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High school social studies internet activity activboard activities
The Characteristics of Civilization
The Traits/Characteristics of CivilizationThe main goal of this lesson is to have students describe and apply the various traits of civilizationYou get a 15 Slide PowerPoint with:Do NowClass Notes, Graphics, and Charts2 Video Links2 Assessment QuestionsActivity InstructionsConclusion QuestionFor the Activities there are 4 different options based around 2 different resourcesResource 1: 625-word reading on the Characteristics of Civilization Resource 2: 170-word chart on the Characteristics of Civ
Grades:
6th - 11th
Also included in:Â Prehistoric Times - Unit Bundle
Civil War & Reconstruction Era Project Based Learning
RECENT UPDATE 2023 - GRAPHIC NOVEL, BLOG, INFOGRAPHIC LINK, EXAMPLES & TEMPLATES. + REMOVED ALL OUTDATED LINKSMost Updated: New Google Classroom Rubric, New Google Form Planning Page, and Additional ResourcesUpdated: New Links, New examples, New instructions, and Canva links & templates.This interactive, student driven, project based learning toolkit gives teachers a perfect package to allow students to showcase and review the knowledge they have acquired after learning about the Civil W
Grades:
6th - 11th
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Bitmoji Virtual Classroom Icons! 9 Pages worth of copy+paste icons for you!
I did the hard part for you :) Here are 9 google slides full of different icons for you to use in your virtual classroom.Carpets * Chairs * Desks * Decor * Wall Art * Chalkboards & Whiteboards * Plants * Personalized Items * Wall Shelves * Book Shelves * Etc!How to access your resource after purchasing:Go to My Purchases section of your TpT account.Click View Product Page next to the resource.Once there, you can use the Add to Google Drive button underneath the price to add the resource to y
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
APUSH Hexagonal Thinking Activities for periods 1-9
Enhance your AP U.S. History (APUSH) curriculum with this comprehensive bundle of Hexagonal Thinking Activities, designed to engage students in critical thinking and deepen their understanding of key events, concepts, and figures across all nine periods of U.S. history. This bundle includes detailed hexagonal thinking activities for each of the nine periods, from the pre-Columbian era to the present day.Features:Engaging and Interactive: Each activity encourages students to make connections betw
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Grades:
11th - 12th
Atlantic Slave Trade Middle Passage Pear Deck Google Slides
Engage your students with this interactive Pear Deck that explores the influence of the Atlantic Slave Trade and the Middle Passage on world history! This lesson includes a TED-Ed video, reading passages, geography activities, and primary source analysis to help students understand who gained and who lost during this era. Students will analyze text and visual evidence to help them answer questions and practice essential ELA skills such as identifying and applying domain-specific vocabulary, comp
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7th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Middle School World History Social Studies Pear Deck Google Slides Bundle
FREEBIE Latitude and Longitude Map Geography Skills Google Slides Pear Deck
Looking to teach your students the basics of latitude and longitude? Look no further than these interactive Pear Deck slides! This engaging lesson will teach students how to identify lines of latitude and longitude, as well as the Equator and Prime Meridian. With activities that challenge students to determine the definitions of Longitude and Latitude, and opportunities to create and call out a list of locations on a world map using Google Earth or an atlas (not included), this lesson is designe
Grades:
5th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Social Studies Resources for Getting Started Back to School or New Teacher
2000s Choice Board/Tic Tac Toe (U.S. History) - Hyperdoc Project
This U.S. History choice board offers student nine activities to choose from that center around the 2000s in the United States. The activities are titled as follows: Hurricane Katrina, The iPod, 2008 Presidential Election, George W. Bush, 9/11 Al-Qaeda Attacks, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), 2000 Presidential Election, Invasion of Iraq/Iraq War, and Harry Potter. Activity choices include creating action figures, filming an advertisement, and developing sketchnotes.The 2000s Choice Board
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Hexagonal Thinking Activity for APUSH - Period 3 (1754-1800)
Arrange Hexagons:Move the hexagons onto a slide or board, ensuring that each hexagon shares at least one side with another hexagon. The arrangement should reflect the logical connections between the terms.Identify Connections:Where hexagons share a side, they should represent a logical connection or relationship. For example, "French and Indian War" and "Treaty of Paris 1763" might share a side because the treaty ended the war.Explain Relationships:For at least five of the connections, insert a
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Grades:
11th - 12th
Also included in:Â APUSH Hexagonal Thinking Activities for periods 1-9
New Deal Discoveries
Goal: Students are to discover New Deal Projects using the Living New Deal website!Students will be assigned locations that they must discover and learn more about. They will update a classroom spreadsheet, along with a guiding questions worksheet!Included:- Spreadsheet- Guiding Questions worksheet- Website link- Slides for review/introducing New Deal organizations
Grades:
9th - 12th
Hexagonal Thinking Activity for APUSH - Period 5 (1844-1877)
Arrange Hexagons:Move the hexagons onto a slide or board, ensuring that each hexagon shares at least one side with another hexagon. The arrangement should reflect the logical connections between the terms.Identify Connections:Where hexagons share a side, they should represent a logical connection or relationship. For example, "Manifest Destiny" and "Mexican American War" might share a side because the war was driven by the belief in Manifest Destiny.Explain Relationships:For at least five of the
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Grades:
11th - 12th
Also included in:Â APUSH Hexagonal Thinking Activities for periods 1-9
Hexagonal Thinking Activity for APUSH - Period 4 (1800-1848)
Arrange Hexagons:Move the hexagons onto a slide or board, ensuring that each hexagon shares at least one side with another hexagon. The arrangement should reflect the logical connections between the terms.Identify Connections:Where hexagons share a side, they should represent a logical connection or relationship. For example, "Louisiana Purchase" and "Lewis and Clark Expedition" might share a side because the expedition explored the new territory.Explain Relationships:For at least five of the co
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Grades:
11th - 12th
Also included in:Â APUSH Hexagonal Thinking Activities for periods 1-9
Hexagonal Thinking Activity for APUSH - Period 6 (1865-1898)
Arrange Hexagons:Move the hexagons onto a slide or board, ensuring that each hexagon shares at least one side with another hexagon. The arrangement should reflect the logical connections between the terms.Identify Connections:Where hexagons share a side, they should represent a logical connection or relationship. For example, "Railroads" and "Westward Expansion" might share a side because the expansion of railroads facilitated westward movement.Explain Relationships:For at least five of the conn
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Grades:
11th - 12th
Also included in:Â APUSH Hexagonal Thinking Activities for periods 1-9
Hexagonal Thinking Activity for APUSH - Period 2 (1607-1754)
This is an editable PowerPoint with vocabulary for APUSH time period 2.Move the hexagons onto a slide or board, ensuring that each hexagon shares at least one side with another hexagon. The arrangement should reflect the logical connections between the terms.Identify Connections:Where hexagons share a side, they should represent a logical connection or relationship. For example, "Jamestown" and "Tobacco Economy" might share a side because tobacco was the cash crop that made Jamestown profitable.
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Grades:
11th - 12th
Also included in:Â APUSH Hexagonal Thinking Activities for periods 1-9
Hexagonal Thinking Activity for APUSH - Period 7 (1890-1945)
This is an editable PowerPoint you can share with students.Move the hexagons onto a slide or board, ensuring that each hexagon shares at least one side with another hexagon. The arrangement should reflect the logical connections between the terms.Where hexagons share a side, they should represent a logical connection or relationship. For example, "Great Depression" and "New Deal" might share a side because the New Deal was a response to the Great Depression.For at least five of the connections,
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Grades:
11th - 12th
Also included in:Â APUSH Hexagonal Thinking Activities for periods 1-9
Plan a Family Vacation--$5,000 Budget
Students will have fun with this real life budgeting lesson as they plan their very own family vacation. Students must budget for the family members that live in their household, and must stay with a $5,000 limit. There is a Presentation to discuss all the rules and an excel sheet to help with their totals. As they plan their trip students can create a PowerPoint or a Google Slide that documents their itinerary. The presentation needs to include all expenses and their total cost of the trip
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4th - 12th
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American Revolutionary War Interactive Pear Deck Google Slides
Discover an immersive American Revolutionary War lesson with these interactive Pear Deck slides! From the Enlightenment Period to the decisive Battles of Saratoga, Bunker Hill, and Yorktown, students will delve into Washington's leadership, the Treaty of Paris, and more. This lesson provides an in-depth exploration of key events and factors shaping this pivotal period in American history. Engage students further with a geography activity focusing on New Jersey, spotlighting Washington's strateg
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7th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Middle School Early United States History Interactive Lessons BUNDLE
Political Propaganda Analysis Activity
Political propaganda online lesson that explores the types of political propaganda, specifically is as it pertains to elections and politics; bandwagon, glittering generalities, plain folk, card stacking, name-calling, testimonial and transfer. Students will work their way around the board provided to complete all of the activities, using the provided materials and links to outside analysis articles on political propaganda. Students should be able to formulate a response to the overall idea of t
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9th - 12th
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Hexagonal Thinking Activity for APUSH - Period 8 (1945-1980)
This is an editable Google Slides that you can share with students.Move the hexagons onto a slide or board, ensuring that each hexagon shares at least one side with another hexagon. The arrangement should reflect the logical connections between the terms.Identify Connections:Where hexagons share a side, they should represent a logical connection or relationship. For example, "Civil Rights Movement" and "Voting Rights Act of 1965" might share a side because the Voting Rights Act was a major achie
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Grades:
11th - 12th
Also included in:Â APUSH Hexagonal Thinking Activities for periods 1-9
Vocabulary: The Industrial Revolution
Frayer Model Vocabulary made digital for Google Slides!Students will define vocabulary words using the frayer model including synonyms, antonyms, images, and sentence options.Directions included on every slide.Editable to fit your students needs.I use Quizlet for definitions but you can use whatever method is best for your students.
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6th - 10th
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The Articles of Confederation and Shay's Rebellion Pear Deck Google Slides
In this engaging Pear Deck lesson, students will explore the events surrounding the formation and failure of the Articles of Confederation, including the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 and Shay's Rebellion. They will also analyze political cartoons and participate in a geography activity related to the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. Through these activities, students will develop a deeper understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation, and why it ultimately failed to e
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7th - 9th
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Map of major rivers and map of major lakes in the state of Minnesota, USA
Map of major rivers and map of major lakes in the state of Minnesota, USAThis material gives you two specific maps, one for rivers and one for lakes, which provide an engaging way to learn about geography.Rivers Map: This map shows the major rivers in Minnesota. Using a blank map, students can fill in the names of rivers on the blank map, developing their geography and mapping skills.Lakes Map: Discover the largest lakes in the state of Minnesota. Using this white map, students will be able to i
Grades:
4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Canada's Significant Landmarks
I made this power point as a brief overview of Canada's Significant landmarks to go with our regional geography curriculum. It includes information and links on Niagra Falls, Banff National Park, and Churchill Manitoba.
Grades:
3rd - 10th
Personality Quiz: Are You the Id, Ego, or Superego?
Personality Quiz: Are You the Id, Ego, or Superego?Help your students understand Freud's theory of personality with this engaging quiz! This resource includes a series of thought-provoking questions designed to determine whether students identify more with the Id, Ego, or Superego. What's Included:- 7 thought-provoking questions- Clear and concise scoring guide- Detailed explanations of each personality typeHow to Use:This quiz can be used as a fun activity to introduce Freud's theory of persona
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6th - 12th
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Civil War and Reconstruction Vocabulary Choice Board Activity/ Project
This engaging vocabulary choice board is a great way to introduce a Civil War OR a Reconstruction unit in your Georgia History or U.S. History classroom. This activity allows students to chose 3 activities out of 9 options. The students can be creative and use various digital resources to learn the vocabulary terms or they can demonstrate their creative writing skills. I developed this choice board for my own Georgia Studies classroom and my students produced some great work and seemed to enjoy
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Grades:
8th - 10th
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