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High school social studies resources for GATE under $5
Articles of Confederation Simulation
This item is apart of a bundle! Teaching the Articles of Confederation? Need a engaging way for students to practice the knowledge they just learned? Have the students participate in the Congress of Confederation and work with other states to get task done for the United States.I conduct this simulation in my own classroom and the students love it! They really get into the role of the states and debate!Students walk away with a better understand of not just the weaknesses, but WHY the Articles o
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7th - 10th
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Holiday Budgeting Activities : Bonus Ugly Sweater Design Activity
Perfect for middle and high school economics and civics. Use these activities in class individually or as a holiday lesson. Students choose a random budget and have to plan a holiday party and/or budget for gifts. Bonus Activity: My gift to you,for those last days before break. Have students design and ugly Christmas sweater! This resource includes: -Holiday Party Plan Activity -Gift Budgeting Activity -5 templates for ugly Christmas sweater You may also like:EOC Review PacketConstitution Scave
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Year Long Holiday Activities for Middle School and High School Bundle
HISTORY DETECTIVE: Death of Egyptian Queen Hatshepsut- Primary Source Analysis
Another installment of HISTORY DETECTIVE. This time, students will tackle the unexplained death and then social disappearance of Ancient Egypt's Queen Hatshepsut. After analyzing sources, annotating the documents, and weighing evidence, your detectives will make a claim and defend their claim regarding Queen Hatshepsut's death and legacy.
BACKGROUND: Hatshepsut was a royal princess, the eldest daughter of the great general Tuthmosis I and his consort Queen Ahmose. Pharaoh Hatshepsut enjoyed
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5th - 10th
Women in the Civil War: Station Rotations (Primary Sources & Informational Text)
Diversify your syllabus. Get your secondary students up and moving using these Women in the Civil War Station Rotations. This adaption of a DBQ gets students into exploring authentic female sources and perspectives. Students will take an inquiry stance-- all stations help students answer the essential question, "How did the Civil War Challenge and Change the Role of Women & Notion of 'Womanhood' in American Society?”(Looking for "Women in the Civil War" for grades 4-7? Click here)One wom
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8th - 12th
Ancient Greek Philosophers of Ancient Greece Activities Middle School 6th grade
Interactive? Check! Engaging? Check! Deep thinking? Check! Your students will love learning about Classical Greek philosophers with this set of three activities that focus on six philosophers of Ancient Greece. They'll learn about Hypatia, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Euclid, and Thucydides in original one-page biographies, and then they'll create trading cards about the philosophers. In the third activity, they will select three of the philosophers and create an imaginary conversation they would
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5th - 9th
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Design a School Project (Based on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs) | PBL
This project-based learning activity is intended as a culminating project following a lesson on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. This project would be appropriate for a high school Psychology course or Social Studies course. I used this project with my Social Studies students as a culminating project after watching the documentary film, "The Bad Kids" (could also be used with "Stand and Deliver," "Lean on Me," or a similar film.Step I:In this exercise, students will connect what they've learned abou
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Psychology Store Growing Bundle
Ancient Egypt Puzzles
Your unit on Ancient Egypt will include more critical thinking fun with these challenging logic puzzles! This NO prep three pack includes three critical thinking matrix grid, brain busters. Two of them are personalized for every single student! Perfect for early finishers, challenge board, after testing, and more! Have a look! NOW available in a MONEY SAVING BUNDLE of Greek & Egypt Logic PuzzlesSet includes 3 Logic Puzzles. This set includes: Egyptian Pets! is a personalized puzzle.
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5th - 9th
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Political Parties: Notes,Quiz, and Make your Own Party
I love teaching about political parties! I especially love this lesson because students learn about the political spectrum and even take a quiz to find where they are on the spectrum.Students also create their own political party!This products includesPowerPoint presentationMake your own political party activity Democrats vs republican cut out worksheet Where are you on the spectrum quizPolitical Party notes Political Party notes for interactive notebookWant access to ALL of my civics resources?
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6th - 12th
Design a Museum Exhibit - Informational Text and Creative Research Project
Are you looking for an engaging blend of informational text, reading comprehension, and a creative research project? You found it! Students read a nonfiction passage about the Smithsonian’s 101 Objects that Made America. Then, they choose one object and create a museum exhibit for it.Key Skills in this Informational Text & Creative Research Project:✅ Informational Text Reading Comprehension✅ Understanding vocabulary in context✅ Researching key facts and ideas about one artifactWhat teachers
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7th - 10th
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The Constitutional Amendment Process: Notes, Lesson, and Math Activity Lesson
Looking for a way to teach the amendment process? I use this resource in my class; my student love learning about adding an amendment to the constitution. Take a break from your notes and readings, and try a little math in your social studies class.This Resource Includes:Notes Guided Notes Fraction fill in worksheetAmendment math worksheetVocabulary Failed Amendment worksheetWhat would happen if amendments were not added worksheetand much more!Want access to ALL of my civics resources? Join the
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5th - 12th
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Also included in: American Government and Civics Constitution Bundle
HISTORY DETECTIVE: Death of Meriwether Lewis (Lewis & Clark) w/ Primary Sources
For this installment of HISTORY DETECTIVE, students will review the mysterious death of famed explorer and American hero, Meriwether Lewis (of Lewis and Clark). This is an engaging and creative take on DBQs, with a heavy focus on SOURCING and CONTEXTUALIZING as your students think like historians (and detectives) to piece together the mystery. (Note: There is no "real" answer-- so students can't google the answer-- scientists and historians still don't know the truth about why Lewis died, or
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6th - 12th
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Mayan Math Bingo! Los Mayas! Great Native American Lessons, Worksheets & Games!
Calculate like the Maya--the astronomers of Ancient America! Crush Common Core with this high interest cross-curricular strategy! Teach Spanish numbers, Native American history, and math all in one game! Pertinent math concepts include real, rational, and natural numbers, integers, commutative and associative properties, additive identity, multiplication, place value, powers, and exponents. Social science concepts include ethnomathematics, ethnocentrism, cultural anthropology, paleography,
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6th - 12th
Immigration and the Law - Internet Research Projects for High School
31 printable or digital pages for students to research immigration and the law. Students analyze who was targeted, how the public reacted, what the problems were with it, and what was happening globally or in the US at the time. Students investigate acts of congress, court cases, immigration operations, and presidential executive orders: Oath of Allegiance (1727), Naturalization Act of 1790, Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, Naturalization Law of 1802, Fourteenth Amendment (1868), Chinese Exclusi
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9th - 12th
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2023 Year in Review Current Events Trivia with Answer Key Quiz Bowl
This resource consists of 23 questions having to do with current events that occurred during 2023. This would be a great way to review the year at the end of 2023 or the beginning of the new year, 2024!This could be done as a homework assignment, where students research the answers, or as a team builder or icebreaker just for fun to see what everyone knows collectively, especially on the return from winter break. Appropriate and fun for staff events, academic challenge teams or quiz bowl! Answer
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7th - 10th
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Revolutionary War Project Menu
Revolutionary War Project | Differentiated Project | Revolutionary War Activity This product is a culminating project to use with the Revolutionary War. Project menus are one of the quickest, easiest ways to incorporate differentiation in to your classroom. Not only do project menus provide challenging options for gifted and talented students, but it also provides options for students who might have learning disabilities or other academic challenges. Most importantly, however, project menus allo
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5th - 9th
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Levels of Government
Federal, State, and Local Governments are made simple for your students with this PowerPoint. I use the first part of the power point after the students learn about the constitution in the fall, and then show the whole thing in the spring when students campaign and are elected for the Leadership Class the following year.Add your own state, local, and school governments to the slides.This aligns with the Common Core State Standards:3.SL.33.SL.43.SL.63.W.45.SL.35.SL.45.SL.65.W.48.SL.38.SL.48.SL.68
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3rd - 9th
Social Studies Personality Type Quiz | Get to Know You Test | Back to School
Boost student relationships with this no-prep, easy-to-use Social Studies Personality Inventory! This personality survey, based on the long-standing four temperaments, turns this abstract concept into a lesson that is high-interest, easy to understand, and memorable! TWO LEVELS of the personality test are included, making it applicable for 3rd-12th grade students...and beyond! This personality quiz theme can be used in any school subject as a Get to Know You Activity at Back to School Time, or a
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: PERSONALITY TYPES MEGA BUNDLE | 45 Themed Personality Inventories
Greek Philosophers Activities Socrates Plato Aristotle
Students actively engage in an investigation of the ideas and lives of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle with this set of informational texts and activities. Ready-to-use with background information and student directions for 5 activities. Great for distance learning.This resource includes: - Background Information and Key Ideas of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle- Student directions for 5 analysis activities (great for stations)- Teacher's guideThis purchase is for one teacher only. This resource
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9th - 11th
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Also included in: World History Middle school Curriculum Bundle GROWING
Katsushika Hokusai Coloring Pages
Recreate Katsushika Hokusai’s colorful paintings and make them your own!11 handmade reproductions of Hokusai’s paintings to be used as coloring pages. They include:A Greeny Hill View of Mt. Fuji over a LakeA Rocky Mountain Seen by the WaterAncient View of Yatsuhashi in MikawaFishermen Hauling a NetFishing by Torchlight in Kai ProvinceFujiwara No ToshiyukiHodogaya on the TokaidoOld Tiger in the SnowPeople Crossing an Arched BridgeThe Great Wave off KanagawaTravellers Crossing the Oi RiverKatsush
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3rd - 9th
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Creative Wheel Enrichment Activity
:: How to Use ::Creative Wheels can be used in ANY subject! You can have students complete a book character study, biography, book study, Social Studies topic, Science topic… the possibilities are endless!RESOURCE INCLUDES:+ Creative Wheel PDF+ Creative Wheel Google Slide+ Creative Wheel Digital or Printout options+ Editable Rubric + Sample pictures from my class projects and a list of ideas on how to use!
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in: Enrichment Activity Growing Bundle
Student Letter to Senator: Argumentative Writing & Civics
Let your students voices be heard with this argumentative letter writing assignment!! Students will select a topic, research the topic, and write a letter using a thesis (claim) and supporting research to justify their claim. Then, mail the letter off so that your students can make their voices heard! (Stamps and envelopes not included)
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This lesson packet is takes your students through the basic steps of writing an argumentative letter to their Congressperson. The packet i
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3rd - 12th
Amazing Race Printable Templates
This file is a PowerPoint file with Amazing Race templates to create challenges, detours and roadblocks in any content area. These templates can be used digitally or as printables. Just click inside the editable text boxes to add your content.Template includes: planning pageschallenge folderroute information carddetour cardroadblock cardplayer name tagsPowerPoint slides template
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K - 12th, Staff
Greece - Peloponnesian War - Athens vs. Sparta - Depth and Complexity
Depth and Complexity lesson on the Peloponnesian War.
Students are asked to complete four different tasks on the worksheet.
1) “Language of the Discipline” - Define five vocabulary terms in their own words. (Sparta, Athens, Peloponnesian peninsula, truce, and plague)
2) “Details” – Place details into the corresponding “web” on which they belong – Athens or Sparta.
3) “Patterns” – Place a list of eight different events from the Peloponnesian War in the correct order.
4) “Different Perspective
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5th - 9th
Ancient Greece The Twelve Olympian Gods and Goddesses
This is a two-page printable/worksheet that introduces the twelve most important Greek gods and goddesses to students. Students match the god or goddess with his/her description and personality. Finally, there are extension questions after each answer so students can investigate interesting facts or stories about each god as homework or as part of further study of the Greek gods. Answers provided. Please see the Preview to get an idea of the format.
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Importance of learning social studies
Social studies offers valuable insights into history, geography, and much more. Social studies captivates students by providing them with perspectives from the past, present, and future, allowing them to understand history and navigate current events. It enables them to appreciate how previous generations have shaped their present reality. In essence, social studies opens their eyes to the vastness of life beyond their immediate surroundings.
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- Learn about the achievements, challenges, perspectives, traditions, and customs of different societies
- Evaluate information, analyze evidence, and make informed judgments about complex social, economic, and political issues
- Become active, responsible, and engaged citizens
- Comprehend global issues such as human rights, environmental sustainability, and economic disparities
By teaching social studies, teachers can help students develop critical thinking skills, foster civic engagement, and promote social awareness and responsibility.
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For instance, first graders can explore worksheets on senses and emotions, followed by a coloring page featuring Harriet Tubman. Older students can test their knowledge with quizzes on statistics and capital cities, then delve into the history of the Underground Railroad through an informational sheet or enjoy a word search focused on civil rights leaders. With such a wide variety of subjects and topics covered, our social studies pages provide endless opportunities for students to explore the world in captivating ways.
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