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Building Book Love : How and Why to Use Word Walls with Older Students Vocabulary Strategies, Vocabulary Instruction, Teaching Vocabulary, Teaching Ela, Teaching Strategies, Teaching Reading, Teaching English, Vocabulary Ideas, Vocabulary Building
How and Why to Use Word Walls with Older Students - Building Book Love
Building Book Love : How and Why to Use Word Walls with Older Students
This is not your typical timeline review activity. It was able to be a competition and an engaging way to review over 30 different events from the whole year. I was able to check for understanding by them having to decide which event came first and push them to think through the extension questions. History Class, Teaching History, History Teachers, Us History, Teacher Pay Teachers, American History, Innovative Education, 5th Grade Social Studies, Best Teacher Ever
American History Timeline Review
This is not your typical timeline review activity. It was able to be a competition and an engaging way to review over 30 different events from the whole year. I was able to check for understanding by them having to decide which event came first and push them to think through the extension questions.
Welcome to Room 805
Welcome to Room 805
Check out these 4 (not so obvious) ways to give your instruction, especially your whole-group lessons, a boost! Language Arts Elementary, Elementary Teacher, Elementary Schools, Upper Elementary, Teacher Tools, Teacher Life, Teacher Resources, Teacher Hacks, Ms Teacher
4 (not so obvious) Ways to Amp Up Your Instruction
Check out these 4 (not so obvious) ways to give your instruction, especially your whole-group lessons, a boost!
Michael Friermood
Michael Friermood
Teach politics in class and live to tell about it. Ideas for middle and high school social studies teachers. High School Social Studies Teacher, Social Studies Education, 6th Grade Social Studies, Social Studies Elementary, Social Studies Classroom, Social Studies Activities, History Classroom
How to Teach Politics in Class (And Live to Tell About It)
Teach politics in class and live to tell about it. Ideas for middle and high school social studies teachers.
WeAreTeachers
WeAreTeachers
Centers aren't just for elementary school. 8 tips for setting up centers in social studies for secondary teachers.  Ready, set, go! Social Studies Centers, 7th Grade Social Studies, Social Studies Projects, Social Studies Middle School
Social Sundays: Stations are for High School Social Studies
Centers aren't just for elementary school. 8 tips for setting up centers in social studies for secondary teachers. Ready, set, go!
Smith Curriculum and Consulting | Math Workshop | Interactive Notebooks | Middle School Math
Smith Curriculum and Consulting | Math Workshop | Interactive Notebooks | Middle School Math
Social Studies Notebook, History Activities, Secondary Education
History's Great Mystery (How can I make my classroom more interactive?!) - Be your best teacher!
FREE STATIONS | 7 WAYS TO STEP AWAY FROM THE LECTURE PODIUM & REVITALIZE YOUR SOCIAL STUDIES CLASSROOM Social Studies Resources, High School Social Studies Lesson Plans, Junior High Social Studies, Government Social Studies
STATIONS | 7 WAYS TO STEP AWAY FROM THE LECTURE PODIUM & REVITALIZE YOUR SOCIAL STUDIES CLASSROOM - Brainy Apples
FREE STATIONS | 7 WAYS TO STEP AWAY FROM THE LECTURE PODIUM & REVITALIZE YOUR SOCIAL STUDIES CLASSROOM
Engaging Them All
Engaging Them All
Are You Pushing Or Pulling Students In Your Classroom? - Inquiry Based Learning, Learning Theory, Project Based Learning, Learning Resources, Student Learning, Creative Thinking Skills, Critical Thinking Skills, Habits Of Mind, Professional Development For Teachers
Are You Pushing Or Pulling Students In Your Classroom?
Are You Pushing Or Pulling Students In Your Classroom? -
Play "Attack" with your students! It's a review game that can be used in any subject that your middle school students will be begging to play! FREE instructions Secondary Classroom, Middle School Classroom, Teaching Middle School, High School Math, Middle School Student, Middle School Science, Science Classroom, School Teacher, Classroom Ideas
Castle Attack - A FREE Review Game for the Secondary Classroom
Play "Attack" with your students! It's a review game that can be used in any subject that your middle school students will be begging to play! FREE instructions
boston massacre web quest. THIS IS AMAZING! I wish I had found this weeks ago :( Mystery Of History, Bright Ideas Press, Boston Massacre
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boston massacre web quest. THIS IS AMAZING! I wish I had found this weeks ago :(
In this installment of HISTORY JUDGE, students will analyze seven primary and one secondary source on President Andrew Jackson, the Indian Removal Act, and the subsequent "Trail of Tears" that ensued (albeit mostly after his tenure as President ended, but it was his policy that put it in effect, but I digress). Nonfiction Reading Activities, Teaching Activities, Social Studies Lesson Plans
Historical Thinking Classroom
In this installment of HISTORY JUDGE, students will analyze seven primary and one secondary source on President Andrew Jackson, the Indian Removal Act, and the subsequent "Trail of Tears" that ensued (albeit mostly after his tenure as President ended, but it was his policy that put it in effect, but I digress).
A blog on how to host a murder mystery in your classroom! Your students will love being a part of the story, walking around to collect clues, and competing to see who can find the murderer first! Teaching Tips, Teaching Art, Teaching Degree, Future Classroom, Classroom Activities, Teaching Activities High School, Holiday Classrooms
How to Host a Classroom Murder Mystery – Engaging and Effective Teaching
A blog on how to host a murder mystery in your classroom! Your students will love being a part of the story, walking around to collect clues, and competing to see who can find the murderer first!
This 27-slide Power Point Lecture Presentation reviews the major ideas in the “Founding of the Nation”. Reviews the important Enlightenment ideas and philosophers that inspired the American Revolution as well as the reasons why the colonists revolted against Great Britain. High School Social Studies, High School History, Science Teaching Resources, Social Science
FOUNDING of the NATION | Lecture Presentation | Print & Digital | U.S. History
This 27-slide Power Point Lecture Presentation reviews the major ideas in the “Founding of the Nation”. Reviews the important Enlightenment ideas and philosophers that inspired the American Revolution as well as the reasons why the colonists revolted against Great Britain.
The Judicial Branch Escape Room will take students on a secret mission around the classroom! This escape room has students decode interesting facts about the Judicial Branch and Article III of the Constitution. Student Teaching, Teaching Resources, Educational Resources, Teaching Ideas
Judicial Branch ESCAPE ROOM: Supreme Court, U.S. Constitution
The Judicial Branch Escape Room will take students on a secret mission around the classroom! This escape room has students decode interesting facts about the Judicial Branch and Article III of the Constitution.
History and Science Activities for Upper Elementary - Think Tank
History and Science Activities for Upper Elementary - Think Tank
Creative U.S. History Ideas for the Classroom 3rd Grade Social Studies, Homeschool Social Studies, Social Studies Lesson, Middle School History Classroom, Constitution Activities Middle School, Middle School History Projects
United States History Activities That Your Students Will Love!
Creative U.S. History Ideas for the Classroom
The Mayflower Escape Room will take students on a secret mission around the classroom! This escape room has students decode fun and interesting facts about the Mayflower. This resource is the perfect front-loading activity for the Mayflower Compact. #pilgrims #mayflower #ushistory Reading Skills Activities, Student Activities
Think Tank
The Mayflower Escape Room will take students on a secret mission around the classroom! This escape room has students decode fun and interesting facts about the Mayflower. This resource is the perfect front-loading activity for the Mayflower Compact. #pilgrims #mayflower #ushistory
History and Science Activities for Upper Elementary - Think Tank
History and Science Activities for Upper Elementary - Think Tank
Say hi to our wonderful guest blogger, Alicia Christian, aka The Elementary Professor! Vocabulary practice is something teachers are always trying to increase. Now with more reading in t… 4th Grade Reading, School Reading, Reading Writing, Writing Games, Reading Fun, Reading Teacher, Guided Reading, Essay Writing
5 Fun Word Games for Vocabulary Practice
Say hi to our wonderful guest blogger, Alicia Christian, aka The Elementary Professor! Vocabulary practice is something teachers are always trying to increase. Now with more reading in t…
This is cotton gin from the colonial history. In 1794, U.S.-born inventor Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin, a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton. Mostly by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber. For his work, he is credited as a pioneer of American manufacturing. Teaching Tools
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This is cotton gin from the colonial history. In 1794, U.S.-born inventor Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin, a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton. Mostly by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber. For his work, he is credited as a pioneer of American manufacturing.
Tapestry of Grace
Tapestry of Grace
Your upper elementary students will LOVE the activities in this Social Studies Color by Number Bundle! These printables will be a great way to review important facts and people from American history. Explorers, US Government, Revolutionary War, and more topics are included. Perfect for research, review, stations/centers, and more! {Grades 3, 4, 5, 3rd, 4th, 5th} Social Studies For Kids
Social Studies Activities Bundle
Your upper elementary students will LOVE the activities in this Social Studies Color by Number Bundle! These printables will be a great way to review important facts and people from American history. Explorers, US Government, Revolutionary War, and more topics are included. Perfect for research, review, stations/centers, and more! {Grades 3, 4, 5, 3rd, 4th, 5th}
Gore's Globetrotters
Gore's Globetrotters
How to use primary sources in the classroom Social Studies Elementary School, Kindergarten Social Studies, Elementary Teaching
Teaching with Primary Sources in Upper Elementary
How to use primary sources in the classroom
Jenifer Bazzit
Jenifer Bazzit
Revolutionary War Color by Number: This is the perfect Revolutionary War Extension Activity. You can use this Revolutionary War activity as an anticipation guide to assess prior knowledge. You can use this activity as a unit review when you finish teaching the Revolutionary War. #revolutionarywar #colorbynumber 6th Grade Ela, Fourth Grade, Anticipation Guide
Revolutionary War Color by Number : American Revolution Reading and Text Marking
Revolutionary War Color by Number: This is the perfect Revolutionary War Extension Activity. You can use this Revolutionary War activity as an anticipation guide to assess prior knowledge. You can use this activity as a unit review when you finish teaching the Revolutionary War. #revolutionarywar #colorbynumber
History and Science Activities for Upper Elementary - Think Tank
History and Science Activities for Upper Elementary - Think Tank
Exit Slips- 1 week's worth on one sheet; student chooses which to do each day until all completed on Friday Instructional Coaching, Instructional Strategies, Art School, High School
There’s always room for improvement…
Exit Slips- 1 week's worth on one sheet; student chooses which to do each day until all completed on Friday
*TOTALLY FREE!* One of the best ways for students to edit, is with their peers. Often when editors get a chance to look at another person's writing, they can pick up on quite of few of the mistakes that the original author never would have noticed. This peer editing sheet was created in order to give students a structured and organized way to critically analyze their classroom peers writing efforts. 6th Grade Writing, Ela Writing, Middle School Writing, Writing Strategies, Writing Lessons, Writing Workshop, Writing Resources, Writing Activities, Paragraph Writing
Peer Editing Sheet
*TOTALLY FREE!* One of the best ways for students to edit, is with their peers. Often when editors get a chance to look at another person's writing, they can pick up on quite of few of the mistakes that the original author never would have noticed. This peer editing sheet was created in order to give students a structured and organized way to critically analyze their classroom peers writing efforts.
Close Reading in Social Studies Social Studies Teaching Strategies, Close Reading Strategies
Close Reading in Social Studies
Close Reading in Social Studies