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Women's History Month other (social studies) resources for Microsoft Word and for GATE
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
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.
Grades:
4th - 7th
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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
Grades:
5th - 11th
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Founding Fathers Trading Cards - Social Studies - American History - Revolution
This is a simple project that will make your classroom walls less boring! The project has students make trading cards (how many is up to you) of various Founding Fathers and some Framers.
I assign this project on Day 1 of my unit on the Revolutionary War, and collect it two weeks later.
This lesson is 1 page and simply contains the instructions.
When the trading cards are finally submitted by the students, I love holding up some cards and reading quotes to the class from these brave men. Fo
Grades:
5th - 11th
China Collage Activity
This is a great activity to do after you have introduced China to your class. It contains a pre-assessment as well as a cool group activity that will give students a different method of showing what they know. The lesson also includes extension ideas for gifted/high ability students. There is one activity sheet that goes with it, and it is included.
Grades:
2nd - 4th
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Industrial Revolution Project
Students make a model of an invention from the American Industrial Revolution.
Grades:
8th
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Current Events/Analysis
Do you want to help students engage in analyzing multiple articles based on the same theme? This project/assignment is an excellent way of monitoring their abilities to infer, compare, contrast across the same theme. It is also a great project to help students work together with a common interest and produce information using a variety of technology. It's very much related to how to do research appropriately as well as forming their own conclusions based on what they chose research.
Create A Product for the Gold Rush
Howdy Miners! There are many opportunities for entrepreneurs at the Gold Fields. You will be creating a model of your actual product that could be used during the Gold Rush time. Then you will display the usefulness of your new product by creating the advertisement poster.
Grades:
4th
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Doughnuts by Robert McCloskey, Extension and Enrichment Activities
Robert McCloskey's short story, Dougnuts, is the perfect springboard to exploring inventions, inventors, economics, production lines, and so much more in the interdisciplinary realm of ELA and Social Studies. This list of extension and enrichment activities provides extension and enrichment projects, along with links to related topics, such as how donuts are made - perfect for a fiction vs. nonfiction compare and contrast paper! Also included is a suggested book list for further reading, for
Grades:
4th - 6th
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3 Extra Credit Project Assignments for 4-5th grades
Writing and research based extra credit assignment directions aimed at early finishers in grades 4-5.
Grades:
4th - 5th
Ireland: Cultural Studies through Film Study
Students or individuals may learn about Ireland by viewing one of the four films listed.
Eight cultural traits are listed to guide individuals or small groups while they are viewing one or all of the films.
Post-viewing discussions promise to be lively and of high interest.
Grades:
4th - 8th
School/Town Video Project
Students complete a short video on their town or school. Guidelines included
Grades:
3rd - 12th
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American Revolution Videos For Class
In my class, my students were bored to tears by the slow and methodical reading of the textbooks. So I decided to do something about it and make the Revolution fun again! I kept in mind middle school students who are learning about the revolution, but also made it serious enough to appeal to High School and beyond as well.
The videos are broken up into 17 3-5 Minute chunks that are great for generating discussion and getting the kids into the material.
The best part is, you can get the entir
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Clara Barton - A Short Biography for Kids, by Nell Madden
Learn about Clara Barton in a short biography suitable for elementary to middle school.
Grades:
4th - 8th
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