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Middle ages resources for Microsoft Word and for Gifted and Talented
Primary GATE Gifted and Talented Program for the Year -- 410 Pages, 50%+ off!
You will be a rock star! This collection is highly interactive, creative, and rich in age-appropriate critical thinking.
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This collection takes me through an entire year of lessons with my advanced groups of kindergarteners, 1st, and 2nd graders . . . but many of these lessons can also be used for middle and upper elementary kids, especially if you come into the regular classroom to teach whole-class enrichment lessons.
19 units and 419 pages of lessons!
Grades:
K - 3rd
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
Grades:
4th - 7th
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Also included in: STEAM Class Bundle - Engineering Focus - 115+ Hours 374 pp Gifted 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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Renaissance: Important People of the Renaissance Webquest
Important People of the Renaissance Webquest Students will gain basic knowledge about 17 significant people from the Renaissance. The Important People of the Renaissance Webquest uses the following great website.http://www.ducksters.com/biography/Click here to view the website.My students enjoy learning new facts about the Renaissance from the website. I usually use this activity as a review or introduction activity for my middle school students and it takes at least one to two class periods for
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4th - 8th
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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
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Impact of Fall of Rome and Beginning of Dark Ages Worksheet
In this 4 page worksheet/lesson, students examine how the fall of Rome impacted Europe and led to the "Dark Ages" or Middle Ages. They begin with a Do Now that sets up the lesson and connects the material to their previous knowledge. Then students analyze maps, images, and read a primary source excerpt from a medieval historian to determine how Germanic and Viking invasions impacted Western Europe (students especially enjoy the images of ancient Viking graffiti!). The lesson allows opportunities
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7th - 12th
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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
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Grades:
3rd - 9th
Middle Ages Daily Life Webquest (Great Lesson Plan)
Middle Ages Webquest:The Middle Ages Webquest uses a great website that allows students to get a better understanding of daily life during Middle Ages. Click here to view the website.The webquest contains 70 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 students at least one class period to complete. Feel free to modify this activity if needed to fit the needs of your students. The following majo
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4th - 10th
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Gifted and Talented COMPLETE 3rd 4th Grade Introductory Program - 45+ Hours
Every other teacher in your building probably has a handy curriculum to follow, a set of textbooks as resources . . . so why not you, the Gifted and Talented Teacher?Here is a complete first year GATE program adaptable to 3rd or 4th grades--all tried and tested, Common Core Standards based, and successfully implemented using best practices in gifted education.SEE THE BIG PREVIEW FOR MORE -- 33% off Individual Purchase PricesYou get 263 pages of materials guaranteed to produce 45+ hours of contac
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3rd - 4th
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Middle Ages and Medieval Times - castles, knights, The Plague
This unit is all about the Middle Ages and medieval times! There are 10 mini-units: Feudalism, Everyday Life, Occupations, Armor/Weapons/Heraldry, Becoming a Knight, Feasts and Tournaments, Castles, Castles Under Attack, Religion, and The Black Death. Each unit includes a page of informational text with a review sheet, a vocabulary sheet, a crossword puzzle, and a word search. In addition, there is a Venn diagram, math word problems, coat of arms shields to decorate, creative writing sheets,
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4th - 7th
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Marco Polo and the World of the Silk Road Webquest
Marco Polo and the World of the Silk Road WebquestStudents will gain a strong understanding of the travels of Marco Polo and the importance of the Silk Road.Click here to view the website.The webquest contains 60 questions and an answer key is included for the teacher. A QR code is included along with the traditional website link. I recommend using this activity as an introduction activity or as an opportunity for students to further explore the Silk Road. The webquest will take most students at
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: Mongols and Mongol Empire Lesson Plan
Small Group Reader's Theater Twisted Fairy Tales - Book Two
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
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4th - 8th, Adult Education
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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-
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Also included in: SIMULATIONS Real-World Projects GATE Bundle Gifted
Byzantine Empire Webquest
Byzantine Empire WebquestStudents will gain basic knowledge about the Byzantine Empire by completing an internet-based worksheet. The Byzantine Empire Webquest uses two great websites. The website allows students to explore the history and the impact of the Byzantine Empire.Please check out the websites at:Click here to view the first website.Click here to view the second website.The webquest contains 44 questions and is a great way for students to learn more about the following topics: • The ci
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: Byzantine Empire Lesson Plan Collection
Hunchback of Notre Dame Movie Questions
A series of 31 "right there" questions that go along with the Disney movie The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The questions go in order. The final two questions are culminating questions that require students to think about and analyze the movie as a whole. An answer key is provided. The assignment is in a Microsoft Word document so teachers can edit the questions as necessary.
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5th - 10th
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Black Death Webquest (Bubonic Plague)
The assignment contains 31 questions about the causes and effects of the Black Death. Students will use a user-friendly website to answer the questions. I have included an answer key. Please message me if you have any questions. ⭐Engaging lesson!⭐The assignment does not require the use of a textbook.⭐The document can be uploaded to your website or Google Drive; however, please make sure it is password protected.Topics: Cause of the Disease Symptoms of the Disease The Spread of the disease Black
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: World History Curriculum Bundle
Primary GATE with Caldecott -- "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!" Mo Willems
Let’s have some fun along with the Pigeon and expand DOK along the way! This lesson will lead your primary GATE students through four challenging activities, culminating in an artistic response showing why they “never get to do anything!” either.
Gifted and talented learners carry similar characteristics throughout their lives—even as kindergarten and first graders. One common characteristic of gifted learners is a strong sense of justice. Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus gives us a good o
Grades:
K - 3rd
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
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4th - 12th
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Also included in: 2019-2020 Gifted and Talented GATE Program for the Year - Elementary
Renaissance Daily Life and Culture Webquest
Renaissance Daily Life and Culture Webquest uses a great website that allows students to get a better understanding of the daily life of peasants and wealthy classes during the Renaissance. The webquest also covers importance advances made in art, architecture, and science during the Renaissance. The webquest is very easy to follow for students in grades 4-10.Click here to view the website.The webquest contains 58 questions and an answer sheet is included for the teacher. A QR code is included a
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Renaissance Sampler: By History Wizard
Black Death Primary & Secondary Source Assignment
Black Death Sourcework Worksheet - A great worksheet that combines Primary and Secondary Source information with 15 questions students need to answer.
If you like this, please check out my Medieval Unit Package
The Historian, World History grade 10, Primary Source, Secondary Source, worksheets, medieval history, Black Death, Bubonic Plague, 10th grade history, activities, middle ages, High school history
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7th - 10th
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Medieval Japan Webquest
The assignment contains 40 questions about the history of Medieval Japan. Students will use a kid-friendly website to answer the questions. I have included an answer key. Please message me if you have any questions. *No prep lesson! *Engaging!*Editable Word Document*The document can be uploaded to your website or Google Drive; please make sure, however, that it is password protected.Topics/Key Vocabulary: Japanese religion and spirituality Beliefs of Shinto (kami) Amaterasu Shinto and Buddhism Z
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: World History Curriculum Bundle
Hundred Years War Simulation
When kings of two rival countries both think they have a claim to the same throne it usually won't end well. What started as a family drama turns into one of the most epic conflicts of the Middle Ages and your students will be right in the thick of it. There are individualized roles for the Kings of England, France, and Joan of Arc, and the rest of the class will take the role of the French and English armies as they set to square off. The teacher acts as moderator and narrator, but it's a stude
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6th - 12th
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Terrible Things - An Allegory of the Holocaust
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.
Grades:
7th - 10th
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,
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: STEAM Class Bundle - Engineering Focus - 115+ Hours 374 pp Gifted GATE
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