David Cooper
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East Petersburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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Thank you for visiting me at Teachers Pay Teachers! My resources draw upon thirty years of teaching middle school Social Studies and a long-time love for writing. I work hard to provide practical, creative, and thoughtful resources for history, civics, geography, writing across the content areas, social-emotional learning, and so much more. I earned a Masters of Teaching and Curriculum from Penn State and a BA of Secondary Education Social Studies from York College of PA. In addition to teaching Social Studies for 30 years, I served as a martial arts instructor for 29 and have written compulsively since my second-grade teacher read my Star Trek story to the class.
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Adventure On The Nile Word Problems
How long will it take your students to canoe over 4000 miles of one of the world's most dangerous rivers? Will they be able to carry enough supplies in their canoes? This lesson integrating reading, geography, and word problems by David Cooper will help your students become legendary adventurers!
Adventure On The Nile addresses the following Mathematics and Literacy In History/Social Studies Common Core Standards: 6.EE.2, 6.EE.6, 6.EE.7, 6-8.RH.2, 6-8RH.4, and 6-8RH.10.
This activity is suit
6th - 8th
Geography, Other (Math), Reading
CCSS
6.EE.A.2a
, 6.EE.B.6
, 6.EE.B.7
+3
Saving The Mississippi Word Problems
As reliance upon the Mississippi grows, so do environmental pressures, and your students must devise plans to secure the river’s future. Students run a fictional conservation group, identify ecological problems facing the Mississippi, calculate costs involved in proposed conservation projects, explain their mathematical thinking, and create an educational flier with the goal of encouraging donations and participation in conservation. Save The Mississippi addresses the following Mathematics and
6th - 8th
Geography, Informational Text, Other (Math)
CCSS
6.EE.A.2a
, 6.EE.B.6
, 6.EE.B.7
+6
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About the store
Experience
Thank you for visiting me at Teachers Pay Teachers! My resources draw upon thirty years of teaching middle school Social Studies and a long-time love for writing. I work hard to provide practical, creative, and thoughtful resources for history, civics, geography, writing across the content areas, social-emotional learning, and so much more. I earned a Masters of Teaching and Curriculum from Penn State and a BA of Secondary Education Social Studies from York College of PA. In addition to teaching Social Studies for 30 years, I served as a martial arts instructor for 29 and have written compulsively since my second-grade teacher read my Star Trek story to the class.
Teaching style
Challenging students with new ways to examine history, to express ideas and discoveries through multiple media, and to value learning beyond letter grades is an approach to teaching I have clung to and continue to develop with the help of colleagues, and, most importantly, my students.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Dave received the first place award for Literary Short Fiction at the 2012 Philadelphia Writers' Conference. He received the Outstanding Graduate Student In Teaching and Curriculum Award from the School of Behavioral Sciences and Education, Penn State Harrisburg in 2001. He also received Departmental Recognition For Contributions To The Field Of Education from York College of Pennsylvania in 1995.
My own education history
Dave graduated from York College Of Pennsylvania in 1995 with a degree in Secondary Education-- Social Studies. He completed his Master's Degree in Teaching and Curriculum through Penn State University in 2001.
Additional biographical information
Visit Dave’s website and blog at davidcooperwriting.com for more teaching resources and information about his writing projects.
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