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7th grade critical thinking instrumental music homeschool curricula
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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3rd - 9th
You Be the Judge - analyzing Supreme Court cases on the Bill of Rights
It’s one thing to simply memorize the Bill of Rights; it’s quite another to actually understand how they apply in everyday life. Teaching the former gives students words but no understanding for what they mean; teaching the latter gives students practice in critical thinking as well as a deep appreciation for their basic rights as American citizens. It is, in effect, the ultimate lesson in civics.
This activity is designed to teach students the meaning and application of the Bill of Rights by h
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7th - 11th
Digital Dance Around the World Activities Google Classroom TikTok Challenge
Around the World Dance {DIGITAL GOOGLE CLASSROOM VERSION } - Great for Distance Learning Include dance and multicultural fun in your classroom!Great Activities for 3rd-8th Grade and Around the World Units!Students will learn over 18 different traditional and cultural dances from Italy, Russia, Guinea, Kenya, India, China, and Mexico! There are 20 video links (QR Codes as well as URL Links -QR not required) included to see dancers in action!GET YOUR STUDENTS UP AND DANCING! There are 7 dance and
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3rd - 8th
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Middle School 3D Art Paper Mache Bird Sculptures - Painted Recycled Art Lesson!
Painted Recycled Art for Middle School Art or a 3-D High School Art Unit! Easy Papier Mache Bird Sculptures! ⭐Papier Mache is a fun art project that can be made almost for free! An engaging 3-D Spring or Summer-themed Lesson or timely Mother's Day gift item! Cardinals and Winter Birds could be created as well!Cross-curricular science lesson! Bird Anatomy!Student-tested with 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. Students will have a great time making this easy-to-teach bird sculpture while learning about
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: Paper Mache Sculpture Lesson BUNDLE! Middle School 3-D Art Project Ideas
Music Around the World Google Classroom Format {50% OFF} Digital Resource
Around the World Music Unit {DIGITAL GOOGLE CLASSROOM VERSION } Common Core Aligned!Include music and multicultural fun in your classroom! Great Activities for 3rd-7th Grade and Around the World Units! Students will learn over 30 different musical instruments from Japan, France, India, Spain, Brazil, Mali (West Africa), Uganda (East Africa), Russia, and Italy! There are video links included to see the instruments in action! Looking for the print version? (includes ready-to-go print copy + Googl
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3rd - 7th
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Math Brain Teasers and Logic Puzzle Games Worksheets in Print or Digital
Here's how to keep your gifted and talented sports fanatic engaged with logic puzzles and math brainteasers. These 10 challenging sports puzzles provide great math brain teasers with fun for kids! Quick and easy setup provides no prep ease for teachers, too. Click here to save 30% off the price of individual resources with the Middle School Math bundle.Students will love solving these printable or digital worksheets and will ask for more. These worksheets will engage students with whole or small
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Logic Puzzles and Brain Teasers in Print or Digital Worksheets
High School Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Drawing Conclusions
Engage and challenge your kids with nonfiction reading passages to teach English or social studies students how to make inferences about real events! These eight drawing conclusions reading passages with questions concern people, events, or procedures related to American history and will give your kids the critical thinking practice they need to make inferences or form conclusions from reading. Higher-level short pieces help students think outside the box, and your kids will love them! Click her
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7th - 9th
Also included in: High School Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Bundle
The Fallacy Detective Bundle
The "Study Guide" resource uses the book's questions with supplemental discussion/questions. It covers all chapters(1-38) thoroughly.The "Writing and Thinking" resource has brief questions on chapters 4-37.This one though only needs the student to read the chapters. The book's questions are not used nor referred to, so it can stand alone.They both have different questions. I use one for homework and one for class time.They both supplement the text and stimulates discussion and comprehension.This
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6th - 12th
Did Pocahontas Save John Smith? An Investigation and Essay Activity
It’s a story familiar to every American child: John Smith, captured by Powhatan Indians, was about to have his head smashed in when suddenly the Chief’s daughter, Pocahontas, laid her head on his and begged her father not to kill Smith, thereby saving his life. But is it true?
The answer to that is simple: nobody really knows. In this activity, students will examine both sides of the question, analyze the arguments made for and against the veracity of Smith's story, and decide for themselves wh
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7th - 11th
Mesoamerica: the Olmec Civilization PowerPoint Presentation
4,000 years ago the Olmec civilization rose to prominence in Central America. They became the mother civilization for all of Mesoamerica. Their religion was adopted and modified by all the other cultures, as were their agriculture practices and architectural structures. As sudden as their appearance, the Olmec disappeared leaving behind many questions about their civilization.Featuring: -academic vocabulary and concepts-reflection-discussion-academic writing-questions with answersIntroduce yo
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7th - 10th
Also included in: Ancient History Growing Mega Bundle
MAKING LISTS Activity| Fun Fridays| Morning Meetings| Transitions| Quick Writes
THESE SLIDES ARE A MUST FOR ANY TEACHER WHO WANTS A FUN AND QUICK ACTIVITY AT THEIR FINGERTIPS! PLEASE CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW!❤️ COMMENTS:My kids have LOVED these! The list ideas have been great for me to teach the kids about how they could take a simple list and use an idea from it to write in so many different formats! Great job!My class loves this, and I love all the ideas! They ask to make lists now every day.We had so much fun sharing our lists. Thank you.Great attention-grabbing bellringer!
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4th - 7th
Macbeth - The Mock Trial drama curriculum
Have you ever thought about putting one of the characters in a Shakespeare play on trial? With this drama curriculum students can read a 30-minute play of Macbeth (included) to get familiar with the storyline and characters, act it out, then choose a prosecution and defense team and go through the lessons to create their case and put Macbeth on trial for the murder of King Duncan.We've done formal mock trials with middle school students, so I know what the kids are capable of doing. I've found l
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6th - 12th
Orchestra Instruments BINGO Game | Audio Examples for Each Instrument!
Have FUN with your students as they learn to identify the sounds of orchestra instruments, become familiar with their names, and visually identify them with clear, colorful pictures. Audio recordings are included for each instrument. This would be a fantastic activity to use as:to supplement a lesson on musical instruments or the orchestraa class rewardwhen there is a substituteend of the year activityStudents will learn to aurally and visually identify:strings: double bass, harp, violin, cello,
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K - 8th
Also included in: Orchestra Bundle - Worksheets, Activities, Games, Interactive Resources
Jack and the Beanstalk - The Mock Trial drama curriculum
Why just perform a play when you can take it a step further by creating a mock trial with this drama curriculum? A mock trial is a great way for students to dig deeper with the characters in a fairy tale play and its conflict. The Case: After losing her husband and being left with nothing, the Giant’s wife is suing Jack for the loss of her property. Can you put together a case and gather witnesses that can save Jack, or will you represent the plaintiff and help the Giant's wife win the case?We'v
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4th - 8th
Bucket Drumming Curriculum
This Google Slides presentation is a collection of YouTube resources compiled in a way that acts as a curriculum for Bucket Drumming in general music. There are lessons, techniques, warmups, play-alongs, duets, some original arrangements, a 6-level challenge for rhythms, and more. This is geared toward middle school but is definitely appropriate for elementary and even high school.
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5th - 11th
Think You Know Your Rights? A Bill of Rights critical thinking worksheet
It’s one thing to simply memorize the Bill of Rights; it’s quite another to actually understand how these Amendments apply in everyday life. Teaching the former gives students words but no understanding for what they mean; teaching the latter gives students practice in critical thinking as well as a deep appreciation for their basic rights as American citizens. It is, in effect, the ultimate lesson in civics.This worksheet is designed to teach students the meaning and application of the Bill of
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7th - 11th
Orchestra Bundle - Worksheets, Activities, Games, Interactive Resources
This bundle has everything you need to teach students about the orchestra! Start with 'Orchestra Instruments and Families' - a digital resource with embedded sounds. Then color your way through Saint-Saëns 'Carnival of the Animals' and Vivaldi's 'The Four Seasons' (don't forget to fill out your composer passport!). A Bingo game with audio examples is the perfect way to have fun while identifying sounds of the orchestra instruments, and Jeopardy will test your ears as teams compete against each o
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1st - 7th
Design Your Own Home - Architecture Unit
Students learn the basic stages of designing a house, from planning to final design, in this two week unit. Critical thinking plays a large role in this activity. The unit has a strong emphasis on the preliminary planning stages of designing a home: spaces that are necessary vs. those that are amenities; defining public vs. private spaces; room locations and relationships; and working within a square footage budget. Just as an architect does, students will develop a preliminary floor plan, refin
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6th - 12th
Social Studies - Graph and Chart Skills - Bundle
(13) One page worksheets of the following:Reading a Bar GraphReading a line GraphReading a Circle GraphReading a DiagramReading a FlowchartAnalyzing a PhotographAnalyzing ArtAnalyzing a Political CartoonReading a TimelineReading a TableReading a Climate GraphComparing Climate GraphsReading a Cartogram
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
Surviving the Unknown (with Hatchet
A workbook to use with the anchor text, Hatchet. This workbook includes all the introduction activities, journals, supplemental activities, and assessment options.As students read Hatchet and follow Brian on his journey, they will also be on a journey to learn about what it means to survive, the importance of perseverance, and the roles that mindset, instinct, and luck play in one’s ability to survive. By the end of this unit, students will be able to apply these concepts not only to Brian’s exp
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Hatchet Unit BUNDLE
1st Place Etudes - Conductor Score
35 melodic studies for full band, private lessons, and solo assessments/auditions. Books are correlated so they can be played together or as solos.Conductor Book has score with Flute, Eb, Bb, Bass Clef, and Snare Drum lines. for each Etude (see preview).
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6th - 12th
Handel's MESSIAH Interactive Listening Guide for Middle to High School Music
Come explore one of the most profound Christmas oratorios ever written in music, George Frederic Handel's MESSIAH. Through in depth study of the piece, middle school and high school students will hear the story of Christ from the prophecy of His birth all the way through His death and resurrection using scriptural text, and a whole host of musical elements. About HANDEL'S MESSIAH Listening Guide:‘HANDEL’S MESSIAH’ is a 50 page bundle of engaging activities perfect for students ages 12 to 18! It
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6th - 11th
Mr. Jared's Music Sight Reading Course
Mr. Jared's Music Sight Reading Course will teach your students to quickly recognize note names.Who is this for?This course is designed to be used in a middle school music classroom, but anyone who wants a basic understanding of how to read music can benefit from it.How the course is designedThis is based on a learning model called the “forgetting curve.” When you are given new information, you are likely to remember it for a short time. Reintroduce it, and it will stick for longer. Repeat, and
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4th - 8th
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Interpreting Maps (Physical, Topographic, Thematic, and Political)
My 6th-grade Geography students always enjoyed this fun, critical thinking, and discussion-sparking Map interpretation activity! Activity Includes:16 slides, each featuring a different mapThought-provoking question prompts to accompany each map An additional slide with links to geography games for your early-finishersHow to ImplementI recommend having students work with a partner to discuss each map before coming to an answer, although this could also be a whole-group or small-group activity if
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6th - 10th
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