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A brief summary of the major Supreme Court cases (Marbury v. Madison, Tinker v. Des Moines, Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier, Dred Scott, Brown v. Board of Education, Plessy v. Ferguson, Miranda v. Arizona, In re Gault, US v. Nixon, Gideon v. Wainwright, Schenck v. U.S.) is included as half-page texts. A couple of worksheets for review are also included. They can be used for the students to complete while doing a 'carousel' around the room to read the texts. I have used these text 'hung' around the ro

This resource provides a pre-test to determine student target levels on the use of multiplicative and additive comparison, and writing appropriate equations, in solving word problems. From the scores of the pre-test, appropriate practice and activities are provided in order to differentiate the learning activities / centers. The students 'move' through the resource activities to master the standard. Included are exit tickets at each of the 4 target mastery levels. Answer key is provided to a

This set includes 40 pdfs to use as bell-ringers at the start of class. I have the students do the 'left side' independently and then discuss the 'right side' with table partner. We then 'go over' the bell ringer. I use set for my 7th graders to reinforce and review those topics that are important in the content. Because the U.S. History content is a 'prerequisite' for the Civics content they will take as 8th graders, there is some emphasis on the 'government' related content to create a fo