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Holocaust Activities Across Literature

By Coach Maz

Students will read both fiction and non-fiction passages and excerpts from stories about the Holocaust. Story excerpts include, Night, Number the Stars, Star or Fear Star of Hope and non fiction material about Hitler's Final Solution,

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Literature, Poetry

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Activities, Literature Circles, Centers

$5.00

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Henry Box Brown Reading Comprehension Selection and Questions

By Coach Maz

*Note - Use the Preview page as the second part of the document as I was unable to merge the two. The Reading Passage is in the Download along with some comprehension questions. The remainder of the questions are in the Preview File. This is a

Subjects:

Reading, Social Studies - History

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

Activities, Literature Circles, Lesson

$3.00

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Civil Rights Poetry Literature Activities

By Coach Maz

This is a literature activity containing 2 poems describing significant events during the Civil Rights Movement (Greensboro Sit ins and The Little Rock Nine) - included are questions that show students' understanding of descriptive and figurative

Subjects:

Reading, Social Studies - History, Poetry

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Worksheets, Activities

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WWII Perspcetives in Poetry: Concentraion to Internment Camps

By Coach Maz

Students will compare and contrast themes and imagery used in poems written by prisoners of Jewish concentration camps and Japanese internment camps. Students will also use inference skills to compare the perspectives and styles of each

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Reading Strategies, Poetry

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Activities, Literature Circles, Centers

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WWII Home front - Perspectives and Setttings: Compare and Contrast

By Coach Maz

Students will read two passages from two different WWII time settings and compare and contrast the perspectives, physical settings, time period of the war and the characters' perspectives. Students will also make an economics connection for

Subjects:

U.S. History, Short Stories, Reading Strategies

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Graphic Organizers

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Holocaust Poetry and Reading

By Coach Maz

Students will read the poem, "Butterfly" and answer higher level questions - students will also read two short passages using reading strategies to locate information in a text as well as making judgements. There are 6 questions that go along with

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Reading Strategies, Poetry

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Literature Circles, Centers

$1.50

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Cross Curriculum CCGPS aligned WWII Reading Passages

By Coach Maz

Students will read two passages about young boys during the onset of WWII growing up in opposing countries (America and Germany). Students will answer CCGPS aligned questions (7) to compare and draw inferences between the two passages. Students

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Reading Strategies

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Literature Circles, Centers

$5.00

$3.00

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Immigration Tri Fold

By Coach Maz

This is a tri-fold brochure to help students discover and classify push and pull factors of immigration at the turn of the century. Includes time line, graphs, and short reading passage.

Subjects:

U.S. History

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Centers

$2.50

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SS & ELA: Questions about the Tree in the Courtyard (Holocaust)

By Coach Maz

There are 8 common core aligned questions to go along with the Tree in the Courtyard (a story about Anne Frank). Questions cover: ELA5GSE5W2 (Informative/ Explanatory) x 4 ELAGSE5RL6 (POV) ELAGSE5RL1 (Quote Accurately) ELAGSE5RI7 (Draw

Subjects:

English Language Arts, World History

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Centers

$2.00

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Cross Curriculum ELA & SS: Common Core Aligned Immigration Story

By Coach Maz

This is a passage about a young immigrant and his experiences in New York. The story of immigrant life is explained through a day in his life as the nephew of a cobbler in Kleindeutschland or Little Germany. The passage covers the following SS

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Literature, Short Stories

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Literature Circles, Centers

$6.00

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Opportunity Cost & Consumers

By Coach Maz

Concept: Opportunity Cost Definition: When you make a decision, the most valuable alternative you give up is your opportunity cost.

Subjects:

Economics

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities

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Stereo Hearts Figurative Language

By Coach Maz

Stereo Hearts song lyrics - students locate and classify metaphors, similes, and personification.

Subjects:

Reading, Music, Poetry

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Activities, Songs

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$Economics of Western Expansion in America Cross Curricular$

Economics of Western Expansion in America Cross Curricular Social Studies & Math

By Coach Maz

This is a short passage about an entrepreneur moving west not to find gold but to grow fruit. It is a true story about a man who carried fruit trees in his wagon going west. There are 6 math word problems that utilize money and economics as well

Subjects:

Economics , Word Problems, Decimals

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 9^th

Types:

Literature Circles, Centers

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$2.50

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Common Core Cross Curricular: Reading and The Bill of Rights

By Coach Maz

This exercise allows students to read the Crooked Chronicle, a newspaper that recounts the Wolf's story of the True Story of the 3 Little Pigs and answer questions aligned with the Common Core in Reading. Students will analyze point of view,

Subjects:

Civics, Short Stories, Reading Strategies

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Literature Circles, Lesson, Centers

$4.00

$3.50

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Common Core Cross Curriculum: Comparing Viewpoints of Slaves

By Coach Maz

This tri-fold contains two reading passages - one from the point of view of a girl born into slavery during 1800's and the other from the point of view of a son of a slave who was born free during the same period. Students compare and contrast

Subjects:

U.S. History, Reading Strategies

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Literature Circles, Centers

$3.00

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Cross Curricular Reading and SS Causes of the Civil War

By Coach Maz

Students will read a passage about the issues that caused the Civil War in a humorous format. The students will read about 10 reasons as well use charts and graphs to analyze the advantages each side held. Students will also analyze the popular

Subjects:

Graphing, Social Studies - History, Reading Strategies

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Activities, Literature Circles, Centers

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World War I poem comprehension

By Coach Maz

Students will read WWI poem by a soldier and interpret its meaning, identify rhyme scheme and examples of figurative language. Can be folded in half and additional notes may be added to the inside.

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Poetry

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Activities, Literature Circles, Centers

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Civil War North and South Letters Reading Comprehension

By Coach Maz

Students will read two letters - one from a Northern relative and the other from a Southern relative of the same family. Both recipients write about their different view points on the war. Students will compare and contrast the letters and make

Subjects:

Reading, Social Studies - History, Reading Strategies

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Literature Circles, Lesson

$3.50

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World War II Home Front Part 1: A Cross-Curricular Approach

By Coach Maz

Common Core correlated! RL.5.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes. RL.5.6. Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events

Subjects:

Math, Social Studies - History, Reading Strategies

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Activities, Lesson, Centers

$7.00

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WWII Poetry: Japanese Relocation Order

By Coach Maz

Students will read poem and quote accurately from the text to answer questions about tone and meaning. There are questions for each stanza that will lead students to better understanding of abstract concepts of theme and messages. There are 10

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Poetry

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Centers

$3.00

$2.00

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

5 years

MY TEACHING STYLE

Connect and then Pull

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Teacher of the Year 2007-2008

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

MA - Ed. Psych BA - Communications Radio/TV/Film BA - Journalism Highly Qualified Teaching Certification Middle Grades

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English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Reading, Math, Graphing, Science, Astronomy, Social Studies, Civics, Government, U.S. History, World History, Arts & Music, Music, Geography, Literature, Economics , Word Problems, Short Stories, Writing, Reading Strategies, Poetry, Decimals, Informational Text