Forward-Thinking Curriculum
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New York, United States
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Thanks for stopping by the Forward-Thinking Curriculum store! With an educational background in science and social studies, and a Masters of Science in Education, I have enjoyed making student-friendly resouces used by thousands of teachers over many years. Webquests are my specialty!
Every one of them is designed to enrich your students’ understanding of the world, while making your job easier as their teacher.
To your continued adventures and joy in your classroom!
Yours in Education,
Kristina, Forward-Thinking Curriculum
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Amazon: Deforestation
Teaching about the Amazon? Deforestation and the Amazon Rainforest can help. This PowerPoint introduces students to deforestation and to the benefits of the Amazon Rainforest for the people who live in Brazil and the other Amazon countries…. and for people around the world. The end of the presentation asks students to consider who is responsible for protecting it. There are many ways to answer this question and it’s a great way to get students to think deeper in a class discussion about solution
5th - 8th
Environment, Geography, World History
Asia: People
Teaching about Asia? People of Asia is a visually-stunning PowerPoint that provides a concise overview of Asia’s vast population.
This is a brief introduction to present-day aspects of Asian human geography: its enormous population, its cultural diversity, and its growing economic power. It also reinforces the effects of geography on culture.
This presentation works well as a unit launch. The images are striking while the text is focused on compelling big-picture facts about Asia, like the
7th
Asian Studies, Geography, World History
Social Studies: 20 Essential Questions for Civics, Government, Political Science
These are prompts for reflective writing and discussion on essential questions in civics, government, and political science. What are essential questions? Essential questions are compelling questions with debatable answers. They call on teachers and students to acknowledge complexity and wrestle with multiple points of view. They spark fascination, interest, discovery and, very importantly, motivation. They should ignite deliberative original thought in social studies. Project one of these prom
8th - 12th
Civics, Government, Writing-Essays
CCSS
WHST.6-8.9
, WHST.9-10.9
, WHST.11-12.9
Government, Environmental Science, or Civics: Critical Thinking & Evidence
Teaching critical thinking? Your students can use this editable infographic to visually present multiple forms of evidence (statistics, images, text) on opposite sides of an issue. There are seven full-color versions and a black-line version, within the same (8-page) PowerPoint file. The infographics can be created on a computer (full-color) or with writing utensils/art supplies (black-line). Students who create their infographic on a computer can insert their own pictures, charts, stats, and li
8th - 11th
Environment, Government, Social Studies
CCSS
RI.11-12.7
, CCRA.R.7
, CCRA.W.9
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Timeline Infographic Project
Creating timelines in class? Your students can move and resize the boxes on this editable timeline to accommodate fewer dates, more text, etc. (Tip: make sure to grab the whole box when moving so that all the components of the box move together.)
There are three colored versions and a black-line version, within the same (4-page) PowerPoint file. The timelines can be created on a computer (full-color) or with writing utensils/art supplies (black-line).
Both the black-line and full-color versio
8th
English Language Arts, Social Studies
Insects: Kindergarten and First Grade Science Distance Learning
Looking for keyboarding practice activities? Help your kiddos learn about insects with this fun typable (with bonus printable format) resource in Microsoft Word. The formatting is locked so that students can easily type in the designated spaces without accidentally altering the layout. Try the preview file to test out how easily it works. Included:• Typable format with locked formatting (51 pages, Microsoft Word) • Easy instructions for full-screen viewing of typable format. (Full-screen viewi
K - 1st
Biology
CCSS
CCRA.L.2
Social Studies: 20 Essential Questions for World History
These are prompts for reflective writing and discussion on essential questions in world history. What are essential questions? Essential questions are compelling questions with debatable answers. They call on teachers and students to acknowledge complexity and wrestle with multiple points of view. They spark fascination, interest, discovery and, very importantly, motivation. They should ignite deliberative original thought in social studies. Project one of these prompts onto the board and use i
9th - 10th
Ancient History, U.S. History, World History
CCSS
WHST.6-8.9
, WHST.9-10.9
, WHST.11-12.9
Class Rules
This fully-editable set of class rules comes with four color schemes.
These are my own class rules (I like them short and to-the-point) but you can replace any of these rules with your own.
All pages are set to be printed on 11” x 17” paper but the size is easily customizable by clicking “Design” --> “Page Setup”.
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Thanks for stopping by the Forward-Thinking Curriculum store! With an educational background in science and social studies, and a Masters of Science in Education, I have enjoyed making student-friendly resouces used by thousands of teachers over many years. Webquests are my specialty!
Every one of them is designed to enrich your students’ understanding of the world, while making your job easier as their teacher.
To your continued adventures and joy in your classroom!
Yours in Education,
Kristina, Forward-Thinking Curriculum
Awards & shining teacher moments
In addition to earning teaching certification in NY and Georgia, I was also proud to be a contributing member of a professional teacher group on curriculum development.
My own education history
Masters of Science in Education from the State University of New York at Oswego
Additional biographical information
My hands-down favorite class in grad school was Curriculum Development!
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