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High school social studies thematic unit plans on sale
Inclusive & Engaging U.S. History Year Long w DBQ Activities, Readings & More
This U.S. History year-long course examines the major events and turning points of U.S. history from the Civil War through the Civil Rights Movement. The course leads students toward a clearer understanding of the patterns, processes, and people that have shaped U.S. history. During this year long U.S. History course students will learn to read like historians and investigate history through engaging essential and inquiry questions. Teach students how to investigate history by empowering them wi
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
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Forensics Unit 1 Bundle: Introduction to Forensics & the Law (7 Products!)
Make teaching Forensics easy with this Unit Plan 1 bundle! SIOP, gifted, and differentiation strategies are embedded and easily identified throuought. Lessons are differnetiated accoding to learning style, grouping, and language ability. Both content and literacy standards as well as key vocabulary words, essential questions, activating strategies, instructional strategies, and summarizing strategies are included and highlighted. Unit plan contains links to resources! The Introduction to For
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Inclusive U.S. History Year Long Course Bundle- 60+ Activities! Print & Go!
This U.S. History year-long course examines the major events and turning points of U.S. history from the Civil War through the Civil Rights Movement. The course leads students toward a clearer understanding of the patterns, processes, and people that have shaped U.S. history. During this year long U.S. History course students will learn to read like historians and investigate history through engaging essential and inquiry questions. Teach students how to investigate history by empowering them wi
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
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Civics/Economics Canvas Course
Save yourself hundreds of hours with this pre-made Civics/Economics Canvas course.This product is a Civics/Economics survey course developed using materials from the Civics Today Textbook. It is an excellent Canvas starter course with room to fill in some of your own activities.Each chapter includes the following:Extra Credit Note Taking Guides. The PowerPoints in the course folder are keyed to these which helps students to focus, follow along, and retain information from the lessons. These are
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9th - 12th
Also included in:Â Civics/Economics Full Course Bundle!
World History Course Bundle: All Resources 50$ savings!!
Save yourself hundreds of hours with this pre-made World History Canvas course that includes every activity and resource that I've developed to teach this course. I've been teaching for 15 years now. Every year I make improvements and changes to these resources and activities and I'm very proud of how they've developed over the years. This product includes a Canvas course for World History from Early River Civilizations to the present. It is an excellent starter course with room to fill in some
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9th - 12th
Things Not Taught in Class Bundle (PPTs and Worksheets)
This bundle provides an opportunity for students to explore the complex intersections of history not often covered in class.Included in the product is a reading on each of the topics accompanied by five guiding questions along with a simple informational PowerPoint Presentation for each.Key Features:Historical Context Unveiled: Understand the backdrop of this period within the broader historical landscape. Learn how what is covered in the reading set the stage for future discover, celebration, a
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9th - 12th
AP Psychology Fully Online Canvas Course
Save yourself hundreds of hours with this pre-made fully online AP Psychology Canvas course. It is an excellent Canvas starter course with room to fill in some of your own activities. I use this to teach both a year long and one semester section. Each chapter includes the following:The information in this course will be presented in a variety of ways. There will be interactive video modules, class participation projects, audio-visual aids, reading assignments, tests, and essays. Psychology is a
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Founding Principles of the U.S. and NC: Civic Literacy Canvas Course
Save yourself hundreds of hours with this pre-made Civic Literacy Canvas course.This product is Covers the Founding Principles of the U.S. and NC: Civic Literacy. It is an excellent Canvas starter course with room to fill in some of your own activities.Each chapter includes the following:Extra Credit Note Taking Guides. The PowerPoints in the course folder are keyed to these which helps students to focus, follow along, and retain information from the lessons. These are included through a link at
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9th - 12th
Founding Principles of the U.S. and NC: Civic Literacy Full Course Bundle!
This massive bundle contains all of the presentations, assignments, tests that I use to teach this class online and in person through Google Classroom. I've created these resources using the Civics Today and 'The Americans' textbook but they would work with any Civics Literacy class and with these resources my students rarely even use the book.For fully online classes I use Edpuzzle Lessons that I've made from recordings of the lessons that I teach in class. You're welcome to use those too. Here
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9th - 12th
Veterans Day icebreaker game BUNDLE main ideas activity independent work middle
Veterans Day independent work BUNDLE, Veterans Day activities game BUNDLE icebreaker game, worksheet activities. Have a fun time with this Activity Pack for Classroom speech activity for icebreaker games. This game is great for all ages 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th grade, Kid Education, early finishers, homeschool, Nursery school, Primary school, Junior high school, high school, and Middle school. It includes Printables Logic Puzzles for Kids, Mazes, word searches, Would you rather, Me
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4th - 12th
Muralismo - Mini Unit on Modern Mexican Murals and Diego Rivera
Muralismo is a 3 day mini unit that could easily be incorporated into Spanish, Social Studies, and Art classes! In this unit, students will study an overview of Diego Rivera, view art from modern Mexican muralists on social media, learn about a mural that is reducing pollution in Mexico City, and have the opportunity to create their own chalk murals.This mini unit is split into three days of 45 minute class periods:Day 1: Study Diego Rivera Day 2: Learn about Modern Muralism in Mexico Day 3: Cre
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6th - 9th
IB Psychology: Cognitive processing Bundle
This bundle contains all the resources you need to teach Cognitive processing unit in IB Psychology:Introduction to memoryMulti-store modelWorking memory modelSchema theoryThinking and decision makingThinking and decision making modelsIntuitive and rational thinkingAs part of the new IB specification. This bundle contains:Covers all the content stipulated by the IB.Student questions with answersStudent experimentsClear diagramsResearch tasksVideosQuestions and answersAll lessons come with an a s
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10th - 12th
World History Canvas Course
Save yourself hundreds of hours with this pre-made World History Canvas course.This product is a World History from Pre-History to the Present. It is an excellent Moodle starter course with room to fill in some of your own activities.Each chapter includes the following:Extra Credit Note Taking Guides. The PowerPoints in the course folder are keyed to these which helps students to focus, follow along, and retain information from the lessons. These are included through a link at the top of the cou
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9th - 12th
Also included in:Â World History Course Bundle: All Resources 50$ savings!!
IB Psychology: Introduction to emotions & Theories of emotion
This PowerPoint contains everything you need to teach theories of emotion in the emotions and cognition unit (cognitive approach)Video is a preview of the full resource (does not include all slides)This Powerpoint and student workbooks contains the followings:All the information ( HL) the IB have included in the new spec.Clear diagramsVideosExtended writing questionStudent research tasksStudent workbook which accompanies the lessons (Can be downloaded free from my store)Topics covered include:Pr
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11th - 12th
Also included in:Â IB Psychology: Emotion and cognition bundle
Mini Lesson Set : COLD WAR : The Origins of the Cold War - Cold War Ideology
This is full mini-lesson set focusing on Cold War Ideology
TOPIC: Cold War
AREA: Cold War Origins
FOCUS: Ideologies of the Cold War
There are 4 parts to this Set:
A. MINI LESSON HANDOUT
*3 pages of reading covering:
origins of the term cold war
communism
Karl Marx
Friedrich Engels
Marxism-Leninism
Vladimir Lenin
Russian Revolution
Capitalism
Ideological clashes
Role of religion
B. MINI LESSON HANDOUT - CLOZE READING STYLE
*The same 3 page handout, but in cloze reading style
for student
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9th - 12th
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U.S. History Course Bundle: all Resources for U.S. 1 + 2 or Survey 70$ savings!!
Save yourself hundreds of hours with this pre-made US History Canvas course that includes every activity and resource that I've developed to teach this course. I've been teaching for 15 years now. Every year I make improvements and changes to these resources and activities and I'm very proud of how they've developed over the years. You can use these resources to teach U.S. History as a one semester survey or it can easily be turned into 2 separate courses with the same resources which is what I
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9th - 12th
World History Moodle Course
Save yourself hundreds of hours with this pre-made US History 1 Moodle course.This product is a World History from Pre-History to the Present. It is an excellent Moodle starter course with room to fill in some of your own activities.Each chapter includes the following:Extra Credit Note Taking Guides. The PowerPoints in the course folder are keyed to these which helps students to focus, follow along, and retain information from the lessons. These are included through a link at the top of the cour
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9th - 12th
U.S. History Survey Canvas Course
Save yourself hundreds of hours with this pre-made US History Canvas course.This product is a U.S. History survey course. It covers content from 1789 to the present. It is an excellent Canvas starter course with room to fill in some of your own activities.Each chapter includes the following:Extra Credit Note Taking Guides. The PowerPoints in the course folder are keyed to these which helps students to focus, follow along, and retain information from the lessons. These are included through a link
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9th - 12th
Topic Outline Sheets: World History detailed guide for 9 unit plans!!
Great Outline by unit and topic. There are a total of 9 Topic sheets that take you pretty much through everything for the first art of world history (first humans-Enlightnment).
Each Topic Sheet is broken into 4 categories
1) Content Outline
2) Concepts and Themes
3) Vocabulary and People
4) AIM questions and essential questions
These are great to guide the teacher as well as the students
I like to give all my students a copy of these in the beginning of the Unit. They can follow along as we
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8th - 10th
AP PSYCHOLOGY - Unit 2 - Biological Basis of Behavior BUNDLE
This Bundle contains the PowerPoint, Notes Packet, and Vocabulary Quiz for Unit 2 of AP Psychology. (Multiple Choice Questions should be available to you for free on AP Classroom).To see the information covered in this unit, I have included the 2 minute preview Video for the PowerPoint here as well.The Notes have concept questions for students to answer in class or at home, as well as vocabulary words to define. There is a Kahoot and Quizlet (linked at the end of the PowerPoint) that will help s
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
U.S. History 2 Moodle Course
Save yourself hundreds of hours with this pre-made US History 2 Moodle course.This product is a U.S. History 2 course for US History from Imperialism to the Present. It is an excellent Moodle starter course with room to fill in some of your own activities.Each chapter includes the following:Extra Credit Note Taking Guides. The PowerPoints in the course folder are keyed to these which helps students to focus, follow along, and retain information from the lessons. These are included through a link
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9th - 12th
Civics/Economics Moodle Course
Save yourself hundreds of hours with this pre-made US History 1 Moodle course.This product is a Civics/Economics Course. It is an excellent Moodle starter course with room to fill in some of your own activities.Each chapter includes the following:Extra Credit Note Taking Guides. The PowerPoints in the course folder are keyed to these which helps students to focus, follow along, and retain information from the lessons. These are included through a link at the top of the course.A list of Group Pro
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9th - 12th
U.S. History 1 Moodle Course
Save yourself hundreds of hours with this pre-made US History 1 Moodle course. This product is a U.S. History 1 course for US History from Pre-History to the Progressive Era. It is an excellent Moodle starter course with room to fill in some of your own activities.Each chapter includes the following:Extra Credit Note Taking Guides. The PowerPoints in the course folder are keyed to these which helps students to focus, follow along, and retain information from the lessons. These are included throu
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9th - 12th
Forensics Unit Plan 1: Forensic Science and Observation (SIOP & Differentiated)
Make planning easier with this fully editable Forensics Science: Forensic Science and Observation Unit Plan. Fully differentiated, this unit plan includes notations for differentiation techniques based on learning style, literacy level, and the Sheltered Instructional Model for English Language Learners (SIOP) SWIRL activities are also included. Edit this unit plan to match your standards. This unit plan includes:Content standardsLiteracy standardsContent objectivesLiteracy objectivesKey voca
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in:Â Forensics Whole Course Growing Bundle
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