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7th grade Native Americans resources for Microsoft Word and for Gifted and Talented

Preview of Table-top Mini Golf:  STEAM Engineering and Design for Elementary GATE

Table-top Mini Golf: STEAM Engineering and Design for Elementary GATE

In From Putt-putt to Pebble Beach--Table-top Mini Golf, students will design and construct a playable table-top sized miniature golf course using the engineering design process. With these lessons, the teacher defines the problem, helps students gather background research, and specifies the requirements. The students do the rest: creating alternative solutions, choosing the best solution, doing development work, building a prototype, and testing and redesigning. The result is a classroom filled
Preview of The Arrival by Shaun Tan -- 100+ Page Unit and Teacher's Guide 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
Preview of Integer Project Bundle

Integer Project Bundle

Integer Projects Bundle Need an integer project idea? This bundle includes 5 Integer Projects that you can use in your classroom. This is great for grades 6-8. I have used these in the past for an alternative to a written integer test. These projects are 21st century and provide real-world application. Great part about this – completely editable. Projects Included: -Budgeting Your Money with Integers (with rubric) -Integer Timeline (with rubric) -Integer Rules Comic Strip -I am an Integer
Preview of Pocahontas Video Review: Compare and Contrast Disney v Reality

Pocahontas Video Review: Compare and Contrast Disney v Reality

Created by
Ms History
In this assignment students watch the Disney version of Pocahontas and compare with Disney's version to what really happened. There is a timeline of Pocahontas, a map, and events of what happened in her life. After the video students must write about the comparison of the video and what really happened in her life. The rubric that goes along with the writing is based off of IVOC writing grading. This works well with Upper Elementary, Middle and lower high school.
Preview of American West Gallery Walk (Transcontinental Railroad, Homestead Act, Dawes Act)

American West Gallery Walk (Transcontinental Railroad, Homestead Act, Dawes Act)

Students will learn about significant people and events in the American West (1862-1895). The gallery walk contains 12 documents and 33 questions. I have included an answer key. Please message me if you have any questions. *This is a great activity to get students out of their seats and moving! *Editable Word Document *Students will spend 3-5 minutes at each of the eight stations. *The activity does not require the use of a textbook or teacher preparation.American West Topics:Transcontinental Ra
Preview of Math Project-Create Own Dream Home-Blueprints and Floor Plan (perimeter & area)

Math Project-Create Own Dream Home-Blueprints and Floor Plan (perimeter & area)

Create blueprints and/or floor plans for your own dream home!! Your little architects will love dreaming big with this project. Using their imaginations and graph paper, they will create their own blueprints.They will be learning area, measurement and perfecting those problem solving and critical thinking skills. The bonus is they won't even know it because they will be having fun. This project is very "real life" oriented. For the younger grades this would be better for the GT students. Or
Preview of SPIES!  A GATE Adventure 18+ Contact Hours - Challenging and Engaging!

SPIES! A GATE Adventure 18+ Contact Hours - Challenging and Engaging!

Your students will ask to stay in from recess for this. It is the most popular unit I've taught in 32 years, and it is packed with challenging critical thinking.We imagine students are training at the school for spies: mini survivor challenges, mini crossbows, a jewel heist, footprint mysteries, memory games, cipher disks, case files, messages hidden in gel caps. This unit is STEM and critical thinking at its coolest and finest, and we’ve thrown in reading, speaking and listening, and a social-
Preview of Small Group Reader's Theater Twisted Fairy Tales - Book Two

Small Group Reader's Theater Twisted Fairy Tales - Book Two

Created by
WonbyOne
In this second book of Reader's Theaters for small groups, I have placed 7 scripts. They are: Sleeping Homely, The Princess and the Pizza for 3 people, The Princess and the Pizza for 4, Peter Pants and Captain Looks, Beauty & the Beets (and the Turnips and the Onions), Romeo and Juliet, Hansel and Pretzel. I realize that Peter Pants and Captain Looks as well as Romeo and Juliet are not strictly fairy tales but they are very well known and fun for the students. You can buy each of these indiv
Preview of American West Webquest- Homestead Act, Dawes Act, Indian Wars, Cattle Drives

American West Webquest- Homestead Act, Dawes Act, Indian Wars, Cattle Drives

The assignment contains 45 questions about the history of the American West. Students will use kid-friendly websites to answer the questions. The webquest can be used as a review or introduction to the American West. I have included an answer key. Please message me if you have any questions. ⭐ Engaging!⭐ No textbook required⭐ Editable Word Documents⭐ The documents can be uploaded to your website or Google Drive; please make sure, however, that it is password protected.Topics/Key Vocabulary:Homes
Preview of STEAM Kid Engineering -- The Playable Golf Course Design Unit for GATE

STEAM Kid Engineering -- The Playable Golf Course Design Unit for GATE

In this unit, students will build a contraption to hit a small, wooden golf ball through a scaled version of a golf course which they and their classmates have designed. They’ll make a trundle wheel for measuring and marking the course, write down their scores on a scorecard, design putters, and learn background in physics through their work in the engineering and design process. The Playable Golf Course is not just fun. It’s a challenging engineering, design, and construction unit including
Preview of The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan - Teacher's Guide and Activities GATE

The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan - Teacher's Guide and Activities GATE

The beauty in The Lost Thing is that it settles into one’s soul in a casual and poetic way. What starts as a sort of amusing but sad story finds its way deeper into your heart. You begin to wonder, to ask questions. Soon you find yourself wanting to stand up and defend all the lost things in the world—including that lost part of yourself. Are you somehow guilty too, you wonder? Quite unexpectedly, you begin to really feel the world Shaun Tan creates. It is a wonderful experience in mindf
Preview of Americas Unit Bundle - Aztec, Olmec, Maya, Inca, Inuit, Iroquois, & More!

Americas Unit Bundle - Aztec, Olmec, Maya, Inca, Inuit, Iroquois, & More!

This unit covers the migration theories and goes over the major pre-Colombian Civilizations. There is a 125 slide PowerPoint with a corresponding note sheet (one filled in and the other with fill-in-the-blanks). There are three projects (a timeline, creative project, or small group presentation project), a test with study guide and jeopardy review game, and a folder of supplemental materials. These materials include quick reads (1 page readings) on the Olmec, Maya Aztec, Aztec poetry, and the
Preview of STEAM DaVinci Renaissance Style:  A Unit for Elementary GATE

STEAM DaVinci Renaissance Style: A Unit for Elementary GATE

In STEM Renaissance Style, students will follow the engineering process as they return to the 16th Century. With these lessons, the teacher defines the problem, helps students gather background research, and specifies the requirements. The students do the rest: creating alternative solutions, choosing the best solution, doing development work, building a prototype, and testing and redesigning. Students construct a prototype of Da Vinci’s parachute while learning about falling objects, gravity,
Preview of Native Americans Webquest (Cooperation and Conflict)

Native Americans Webquest (Cooperation and Conflict)

The document contains 37 questions about cooperation and conflict between the American Indians and colonists (agriculture, trade, cultural exchanges, military alliances, and disputes). Students will use kid-friendly websites to answer the questions. I have included an answer key. *The assignment can be uploaded to your website or Google Drive; however, please make sure it is password protected. Topics: War and peace with the Powhatan Plymouth settlement Squanto's role in helping the settlers Cha
Preview of SHARK TANK Economics Pitches Prototypes PROJECT BASED PBL 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
Preview of America Before Columbus (National Geographic) Video Assessment

America Before Columbus (National Geographic) Video Assessment

These two video assessments will give you a good assessment tool as your students watch the documentary "America Before Columbus" by National Geographic © 2010. This film does a wonderful job of exhibiting the effects, on both sides, of the Columbian Exchange between the Old and New Worlds. These sheets work well as a guided note for viewing the film as well. The answer keys are included in this product. The questions are in chronological order with the film.The entire video is approximately 9
Preview of Terrible Things - An Allegory of the Holocaust

Terrible Things - An Allegory of the Holocaust

Created by
Jodie Atwood
Questions for Eve Bunting's "Terrible Things - An Allegory of the Holocaust". The last questions ask students to compare theme with the poem "First They Came for the Jews", and to rewrite poem using modern situations.
Preview of The Story of Father Hidalgo (Mexican Revolution) Reading & Questions

The Story of Father Hidalgo (Mexican Revolution) Reading & Questions

This is a great reading about Father Hidalgo and the Mexican Revolution. There is an included answer key for the questions. This is a companion assignment for the 5.4 powerpoint that is available from my store, although the assignment works great as a standalone assignment as well. http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Latin-American-Revolutions-Rise-of-British-Empire-Powerpoint-54-1198623 If you find this assignment useful, please leave a positive comment/review. Thanks you.
Preview of Teach Tone, Mood, and Paraphrasing Using The Raven by Edgar A. Poe HALLOWEEN!

Teach Tone, Mood, and Paraphrasing Using The Raven by Edgar A. Poe HALLOWEEN!

Teach an engaging, high interest lesson on tone, mood and paraphrasing using "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe! This flexible lesson plan can be used with cooperative groups and includes links to audio and video to use with "The Raven," as well as the text and a list of definitions for difficult words, a jigsaw paraphrasing activity, a word splash activity where students choose words from "The Raven" that contribute to the tone and mood, and finally, a Venn Diagram where students choose from a lis
Preview of The True Story of Pocahontas and Jamestown

The True Story of Pocahontas and Jamestown

Created by
Engaging History
This is the type of "real" history that students love, when you pull back the curtain of lies and myths to reveal a truth that is just as interesting as fiction. In this activity, students read about the real Pocahontas and her interactions with the Jamestown settlers sent by the Virginia Company to make money in the New World. I usually show a clip or 2 from the Disney Movie to get everyone's interest piqued (I suggest the "Colors of the Wind" song, followed by the famous moment when she suppos
Preview of Engineering an Empire Aztecs Video Guide

Engineering an Empire Aztecs Video Guide

This video guide helps students capture the most important information and concepts from the excellent video resource "Engineering and Empire" series: Aztecs; Discover the greatest civilization of Mesoamerica! The independent creation of aqueducts, chinampas, and the wonder that was Tenochtitlan. Answer Key included!This product is also sold as part of the Americas & Exploration Activity Bundle, the Americas & Exploration Unit Bundle AND the Latin America Unit Bundle. Each bundle from
Preview of Inca Empire Webquest

Inca Empire Webquest

Created by
History Wizard
The Inca Empire Webquest uses a great website that allows students to get a better understanding of the daily life, wealth, and power of the Inca Empire. The webquest is very easy to follow for students in grades 4-9. Click here to view the website.I would like to thank Messare Clips and Deisgn for their wonderful clip art.The webquest contains 60 questions and an answer sheet is included for the teacher. A QR code is included along with the traditional website link. The webquest takes most stu
Preview of Twisted Fairy Tales for Small Group Reader's Theater - Three!

Twisted Fairy Tales for Small Group Reader's Theater - Three!

Created by
WonbyOne
My name is Melanie Whitesides but my store name is Wonbyone. One of the things I am passionate about is Reader's Theater. It is a fun way for my students to improve on their fluency. In a world where reading is pushed so hard on students that many are losing their love of reading it is IMPORTANT to give them opportunities to read that are fun. Reader's Theater does this. In this package I have placed 6 Reader's Theater. They are: CinderFELLA, The Emperor's New Nose, The Not-so-Charming Prince, T
Preview of We Shall Remain - Episode #3 - Trail of Tears

We Shall Remain - Episode #3 - Trail of Tears

From the award-winning PBS series American Experience comes We Shall Remain, a provocative multi-media project that establishes Native history as an essential part of American history.Episode 3 "Trail of Tears" is about the heartbreaking chapter of Indian Removal in the 1830s of the Cherokee and other Five Civilized Tribes of the southeastern United States to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River. This set of video questions goes chronologically with the episode to help students underst
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