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Social studies Common Core RI.6.2 resources
5 Themes of Geography Stations Activity | Five Themes of Geography Lesson
In this Five Themes of Geography stations and student activity, students analyze the five themes of geography (location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region) to understand how geographers study the world!This best-selling geography resource is included in the massive All Things Geography Bundle, as well as the American or the World History PLUS Curriculum!This lesson begins with students doing an introductory reading and activity on the five themes of geography. Then, stu
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5th - 9th
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Summer Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions Packet 2nd 3rd 4th Grade
Introducing our leveled reading passages with comprehension questions for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade! This resource includes 10 practice passages, answer keys, posters, graphic organizers, and more! Empower your students with a deeper understanding of nonfiction texts. Grab your summer reading comprehension packet now and witness the transformative impact on your classroom! This is designed for 3rd and 4th grade, but my own 2nd grader is advanced, and it would work well for him. I've also taught ti
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2nd - 5th
Ancient Egypt Unit Projects and Activities - Egypt Map - Pyramids Worksheets
This Ancient Egypt Unit Bundle has over 350 pages of Egypt projects and activities. It contains Ancient Egypt reading passages, an Ancient Egypt timeline, comprehension questions, an Ancient Egypt map, foldable activities, projects, graphic organizers, and more! ✅Be sure to click on the previews for detailed descriptions and images of exactly what is included in this package.✅SAVE $$$$ BY PURCHASING THIS COMPLETE BUNDLE OF EGYPT PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES AT A REDUCED PRICE! This is a HUGE value w
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4th - 7th
Greek Mythology Reading Comprehension Passages Gods Ancient Greece Myths Unit
Greek Mythology Reading Comprehension Passages and Annotations for Upper Elementary and Middle School2 versions included for all reading passage files: Digital Google Slides {Google Classroom Compatible}Printable PDF VersionDesigned for Upper Elementary and Middle School students! Perfect for Distance Learning and/or the Digital Classroom6 Passages on 12 Greek Gods & Goddesses Covered in this Unit: Aphrodite, Ares, Apollo, Artemis, Zeus, Hera, Hestia, Athena, Poseidon, Hephaestus, Demeter, &
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4th - 7th
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Ancient Greece Stations, Parthenon Accordion Book, Ancient Greece Activities
This resource contains six ancient Greece learning stations that students can rotate through in small groups. Each learning station (or center) is designed to give students engaging and exciting learning experiences to practice, enrich, review, and enhance their learning. Students will visit each station with a small group and complete ancient Greece activities. Here’s the fun part! During the learning stations, students will create an accordion book to showcase their learning. They’ll “build” f
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5th - 8th
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Ancient Egypt Reading Comprehension Passages Questions Pyramids Pharaohs Gods
Ancient Egypt Worksheets - Reading Comprehension Passages, Questions, and Annotations. This resource contains 5 Engaging, Non-Fiction Reading Comprehension Passages with Directions for Student Annotations! Reading Comprehension Questions also included! Questions & Answer Keys for Each of the 5 Reading Passages! COMMON CORE ALIGNED! Quick overview of topics covered in this resource include: 1.) The Two Lands of Ancient Egypt-covers the layout of Ancient Egypt (Upper and Lower Egypt)-flow of t
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5th - 7th
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ELA Integrated Civil Rights w/ Summarizing - Main Idea & Detail - Writing
ELA Integrated with Social Studies! Black History Month Reading Passages - Civil Rights Movement Stories / Martin Luther King Jr. Unit that integrates the ELA literacy skills of Summarizing, Finding Main Idea and Supporting Details. PRINTABLE & DIGITAL Google Classroom! 7 Reading Passages that are engaging for upper elementary and middle school. This unit provides the teacher with lesson plans, passages, and very rigorous tasks that are focused on content while using the ELA skills of su
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4th - 6th
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Social Studies Ancient History Bell Ringers Bundle (Google Slides Compatible)
Engage your students right when they walk in the door with bell ringers that will support your middle school ancient history or world history curriculum! This low-prep resource only requires you to choose which bell ringer works best with your curriculum for the day. That's it!Inside this resource, you'll find 200 bell ringers to use throughout the year while you teach about ancient civilizations around the world.Along with a PowerPoint version of the slides, the bell ringers are also compatible
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5th - 8th
Current Event Article Close Reading, Informational Text, PDF & Google Drive CCSS
Need more informational text-based lessons in your classroom? This print-and-go worksheet is the perfect little tool to use as a weekly, occasional, or extra credit assignment. You can either provide an article for your students to work through as a class or assign students to find their own article to use as the basis of the lesson. Whether you use this handout as an in-class assignment to use with copies of your local newspaper, take kids to the computer lab to find an online article, or assig
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Ancient Mesopotamia Unit Projects and Activities - Reading Passages - Map - Test
Ancient Mesopotamia Interactive Notebook unit - This 140+ page package of Mesopotamia activities contains everything you need to teach a complete Ancient Mesopotamia unit! This includes reading passages, research activities, foldable activities, questions, graphic organizers, and more. Perfect for your Mesopotamia or Ancient Civilizations unit, all resources are classroom tested and include detailed instructions and creative handouts. Very little teacher prep in needed – simply print and teach!
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4th - 7th
Ancient China Dynasties Activity | Han, Qin, Zhou, Shang, Tang in Ancient China
This engaging activity on Ancient China Dynasties teaches the major contributions of the Shang, Zhou, Qin, Shang, and Tang dynasties in an engaging and informative way. In this China resource, student groups work together to fill out a graphic organizer timeline that shows these major dynasties of Ancient China. This lesson includes student-friendly text for each of the dynasties and a large graphic organizer for their team to record their information! ☆ ☆ Get this engaging resource (and a hug
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5th - 9th
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Current Events Templates | Worksheets | Assignments | Activities
Add diversity to your current event assignments with these 5 standards-aligned templates. Each current event worksheet focuses on a different reading comprehension skill (Main Idea & Details, Text Connections, Vocabulary in Context, Fact vs. Opinion, and Summarizing). This resource can be completed on paper or online with laptops, Chromebooks, tablets, or any device that supports Google Slides. The included Teacher's Guide includes access to the link that will allow you to make your own
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4th - 7th
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Crusades Stations Activity | Teach Impact of the Crusades, Jerusalem, Causes
In this Crusades stations student activity, students understand the Crusades in the Middle Ages from the significance of Jerusalem to modern conflict in the region still today. Included are SIX STATIONS of student-friendly text and review questions for each section. Students learn the importance of Jerusalem to all three faiths, the events that led to Pope Urban's call to war, the first three Crusades, the overall impact of the wars, and life in the region today to show how religious violence o
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5th - 8th
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Social Studies American History 1 Bell Ringers Bundle (Google Slides Compatible)
Engage your students right when they walk in the door with bell ringers that will support your middle school early American history curriculum!Inside this resource, you'll find 200 bell ringers to use throughout the year while you teach about American history.Along with a PowerPoint version of the slides, the bell ringers are also compatible with Google Slides! There are links to digital versions of the bell ringers included for easy use in your classroom.This bundle includes the following Ameri
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5th - 8th
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Ancient Greece Unit Projects - Interactive Notebook Activities - Greece Map Test
There are over 450 pages in this COMPLETE Ancient Greece Unit Bundle of Ancient Greece activities. It is the perfect addition to an Ancient Civilization unit! This Ancient Greece activity package contains all of my best selling Ancient Greece Interactive Notebook units with reading passages, Ancient Greece map activities, comprehension questions, Greek mythology projects, foldable activities, vocabulary activities, task cards, unit test, and more! ✅SAVE $$$$ BY PURCHASING THIS COMPLETE BUNDLE
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4th - 7th
Middle Ages Feudalism | Detailing European Feudalism in First-Person Accounts!
In this highly-engaging Middle Ages Life in European Feudalism activity, students read first-person accounts from different classes in European Feudalism in an attempt to understand the feudal system, vassals, the structure of a fief, and the role of Kings, Lords, Knights, and Serfs!This Middle Ages lesson is included in the larger Middle Ages Unit Bundle located here!Each student reads a different first-person perspective, from either the perspective of a King, a Lord, a Knight, or a Serf. The
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5th - 8th
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Ancient Egypt Unit Bundle | Activities, Projects, Notes, Timeline, Test
Ready to plan out your entire Ancient Egypt unit with one click? This Ancient Egypt Unit Bundle has absolutely EVERYTHING you need to teach about Ancient Egypt, whether you are a new teacher starting from scratch, a teaching veteran looking to mix things up, or someone who wants to both engage their students while taking back their time!Your time is incredibly valuable, so we believe that you shouldn’t have to spend hours and hours creating lesson plans and activities. We also believe that most
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6th - 9th
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September 11 Differentiated Reading Passages & Questions for 911 Patriot Day
In this resource, there is a nonfiction reading passage based on the attacks on September 11, 2001. It is differentiated for your high, mid, and lower level students. 4 types of questions are included, along with an answer key. Integrate history content with your reading texts and meet each reader's needs with this set. Guided Reading Levels: M-Q-W$Why should I purchase this passage set?$• Textbooks aren't what they used to be...if we have them at all. Often textbooks are written well above grad
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3rd - 6th
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Ancient Greece Unit Bundle | Activities, Projects, Map, Notes, Timeline, Test
Ready to plan out your entire Ancient Greece unit with one click? This Ancient Greece Unit Bundle has absolutely EVERYTHING you need to teach about Ancient Greece, whether you are a new teacher starting from scratch, a teaching veteran looking to mix things up, or someone who wants to both engage their students while taking back their time!Your time is incredibly valuable, so we believe that you shouldn’t have to spend hours and hours creating lesson plans and activities. We also believe that mo
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5th - 8th
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Refugee by Alan Gratz Novel Study
The Refugee Novel Study resource is a comprehensive set of standards-aligned, rigorous, instructional materials for teaching the Refugee by Alan Gratz. With these Common Core aligned materials, students will deeply engage with the novel and develop their literacy and critical thinking skills. The novel study includes 100+ resources to help you implement an engaging, rigorous ELA or Social Studies unit. Snapshot of Resources Included in Unit:30 Common Core Aligned Lesson Plans18 Literary Analysis
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5th - 8th
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The Odyssey Unit Plans - Odyssey Projects - Activities - Homer - Greek Mythology
The Odyssey Novel Study Resource Bundle - This comprehensive and complete literature resource package for teaching a Homer's Odyssey Unit features 10 different best selling Odyssey Activities. A must for your Odyssey Unit, this literature resource package includes 10 of my best selling Odyssey resources. These include comprehension question exit tickets, character analysis activities, background information, and a variety of other projects and activities. ✅Be sure to check out the previews of ea
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5th - 8th
Ancient Mesopotamia Reading Passages - Questions - Annotations Activity
Ancient Mesopotamia Worksheets - Reading Comprehension Passages, Questions, and Annotations This resource is designed for an Ancient Mesopotamia unit. It contains 5 Engaging, Non-Fiction Reading Comprehension Passages with Directions for Student Annotations! Reading Comprehension Questions also included! Questions & Answer Keys for Each of the 5 Reading Passages! COMMON CORE ALIGNED! Topics covered in this resource include: 1.) Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent -location between the two r
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5th - 7th
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Dust Bowl and the Great Depression Differentiated Reading Passages
Need a quick activity or assignment on the Dust Bowl? Included is a Differentiated Reading Passage leveled three different times (Guided Reading Levels O, R, and W) & accompanying activities will ask students to fill in the blank, circle multiple choice questions, fill in a timeline based on the passage, and answer a writing prompt about Dust Bowl. Excellent to accompany the book Esperanza Rising.*Geared toward the following Georgia Fifth Grade Social Studies Standards but NOT specific.*****
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4th - 7th
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Ancient Egypt Unit - Mummification Unit - Ancient Egypt Projects Activities
This Ancient Egypt Mummification Unit has over 40 pages of Ancient Egypt projects and activities. These Egypt activities are perfect for your upcoming Ancient Egypt unit or mummification unit. These mummification activities contain Egypt reading passages, comprehension questions, and projects about mummification! Student read and answer comprehension questions, and complete an illustrated "mummification wheel" , one pager project, and Top Three Pennant Project to demonstrate their understanding
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4th - 7th
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