Allison Baumgartner

This is a detailed power point on how to complete a CRQ (constructed response question) - it helps students to understand the different components of a CRQ and helps students as a reference if they get stuck trying to complete one. There is a detailed explanation of each section of the CRQ, historical/geographic context, sourcing and the comparison question.

This project is a creative way to have students connect to the time of the Middle Ages/Medieval Period - students will make their own crests which represents them as a person. They must follow the color rules and draw or graphically design their own crest as well as write a one page paper explaining their crest. You may have students do an oral presentation in which they have to show and explain their crest to the class.

This is a great project to help students learn to work together as a group as well as allowing them to be creative and practice different geographical skills. Students will design an ancient country, map it, and explain how people there lived based on their environment.

Students will make a project - they will choose from one of the explorers on the list and make journal entries that the explorer took as well as several other components to the project. Very cute to give students as a supplement to learning about during the age of exploration unit.

This is a short reading with three questions on Marco Polo - great as a review or do now activity or a quick glimpse as who Marco Polo was. It includes one quote by him. Also includes a map of his travels with three questions.

You can use this blank map to practice the continents, major bodies of water and larger land forms. Map is unlabeled so you can use it multiple times to practice putting numbers in different locations to practice more than once with the same class.

Great poster to hang to help students understand the difference between descriptive writing and analytical writing.

Steps on how to analyze a document - great poster to hang in a classroom to give kids who need it extra support