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Service learning dbqs for Gifted and Talented
Historical Thinking Skills Activities
Historical thinking is a key skill for students to utilize when examining primary and secondary sources. In order for students to fully understand a source, they must examine it in-depth. These activities are designed to strengthen student's understanding of historical sources. They can be used with any type of historical document.
The Historical Thinking Skills Activities includes:
***Teacher Resources***
1. What is Historical Thinking (A letter for the teacher)
2. Think and Link – the step
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Service Learning Project - Research and Planning Organizers
"Be the change you want to see in the world" - GhandiThis is a powerful quote. Inspiring someone to not just sit and dream, but to take action. However, for many people (adults and students alike) it is not that simple. While the dream may be there, the plan is difficult to organize.I began doing one service learning project a year because my students were so dedicated to their passions. From animals to women's safety to literacy, each student was able to focus on something that was importan
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Love and War: Civil War Love Letters Primary Source Analysis
Unique Civil War Primary Source Activity. Students will analyze ten primary source "Love Letters" from 1861-1864 in order to analyze a shifting society through the preferred communication medium of the time-- letters. Students will use these documents to answer the essential question: "Who, or what, did people love during the Civil War?"Students may assume that these love letters will reveal that soldiers mainly loved their spouse or significant other. While that is overwhelmingly true, afte
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Community Service Passion Project
Are you in charge of organizing a community service project for your students or school community? ****************************************************************************************************************Would you like your students to connect their passions with community groups and service? ****************************************************************************************************************This Step by step guide will allow your students to combine their passions with local c
Grades:
2nd - 8th
H.I.P.P. Primary Source Document Analysis
Graphic organizer that draws on historical thinking skills to identify and cite evidence of the Historical Context, Intended Audience, Author's Purpose, and Author's Point of View of a primary source document. Can be used with whole group instruction, small groups, or as a pre-writing tool for analytical essay writing.
Grades:
7th - 11th
TRASH TO TREASURE Trash & Recycling STEAM Unit
This 16-page, 6-hour (more or less...easily adjustable) STEAM unit includes lesson plans, hand outs, parent notes, criteria sheets, and examples for 4 hands-on activities related to trash and recycling!Activities include:Collect trash from outside or around the school to create a Trash Ball. Hypothesize how big the ball will be. Then compare/contrast the balls from different classrooms, grades, areas, etc.Make paper from paper scraps!Design Recycling Posters to put around the schoolCreate Tras
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2nd - 6th
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Character Education Ethical Dilemmas
Engage Students with Thought-Provoking Ethical DilemmasDescription: Elevate your classroom discussions and foster critical thinking skills with this comprehensive collection of 102 ethical dilemmas meticulously crafted for high school students. Designed as a versatile bell work resource, each slide presents a compelling ethical scenario accompanied by thought-provoking questions, encouraging students to delve deep into moral reasoning and character exploration.Key Features:Wide Range of Dilemmas
Grades:
8th - 12th
Leadership Legacy Project
Leaders are not remembered for their harsh words or moments of weakness but for what they leave behind for others to continue. Some leave behind an impact on people and others leave behind an event that carries on for many years. This project is a perfect ending to a leadership unit. These passion projects are meant to draw out the best of your students, help them learn the skills of an action plan, one pager and presentation all while trying to make the world a better place. My students present
Grades:
9th - 12th
Aztec Demise - Drawing Conclusions and Learning Lessons from Primary Source Docs
This Google Doc file is designed for classrooms with 1:1 device access. It was designed to guide students through the Stanford History Education Group lesson "Moctezuma and Cortes." This Doc requires students to gather information about the demise of the Aztecs from the primary source documents provided by SHEG. Students will use these documents to confirm or refute the legend that Moctezuma gave his kingdom away to Cortes, believing he was the god Quetzacoatl come to Earth. Purchase of this ite
Grades:
6th - 12th
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$10,000 AWARDED Service-Learning Grant--Great Example to Help You Write Yours!
I wished I had an example of a grant to help me when I wrote this one. I searched and searched for a grant to use as an example; I had nothing to help me except for the county grant guru! I am proud of this and have received several since in the total amount of $11,500. I am so comfortable writing grants, I enjoy doing so as it feels like winning the lottery when awarded. I now help the county review grants.
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Staff
Placing the spoon. Cutlery placement.
Children should learn social etiquette. Restaurant etiquette is another knowledge that children should know. Let's learn about laying cutlery.
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Not Grade Specific
Galileo on Trial Package
This package is designed to work in conjunction with the Galileo lesson from the Stanford History Education Group. It requires students to analyze historical documents in order to determine whether Galileo was guilty or innocent of heresy.This package includes:1. Google Doc with directions for students and teachers. This document sets groups of students up to divide themselves into the roles of a court: prosecution, plaintiff, defense, and defendant. It instructs defense and prosecution in how t
Grades:
6th - 9th
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Document Based Argumentative Writing Unit: Can Child Criminals Be Saved
This is a high interest step-by-step unit for students using provided documents to write an argumentative paper about the idea of child criminals and the punishments/consequences they deserve. The unit includes answer key, teaching notes, planning organizers, and a rubric.
Grades:
9th - 12th
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ACER Style Scholarship Paper for Grades 4-7
Australian Council for Education Research (ACER) high-stake style- exam for students wanting to pass SCHOLARSHIP tests. * Includes one complete set of FULL 4 tests. * ANSWERS included.Test 1: Written Expression (25minutes)Test 2: Humanities Comprehension and Interpretation (40minutes)Test 3: Mathematics and Science (40minutes)Test 4: Written Expression (25minutes)
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4th - 8th, Staff
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16th Amendment - "Income Tax" - Enhanced DBQ - Close Read (PDF for Handouts)
A PERFECT ACTIVITY FOR TAX DAY!
In studying this Amendment, your students will learn the history behind taxing income, an indepth study of the 16th Amendment, and a Matching assessment quiz.
An Enhanced Document-Based Question Unit that includes elements of Close Reading Strategies to gain a GREATER understanding of the 16th Amendment - "Income Tax". This lesson includes:
* Lesson Plan
* Lesson Plan Narrative and Reasoning Guide
* Common Core Standards Correlation
* Primary and Secondary Sou
Grades:
5th - 12th
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Wonder by R.J. Palacio Picasso Project
My 6th grade students fell in love with not only Auggie, but all of the other wonderful characters in Wonder. At the end of the unit, students learned about Picasso & attempted to create art much like the famous painter based on a character from Wonder. Their creations & writing were astounding. Turn YOUR classroom into an art gallery, too!
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5th - 7th
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Mock Election with a Service Project Twist
Teach your students about the federal election process by "electing" a class service project. Meets Florida Standards: SS7C2.7, SS7C2.9, SS7C2.12, SS7C2.14. Evaluating candidates, demonstrating the election/voting process, develop a plan to resolve a local issue, and conduct a service project. You receive a word file that is fully editable.
Grades:
7th - 10th
Project Based Learning Log
Use this template to accompany any Project Based Learning unit. Students keep track of their learning tasks and the outcome. There is a space for the teacher to add a score for each date. The second page contains a student reflection which you can also use as an assessment tool.
Easily adaptable for all grade levels!
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Natural Texas and its People - DBQ - Texas History
Students will analyze four documents to answer the prompt: How did Texas Native Americans adapt to their geography and climate?Packets covers:What is a DBQ?Primary vs. Secondary sourcesBeringiaAn excerpt from Cabeza de Vaca's La RelacionMap of where Native Americans settled in TexasExamples of different types of shelters used by Texas Native AmericansBrainstorming page2 lined pages to write the essayDBQs are a GREAT way to prepare your students for advanced and AP classes!Remember the Alamo and
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5th - 10th
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Also included in:Â 20% OFF- Texas History -Early Humans and Cultures PowerPoints & Notes Bundle
Service Learning Project: Characters for A Cause
This is a great service-learning project for classrooms, after school programs, or gifted/talented programs. It is a wax-museum-like project where students dress up as a character from a book, TV show, or movie in order to raise money for a charity of the group's choice. The whole bundle is an editable Power Point document that prints as 8.5x11 worksheets. This project was done well with 5th-8th graders, but is easily adaptable for younger or older students. You will love this project that invol
Grades:
2nd - 12th
Brain Teasers Problem Solving + Riddles + Puzzles + Escape Rooms + Inferencing
Are you needing to entertain and challenge your kids with this compelling collection of brain-twisting activities! Look no further! This activity includes 300 activities for you to choose from. Anything from escape rooms, virtual field trips, math puzzles, and bell ringers. Daily exit tickets as well! What are you waiting for?
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Brain Teasers Problem Solving + Riddles + Puzzles + Escape Rooms + Inferencing
Are you needing to entertain and challenge your kids with this compelling collection of brain-twisting activities! Look no further! This activity includes 200 activities for you to choose from. Anything from escape rooms, virtual field trips, math puzzles, and bell ringers. Daily exit tickets as well! What are you waiting for?
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Adult Chronic Medical Condition Gratitude Worksheets | Unique Printable Activity
~About this product~-Chronic medical conditions can be very challenging to cope with day to day. They can present many expected and unexpected obstacles for older adults and their caregivers. -These gratitude worksheets can be completed as part of a service learning activity by students, or by older loves ones or yourself, as a way to journal on life with these condition(s) - in a way that is uplifting and hopeful. -Each sheet has 6 prompts to check in with you or your loved one, reflect on the
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Not Grade Specific
Teaching Socratic Seminars to Students (SPIDER Style)
If you want to teach your students a fun way of having a deep conversation in class, look no futher! This activiy include a hand out rubric for all stduents to have and follow as well as a power point slide show to explain how a SPIDER or Socratic Seminar work.
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â Thinking Like A Historian Unit
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