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Higher education social studies projects
Business Law Course & Bundle - 1 Semester (TURNKEY)
Students will learn and develop skills in these subjects:Basics Of The LawBusiness OrganizationLegal BasicsContract LawLaw of SalesConsumer LawEmployment LawProperty Law*Please note this product is not just a bundle of activities and projects; this is a professional course created to meet national standards and gives teachers and students everything they need from day one of class to finals. No textbooks or outside resources are needed. Please read below to see what is included and how our cours
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Get to Know You High School and Middle School: Student Visual Resume
When getting to know students online, it's important to put faces with names and to build relationships through technology. These student visual resumes will help you do just that! Students will get to tap into their creativity and reveal their personality through these get to know you templates. Though I provide a video tutorial for students, you can edit the directions to fit your needs. Students will edit in PowerPoint or Google Slides to create a beautiful visual resume for your class!
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Student Lawyers: Criminal Court Mock Trials & Cases with PowerPoint
Students will get the opportunity to be lawyers and prosecute or defend an accused person in a criminal trial (11 total). Each group will consist of 2 lawyers (prosecuting and defending), and an accused person. The teacher will act as the judge and guide the jury as they vote on the verdict. The majority vote determines the verdict. This unit includes court brief handouts, directions, and PowerPoint explaining how the cases will proceed. Visit our store for much more helpful and free stuff!Crim
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Sociology Serial Killer Notes and Project
This editable resource introduces your sociology students to general characteristics of serial killers and specific serial killers. Students will take notes over a brief PowerPoint presentation about serial killers. Then with a partner, they will research a specific serial killer to share with the class. During presentations, students will take notes on the provided sheet, and finally, take an open-note quiz over presentations.You Get:☑ Serial Killers PowerPoint Presentation (Editable)☑ Serial K
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
Quilt Codes of the Underground Railroad
This power point presentation by Debra Bays tells the story of the role of quilt blocks in the journey north along the Underground Railroad. Often times, slaves were prepared for their journey North by using a quilt sampler to instruct about what tools to accompany them on the journey; crossroads and which path to take; maps and what clues to look for when seeking the right route to take; and which homes or churches were friends and could provide food, shelter and clothing. This presentation is
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Intro to Sociology Research Project on World Cultures | Cultural Studies
Such a fun and eye-opening assignment for your students to do to learn about a new culture! Description:What better way to teach about culture than to assign students a project that will immerse them in the student of culture? For this project, I make a list of over 80-100 countries around the world and I put them in a container. Students are to pick one, research everything there is to know about their country, and fill out this document. It asks for them to find information about everything cu
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Abridged Food Truck Business, Marketing, and Finance Semester Project Bundle
Engage your students in course content with this relatable, food truck-themed project. This product incorporates many aspects of the business world including: marketing, finance, sales, business pitches, business plans, etc. This is a semester project meant to accompany a high school business course such as Introduction to Business and Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Business Essentials, or Marketing I. This is a smaller selection of materials that also appear in the best-selling Food Truck Busines
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Playing Card Designs Middle or High School Art Project: Unity & Balance Lesson
The Principles of Design and tying in cross-curricular material is something we all do as art teachers. But with the amount of time we have with our students, it can be hard to fit in anything else other than art-making. In this art project, students learn about the history of playing cards and use the Principles of Unity and Balance to create their own version of a face card. Why students will love it:Designing your own playing card is fun and students will love learning the artistic process, f
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Intro to Art 2, Middle School Art Curriculum High School Art Curriculum
#Activism Research Project: Perfect for Social Justice/Informational Text Unit
Thanks to social media and trending hashtags, modern activism movements look much different than the activism of the past. This project is a great addition to any study of activism, social justice, social movements, informational text, or just as a stand-alone research project. It is crucially important we teach students how to research and understand the movements of their generation so they can actively participate in the dialogue that is taking place all around them. Understanding the current
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
MOCK TRIAL! - The Guide, Rubrics, and Handouts to the Ultimate Project
Would you like to see your students rise to the highest of expectations? Watch your students transform into lawyers pushing the envelope of persuasion, witnesses carefully building a case, or judge/jury to conduct it fairly and appropriately. Do you want to have some of the most fun in your teaching life? Then purchase this Word document - easily my most downloaded and highly rated product - and customize it for your students and the trial of your choice. There are role descriptions and customiz
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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AP Psych / AP Psychology Activity MEGA BUNDLE - All 9 Units - Google Drive
More than 130 individual activities, assignments, projects, and/or experiment analyses for AP Psych / AP Psychology! Enjoy ALL of my rigorous, engaging, and fun classroom activities and projects! Includes Google Drive access to this LIVING BUNDLE that will only grow over time.These activities can be used to help develop skills and engage students throughout the year, or after the AP Test. You decide! See the content list below or in the preview images above.FOR BUYERS: MAKE SURE TO DOWNLOAD AND
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
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ECONOMICS AND PERSONAL FINANCE (EPF) - WHOLE COURSE by Just Add Teacher
Based directly on the new North Carolina Economic and Personal Finance (EPF) curriculum, this Bundle has absolutely EVERYTHING you need to teach Economics and Personal Finance in a single semester with NO BOOK NEEDED, Just Add Teacher. NOTE: This is NOT a pay-as-you go or a “I’ll update later” curriculum. It is 100% complete and ready to be used and owned by you permanently. Described below is a detailed breakdown of everything you will receive in this bundle. Click HERE to follow Just Add Teach
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Budget Project: Real World Personal Finance
Attention Ohio Teachers! This project aligns with Ohio's Model Curriculum for Financial Literacy!This is one of my favorite projects that will fully engage your students! How many times do we hear…”when am I ever going to need to know this?” Here is your answer. This comprehensive budget project has students move through two different careers and plan out a monthly budget. The objective of this project is for students to set up a budget that would allow them to live the type of life they would l
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Mental Health & Wellness: Wheel of Life Lesson | Psychology or Health Class
Are you studying stress or wellness? This life survey is fantastic for any Psychology or Health class. Students will take a self-reflective survey regarding their own mental health, physical health, personal life, and more. Answering 6 questions each in 8 areas of their lives, students will complete a total of 48 questions. With the results, students will map out their scores on the included "Wheel of Life." This wheel is a great visual to see how their life is "rolling along."This life asse
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
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Project-Based Self-Discovery using 16 PERSONALITIES
Using the acronym format introduced by Myers-Briggs for its simplicity and convenience, 16 Personalities is a FUN, "freakishly accurate," student-friendly way for teens to understand themselves. This project-based lesson asks students to create an infographic describing their personality, and can be used in so many impactful ways; Try it out as a back-to-school introductory activity, in your psychology class, or simply to help students reach success through self-knowledge. Have fun!!
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Buying a House Simulation
Students will interact in a simulated housing market. There will be several houses to choose from, as students must factor in their annual salary, expenses, credit score, and other financial dynamics. Buyers are to use their net income and the houses’ details to determine their most optimal house. At the end of the simulation, students will justify their housing decision.
This activity is a simulation in my book, "You're Gonna Need a Bigger Wallet." The entire book's .pdf can be purchased at a
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Economics Entrepreneur Tank Project - Supply & Demand Unit (Distance Learning!)
Are you ready to turn your students into entrepreneurs? Your students will design and then pitch their inventions to successful investors (sharks). Then, the Investors decide who gets their investment. In this project, your students become the entrepreneurs and pitch their own products! This is by far my favorite Economics project of the year. Watching my students "learn by doing" while having fun, engaging in a little friendly competition, and getting a taste of business brings a smile to my fa
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Map of Canada Assignment - Detailed Map
This is a minimal-prep assignment that you can simply photocopy and distribute to students now! The assignment is broken down into 10 steps and is perfect for an applied or academic classroom. The assignment includes a built-in checklist for students to use while completing their maps.
There are two versions of this assignment included in this download – one with and one without the post-it note annotation. There are also two rubrics to reflect both versions of this assignment. You can use the
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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"Shark Tank" Business Project and Presentation
Based off the hit TV Show “Shark Tank,” student’s innovation, teamwork, problem solving and critical thinking skills are put to the test by creating a new business in your local market and developing a business plan to sell to an adult panel (aka the shark tank or instructor). This project does it all! It serves as a great way to connect community and business partnerships into the classroom as they can serve as mentors or as a “shark.” The project starts with student choice and they work to
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Civil Rights Movement Powerpoint
30 Slides to help you teach this important period of American History
Topics Included:
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Segregation
Integration
Armed forces integration
Sit-ins
Civil Rights Leaders: Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, Booker T. Washington, Jesse Jackson, Thurgood Marshall
Tuskegee Institute
March on Washington
Seperate but Equal
Brown vs. Board of Education
Little Rock Nine
John F. Kennedy
Civil Rights Act
Lyndon Johnson
NAACP
Check out the preview file for an "at a glance"
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Serial Killer Research Project
This project is a research based approach to studying serial killers. It includes directions and rubrics for a paper and presentation.
The paper requirements include biographical information, psychological disorder research, and a look at nature vs nurture.
The presentation is a short summary of what the students found in their research.
The document is a word document, so it is completely editable.
I've also included a list of prominent serial killers with short biographies and a sign up lis
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
Religions of the World Project
Have your sociology, history, or geography students learn about religions of the world without sitting through a lecture. Each student or group will research a specific religion and create a poster to display around the classroom, or slides to post digitally. Students will then engage in a scavenger hunt, competing to answer questions based on the posters or slides that students create.
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-An editable rubric and check list
-Cards from which to select a religion to research (also editabl
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Journalism Activity, Freedom of Press for Student Journalists, Digital & Print
The purpose of this no prep, digital or printable activity is to provide students with an awareness of the most landmark Supreme Court case regarding student journalism in history: Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier. An exercise such as this one is perfect to help students navigate tough issues and realize boundaries and their roles and responsibilities in the world. Even if you don't teach a high school newspaper, magazine, yearbook, or journalism class but you want students to gain exposure to this fam
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Yearbook Curriculum BUNDLE+ for Student Journalism Publications
Psychology: Consciousness - Sleep and Dreams Project
Psychology: Consciousness - Sleep and Dreams ProjectSleep is an altered state of consciousness that we experience every day. This Sleep and Dreams project gives students an opportunity to research sleep and all of its aspects. Students then present and teach their research to the class. Included is a research guide and rubric for two types of presentations, a PowerPoint/slideshow presentation and a presentation using poster boards. Product includes PDFs and editable Microsoft Word documents for
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Psychology: Consciousness Worksheet Bundle
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