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Adult education social studies handouts
TED Talk: Persuasive Writing Unit & Assignment
Our most popular item, now with an updated TED Talks To View list!This TED Talk presentation assignment begins with viewing and analyzing TED Talks based on different Persuasive Writing and Public Speaking techniques. Students then create their own. Perfect for either in-class or independent work! This Package Includes: Overview of TED Talks Assignment Sheet Persuasive Techniques HandoutRecommended TED Talks to study Note Taking Template for active viewing Research Notes Template Ideas Templ
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: THE PERSUASIVE WRITING MULTI UNIT BUNDLE
Facebook Character Page -- Versatile Activity for any Character
This series of Facebook handouts can be used to create a mock facebook page for any character(s) from short stories, novels, films etc. This "fakebook" worksheet will be a fun assignment for any appropriate classroom setting. Included are a main facebook handout, an optional facebook handout (it can be printed on the back of the main handout), a brief student instruction handout, and a teacher grading rubric. It's easy to use since many students are already so familiar with facebook. Students
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Postcard Templates {PDF & DIGITAL}
Writing postcards is a fun and exciting activity for your students, especially if you are writing to other students or are connecting them to literature or other texts. Are you looking for postcard templates for your students? Check out these 6 different templates with digital options!These are great for ELA and Social Studies activities, novel studies, activities for setting or character, and so much more!In this product, you are receiving:1. 6 Postcard Templates - 3 Versions *Version # 1-Both
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Gettysburg Address: Prove It! Primary Source Analysis
One of my most popular products, this handout helps students analyze one of the most influential speeches in American history: The Gettysburg AddressThis is a different approach to asking students to summarize a primary source, which can be a challenge for some. Instead of students doing the summarizing, they are given a statement that they must prove by finding the exact words within the Gettysburg Address. The handout instructs them to write the line number and copying the words from the sou
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5th - 11th, Adult Education
Crash Course Psychology Worksheets Complete Series Set Full Bundle Collection
This ZIP file contains Microsoft Word document worksheets (along with PDF versions) for each of the forty episodes of Crash Course Psychology hosted by Hank Green.Worksheets contain a combination of fill-in-the-blank and short answer questions. Each worksheet is accompanied with an answer key and relevant images.By purchasing this file, you agree not to make it publicly available (on external websites, etc.) or to share with any other teachers. It is intended for classroom use only. You *are* al
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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M.A.I.N. Causes of WWI (Student Reference/Handout)
An excellent resource for middle and high school history courses studying the M.A.I.N. causes of WWI.
I have also enlarged this reference sheet to poster size and posted them around the classroom.
Related WWI Products:
M.A.I.N. Causes of WWI - Printable Booklet
WWI ChoiceBoard Assignment + Rubric
WWI Weapons of Mass Destruction - Ranking Activity
WWI vs. Gangs Activity
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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EDITABLE Multiple-Choice Tests / MCQ - APUSH / AP US History - All Units
EDITABLE stimulus-based multiple-choice / MCQ test for each of the four periods for the APUSH / AP US History curriculum. All questions are original, and modeled after the College Board format and difficulty. These are the tests I use on students to achieve pass rates of over 90%! Bundle ContentsFour editable stimulus-based multiple-choice tests for each Period of AP US History (20 questions each; 80 total)Designed to progressively expose students to stimulus-based multiple-choice practice acros
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Crash Course US Government and Politics Worksheets Complete Series Set Bundle
This ZIP file contains Microsoft Word document worksheets (along with PDF versions) for each of the fifty episodes of Crash Course U.S. Government and Politics hosted by Craig Benzine.Worksheets contain a combination of fill-in-the-blank and short answer questions. Each worksheet is accompanied with an answer key and relevant images.By purchasing this file, you agree not to make it publicly available (on external websites, etc.) or to share with any other teachers. It is intended for classroom u
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Who was Jack the Ripper? HISTORY MYSTERY
Can your students decide who Jack the Ripper was out of a cast of 12 suspects?In this lesson they will compare and evaluate 12 possible suspects before deciding on the most likely guilty person. They will then justifying their decision both verbally and in writing. The lesson works as a knockout tournament, comparing two suspects at a time. They must apply the background information presented to them along with the suspect cards to come up with the most plausible answer. It is great for develo
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: HISTORY MYSTERIES BUNDLE!
Economics, INFLATION
EconomicsInflation and DeflationThis lesson is in a Google Doc Format and PDF format, has student notes, and online quiz. These learning materials focus on the key concepts related to inflation. The economic concepts are scaffold, simplified, and variety a charts/graphs/graphics are used in an effort to enhance comprehension. Objectives: Students will be able to:• Define inflation and deflation.• Explain how inflation is measured and by whom.• Identify the two main types of inflation.• Describe
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Political Parties| DEMOCRATS V REPUBLICANS | What are the Differences? | Digital
This is an easy and comprehensive way to teach the differences between the Democrat and Republican political parties. Both printable and digital versions are included!Buyer Feedback:Easy to use, comprehensive, and versatile with options for print and digital. This purchase includes a 3-page reading about the differences between the two major political parties; the Democrats and the Republicans. It reviews the different ideologies on the following issues:the economytaxessocial issuesforeign polic
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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1917 Movie Questions with Answers - 1917 Movie Guide - 1917 Worksheet (2019)
1917 movie questions (released in 2019) helps keep students engaged throughout the film by providing 29 questions (plus 4 critical thinking questions after viewing) for them to answer to keep them on track. The 1917 movie guide comes with a key that has suggested answers provided at the end. The 1917 movie worksheet follows along during World War I as two British soldiers -- Lance Cpl. Schofield and Lance Cpl. Blake -- receive seemingly impossible orders. In a race against time, they must cros
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: History of Warfare Movie Guide Bundle | 1917 | Midway | Greyhound
Progressive Era Presidents Chart - Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson + Distance Learning
Progressive Presidents Chart guides students in organizing important progressive era reforms in social, economic/business, and conservation reform. Chart works with notes, or research from a U.S. History Book and/or the internet. A PowerPoint slide with the answers is also included to aid and discuss the answers with class. ** Includes Google Apps version of worksheet for distance learningSave Money! For this product, PowerPoints, primary source worksheets, review worksheet, warm-ups, exit tick
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Flags of Spanish-speaking Countries
Flags of the 21 Spanish-speaking countries.
These flags are perfect for decorating the Spanish classroom. You may also want to laminate the flags and use them as large flashcards.
There are 21 individual flags of the following Spanish-speaking countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, España, Guatemala, Guinea Ecuatorial, Honduras, México, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Perú, Puerto Rico, República Dominicana, Uruguay, Venezuela.
Each flag is on its
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1st - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: Spanish Bundle – Spanish-speaking Countries and Capitals
Map Activity Bundle
Map Activity Bundle - Save 50%!Included in this bundle are a collection of map activities for students to search and locate the various countries and capital cities of the world. Included in this bundle are 10 different ready-to-copy blackline maps each with an answer key. A PowerPoint slideshow accompany some of the maps that can be displayed as you reveal the correct country name as well.The following maps and activities are included in this bundle:Map Activity - World's Continents and OceansM
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Drawing Lesson: Two-Point Perspective! How to Draw Castles! Middle School Art
Two-Point PerspectiveDrawings! Castles with Texture!Teach Two-Point Perspective with this engaging "Medieval Castles" art lesson!Your student's imaginations will become enchanted with this castle drawing activity! This middle school or high school art lesson also teaches value shading and how to draw implied visual textures and drawing 3-dimensional objects! This product is jammed-packed with more than enough resources to help you to help your students to conquer Two-Point Perspective techniques
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
Causes of the Civil War Primary Source Analysis Handout Activity
Are you teaching the Causes of the Civil War and hoping to find a no-prep resource? Are you looking for that perfect lesson to practice primary source analysis while addressing the core content on the Civil War and its causes?Use this Primary Source Analysis Activity to address the standards while helping your students gain a better understanding of the causes of the Civil War. Students can inspect vivid images, decipher varying quotes, and investigate original documents with guiding questions
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Government: Political Party Handouts and Activities
There are many activities and handouts that will surely get students more acquainted with the American political party system! Many of these are web-based, while others do not need a computer.
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1. Web activity: find out what each political party believes in regard to 10 key issues.
2. Partner activity: groups will receive strips of paper, which each has a party's stance on it. They then need to glue or staple each stance in the student handout table (box) provided. Thi
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Hamilton the Musical Guide + Answers | Hamilton Movie Worksheet (2020) Disney
Hamilton movie questions (released 2020) help keep students engaged throughout the film by providing 29 questions (plus 4 critical thinking questions after viewing) for them to answer to keep them on track. Hamilton worksheet comes with a key that has suggested answers provided at the end.Hamilton Movie Guide follows the original Broadway production of the award-winning musical that tells the story of Alexander Hamilton, first secretary of the treasury, blending hip-hop, jazz, R&B and Broadw
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Holocaust propaganda: Nazi Children's book activity on the Poisonous Mushroom
Aimed at children, The Poisonous Mushroom was perhaps the most powerful piece of anti-Semitic propaganda in the Third Reich and a highly effective resource when teaching about Nazi propaganda and its’ relationship to the Holocaust. This critical thinking activity gets students involved and helps illustrate how deeply ingrained Nazi ideology was in prewar German society. By asking students to write a caption for cartoons from the book, then showing them the actual captions, students can see
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Performance Psychology Minicourse for Sport & Other Pursuits: 13 Lessons
Performance Psychology Package for Sport and other Pursuits of Excellence: A Mini Course with 13 Lessons & Handouts Put on your Psychologist’s hat and teach your students how to reach excellence in their academic learning and in their personal sports and hobbies.Our students need help in understanding what excellence looks like. They want to succeed, and many of them try hard; however, they often lack the skills and strategies to optimize performance.This mini course is designed to help you,
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Distance Learning - Ceramics (E-Day) "Who-What-When-Where" Ceramics History!
The "handouts" included in this download have been uploaded to Google Drive, (The Google folder link is included in the "Google-links.docx" file) and made into "Drag and Drops" used with Google Drive for Remote/Distance Learning Days. Just "Make a copy" to your Drive and share with your students!Additional Visual Arts E-Learning Activities can be found here.If your Ceramics students are like mine, you know that students do NOT wish to spend studio time learning about ceramics history! But as art
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Government: Interest Group Simulation
This simulation is one of my favorite activities to run in class. In short, special interest groups will be lobbying politicians for their support in changing legislation. You may, if you would like, make this a competition between the interest groups to see which interest group can garner the most amount of support from the Congressional representatives. The handout includes a student overview, specific instructions for the politicians and for the interest groups, the Politician's handout, 1
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Maps of the Continents of the World For Students to Label and Colour/Color
This download contains 9 maps of the continents of the world (11 x 17 paper) to allow you differentiate your instruction to help meet needs of all students in your classroom as they learn to identify and locate the continents of the world. ***Please note that there are 2 sets of each of the 9 maps – one set observes English Spelling and one set observes U.S. spelling.***This download contains: 1. A map of the continents with the oceans labelled and the continents left blank for students to fill
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2nd - 7th, Adult Education
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