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Common Core RH.9-10.5 research
Monthly Current Event Assignment
Have your students become world class news reporters and stay current on events with this monthly project!! This is one of my students' favorite assignments and they enjoy presenting their research to the class throughout the year. I tend to get too many request to do current events and have to limit them as progress through the curriculum. This assignment also astonishes parents, because their student becomes mini-experts on the specific topic that they choose. This project is successful becau
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Mini Research Project: Create a Social Justice Leaflet | Printable & Digital
Engage your students with social justice issues with this Social Justice Leaflet Mini Research Project! This digital and printable Social Justice Leaflet Mini Research Project is designed to engage students with social justice issues and work on their research skills in a project that won't take weeks and weeks of time. During this mini-research project, students will first learn about the group "The White Rose." The White Rose was a group of young people who used their words to fight the Nazi p
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9th - 12th
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Massive 20th century World History Timeline Project - thematic & chronological!
Challenge your students to build a broad and deep knowledge of the 20th century and create something they love.I went to a graduation the other day and a father walked me to his son’s bedroom and showed me his son’s timeline, pinned to his bedroom wall. The young man completed it three years ago and still had it on his wall. I run into former students in the community and they tell me they still have their timelines from six or seven years ago! As history teachers we see the themes and chron
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7th - 12th
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Psychology Brain & Nervous System Case Studies & Questions
These 3 case studies illustrate the fragile & complex nature of the human brain:Phineas GageRamon y Cajal's ArtChemicals at HomeWith these 3 case studies, 7 critical thinking questions are included that go over all 3 cases. This is the perfect introduction or review activity for psychology students.
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10th - 12th
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Aboriginal Civil Rights Movement Unit 10 tasks + inquiry project and essay
This unit of work focuses on the Aboriginal Civil Rights Movement of the 20th Century. It is a very interesting topic to do especially to compare and contrast with the US and South African Civil Rights Movements occurring at the same time.This unit is designed to be followed chronologically from slide 3-73. Teachers can pick and choose with subtopics are suitable to their curriculum. This unit includes:* Primary and secondary sources of photos, maps, film and audio* Aboriginal Australian history
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
American Government End of Year Capstone (Review)
Need a comprehensive review of your Civics class? This activity covers just about everything in a high school civics class. The Capstone is meant to review and prepare students before their finals, OR you could use it as a project-based summative assessment. Each activity pulls on student's foundational knowledge to apply it to real situations or asks them to evaluate scenarios.
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9th - 12th
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European Imperialism Introduction - Map, Reading Comprehension
This introductory lesson for the Age of Imperialism includes the following:1. The Age of Imperialism reading and questions (including answer key)2. The Scramble for Africa map activity (research required) (3 differentiated variations with key)3. Compare/contrast primary sources (one for and one against imperialism) with keyI would greatly appreciate your feedback!Any questions? Please let me know as soon as possible in the product Q/A so I can help.
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9th - 11th
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The Enlightenment & Scientific Revolution Newspaper Activity (Google Comp)
The Enlightenment & Scientific Revolution Newspaper ActivityIs your class studying about the Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution in Europe?In this interactive activity, students will create a newspaper headline page about the Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolution in Europe. Students will write three headlines, three summary blurbs, and illustrate three pictures on the headline page. The activity is low prep, easy to use, and google compatible.With this resource, your student will b
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Rise of Italian City-States - Nation State Reading Comprehension & Map Activity
This three-page reading explains the rise of City-States during the Italian Renaissance and the importance of locations (Milan, Florence, Genoa, Venice, Papal States, and Rome), the Medici Family, and the rise of banking.I would suggest a close reading for the written pages and then using them as well as a map for the map worksheet (with key).You might also be interested in:➡️ Tweeting the 95 Theses: An Analysis Activity➡️ Protestant Reformation Leaders | Reading Comprehension and Activity➡️ The
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9th - 11th
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Also included in: Reformation, Renaissance, and Scientific Revolution Bundle
Autopsy: Age of Revolutions, Part I
The students will be looking into a specific Age of Revolution and will be researching major themes provided. The students will be depicting this through an autopsy project where the students will be drawing a person him/herself or someone from that time period with the themes surrounding the person. Students have autonomy on who they want to draw as long as it adds to the project. This assignment is created to be fun, creative, and most importantly… informative.
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Autopsy: Age of Revolutions
African American History/US History Civil Rights Portfolio Project
Highlighting the contributions of African Americans to US History, this portfolio project examines the Civil Rights Movement from Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois all the way to the modern movement from an African American perspective. Topics include: the early Civil Rights Movement, Imperialism, the Old West, and the Spanish American War, WWI, WWII, the Harlem Renaissance, the Great Depression, the 1950s and 1960s, as well as the modern movement. The portfolio is aligned with the Common
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9th - 12th
Developmental theorist mini research project: lesson plan/graphic organizer/etc
This mini research project is designed to engage students in an exploration of developmental theorists and their impact on understanding human growth across lifespans. Students will individually research key theorists using this lesson plan which includes a detailed graphic organizer to visualize their findings then prepare and share presentations or posters. The project empowers students to take charge of their learning. It also encourages critical thinking and application of theoretical know
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Inspiring Classroom Resources for CTE and Beyond Bundle #1
Government Purpose, Structure and Limitations COMPLETE UNIT
To view a video preview of this unit, please click here.If you need a unit to provide a perfect foundation for your government students, then you have come to the right place!This unit includes ALL lesson plans, student slides, rubrics, and even exemplar summative projects related to the purpose, structure, and limitations of government. This will help give your students the background they need for success on all future government units and tasks. We believe in a UBD backwards-planning approa
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8th - 12th
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Autopsy: Totalitarianism State, Part 1
The students will be looking into a specific Totalitarianism State before World War II and will be researching major themes provided. The students will be depicting this through an autopsy project where the students will be drawing a person him/herself or someone from that time period with the themes surrounding the person. Students have autonomy on who they want to draw as long as it adds to the project. This assignment is created to be fun, creative, and most importantly… informative.
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Autopsy: Totalitarianism State (1919-1939)
Autopsy: The New World, Part I
The students will be looking into a specific New World Colony and will be researching major themes provided. The students will be depicting this through an autopsy project where the students will be drawing a person him/herself or someone from that time period with the themes surrounding the person. Students have autonomy on who they want to draw as long as it adds to the project. This assignment is created to be fun, creative, and most importantly… informative. The students will be looking int
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Autopsy: The New World
Mock Instagram Research Project for ALL Subjects and ANY Unit! Engaging!
InstaBio allows students to step into the shoes of important figures in a familiar way... social media. From historical figures to mathematicians, politicians to scientists, students can be engaged while diving deep into meaningful research of those who have impacted our history and knowledge before expressing these findings in a unique, engaging way. This product also allows literature or film students to bring a character to life.InstaBio does not require students to create a real social media
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6th - 12th
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New Deal Programs Championship Tournament
This lesson utilizes a bracket to put eight of the New Deal's most popular programs (SSA, TVA, CCC, WPA, etc.) against each other to determine the most impactful program overall. Students are assigned to groups and tasked to create a short (60-90 second) presentation that summarizes the key elements of their program, explain the short and long-term impact, and argue that it was "better" than the other programs. In class student groups then face off against each other to argue in favor of their
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Protestant Reformation Leaders - Reading Comprehension and Activity
Students will each be given an investigation sheet where they will be determining the good and the bad of each of the 6 Protestant Reformation leader personalities featured: ✝️ John Wycliffe✝️ Erasmus✝️ Jan Hus✝️ Pope Leo X✝️ Huldrych Zwingli✝️ John CalvinThere is an individual reading for each person and this can easily be made into a digital assignment, a station activity, or a research-based packet.They will then decide who was the most beneficial to the people and also if they had to hold on
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9th - 12th
Also included in: Reformation, Renaissance, and Scientific Revolution Bundle
Civil Disobedience Synthesis Essay
A perfect assessment for English or social studies teachers who want to delve into civil disobedience, this synthesis essay compilation provides a prompt, rubric, tips for writing, a fill-in chart, a brainstorming activity, and an answer key. A list of articles and videos that examine the topic are delineated in this handout as well. This all-in-one, seven-page worksheet is a complement and supplement to the study of the Romantic Period as well as to the examination of individuals who have mad
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Modern Era Project
Students will have a choice of creating either a magazine, newspaper, or book about the political, social, and economic struggles facing new countries in the 20th and 21st centuries. When they are researching, they should be asking themselves, Is this a ____________ struggle? If yes, this is the content for their project. It’s just that simple!!! Also, the rubric is embedded on the handout!
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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World War I WebQuest
The students will be able to use the following website to complete a World War I WebQuest. The students will click on each section topic and answer the questions to the fullest.
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Marbury vs Madison Case Brief Activity
Students will read and analyze sections of the case brief of the landmark Marbury vs Madison Supreme Court Case. Students will look for stances and arguments from both sides then be able to connect to the significance and impact of this case on the development of the judicial branch.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Constitution Amendments Commercial - Research, Hands-On Project
In this Consitution research activity, students are each assigned one (or more) of the Constitutional Amendments. They will then research to help dissect the amendment with the end goal of creating a commercial to advertise the final, "new and improved" product to the U.S. Constitution.This product includes:•A research-based graphic organizer with 9 categories to help break down the amendment and plan the commercial•A graph to help summarize each amendment after watching the class commercials•A
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9th - 11th
CSI: Can You Solve these Historical Murder Mysteries? Series VI
Hello fellow educators! This presentation is for those World History teachers who need content and investigative lessons on unsolved mysteries in Early Modern History. It conforms to new state standards across the country. It contains several slides featuring recommended warm ups, brief lecture notes, and inquiry-based historical mysteries for students to choose, research and attempt to solve using the best evidence and new technologies available in the fields of history and archaeology. Example
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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