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Immigration and Urbanization Unit BUNDLE
Increase student growth and engagement while saving time, energy and money! This bundle has everything you need and more! It is perfect for textbook free classrooms. Just print and go!Please see preview for Bundle detailsBundle includes several products that aren't available in my store. For those available in my store, specific descriptions can be found below:Immigration and Urbanization Reading Passage with Response WorksheetImmigration and Urbanization Stations ActivityImmigration and Urbaniz
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5th - 10th
The Arrival by Shaun Tan -- 100+ Page Unit and Teacher's Guide GATE
Yes, we can teach reading, writing, speaking and listening, and critical thinking skills using this amazing graphic novel which has no “words!” It’s a journey about who we are, where we have come from, and the humanity we share. It’s about hope and love and understanding. At times powerful, at times breathtakingly beautiful . . . Shaun Tan’s The Arrival should be on every bookshelf in every classroom.This 100+ page teaching guide and unit has been developed over the past three years in my adv
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5th - 12th
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"Lamb to the Slaughter" Mock Trial Directions
My students read "Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl every fall and this mock trial is always a lesson they remember and ask to do over and over. Unfortunately it doesn't fit with every piece of literature. The lesson requires close reading, critical thinking, argument writing, oral communication, as well as comprehension of the story.
This product includes a one-page directions sheet for the teacher, as well as directions to be printed and handed to each of the following: prosecution, defe
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6th - 10th
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A Play, The Coercive Acts and the First Continental Congress
I love using this when we are in our Road to Revolution unit. It is a fun way to learn about the punishments of the Coercive Acts and the emergency meeting of the Continental Congress. I organize a table in the middle of the room with a Union Jack flag sitting somewhere on it. I make the table look official with some other props, too. Off to the side I put a chair for my "throne". The King and Baines stay in that area. The Members of Parliament sit around the table first. They change places wit
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5th - 12th
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Stock Market Unit Plan
Two week unit!
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Have a discussion on how people can make their money grow. Introduce vocab for unit. Hand out Stock Market passage and answer questions about reading.
Day 2- 3
Vocab matching sheet quiz. Discuss dangers of investing in stocks. Hand out Danger in Stocks handout and answer questions.
Discuss stock symbols. Have students search symbols for 4 teacher chosen stocks and check progress of the stocks together across the week. Tell students they have $1000 to invest. They will
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3rd - 10th
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Reading Unit: Daniel's Story by Carol Matas
Unit for the book DANIEL'S STORY by Carol Matas. Includes activities, vocabulary, questions, research, and project ideas, and an answer key. Keep as it is or add to the unit to meet the needs of your students.
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6th - 12th
The Abolitionist Movement | Digital Learning Pack
The Abolitionist Movement NO PREP Distance Learning Pack. Do you need and in depth examination of the Abolitionist movement? Give your students the opportunity to look at original texts, analyze different members of movement, and express their feelings about the movement. This activity can be broken into different parts and service your class for multiple days with different discussion topics! Digital and Paper Copies Included!This "Abolition Now: The Anti-Slavery Movement" Distance Learning
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Full Year U.S. History Distance Learning Deluxe Bundle
The Croods: Using the cartoon to review early humans/hominds
Bringing Common Core to the movies!!!
Questions to go along with the movie "The Croods". Example questions include determining the kind of homids they were (and justifying it), describing their cave art, and relating it to a modern day quote from Barack Obama about change.
8 questions in all with answers included
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5th - 9th
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The Boston Tea Party, A Play
If you teach about the Road to Revolution in your class, this is a great way to get your students involved and engaged when you reach the Tea Act of 1773 and the Boston Tea Party 1773.Having students reenact history is an excellent way for them to "experience" what events were like. This is a great example. This play was written using eyewitness accounts and other excellent sources including information from the Boston Tea Party museum. If ever in Boston it is a must do! You even get to throw th
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5th - 12th
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Slavery: African Slave Trade and Slavery Primary Sources Worksheets Bundle
This lesson plan collection is a series of 7 internet-based primary source documents on the African slave trade and slavery in general.The following primary source worksheets are included in this collection:African Slave Trade Primary Source Worksheet: The African Connection, ca 1788African Slave Trade Primary Source Worksheet: Aboard a Slave Ship, 1829Frederick Douglass Primary Source Worksheet: Escape From SlaverySlavery Primary Source Worksheet: A Slave's LifeSlavery Primary Source Worksheet:
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6th - 12th
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Trade and Barter: A Trading Simulation
Welcome to the world of economic exchange! Throughout history, people have traded, bartered, negotiated, and haggled in order to receive the greatest amount of goods for the lowest cost. From the direct trade of goods to the use of currency, people have found ways to satisfy their wants and needs. This trade simulation provides students with an opportunity to barter with imaginary resources and goods in order to obtain points. The premise for the simulation is the combination of resources. In th
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6th - 12th
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SHARK TANK Economics Pitches Prototypes PROJECT BASED PBL GATE
Welcome to the shark tank project-based learning unit. Let’s begin our entrepreneurial careers today!
Build critical thinking skills, public speaking success, and bring creativity, language arts, and economics into your classroom in a purposeful and authentic way.
Students will work in collaborative teams to solve a complex, ongoing, inquiry-based problem with a physical product for an authentic audience:
• Brainstorm a product, citing a need that will be fulfilled.
• Construct a prototyp
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Creativity Bundle for GATE Gifted and Talented and ALL
Compare&Contrast 13 Colonies (New England, Southern, & Middle) Pamphlet Project
This is an amazing lesson/project to help students differentiate between the 3 groups of colonies--New England, Middle, and Southern. Student's final project will be a pamphlet where each fold explains a different group of colonies.
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1) Do now--naming the 13 colonies on a map, latitude and longitude fill in the blank, and a determining century question.
2) Graphic organizer where students have to put 12 different characteristics into the correct box (New England, South
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6th - 12th
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Thesis Statement
Use this worksheet to help students plan a thesis statement for a research paper. The thesis worksheet guides students to use three main points and meld them together in one sentence for a thesis statement. Effective scaffolding for students with writing accommodations and modifications or first-time writers! These handouts model sentence-by-sentence, paragraph-by-paragraph the basic structure of a five paragraph research paper.Use this worksheet in conjunction with the other 6 that I have pos
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Workers and Labor Unions | Digital Learning Pack
Workers and Labor Unions NO PREP DISTANCE LEARNING PACK! Labor Unions can be difficult to teach. We get it. They can be complex, and your students can get bored. If only there was a lesson that made unions, their goals, negotiation tactics, and the workers they represented easy to understand and interesting to learn about? This is the activity you've been looking for!This "Workers and Labor Unions" Distance Learning Pack includes: A document-based activity that assess your students's comprehen
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Gilded Age & Progressive Era | Digital Learning | Deluxe Bundle
Economics Video Study Guide: Monsters, Inc.
This video study guide contains 16 multiple-choice, economics-themed questions that can be used in conjunction with the 2001 film Monsters, Inc. (Rated G - 92 minutes)
Following the AP Economics exams last spring, I agreed to allow my economics students to select a film to watch in class, on the condition that they would answer questions about the economic themes in the film. The result was this study guide, which we used to discuss the economic concepts demonstrated in the movie.
Some of the
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6th - 12th
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The U.S. in WWI | America Fights "Over There" | Digital Learning Pack
The U.S. in WWI: America Fights "Over There" NO PREP Distance Learning Pack! There is no better way to facilitate an inclusive and engaging activity to help students immerse themselves in the past and live the American experience of World War 1 than this America Fights Over There gallery walk. Digital and Paper Copies Included!This "America Over There" Distance Learning Pack includes:1) A document-based "GALLERY WALK" activity that creates a unique opportunity for your students to engage with RE
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: World War I and Roaring 20s | Digital Learning | Deluxe Bundle
Lois Lowry's The Giver - Myers-Briggs Test/Job Assignments PAPER VERSION
GOOGLE VERSION AVAILABLE HERE!This two-day activity has students taking an adapted Myers-Briggs test to discover their personality type.Then, using a Business Insider article, students will be assigned a job based on their personality types, similar to what happens in Lois Lowry's The Giver.Finally, students will write about whether or not they agree with the results of the test and if they think they would enjoy the job assigned to them. Generally speaking, I have found the results to be incre
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6th - 12th
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Government Video Study Guide: The Hunger Games
This video study guide is designed to accompany the 2012 film The Hunger Games. It contains 27 multiple-choice questions, 4 ethical reasoning (short answer) questions, and 1 essay question. Answer key follows the student handout in the Microsoft Word file.
Because of a modified schedule due to standardized testing, one of my freshman government classes recently had to suffer through a few extra hours of class with me. I've found that the (color, Americanized) film adaptation of Lord of the Flie
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6th - 12th
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The Annexation of Hawaii and Alaska | Digital Learning Pack
The Annexation of Hawaii and Alaska NO PREP Distance Learning Pack. Two of the most important and controversial territorial acquisitions in United States history are the Annexation of Hawaii and Alaska. Students will study and ready primary source documents the determine the reasons why the US felt it necessary to acquire these lands. Digital and Paper copies INCLUDED! This "Annexing Hawaii and Alaska" Distance Learning Pack includes: 1) An activity that assess your students's comprehension of
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: American Imperialism | Digital Learning | Deluxe Bundle
Growing a Nation: History of American Agriculture WebQuest
This digital WebQuest activity hits the highlights of different eras in American history and agricultural development, introducing students to a broad overview of how agriculture and society have changed over time in the United States. This document includes a key for the activity. Based off the website Growing a Nation, a timeline of american agriculture.
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6th - 12th
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World War II | The War in the Pacific | Digital Learning Pack
World War II: The War in the Pacific NO PREP Distance Learning Pack! Are you looking for a way to connect your students to the events of the war in the Pacific? This unique activity will draw your students attention with first hand accounts of the events on the front. Students will read depictions and first hand accounts of real events that took place during the battles. Digital and Paper Copies Included!This "World War II: The Pacific Theatre " Distance Learning Pack includes:1) A set of q
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: World War II | Distance Learning | Digital Bundle
The Branches of Government Webquest Collection
These 4 great webquests go over the 3 branches of government and the Executive Cabinet. Save money and buy the collection! The four webquests can be viewed and purchased individually below:The Executive Branch WebquestThe Executive Cabinet WebquestThe Legislative Branch WebquestThe Judicial Branch WebquestAll of my government lesson plans are in the following collection:Government and Civics CollectionIndividual Government Lesson Plans:Government WebquestsThe Legislative Branch WebquestJudicial
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4th - 10th
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The Persian Gulf War | Digital Learning Pack
The Persian Gulf War NO PREP Distance Learning Pack. The Persian Gulf War is a sometimes forgotten war in American History, despite the fact that it drastically changed American international affairs for the next 30 years. Give your students some background information about this short but important war. Digital and Paper Copies Included!This The Persian Gulf War Distance Learning Pack includes:1) A timeline and document-based activity that helps students understand the key events of the e
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Full Year U.S. History Distance Learning Deluxe Bundle
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