Geography Genius

This individual project gives the students the opportunity to research an assigned biome and find characteristics such as average temperatures, location in the world, flora, fauna, threats, etc. The attached sheet are detailed instuctions. You can also find some student samples to use as reference. Suggestion: allow students to either print or draw pictures.

Use these little coupons to encourage participation, use as prizes, or otherwise reward students in any way! Download, print, copy, cut, give out! 8 coupons per page.

***NOTE: the thumbnails provided make the format look whacky, when you download it, I promise it downloads and prints with the proper formatting.*** This activity allows students to manipulate different pieces as they try to match up examples of landforms and bodies of water to their already existing definition. After all photos are matched up and glued down, students move on to the example cards. When all are confirmed correct, they are to be glued down as well. Upon completion, the last ste

Use this assignment to keep your students current on events going on in their community, state, nation, and world. Assignment requires student to summarize news stories, reflect on them, and discuss the impact on their community. Includes explicit instructions, grading rubric, and actual assignment sheet. ***Thumbnails are distorted, when downloaded, images will be correct.***

This activity includes 8 political cartoons from different time periods in U.S. history. The goal of the activity is to get students to carefully analyze, breakdown, and understand the point of political cartoons. Along with each of the 8 cartoons are 8 charts to be completed by students. The charts ask for the Who, What, Where, When, Why (Main Idea) of each of the cartoons. Students are encouraged to use bullet points and to fill in as much of the box as possible. Students can complete this a

Table of Contents to log notes/vocab/graphic organizers or anything else that goes into an interactive notebook. Title says "World Geography" but feel free to edit for yout own subject!

Use these coupons as a reward for kids who participate, bring materials, win a review game, or you would like to reward for any reason at all! They eliminate the penalty for late work, but still give a time frame in which the work must be done and turned in. Great motivator! Download, print, copy, cut out, give out! 6 coupons per page.

An adaptation of Marzano's window vocabulary. The "connection/example" component has been removed so as to fit more on one page. I have also found that many students struggle with that particular component and this adaptation works better for them. Sheet comes with wide margin on the right side of the page to allow for hole-punching or folding and gluing into an interactive notebook.

***NOTE: the thumbnails provided make the format look whacky, when you download it, I promise it downloads and prints with the proper formatting.*** This particular rubric I use to peer review the "What Made Non-Violence Work" DBQ. It allows students to grade themselves based on 10 criterea by circling which points they believe they deserve. When students finish self-grading, they fold over their column and then the essay and rubric are handed over to another anonymous grader who will then do

Use this sheet to get to know your students as well as important contact information.