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Students will be in groups exploring the great civilizations of the Americas, the European explorers who found them and the modern day view of these countries. Make a Tri-fold 3D display to show off your work.

The purpose of this assignment is to understand and demonstrate knowledge of trade and globalization. Often times we consume items but never know where they come from. Other times we consume our favorite cultural dishes with out realizing that the ingredients come from other cultures and locations around the world. Students will be picking a favorite dish or recipe to gain a better understanding of our class diversity while exploring multiculturalism and globalization.

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This is a .pdf of a vocabulary list that can be printed and hung on the wall displayed so that each day of school you can have a positive word of the day. The vocabulary is middle school appropriate. The could be printed or projected. These word are key content words drawn from 10 years of teaching middle school and the preparation that comes from English, Social Studies, and some Science vocabulary. The best part is they are character building and positive words linked from homeroom or adv

Students rarely get a chance to host a parent/teacher conference. Having your students fill out this form prior to the PTC will give them a voice during the meeting. It also is a great jumping off point for teachers to discuss the strengths and areas of needed improvement with parents. Forms can be kept and compared from PTC to PTC as an additional tool to measure growth.

This is a step by step guide for a teacher or students to create a digital museum with a 3D look on the topic of their choice. The directions are in the notes section of the power point. Students can personalize their museums and create hyperlinks to slides of information that act like the museums captions. Now your students can act as a docent as they tour your class around the room. IF you apple TV is up an running the docent may even squeeze in closer to read to the group the fine print i

Editable - This is a great icebreaker for the classroom. Print the slides in the notes settings, laminate and then pass them around. Or project one question a day. These could be used as bellringers too!

In the time of distance learning, students crave travel. This is an opportunity for groups to plan a spring break trip (maybe for a teacher) to another country. It gets crafty, or techie as well as options for newscasts, funny weather shows, brochures and timelines. They set the itinerary, flights, hotels, food, travel, fun, and sun (or snow)!

SS classes end each year with an amazing opportunity for students to explore a passion project. This project gives students a chance to pick a moment in time to recreate in a visual and speech. Then they look back and look forward. The outcome of the student speech should include 3 distinct parts. 1. WHAT IT IS (Moment in Time) The exact moment - Bear witness 2. WHAT IT WAS (History) The history that led up to this event - the movement, chronology 3. WHAT IT WILL BE (think 2

This sheet is designed to be run off front to back, glued into a double entry notebook AKA the integrated notebook. 1. Students fold it in half 2.Students then cut on the bold lines to the new half way point into the "french fries" style for a fun way to introduce little flaps of information to answer essential questions that introduce the purpose of integrated notebooks for a social studies, spanish or science class. 3. Then they glue it into their notebooks as a reference tool, guide to the

Use this chart as an ice breaker. Each student must go around the room and make an appointment to meet a classmate at each location on the world map. This is a fun new twist the the traditional appointment clock. It is also nice for partner work so that students already know who they are working with. As they enter the room, I shout out that we are meeting in Australia. There is no one left out and they find their partners quickly.

It's US History. It's Election Time. It's Civics. OR its characters. It's biographies. It's famous people Presidential silhouettes is a new visual for the wall that is a tech research project to replace the traditional research report done by your students to teach presidents or any other famous person. At the end, you can use these silhouettes to teach colonial culture of silhouettes or play a game of guess who.

Print these business cards. Cover the presidents faces with clear packing tape. Then you paint over their faces a few coats of a simple mix of 1 part liquid soap to 2 parts silver paint. Let it dry and you have scratchers. The kids love this game. Super easy and very popular! You may have seen these on pinterest. The lotto part was actually the most time consuming for me to create. The painting was the most fun. I have also tried laminated the full sheet, painting all of the faces, then

Use this chart as an ice breaker. Each student must go around the room and make an appointment to meet a classmate at each location on the world map. This is a fun new twist the the traditional appointment clock. It is also nice for partner work so that students already know who they are working with. As they enter the room, I shout out that we are meeting in Australia. There is no one left out and they find their partners quickly.

A fun way to get to know your students. What should I call you? What does that sound like - rhyming helps us retain name information and say it correctly

A great way to get to know a little something about your new incoming students. I use this with my 7th and 8th grade students. It works for ages 4-9th grade.