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Black History Month elections - voting scaffolded notes
Maggie Walker and Arthur Ashe - PowerPoint, Reading Passages, and Sort
SOL 1.3 introduces first graders to two famous Virginians: Maggie Walker and Arthur Ashe. These two actually have quite a bit in common! This resource is newly updated to include a 24-slide Powerpoint presentation to assist with virtual and distance learning. The presentation digs deeper into the lives of Maggie and Arthur and includes engaging photos and questions to facilitate class discussion. Check out the video preview to see what the Powerpoint looks like! This resource also includes a pri
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1st
Also included in:Â Famous Americans First Grade BUNDLE
Zinn's A Young People's History of the United States Chapter Assignments
This packet is designed to accompany Howard Zinn's A Young People's History of the United States. This version of the famous People's History is more accessible to younger students and gives a great background on working class and progressive history. This packet breaks down the book by chapter, excluding chapters 22 - 28 (that many classes will not get to). Each chapter has either a note-taking guide (major vocabulary and themes to help students take notes with purpose) or questions about the c
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BLUES for Middle and High School general music
Introduce your middle or high school students to the history of Blues music with this Google Slides™ presentation and note sheets. This mini-unit covers the origins and characteristics of the Blues and notable singers and musicians. Perfect for Black History Month or any time of year.Items included:A 52-page Google Slide™ Presentation with links and embedded videos.A PDF of all the information on the slidesA PDF with blanks for students to fill in as you go through the presentationA digital fil
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7th - 8th
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Also included in:Â SEASONAL BUNDLE for Middle School General Music
Ruby Bridges Opinion Writing | Black History Month Activities
This Ruby Bridges Differentiated Opinion Writing Packet was created to meet the diverse needs of your students. Whether you are seeking a lesson for Black History Month, or simply an opinion writing resource... this download will provide you the essential tools to keep your students on the "WRITE" track!PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:In this download, you will discover a variety of differentiated resources including:♥ Writing Templates♥ Graphic Organizers♥ Ruby Bridges Thinking Map for Brainstorming♥ Fina
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1st - 4th, Staff
U.S. Election Process
This resource is designed to teach the U.S. Election process to U.S. Government/AP® U.S. Government classes. Key themes include: nomination, primaries/caucuses, national conventions, modern day campaigning, general elections, the four models of voting behavior, incumbency advantage, the Electoral College, etc. Students will come away from this lesson with knowledge about the timeline and process of elections. The resource includes an engaging 20-slide Power Point/Google Slides lecture (infused w
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9th - 12th
Also included in: AP® Government and Politics Course Bundle
Tupac, LeBron James, Bob Dylan & Two Distant Strangers: Black Lives Matter Study
Here is a wonderful opportunity to explore with your students four powerful popular culture texts:1. Tupac Shakur's compact and vivid poem, "The Rose that Grew from Concrete" explores the concept of thriving despite economic, racial and social inequities. 2. LeBron James' Instagram post "Shut Up and Dribble" is a rebuttal to an offensive directive to keep dribbling on the court and stay out of race politics. 3. Songwriter, Bob Dylan's masterpiece, "Hurricane," is a protest song documenting the l
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Amazing African Americans Spies in the Civil War | VIDEO, Notes, & Activity!
Learn the amazing stories of 3 African American spies in the Civil War with this engaging History For Humans video!Students learn how Harriet Tubman used her skills from the Underground Railroad to serve as a spy during the war and be the first woman to lead a military operation in American history, how John Scobell operated with the Union's top spy and put his acting skills to the use to fight the Confederates, and how Mary Jane Bowser spied on Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederacy,
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Full US History Curriculum Colonies to Civil War Video Lessons & Activities!
MLK "I’ve Been to the Mountaintop" Common Core Rhetorical Analysis w/Annotations
This resource includes the annotated text of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous " I’ve Been to the Mountaintop" speech given to an audience of sanitation workers in Memphis, TN before he was assassinated. Using the comment feature in Microsoft Word, this resource includes critical commentary and analysis of the figurative and connotative meanings, rhetorical devices (logos, ethos, pathos), parallelism, repetition, allusions, themes aligned with the RI2, RI3, RI4, RI5, and RI6 standards from th
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Women's Suffrage Movement PowerPoint, Guided Notes, Reading, Analysis
Discover the road to the 19th amendment with this women's rights unit. This resource includes an editable slide presentation (59 slides) with primary source images and documents, a student booklet with guided notes, reading passages, and analysis activities.What's Included:- 59 Slide PPT with primary source images- Guided Notes - Close Reading Passages (Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, & Lucy Stone)- Analysis Activities (analyze statements, political cartoons, voter turnout stats)-
Grades:
5th - 7th
Also included in:Â Women's Suffrage Bundle: Activities, Reading Passages, Analysis, Lecture
Government & Politics in Canada ULTIMATE BUNDLE
This bundle has everything you need to teach a unit on government, politics and voting/elections in Canada. See below for what is included in each resource.Government & Politics in Canada PPT & Cloze notes: The information is organized in the following sections:What is government?Canada is a democracyLevels of government in CanadaFederal governmentProvincial governmentMunicipal governmentFederal government electionsProvincial government electionsMunicipal government electionsCanadian pol
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
AP Comparative Gov. Entire Course Reading Guide (Ethel Wood 8th Ed.)
This includes student guides for all 7 units that correspond with the Ethel Woods 8th Edition text. It includes:Reading questions that focus on main ideasA student-friendly note-taking strategy that minimizes busy work and leads students toward key informationIntegrated vocabulary that focuses on understanding rather than memorization
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Grades:
9th - 12th
AP Comparative Gov. Entire Course Answer Slides (Ethel Wood 8th Ed.)
This slide deck corresponds to my Entire Course Reading Guide. It is excellent for:Daily discussions with studentsModeling proper note-takingEnsuring that main ideas are coveredEngaging students with visualsNote: there are a few slides not included. The EU section isn't included and a handful of other slides here and there are blank, so make sure you preview beforehand (probably 10 or 15 slides out of 375+). I've lowered the price to reflect this.
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9th - 12th
Ohio Government - The Ohio Constitution & Legislative Branch
This set of files includes a great overview of the Ohio Constitution of 1851 and of the Legislative Branch (The General Assembly). The state of Ohio recently passed a law requiring teachers of American Government to include covering the Constitution of Ohio, and this can help you do that!I have always been frustrated with the general way that textbooks cover state and local governments, so I decided to replace that chapter with this information. I pulled a lot of info from the official governm
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Social Studies Interactive Notebook Flip Flaps for Government
These are flip flaps for your students' S.S. interactive notebooks. They glue the flap and write the definition or give examples underneath it.
The flaps are for the three branches of the three levels of Government. They include:
Title for Local Government
Mayor
Council
Judge
Title for State Government
Governor
Legislature
Judges/Court
Title for National Government
President
Congress
Supreme Court
I've also included flaps for the definition of taxes and government service.
Enjoy!
-Amna-
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1st - 3rd
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Crash Course Black American History - COMPLETE BUNDLE Guided Notes
Guided Notes: Crash Course Black American History - COMPLETE BUNDLE Guided Notes. Flesh-out your course or supplement it with this guided notes sheet that also provides additional information for a review / discussion phase.This publication gives access to ALL of my Crash Course: Black American History Guided Notes w/ Keys. Image Credit: Educational Timings:Total Time: 30 Minutes * 51 VGNs = ~17 Block (90 Minute) Days / ~34 Traditional (50 Minute) DaysTaking Notes - 20 Minutes per VGNDiscussion
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Election Jigsaw Activity
Election Jigsaw ActivityThis jigsaw activity is a great way to make learning about elections in the United States really stick! The jigsaw method of teaching allows students to be the experts and teach one another the content that they need to know by breaking the information down into chunks. Included in this resource:-Directions for the jigsaw method-Research based rationale for the jigsaw method-A set of research passages broken down into jigsaw chunks-A list of ideas for how students can sha
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3rd - 6th
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Living Wax Museum Notes Handout | Living Museum Project | Wax Museum Project
This living wax museum project is by far one of my favorite things about teaching 3rd grade. Truth be told this wax museum project can be used from 2nd grade all the way until 6th grade. Students take on the role of someone else, they dress up like an important historical figure and then they put on a show for their families and entire school It is a memory that is worth creating for your students! This is just one piece of the project (the note-taking handout), but you can grab the bundle HERE
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2nd - 5th
Also included in:Â Living Wax Museum Project
Abolitionist Movement Lesson and Notes - Slavery and the Underground Railroad
This Abolitionist Movement lesson and notes include information about the Abolitionist Movement in America and the fight for the end of slavery. The lesson focuses on the Underground Railroad and famous abolitionists like Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, and Sojourner Truth and the end of slavery after the Civil War with the passing of the 13th Amendment.The lesson covers the following topics: What was the Abolitionist Movement?Slavery in AmericaLife on a Southern PlantationThe Underground Ra
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4th - 6th
March Book One: John Lewis Student Response Prompts
Are you looking for some scaffolded notes to support your readers while reading the graphic novel March by John Lewis?Well, look no further! The resource is meant to have students track their thinking (metacognition) while reading John Lewis's incredible story. It also supports teachers with helping students synthesize being an activist!Best of all? There is a digital version (Google Slides) to edit questions as you see necessary! Post the questions in Google Classroom, print them as quick rea
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4th - 8th
Ben Franklin & George Washington Carver - Compare and Contrast (SOL 2.4)
Help your students compare and contrast two famous American scientist and inventors! This simple activity focuses on the key facts about each person (based on VA SOL 2.4).
Resource includes:
- Short reading passage about each person
- Blank Graphic Organizer comparing and contrasting the men
- Scaffolded organizer (fill-in-the-blank style)
- Completed organizer (Answer Key)
- Contrast Sort (for struggling learners OR quick assessment)
*Color and Black and White versions*
Enjoy and don't fo
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Media Bias
One of the 28 references in my ELA Reference Bundle*****************************************************************************This is a reference to help students identify media bias. This reference includes bias by spin, bias by omission, bias by placement, bias by labeling, bias by story selection, bias by selection of sources. (Color and black and white versions included)*****************************************************************************Students need more practice with media bias
Grades:
5th - 12th
Ohio Government - The Ohio Judicial Branch
This set of files includes a great overview of the Ohio Judicial Branch. The state of Ohio passed a law requiring teachers of American Government to include covering the Constitution of Ohio, and this can help you do that!I have always been frustrated with the general way that textbooks cover state and local governments, so I decided to replace that chapter with this information. I pulled a lot of info from the official government websites that I wanted to teach about. It's a great way to tea
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9th - 12th
Civil Rights: Hands-On Learning Lessons
Civil Rights: HANDS-ON LEARNING - Many people have less than fond memories of their History or Social Studies class. This could be due to the long hours they were forced to spend reading the dry, dull textbook in class (cue the Charlie Brown teacher reading aloud). Or maybe it is because of the vast volume of information that felt overwhelming at the time (think fire hydrant trying trying to pour into a water bottle). Social studies is just the opposite of dry and dull. And it certainly doesn’t
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4th - 5th
Jackie Robinson Interactive Biography Flipbook
This Jackie Robinson interactive research activity and flipbook is perfect for studying the first African American to play Major League Baseball and his impact on the Civil Rights Movement. This is perfect for a Jackie Robinson biography unity.The Jackie Robinson tab-style biography flipbook is low-prep, great for interactive notebooks, and will keep your students engaged while researching this Civil Rights hero! There are two versions of this flipbook included for easy differentiation: a fill
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2nd - 3rd
Also included in:Â Georgia Social Studies BUNDLE
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