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Critical thinking Common Core CCRA.W.6 resources
Research Templates Google Classroom Digital Projects Elementary Activities Comic
Need some engaging digital projects templates for your classroom? This Google Classroom Digital Projects Bundle is a perfect go to for easy to use and ready to use elementary Google Classroom activities that your students will love! Your students will be engaged with these digital project templates as they create comic strips, social media posts, biography reports and SO MUCH MORE! Since these are digital projects they are great for saving paper and can be used across multiple subject areas. ⭐SA
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3rd - 6th
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Social Media Critical Thinking Activities
Digital Version for the Google Classroom HereSocial media teaching activities and games. These lesson activities focus on critical thinking and the use of social media. It includes a variety of printable activities to make the user think about their digital footprint, moral issues, online safety, ethical responsibilities, the do' and don'ts along with the negative consequences associated with negative posts. An excellent link to social emotional learning as well.Includes: Surveys, Activities for
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6th - 10th
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The Sinking of the Lusitania: Solve the WWI Mystery w Primary Source Analysis!
Perhaps one of the most important events of World War One, the sinking of the Lusitania has fascinated kids and adults for years. Use this mystery to harness that fascination and engage students in an inquiry-based mission that they will remember all year long!In this mystery, students are posed with an engaging scenario - they are CIA Agents that must piece together once and for all how and why the Lusitania sank. They are presented with a variety of "exhibits," all cleverly designed to engage
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5th - 12th
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Also included in: GROWING WWI BUNDLE: Higher Order Thinking WWI Activities (SS5H2)
Thinking Like a Historian Lesson Plan Unit | 5th-7th Grades | Social Studies
The Thinking Like a Historian Lesson Plan Unit is PERFECT for 5th-7th grade students! This incredible unit focuses on the importance of primary and secondary sources of information and will help grow your students critical thinking skills and abilities, as well as how to examine sources of information for bias and cause and effect relationships, and MUCH more!! The amazing resources included with this unit have been used with GREAT SUCCESS by THOUSANDS of students, and can easily be used with an
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: Bundle for Virginia
Save Fred ~ #Distance Learning STEM Activity
Begin the year with this team-building project which has been updated for distance learning. Teachers can assess students ability to work together, complete a project, reflect on the lesson, and redesign it to achieve faster results. Saving Fred will become an instant hit.Included in this project, you will find:- A student workbook that is ready to print (5.5 x 8.5) 6 pages- A PowerPoint to walk your students through the process- A research section in case you want to take it a step further.You
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Not Grade Specific
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
Growth Mindset Activities | Social Emotional Learning Bell Ringers | Volume 1
These fully-editable growth-mindset bell ringers will get your class thinking and are perfect for social emotional learning as well! With thought-provoking and engaging prompts, they can be used as individual writing prompts or large group discussion topics. Teachers agree that these bell ringers are perfect for daily warm ups or morning meetings. I’m so excited for your students to experience a variety of life-impacting questions to write about individually or discuss within groups.You will rec
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Social Studies SUPER BUNDLE | Units 1-9 for 5th-8th Grades! | Google Apps!
The Social Studies SUPER BUNDLE Units 1-9 for 5th-8th grades is COMPLETELY ready for both in-person and digital learning (via Google Apps)! With this amazing Social Studies SUPER BUNDLE you'll receive EVERYTHING you need to cover the Age of Exploration all the way to the Reconstruction Era with your students, -PLUS- you'll also receive an Intro to U.S. Geography Unit -AND- Thinking Like a Historian Unit!! ***STOP the stressful and endless search for amazing, high-quality, and affordable Social S
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5th - 8th
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Journalism Syllabus - Beginning and Advanced Classes Teaching Plans
This 16 page posting offers a chronological order of lessons, by quarter, to teach beginning journalism students the basic concepts of journalistic writing such as What is News?, the various structures and genres of journalistic writing, interviewing, learning layout and design and studying media ethics. It offers lessons and activities that reinforce these concepts and prepares students to write and publish a top-quality high school newspaper. For veteran journalism students who publish a schoo
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Journalism Activities & Lessons Bundle: Beginning & Advanced Students
Growth Mindset Bell Ringers | 40 SEL Writing Prompts For Any Subject | Volume 2
These fully-editable growth-mindset bell ringers will get your class thinking and are perfect for social emotional learning as well! With thought-provoking and engaging prompts, they can be used as individual writing prompts or large group discussion topics. Teachers agree that these bell ringers are perfect for daily warm ups or morning meetings. I’m so excited for your students to experience a variety of life-impacting questions to write about individually or discuss within groups. You will r
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Thinking Like a Historian Lesson Plan Unit for 8th-10th Grade Social Studies
The amazing resources included with the Thinking Like a Historian Lesson Plan Unit for 8th-10th Grade Social Studies have been successfully used by thousands of students and come completely ready to use for BOTH in-person and digital learning (via Google Apps)! The Thinking Like a Historian Unit lays the foundation for your students to succeed in your social studies class! They'll explore and discuss learning strategies that promote and encourage students to think critically, how to effectively
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8th - 10th
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Also included in: 8th Grade U.S. History YEAR-LONG Curriculum Bundle!! | Google Apps
Personalized Learning Project (Cap Stone) (Senior Project) (Independent Study)
An EDITABLE GOOGLE-DOC VERSION of this resource is included (on the last page). You can customize this resource. Then print or have students complete online as a Google Doc. FROM STUDENT MANUAL INTRODUCTION PAGE:What is the Personalized Learning Project, and what is its purpose?The Personalized Learning Project (PLP) is an independent learning project based on your interests. The PLP allows you to explore an area of interest and provides you with the opportunity to apply and demonstrate k
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8th - 12th
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Their Eyes Were Watching God Unit Plan: CCSS Teaching Plans, Lessons, Activities
This 56-page Their Eyes Were Watching God unit plan is aligned with Common Core Anchor Standards. Also, all of the material is based on Bloom's Taxonomy. This posting includes Teacher Notes, 52 activities, essay topics, journal topics, graphic organizers, writing response sheets, and two separate tests with answer keys. The variety of literary analysis and writing lessons and activities in this packet offers to distance learning, brick and mortar classroom, and home school teachers will be sure
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9th - 12th
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Whodunit Hotel: A Deep and Complex Multidisciplinary Mystery Genre Study
Welcome to the Whodunit Hotel! In this multidisciplinary genre study, students will work with a variety of mysteries in order to develop their concept of the genre and literary analysis skills. Students love mysteries, and they readily engage with the genre because it inherently encourages them to think deeply about a text to find solutions. Mysteries also provide an excellent opportunity as a genre to explicitly teach and discuss many facets of literature, including setting, characters, plot de
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4th - 7th
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Brave New World Unit Plan: CCSS Teaching Plans, Lessons & Activities
This 101-page plan is a Common Core Standards based unit containing: time frame, day by day lessons, vocabulary, chapter by chapter study guide for discussion ideas, 50+ worksheets, assessments, group and individual projects and much, much more. In this day and age when even a hamburger can be cloned, students are fascinated by the What-ifs of human reproduction. What would happen if people could choose their baby's gender as well as each and every physical, mental and emotional aspect?In this c
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9th - 12th
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The Stranger Unit Plan: CCSS Teaching Notes, Lessons, and Activities
Aligned with the Common Core principles, 'The Stranger Unit Plan,' a 90-page compilation of lessons and activities, has been detailed and developed for clarity, depth, comprehension, and analysis- from basic to higher level cognition. This version is a third larger than the previous one with a flexibility terrific for Distance, Classroom, and Home School Learning. It includes a table of contents, a copious variety of activities for teachers to meet their goals and the needs and skills of their h
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
Daily Journal Prompts | Creative Writing Bell Ringers | Exit Tickets
Get your kids writing from day 1! Easy prep with big results. This product includes 50 totally editable writing prompts you can use throughout the school year as bell ringers or assign as an option for fast finishers. Comes in PowerPoint and Google Slides. Gives students daily opportunities to work on paragraph structure, narratives, opinion, letter writing, and poetry. Eye catching and bright; guaranteed to draw your students’ attention. All types of topics and writing activities are included.
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Year Long Bell Ringer Bundle | Math and ELA Morning Work | Exit Tickets
K-8 Digital Citizenship Curriculum
9 grade levels, 17 topics, 46 lessons, 46 projects, 7 postersA year-long curriculum that covers everything you need to discuss on internet safety and efficiency.Digital Citizenship–probably one of the most important topics students will learn between kindergarten and 8th and too often, teachers are thrown into it without a roadmap. Well, here it is–your guide to what our children must know at what age to thrive in the community called the internet. It’s a roadmap for blending all pieces into a c
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Not Grade Specific
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The Canterbury Tales Unit Plan: CCSS Teaching Plans, Lessons & Activities
This 52-page unit plan for The Canterbury Tales includes all of the material from my various products for Geoffrey Chaucer’s masterfully satirical piece depicting the people and society of the Middle Ages, plus added activities, projects and material offering teachers and students multiple ways to study this text. A five-page satire section offers information on satire, as well as vocabulary that is prevalent in satiric works, both written and visual. A fun closure activity invites the class t
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9th - 12th
Persuasive Essay and Public Issues Scaffolded Unit +Word Search CCSS Grades 4-7
Explore the World of Persuasive Writing with this Scaffolded "Public Issues and Constitutional Beliefs" Essay Unit. This comprehensive writing unit was featured in the TPT newsletter. It combines the art of persuasive essay writing with public issues encouraging students to be informed citizens.Key Resources Include:Sample Public Issues Essay: A model for student inspiration.Four Anchor Charts: Covering Persuasive Essays (2), Public Issues, and Constitutional Beliefs.Cover for the Student Materi
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4th - 7th
Also included in: Nonfiction Reading and Writing Bundle CCSS Grades 3-6
Pre-Reading Collaborative Existential Philosophy Research~Camus & "The Stranger"
This is a 2-page, detailed PDF (printable!) pre-reading / research activity to set the stage for reading Albert Camus's existentialist masterpiece novella The Stranger (L'Etranger). The PDF includes:
a.) cooperative learning tasks within teams
b.) jigsaw topics (5 separate topics for 5 separate teams to research, from French colonization in Algeria, to Camus himself, to the origins and resolution of WWII, to current and historic death penalty laws -- both within and outside of the U.S., to Exist
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Holocaust: A Project Based Learning Opportunity
Note: Some of my products have some “out there” ideas. Make sure to look at the preview before purchasing. Everyone's classroom is unique and while these lessons work within my classroom, that may not be the case in another’s room."These are the days it never rainsbut it pours."Under Pressure (Queen and David Bowie)In essence, project-based learning is an educational opportunity geared towards the learner. In contrast to typical classroom instruction, project-based learning provides the autonomy
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8th - 10th
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College-Ready Writing Essentials—PDF & Google Docs (Argumentative Essay 11-12th)
**NOW WITH GOOGLE DOCS**Does teaching high school writing have you stressed and confused? This done-for-you, standards-based unit can change everything!Feel amazing about deep-diving into argumentative and persuasive essay writing with your high schoolers instead. Help prepare them with THE key skills research proves most essential for student success in college. WRITING is the #1 skill most linked to positive postsecondary outcomes—and I’ve put all the lessons and tools you need here to get you
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Digital Citizenship BUNDLE
This bundle includes 4 units and other resources related to digital citizenship. Students will learn about digital media literacy, digital health and wellness, digital safety and security, and digital etiquette. The activities in these units will encourage students to think critically about a variety of topics, respond to texts, conduct research, develop written texts, and more! Units can be taught individually, or you can select assignments from each to build your own custom digital citizens
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9th - 12th
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Night Unit Plan - CCSS: Teaching Plans/Lessons/Activities/Assessments
If adolescents are to understand the physical, emotional and spiritual effects of man's inhumanity to man, Night (Elie Wiesel), is a good starting platform for English and Social Studies teachers. This 68-page unit engages the students on an emotional level and pushes them to think and analyze through thought-provoking discussions and writings about some of the principle players of the Third Reich, its victims, philosophies, and the power of propaganda. Aligned with CCS, it has over 30 activitie
Grades:
8th - 12th
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