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Free high school social studies resources for GATE
Financial Literacy | Writing Prompt | Personal Finance | Opinon Writing
Help your students become proficient persuasive writers with this FREEBIE! Persuasive language is everywhere! Commercials, social media, movie ads and political speeches. Teaching persuasive writing and language is important and takes time and practice. Here’s an activity that supports persuasive writing by giving students a topic they can relate to, Financial Intelligence!What do your students already know about Financial Intelligence?If you’d like to give them a head start, check out this fun
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5th - 9th
Salem Witch Trials - FULL UNIT
Unit on the Salem Witch Trials where students learn about the people and the town, create their own mock trial, compare trials from then to today, and come up with alternative solutions. Visit Gifted Guide for more awesome, free resources.
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4th - 10th
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Ancient Civilizations Logic Puzzles FREE
These work sheets teach history using logic puzzles. The puzzles are intended to advance the students organizational and logic skills while also giving them knowledge of historical events. The attempt here is to teach across the curriculum using a fun format. Designed by Stephen Thompsen; a teacher with an in depth knowledge of history.You can buy the whole packet for $2.00-look for it listed beside this free offering.
Keywords: Logic, puzzles, ancient history and math, deductive reasoning.
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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The Stock Market Game Slideshow - FULL UNIT
The Stock Market Game is an awesome resource, but this makes it much easier and more convenient by putting all the lessons into a slideshow. You'll still need to have the original lessons from the site, but this will make them easy to display to students. Check out the Gifted Guide website for more awesome, free resources!
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5th - 10th
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FREE Greek Alphabet Wall Display Gifted Language Arts
FREE Greek Alphabet Wall Display Gifted Language ArtsIf they already know the alphabet, try posting this one above your whiteboard instead! It includes upper and lower case symbols, English (Latin) equivalences, and pronunciations. It prints in landscape format with two letters per page and fit just perfectly in a horizontal row over my board as traditional alphabet displays do--but with a real wow effect that makes everyone entering the room stop and actually look at the letters. Letters are
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Can You Pass the Ellis Island Immigrant Feature Profile Test?
The Feature Profile Test was a wooden block puzzle test administered to Ellis Island immigrants because IQ tests involved language translation issues. Instead, the Feature Profile Test became an instant nonverbal IQ assessment. The Feature Profile was made from wooden blocks that—if placed in the proper order—formed the profile of a human face.
According to the Smithsonian Magazine, this test was used at Ellis Island in the early 1900’s to keep out “feeble-minded” immigrants. The idea was th
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
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Primary and Secondary Sources: Differentiated Assignment
This assignment requires students to define the differences between primary and secondary sources, analyze primary sources within a text, and research different kinds of bias that can be found in both primary and secondary sources. This assignment is organized into three sections. The first section employs the "Five Most Difficult" differentiation strategy, and students who master the five most difficult problems can quickly move on to more challenging sections of the assignment. This assignm
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5th - 9th
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Analyzing Opposing Viewpoints - Model United Nations Activity
Teach your students the skill of analyzing opposing viewpoints with this Model United Nations activity! Knowing how to effectively analyze and express an opinion different to one’s own is a critical skill for students. Particularly in Model UN, students are often asked to argue an opinion different than the one they personally hold. Through this introductory Model UN activity, students will be given the opportunity to do just that! In this activity, students will read an NPR article about a cont
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7th - 9th
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Close Reading of Gettysburg Address
As an introductory lesson to memorizing the Gettysburg Address, I had my 6th grade readers complete a close read of the passage.
This frame incorporates the Icons of Depth of Complexity, but knowledge of the icons is not necessary to complete the lesson.
This frame is included in my Gettysburg Address bundle, which is FREE to download until Lincoln's Birthday!
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Gettysburg-Address-Memory-Activities-1666729
Also, find more detailed directions on how I
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6th - 10th
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Monroe Doctrine Close Reading and Socratic Seminar
Advanced level and text-dependent questions for "The Monroe Doctrine." Ideal for US History classes. Basic level text-dependent questions are included, followed by a more advanced level Socratic Seminar.
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5th - 12th
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Solving Real World Problems
This packet guides students through the process of discussing real world problems, researching them, and finding realistic solutions. The packet is directly aligned with the Florida standards for gifted learners.
keywords: group work, teamwork, real world, issues, controversy, elementary, gifted and talented.
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K - 12th
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Revolutionary War Pinterest Project
This is a culminating unit project that utilizes technology and Pinterest to allow students a different outlet to illustrate their comprehension and understanding. This project suits the skills of many of our technologically-savvy students and increases the skills of students who are still mastering technology. Student choice is also incorporated into the project. Students create their own Pinterest boards with images and paragraph descriptions of important people/places/events from the Revoluti
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6th - 10th
“The Death of Phillip Horatio Dahlman”
This is an excerpt from the new novel, “The Shadows at Cortez Square.” The narrative concerns a conflict that took place in a back alley in “Marysville,” California during “The Gold Rush Exposition” of 1858. Caution: the work does entail graphic details and the death of a gila monster. "Aids Orphans Remembered" [The work is literary fiction.]
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
Europe Case Study - Who Owns the Elgin Marbles?
Are you looking for an extension or a GT activity for your unit on Europe? Use this discussion activity on the Elgin Marbles. Your students will read about the history of the Parthenon and the "theft" of the Elgin Marbles. After completing an Opinion/Proof Graphic Organizer, your students will debate who should own the statues from this World Heritage Site. This activity is perfect for practicing point of view and crafting an argument based on facts. With this resource, you will receive:-Goog
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: GEOGRAPHY ACTIVITIES BUNDLE
Raft Activity: Conflict During Westward Expansion
This document explores Chief Joseph's Lincoln Hall Speech and challenges students to use creativity to explore the conflict from various points of view. A RAFT activity (Role, Audience, Format, Topic) allows students the opportunity to place themselves into historical context by personifying a character from Westward Expansion and creating their choice of document to reflect the issues of the time period.
Keywords: Nez Perce, Westward Expansion, Gifted Education, RAFT, Choice, Differentiation,
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6th - 11th
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Jeopardy WWII
No Prep Needed!!!Energize your classroom with an engaging and dynamic activity that students adore. Jeopardy is a surefire way to captivate your students, fostering enthusiasm and active participation in their learning journey. Tailored for college prep World History, this game can also be used for Modern AP World History. This Jeopardy game incorporate visuals, stunning illustrations, and political cartoons to aid your students' comprehension.Categories Included:Causes of WWIITurning PointsLea
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: AP World History Jeopardy Review Games Units 5-9
Thirteen (13) Colonies Name Origin Match-Up--Pairs, Solo, or Talk-Through in Cla
Fun for learning the origins of the names of the Thirteen Colonies--and a great chance to lightly talk through influences and chronology of settlement in a pleasant way. For instance, Maryland is named for Queen Henrietta Maria, a Catholic queen, which was fitting for a colony favorable for settlement by Catholics. Caroline/Carolina is the feminine version of "Charles," which many students probably don't know, but later helps make sense of terms like the "Carolingian Renaissance" in world histor
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6th - 9th
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Salem Witch Trial: Gate Reading, annotations, TedEd video frame
This lesson includes:- Two different versions: A paper version(3 pages) and digital version (6 pages) - Students read a summarized version of the Salem witch trials and make annotations in the columns provided. The icons students can use to prompt thinking are (details, origins, language of the discipline, ethics, and impact) - Link to Ted-Ed video- Gate icon frame that goes with the Ted-Ed video and gets students to think critically about the dangers of groupthink and the impact of the Salem wi
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5th - 12th
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Linear Curve Formula - Excel Spreadsheet
This straightforward method is called a linear scale or curve formula. It is a very versatile way of using a curve and can be used to give an extra boost to the weakest students and can be used to adjust the mean to be a target value. This Excel sheet does all the "math" for you. If you need to justify its use to students or administrators, the Excel file explains and shows the formula being used. I use linear curves for all my advanced or challenging assessments. I will pick the highest and low
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1st - 12th, Higher Education
Biography Depth & Complexity Frame
This depth and complexity frame is an alternative to the traditional biography report and works well for all students, including GATE.
Students can use it to report on a quick research project about any person or it can be part of a longer unit of study.
Students complete each section of the frame after conducting research. The center space is provided for students to either draw or find a picture of the person they are researching.
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Teacher Directions
Student D
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4th - 12th
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Mesopotamia Civilization Inquiry Questions
Students love inquiry questions to dive deeper into learning. These questions are some of the many that students can choose to research about Mesopotamian civilization!
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Crash Course:The Black Legend, Native Americans and Spaniards Guide and research
This worksheet has 8 questions (some have sub-questions) to go with the YouTube video. It also has a column for students to extend their knowledge by researching a specific topic mentioned in the video. You can have them just write certain details in that column or let them choose any gate icon they want to research more.
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6th - 11th
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![Preview of "The Tale of the Mountain Cat, A Native Story;" [*New Book Trailer]](https://ecdn.teacherspayteachers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=avif,quality=70,width=525,height=525,onerror=redirect/thumbitem/The-Tale-of-the-Mountain-Cat-A-Native-Story-1657551517/750f-27066-1.jpg)
"The Tale of the Mountain Cat, A Native Story;" [*New Book Trailer]
Check out the New Book Trailer (+13 Rating): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE7yE0KDIeo&t=4s
[All profits from this work go to the Homeless.] This is a story about a boastful Mountain Cat who comes into a meadow community and creates a confrontation. It is done in a "Native American" style of legend and story telling. This short story has been incorporated into the novel, "The Legend of Rail Wolf." ["Aids Orphans Remembered"]
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5th - 10th
LEGO Population Pyramid Activity
Students engage in the geography classroom as they analyze data and create population pyramids. Students will observe the increase and decline of crude birth and death rates to explain the development of countries based on their populations. This activity is fun, engaging, and collaborative. Can be adapted and developed for the differentiated classroom.
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8th - 12th
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