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Teach supply and demand using the flu and the flu vaccine. This activity comes with all printable cards needed to play the game activity. Students love this activity and it really drives home the economic concepts of supply and demand, needs, wants, scarcity, shortage, surplus, and opportunity cost. Detailed instructions on how to use the activity is included.

Use this checks and balances sheet as a formative assessment of how well your students understand checks and balances. Students will better understand how our government works.

Great vocabulary center idea and good to use with spelling words for the week.

Use this game to teach separation of powers of the United States Government. This a GREAT and FUN way for students to learn or practice their understanding of which branch of government has the power in our government. ** I print the cards on card stock and laminate them before playing and they have lasted for over 4 years and have been used many times. The game includes two different colored sets of playing cards and 20 power cards. Students can play against each other or partners v partner

Teach checks and balances in a fun and creative way that your students will LOVE! The card game will be best printed on card stock paper and last longer if you laminate the cards. Instructions for how to play are included and the quick check reference guide is included as well. Believe me when I say as a Social Studies teacher who has always seen students struggle to learn checks and balances this game works and is worth the money. I use this game with another board game over Checks and

Students will learn about the culture of 8 Native American Culture Regions in North America. Students will have detailed instructions on how the poster should look, including specific measurements (so they must do some math for this project as well). Students will work in groups of 4 to create this project and will have an understanding of the tribes, customs, celebrations, shelter and other aspects of Native American life. This project was created for 8th grade but can easily be adapted for

Use this Board Game Project to teach the United States Government, Separation of Powers, Checks and Balances, Federalism, Principles of the Constitution, Amendments, Bill of Rights and much more. This activity can be assigned individually or as a groups up to 4 students. It includes the instructions, grading criterion and a scoring rubric to use. There are several online game board templates that I direct my students to for their templates, some create their own original game boards as

Use this mat to teach commutative property, repeated addition, groups of, and an array. Teach students to understand to represent multiplication in a variety of ways. You can use the sheet as shown in the example. I put this sheet inside of a sleeve protector and students use dry erase makers to complete multiple math problems.

Students can play as teams of two or individually. Fantastic tool for teaching Federalism. Played this game along with my Federalism Board Game the day before our Federalism Test and the class averages were in the 90% or above in all classes except one, which had a class average of 88%. I generally play this with half my class while the other half plays the Federalism Board Game https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Federalism-Board-Game-2415028. I have them switch half way throug

Teach Federalism like you never have before and have students understand Federalism like they never have before. The Board game and Card game over Federalism will help students understand this difficult concept and they will remember the way powers are divided. You won't be disappointed. Each game is for sale separately, but you same a couple of buck buying them as a bundle. I have half my class play one, while the other half play the other, then I switch half way through. Students lo

Make your vocabulary center creation a little easier. My vocabulary centers include 8 different vocabulary center activities that help strengthen students understanding of key vocabulary which in turn helps strengthen their reading comprehension. Border frame on my top page courtesy of http://www.teacherspayteachers.com /Store/The-3am-Teacher I hope these center ideas make your life a little easier.

Teach government like you never have before using BINGO. This set comes with 34 different Bingo Cards in color. Includes 124 clues that are ready for you to use or you can create ones to go with my cards that work best for your class, your students and your teaching. I recommend having a color printer and printing to white card stock paper. I also recommend laminating the cards for the lasting effect. I've used my set for 4 years and they still look new. You will need some type of disc to

A hands-on, creative way to practice identifying the main idea and the supporting details! This is a fantastic activity where your students match 3 or 4 supporting details to the main idea. You could also include the pizza slice and pepperonis and an entry in an interactive notebook! The main idea is printed in the crust of the pizza slice. Supporting details are included on the pepperoni toppings that go on each slice. The pepperoni supporting details are printed with each slice of pizz

This game is a great teaching tool and fun way for students to learn the Causes of the American Revolution. The game has 14 Cause Cards and 42 Fact Cards. Students must collect the correct fact cards for the Cause cards they hold in their hand. This game can be played by 2 to 4 players. The game includes a teacher answer guide. The game includes detailed rules on how to play. This game could be used as a learning center or enrichment center, or you can create as many sets as you nee

BUY BOTH ACTIVITIES IN A BUNDLE AND SAVE $$ Teach checks and balances in a fun and creative way that your students will LOVE! The card game https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Checks-and-Balances-Card-Game-2053963 will be best printed on card stock paper and last longer if you laminate the cards. Instructions for how to play are included and the quick check reference guide is included as well. Believe me when I say as a Social Studies teacher who has always seen students struggle to lea

Students identify the Author's Purpose, give evidence, rate the book and justify the rating. Great Listening Center Activity.

This word web works for any grade level for vocabulary. It is great to use in a listening center activity.

I use this Checks and Balances Board Game along with the Checks and Balances Card Game https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Checks-and-Balances-Card-Game-2053963 to teach Checks and Balances. Student absolutely LOVE learning about Checks and Balances using these two different games/activities. If you would like to have both you can also buy the bundle of both games for a lower price. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Checks-and-Balances-Card-Game-Board-Game-Bundle-2146308

This literacy center activity package includes 7 vocabulary, 7 listening, & 4 spelling activities to use in your centers. Two borders used in Literacy Centers were created by http://www.teacherspayteachers.com /Store/The-3am-Teacher

Great chart for students to keep in their notebook or binder to help them study the Five Themes of Geography.