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The "Made Up North American Football League" gives students the opportunity to choose a city in the United States or Canada and create a football franchise based there. The project works best in association with a unit on North America, or two units on U.S. geography and Canada geography so they have general background knowledge on regions and cities to draw from. (I have also made a version for a Canada/U.S./Mexico version) *The project file linked is a docx, so you can change examples of my ow

Through the use of thematic maps created by Joshua Katz in the Department of Statistics at North Carolina State University, students get to practice map analysis while also seeing how different parts of the country tend to use different words and phrases for common items. Depending on where your class is located, it might even spawn some heated debate among your students as to the "correct" way to say things. I should know... my classes are always evenly split on "pop" vs. "soda" and "water foun

What if each President had a Pokemon card for themselves? What would their abilities be? What strengths and weaknesses do they have? How would you describe them? Here’s your chance… Create a Pok-ident (get it… like Pokemon and President combined… hilarious) and use actual traits and characteristics of the President, but display it in the format of a Pokemon card. Included in the folder is a basic set of instructions, a sample card for James K. Polk, an outline of each aspect to include in the ca

In this simulation, students will play the role of Plantation owner and will try to grow their sugarcane empire through buying and selling fields, paying workers' wages and government taxes, and reaping the profit after each harvest. However, it also demonstrates the law of supply and demand and teaches a lesson about diversifying your economy as the price of sugarcane fluctuates on the world market from harvest to harvest. Students wait in breathless anticipation as each harvest price is reveal

The "Made Up North American Baseball League" gives students the opportunity to choose a city in the United States or Canada and create a baseball franchise based there. The project works best in association with a unit on North America, or two units on U.S. geography and Canada geography so they have general background knowledge on regions and cities to draw from. Throughout the process of creating the franchise, students will be using geographic skills to analyze local history, culture, physi

In this project, students must find a suitable area to relocate a city of people through the use of physical and human geography while analyzing resource bases, landscape, population and demographics, hazards, opportunity and constraint, climate, etc. The purpose is finding a location that is suitable for long term survival with limited danger. Personally, I use this project in conjunction with a larger unit theme centered on a zombie apocalypse spreading dangerously close to our home city wher

What better way to make historical figures relevant to students than to use social media as an avenue to explore them? This template allows students to create a fictional Snapchat account for a historical figure. Students also create examples of snaps that their historical figure would be sending or receiving to other people in their time period. The snaps can demonstrate what makes the person so important in history and can highlight their major ideas and accomplishments. Completing the templat

This package culminates in students creating an original advertisement to persuade viewers to action in regards to the Amazon Rainforest. The package includes introductory slides on advertising techniques and persuasive techniques including practice analyzing advertisements for effectiveness, and a guide for project options to create a final ad. Pairs well with a unit on South America, Biomes, Environmental Issues, Human Environment Interaction, etc.

The "Made Up Middle American Baseball League" gives students the opportunity to choose a city in Mexico, Central America or the Caribbean and create a baseball franchise based there. The project works best in association with a units focused on Latin America as a whole, or perhaps Central America and the Caribbean region separately so they have general background knowledge on regions and cities to draw from. Throughout the process of creating the franchise, students will be using geographic ski

This package contains slides (which have some crowd pleasing animations and memes), primary source activities, guided notes, embedded video clips, evaluation of evidence practice, extra resource links, a review game, assessment, and a suggested pacing guide. Use as-is for a roughly 2 week unit, or start with what's here and adjust to fit your own personal style. Essential Questions: How did Western Expansion in the 1800s BENEFIT the US, HARM the US, and CONNECT to modern day?

A fantastic supplemental assignment for use during Black History Month, students use a Google Docs Snapchat template to create a fictional profile and set of "snaps" to and from an important African American figure in U.S. History. Students select a person they would like to create the account for, then complete a rough draft where they find not only biographical information about the person, but also their major goals, achievements and reasons why they are considered important figures in histor

This video guide pairs with John Green's Crash Course World History video about Ancient Mesopotamia. Questions are perfect for checking comprehension of main ideas and important historical concepts. This is a great sub plan activity, as a homework assignment, or to preview/review a unit on Ancient Mesopotamia

This game allows teams to try and move the ball up and down the field to score Touchdowns and Field Goals while stopping their opponents. They must answer review questions you create for whichever topic or unit you want. Questions of varying difficulty levels are worth varying yardage amounts. The yardage values, question slides, and even the field itself are completely editable and can be easily customized to fit your needs. I have 4 different versions of this game for 4 different units myself!

This project gives a group of 3-5 students the task of selecting a country in Asia and creating a business model that would fit the needs of that country. The project works best with a unit on Asia giving background knowledge and context, specifically related to the economy. The biggest takeaway from the project should be to understand how low wages and the concept of comparative advantage give certain benefits to locating companies in places throughout Asia. Students must find a creative solut

The "Made Up Soccer Association of Russia" gives students the opportunity to choose a city in Russia and create a soccer/football club based there. The project works best in association with a unit on Russia, or perhaps more broadly a unit on Europe so they have general background knowledge on regions and cities to draw from. Throughout the process of creating the club, students will be using geographic skills to analyze local history, culture, physical geography and demographics to create a na

In this project, students create the structure of their own country from the ground up. Once they have established background knowledge on government styles, economy styles, and various cultural traits, they can apply that knowledge by choosing the ones they feel would best suit their new country. The creation of this new country builds off the scenario from a previous project, all under the umbrella of a zombie apocalypse-themed unit. We start with analysis of population, transportation and mov

When studying geography, strategic points are an important thing to consider. Often highly contested locations of great value, these slides highlight some locations in Asia that offer huge strategic benefits. You can use it as a presentation or instruction piece, or have students independently discover why and how these points are so strategic. The template of the slides is set up to do either one.

Directions and Rubric for a project where students create their own continent. Alternative option for creating their content via Minecraft is included. Project is paired with learnnig elements of mapping, land and water forms.

This page models a Facebook newsfeed as if it was the profile of the Soviet Union around the time of its breakup into independent republics as the Communist government fell. The comments, groups, photo albums and even relationship status' reflect the real political situation of the time. It would be a great addition to the wall of any class covering the Cold War or current geopolitical events.