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Christopher Mitchell
United States - Tennessee - Knoxville
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"There is nothing permanent except change. - Heraclitus".
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Absolute and relative location are two basic, important geography tools that all students must master. Why not teach students these vital skills ...
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This is a research project about ancient Egyptian pharaohs that requires students to role-play as Egyptologists-in-training.
Students may choos...
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2 Weeks
This is a five-page packet that provides detailed instructions for the world cultures theme park project. I use it to reinforce students' knowle...
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1 hour
Appropriate for any age -- from 5 to 25! This 50-page visual dictionary/workbook assignment gives students an opportunity to learn up to 50 land...
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Are you looking for a way to introduce a discussion about the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights into your planning? Looking for a way to t...
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90 Minutes
Consider purchasing this quick vocabulary assignment to introduce your elementary or middle school students to some basic geography terminology a...
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1 hour
This is a challenging geography/map skills assignment for upper elementary and middle school students that teaches students how to properly use c...
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1 hour
This assignment introduces students to the six American standard time zones: Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific, Alaska, and Hawaii-Aleutian. S...
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It's the mother lode of all 20th Century American History research ideas. This is a bundle of ten research projects/scavenger hunts that you can...
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This is a differentiated instruction RAFT for the classic tale Flowers for Algernon. The lesson framework is in place, but you will need to creat...
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It is NEVER too early to teach students how to conduct research. This is one of the fundamental skills required of 21st century learners in highe...
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Want to shake up your English, language arts, or creative writing classroom? Want to stress the importance of powerful adjectives to your student...
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Here's a fun, challenging way to teach global awareness and one of the five themes of geography: place. The "A-to-Z Countries" and "A-to-Z World ...
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Absolute location is a very important geography concepts that all students must master. Latitude and longitude are two very important tools as we...
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2 hours
This assignment is titled "Let's Explore America! Use a Map to Find American States, Cities, Landforms, and Bodies of Water." This assignment inc...
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1 hour
This is an extensive 12-page lesson plan packet using Star Wars to teach biomes.
This zip file contains the assignment in TWO formats: (1) PDF f...
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1 Week
This is a bundle of six map skills assignments for Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and the Pacific Islands, North America, and South America. Ea...
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1 hour
This PowerPoint presentation is titled "The Great Wall of China - Let's Take a Tour!" I will create and upload a series of interactive PowerPoin...
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Consider purchasing this quick vocabulary assignment to introduce your elementary or middle school students to some basic geography terminology a...
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This is a challenging 20-question internet research project/scavenger hunt for a 20th Century American History class, specifically for the decade...
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lianacotemontminy
Good spring board for other twitter activities.
May 18, 2013
breewilliams88
Great item!
May 15, 2013
Michelle Bouse (TpT Seller)
Awesome project! Thorough and super easy to follow. I opted to do a creative writing and art project instead of the research paper for my 8 and 10 year old boys.They both asked to do more than I assigned, because the study was so much fun. Thanks!
May 4, 2013
Christopher Mitchell (TpT Seller)
So great to hear this! Thank you for taking the time to let me know. This made my day!
May 5, 2013 
chapsj
This may be my favorite purchase out of many I've made this year. Please make more! It seems almost impossible to find interesting and fun mapping activities. You accomplished it with this activity.
April 30, 2013
Christopher Mitchell (TpT Seller)
So glad to hear this! I hope to produce a few more items this summer. You might check out my storefront and see if anything else is appealing. Thanks again!
April 30, 2013
lggators
time saver!
April 29, 2013
sstudies
Good job!
April 28, 2013
sarapence
Loved it, worked great and the project was great for my students!
April 23, 2013
smbaker
Thank you for sharing your resource.
April 17, 2013
Mildred
Planning my unit was so much easier. Thank you!!
April 11, 2013
Honnye
Fun activity.
April 6, 2013
Honnye
Great product.
April 6, 2013
lggators
fun!
March 20, 2013
kkmaly
Thank you!
March 13, 2013
paigeolivetti
Great for my sixth graders!!!
March 10, 2013
foreverstudent
One of my students is a huge Star Wars fan! I can't wait to use this!
February 24, 2013
bobsmith
fun stuff to do with the class, thanks for sharing. btw, i will be purchasing the rest of your searches, this was so good. thanks again.
February 22, 2013
Christopher Mitchell (TpT Seller)
Great to hear! Glad it worked out well for you, too.
February 23, 2013
Kathy Grochowalski Jill Bauer (TpT Seller)
This assignment can be used in a variety of ways and I love that! My students would struggle with 25 questions, but I can break it down in manageble ways for them. Thanks!
February 15, 2013
Christopher Mitchell (TpT Seller)
Thank you! Yes, it is flexible. Consider drawing out some of the questions into full-length research projects. Lots of possibilities!
February 15, 2013
kkurker
Great lesson
February 12, 2013
carlalmiller
Wonderful supplement for curriculum. Kids loved it and I loved the in depth look that it gave them.
February 12, 2013
dianneah
Thanks
February 6, 2013
cldavies
I just finished this project with my students who are above grade level. They enjoyed the research element, wrote a research paper and more importantly put together a visual product for their oral presentation and gave there opinion with supporting evidence. It was a ready to use unit that I 'tweeked' to fit my time and students. I would definitely recommend it.
January 30, 2013
unoteacher
Just what I needed. Thanks!
January 26, 2013
mrswalker2
Very nice!
January 25, 2013
gbrumley
Great!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 25, 2013
aprilgenia
Awesome! Thanks!
January 21, 2013
aprilgenia
Very useful! Thanks!
January 21, 2013
aprilgenia
Very useful! Thanks!
January 21, 2013
Honnye
This is great! Can't wait to use it.
January 20, 2013
ckraner
Nice powerpoint on Great Wall of China with some really nice photos.
January 20, 2013
farmwife50
Can't wait to use this with my class! Thanks.
January 20, 2013
Aurelius (TpT Seller)
Thank you for the materials. Directions are thorough and it will be a helpful lesson.
January 18, 2013
sstudies
Love this!!!!!
January 16, 2013
sstudies
Thank you!
January 16, 2013
sstudies
Can't wait to use!
January 16, 2013
sstudies
Great idea!!
January 16, 2013
sstudies
Thank you!!!
January 16, 2013
sstudies
Makes my job easier
January 16, 2013
sstudies
Great job!
January 16, 2013
sstudies
Thank you!!! Good idea.
January 16, 2013
sstudies
Very helpful. Thank you!
January 16, 2013
mialst06
My students enjoyed this greatly
January 15, 2013
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Ruth S. (TpT Seller)
Hi Chris I pinned some of your products to the following boards.. Check out the number of followers each one has. Within minutes you had repins! Have fun looking for your products on these boards! I'm a pinner on so many I can't keep track of what I pin so you might see others of yours out there on the TpT boards. This might generate some sales for you today (TpT Sale Day)
Let me know if there's anything else I can do for you. The boards middle school maestros, sixth grade staff, and high school herd can't accept any more pinners. They only allow so many to have pinning rights. The others might have openings. I'll check it out.
Have fun!
Ruth
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Let me know if there's anything else I can do for you. The boards middle school maestros, sixth grade staff, and high school herd can't accept any more pinners. They only allow so many to have pinning rights. The others might have openings. I'll check it out.
Have fun!
Ruth
http://pinterest.com/theocblog/highschoolherd-com/
http://pinterest.com/TheBestofTPT/tpt-social-studies-lessons/
http://pinterest.com/theocblog/middleschoolmaestros-com/
http://pinterest.com/sec_solutions/top-secondary-teachers/
http://pinterest.com/theocblog/sixthgradestaff-com/
http://pinterest.com/sec_solutions/the-lesson-cloud/
August 13, 2012
Ruth S. (TpT Seller)
Chris I know many of the TpT sellers who have started the collaborative boards so if you need any help becoming a pinner on any of them, let me know. http://pinterest.com/ruthspe/ If you see little people, a black icon, next to the number of pins, those are the ones I have rights to pin on. There are many of them. Others without the icon are my personal boards.
Let me know which you think would be best for you and I'll contact my friends who are the owners of those boards. To see an example of how many followers there are, click on one of those boards and you'll see the followers. Some boards I pin to have over 15,000 followers. We also pin things for TpT teachers if the board quota is filled up, so if you want anything to be seen by thousands of teachers, give me your pinterest URL and I'll pin some of your products to those huge boards. I'm getting close to 2,000 followers and my sales are soaring!
Don't worry about the number of products you're selling. Up your prices, get on Pinterest collaborative boards and watch your sales increase :) You can ask Kristen on the Lesson Cloud Facebook page, she might have room so you can be a pinner on Lesson Cloud. Scroll through my pin boards and you'll see the Lesson Cloud pin boards.
Here's mine: http://pinterest.com/ruthspe/
Can't wait for the sale tomorrow! I've posted it everywhere! :)
Also you can post your products on the TeachersPayTeachers.com Facebook page. Do a search for it, with no spaces between the words. Be sure you go to the one that has a huge number of followers when you do the search. What you do is click on the word "Highlights" sort of under the top banner, then click on "Posts by Others" and click on that to add your product. Don't post on the main page. That's Paul's page. Have to upload some new products before tomorrow. Have fun!
Ruth
Let me know which you think would be best for you and I'll contact my friends who are the owners of those boards. To see an example of how many followers there are, click on one of those boards and you'll see the followers. Some boards I pin to have over 15,000 followers. We also pin things for TpT teachers if the board quota is filled up, so if you want anything to be seen by thousands of teachers, give me your pinterest URL and I'll pin some of your products to those huge boards. I'm getting close to 2,000 followers and my sales are soaring!
Don't worry about the number of products you're selling. Up your prices, get on Pinterest collaborative boards and watch your sales increase :) You can ask Kristen on the Lesson Cloud Facebook page, she might have room so you can be a pinner on Lesson Cloud. Scroll through my pin boards and you'll see the Lesson Cloud pin boards.
Here's mine: http://pinterest.com/ruthspe/
Can't wait for the sale tomorrow! I've posted it everywhere! :)
Also you can post your products on the TeachersPayTeachers.com Facebook page. Do a search for it, with no spaces between the words. Be sure you go to the one that has a huge number of followers when you do the search. What you do is click on the word "Highlights" sort of under the top banner, then click on "Posts by Others" and click on that to add your product. Don't post on the main page. That's Paul's page. Have to upload some new products before tomorrow. Have fun!
Ruth
August 11, 2012
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
For six years, I taught both Language Arts and Social Studies to 6th and 7th grade students at Milton Middle School in Milton, WV. Prior to my placement at Milton, I taught basic writing courses for Marshall University and Ashland Community and Technical College. I also host a web portal to technology-integrated educational resources. Visit www.mistermitchell.com for more than 250 links to great resources.
MY TEACHING STYLE
I would describe my teaching style as "21st century facilitator." As a true facilitator, I believe students should be responsible for their own learning and be more independent. I strive to allow my students to reach these goals by designing dynamic lessons, heavy on technology, with real world applicability. When I design my lessons, I stress this real world aspect, because I believe students must understand the basic purpose of a lesson before they will consider the message behind it. "Why do we need to learn this?" and "How will this help us in the future?" are two questions I always try to address in the planning stages. Designing relevant lessons makes for powerful learning. Also, as a facilitator, I emphasize group projects with peer-to-peer tutoring and learning groups. Activities are a big part of my curriculum, and I try to vary the instruction often to allow creativity.
HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT
I was a "Teacher of the Year" Nominee for the 2008-2009 school year in my district. That same year, I was awarded "November's Teacher of the Month" in our local newspaper, The Herald Dispatch.
MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY
I earned both my B.A. and my M.A. from Marshall University in Huntington, WV. I graduated with high honors both times. My B.A. is in Secondary Education with emphasis on teaching English and Social Studies. My M.A. is in English with emphasis on composition and rhetoric.
ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
I love reading, writing, researching, and Cincinnati Reds baseball.
GRADES TAUGHT
Sixth, Seventh, Twelfth, Higher Education, Homeschooler
SUBJECT AREAS
English Language Arts, Geography (k-12), Social Studies - History
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