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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.

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!

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

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

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.