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Critical thinking Common Core L.11-12.4 resources
Vocabulary Activities Bundle Differentiated for Any Word List: Set 1
Whether you've chosen words from literature, from test prep lists, from a vocabulary book, or hand-selected words you think your students should know, the exercises in this bundle will complement them perfectly. Designed to work with any vocabulary list, these activities, games, and practice worksheets will get your students thinking creatively. If your classroom culture calls for small group activities, stations, creative learning, differentiation, brain-based learning, or enrichment, this bund
Grades:
8th - 11th
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Conversation Starters Package on Conspiracy Theories
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on conspiracy theories.What's included:A list of 10 thought-provoking questions for high school students on the subject of conspiracy theoriesActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressi
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
Debating Topics for Middle/High School: Mental Health
Get your middle/high school students debating topics that are both relevant and important to them while building their critical thinking skills. Students will be encouraged to develop their communication and debating skills, while opening their minds to different viewpoints. Each debate package covers and reinforces the five basic steps of the debating process: gathering information, exploring all sides of an issue, forming an initial opinion, defending the position in a debate and finally, refi
Grades:
8th - 12th
Also included in: Debating Topics- Middle/High School: Growing Bundle- Grades 8-12
Bell Ringers Middle School High School Editable Morning Meeting Slides
Are you ready to turn your morning meeting into the best part of your daily routine for your intermediate and high school students? Unlock the power of morning meetings with these Interactive Bell Ringers Middle School High School Editable Morning Meeting Slides designed for 7-12th grade. These NO PREP INTERACTIVE EDITABLE bell ringer slides will revive your morning routine in a fun and engaging way. These Editable Morning Meeting Daily Slides are an easy-to-use, time-saving way for you to bui
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Debating Topics for Middle/High School: Fears and Phobias
Get your middle/high school students debating topics that are both relevant and important to them while building their critical thinking skills. Students will be encouraged to develop their communication and debating skills, while opening their minds to different viewpoints.Each debate package covers and reinforces the five basic steps of the debating process: gathering information, exploring all sides of an issue, forming an initial opinion, defending the position in a debate and finally, refin
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in: Debating Topics- Middle/High School: Growing Bundle- Grades 8-12
Debating Topics for Middle/High School: The Business World
Get your middle/high school students debating topics that are both relevant and important to them while building their critical thinking skills. Students will be encouraged to develop their communication and debating skills, while opening their minds to different viewpoints.Each debate package covers and reinforces the five basic steps of the debating process: gathering information, exploring all sides of an issue, forming an initial opinion, defending the position in a debate and finally, refin
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Debating Topics- Middle/High School: Growing Bundle- Grades 8-12
Ralph Waldo Emerson UNIT - "Nature," "Self-Reliance," "The American Scholar"
Looking for an engaging way to introduce your students to transcendental thinker and writer Ralph Waldo Emerson’s works? This lesson on excerpts from "Self-Reliance,” "The American Scholar,“ and “Nature” will do just that!What's Included . . . ► Step-by-step instructions for each day.► Common Core English Standards aligned to daily tasks.► Understanding Transcendentalism group synthesis task.► Viewing guide for short biography clip suggestion (about 10 minutes) ► Bell Ringers► "Emerson or Lil Wa
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau Transcendental Bundle
Debating Topics for Middle/High School: The Second Amendment
Get your middle/high school students debating topics that are both relevant and important to them while building their critical thinking skills. Students will be encouraged to develop their communication and debating skills, while opening their minds to different viewpoints.Each debate package covers and reinforces the five basic steps of the debating process: gathering information, exploring all sides of an issue, forming an initial opinion, defending the position in a debate and finally, refin
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Debating Topics- Middle/High School: Growing Bundle- Grades 8-12
Conversation Starters Package on Entrepreneurship
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on entrepreneurship. What's included:A list of 13 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of entrepreneurshipActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expres
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
Conversation Starters Package on Productivity
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on productivity. What's included:A list of 10 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of productivityActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions an
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
Conversation Starters Package on Music
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on music.What's included:A list of 10 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of musicActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and transitional
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Types:
Also included in: Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
Conversation Starters Package on Happiness
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on happiness.What's included:A list of 10 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of happinessActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and trans
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
Conversation Starters Package on Social Problems
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on social problems.What's included:A list of 10 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of social problemsActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressio
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Types:
Also included in: Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
Conversation Starters Package on Individuality
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on individuality.What's included:A list of 12 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of individualityActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions a
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
The Fall of the House of Usher Vocabulary Puzzle - Digital & Print
Looking for a hands-on activity for vocabulary terms in "The Fall of the House of Usher"? This Vocabulary Activity is a fun way to familiarize students with some vocabulary they will see in the story. It also makes them think critically as they put together a unique puzzle with the words and definitions. This puzzle makes a shape that relates to the story!What's Included . . . ► Teacher instructions► Printable vocabulary puzzle► Digital link for vocabulary puzzle with moveable parts❤️ This is p
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Age of Reason - Early American Literary Movement Series, part II
This literature unit on the Age of Reason is the second in a series of the American Literary movements which includes: The Puritan Era, The Age of Reason, The Romantic Era, Transcendentalism, Realism, Harlem Renaissance, Modernism and Post Modernism. This particular unit begins by contrasting itself to prior ways of thinking and being human, as expressed through the literature of the previous era. It covers the major accomplishments, ideas and innovations of the Enlightenment, as well as the phi
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Conversation Starters Package on Consumerism
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on consumerism.What's included:A list of 14 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of consumerismActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and t
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
Teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER): A Whodunit Mystery Unit
This is the accompanying teaching sequence for the unit “Teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER): A Whodunit Mystery.” It includes a mystery to solve, all the evidence (which can be turned into manipulatives), rubrics for presentations and writing, teaching instructions, graphic organizers, and solutions. It does not include the "Teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER): A Whodunit Mystery" PowerPoint presentation which can be purchased separately or as part of a bundle.
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Conversation Starters Package on Charity
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on charity.What's included:A list of 15 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of charityActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and transitio
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
"The Fall of the House of Usher" Digital and Print Escape
Looking for an interesting way to assess students' understanding of "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe in a digital format? Check out this engaging print & digital escape room that will have your students applying their knowledge of the story, thinking critically, and working collaboratively to solve the 5 different clues about plot, setting, symbolism, and more.What's Included:► Step-by-step instructions► Hint cards► 5 well-designed puzzles to solve in both print and digita
Grades:
8th - 12th
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CCSS:
Conversation Starters Package on Welfare
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on welfare.What's included:A list of 10 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of welfareActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and transitio
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
Daily Mind Builders: Language Arts - Quick, Fun Brain Energizers for Grades 5+
A 37-page printable PDF ebook for grades 5 and up to wake up sleeping brains with fun daily doses of critical thinking! This book is comprised of intriguing ELA-themed activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essential skill as
Grades:
5th - 12th
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Conversation Starters on The Art of Conversation
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking questions on the art of conversation.What's included:A list of 15 thought-provoking questions for middle school/high school students on the art of conversationActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions an
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Types:
Also included in: Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
Debating Topics for Middle/High School: Consumerism
Get your middle/high school students debating topics that are both relevant and important to them while building their critical thinking skills. Students will be encouraged to develop their communication and debating skills, while opening their minds to different viewpoints.Each debate package covers and reinforces the five basic steps of the debating process: gathering information, exploring all sides of an issue, forming an initial opinion, defending the position in a debate and finally, refin
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Types:
Also included in: Debating Topics- Middle/High School: Growing Bundle- Grades 8-12
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