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This comprehensive, 52-page study guide is the perfect resource to study for the Principles of Learning and Teaching Praxis! I created this when I studied for the Praxis and got an almost perfect score of 195 out of 200 on my first try. There are very few study materials available for the PLT, so this is a quality, low-cost resource for teachers in their certification process. This study guide follows the Praxis Study Companion section by section and thoroughly explains every single topic cover

Starting the Silk Road with your students? Use this resource to introduce them to the ancient trade network! First, students have to research, label, and annotate a map of the Silk Road. This includes color coding! Then, students synthesize their new knowledge by answering high-level questions about the Silk Road. For example, they will need to list geographical features that acted as barriers to trade and explain why they made traveling difficult along the routes. They will also have an opportu

In this hands-on, editable project, students will use what they learned about complementary, supplementary, adjacent, and vertical angle relationships and unique triangles to create their own quilt squares and compile them into a class quilt. This project is perfect because it is completely customizable to the needs of your class. I have also included tips and suggestions to make cross-curricular connections and make this project interdisciplinary. My students loved this project, and yours will,

Introduce the concepts of costs and benefits with this quick activity! This Google Slides worksheet is perfect for the beginning of the year in any social studies class. Relevant, familiar situations are presented to students so that they can understand cost-benefit analyses on their terms. Students can interact with this worksheet in two main ways: dragging and dropping and typing in answers. This is the perfect assignment for digital learning, but it can also be printed for in-person learning

This is a great little resource to either introduce the idea of the three branches of government to your students or give them a little refresher! If you want students to research their own answers, this accompanies any US government textbook or online resource. Students will be able to determine who is in power in each branch and their responsibilities. Then, they will draw a picture to represent each branch. This is a printable pdf. There are FOUR documents in this zip file. 1. Terms of Use 2

This scale drawing project is a rigorous, hands-on activity you can implement to have your students fully grasp the concept of scale factor and scale drawings! It is a group project where each class is split into groups to scale up and reconnect sections of one whole piece. I created this to use with my 7th grade math students and they LOVED it. It is super versatile in that you can bring in art from any time period, and you can easily connect it to other subjects. (I've included multi-disciplin

This is the ULTIMATE proportional relationships project! I created this for my 7th-grade math students to complete at the end of their unit on proportional relationships. This detailed activity connects real-world applications to have students show their knowledge of proportional reasoning. Like in the Food Network show Restaurant: Impossible, students are in charge of improving imaginary restaurants. They will research and improve the cost, profit, seating capacity, and schedules of restaurants

Engage your science students with this hands-on waves activity! I used this in groups of 2-3 with 8th-grade science students during our unit on waves and interactions. Students created wave machines, or generators, and were able to observe firsthand several properties of waves. They discovered the following concepts during the lesson: mechanical waves, transverse waves, oscillations, pulses, reflections, interference, amplitude, frequency, crests, and troughs. This resource includes the followin

This Egg Drop project is a wonderful way for students to see firsthand several physical science concepts, including Newton's Laws of Motion! Students can complete this project individually, with partners, or in groups. This project can take up to one week of class time, but can be shortened to meet your needs. Students will use various recyclable materials to create an egg carrier and test their build by dropping it from a great height. I used this project with my 8th-grade students. Recommended

When introducing the inquiry process, I've found it can be difficult for students to understand the difference between compelling and supporting questions. I made this sorting activity to give them some real examples of compelling and supporting questions. This uses the analogy of the Parthenon where students place the compelling question as the "roof" and supporting questions as the "columns." See my BUNDLE where you can get this resource, a "create your own" compelling and supporting questions

These task cards are a great way to efficiently introduce your students to TEN of the greatest (and worst!) Roman emperors. This activity can be done independently, with table groups, as a jigsaw, in stations or centers, or in a gallery walk. Included is a vocabulary sheet students can use to preview or summarize vocabulary within the task cards, graphic organizer for students to document their thinking, and higher-order summary questions for students to complete their analysis. This is a zip f

This quick activity introduces students to primary and secondary sources. First, students complete definitions of "primary source" and "secondary source." Then, students drag and drop 6 examples into the category of primary or secondary source. I would recommend using this as a Google Slides activity, but it can also be printed. There are FOUR documents in this resource. 1. Terms of Use 2. Sorting Activity w/ Fill-in-the-Blank Definitions 3. Sorting Activity w/ Open Response Definitions 4. Ans

These task cards are a great way to efficiently introduce your students to some of the greatest Egyptian pharaohs! This activity can be done independently, with table groups, as a jigsaw, in stations or centers, or in a gallery walk. Included is a graphic organizer for students to document their thinking. At the end, there is a questions sheet with five higher order questions that push students to summarize their thinking by evaluating the pharaohs leadership qualities and accomplishments. Thi

Remembering the definitions of each type of government is one of the toughest things for my students at the beginning of the year! Once students have their vocabulary terms, I have them use this sorting activity to place each type of government on a spectrum. The x-axis represents how many rulers there are in the government, and the y-axis represents how much power citizens hold. This activity is highly customizable. There are six types of government I placed in this activity, but you can take s

This quick, simple activity introduces your students to the complicated concept of a supply chain. (Personally, I majored in economics and still have trouble understanding supply chain!) Students will drag and drop pictures to complete the "equation" of various supply chains. These are familiar examples to them, such as decorating a Christmas tree, making lemonade, and growing flowers. The problems are presented like math equations. The fact that these examples are visual and interactive will in

This is a one-pager I use in my interactive notebook at the beginning of the year. Students jot down quick definitions of the five themes of geography: 1. Location (Absolute & Relative) 2. Place 3. Human-Environment Interaction (Modify & Adapt) 4. Movement (Emigration & Immigration) 5. Region There are SIX different documents in this resource. These can be used as a Google Slides online activity or printed as worksheets. There is also the option of fill-in-the-blank or open blank to provide fo

I use these sheets during my unit over the Neolithic Revolution, or Agricultural Revolution. It helps the students center their focus on the main effects of the event. The following pages are included in this resource, along with a key for each. 1. Nomadic Life 2. Neolithic Revolution (Cost/Benefit Analysis) 3. Consequences of Agriculture (Cause/Effect) 4. Division of Labor 5. Cuneiform Writing These sheets are sized down on an 8.5" x 11" Google Slide so that they can be cut and glued into comp

I created this resource to use at the beginning of the year in my social studies class. It focuses on the five disciplines, or "branches," of social studies. This is a great way to introduce the subject of social studies to young learners and remind them that it is not just history! There are SIX slides in this resource. It can be used as a Google Slides activity or printed out for in-person learning. 1. Terms of Use 2. Color w/ fill-in-the-blank 3. Color w/ open blanks 4. Black-and-white w/ fil

As part of the inquiry process in my classroom, students have to categorize supporting questions into the five disciplines of social studies (geography, history, culture, government, and economics.) In this Google Slides activity, students drag and drop ten questions into those five disciplines. There is even an extension activity for differentiation - students can come up with their own questions for each of the five disciplines. I created this activity to accompany the Kentucky Social Studies

Use this resource with your students to help students define and categorize six types of government - monarchy, tyranny, oligarchy, theocracy, democracy, and republic. The types of government are sorted into a table with 3 categories - rule by one (monarchy and tyranny), rule by few (oligarchy and theocracy), and rule by the people (democracy and republic.) Below each definition, there are open blanks for students to insert a picture or drawing to represent that type of government. Students may