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This activity helps students to get excited and learn about political and economic systems! The students will be asked to create their own country in this activity. The directions guide them to do so by first answering a set of questions that help determine what kind of country they will have. Also included is a worksheet for students to record those answers (to keep them neat), and an additional sheet for the student to write a summarizing essay on their project. Hands on activity and writi

A worksheet that you can use with most any grade on the causes of World War I. They are blank, so you can have students fill them in with the causes that you bring up in class, or have them use the ones they think were most important.

This project was developed with common core in mind. To complete this projects, students should be simply facilitated. This, along with the included rubric, allows them to learn responsibility and the importance of meeting a deadline...along with the value of cooperation with others. This project can be customized to have a finished product of a powerpoint, digital poster, or any other product. Please contact me for customization options, and I would be more than happy to develop something f

This is a short slideshow that goes along with my activity sheet on the Colombian Exchange. It provides a list of foods that originated in the "new world," as well as those that originated in the "old world." The activity was made so that students can understand the blending of cultural aspects. There is also an easy to follow graphic included.

This is a worksheet that goes along with my other resource handout called "Colombian Exchange Resource." It has students keep track of their food intake for a few days, and then decide whether or not their food choices came from the old world, the "new world," or a combination. Great exercise in sorting/categorizing.