Ukraine Teacher answer key included.
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9th - 12th
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AP Euro McKay Reading Guides - Full Year - with key terms & essential questions
Textbook reading guides help students extract key information from a dense but essential source. These guides cover chapters 11 - 29 of AP European History "A History of Western Society" by McKay. Each guide includes a list of key terms to highlight (in the order they appear in the reading) to help students learn vocabulary in context and to ensure they do not miss key information. The guides are 11 - 14 pages long and can be printed or completed digitally (on Google Docs).They are also fully ed
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9th - 12th
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Types of Government and Economic Systems Presentation & Cloze Notes [Editable]
What types of government are there? I have always struggled to find resources for teaching my students about political and economic ideologies. This editable presentation with scaffolded guided notes helps give students the background information that is essential for them to be able to understand the structures and functions of different forms of government and the ways power can be distributed. An understanding of political beliefs is also necessary to understand domestic and foreign public po
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9th - 12th
Also included in: Civics/Government Bundle
Introduction to the Crucible | Arthur Miller | McCarthyism | Salem Witch Trials
Uncover the interesting connections among Arthur Miller's The Crucible, McCarthyism, and the Salem Witch Trials with this comprehensive set of activities. This resource includes a 25-slide Google Slides presentation with information about Arthur Miller, McCarthyism, The Crucible, and the Salem Witch Trials. This has everything you need to begin your unit on The Crucible! What’s Included:25-slide Google Slides presentation with information about Arthur Miller, McCarthyism, The Crucible, and the
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9th - 12th
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Crash Course US History Viewing Guides - Complete Set of Video Questions + KEY
Product Description: Great for all United States History Classes (AP & college prep). INCLUDES FULL ANSWER KEY!44 viewing guides for US History Crash Courses from The Spanish, Native Americans & the Black Legend (#1) to Obamanation (#47). Each viewing guide has 9-13 questions, including alignment to AP Historical Thinking Skills (causation, change & continuity, complexity & contextualization)The guides are formatted for easy printing (1 page back to back) or can be uploaded onto
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8th - 12th
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Interwar Years 1920s-1930s Presentation with Cloze Notes [Editable]
Do you struggle to teach the Interwar years between World War 1 and World War 2? I created this editable presentation with three levels of scaffolded guided notes and embedded tasks to cover this topic in detail. It focuses on: The Roaring 20sThe Great DepressionThe Rise of TotalitarianismThis product includes:Google slides presentation about the interwar years Embedded tasks and discussion questionsScaffolded guided notes with 3 levels of supportNote: If you would like the PowerPoint file, emai
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9th - 12th
George Washington's Presidency Game: Could you fill Washington's shoes?
This game-based lesson engages students and has them take notes along the way. When put in presentation mode it includes animations (gifs) and Hamilton instrumental music that goes with the topic. You can delete the music videos or adapt it in any way to better support your students. It has 9 scenarios based on Washington's presidency:- Establishing a government - Cabinet System- Financial System- Moving the capital- Neutrality Act/ French Revolution- Whiskey Rebellion- Jay's Treaty - Stepping D
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4th - 12th
Levittown Block Party: Culture, Politics & Society of the 1950s & 1960s + PPT
Learn about and review the 1950s & 1960s in a fun, and dynamic way! Students will take on the identities of various “families,” conduct research, and mingle with each other to learn about the culture and politics of the 1950s & 1960s. Includes a rubric & graphic organizer note sheet. Fully editable Google Slides format. Recap the fun with an 11 slide PPT lecture with discussion questions and key information revisited. Curated links for student research are included in the Teacher Gui
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8th - 12th
World War I Google Slides with Note Taking Guide & Checking for Understanding
47 Slides (editable) with graphic organizer note taking guide and summative assessment worksheet. This Google Slides reviews the causes of World War One, how America responded to the war in Europe 1914-1917, how American society, politics and government transformed while engaged in the war, and Wilson's plan for peace.This Google Slides:EditableHas checking for understanding/thinking questions throughout the Google SlidesInteresting and varied graphic designA variety of different sources to cat
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8th - 12th
Forensics Eyewitness Testimony Complete Lesson on Observation PRINT and DIGITAL
FORENSICS SCIENCE & Psychology This all-inclusive lesson is the perfect way to teach The Fallibility of the Human Mind and therefore problems with eyewitness testimony. Students will learn about four different phenomena that can impact the quality of eyewitness testimony by experiencing the phenomena themselves! Students will partake in observation experiments and relate these issues to forensic science. This lesson comes with a complete presentation (embedded with video clips) & notes o
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Eyewitness Testimony and Memory Activity Collection BUNDLE
Glencoe Sociology & You Full Course Curriculum
Glencoe McGraw Hill Sociology & You Full Course CurriculumThese reading guides, lecture notes and test banks are structured to align with the Glencoe McGraw-Hill textbook “Sociology & You”. The reading guides and Google Slide notes cover key information from each chapter of the textbook. Each reading guide was formatted to be two pages in length and contain key terms and key questions to help students grasp the main ideas of the textbook. Each slideshow begins with a big idea, or discuss
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9th - 12th
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Refugee by Alan Gratz: Background Info Presentation & Notetaker
Frontloading the historical context for the novel Refugee by Alan Gratz can be difficult. Here is a google slides presentation that covers the general basic accounts of the different refugee situations that take place in the novel. The notes cover information on:The definition of a refugee, what a refugee is, ect. It covers The Holocaust, Kristalnacht, and Hitler. The notes discuss Cuba, Fidel Castro, and the Cuban Rafter crisis. Included in the notes are also the history of the Syrian civil war
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5th - 11th
3 Branches of Government PPT Lectures with Quizzes & Guided Notes
Confidently teach all about the three branches-- Congress and the legislative branch, the President and executive branch, and the Supreme Court and the judicial branch with this complete Google Slides/PowerPoint lecture kit bundle!Each lecture comes with ready-to-go guided notes, a 50-question test bank, and slide-by-slide teacher scripts.Scroll down to see a complete list of all the topics covered in each lecture slide deck.If you're brand new to Civics or need to upgrade what you have, this is
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9th - 12th
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Federalists and Antifederalists (Slides, Worksheets, Videos, Debate Activity)
These class slides and worksheets are designed to walk students through differentiating between Federalists and Antifederalists. The product includes 30 informative, well-designed slides, 2 worksheets, 2 answer keys, embedded videos, and an embedded debate activity. The product as a whole is designed to draw clear differences between Federalists and Antifederalists during the writing of the U.S. Constitution. Major topics include:The Articles of ConfederationConstitutional ContextFederalistsAnti
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6th - 12th
Also included in: Full Year of U.S. Government and Civics Essentials Bundle
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World War 1 Presentation: Eastern & Western Fronts [Editable]
This unit presentation on WW1 is comprehensive, reviewing the causes of World War 1, as well as both the Western and Eastern Fronts. In addition, it examines important issues like the Armenian Genocide and the Russian Revolution in addition to the conflicts within the Ottoman Empire. It is editable and includes scaffolded guided notes and some embedded tasks.This product includes:Google Slides presentation about World War 1Embedded tasks and discussion questionsScaffolded guided notes with 4 lev
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9th - 12th
Also included in: World War 1 Project-based and Critical Thinking Bundle [Editable]
Battles/Events of the American Revolution
This product includes a 46 slide Google slides presentation that engages students with questions, and paintings/drawings all while diving into the battles of the American Revolution so students can take notes on the included guided notes. This is a ready to go lesson that can be done over multiple days and completely covers the battles of the American Revolution, you will not have to prep prior to using this lesson!Battles/Events of the American Revolution covered:Lexington and ConcordBunker Hil
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5th - 12th
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Also included in: American Revolution Unit Bundle
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