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Students will use the key to create a form of their own name in Sumerian cuneiform. It would be really easy to adapt this too if you want to get clay and have students actually carve out and then dry tablets the way that real Sumerians did.

A pretty basic latitude/longitude worksheet. You can use it as practice, pre-assessment, or assessment. It's just one basic map with 11 questions following.

The students read a short version of the story of King Sargon the Great first. Then they take a piece of paper and fold it into sixths. Students then unfold the paper and have six frames to create a comic book version of King Sargon's story. The parallels between Sargon's tale and that of Moses are also really good to keep in mind if you teach a religion unit as well.

This is the final test that my students took to assess their understanding of the book Persepolis and related literary elements. This was created for a general education 9th grade class. My store also features a free study guide that provides some help for students who want to study. Make sure to perform adjustments that are relative to your own classroom and students.

This goes with the short story version of "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes. The first page focuses on literary and plot elements (I have a separate slideshow for sale called "9th Grade Unit 1 Vocabulary" and a free practice guide also in my store that precede this story in my classroom). The first page focuses on plot elements while the middle two pages focus more on reading comprehension, literary elements, and figurative language. The last page has students focus on vocabulary independe

I only recommend this project for high-ability, honors, AP, etc. This is a final project to be completed after reading George Orwell's Animal Farm. Essentially, the students take the concepts and ideas behind each animal and create their own character descriptions and connections for their own "universe." For example, if they were to pick a sports team, who are the sheep, pigs, horses, etc. and why? Perhaps the sheep are fanatical fans, the general manager represents the pigs, and the players a

I had students fill this out during and after finishing a game of Oregon Trail. I sent the kids on the trail before we learned most of the Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny materials. It was good to stimulate interest and help students to recognize difficulties and considerations of pioneers heading west. The early versions of the game can easily be found online. Yes, even in 2018 my screen-addicted students had a great time playing Oregon Trail. We ended up doing it once as a learning ac

A PowerPoint presentation that covers the basics of Japanese history. At the end of the presentation it also covers a little bit of information about the Korean Peninsula, the Korean War, and the formation of North/South Korea. There is a pretty heavy concentration on the nation's involvement in WWII and the U.S./Japan conflict including Pearl Harbor and the atomic bomb attacks. This is definitely something to split into multiple sections for different days. By the way, I have another document

This is a 15 question quiz that I gave my 10th grade class after reading chapters 3 and 4. Generally, we read the majority of these pages together in class with the students doing the last little bit of chapter 4 as homework. The main focuses of this quiz are: quite a few questions to prove they are actively engaged and paying attention, citing textual evidence to support claims, some analysis of how/why F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the book the way he did, some character analysis, and a concluding

This slideshow is used to introduce early vocabulary to my 9th grade ELA students. Much of it is review from middle school or even elementary, but these are the types of words that show up in early assessments, so it is critical to review them. All slides include a definition. Most have picture examples while a handful have written examples (like simile, metaphor, and primary function). Terms included in the slideshow: setting, protagonist, antagonist, main conflict, internal conflict, external

After my regular ninth grade class completes the unit on Romeo and Juliet, this is the big test. Just about everything here is covered, discussed, etc. throughout the unit. Seeing this test can be a good guide, particularly for new teachers, when it comes to determining what the focus areas should be before even starting the unit. An answer key is included.

This is the test that I give to my 10th grade English classes upon completion of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. They are provided with a fairly basic study guide which is available for free as a separate download in my store (They generally know what to look for by this point after quizzes every other chapter). I also make it open-book so that they can access quotes. By the way, I'm aware that I ask about the green light's symbolism twice. We investigated this endlessly as it evolved

Right before the trial really gets going, my class stops for a handful of days to discuss court and how that whole thing works. After we've talked that over and gone over regular courtroom procedures, I have the kids try to put this together so that they can visualize the court scene. It enhances the drama to realize who is where. The two questions on the back are just to instill some thoughts and strategy before we see what the lawyers actually do. They're a good basis for start-up discussions

Note: This is for the 18-chapter-length abridged version of Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Patillo Beals.This is an assessment that includes vocabulary matching, a handful of reading comprehension multiple-choice, character matching, two extended-response questions, and an extended writing portion on the last page. This can be used as an actual assessment and/or to help guide a teacher new to this book on what to be focusing on. Also, other assessments for this book are available in my store.

Note: This is for the 18-chapter-length abridged version of Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Patillo Beals.This is an assessment that includes vocabulary matching, a handful of reading comprehension multiple-choice, character matching, two extended-response questions, and an extended writing portion on the last page. This can be used as an actual assessment and/or to help guide a teacher new to this book on what to be focusing on. Also, other assessments for this book are available in my store.

An assignment where students read the quick summary of a few different famous decisions made by the U.S. Supreme Court (Roe vs. Wade, Brown vs. Board of Ed., U.S. vs. Nixon, and Obergefell vs. Hodges). After reading the summary students state whether or not they agree with the decision and then explain their reasoning. The assignment does a good job as an early activity to help students understand what the Supreme Court does and how its decisions can have impacts on everybody.

This how I introduce new vocabulary terms to my English 9 class. About a week before hitting each section of the book, Persepolis, I would post these slides to our Canvas page. Students in my courses have graphic organizers that give them a space for the word, part of speech, definition, synonyms/examples, and then they have to effectively use the word in a unique sentence (That's sometimes my assessment). This is NOT the only tool you should be using in order for your students to learn vocabu

Students analyze a map of the vote counts for each state and then answer some questions. There is a slight Indiana focus that can easily be edited if you teach in another state. This was created for the students to complete a day or two before the 2016 presidential election.

We tried watching the Lion King to begin the school year and using it to help teach about government types and some other basic social studies/language arts concepts. This is an organizer that students should fill-out while they watch the film. It helped get students "working" right away with the motivation of watching a movie together. By watching the movie all together, we were able to use the experience to create many meaningful discussions all throughout the year.

These are words, word types, definitions, and pictures that introduce vocabulary terms for the second part of Fahrenheit 451. Unless you're with honors students or something, I highly suggest doing other vocabulary reinforcement activities as well. This is just to introduce the terms. I have the students begin by copying the words, word types, and definition into an organizer that is very similar to the Frayer model.