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Meg in the Middle

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The Tell-Tale Heart Mock Trial

By Meg in the Middle

Assembled here are eight individual resources used with 8th graders to conduct a mock trial based on Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart”. For my classes, this was a major-fun!- culminating project in the 2nd trimester. However, I think it could

Subjects:

Literature, Criminal Justice - Law, Oral Communication

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Simulations

CCSS:

SL.8.4, SL.8.5, SL.8.6, CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.2

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Declaration of Independence Test, Key, and Study Guide

By Meg in the Middle

A first-of-the-year unit assessment for middle school American History or Government. I used (in part) the "We the People" textbook, and our unit emphasized the ideas behind the Revolutionary War, especially the Declaration of Independence, and

Subjects:

Civics, Government, U.S. History

Grades:

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

Types:

Study Guides, DBQs, Assessment

CCSS:

RH.6-8.1, RH.6-8.2, RH.6-8.3, RH.6-8.4, WHST.6-8.1b, WHST.6-8.2d

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Back-to-School Human Bingo: 4 different game cards, middle or high school! FREE

By Meg in the Middle

Four different back-to-school, get-to-know-you Human Bingo cards. Some topics repeat, but you can use all four cards in the same class to mix it up. You can also customize or swap categories out. This activity is geared for back to school, but

Subjects:

Life Skills, Back to School, For All Subjects

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Activities, Games

CCSS:

CCRA.SL.1

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Executive Branch, Electoral College & Primaries: 55 Test Questions & Answers

By Meg in the Middle

Here, in Word, so you can easily cut and paste and repurpose, are 55 questions and answers about the executive branch, the Electoral College and the primary process. Don't need a test? Turn it into flash cards. Not sure how to structure your unit?

Subjects:

Civics, Elections - Voting, Government

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, Homeschool

Types:

Assessment, Flash Cards

CCSS:

RH.6-8.1, RH.6-8.3, RH.6-8.4, RH.6-8.7, RH.11-12.1, RH.11-12.3, RH.11-12.7, RH.11-12.9

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Internet Search Skills: Developing and Using Search Terms

By Meg in the Middle

Includes two hands-on activities to help students build foundational internet search skills: 101: Developing search terms 102: Using your search terms I used the activities early in our research project when students had their own topics and needed

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Instructional Technology, Library Skills

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Research, Activities, Internet Activities

CCSS:

RI.8.1, W.8.8, RH.6-8.2, RH.6-8.4, RH.6-8.7, WHST.6-8.7, WHST.6-8.8

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Google Tools Acceptable Use Policy and Permission Slip

By Meg in the Middle

I developed and used these two documents: (1) a letter to parents, and (2) an Acceptable Use Policy for 8th graders to obtain and use personal Google accounts for school (primarily g-mail and docs) related communication and collaboration. A few

Subjects:

Computer Science - Technology, Library Skills, For All Subjects

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, Staff

Types:

Internet Activities, For Parents, For Principals & Administrators

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.4

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Supreme Court Justices Trading Cards-Updated

By Meg in the Middle

How to make the Supreme Court Justices real to students? Turn them into trading cards! This two-page word doc is designed for you or your students to print, research and fill out basic biographical information about the current nine justices, and

Subjects:

Civics, Government, Criminal Justice - Law

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Activities, Flash Cards, Printables

CCSS:

RH.6-8.2, RH.6-8.4, RH.6-8.7

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What's My Halloween Name?

By Meg in the Middle

A fun activity for Halloween-students use their first and last initials and birth month to find out their Halloween name/costume/monster. Similar to other types of games online (e.g. what's my mermaid name?) Simply fun! BUT could be used as a

Subjects:

Grammar, Vocabulary, Halloween

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Activities, Games

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have 20+ years of experience in education, including seven years in the classroom teaching middle and high school language arts and social studies. I worked in K-12 professional development at C-SPAN and the Library of Congress, creating and delivering programs and resources for teaching with primary sources.

MY TEACHING STYLE

In two words - fun and rigorous. I try to think outside the box about how to bring content and skills to students, so they get "brain on" and "hands on" - make it their own, ask questions, drive their own and their classmates' learning. I especially love using current events, primary sources, and poetry. I love getting students face to face with experts of all stripes, and to historic sites so they can see the world as their classroom.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Selected for and attended: -NEH workshops on Emily Dickinson and Kansas-Nebraska. -Gilder-Lehrman workshop on the Civil War. Earned Washington Post grant for digital technology.

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

BA in English from Wesleyan University MA in Education Policy (Curriculum Development) from University of Maryland, College Park

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

My husband and I just relocated to Maine after a year exploring America in a vintage Airstream trailer. Personal photos @barkersonbreak on Instagram and Twitter. Professional twitter @teachingirl