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8th grade social studies rubrics for Google Apps
Decades Project APUSH or US History End of Year Activity - High School History
One of my fondest memories of a class project was doing a decades project in my own APUSH class... a few decades ago! In this fun and creative end of the year project, students will research their chosen or assigned decade and create a performance that brings that decade alive. Students will research pop culture, fashion, slang, important celebrities, inventions, and more.All instructions, rubrics, worksheets, etc. are ready to go in this no-prep end of the year project. The instructions and rub
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8th - 12th
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Travel Brochure: Country/ State Research Project
Need a fun activity for teaching about a specific Country? Need a fun activity for Geography? Need a creative Distance learning activity?Travel Brochure is designed for success in middle school or High school. This activity includes a wide range student knowledge of researching a country of the teachers choosing. This comprehensive activity provides rigorous instruction allowing students to research and investigate the country they are learning about. Allows them to have a more creative take on
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6th - 12th
History & Social Studies Report Card Comments - Ontario & BC Grade 8 - EDITABLE
SAVE TIME and write your best Social Studies/History report card comments for Creating Canada, A Changing Society Exploration, Expansion, and Colonization, Inquiry Skills and more. Copy and paste directly into your report card program or edit to personalize for your students. Whether you're a new teacher, new to grade 8, or just looking for new ideas, this will help. The comments included in this resource can be used for Progress reports, Term reports as well as End of Year reports!LOCK IN THIS
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7th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Ontario Report Card Comments Grade 8 ALL SUBJECTS & Learning Skills EDITABLE
Create Your Own Government Project: Google Product
Teaching about Government? Want a fun project? Creating your own government? Create Your Own Government Project is designed for success in middle school or high school. The lesson includes detailed step by step project for students to Create their own government. The comprehensive Project guides rigorous instruction allowing students to research, organize, understand, and create their own countries government. Boost students' knowledge on Governments and allows them to have a more creative take
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6th - 12th
History & Social Studies Report Card Comments - Grade 7 Ontario & BC - EDITABLE
SAVE TIME and write your best Social Studies report card comments for New France and British North America, Conflict and Challenges, Inquiry Skills and more. Copy and paste directly into your report card program or edit to personalize for your students. Whether you're a new teacher, new to grade 7, or just looking for new ideas, this will help. The comments included in this resource can be used for Progress reports, Term reports as well as End of Year reports!LOCK IN THIS PRICE! Â **You will have
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6th - 8th
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Black History Month: Digital Biography Report---Google Slides (TEMPLATE)
Google Slides Template for students to create a presentation on a Famous African American.Just Make a COPY of this document and share it in your google classroom. Be sure to click *Make a copy for each student Includes: Student directionsTeacher Scoring RubricPre-made template slides: Slide 1Â COVER SLIDESlide 2Â Title SlideSlide 3Â Background: ChildhoodSlide 4Â Background: Becoming FamousSlide 5Â ImpactSlide 6Â What Can We LearnSlide 7Â Other InformationSlide 8Â Source
Grades:
4th - 10th
Ontario Geography and BC Social Studies Report Card Comments Grade 8 - EDITABLE
SAVE TIME and write your best Social Studies REPORT CARDS! This high-quality comment bank addresses Sustainability, Civilizations units and more. Copy and paste directly into your report card program or edit to personalize for your students. Whether you're a new teacher, new to grade 8, or just looking for new ideas, this will help. The comments included in this resource can be used for Progress reports, Term reports as well as End of Year reports!LOCK IN THIS PRICE! Â **You will have FREE UPDATE
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7th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Ontario Report Card Comments Grade 8 ALL SUBJECTS & Learning Skills EDITABLE
Create your own Bill: Writing a Bill Project
Teaching American Government? Learning about how a bill becomes a law?Create your own Bill: Writing a Bill Project is designed for success in middle school or high school. This project includes detailed directions for students to create a bill and understand the process of how to create a bill and a presentation to go along with it. This comprehensive project provides rigorous instruction allowing students to understand the process of how a bill becomes a law. Allows students to have a creative
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6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Tracking legislation Unit: How a Bill Becomes a Law
One-Pager: History Unit Review w/ rubric, instructions, & 8 students examples
One-Pagers are a great way for students to synthesize information across a historical unit. The assignment is a treasured institution in my classroom and adds consistency to the course and depth of understanding of historical events for students. At the end of each unit, students tie together key vocabulary and visually express how the concepts fit together to tell one cohesive story about the time period. Included is a Google Doc instructions and rubric handout, but even more valuable for st
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8th - 11th
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Grade 8 GEOGRAPHY/HISTORY Ontario Report Card Comments (Use with Google Docsâ„¢)
These Grade 8 GEOGRAPHY and HISTORY Report Card Comments for the 2018 Ontario Curriculum will make completing the Social Studies portion of your report cards so easy! Comments are included for HISTORY: Strand A. Creating Canada, 1850–1890 and Strand B. Canada, 1890–1914: A Changing Society and for GEOGRAPHY: Strand A. Global Settlement: Patterns and Sustainability and Strand B. Global Inequalities: Economic Development and Quality of Life. Comments are compatible with Google Docs™ and are fully
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8th
Also included in:Â MEGA BUNDLE: Grade 8 Ontario History and Geography Full Units
BUNDLE: Create Your Own Country Project (Requirements & Digital Templates)
Looking for a fun way to end the year while still keeping the students engaged? I use this Create Your Own Country Project as a year end project in 6th grade for students to show their knowledge of basic social studies terms (including: geography, history, culture, government, economics, etc), but it can be used in any grade after these basic social studies terms have been taught. Students take ownership and tap in their creativity as they get to create their own country! This bundle includes BO
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5th - 9th
History of the English Language Timeline {Digital & PDF}
The resource gives a brief etymology of the English language with a supporting mapping activity. It includes the following:Etymology Notes (student notes template)Timeline of Influences on the English languageMapping ActivityRubricAnswer KeysAlong with PDF copies, you will also be given access to a link that will allow you to open the lesson handouts and rubric in Google Slides. You can edit these as you like and share the files with your students. The slides can be printed and adapted for stude
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Latin & Greek Roots - Core Knowledge 6th Grade - Bundle {Digital & PDF}
Claim Evidence Reasoning Practice Thermal Energy heat transfer worksheet CER
Are your students struggling with writing their CER (claim evidence reasoning) for thermal energy and heat transfer lessons? Do they have difficulty analyzing graphs and interpreting diagrams of thermal energy and heat transfer topics? This thermal energy heat transfer claim evidence reasoning CER practice problem has four different scenarios about thermal energy.These will help students analyze graphs, interpret diagrams, and support their claims with evidence and reasoning (CER). Click the PRE
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6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-PS3-4
, MS-PS3-3
(ENG) PBL - SHARK TANK/DRAGON'S DEN (GRADES 4 TO 8)
This resource is in ENGLISH! If you're looking for this document in FRENCH, please click here! This 38-page resource has everything you need to lead a Dragon's Den or Shark Tank in your middle school classroom! This resource begins with 10 slides that explain the project rundown and is then followed by oodles of activities, mentor texts and rubrics:"What Interests Me?" (A brainstorming activity)"Improving an Experience" (A strategy to find an idea)"My Prototype: My Vision" (A visual activity on
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5th - 8th
Oral Storytelling Unit
Looking for an engaging oral storytelling unit to foster a sense of community in the classroom? This language arts unit will provide will provide everything you need to teach 7+ lessons to your students including: - A drama activity- An Oral Storytelling pre-assessment- Artifact activity to represent a personal story or memory - Multiple activities to practice story retelling (based on picture books) - Small group storytelling practice- Two assessments for students to self-assess their storytell
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3rd - 9th
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Generic Grading Rubric
This generic grading rubric will make consistent grading quick and easy. It's perfect for giving students fast and clear feedback in any middle or high school class. Grading criteria is aligned with project based learning standards, making it perfect to grade papers, presentations, posters and more in any subject. Adapt and use in all of your classes to help your students easily understand and rise to your standards and expectations, each and every time. 1 page Editable and adjustable Five gradi
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6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Rubric Bundle (Generic Project, DBQ/Essay, & Socratic Seminar)
Causes of the American Revolution Illustrated Timeline Project
We have an extraordinary resource tailor-made for you and your students. The Revolutionary Causes TIMELINE Project is here to revolutionize the way you teach about the American Revolution. This comprehensive package offers everything you need to effortlessly engage and inspire your students.First and foremost, we provide you with a meticulously designed introduction that ensures absolute clarity. Say goodbye to confusion and uncertainty! Our introduction clearly outlines the project's expectati
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5th - 9th
Claim Evidence Reasoning Activity Analyzing Graphs Conservation of Energy CER
Are your students struggling with writing their CER (claim evidence reasoning) for conservation of energy lessons? Do they have difficulty analyzing graphs and interpreting diagrams of conservation of energy topics? This conservation of energy claim evidence reasoning CER practice problem has four different scenarios about the conservation of energyThese will help students analyze graphs, interpret diagrams, and support their claims with evidence and reasoning (CER). Click the PREVIEW to learn m
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6th - 8th
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Claims, Evidence, Reasoning (CER) writing planner (Editable) - Outline & Rubric
What does CER stand for? C stands for the claim (thesis), E stands for evidence, and R stands for reasoning. Why use a CER assessment? The CER format enables students to make original claims, while provided a structure to support those claims with evidence (facts and data that support the claim statement) and reasoning (explain how the evidence proves the claim). A CER structure can be used to teacher argumentative writing in any subject area - Including social studies, science and math.What is
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6th - 12th
Think Like a Philosopher: Social Contract Theory Small Group Activity
Great Class Opener! Potential for More! Get your Students Thinking About Their World! Students debate and discuss the philosophical question, "Are humans inherently evil or inherently good?"Simple, but engaging, The Think Like a Philosopher: Social Contract Theory lesson has students discuss and debate the question, "Are humans inherently evil or inherently good?" This group discussion activity will introduce students to the enlightenment philosophy made famous by Thomas Hobbes and John Locke t
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7th - 12th
Also included in:Â Think Like a Philosopher Bundle
Lore Podcast Project Materials
Are you looking for a fun and engaging podcast project for your students? This one has everything you are looking for and more!A unit conducted in my 8th grade classroom is studying the podcast, Lore by Aaron Mahnke. He has recorded hundreds of podcasts and written 3 books which highlight the weird and unexplained occurances within our world. From cryptid creatures, to serial killers, hauntings, or strange occurances....this podcast covers it all.After studying a variety of Aaron Mahnke's LOR
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7th - 10th
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Bundle: My Tennessee Vacation End of Year Project & Google Slides Project
Tennessee History 5th Grade New StandardsThis bundle contains the My Tennessee Vacation Project & Rubrics with the Google Slides Mini Lesson & Rubric. You can use each project individually or together in a more in-depth project which embeds the new computer science requirements into the History project.
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4th - 12th
My Tennessee Vacation: End of Year /Semester Project
My Tennessee Vacation is an activity perfect for the end of the year, or end of the 1st semester in that awkward time before Christmas break. The activity requires students to plan a Tennessee vacation, where they will list the location they begin for the day, their destination for the day, and mileage for the day. It requires them to name the location (EX: Smoky Mountain National Park), the nearest city (EX: Gatlinburg, TN), and the county it is located in (Ex: Sevier County). Next, students wi
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4th - 12th
Also included in:Â Bundle: My Tennessee Vacation End of Year Project & Google Slides Project
Being a Wise Consumer: Advertising (3 Day Lesson Bundle)
It is important for students to be aware of marketing tactics in order to be a wise consumer!What is included?Day 1: (1) Have students work in groups to fill out the "Do You Listen?" worksheet. (This helps them realize how advertisements are imbedded in our lives.) (2) Present the "Being a Wise Consumer: Advertising" Google Slide Show. (This explains advertising gives examples of each of the different advertising techniques.)Day 2: (1) Assign each group of students one of the eight ad
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6th - 12th
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