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Common Core RH.6-8.4 resources on sale
Native Americans: Capital, Human and Natural Resources
This mini-unit focusing on the skill of Capital, Human and Natural Resources is an ideal activity for grades 4-7!This mini-unit contains clozed notes to help students understandthe basic culture and resources used by the Inuit, Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl), Lakota, Pueblo, and Northeast Woodland Indians. It also helps students to understand the various regions in which these American Indian nations lived. The sorting activities improve students' ability to identify the three types of Native American
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: 5 Native American Nations Bundle: Assessments, Resources, and Foldables
Digital/Printable American Revolution Task Cards, Editable Assessment, & More
These digital and printable task cards are highly engaging, visual, and keep your students motivated in the classroom or through distance learning! A great resource for the busy teacher, these task cards are quick and easy to prep. Just print, cut, and distribute to your students!This product includes…1 Printable PDF:- 3 Task Card Sets (64 Task Cards)- Student Answer Sheets with Keys- Fill-in-the-Blank Student Study Guides with Keys- Teacher Notes and Lesson Ideas1 Editable Word Assessment (60 Q
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6th - 10th
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GEOGRAPHY, NORTH KOREA & SOUTH KOREA, ESCAPES: WHY DID KOREA SPLIT?
Have you ever wondered why and how Korea split into North Korea (Communism) and South Korea (Democracy)? Did you know that the U.S. played a huge part in the split of the Korean Peninsula? Do you wonder what it may be like living in North Korea? South Korea? What are the scenarios behind North Korean escapes and how do South Koreans feel about the split? This lesson is filled with 39 pages of quality, high-level learning materials, and detailed instruction. In addition to objectives, a list of m
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Digital/Printable Early European Exploration Task Cards and Editable Assessment
These digital and printable task cards are the perfect addition to any North American Exploration unit! A great resource for the busy teacher, these task cards are quick and easy to prep. Just print, cut, and distribute to your students!This product includes…1 Printable PDF:- 3 Task Card Sets (56 Task Cards)- Student Answer Sheets with Keys- Fill-in-the-Blank Student Study Guides with Keys- Teacher Notes and Lesson Ideas1 Editable Assessment (56 Questions) with Key1 Digital Product Link:- 3 Digi
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5th - 7th
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Post Civil War Reconstruction to Harlem Renaissance Research Project
Your upper elementary students will learn about American History post civil war Reconstruction Era in this week-long black history research project as they study:ReconstructionJim CrowShare CroppingThe Great MigrationThe Harlem RenaissanceThis is the ready-made Black History research notebook and project you've been looking for! Increase students' American History knowledge with this project. Teachers love saving time on black history month lessons with this resource. If you like this resource,
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Black History Reading Passage Research Project Bundle Bulletin Board
Black History Reading Passage Research Project Bundle Bulletin Board
Get your elementary students ready to learn all about Black History with this fun bundle of resources that includes FIFTEEN important African American history topics. You'll also getresearch reading passages with supplemental worksheets and activitiesplanning pages3 end of unit projects (puzzles with options for completion)a bulletin boardgraphic organizersbiography poster templatesThis is the ready-made month long Black History Month bundle you've been looking for!Your upper elementary student
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3rd - 6th
Black History Month Research Project Slavery to Freedom
This is the Black History Month research notebook and research project you've been looking for!Your upper elementary students will enjoy this week-long black history research project This Black History research can be done independently, in groups, as a whole class, or even as morning work. Include African American History in your daily plans with this planned and engaging project. Featuring reading passages, extension activities, teacher directions, and a final project this black history resour
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Black History Reading Passage Research Project Bundle Bulletin Board
Vietnam War: Musical Reactions of the 60s and 70s
In this Unit, students examine how Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young’s “Ohio,” Merle Haggard’s “Okie From Muskogee” and Edwin Starr’s “War” articulated the divisive feelings Americans had about the war in the late 1960s and early 1970s. To supplement these songs, students will also watch clips from CNN Soundtracks and analyze polling data, news articles, and photographs from the era. By the end of the unit, students will know seminal events during the Vietnam War, including the Gulf of Tonkin Reso
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8th - 11th
Also included in: Vietnam War Unit
60s Girl Groups Unit - Early Feminism and Breaking Away from Traditional Roles
The Essential Question for students is: Were the Girl Groups of the early 1960s voices of female empowerment or reflections of traditional female roles? In this lesson, students will evaluate what the emergence of the Girl Groups said about the roles of girls and women in the early 1960s. The nation sat on the threshold of a new Women’s Rights movement that would challenge traditional female roles. In 1963, Betty Friedan published The Feminine Mystique, widely considered a milestone in the emerg
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8th - 10th
Black History Month Research Project Segregation to Social Justice
This is the ready-made Black History Month research notebook and research project you've been looking for!Your upper elementary students will enjoy this week-long black history research project as they study:The Negro LeaguesThe Tuskegee AirmenThurgood MarshallThe Civil Rights MovementProtests and BoycottsIf you like this resource, be sure to check out the first and second parts of this project that takes your elementary students' African American history knowledge from The Trans Atlantic Slave
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: 15 Black History Reading Passages and Activities Month Long Unit
Suburbanization in Postwar America (TV, Car Culture, and the Surf Sound)
After WWII, the country’s landscape was changing, in ways that would have a major impact on American life and culture, and, certainly, on the worlds of young people. To begin this lesson, students will analyze the rise of the suburbs, and the ways in which the Beach Boys made music that evoked this important demographic trend. There are actually 3 separate lessons here, but in delivering the content to my own students, I discovered that it made more sense to combine them...themes repeat...The Be
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
Digital/Printable Thirteen Colonies Task Cards & Editable Assessment
These digital and printable task cards are the perfect addition to any North American Exploration unit! A great resource for the busy teacher, these task cards are quick and easy to prep. Just print, cut, and distribute to your students!This product includes…1 Printable PDF: - 4 Task Card Sets (68 Task Cards) - Student Answer Sheets with Keys - Fill-in-the-Blank Student Study Guides with Keys - Teacher Notes and Lesson Ideas1 Editable Assessment (68 Questions) with Key1 Google Dr
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6th - 9th
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Life in the 1800s - Article and analysis questions
Nonfiction is the most important resource that you could bring into your classroom for students to read! This is a history assignment, although I have used it in my English classroom. First, students will read the article 'Life in the 1800s' - this could be done independently or with any other close reading strategy that you prefer. Eight analysis questions are provided for students to answer after finishing the article. For example, How has life changed in the past 200 years? What things can yo
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5th - 8th
Also included in: English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
The Twist and Teen Dance Shows: Influence on 50s American Culture
In this lesson, students will investigate the vast cultural impact on American culture of teen dance shows (such as American Bandstand), and dance crazes (the Twist in particular). Students will learn about the rising popularity of television and its growing power as a cultural force in 1950s America. They will discuss the popularity and influence of televised dance shows aimed at teenage audiences, and understand the influence of the “Twist” dance craze.The Essential Question for students is: H
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
RI8.3: 9/11 - Country Music Response
On September 11th, 2001, the US experienced the deadliest terrorist attack in its history...and the students sitting in our classrooms weren't even born yet! This event is our moment in history when everyone remembers where they were on that morning, and just like our grandparents told us about where they were when Kennedy was shot, we too mustn't allow this generation to forget what we saw and felt as we lived through it. The Essential Question for this unit is: How did country musicians’ respo
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
RI8.3 - 9/11 Song Comparison Graphic Organizer (Country Music + September 11th)
On September 11th, 2001, the US experienced the deadliest terrorist attack in its history...and the students sitting in our classrooms weren't even born yet! This event is our moment in history when everyone remembers where they were on that morning, and just like our grandparents told us about where they were when Kennedy was shot, we too mustn't allow this generation to forget what we saw and felt as we lived through it.The Essential Question for this unit is: How did country musicians’ respon
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7th - 10th
Also included in: English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
80s Heavy Metal and the Censorship Debate
In this lesson, students will investigate the connection between the popularity of Heavy Metal and the emergence of the parental advisory system. They will consider who should have the power to declare a song “offensive” and whether or not access to such material should be regulated. They will debate the merits of the labeling system, which is still in place, and consider whether or not labeling certain recordings is censorship.The Essential Question for students is: How was Heavy Metal involved
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8th - 10th
Also included in: English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
The Banjo and its Relationship to Slavery (slides, videos, music, questions)
The mini-lessons on these slides trace the history of the American banjo - students will go back to its African roots, wade through its complicated relationship with slavery, and discuss the irony of today's generalizations of "who" plays the banjo. As one editorial article will say, "How did the banjo go from black to white?" (that article is included in the BUNDLE). The Essential Question for students is: What is the relationship between the banjo and slavery, and how did music making by slave
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9th - 12th
Also included in: English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
Culture and Inventions (past, present, future) - Unit Slideshow
This unit could just as easily work in an English class as it does History - especially when paired with a historical fiction novel. The first slide gives an agenda overview - listing the activities (available through links) and the order to be completed. 1. Show and Tell - have students write a quick speech about a possession that they love or use all the time. Ask students to bring their possession and read their speeches to the class2. Images (link provided) - a visual walk through history (t
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
Prometheus and The Stanford Prison Experiment (pair texts) - Does Power Corrupt?
The Stanford Prison Experiment is one of the most famous and criticized social psychology experiments to have ever been attempted. Students will learn how a mock prison experiment quickly evolved into something with terrifying similarities to the unthinkable behavior seen in the concentration camps of Nazi Germany. Although the experiment was initially set to run for weeks, it ended after only 6 days, leaving us with frightening realizations about human behavior and the power of the situation to
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7th - 10th
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The History of Black Protest Songs - PowerPoint Presentation-Graphic Organizer
These activities are perfect for Black History Month or anytime of the year in either a history or English classroom. Provided is a PowerPoint that can be shared with students to have on their own screens if you are a 1:1 technology classroom, or the teacher can project it large for the entire class. Students are provided with a brief introduction to the Black Lives Matter movement and terminology such as: Hands Up, Don't Shoot...Ferguson...Michael Brown...Tamir Rice...I can't breathe...and We s
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8th - 12th
Beatlemania - Hysteria and the Commercial Machine
We all love the Beatles, we can all sing along to their songs...but this lesson is much more than an excuse to listen to great music in the classroom. The timeline, video clips, article excerpts, analysis questions, photographs, magazine covers, writing tasks, and activities embedded throughout this slideshow, force students to think deeply about the causes of Beatlemania, of mass hysteria in general. Students will think about the intense power of the "Commercial Machine" that was responsible fo
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
The Stanford Prison Experiment - Close Read (pair w/ Prometheus)
The Stanford Prison Experiment is one of the most famous and criticized social psychology experiments to have ever been attempted. Students will learn how a mock prison experiment quickly evolved into something with terrifying similarities to the unthinkable behavior seen in the concentration camps of Nazi Germany. Although the experiment was initially set to run for weeks, it ended after only 6 days, leaving us with frightening realizations about human behavior and the power of the situation to
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7th - 10th
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The History of Black Protest Songs - Graphic Organizer to Accompany PowerPoint
The murders of Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, and Eric Garner are presented to students. A PowerPoint is provided in a bundle or sold separately that provides this information. Students are required to record 5-10 facts in each column while reading. Each case is explained and objective facts are provided. Students are asked: Which case did you find most disturbing and why? What do you think should have happened to the police officer in each case? Why did these cases affect their communities so stron
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8th - 12th
Also included in: Protest Song Project - Example, Research, Outline, and Rubric
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