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6th grade social studies resources for Microsoft Word and for GATE
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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STEM Kid Engineering for GATE -- FERRIS WHEELS plus Primary Sources
In this GATE engineering journey, students will each construct a very cool Ferris wheel prototype as a final product. Along the way, they will examine primary source images, read primary source history, and integrate math, engineering, and economics in a learning process which incorporates best practices in gifted and talented education for 21st Century Learners.
This is a challenging engineering project—teacher guided. I used it for GATE 4th grade; however, my kids are experienced builders.
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: STEAM Class Bundle - Engineering Focus - 115+ Hours 374 pp Gifted GATE
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
Road Trip Adventure PROJECT BASED LEARNING for GATE and 3rd - 8th Grades
Come along on a fun project-based adventure as students practice different forms of writing, geography skills, computer and internet technology skills, engineering and design skills, math skills, public speaking, creativity, and art.
Here is your Gold Medal Standard project based learning unit ready to go. Because this project-based unit relies heavily on student creativity and invention, the key knowledge, understanding, and success skills can be scaffolded across many grade levels. This un
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: SIMULATIONS Real-World Projects GATE Bundle Gifted
Carnival Game Economics PBL Project-Based Learning GATE
Smaller tasks add up to big, big learning with this gold medal standard project-based learning activity! What a sneaky cool way to learn math, economics, and functional design! (Insert evil teacher laugh.) It’s a hands-on approach to Common Core Standards.
In Carnival Game Economics, students design a carnival skill game and gather data as junior market researchers during the test phase. They’ll use this data to help make decisions. After making calculations for probability, students will
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Gifted and Talented SURVIVAL KIT Bundle -- 235 pages, big discount!
T-Shirt Entrepreneurs PROJECT BASED LEARNING Math Economics GATE 4-8th
Your students will be excited for this “gold medal standard” project-based math, design, and economics activity. It’s appropriate and adaptable for 4th – 8th grade. It has been a staple for my 4th grade gifted and talented math group since 2013.You won’t be the sage on the stage. Students will problem-solve their way through the project working in collaborative teams, and the teacher will guide, be a resource, spur discussion, play devil’s advocate, and provide mini lessons when necessary.In
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: STEAM Class BUNDLE - Math Focus Hours of Hands-on Projects GATE Gifted
STEAMy GATE 4th 5th 6th PYRAMIDS Unit
Very STEAMy with reading and writing, too! This unit is loaded with higher order thinking tasks, variety across the curriculum, creative responses, and hands-on learning through building and design. It’s the same sort of stuff you’re used to seeing here, and your kids will love it!
• Level—4th through 6th grade GATE
• Time—about 15 hours
• Materials—start saving cardboard!
Craft sticks and tape or low temp hot glue. Otherwise, common classroom materials.
You’ll get explanations, teacher
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4th - 7th
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Leadership, Identity, Cultural Relevance -- Two GATE Social-Emotional Lessons
Here we have two GATE social-emotional lessons promoting self-understanding, cultural relevancy, and leadership. These lessons correspond to the National Association for Gifted Children’s programming standards 1.1, 3.3, and 3.5.Does your school district/state require gifted learners to complete an Advanced Learning Plan? These activities will help provide background as students make plans and set goals for the aspects of their lives they value the most. File these activities away, add them to
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3rd - 8th
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Primary Sources - Ferris Wheels from the Renaissance to 1893
It’s best practices in history and social studies!
This lesson bundle includes the primary sources lessons from the unit, STEM Kid Engineering—Ferris Wheels. In the full unit, students construct a cool Ferris wheel prototype. That full unit is available in my store.
In this series of primary sources lessons, students will examine several primary source images, read primary source history, and integrate math and economics in a learning process which incorporates best practices in gifted and tal
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4th - 8th
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Primary Sources Collection -- Complete Lessons with All You Need! 144 Pages
Best practices in history and 21st Century learning through primary sources, the Common Core, critical thinking, expository writing, public speaking, creative projects—they’re all here!THIS IS A VERY POPULAR, SOMEWHAT SMALLER, VERSION OF AN EVEN LARGER BUNDLE.You get five sets of bundled primary sources lessons—145 pages of lessons and materials in all—and a nice savings over buying the bundles individually. Each activity comes with explanations, guides, ready-to-print activity sheets, graphic
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4th - 12th
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Primary Sources: Propaganda and Vintage Posters
Best practices in history through primary sources, critical thinking with logic and inferences, expository writing, 21st Century Learning, more than a dozen standards from the Common Core, and creative extensions – all in one lesson!
In this lesson, students learn student-friendly propaganda technique definitions using “picture-notes”—an effective note-taking technique that fosters the visual-language connection. Depth of knowledge increases as students examine primary source posters and apply
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4th - 12th
SCAMPER Invention Project
This two page activity includes instructions, expectations, descriptions, and a rubric for a "SCAMPER" project. Students will use the "SCAMPER" process to invent a new product. This is editable so that it can be modified for your specific purpose and grade-appropriate activity.
Grades:
2nd - 12th
California Gold Rush Digital Interactive Activity
California Gold Rush Digital Interactive ActivityExamine the California Gold Rush using this digital interactive activity!The file link is provided and will ask you to make a copy of it into your google drive!Students are asked to explore websites, listen to audio, examine photos, etc. about various aspects of the gold rush such as mining tools, diseases of the time, routes to CA, and MUCH MORESkills covered: analyze, compare, infer, critical thinking, listening, explore and MOREStudents are als
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4th - 8th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Distance Learning California History Hyperdoc Bundle
"Party Through the Decades" Research Project
This is a great cooperative group or even independent research project for Social Studies! What a great way to wrap up the school year or just challenge some Gifted and Talented Students throughout the year. All the while learning about history, pop culture, economics, and trends of our history. They end with a fun party incorporating historical events and people of the decade, as well as, trends in fashion, music, foods, and the entire culture of the decade!
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4th - 12th
Friday Math - Balloon Message Mystery for Upper Elementary GATE
Best practices in Common Core Standards, gifted education and 21st Century Learning Skills . . .
This cross-curricular applied math activity addresses the Common Core Standards in a fun way for everyone. Balloon Mystery Messages is applied math, engineering and design, writing, geography, research skills, and internet and computer technology bundled in one mighty cool set of activities.
In Balloon Mystery Messages, students practice long division and 4+ digit multiplication as they solve th
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: STEAM Class BUNDLE - Math Focus Hours of Hands-on Projects GATE Gifted
Japan Independent Research Project (Differentiated process and product)
Use this independent research assignment to awaken your students' interest in Japan. Students may chose any area of Japanese life and culture they would like to research. Step -by- step instruction on how to conduct the project is provided and is ready to go in student friendly language. Resources and websites for students to visit are included.
The project also includes a Memo writing activity that might be used as a checking point or a formative assessment before the entire project is comple
Differentiated Independent Study or Gifted Project
Looking for a way to differentiate with your advanced learners? This has worked well with me. This can work at any grade level.
1. Give a pre-test for the chapter. Tell kids in advance that if they score a certain percentage on the test, they will be eligible to do an independent study project while other students work on the main assignments for the chapter.
2. Students develop three higher level questions they want answered about the information in the chapter and then research those que
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3rd - 12th
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American Revolution Hyperdoc (Part 2)
This hyperdoc will give your students a better understanding of the following five topics.The 1st and 2nd Continental CongressPaul Revere's RideBattles of Lexington and ConcordThe Battle of Bunker HillThe Declaration of IndependenceIt is a collection of videos and articles to help your students get a deeper knowledge, with some guiding questions along the way. The "apply" part will be at the teacher discretion. I have the students select two of the four events and dive deeper into those. They ch
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4th - 9th
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Global Issues Vocabulary and Mini-Research Activity
Students will be able to learn vocabulary associated with global issues. Have students highlight the ones they know a lot about. Have students put a star next to a few they would like to learn more about. Assign students a topic to dig deeper in with research and answer the questions in the table organizer. Students can create a presentation to share with the class and teach other students about the global issue.
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4th - 7th
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March/Math Madness
This 7 lesson unit includes an interest inventory, pretest, learning centers, learning contract, and task cards. Students will use the NCAA Basketball Tournament to learn about data, graphing, probability, outlining/classifying, map skills, and more!
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4th - 8th
Projects to do for the 50 States
Here is a list of possible projects that students can make or research in a study of the the United States. The list is divided into regions: Pacific, New England, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Great Lakes, and Great Plains. I will upload the Rocky Mountain States shortly. Students choose one project based on what they feel are their strengths. Students can make models, dioramas, timelines, write stories, create graphs, etc. I usually give them one month to complete as we study a different region eve
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4th - 8th
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13 Colonies (Colonial Life) Artifact Research Project
This is a really fun, rigorous, and engaging project that allows students to research a specific person or event from the Colonial Era in American History. The students begin by choosing a topic, researching their selected topic, and identifying artifacts to share with their classmates. Also within the project, students will take meaningful notes, identify sources, create a bibliography, and create a written response. The project can be adapted to fit all learners and accommodate each teacher's
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5th - 11th
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STEM Kid Engineering -- Antarctic Research Station Halley IV
Be the coolest kid on the block when you build this model of the Halley IV Antarctic Research Station!
The Halley IV can be quickly assembled and moved across the Antarctic ice on its adjustable skids and can be connected together to make an entire research community.
Young engineers will build the research station featuring a “hydraulic lift,” adjustable leg skids, and extras to make their model look like the real thing.
This activity comes with ready-to-print templates, loads of reference
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3rd - 6th
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Map Features Performance Assessment
Skill and drill no longer works! Assess your students' understanding of the main features of a map in an authentic and real-world driven way. This performance assessment is to be used following a unit on map skills. In this engaging problem-based learning experience, students receive a letter from a "director" at the Community Travel Agency. In kid-friendly terms, they are asked to serve in the capacity of contracted travel agent. Provided with client profiles and a United States atlas, the
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4th - 6th
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