John Meeks

The Seventh Grade Florida Civics Practice EOC is specifically designed to prepare your student for the End of Course exam. This slide show covers questions that are connected to the benchmarks that your student must master in order to not only make the grade but be eligible for promotion to high school. Teachers and parents can use this resource to help their children study. Over 100 questions and answers are included!

This workbook is a look at what material is covered in Florida's sevenths grade civics classes. The workbook includes practice tests that are designed to cover the benchmarks that are included in the class and on the End of Course (EOC) exam.

Make the grade on the Florida Middle School Civics End of Course exam. These benchmark-based activities (with answer keys) are designed to teach or reinforce basic concepts in Middle School Civics and/or Law Studies. Perfect for school or home practice

If you are using McGraw-Hill's United States History: Voices and Perspectives, this is an entire year's worth of Cornell Notes to help your students make the grade in middle school history. The standard-based notes include the standard, objective, and essential question. Student voice is also included as they summarize what they learned in each lesson. Check it out today for a year of academic achievement!

This book is designed to help Florida seventh grade students understand the basic benchmarks of Civics. Beginning with the 2014-15 school year, passing the Civics End of Course (EOC) exam will be a requirement for promotion to high school. This study guide is designed to help students, teachers and parents understand the benchmarks and questions to make the grade in Civics.

Plan your entire year and MAKE THE GRADE in Middle School Law Studies with this simple standard-based Year at a Glance that includes: Essential Questions Objectives Key Terms Higher Order Questions Misconceptions Quia activities (Inclusivity in Law Studies Online Scavenger Hunts) Quizlet flashcard activities AN ENTIRE YEAR'S WORTH OF HELP WITH YOUR LAW STUDIES PLANNING FOR ONLY $19.99

This sheet of four (4) hall passes is a template that teachers can use to make duplicates. This hall pass template includes student name, destination, date, time and teacher signature.

Make the grade in Florida seventh grade civics with targeted and differentiated help that connects remediation with specific benchmarks. Editor's note: The answer key is included, please take note of the multiple choice format in the key.

To help sixth grade social studies teachers prepare for the Common Core standards implementation, John Meeks has created a simple guide that applies the standards to tasks and activities that include higher level thinking skills and complexity that are aligned with Webb's Depth of Knowledge (DOK). "My book helps educators to increase rigor in their social studies classes," said Meeks.

Learn about the Virginia Declaration of Rights in this primary source activity for civics and law studies classes.

This might be the only glossary that you need for Civics and Law Studies. Based directly on Florida's middle school civics standards, this Excel file is a convenient way for students to practice their civics vocabulary skills. With nearly 400 terms, this glossary can help you MAKE THE GRADE in Civics and Law Studies.

Standard-based PowerPoint lessons on SS.7.C.3.3: Illustrate the structure and function (three branches of government established in Articles I, II, and III with corresponding powers) of government in the United States as established in the Constitution. (Three PowerPoints are included - Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches of government)

Connect social studies with music! Your students can curate musical playlists that connect with their understanding of social studies in the middle school or high school classroom. Use this activity to foster an environment of creativity in the classroom for rigor and academic achievement today!

Encourage your world history students to engage their critical thinking and writing skills with this activity that asks them to determine if various historical figures were heroes or villains in history. This activity asks students to list their reasons why and to write a response that explains their answer. A rubric is included for easy grading.

Are you looking for standard-based formative review activities for your middle school U.S. history students in Florida? Look no further than my challenge board activities (modeled after the game show featuring answers in the form of a question) that I created on the Quia platform. This is a handy list of links to access my challenge boards that you can use with a whole group, create small teacher-led groups, plan for rotations, or even provide to individuals for focused instruction. Here is

It can be a challenge for educators, especially in the field of social studies, to infuse more rigor into their curriculum. This research-based slide show is designed to help educators to best serve students with higher level thinking and lessons.

Standard-based history meets writing and critical thinking skills for a deeper dive into the past. Challenge your students to incorporate plot elements into the telling of our history! You can make the grade in world history when you encourage creativity and independent thought in your students! If you teach middle school world history in Florida, this is exactly what you need!

Local government curriculum for civics and law studies is here! It's easy to find material for teaching about the federal government and it gets challenging finding state government lessons. Local government? That is where we scratch our heads the most. Here is new material that can help you teach local government in Duval County middle school civics and law studies classes. It is a work in progress, though, so please feel free to share your constructive input with the author. These lesson

Take learning about the lawmaking process higher on the Depth of Knowledge (DOK) chart. With this activity, students will apply what they know about the lawmaking process to various scenarios. A word bank is available to help students.

Communication is essential to building solidarity in the teachers union. Building representatives and shop stewards connect members with their local union and the labor movement at large through regular meetings or other communication. Learn more about building stronger lines of communication with your members with help from a building representative with nearly 20 years of experience in the union.