Here is a fun activity for St. Patrick's Day:
The Challenge
A Leprechaun has gotten loose and is stealing all the shiny things he can get his hands on. His favorite thing though is gold! He has been seen in the neighborhood stealing jewelry and gold rings and even snuck into the school last night looking for the principals gold watch!
Here’s the challenge: Design and build a Leprechaun trap that can catch a 3-inch Leprechaun. Remember the bait to lure the Leprechauns into your trap. Leprechauns are smart, but will do almost anything for gold and shiny things!
Your task is to design, build and test your trap to catch the Leprechaun!
Here is what is in the packet:
1. An instruction sheet of how to build a Leprechaun trap.
2. 2 prototype worksheets
3. A results and reflection worksheet.
4. Leprechaun Disguise worksheet
This American Civil War webquest assignment uses a website that was created to take students through the causes of the civil war, the advantages that both the North and the South had, and the technological advancement that the war had like the iron clad ships, the telegraph, railroads and more.
The packet comes with 3 worksheets to help guide the students. There is even a short video on the webquest that the students will enjoy. This assignment will take about 60 minutes for students to complete.
There is also an answer key that is included
This is a mock trial activity that looks at: Who owns the Moon? This activity is based on a true story of a man that claims to own the moon and has made millions of dollars off of selling property on the moon. There are 13 pages or resources to help guide students through the mock trial.
This activity looks at the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks by looking at president Bushes address to the nation and comparing it to the FDR’s speech when Pearl Harbor was attacked.
The pack includes the following:
Teacher guide/Lesson Plan
Links to short videos of the events of Sept 11, and Pearl Harbor to build background knowledge.
Primary source speech: President Bushes address to the nation Sept 11, 2001 with follow up questions.
Primary source speech: FDRs Day of Infamy speech with follow up questions.
Links to the speeches of each president.
Speech writing activity.
Have fun teaching about the Aztecs by playing a trivia game. Great for reviewing vocabulary, Aztec Culture, Conquistadors, and the fall of the Aztecs. It is also easy to change a question if you need to. This is also great to review before a test or quiz.
Who fired the first shot at the Battle of Lexington? Was it the British or the Minutemen? To this day it is still hotly debated. In this mock trial activity it puts the minutemen on trial to determine if they shot first. Students will look at three primary sources from conflicting accounts to determine what happened at the Battle of Lexington and to determine if the minutemen are innocent of guilty.
What you get in the lesson: Three conflicting primary source accounts of the Battle of Lexington, a guide in how to hold the mock trial, and worksheets that are set up to prepare your students for the mock trial.
ORDER IN THE COURT!
This is a fun lesson about the Sons of Liberty, and the Liberty Pole. Like the liberty tree the colonists would make liberty poles with flags showing their unity against the British and make speeches under them. In this lesson students would make a liberty pole and then write a speech about the grievances they had against the British. Have your students give a speech under the liberty pole!
This lesson comes with a lesson plan, a rubric for how to make a flag for the liberty pole and a rubric for the protest speech. It also comes with four different flag templates.
Have some fun in your class! This 21 question trivia game will keep your students get excited about learning and will change things up from your boring worksheets. Make a few teams in your class and have them compete! Questions are based on double digit addition. You can easily change a question as well if you have your own questions you want to ask. Have fun learning!
Want to have a fun time in class while learning. Try playing a trivia game about the Bill of Rights. This game covers all 10 Bill of Rights. You will love it!
Get ready for Spirit Week quickly with this packet.
All documents are editable to adjust to your school.
Here is what is in the spirit week tool kit:
1. Spirit week door decorating contest
2. Spirit week activity flyer (Ex. Pajama day)
3. Spirit week team games sign up sheet
4. Spirit week Dance poster
5. Spirit week tickets
This packet contains 13 pages to help guide students through a mock trial. The Mock trial looks a school prayer and whether it should be allowed a a school football game. The mock trial guide is easy for students to use and helps them from the opening statement, picking witnesses, questioning witnesses to the closing statements.
This is a guided mock trial that looks at the right to protest based on the first Amendment of the Constitution. The basic story of this mock trial deals with the principal trying to suspend students after protesting at the end of the school day.
This packet of 12 pages has everything you need to hold a successful mock trial.
Students will read 2 primary source documents where the Cherokee are debating their best chance for their survival. Some Cherokee in the Treaty Party argued that the Cherokee should move West to save their people and many other argued to try and stay on their home lands. The students will pick a side and defend their answer in an essay. This packet also comes with a guide on how to write a five paragraph essay and helpful writing tips for struggling students.
Have more fun learning! The Jefferson Trivia game is a blast! Have your class compete against each other. This game mainly covers Jefferson's Presidency, Lewis and Clark, The Louisiana Purchases and also a few fun facts about Thomas Jefferson. If you don't like a question you can edit this file to meet the needs of your class!
Students will play this weather game to choose different pictures and definitions of weather like raining, snowing, and sunny weather. Great way to use technology in the classroom playing this game.
This Jeopardy style game covers the 10 different IB character learning traits. It is a great tool to help students review the different learning styles of IB.
Have fun learning about St. Patricks Day, Leprechauns, Shamrocks, and all things Irish with this fun trivia game. The game is multiple choice and plays like a fun Jeopardy game.
This is a Peace Week packet of activities, materials, and resources to help run a successful Peace Week at your school.
Here is what is in the packet:
1. Posters for peace contest
2. Pennants for peace activity
3. Peace Week activity Letter and peace quotes
4. Peace Week door decorating contest
5. Peace Pledge worksheet
6. Peace Poetry Worksheet
7. Peace bookmarks (3 different kinds)
8. Peace Week event ticket templates
This is a fun game to help teach students how to be safe online. There are several questions that go through different online scenarios dealing with online friends, cyberbullying, pop ups and scams, strong passwords, and other online safety tips.
Have fun playing a game while teaching online safety!