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Teaching History Creatively!

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I am on my 26th year of teaching. I am so excited to share my creative student centered experiences with others! I love to rock out the classroom! I have taught everything from Geography, Free Enterprise, English, History and Athletic Coaching. I'm devoted to Teaching Like A Pirate: Bold, Daring, Risk Taking and adventurous! My teaching style is all about building relationships with my students. Students will do anything for you if they know you care about them.

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I am on my 26th year of teaching. I am so excited to share my creative student centered experiences with others! I love to rock out the classroom! I have taught everything from Geography, Free Enterprise, English, History and Athletic Coaching. I'm devoted to Teaching Like A Pirate: Bold, Daring, Risk Taking and adventurous! My teaching style is all about building relationships with my students. Students will do anything for you if they know you care about them.
Secondary Back to School Kit with Social Studies Emphasis
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Secondary Back to School Kit with Social Studies Emphasis

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This awesome bundle is an excellent BACK TO SCHOOL KIT! Most of it can be used across all Secondary subjects. All of it is EDITABLE. FREE UPDATES FOR LIFE! Kit includes: 4 editable syllabus of different styles Operation Back to School Student Questions Worksheet Pokemon Get to Know You Questions Worksheet Customized Class Coupon Creative Homework Pass Unique Multi - Class Hallway Pass Meaningful parent and student back to school letters A Student Interest Inventory A TAKE HOME Detention form (VERY UNIQUE reflection - behavior intervention) Telephone Call Documentation Form NEW: ALL 10 POSTERS now INCLUDED from my Unique history posters, sold separately in my store ***MOST of this material can be used for ANY CONTENT! *Note- I have the kept the wording “as is” from my own syllabus to ensure that the document was easy to understand. You WILL need to edit this document before you use it to reflect your personal information, course name, grade level, textbook that you’re using, etc
Teacher End of School Year Kit
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Teacher End of School Year Kit

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This awesome bundle contains the following: 1. Parents Thank You Letters: 4 styles to choose from. It is the same letter with different backgrounds. These come in PDF and word files so you can EDIT them. (Sold Separately in my store Here) 2. A Student Thank You Letter in PDF and EDITABLE Word Doc. 3. Student Self Reflections in 3 different styles with modified questions on each. 4. Class Expectations Poster 5. Advise for next years students sheet. 6. "Operation Next Year" (Operation Game themed) Advise for next year sheet
Operation Next Year/Back To School
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Operation Next Year/Back To School

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This adorable bundle includes: 1. Operation: End of School Year Student Advise sheet for NEXT years students. 2. Operation: Back to school Student Questionnaire Questions connected to Game parts are: 1. Tell me about what is near and dear to your heart. (What do you love?) 2. WRITE about your GOALS this school year. 3. What is your WISH for this class? 4. What are FUN things you do in your spare time? 5. How do you like to learn? How can I help you learn?
Three Crucial Court Cases
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Three Crucial Court Cases

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Need a fast way to cover Marbury V. Madison, Gibbons v Ogden, and McCulloch v. Maryland? TIME SAVER....excellent cartoons with short and clear explanation that include a description of 1. The Court Case. 2. The Ruling 3. The Significance. Each case follows with 2 critical thinking questions. You can cover this material all in 1 class period or break it up into daily warm ups.
Jay's and Pinckney's Treaty Readers Theatre
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Jay's and Pinckney's Treaty Readers Theatre

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This ORIGINAL and engaging readers theater will bring this typically boring material to life. Students become excited and enthusiastic about reading when they are presented with the opportunity to participate in Readers Theater. The ideal way to use this play is to put students in groups of 4 so they all have a part to read. Print copies for each students or read off of your website/google drive. A Student Reflections sheet keeps students engaged and accountable for what they are learning.
George Washington's Accomplishments
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George Washington's Accomplishments

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Not only did George Washington lead our new country to independence, he is also considered to be one of our greatest presidents. No one had ever been president before and almost everything that President Washington did set a precedent, or example, for other presidents to follow. In this assignment, students will do the following: Student ASSIGNMENT: 1. Look over this list and choose two of Washington’s accomplishments that you feel are the most important. 2. Use pictures (use very few words, if any) to symbolically represent these accomplishments. Draw the pictures within the picture of George Washington. 3. Outside of this picture, write down why you chose these two accomplishments as the most important. Write two paragraphs, one for each accomplishment that you have chosen. Each paragraph should be at least two paragraphs long.
Bill of Rights hand Game
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Bill of Rights hand Game

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This HIGHLY engaging lesson teaches the students the Bill of Rights using hand gestures as memory tricks. Teacher can watch the included video and learn the techniques and then teach the class or you can flip the classroom. IT IS WAY MORE FUN FOR YOU TO TEACH THIS AND HAVE YOUR STUDENTS REPEAT after you each hand gesture as a class. A fill in the blank guided worksheet keeps students on track. Finally, students will summarize each amendment in their own words. A WORD BANK is included on the student copy. Teacher KEY included.
Emoji Exit Tickets
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Emoji Exit Tickets

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These fun and creative Exit tickets are emoji themed. They are great for early finishers and also provide you with great feedback to assess student progression in your lesson that you can then use to plan differentiated lessons to suit their needs. **Customize each for entrance or exit tickets **Differentiate your lessons **Use for formative Assessments
SuperHero Exit Tickets
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SuperHero Exit Tickets

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These fun and creative Exit tickets are superhero themed. There are 8 different styles of exit tickets. The last two pages include emoji exit tickets and numerical ratings exit tickets. **Customize each for entrance or exit tickets **Differentiate your lessons **Use for formative Assessments
Bill of Rights Illustrated
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Bill of Rights Illustrated

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Students will first define each Bill. Then after teacher reviews each bill students will make corrections. Finally, space is provided for students to ILLUSTRATE each amendment in the Bill of Rights.
Hurdles of Washington's Presidency
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Hurdles of Washington's Presidency

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Purpose: build student background knowledge about the events, problems, and issues that the early republic faced during Washington’s presidency. Overview: Students summarize reading passages about issues and government responses during Washington’s presidency and create visuals. Essential Question: How did Washington overcome the “hurdles” of his presidency? Purchase contains: 1-Short Background Reading 2 - STRUCTURE OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH 3 - ROLE OF THE JUDICIAL BRANCH 4 - UNSTABLE ECONOMIC SYSTEM 5 - TAXATION 6- FOREIGN CONFLICTS 7 - TRANSFER OF POWER TO A NEW EXECUTIVE **Lesson could be turned into learning stations or a gallery walk. **"Hurdle" Exit ticket/formative asessment included
Articles of Confederation Field Trip
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Articles of Confederation Field Trip

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This interactive introduces students to the problems Congress faced about the Articles of Confederation. Students will take a Colonial Williamsburg field trip as congressman and make decisions about what they would have done in the time period. FUN and ENGAGING. This worksheet packet holds students accountable by having them write down answers to questions each step of the way. It allows students to process the material as they progress through the simulation.
American Revolution Sports Movie Connections
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American Revolution Sports Movie Connections

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The American Revolution is every sports movie ever. Students will consider that the the American Revolution( OR ANY WAR)to be lot like a classic sports movie. The plots are essentially identical. All sports movies start out with a group of less-than-stellar athletes. Then SUDDENLY- there is a wonderful music montage where they train to some really upbeat music and a stunning matter of 2-3 minutes become the best team ever! Then by the end of the movie they’ve won the state championship! Wow! Spectacular! Listed in this activity are different “sports movie” scenes and characters. It is your job to relate those scenes and characters to actual events and people of the American Revolution. SUPER FUN! Students LOVE This!
Best Sellers Bundle
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Best Sellers Bundle

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these resources are simply knock outs. Students and teachers both benefit which resources that are this engaging. Engage your students and make learning fun!
Exploration PokemonGo Game
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Exploration PokemonGo Game

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This fun PokemonGo inspired game gets kids motivated to learn about the motives of Early Exploration. Students will start by doing a gallery walk and record answers in their own POKEDEX. They will then find the matching answer and scan a QR Code to catch all the Pokemon along the way. **You can even edit my documents to create a game with any content if you choose.
Social Studies Back to School Kit
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Social Studies Back to School Kit

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This awesome bundle is an excellent BACK TO SCHOOL KIT! Most of it can be used across all Secondary subjects. All of it is EDITABLE. Kit includes: 4 editable syllabus of different styles Customized Class Coupon Creative Homework Pass Unique Multi - Class Hallway Pass Meaningful parent and student back to school letters A Student Interest Inventory A TAKE HOME Detention form (VERY UNIQUE) Telephone Call Documentation Form *Note- I have the kept the wording “as is” from my own syllabus to ensure that the document was easy to understand. You WILL need to edit this document before you use it to reflect your personal information, course name, grade level, textbook that you’re using, etc
Andrew Jackson Critical Thinking Exercise
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Andrew Jackson Critical Thinking Exercise

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What are Metaphors & Analogies? Metaphors and analogies are comparisons between unlike things that have some particular things in common. Why should we use them in class? Good teachers use metaphors and analogies to make new and unfamiliar concepts more meaningful to students by connecting what they already know to what they are learning. 1. Good readers know how to use analogies and metaphors to get at the meaning of a passage. 2. When students create their own analogies for new concepts, the analogy can provide a way to assess their understanding of the new concepts. 3. Metaphors and analogies add "sparkle" to student writing. These Andrew Metaphors are a great critical thinking exercise to help assess understanding of this topic. Kids love these!