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8th grade informational text simulations
Virtual Field Trip: Shakespeare's London {A PreReading Simulation for 7-12}
As you’re preparing to teach one of Shakespeare’s plays, host a simulation where students take a virtual field trip to London! This half digital, half paper experience will provide students background knowledge about The Globe, costuming, architecture, Shakespeare’s birthplace, and also give students the chance to actually “plan” their own trip!
NOTE: This product requires the use of YouTube, link shorteners, and Google sites. It is also very highly recommended that you are working with a c
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Also included in: Romeo & Juliet: Complete Bundle {Grades 9-12}
PARCC Test Prep: Research Task with Three Passages/Questions and Writing Prompt
This is a PARCC Research Task Analysis with Prose Constructed Response (Writing Task) Simulation and is designed in the exact format as the PARCC 2015 Practice Test. It consists of Three Passages, all non-fiction, with 2-3 A/B Format Questions, some that require more than one answer, and all that require the student to provide evidence of their answer from the text. The Writing Prompt involves having the students compare and contrast all three passages for point of view/opposing view and include
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Editorial vs. Regular News Article Game (Is it Fact or Opinion Writing?)
In this engaging, self-checking Google Slides game, students gain a valuable skill for interacting with media. Students are guided to learn the difference between fact and opinion writing—even when the difference is subtle—by reading information about both, then looking at headlines and choosing whether the headlines are for editorials or regular facts-only news articles. All headlines are from real articles, so students are learning with content that is relevant. Students are given feedback i
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4th - 10th
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The Gilded Age: Virtual Field Trip (Google Earth exploration)
Take your students on a virtual field trip to learn about the Gilded Age. Using a combination of informational text, Google Earth exploration, videos, and visuals, your students will learn about this era from multiple perspectives. This activity is versatile. It's great for early finishers, sub plans, an extension activity, partners, or conducted as a whole-group learning activity. This virtual field trip covers::: What was the Gilded Age?:: Changes in society (industrialism):: Immigration:: The
Grades:
6th - 8th
What is the United Nations
Introduce your students to the basics of the United Nations with this introductory lesson! This resource is designed for direct instruction and includes important information for students to gain an understanding of the United Nations. This introductory lesson is a great way to start off your Model United Nation club or class. It will also serve as a stand alone lesson if your class is studying the UN in a social studies class.This resource includes sections of the UN charter, and descriptions a
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5th - 9th
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The Dust Bowl: Virtual Field Trip (Google Earth Exploration)
Take your students on a virtual field trip to learn about the Dust Bowl. Using a combination of informational text, Google Earth exploration, videos, and visuals, your students will learn about the Dust Bowl from multiple perspectives. This virtual field trip covers::: What was the Dust Bowl?:: The Homestead Act of 1862:: Impact on Native Americans:: Land Changes:: Homesteading:: Changes to Farming Practices:: Black Blizzards:: Lives of Homesteaders:: Making a Choice:: Soil Conservation Service:
Grades:
6th - 8th
Edgar Allan Poe Biography Digital Escape Room
In this exciting digital escape room game, students must hunt through the Poe Museum to find clues that will unlock a hidden artifact. Students will be captivated as they play immersed in a digital 360 degree view room. When students get into the escape room, they will be greeted by creepy music and fun interactive puzzles. Volume is a must for this game! Students will start at the "Start Here" button on the front door and work their way through the numbered locks.A pleasant surprise awaits as s
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Era of Reconstruction: Interactive Activities
This resource is designed to have students critically explore the period of Reconstruction. Two highly engaging, interactive Slide Presentations will vicariously draw students into the lives of the Freedmen during this historical period of time. LESSON ONE: Reconstruction Era [Intro]Includes:45 Slide Presentation & Guided Notes HandoutPOV Freedmen Scenario Activity LESSON ONE will have students examine; the different ways in which newly freed slaves expressed their emancipationthe POV of a F
Grades:
8th - 12th
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Also included in: Bundle- Reconstruction, the Ku Klux Klan & Jim Crow
U.S. Supreme Court Virtual Field Trip Activity: Key Functions, Landmark Cases
Take your students on a virtual field trip to learn about the Supreme Court of the United States. Using a combination of Google Earth™ 360-degree views, video, informational text, and visuals, your students gain key understandings about the purpose, organization, and functions of the Supreme Court. Your students will also tour various aspects of the Supreme Court Building and will gain an overview of key landmark cases.This virtual field trip covers::: Where is the Supreme Court Building?:: What
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: U.S. Government Virtual Field Trip Bundle (Google Earth Exploration)
Heart Transplant Debate - Argument, Persuasion, Line of Reasoning, Team Building
The Heart Transplant debate is a great entry to a unit on persuasion/argumentation. It's also a fantastic tool to teach Line of Reasoning through experiential learning. This activity provides an opportunity for students to apply knowledge of general debate skills as well as locating and citing appropriate evidence. Two articles are linked as sources and pre-reading to this debate. My students loved arguing for their "client" and this debate got them out of their seats. I used this as an opportun
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Mysterious Fossils Come To Life
Virtual Paleontology lesson. This is a non-fiction lesson plan of real fossils that were found 50 years ago. I have made a puzzle for students to put it together. As they find the ancient fossils they will have to look at them comparing them to clues that they will find to answer critical thinking questions. Student's will put all the clues together by looking, comparing, reading, matching, answering, and studying. The real fossil's will start to come to life and will tell them a story about wha
Grades:
5th - 9th, Staff
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NGSS:
MS-LS4-1
, MS-LS4-2
Haunted Ski Lodge - Virtual Escape Room Review on Types of Text Structure
What's scarier than a review on text structure? A BORING review on text structure!This will be FREE on TpT through September 21. Grab it now!With the spooky season almost upon us (and let's be real, it's always spooky season for middle schoolers) what could be better than grabbing their attention AND reviewing focus standards? Keep the rigor going AND entice them to participate with a virtual escape room.All you have to do is share the first slideshow with your students and ta-da! Your job is do
Grades:
6th - 10th
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Logical Fallacies Surgery - Classroom Transformation
Hey, Educators! Are you ready to take your students on an unforgettable journey into the world of logical reasoning and critical thinking? Get ready for my Classroom Transformation Activity: "Logical Fallacy Surgery."What's Inside:Diagnostic Tools: Your students will become expert diagnosticians as they dissect arguments to identify logical fallacies lurking within.Engaging Scenario: Step into the shoes of a team of logical surgeons in a fun and immersive classroom transformation. Your students
Grades:
6th - 8th
Reading Inference Passages, Pictures, Videos, Task Cards, VR Questions NO PREP
Inference is a foundational reading skill. Marzano calls it a prerequisite for higher-order thinking and 21st century skills. Because inferring requires higher order thinking skills, it can be difficult for many students. However, it can be taught through explicit instruction in inferential strategies. This savings bundle will enable you to reach those goals. This scaffolded bundle includes:Reading 101: Intro to Inference - An Introduction to Inference Through PicturesInference Skill Practice
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Grades:
4th - 8th
SPEED DISCUSSION--A strategy for discussing informational text!
This ENGAGING strategy for classroom discussion is student approved! Blank stares are a thing of the past with this strategy. ANY student will find this strategy much more engaging than the typical question and answer strategies that never lead to active participation! INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Arrange desks in two rows facing one another (the person across is your partner.) If you have an odd number of students, make the last 2 seats in 1 row work together the entire time (this is row 1) The students i
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Resume-Making Workshop for High School Students (Resume Resources & More) [PDF]
You can use all (or portions) of this 20-page interactive resume-making workshop with high school age students who are either making a resume for the first time or looking to improve their basic resume. This product teaches students about the different parts of a resume (E.g., "Objective", "Education", "Experience") and specific resume-writing skills (E.g., using past tense in bullet-point descriptors, using active voice to indicate results and achievements rather than "doer" type language, etc
Grades:
8th - 11th
Vocational Support- Reading a Work Schedule
This is truly a digital resource. There are text boxes with 22 sized font already to go for you and your students. There are 11 different work schedules, each with four employees. Each of the 11 work schedules are repeated three times. 33 of the 35 slides contain four questions relating to the work schedule. There are 132 questions!For reference I have included a slide that showcases helpful information regarding work schedules.This is a great transition activity for high schoolers on IEPs. I al
Grades:
8th - 12th
Also included in: Vocational Support Bundle
The Apostles Bundle; includes graphic organizers, simulation and more!
This Bundle includes Apostles Research graphic organizers / "One-Pagers," an interactive Apostles Dinner Party Simulation where your students will research an apostle and arrive "in character" ready to mingle and an Informational text with Activity Pages for Saint Luke and Matthew! This could be your emergency sub folder or an early finisher station. These lessons all fit with Catholic Schools week or as part of a Confirmation retreat. Bonus search included as well.
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Grades:
4th - 12th
Minecraft: Harvesting Solar Energy
Minecraft: Harvesting Solar Energy is a common core lesson that teaches students how solar power works and allows the students to use the Minecraft game to make a model of a house that uses solar energy. ELA and math skills are integrated into this fun activity.
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3rd - 12th
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Immigration Simulation
Your students will learn about what a diplomat does at a foreign embassy. They will use their knowledge and critical thinking to look at six immigrant cases. They will have to decide which immigrants can come to the United States with either an immigrant visa or non-immigrant visa. They will need to use clues from the case study to support their reasoning.
As an extension activity, students can read the Emergency Press Release and make decisions about what information different agencies need
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Vocational Support - Reading Pay Stubs
This is truly a digital resources. There are text boxes with 22 sized font already to go for you and students. There are six different paystubs (they are repeated 2-4 times). Each slide contains three questions relating to the pay stub. There are 57 questions! For reference I have included a slide defining common pay stub works such as rate, pay period, gross pay, net pay, year to date (YTD), etc.This is a great transition activity for high schoolers on IEPs. There is no math in this resource. I
Grades:
8th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: Vocational Support Bundle
Square Peg in a Round Hole Activity Resources
This activity was presented at the 2020 Space Exploration Educators' Conference!The name is based on the Apollo 13 situation trying to develop a solution to filter the carbon dioxide. The activity simulates the communication between astronauts and Mission Controllers. My students used Flipgrid. Students work in small groups (2-4 people) and switch between the roles. Mission Controllers give directions to astronauts. Astronauts follow the directions, ask for clarifications and update Mission Cont
Grades:
4th - 10th
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Infographic Rubric for Research for MUN-Based Topics
This is a rubric used for the infographic assignments surrounding the topics of those one may observe in an MUN. This is provided in .DOC format which means you can edit it as needed. This has been built to reflect the ON Curriculum's Growing Success principles.Please read, rate and review! I also have full assignments with improved infographic rubrics if you would like to see them in action or have student self-reflection included in the rubric! Check out my store!
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Welcome to Checks - learn about banks, terms, and practice check writing
Do you ever wonder what adults are doing at the bank? Why do they go? Why is it so important? Let’s talk about this piece of financial literacy! We will go over: What is a bank? Words you should know for the bank What checks are Why they are important andWhat you do with themNumber writing practiceCheck writing practice
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Grades:
6th - 12th
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