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Other (social studies) Common Core RI.11-12.1 resources
CNN 10 Worksheets: Current Events News Summary, Graphic Organizer, Video Project
CNN 10 (CNN Student News) is the perfect avenue for students to stay informed on current events. This PDF and GOOGLE DRIVE set of graphic organizer worksheets are an excellent way to analyze and summarize the current events of the day using CNN10. These various templates will help students of all ages stay engaged while watching CNN 10. A simple writing format helps students recognize, summarize, and write opinions about the major headlines of the day. I find this resource to be extremely prac
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Not Grade Specific
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CURRENT EVENTS: News Article Summary, Main Idea, Reading Comprehension | NEWSELA
This Current Events Summary is an excellent tool for students to get involved with the news and the current events of the week. A simple writing format helps students find, summarize, and write opinions about current news stories and events. I find this activity to be a practical filler for various social studies courses. What's Included:Teacher directions with ideas for implementation and useSimple student directions: Find, Highlight, Summarize, Importance, OpinionGuided student writing temp
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Two Million Minutes Globalization Movie Activity
Captivate your current issues or human geography students with an eye-opening tour through the lives of fellow teenagers in China and India, comparing their education with the typical American’s, with the debate-inducing documentary, Two Million Minutes: A Global Examination.This hour-long film makes a great jumping-off activity for incoming freshmen, nearing-graduation seniors, and any high schooler in between for any class ranging from Study Skills, World or US History, Human or World Geograph
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9th - 12th
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The United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights American History Unit
The Constitution and the Bill of Rights Social Studies Unit, which works for both print and Google Drive™, investigates and helps gain an understanding of the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights. This will work fro grades fifth-high school.This download contains both a printable format as well as a Google Drive™ compatible format and includes:Cover sheet in both color and black and white.Links to helpful online resources.Informational Slideshow Presentation to use for instruction.G
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8th - 11th
Causes of the Great Depression Lecture | NOTES | Assessment | Print & Digital
Students will be able to understand the causes of the Great Depression in this engaging and informative presentation. Here is what one buyer says about this resource: “This was a great resource. My students were engaged and it worked out to be a great lesson!” – Heather*This product includes both a print and digital version compatible with Google Classroom. Both teacher and students directions are included. Simply share the resources with your students via Google or Google Classroom. Students wi
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8th - 11th
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American Factory Movie Globalization Activity Kit for Current Events
Offer your students a different look at globalization and how international business has upended and reshaped local US communities, not just other places far away with this engaging documentary, American Factory. This film makes a great addition to your globalization unit in any Current Issues, Human Geography, or Macroeconomics class. This resource comes in printable PDF and editable Google Doc files. Greatness is examining complex issues from various viewpoints.We think of globalization as cal
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9th - 12th
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Into the Wild Powerpoint Slides
Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild is a nonfiction book that most high school students find relevant, fascinating, and thought provoking. But my experience with teaching the book also revealed that it can be a challenge because it is so chock full of information, much of which could be reinforced through visual representation. That's why I created this helpful supplementary teaching tool: 45 chapter-by-chapter slides that depict maps, places, and other items of interest found in the book.
While all
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10th - 12th
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Article of the Week Response PDF & Google Drive Worksheets AND Annotation Guide
CURRENT WEEK: Nov. 13-17Updated version also includes links to articles from previous weeks. Thank you and happy teaching! This product can be used weekly and requires absolutely no prep work. You'll get two options for the article of the week response worksheets that guide students to meaningfully engage with important current events. You will also get two different options for annotation guides that you can project for your students on the board in your classroom or print out for them to refer
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9th - 12th
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Fourth Amendment | Students Rights In schools + Research Project & Presentations
This lesson creates meaningful learning for students as they learn how the 4th Amendment applies to them as students. Students are engaged as they analyze several court cases and explore interesting questions. For example, can schools implement a school wide urine drug test? Can school officials search your car, locker, cell phone, or other belongings? Students learn about how the 4th Amendment protects individuals against unreasonable searches by requiring state agents to obtain a warrant based
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9th - 12th
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"Long Way Down" post-reading Activities Choice Board (Jason Reynolds)
Engage your students in meaningful post-reading activities with the "Long Way Down After Reading Choice Board" and watch as they develop critical thinking skills, empathy, and a deeper appreciation for literature. Let's embark on this journey together.By incorporating this choice board into your curriculum, you empower students to explore "Long Way Down" through a lens that resonates with their interests and strengths. Whether they prefer writing, art, analysis, or interactive projects, this res
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10th - 12th
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Code Switching Close Read
Article outlining how we change our language and actions depending on our environment. Supporting CCSS text dependent questions.
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9th - 12th
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SeeTheHuman Project Grade 11/12 Fostering Empathy
The SeeTheHuman Project: Fostering Empathy and Understanding in High School Students New Release: Engaging, Interactive, and Impactful Learning Experience! Overview:The "SeeTheHuman Project" is an innovative, comprehensive teaching resource designed for educators who wish to foster empathy, self-awareness, and critical thinking in high school students, particularly those aged 16 and older. This multimedia project, aligned with Common Core State Standards (CCSS), provides a unique approach to und
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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Current Event Oral Presentation Project + Research Template and Rubric
This resource walks senior students step by step through the process of researching, planning and delivering a persuasive speaking oral presentation on a currently debated media issue. At this higher level, students will skilfully use argument to present a sustained and reasoned point of view to persuade their audience on an issue. Perfect for distance learning or home schooling, the detailed instructions guide students through each phase of the task at their own pace in order to research, plan
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9th - 12th
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AP®US Government Unit 2.1 - The Senate and House of Representatives
Unit 2.1 of the AP® curriculum focuses on the structures and functions of Congress in the American political system. This two-part worksheet helps students understand the different compositions , powers, and day-to-day operations of both the House of Representatives and Senate. Part I is a 14-question matching exercise that introduces students to the basics of Congress, such as term lengths for each house, minimum requirements of members, and vocabulary such as "gerrymandering" and "franking pr
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: AP® US Government - Comprehensive Full-Year Accompanying Curriculum
Science_Claudia Goldin Wins Nobel Economics Prize_Current Events Reading_2023
Current events news lesson plans for high school students in grades 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. An American professor has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for her work studying women’s earnings and participation in the labor market over time, and the main sources of the remaining gender gap.Reading passages cover contemporary issues. Great for current events journaling, reading comprehension practice, standardized test prep, enrichment courses, substitute teacher plans, home school
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7th - 11th
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Systemic Oppression: Growing Resource Bundle
This bundle of social studies teaching resources with is designed to help educators teach their students about systemic oppression and its impact on society. The bundle includes a critical reading lesson and a guide for discussion strategies in the classroom that explores the question "What does it mean to be oppressed?" as well as a review activity using the "I have/who has" game format. The bundle also includes an academic vocabulary study using the Frayer Model to explore the 16 elements of o
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Culture_House to Enter 22nd Day Without a Speaker_Current Events Reading_2023
Current events news lesson plans articles for students in grades 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. House Republicans voted to select Rep. Mike Johnson from Louisiana., to be their latest nominee for House Speaker. Republicans have repeated their nominating process for House Speaker for the fifth time this year.Reading passages cover contemporary issues. Great for current events journaling, reading comprehension practice, standardized test prep, enrichment courses, substitute teacher plans, home school les
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7th - 11th
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Freakonomics - Literature Guide & Quiz
SuperSummary’s bundle with Literature Guide and Quiz for Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt delivers text-specific, assessment-based, and classroom-ready materials for close reading, discussion, assessment, and essay assignments.Review and plan more easily with plot and character analyses, important quotes, essay prompts, and an editable, ready-to-use reading and comprehension assessment tool.Literature GuideDelve into the easy-to-navigate 38-page guide with TOC for chapter-by-chapter summaries an
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9th - 12th
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What does your Garbage Say about you? Making Inferences FREEBIE Secondary Lesson
Review and practice making inferences.
A good way to practice Fig. 19B for those you you teaching in Texas.
What this lesson includes:
**Instructions for creating the materials for a terrific group activity
**Student handouts for the group activity on making inferences
**Description and prompt for an Expository Writing Assignment
Good STAAR test prep for making inferences and expository writing.
KW:garbology secondary TEKS Fig. 19 Fig 19 Fig. 19B subtext expository inferences STAAR EOC EOG
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8th - 12th
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Reggae, Calypso, Salsa & ‘Tambrin – An Introduction to Caribbean Music
The spirit of the Caribbean comes alive! 'Destination: Caribbean' is a seven-part essay series that follows one Musicologist's journey into Caribbean History.'Reggae, Calypso, Salsa and 'Tambrin' is the series's 700-word introduction. It provides a brief survey of the historical conditions that gave rise to the Caribbean's modern music forms. This primer is an excellent resource for History, Social Studies and Geography teachers, or for instructors of the Fine Arts, looking to provide their stud
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Lincoln's Views on Slavery
This collection of primary sources and text-dependent questions on Lincoln's view on slavery culminates in a writing task centered around the essential question: "to what extent should Abraham Lincoln be remembered as the president who took a stand against slavery?"The primary sources take students through Lincoln's First Inaugural Address in 1861 to his letter to Horace Greeley in 1862, to his Second Inaugural Address in 1865. Students are required to cite textual evidence following each primar
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8th - 12th
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Custer's Last Stand
Includes: Article about Custer and Little Bighorn and graphic organizer activity.
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7th - 12th
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Congress: How the Legislative Branch Works
Congress remains one of the least trusted institutions in the United States - some surveys even rank its members behind used car salesmen in terms of reliability.This short answer / identification worksheet helps students understand why. Drawing its questions from various terms, issues and controversies involving the legislative branch. Why are there no Congressional term limits? Why are members of Congress regularly reelected if they are so unpopular? What does the Speaker of the House do?Perfe
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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INTO THE WILD BUNDLE
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer follows the last journey of Christopher McCandless into the Alaskan wilderness. The bundle allows you to save on all the Into the Wild resources.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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