Students will design and create a windmill to see which team has the most efficient windmill. This is a fun an simple activity.
Here is what is in the packet:
1. Teacher Guide
2. Prototype Worksheets
3. Results/Review Worksheet
In this stem challenge students will build a boat to move items from one side of the room to another. This is a really simple Stem challenge that is fun and exciting.
What is in the packet:
1. STEM Challenge teacher lesson page
2. Prototype worksheet
3. Results/Reflection worksheet
A fen stem challenge where students build a simple helicopter. The team that gets their helicopter to hover the longest wins!
Here is what is in the packet:
1. Teacher Guide
2. Prototype Worksheets
3. Results/Reflection Worksheet
This is a great STEM activity with little prep compared to other STEM challenges. Students will go through a simple design process to build a paper tower to see how high it can go.
What you get:
1. Teachers guide on how do the STEM challenge.
2. Prototype worksheet (2 pages)
3. Results and reflection worksheet.
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 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.
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!"
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.
Winston Churchill makes one of the most powerful speeches ever made during WWII as Germany is attacking Great Britain. This lesson comes with the primary source speech and questions.
Below is a part of his speech.
We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France,
we shall fight on the seas and oceans,
we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be,
we shall fight on the beaches,
we shall fight on the landing grounds,
we shall fight in the fields and in the streets,
we shall fight in the hills;
we shall never surrender,
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.
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.
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.
The stories of Pocahontas and John Smith have been told many times but their story has been told in many different ways. The way Disney chooses to tell the story in the Pocahontas movie conflicts with primary source documents of John Smith at the time. Students will read two primary source documents by John Smith that are different accounts of how he was saved by Pocahontas and then watch the Disney video clip where Pocahontas saves John Smith in the movie Pocahontas. Students will notice that one of the primary sources does not match up to the movie. I use to call this lesson the angry letters to Disney because most students will be upset that Disney chooses fiction and excitement over what may have really happened. Of course this is a whole new lesson about why you cannot always believe what you see T.V. This is a very fun activity your students will love and remember.
Your students will write a formal letter to Disney explaining whether or not they liked the Movie and if it was truthful or misleading. Then send the letters to Disney and wait for their response!
What you get in this 5 page packet. Two primary sources form John Smith, a rubric and a how to write your letter example, also notes/lesson plan for the teacher.
This is a Jeopardy Trivia Game on the Industrial Revolution. Students will love to play this game and compete against each other. If you do not like a question it is easy to change or edit the question. A great fun lesson your students will love.
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 is a Journalism packet with 15 different lessons.
Here is what is in this packet:
1. Interviewing log
2. Freedom of the Press Worksheet
3. News or Story Worksheet with Answer Key
4. Writing an Editorial
5. Descriptive Writing Activity
6. In the News Activity
7. News Story Based on News Activity
8. Political Cartoons
9. The Elements of Feature Stories
10. Persuasive Suggestion Techniques
11. Persuasive Writing Activity
12. Descriptive Writing Activity
13. Poetry Review Activity
14. Cover Worthy Activity
15. Expository Writing
This is a packet that contains everything you need to hold a mock trial. The packet sets up the mock trial with a short story where the principal has edited the school news paper. Put the principal on trial and see what the jury decides. The packet will guide the prosecution team and the defense team through the trial setting up opening arguments, questioning and closing statements. This is a fun activity that the students will love.
This is a kit to help you run your school musical. You have the songs and the script, but do you have all the documents to go with your program? The following docs can be easily edited to fit the needs of your school musical.
1. Audition Rubric
2. Permission Slip for Musical
3. Program for Musical
4. Tickets for the Musical
5. Poster for Musical
6. Poster to Announce Auditions
These documents are great templates that can be edited to meet the needs of your musical.
There are 6 lessons on the Missouri Compromise. One of the lessons is sold separately, but get the packet for a much better deal. Here is what is in the packet:
1. Thomas Jefferson's letter about his concerns with the Missouri Compromise with questions. Great primary source!
2. Missouri Compromise Political Cartoon Activity
3. Thomas Jefferson Kicker Activity
4. A short reading activity on the Missouri Compromise with Questions.
5. Missouri Compromise Insta-Fame Activity: (A great social media spoof)
6. Missouri Compromise You-Vid Activity