Epic Classroom Hacks

This is a great way to end the year in Social Studies. You can use this template with or without use of computers. It reviews the 7 characteristics of civilization (NGSS Standards) taught in 6th grade Social Studies- in a fun way! Students love to create their own cultures, cities, governments, and more!!!

Use these helpful standards trackers to record student progress through standards-based grading. Each standard is broken down into the central understanding components and auto calculates a student understanding percentage that can be used for grading or progress tracking.

Quarter 1 Civics Jeopardy! Review. This is the Power Point ONLY. There are MS Word Study Guides used to accompany this activity in my store. Fill in the blank for on level students and multiple choice for ESE or ELL students. Standards: SS.7.CG.2.1 SS.7.CG.2.2 SS.7.CG.1.1 SS.7.CG.1.2 SS.7.CG.1.3 SS.7.CG.1.4 SS.7.CG.1.6 SS.7.CG.1.7 SS.7.CG.1.8 SS.7.CG.3.13 SS.7.CG.1.11

Constitution WICOR-Articles I & III, Checks and Balances, and Preventing Tyranny SS.7.C.1.7 & SS.7.C.3.3 4 Centers using the Constitution as a primary source. Center 1- Article II Writing ( & Reading) Center 2- Article 1 Reading ( & text annotation) Center 3- Organization & Collaboration (Creating a Graphic Organizer) Center 4- Inquiry (Use of internet research to create an evidence backed claim)

An epic capstone to 6th grade World History India & China Units! This project has a "menu style" options page, which allows students to choose from several options and incorporate higher order thinking into their capstone. Each group choses -One "Appetizer" (Comparing and Contrasting) - One "Main Course" (Synthesis, Modern Problem Solving, Real World Situations) - Two "Side Dishes" (Research, Creation) and optional "Dessert" (Research and Food!) In addition to the project choice "Menu", I h

Do you need to track standard mastery for individual students for your World History Class? This excel file makes it easy! Each standard breaks into smaller parts by pressing the "+" button. As students master different concepts through formative or summative assessment, you mark the column with a "c". As the concepts are completed, the mastery percentage under each column adjusts. The student information travels down the page to align with specific sections. No worries about marking the wrong s

Do you need to track standard mastery for individual students for your World History Class? This excel file makes it easy! Each standard breaks into smaller parts by pressing the "+" button. As students master different concepts through formative or summative assessment, you mark the column with a "c". As the concepts are completed, the mastery percentage under each column adjusts. The student information travels down the page to align with specific sections. No worries about marking the wrong s

Do you need to track standard mastery for individual students for your World History Class? This excel file makes it easy! Each standard breaks into smaller parts by pressing the "+" button. As students master different concepts through formative or summative assessment, you mark the column with a "c". As the concepts are completed, the mastery percentage under each column adjusts. The student information travels down the page to align with specific sections. No worries about marking the wron

Do you need to track standard mastery for individual students for your World History Class? This excel file makes it easy! Each standard breaks into smaller parts by pressing the "+" button. As students master different concepts through formative or summative assessment, you mark the column with a "c". As the concepts are completed, the mastery percentage under each column adjusts. The student information travels down the page to align with specific sections. No worries about marking the wrong s

This spreadsheet helps you track your daily accommodations for your ESE and ESOL students. It has all of the basic ESE and ESOL accommodations and you can even add accommodations that are not listed! Save time and become more organized with this spreadsheet. If you are interested in this product and want to see how it works, you can watch the instructional video located here on Youtube: Instructions

Integrate technology into your vocabulary lesson! This 12- word template enables pictures and definitions. Click on the box and a pop out appears. Use the pop out to type in the word, definition, and choose a picture!

A classroom discussion with a standards-based grading rubric which students follow the NGSS Standards for MS US History to have a discussion about the upcoming school year. This can be used to establish routines in August or January. It can be facilitated as a Socratic Circle or a Classroom Debate. This develops use of claims backed by evidence in a real-world context. SS.6-8.A.1.1 Provide supporting details for an answer from text, interview for oral history, check validity of information from

Two puzzles which culminate in a short answer question which review Mesopotamia, the Phoenicians, Ancient Egypt, and the Israelites. It reviews the following NGSS Standards: SS.6-8.W.2.4: Compare the economic, political, social and religious institutions of ancient river civilizations.   SS.8.W.2.7: Summarize the important achievements of Mesopotamian civilization.  SS.8.W.2.8:  Determine the impact of key figures from ancient Mesopotamian civilizations.  SS.6-8.W.2.5: Summarize the important ac

Do you need to track standard mastery for individual students for your World History Class? This excel file makes it easy! Each standard breaks into smaller parts by pressing the "+" button. As students master different concepts through formative or summative assessment, you mark the column with a "c". As the concepts are completed, the mastery percentage under each column adjusts. The student information travels down the page to align with specific sections. No worries about marking the wrong s

Do you need to track standard mastery for individual students for your World History Class? This excel file makes it easy! Each standard breaks into smaller parts by pressing the "+" button. As students master different concepts through formative or summative assessment, you mark the column with a "c". As the concepts are completed, the mastery percentage under each column adjusts. The student information travels down the page to align with specific sections. No worries about marking the wrong s

A classic double bubble thinking map ready to use! This template allows you to integrate technology into your classroom and provide a higher order thinking experience for students. Students just double click on the "bubbles" and start typing.

Semester 1 for Middle School American History: A "file folder" game which helps students learn key figures for semester 1.

An academic quick and easy review for your Civics students. Incudes a 10-point rubric and student work page in a Power Point File. The first slide is for your board and the next two are printable. You may need to print 2 student work pages per group depending on how much of the song is completed.

Quarter 1 Civics Jeopardy! Review. This is the MS Word ONLY. There is an MS Power Point Game used to accompany this activity in my store. There is also a multiple choice version of this document for ESE or ELL students. Standards: SS.7.CG.2.1 SS.7.CG.2.2 SS.7.CG.1.1 SS.7.CG.1.2 SS.7.CG.1.3 SS.7.CG.1.4 SS.7.CG.1.6 SS.7.CG.1.7 SS.7.CG.1.8 SS.7.CG.3.13 SS.7.CG.1.11

Quarter 1 Civics Jeopardy! Review. This is the MS Word ONLY. There is an MS Power Point Game used to accompany this activity in my store. There is also a fill in the blank version of this document on level students. Standards: SS.7.CG.2.1 SS.7.CG.2.2 SS.7.CG.1.1 SS.7.CG.1.2 SS.7.CG.1.3 SS.7.CG.1.4 SS.7.CG.1.6 SS.7.CG.1.7 SS.7.CG.1.8 SS.7.CG.3.13 SS.7.CG.1.11