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Critical thinking Common Core CCRA.SL.2 resources
Crime Scene Activity: Analyzing Primary and Secondary Source Evidence
“The Case of the Student Teacher Gone Missing” is an activity that asks students to solve a crime based on their analysis of evidence. First students must classify the twelve pieces of evidence as primary or secondary source evidence. Then students must decide which type of evidence they will use: primary or secondary, and explain why. Finally, students will analyze each piece of relevant evidence to draw conclusion about who the guilty teacher might be. You can use the case as is or personalize
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6th - 8th
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The Social Dilemma: Documentary Study
Digital and printable tasks for the ground-breaking 2020 drama-documentary ‘The Social Dilemma’.This learning package includes:Pre-watching vocabulary and true or false questions35+ while watching questions (Google Forms or printable)Post-viewing creative and analytical tasksEach task is designed to unpack and draw out the lessons of the documentary and encourage students to reflect on their own social media and technology use.Now also includes full exemplars and worked answers.Optimized for Goo
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Documentary Study BUNDLE (Digital & Print)
Songs For Social Change: Social Justice Slides & Digital Notebook
Helping our students process and reflect on world events and social justice can be difficult as an educator. Using music as an access point for discussion helps to create a safe, inclusive learning environment where students can share their thoughts and appreciate differing perspectives. These slides and digital or printable notebook are ideal for bell-ringer activities, diagnostic activities, projects and more!Here's what other educators are saying about this resource:"This is an excellent reso
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Song Analysis Bundle - Identity and Social Change
Introduction to Growth Mindset (Digital & Print)
This versatile DIGITAL or PRINT package is everything you need to empower your students with the skills of Growth Mindset!It includes two rigorous and resuable lessons:Lesson 1: Introduce the concept of Growth Mindset in a ‘ready to teach’ Google Slide or PowerPoint with accompanying student work-pack and videos. Lesson 2: A Growth Mindset poster creation task with a student scaffold and editable exemplar.Also available as part of the Back To School: Middle School BUNDLE.
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Back to Middle School Digital and Print BUNDLE
Socratic Seminar/Fishbowl Discussion Planning, Tracker, & Reflection
Socratic Seminar/Fishbowl Discussion Planning, Tracker, & ReflectionTo hold a successful Socratic Seminar, Fishbowl Discussion or any kind of structured classroom dialogue, planning ahead is key, especially for your students who are reluctant speakers. This resource provides planning materials so that your students are prepared for the discussion, tracking materials so that your students are active listeners during the discussion, and reflection materials so that students can identify areas
Grades:
6th - 12th
Thinking Like a Historian Lesson Plan Unit | 5th-7th Grades | Social Studies
The Thinking Like a Historian Lesson Plan Unit is PERFECT for 5th-7th grade students! This incredible unit focuses on the importance of primary and secondary sources of information and will help grow your students critical thinking skills and abilities, as well as how to examine sources of information for bias and cause and effect relationships, and MUCH more!! The amazing resources included with this unit have been used with GREAT SUCCESS by THOUSANDS of students, and can easily be used with an
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: Bundle for Virginia
End of the Year Activities - Digital Mystery Game - Inferencing - Team Building
Keep your students engaged with this end of the year activity. Great for team building. This is a new spin on the classic mystery games I have created. Keep inferencing skills up during Summer break! Students will work together to solve the mystery AND learn about inferencing! The material is so fun and engaging, students won't even know they are actually learning! This activity can be used anytime of year and is a fantastic way to get students excited about learning. Do your students enjo
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4th - 8th
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End of Year Project Based Learning PBL Genius Hour Passion Project High School
Feeling uninspired and in need of a creative jumpstart in your class? This Genius Hour Project jumpstarted my students' minds and hearts. It reignited their passion for learning, increased their motivation, and reinvigorated their spirit. This project will leave you and your students feeling excited about learning by offering a new perspective and helping you gain new insight on an interesting subject! Passion Projects or Genius Hour is the most powerful project based learning student activity t
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: High School Digital Resource SEL Building Classroom Culture
Sign of the Beaver — Hyperlinked PDF project to accompany novel
This HyperDoc is designed for use with a computer or tablet while reading Sign of the Beaver. Knowing every minute is precious, I incorporated as many subjects as possible and to keep students engaged there are links to text, audio, video, and images.This project includes: figurative language, character development, animal science, the French and Indian Wars, Native American lifestyle and treatment, the Proclamation of 1763, calculating distance and time traveled, and much more. There are more t
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3rd - 5th
My Brother Sam is Dead — Hyperlinked PDF project to accompany novel
This hyperlinked PDF is designed for use on a computer or tablet to be completed with the reading of the book My Brother Sam is Dead by James and Christopher Collier. It includes questions and activities for each chapter, some based on the book and some based on videos and articles hyperlinked within this PDF (perfect for iPads or Chromebooks).Additional information and activities enrich the experience of reading the book and are aligned with Common Core State Standards. Hyperlinked sites includ
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4th - 8th
Growth Mindset Activities | Social Emotional Learning Bell Ringers | Volume 1
These fully-editable growth-mindset bell ringers will get your class thinking and are perfect for social emotional learning as well! With thought-provoking and engaging prompts, they can be used as individual writing prompts or large group discussion topics. Teachers agree that these bell ringers are perfect for daily warm ups or morning meetings. I’m so excited for your students to experience a variety of life-impacting questions to write about individually or discuss within groups.You will rec
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Not Grade Specific
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End-of-Year Summer Mystery Reading Activity | Fun Brain Break for Kids
Keep your end of year Morning Meeting activities engaging and fun with these interactive games! Your students will engage in inferencing and critical thinking as they try to identify 10 Summer-themed Mystery photos using visual and auditory clues. Preferred topics including Summer activities and food are sure to spark personal conversations!★ INCLUDED :Please view the PREVIEW to see the entire product10 Summer-related game rounds2 editable clues per round5 slides in each round★ HOW TO PLAY :Open
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K - 3rd
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Also included in: No-Prep Mystery Photo Guessing Games for Language Skills
Disney Pixar's Up Movie Guide Packet + Activities + Sub Plan + Best Value
★ Follow me for updates!This packet includes, among four other teaching aids, a peer-reviewed handout of 15 essay questions designed to promote self reflection, empathy, goal setting, and kindness among students. This resource, while rigorous and pertinent to the film, goes beyond the scope of questions like "what's the setting and time period" and helps students put into practice character building ideas and concepts based on themes from the movie. A modified black-and-white printer ink-savi
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9th - 12th
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End of Year Life Skills Activities: Critical Thinking, Bias, Fake News, ChatGPT
24 Critical Thinking lessons.Perfect for END OF YEAR life skills activities when the marks are done but you want something meaningful and fun.Explore Fake News, Point of View, Bias, Social Media vs Traditional News.Strategies to help your students make informed decisions about the news, search engine results, and Chat GPT / Artificial InformationIncludes detailed lesson plan with discussion points, review questions, slideshow lesson, handouts, and activities! This life-long tool is great ANY TIM
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6th - 9th
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The Complete Clue by Clue Critical Thinking Printable Activity Bundle
By popular demand, all my clue by clue mysteries PDF (printable) format in one big bundle, plus a free mystery story organizing worksheet. Be sure to check the list above to see the exact list of Clue by Clue Mysteries!Each individual mystery is in PDF format and contains:A cover imageComprehensive teacher notes outlining how to use the activity in class - 2 pagesA teacher sheet with a description of the situation and mystery to be solved, hints to give students if they get stuck, and the soluti
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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How to Debate Teaching Resources and Activities
Google App version here.Although debates can be a very formal process, the classroom teacher can exercise some flexibility as to how the classroom debate will function. Rules regarding debates will differ depending upon the country. These instructions focus on learning how to debate at the classroom level. Topics, planners and graphic organizers to support classroom debates in large or small groups from beginning to end.Included are: Instructions for debates, graphic organizers, over 75 debate t
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4th - 9th
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Social Studies SUPER BUNDLE | Units 1-9 for 5th-8th Grades! | Google Apps!
The Social Studies SUPER BUNDLE Units 1-9 for 5th-8th grades is COMPLETELY ready for both in-person and digital learning (via Google Apps)! With this amazing Social Studies SUPER BUNDLE you'll receive EVERYTHING you need to cover the Age of Exploration all the way to the Reconstruction Era with your students, -PLUS- you'll also receive an Intro to U.S. Geography Unit -AND- Thinking Like a Historian Unit!! ***STOP the stressful and endless search for amazing, high-quality, and affordable Social S
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5th - 8th
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Critical Thinking Skills BUNDLE - Creative Challenging Activities Worksheets
Watch critical thinking skills soar with these challenging and creative activities! Improve critical thinking skills and you're sure to improve reading comprehension, problem solving and math skills! Aligned with Bloom's Taxonomy, these step-by-step activities are carefully structured, research-based and give students the thinking and logic skills they need to master every area of learning. SEQUENTIAL ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE CRITICAL THINKING:These delightful exercises are based on Bloom's Taxo
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2nd - 6th
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Attendance Questions Agenda Slides Digital Resource High School Middle School
Looking for a fun, hilarious, engaging way to connect with your students right off the bat every single day?! The bond and camaraderie created by beginning class with attendance questions sets the tone for a productive and engaged class! These questions have created strong relationships with each and every student in my class in addition to learning fun and interesting things about them! Using attendance questions has allowed me to get to know my students better than I have known ANY other group
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: High School Digital Resource SEL Building Classroom Culture
Chains — Hyperlinked PDF project to accompany novel
Included in this PDF are questions and activities designed to aid and deepen comprehension and spark critical thinking while reading the novel Chains. This PDF perfect for iPads or Chromebooks as more than 50 hyperlinks embedded linking your students to activities, additional research, videos, and more. I tried to balance video, audio, and reading both to keep student interest and to provide students the opportunity to learn from diverse media.It can be used individually or as a class. This reso
Grades:
5th - 8th
MINI MYSTERIES- Stories & Reading Comprehension Activities - No Prep Worksheets
Are you ready to watch reading comprehension skills soar? These 26 mystery stories are sure to capture students' attention while they look for clues, discover evidence, make inferences and solve each mystery! These no prep worksheets are sure to challenge students and test their detective skills! This teacher and student favorite is sure to improving reading and comprehension skills! Great for reluctant readers of all ages!MEET THE DETECTIVE:These 26 "whodunits" follow detective Sam Sherlock
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2nd - 6th
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Growth Mindset Bell Ringers | 40 SEL Writing Prompts For Any Subject | Volume 2
These fully-editable growth-mindset bell ringers will get your class thinking and are perfect for social emotional learning as well! With thought-provoking and engaging prompts, they can be used as individual writing prompts or large group discussion topics. Teachers agree that these bell ringers are perfect for daily warm ups or morning meetings. I’m so excited for your students to experience a variety of life-impacting questions to write about individually or discuss within groups. You will r
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Not Grade Specific
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Create Your Own Holiday Creative and Critical Thinking Project
I created this resource as a way to meet several needs in my classroom. I wanted to:→help students reflect and deepen their understanding of why we celebrate special days in our lives→provide an outlet for student creativity both in thinking and with presenting their ideas →supply an inclusive activity that ALL of my students would be able to work on, at any point in the year→allow students the opportunity to have FUN while activating critical thinking skillsEngaging in a project like this reall
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3rd - 6th
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End of the Year Activities - Reading Comprehension Activities - Team Building
Are you ready to watch your student engagement skyrocket before the end of the year break?! Great for Team Building. Students will work together to solve the mystery AND practice a variety of academic skills including; inferencing, critical thinking, problem solving, reading comprehension, and much more! The material is so fun and engaging, students won't even know they are actually learning! This activity can be used anytime of year and is a fantastic way to get students excited about learni
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4th - 8th
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