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Social studies Common Core RL.11-12.10 resources
Interactive Reading Notebook Fiction and Nonfiction Mega Bundle
Interactive Reading Notebook Fiction and Nonfiction Mega Bundle (Grades 5-12) A YEAR'S WORTH of activities: over 220 Common-Core aligned interactive reading foldable activities for secondary students. You do not have to use the Common Core State Standards to utilize this bundle! This download includes the following products:Interactive Notebook Reading Literature Bundle for ANY Novel or StoryInteractive Reading Notebook for Nonfiction Informational TextsInteractive Notebook Mini Books: Bundle of
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6th - 12th
Sir Gawain Intro Activity: Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Knight?
Introduce Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, other King Arthur tales, or medieval history with this just-for-fun quiz!Students find out if they would qualify as a knight in medieval times by circling the statements they agree with, which are based on codes for chivalry. Includes a humorous scoring guide!Then, students explain why they believe three items they circled are relevant to their lives and/or society and explain why three items they didn't circle are outdated or unfitting. Students enjoy
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Unit Bundle
Reading Graphic Organizers Gr 11-12 CCSS-aligned Distance Learning
Common Core Standards Graphic Organizers for ELA Reading Literature and Informational Nonfiction Texts Grades 11-12 (Also includes the organizers for grades 6, 7, 8, and 9-10 because the skills build upon one another each year.)UPDATED with new and revised organizers! 154 total!! I also added a link for the organizers to work in Google Slides! Perfect for distance learning!Find the EDITABLE ORGANIZERS HERE:Google Drive Literature Graphic Organizers (Common Core Aligned)This IS included in the fo
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Custom Bundle for Jen W.
English Reading Lit & NonFiction Graphic Organizers Bundle {Grades 6-12}
This is a bundle of my Common Core Standards Graphic Organizers for ELA Reading Literature and Informational Texts BUNDLE for Grades 6-12 *UPDATED Aug. 2014: Now contains over 175 organizers! Perfect for Reader's Notebooks.*Do you need to implement the Common Core Standards into your curriculum? These graphic organizers are written for each individual anchor standard for Reading Literature and Reading Informational (for non-fiction), and will work for any piece of literature or non-fiction: shor
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
The Crucible Engaging Activities - 12 Pre-Reading & Post-Reading Tasks
Looking for some fun, unique, and engaging activities to supplement The Crucible? These activities are perfect for learning background information before reading the play and assessing students' understanding after studying the play.Pre-reading activities include:❶ A history video viewing guide that corresponds with Salem Witch Trials documentary from the History Channel with answer key.❷ a handout where students determine which information is true, false, or simply opinionated about the history
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9th - 12th
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Reader's Theater Script-Story + Teacher Guide)
Want to add a little fun to your study of the 14th century poem SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT? This Reader's Theater script-story adaptation designed for 10-12th graders serves as a perfect complement to the study of the original poem. Students love inhabiting the characters of the story: The naive young knight Sir Gawain, the blustering Lord Bertilak, his mischievous lady, and the mysterious Green Knight.To implement this script-story in your classroom: First, read this 30-minute script-sto
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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British Literature Activities Bell Ringers 12th Grade English Resources Lessons
Who says British Literature lessons have to be boring? Breathe life into your British literature course by making modern connections! This creative bundle of bell ringers, writing prompts, British Literature activities, and lessons will engage your students! Resources or writing prompts for all British literary movements are included.This resource strikes the perfect balance between creativity and critical thinking. Your students will see real world relevancy in British Literature while also fac
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: British Literature Activities, Bell Ringers, and Projects Bundle
The Hate U Give Movie/Novel Comparison Activities
This is a comprehensive and standards-aligned guide for comparing the novel The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas with the movie version. I've included activities for students to analyze the movie's scenes, direction, cinematography, acting, dialogue, and setting, comparing each to the novel. I also include numerous writing, technology, and social justice action prompts for students. My resources are both differentiated for multiple levels AND editable so you can customize them for your students.The z
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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American Literary Movements Bundle (1700-present) / 7 literary periods!
My school's junior-level English class focuses on American literature, including helping students understand literary periods and how literature relates to its historical and cultural contexts.From the first time I taught this class, I noticed how much my students struggled to differentiate between different literary periods. For this reason, I have worked to develop different activities and/or acronyms to help students remember each literary period. To help teachers bring literary periods and m
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11th - 12th
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Victorian Etiquette Quiz (The Importance of Being Earnest)
Kick off your study of The Importance of Being Earnest with this just-for-fun quiz based on a real Victorian etiquette book! The quiz introduces students to the absurdity of Victorian era manners, and then prompts them to think about whether our own era has equally ridiculous expectations for behavior. A key is included. This activity can be used with other comedies of manners, such as the works of Jane Austen or a history unit about Victorian England. Related blog posts:The challenges of teachi
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: The Importance of Being Earnest Unit Bundle
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT Learning Centers - Print & Digital - U.S. History
Are you struggling to find the time to teach the entire Civil Rights Movement? This Civil Rights Movement Learning Centers is one of my FAVORITE student-centered activities and will teach most of the unit in less than a week! "This is one of the best products I've ever purchased on TeachersPayTeachers. Very usable. The kids loved it and I can't wait to use it again next year. THANK YOU!"Students rotate between six different Learning Centers where, with their group, they read information about a
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9th - 12th
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Harlem Renaissance Introduction Presentation with Poet Presentations and Essay
Enhance your Harlem Renaissance unit and engage your high school ELA students with these Harlem Renaissance PowerPoint presentation lessons introducing the era and prominent writers, musicians, artists and activists. Additional presentations for poets, Hughes, Cullen, Bontemps, McCay, and Toomer and writer, Hurston. An essay activity allows you to assess students' understanding and further spark their curiosity. No-prep.INTRODUCTION POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONThe Great Migration including photos an
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10th - 12th
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A Long Way Gone--Quizzes and Answer Keys
Do you want to check your students' understanding of each chapter of A Long Way Gone: A Memoir by Ishmael Beah? This collection includes 7 handouts to use as during reading activities, short-answer quizzes, comprehension guides, exit tickets, discussion-starters, or homework questions. Answer keys are included.
There is a handout to cover the following chapters:
1. Chapters 1-5
2. Chapters 6-9
3. Chapters 10-11
4. Chapters 12-14
5. Chapters 15-17
6. Chapters 18-20
7. Chapter 21
The materials
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9th - 12th
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October Sky (Rocket Boys) by Homer Hickam Novel Unit
This digital download contains: * An introductory PowerPoint about Homer Hickam, Coalwood, the Space Race and Coalwood.* Short answer and essay questions for each chapter* Final test, including essay questions
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7th - 12th
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Cyrano De Bergerac Play Unit of Study and Literary Analysis
So, what we have created for you is a curriculum unit for teaching the classical play Cyrano De Bergerac. We know, we’re excited about it, too! We love to use this play after we have taught about the Renaissance, Reformation, Scientific Revolution, Age of Exploration, and the Enlightenment. It is a great play to do with students taking medieval world history studies. This unit can be used with 7th graders and up. Tell Me More:We have created a literary teaching unit that contains the basic eleme
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7th - 12th
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Roaring 20s Introduction Presentation with Student Worksheet - Great Gatsby
Entice high school ELA or American history students with this engaging Introduction to the Roaring Twenties PowerPoint presentation lesson, a history lesson or a wonderful introduction for The Great Gatsby. Compelling, comprehensive information with captivating graphics and links to interesting videos grab and keep your students' attention. This presentation includes a student worksheet with answer key. No prep.Fabulous as an introduction to The Great Gatsby or as an American history lesson.To
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9th - 12th
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American Romanticism Notes & 15 Prompts + Rubric (Fillable PDF / Google Slides)
My school's junior-level English class focuses on American literature, including helping students understand literary periods and how literature relates to its historical and cultural contexts.From the first time I taught this class, I noticed how much my students struggled to differentiate between different literary periods. For this reason, I have worked to develop different acronyms to help students remember each literary period. This is the perfect quick acronym to help students understand a
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11th - 12th
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Also included in: American Literary Movements Bundle (1700-present) / 7 literary periods!
Literary Modernism Notes & 15 Prompts + Rubric (Fillable PDF / Google Slides)
Modernism is such a wide-ranging and ill-defined literary movement that it can be difficult to help students conceptualize "modern literature." For that reason, I came up with this FIERY acronym to help students remember the characteristics of literary modernism. This is the perfect quick acronym to help students understand and remember the characteristics of literary modernism. This tool is a great way to work on standards related to historical and cultural context. To make this as effective as
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11th - 12th
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Also included in: The Great Gatsby Ultimate Bundle (32 resources, 300+ pages)
Born a Crime Reading Comprehension Questions & Teacher Key
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah is the perfect novel to get your students reflecting on the genre of memoir while developing an understanding of life in modern-day, post-apartheid South Africa. The reading comprehension guide is comprised of comprehension questions for each of the 18 chapters of the novel. There are between 1-7 questions for each chapter. The teacher key provides the answers for each of those questions. You are going to love teaching Born a Crime and this reading comprehension gui
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Native American History & Literature: Indian Boarding Schools | Louise Erdrich
Looking for a resource on the Indian Boarding Schools that will help your students understand how victims of mistreatment and abuse resist oppression in their own ways? In an effort to “kill the Indian to save the man,” the assimilation policies of the United States caused a great deal of pain to the tens of thousands of young people who were displaced from their homelands and taken to horrific institutions. While the Native American children who were forced to cut their hair and forget their c
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
The Crucible - Characterization Activity - What's on the Character's Phone?
This “Character’s Phone” creative characterization activity for The Crucible is a fabulous, and relevant way to assess your high school ELA students' understanding of characterization! Kids love their phones! This activity has them imagine a character’s phone’s apps, their favorite entertainment, shopping, news, social media, and other indulgences.No-prep! Includes a completed example for modeling and a scoring rubric. The directions for the activity are as follows: CHOOSE A CHARACTERImagine yo
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9th - 12th
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Animal Farm Intro Powerpoint
Includes allegorical/historical character parallels, introductory timeline to the rise of communism, links to historical notes, video clip links. Please be sure to preview the videos to ensure that your teaching aims are met. Clips are not meant to be used in their entirety. To be used with character chart. Creative animation used to improve engagement.
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8th - 12th
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Dracula: A Reader's Theater Script-Story Collection
Need a Gothic horror story you can really sink your teeth into? In Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the forces of good face off against an ancient evil—Count Dracula, the lord of the undead, as he travels from his crumbling castle in Transylvania to the teeming city of London in search of fresh blood. Filled with fascinating characters like the resourceful Mina Murray, the knowledgeable Professor Van Helsing, the crazed mental patient Renfield, and the diabolical count himself, the story is equal parts ho
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9th - 12th
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100-Count Smart Humanities Bundle: Comprehensive Growing Course for Grades 7-12
Expand your offerings and broaden the scope of a humanities curriculum for middle and high school with☝100 educational units! Entirely print + digital — Adobe Acrobat and Google Workspace power each download. Extra addition: Includes free-to-use out-of-the-box Easel Activities and Easel Assessments for every Lesson! Note: Listings with an asterisk (*) are free!What You Get Out-of-the-Box:Map & Geography Skills resourcesGeography Skills Lesson: Ready-to-Use Worksheet with Blank World MapMap A
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7th - 12th
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