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Social studies Common Core W.6.3 resources
Greek Mythology Unit - Greek Mythology Projects - Ancient Greece Unit Activities
This Greek Mythology Unit contains over 200 pages and it is the perfect addition to an Ancient Greece Interactive Notebook or Ancient Greece unit. These Greek mythology projects and activities include full text versions of a variety of Ancient Greek myths, telling the tales of the Olympians and other Greek Gods and Goddesses. It contains all of the resources, foldable activities, graphic organizers, and mythology worksheets you need to teach your students about the gods, goddesses, heroes, and m
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4th - 7th
Digital Day of the Dead Art Project: Build a Sugar Skull Resource & Prompts
No prep sub plans for middle school are easy with my engaging, digital art project to build a sugar skull on Google Slides™. Students will practice technology skills with my digital Day of the Dead skull template and step by step art lesson. Then, pick a Día de los Muertos writing prompt to draft a creative story about their sugar skull craft.Need fun, fast finisher activities for 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th graders? Digital art projects are paperless, take up no space, and don't use art materials. S
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3rd - 6th
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Ancient Egypt Unit Projects and Activities - Egypt Map - Pyramids Worksheets
This Ancient Egypt Unit Bundle has over 350 pages of Egypt projects and activities. It contains Ancient Egypt reading passages, an Ancient Egypt timeline, comprehension questions, an Ancient Egypt map, foldable activities, projects, graphic organizers, and more! ✅Be sure to click on the previews for detailed descriptions and images of exactly what is included in this package.✅SAVE $$$$ BY PURCHASING THIS COMPLETE BUNDLE OF EGYPT PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES AT A REDUCED PRICE! This is a HUGE value w
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4th - 7th
Timeline Templates - Print and Digital Graphic Organizers
Here you will find 20 diverse timeline templates that can be used in any subject area! With the wide variety of timelines included, you can easily provide differentiation for your students. Timelines are perfect for any activity involving sequencing or chronological order. Your students could use these graphic organizers to create timelines about history, their lives, science inventions, events in a story, and much more!This PDF file includes 10 horizontal timelines and 10 vertical timelines. Th
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Not Grade Specific
Declaration of Independence Unit
Declaration of Independence Unit
Do you want to bring the Declaration of Independence to life for your students? This is the perfect unit for you! My students enjoyed the activities in this unit and I was thrilled to see their love for history grow! This unit will help you take the Declaration of Independence off the textbook page and make it much more relevant to your students.
Contents of this unit:
* What is the Declaration of Independence? - Reading Comprehension
* Who was Thomas Jeffe
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4th - 6th
Also included in: Declaration of Independence Bundle
Moana Movie Guide + Activities - Answer Key Included (Color + Black & White)
This 21 page movie guide with handouts for the classroom accompanies the film "Moana (2016)".★★ Check out the full preview! ★★This guide may also work well as a sub plan for your substitute teacher.This includes the following worksheets:• Pre-viewing tasks about Legends and Myths (reading comprehension & discussion)• 25 comprehension questions in chronological order with answers.• 25 multiple choice comprehension questions in chronological order with answers.• Drawing and writing about 4 cha
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2nd - 6th
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Dystopian Literature Unit - Civilization Creation - Create your own Dystopia
Dystopian Literature Unit - Create Your Own Dystopian Society! This Dystopia activity package is the perfect supplement to a Dystopian Literature Unit! Students research the meaning of the word Dystopia, and create Dystopian societies of their own. This Dystopia introduction ask students to practice their critical thinking and creative writing skills as they create a detailed project that describes all of the different aspects of their Dystopian societies.⭐This is an excellent final project or e
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6th - 9th
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Pocahontas Movie Guide + Activities | Answer Key Included
This 15 page movie guide with handouts accompanies the film "Pocahontas (1995)". ★★ Check out the full preview! ★★This guide may also work well as a sub plan for your substitute teacher.Part 1 - These are the comprehension questions for the movie. I have made three sets of questions, and labelled them (Includes the answers for all three sets of questions)2 pages of 50 questions requiring answers in sentences1 page of 25 questions requiring answers in sentences (25 questions removed from the 50 q
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3rd - 6th
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Who Was Biography Series Activities for Any Book
Students love the Who Was and Who Is biography series! Many explorers, presidents, inventors, artists, and athletes are highlighted in these biographies. From Jackie Robinson to Steve Jobs, Abraham Lincoln to Malala Yousafzai, from Rosa Parks to Anne Frank, and from George Washington Carver to George Washington, these biographies engage and intrigue students. This Who Was, Who Is Biography Series Comprehension Activity for ANY Book pack comes with a wide variety of over 25 resources so teachers
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4th - 6th
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American History U.S. History Bundle: Beginnings through the 1850's
This bundle contains every single American History resources from the Mister Harms store! You're getting every American History resource but saving BIG with a whopping 20% OFF all current resources. Once the bundle is yours, you will then get 100% off all future products added to the bundle! Buying the bundle format will save you time and money, and you will be getting all of my favorite American History lessons in one place! This bundle is not necessarily a sequenced curriculum, rather it has
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6th - 9th
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Who Was Biography and What Was Nonfiction Series Activities for ANY Book Bundle
Students love the Who Was and Who Is biography series! And they love the companion What Was and What Is nonfiction series, too! Many explorers, presidents, inventors, artists, athletes, and historical and cultural events are highlighted in these books which engage and intrigue students.Each Pack (The Who Was, Who is Pack and the What Was, What is Pack) both come with a wide variety of over 25 resources so teachers can mix and match to best meet their goals and objectives and their students’ nee
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4th - 6th
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Early Man Interactive Notebook Worksheets World History Activities
Interactive notebooks are an extremely effective instructional strategy to engage students and keep them interested in content! This is why it is one of my favorite ways to teach topics related to Early Man. In this interactive notebook, students will have the opportunity to learn about the Stone Age, Early Man, Lucy the Australopithecus, the Paleolithic and Neolithic era, Cro-Mangon and Neanderthals.What’s Included 3 formats: Spiral Bound Template, Composition Notebook Template, and Binder Form
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Early Man Interactive Notebook and Resource Bundle - Print and Digital
Knights & the Middle Ages! Students write short stories about life of a Knight!
Knights & the Middle Ages! Students write short stories about life of a Knight!This Knights in the Middle Ages lesson is included in the larger "Middle Ages Unit" located here: Middle Ages Unit: 16 Engaging Lessons to teach the Middle Ages (Medieval Times)!Buy the bundle and save a bundle!---------------------In this highly-engaging resource, students learn about the process a boy goes through to become a knight in the Middle Ages! Students learn about the origin of the word, the code o
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4th - 7th
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Morning Work Bundle (4th, 5th, 6th Grade)
Morning Work Bundle (4th, 5th, 6th Grade) - 532 Worksheets & Printables. A morning work bundle for upper elementary. Use the many art illustrations as a springboard into writing prompts.• Worksheets travel nicely between grade levels. • Meets 65-82% of Common Core Writing Literacy Standards for grades 3-7. Click links for full previews. You get the following:1. Editing - 12 Printable Prompts• Labor Day• Haunted House• Winter Solstice• Sled Racing• White House Easter Egg Roll• Valentine's Day
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4th - 7th
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A LONG WALK TO WATER Novel Study
Set in northeast Africa, Linda Sue Park's fascinating biographical novel A Long Walk to Water, proves the power of the human brain and the depth of the human spirit under extraordinary circumstances. Here is a no-prep novel study that includes:- Board pages with appropriate pictures and discussion questions transferable to overheads or smart board - a student handout of the same questions is included.- A one page set of reading comprehension questions for each chapter (18 total) - divided int
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6th - 8th
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Return To Sender by Alvarez Hispanic Heritage Novel Guide
Return To Sender Alvarez Hispanic Heritage Novel Unit is perfect for teaching about immigration, its challenges, barriers, laws and current practices, American history, as well as, themes of family, friendship, belonging, and coming-of-age. The unit includes:Learning Objectives Pre-reading activities Immigration projectNew Terms and Vocabulary SheetChapter by Chapter questions and answers Essay TopicsExtension ActivitiesCharacter(s) Analysis Activity Themes ActivityComparison Activity Cause &
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5th - 8th
OLYMPICS READING AND WRITING ELA BUNDLE Passages Prompts Hands On Activities
**NEW UPDATE FOR THE 2022 WINTER OLYMPICS (12/1\/21)***Update includes Summer and Winter Olympics as well as website links, video links, and article updates specific to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic games.Want to use your reading/writing block effectively, incorporate Social Studies/current events, and provide an activity that is engaging and interesting for your students? This Olympic BUNDLE will do the trick!**LOOK AT THE PREVIEW FOR A LARGE PORTION OF BOTH DOCUMENTS***This is enough inform
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4th - 8th
The Cost of Free Speech: A Two-Part Lesson
The right to free speech is a fundamental right granted by the US Constitution. But how does it apply to students in school?The Cost of Free Speech is a two part lesson that examines three lawsuits dealing with schools and students' right to free speech.Lesson 1- During the Vietnam War students wore black armbands to protest the war. Should they be allowed? How did the Courts rule? What precedent was set?Lesson 2-Fast forward to two other cases: A girl protests the "Day of Silence" organize
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6th - 8th
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Very Hot Coffee: Investigation and Discovery
A woman spills hot coffee on her lap and sues McDonald's. Should she win her case? This case is often referenced as a joke. Is it serious case? Tap into your students' curiosity and sense of justice by using this real-life legal case. Investigation and Discovery lessons allow students to take on the role of investigator. Students are given a little bit of information and tasked with investigating the claim.What witnesses should be interviewed? How are they biased?What evidence should be coll
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6th - 8th
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YEAR BUNDLE! US History Activity Choice Boards Grades 4, 5, 6, 7 Social Studies
This year-long bundle of 10 Social Studies Choice Board Activity Packets is your all-in-one resource to gamify social studies and/or US history for the entire year. These fun menus of learning activities are designed with differentiation in mind, like encouraging student choice and being totally student paced. Essentially, each of these choice boards provide students with 12 unique learning activities to take a deeper dive into various periods of growth in United States history, from around 1400
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4th - 7th
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CC Aligned -- All the Broken Pieces Guided Reading, by Ann E Burg
This is a Common Core-aligned, guided reading packet to go with the novel All the Broken Pieces by Ann E Burg. This packet stretches the entire novel, providing text-dependent comprehension questions, as well as addressing inferencing, analysis of passages, and figurative language. The packet is baseball themed, and includes pre-reading activities, a reading schedule organizer, and an end-of-book writing assignment, too.
My middle school boys love this story, and it is a great exposure for the
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5th - 8th
AROUND THE WORLD THEME MEGA BUNDLE Multiculture Camp Earth Day End of the Year
***BUNDLE & SAVE 25%!*** Easily incorporate THEMATICALLY RIGOROUS LEARNING into your classroom routine with this low-prep, 152-page/slide Around the World End of the Year Theme Day Activities MEGA BUNDLE! It includes everything you need to have a thematic day to celebrate diversity, culture, and the world and have a Middle-Grades (4-8) Fun Day in ELA with your students! What is Around the World Day? Enjoy the day (or week!) while still learning with this fun, themed resource! Students will l
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3rd - 12th
What Was Nonfiction Series Activities for Any Book
Just like the Who Was series, students love the What Was and What Is nonfiction series! Many historical and cultural events are highlighted in these books. From the Boston Tea Party to a Presidential Election, the Underground Railroad to the Great Depression, from the Holocaust to Pearl Harbor, and from NASA to the Women's Rights Movement, these books engage and intrigue students. This What Was, What Is Nonfiction Series Comprehension Activity for ANY Book pack comes with a wide variety of over
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4th - 6th
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On This Day in History...August to December Bundle Daily Warm Up Bell Ringer
3Getting students interested in historical events is virtually impossible! That's why we created our “On This Day in History'' series to provide a historical event for each day during the months of August to December along with a thought-provoking, Generation Z relevant discussion prompt that you can use year after year. What sets our On This Day resource apart from similar resources is that each prompt encourages students to think critically about “their place in the world” with respect to th
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- Learn about the achievements, challenges, perspectives, traditions, and customs of different societies
- Evaluate information, analyze evidence, and make informed judgments about complex social, economic, and political issues
- Become active, responsible, and engaged citizens
- Comprehend global issues such as human rights, environmental sustainability, and economic disparities
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