Emperor Hirohito gives a speech to the Japanese people to end World War II. This packet comes with follow up questions for the students. Great primary source activity.
This is a 10 lesson workbook that discusses how to be safe online, digital citizenship, cyber bullying and surfing safe to include social media.
Here is what is in the packet:
1. Online safety scenario worksheet
2. Digital Life: Playing it safe online. Short article with questions.
3. Creating an internet safety poster activity
4. Online safety Quiz that includes an answer key
5. Public Service Announcement activity about being safe online that includes a rubric and example.
6. Online safety when it comes to videos and social media.
7. Online safety: Be careful who you talk to
8. Surfing safe online
9. Internet Safety Cartoon Activity
10. Internet Safety Pledge
This packet includes two lessons. One is a primary source from Eisenhower discussing D-Day and addressing his troops with follow up questions. The other is a Primary Source from Roosevelt giving a prayer instead of a speech while D-Day is under way with follow up questions.
Have fun teaching about Thanksgiving by playing a game! Students will learn a little about the Pilgrims, Native Americans, and fun turkey facts. Make Thanksgiving fun to learn in a Jeopardy type trivia game!
This lesson comes with a worksheet to Interview a veteran and a set of dog tags where students can write their reflection about the veteran interview. Great activity to honor our veterans and get to know a little more about what they do. Put the dog tags up on the bulletin board with a "We Support Our Troops Banner!"
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 packet comes with the Potsdam declaration and follow up questions.
The dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki remains among the most controversial events in history. It has been debated ever since by historians whether the bombings were necessary, what effect they had on bringing the war with Japan to an end. There were other options that the United States could have used to end the war, but the new super weapon was used not only to end the war with Japan but to show off the new atomic bombs the United States had and to the Soviet Union and other adversaries ushering in the start of the cold war.
The Potsdam declaration was signed just a few weeks before the United States dropped the atomic bombs on Japan laying the groundwork for Japans surrender.
This packet has a variety of different lessons on Thanksgiving form a word find, writing acrostic poems, and a crossword puzzle on Thanksgiving. Ten pages total.
In 1872 Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for casting an illegal ballot in the presidential election. She was furious at the injustice and embarked on a speaking tour to push for female voting rights. Below is a speech she gave about the female voting rights issue. The 19th Amendment allowed women to vote in 1920. Susan B. Anthony never paid the fine. In the lesson there is a speech she gave in 1873 explaining why women should have the right to vote. The lesson also comes with follow up questions.
Students will learn how to write an essay by examining a short article about the ownership of the moon answering the essential question: Who owns the moon?
Here is what is in the packet:
1. A short article about the ownership of the moon.
Here is a sample of the article: Land on the moon is for sale! You to can purchase a piece of the moon for a mere 20 dollars an acre or for 25 dollars if you want the mineral rights. Dennis Hope a bar owner and business man says he exploited a loophole in the 1967 UN Outer Space treaty to claim ownership of the moon and other celestial bodies in the solar system. He sells the deeds to the lunar property out of his bar and on the Internet.
More than 6 million people have bought lunar property from Mr. Hope and he has made over 10 million dollars. Even famous people have bought pieces of the moon like Tom Cruise, President Reagan, President Carter, Clint Eastwood and......
2. Questions about the article.
3. A how to write your essay guide.
4. Helpful hints for writing (Great for struggling students and special ed.)
This is a ready to teach essay writing unit with 16 lessons to choose from. Each lesson comes with a one page or more reading about a topic, questions to answer about the text, a how to write your 5 paragraph essay guide that focuses on the essential question, and a helpful writing tips sheet for struggling writers.
Below are the lesson topics in the packet:
Bill of Rights Essay Unit
1. Students Searched in School: Essential Question: Does the school principal have a right to search a students, backpack, locker and pockets?
2. Students Suspended for Protesting at School: Essential Question: Can the school suspend students that peaceably protest on the sidewalk near the school?
3. Everyone is Suspended after a Fight at School: Essential Question: Does the principal have the right to suspend a student without a hearing?
4. Student Newspaper Censored: Essential Question: Does the school principal have a right censor the school newspaper?
5. Prayer at a School Football Game: Essential Question: Is public prayer before a school football game a violation of the First Amendment?
6. Students car searched: Essential Question: Is the principal allowed to search your car on school property?
Fun 5 Paragraph Essays
1. Bigfoot: Essential Question: Does Bigfoot exist?
2. Drones: Who owns the sky?
3. Internet Friends: Essential Question: Are friends on the Internet real friends?
4. Ownership of the Moon: Essential Question: Who owns the moon?
Conflicting Primary Source History Essays
1. Atomic Bombing of Japan: Essential Question: Should President Truman have dropped the atomic bombs on Japan?
2. Battle of Lexington: Essential question: Who fired the first shot at the Battle of Lexington?
3. American Revolution George Washington: Essential Question: Was George Washington a traitor or a patriot?
4. Alexander the Great: Essential Question: Was Alexander the Great really great or was he a villain?
5. Cherokee Removal: Essential Question: What is the best way to save the Cherokee way of life and culture?
6. Cortes and the Aztecs: Was Hernan Cortes a hero or a villain?
Some of these assignments are sold separately in my store, but buying this whole packet is the best deal.
Total Pages: 60
Have fun learning about the periodic table by playing a trivia game. This is a great tool to use as a review of the periodic table. I like dividing the class up and having them compete! Each question can be easily edited if needed to fit the needs of your class. Have fun in science class!
This is a SGA packet to get your Student Government Association up and running. All the documents are editable to make it fit your student government program.
Documents included in this packet:
1. SGA Constitution (Governing document)
2. Election ballot template
3. Peace week packet
4. Spirit week document
5. Fundraiser Documents and Flyer Templates
6. Pre-Election PowerPoint
7. Pre-Election sign up documents
8. Pre-Election Posters
This essay activity looks at primary sources and quotes about the conditions at Valley Forge and George Washington's concerns about the Continental Army.
Here is what is in the packet:
1. 2 primary sources about the conditions of the army. One is from George Washington and another is from a surgeon that is helping wounded soldiers.
2. There is a rubric for "How to write an essay" as well as a how to write an essay guide.
3. There is a document that gives struggling students helpful tips for writing and sentence starters.
4. There is a Valley Forge: Quotes from the past reading with questions to answer about the quotes. It includes an answer key.
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.
This packet looks at the different technologies that shaped the American Civil War.
Here is what is in the packet:
1. Ironclads, Submarines, and Balloon Technology worksheet with answer key
2. Gun and Bullet Technology worksheet with answer key
3. Railroads: Advantage The North worksheet with answer key
4. The Telegraph And Photography worksheet with answer key
5. Essay writing activity that is used with the 4 worksheets above on American Civil War Technology. It includes a how to write your essay guide, a Helpful Hints Writing Guide, and Rubric.
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