This is a fun activity that will teach students how to determine if a website is a reliable resource or not. The students will view several websites to determine if the website is real or fake. The activity comes with a two pages. The first page talks about how to identify unreliable and fake Internet sites with a list of websites for the students to check out. The next page is a worksheet that helps students analyze and reflect on how they determined whether or not a website is real or fake.
This is an Internet Safety Trivia game with a fun twist. It has a few bonus blocks where a hacker pops up. The students get double the points if they can answer the hackers question. This is a fun way to learn about online safety.
This is a huge bundle of PBIS material to get your program up and running strong. All of the material is editable and can be modified to fit any PBIS school.
Here is what is in the big PBIS bundle:
1. PBIS GAMES
- PBIS Jeopardy
- PBIS Expectations Trivia Game
- PBIS Elementary School Jeopardy
- Online Safety Trivia Game
2. CHARACTER ED LESSONS:
There are 32 character ed. lessons that deal with a variety of topics.
Here are the lessons in the bundle:
1. Showing Respect
2. Quitters Never Win
3. Online Safety
4. Preventing and Solving Conflicts Outside the Classroom
5. Preventing and Solving Conflicts inside the Classroom
6. Respect
7. Ranking Your Values
8. Good Sportsmanship
9. The Qualities of Good Sportsmanship
10. True Sportsmanship
11. Respectful at the Park
12. Respectful
13. Responsible
14. Ready to Learn
15. Resolution to Succeed: Abraham Lincoln
16. You Are Judged by How You Act: Actor Harrison Ford
17. Overcoming Hardship: Actor Jim Carrey
18. Never Stop Trying: Inventor Thomas Edison
19. Determination: Restaurant Owner Colonel Sanders
20. Taking Responsibility: General Dwight D. Eisenhower
21. Never Give Up: Author Steven King
22. Failure is Sometimes a Lesson Learned: Founder of Sony, Akio Morita
23. Surround Yourself with the Right People: Apple Steve jobs
24. Never Stop Trying: Basketball Player Michael Jordan
25. Be Respectful
26. Recognizing Respectful Behaviors
27. Be Responsible
28. Recognizing Responsible Behaviors
29. Be Ready to Learn
30. Recognizing Ready to Learn Behaviors
31. Reflection letter to parents about grades and school
32. School Scenarios and How to Handle Them
3. PBIS BOOK: The unofficial book to run your PBIS program second edition has everything you need to get your program up and running strong. Each school is a little different, but this book can be modified to fit any school. Over 50 pages of PBIS posters, Character Ed lessons, PBIS activities, guides and ideas to get your PBIS program up and running quickly. If you are looking to go for PBIS gold there is help in this packet for that as well.
Everything in this bundle is editable to meet the needs of your school.
Please note that this is a PBIS bundle and some of these lessons are sold individually but this bundle is a much better deal!
This is a simple stem challenge that has students design and build a chain out of paper. The chain that can hold the most weight wins the stem challenge. This is a very easy prep and the students will have a lot of fun.
Here is what is in the packet:
1. Teachers guide for the STEM challenge.
2. Two prototype pages
3. A results and reflection pag
This is a fun stem challenge that I call "Escape the Island" Students will design and build a raft from mostly materials they find outside. If they can get their raft to move from one end of a Rubbermaid bin to the other by blowing on the sail and it floats for 15 minutes they win. This activity is a lot of fun and does not require the teacher to purchase a lot of materials
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 packet about identifying different kinds of nouns.
There are 10 lessons in this packet to include:
1. 5 worksheets that identify different types of nouns to include common nouns, proper nouns, abstract nouns, and plural nouns. These come with answer keys.
2. There is a worksheet that looks at different types of nouns in sentences.
3. There are 3 color worksheets that create a picture by coloring the different types of nouns different colors. Very fun!
4. A worksheet on I spy nouns in the classroom.
The Challenge:
Your team has been employed the National Space Agency to design and build a rocket prototype.
Your task is to design, build and test a rocket that not only goes the furthest distance, but is also the most accurate at 25 yards. The furthest flying rocket will win one of the challenges and the most accurate rocket will win the other. Can you win both challenges?
Here is what is in the activity:
1. A teachers guide to help students through the design and testing process of their rocket challenge.
2. Two prototype worksheets to help students with the design of their rocket.
The black plague website used in this activity was created by me and the link is included in the packet. It has a three page worksheet that takes the students on a journey through Europe during the black plague. Change the way you teach by using this activity!
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 packet contains 12 pages of lessons and worksheets on immigration. Here is what is in the packet:
1. Worksheet on Ellis Island with short reading and questions.
2. Ellis Island questions before entry worksheet.
3. Worksheet that looks at the difference between the words: Emigrate,Immigrate and Migrate
4. Activity called Hall of Fame for Immigrants with rubric and template for project.
5. Famous American Immigrants: Albert Einstein short read with questions
6. Famous American Immigrants: Hakeem Olajuwan short read with questions
7. Famous American Immigrants: Arnold Schwarzenegger short read with questions
8. Famous American Immigrants: Michael J. Fox short read with questions
9. Famous American Immigrants: Gloria Estefan short read with questions
This packet contains over 30 different technology lessons, teaching ideas, and more. I sell a few of these lessons separately, but it is bundled here for a much better deal. I have been teaching Technology for a long time and these are some of my best lessons.
Here is what is in the packet:
1. Online safety lessons: Several worksheets on safety and an Online Safety Pledge.
2. Frames Animation News Cast Current Event with Rubric
3. Prezi Me Project with Rubric
4. Bill of Rights Prezi Project with Rubric
5. Frames Animation: Project on Famous Inventor with Rubric
6. A four day course to teach students how to do simple coding.
7. Scratch Greeting Card Project: Create an animated Greeting Card. Teach students how to code out a simple animated card with block coding. Includes Rubric. Anyone should be able to teach this with little to no coding experience!
8. Scratch Pong Game: Teach students how to code out a simple game with block coding. Includes Rubric. Anyone should be able to teach this with little to no coding experience!
9. A list of simple coding projects with tutorials. Anyone should be able to teach this with little to no coding experience!
10. Create a catch game with Code: Anyone should be able to teach this with little to no coding experience! There are tutorials!
11. Go animate: Create an Animated Newscast.
12. Publisher: Create a country brochure
13. PowerPoint Project: More advanced PowerPoint Project that includes how to build out a quiz.
14. Blogging
15. Current events worksheet
16. History Space Social Media Activity
17. PowerPoint Project American revolution
18. Publisher: Planets Project creating a brochure with rubric
19. How to Write a Resume: Complete guided out lesson with sample.
20. QR coded project with video to learn how to do it.
Note that a few of these lessons need additional programs you may have to purchase. Some have trials that can be used instead of buying them. If you have Microsoft Office, or adapt the Office lessons to Google Docs, than you should be able to do most of the projects without purchasing more programs.
This is a good size lot of Boston Massacre Material with many fun engaging lessons.
Here is what is in the packet:
1. Boston Massacre: Primary Sources with Questions
2. Social Media Activities: Kicker, Insta-Fame and Youvid Account
3. Picture Analysis Worksheet
4. Newspaper primary source article with letter to the editor activity that includes rubric.
5. Crispus Attucks: article with questions and answer key
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There are three different lessons and two game in the packet on The Five Themes of Geography.
The worksheets include a graphic organizer where students will draw pictures of the five different themes. One lesson is a chart and the other is a Microsoft word assignment with rubric for students who like to do it on the PC.
Your students will also love the games! One is on the 5 Themes of Geography and the other is on land forms!
This packet contains a large amount of worksheets, short readings, lessons, PowerPoint’s and Trivia Games for an American History class from the Founding of America through the Civil War.
Here is what is in the packet:
1. Pocahontas Saves John Smith Primary Source Letter Activity (4 Pages)
2. US History 13 Colonies Trivia Game
3. American Revolution Boston Massacre Create Song or Jingle (5 Pages)
4. American Revolution Jeopardy Trivia Game
5. American Revolution Puppet Show: Sugar Act, Tea Act, Stamp Act, and more with Rubric, lesson plan, outline for play and parent letter
6. Boston Massacre 5 Paragraph Essay: Primary Source activity (6 pages)
7. Boston Massacre Mock Trial Activity (14 Pages)
8. Boston Massacre Lesson with questions (3 Pages)
9. Boston Massacre PowerPoint Presentation: Propaganda in the Picture
10. John Adams Independence Day: Primary Source with follow up questions
11. Lexington Mock Trial (15 Pages)
12. Liberty Pole Project (6 Pages)
13. Paul Revere Poem 3 lessons
14. Stamp Act Activity with Primary Sources and Questions
15. US History American Revolution Tableau Skit 5 Different Lessons
16. US History Declaration of Independence July 4th Tableau Skit
17. Valley Forge 5 Paragraph Essay
18. Bill of Rights Writing Unit 6 lessons (30 pages)
19. Bill of Rights Packet
20. Bill of Rights Tableau Skit Activity
21. Bill of Rights Trivia Game
22. Constitution And Bill of Rights Worksheet Packet (18 pages)
23. Constitution Study Guide (14 Pages)
24. Cherokee Removal Essay
25. Frederick Douglas The Hypocrisy of American Slavery 1852 Lesson
26. Industrial Revolution Jeopardy Trivia Game Fun Stuff
27. Industrial Revolution Morse Code
28. Jefferson Trivia Game
29. Mexican American War Essay activity
30. Missouri Compromise: Jefferson’s prediction of Civil War to come
31. Monroe Doctrine
32. Star Spangled Banner Summary Activity
33. The War of 1812 This is a 7 lesson unit (11 pages)
34. War 1812 essay
35. War of 1812 Puppet Show
36. Civil War New Technologies: Several short articles with questions about Civil War Technology and a writing activity. Answer Keys included (13 Pages)
37. Civil War Trivia Game
38. Civil War Review Game
39. Emancipation Proclamation: Short article with questions
40. Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln with follow up questions.
41. How the North won the Civil War: Worksheets
42. Five Themes of Geography Lesson
43. 5 Themes of Geography Trivia Game
44. Current Events several different lessons
45. History Space: Use with any historical character.
46. Land Forms Trivia Game
Hundreds of pages of Lessons, Games and Activities!
This packet looks at how the North won the American Civil War.
Here is what is in the packet.
1. A short one page read about the advantages that both sides had during the Civil War and why the North ended up winning the Civil War. It has one page of follow up questions about the article. It also comes with an answer key.
2. A one page worksheet that looks at some data about the advantages that the North had during the Civil War. The worksheet has follow up questions on it. An answer key is included.
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.
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.