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This is a PBL for Ancient Rome. Students will work in groups and choose an Ancient Roman society topic they want to do their project on. Once students pick a topic, they can then pick from a series of products to make and then work on the creation of their product. A FUN test can be used to help students choose what topic to choose and product to make. Students will then present their product that they create to the class. The students also have to write a three paragraph explanatory text a

This is a PBL for World War I. Students will get into groups and choose from 1 of 4 products to answer the driving question: How can World War I be explained in a way that helps others understand not just what happened, but why it mattered?The products they can choose from are: A-Z Historical Analysis BookVideo Game CampaignWorld War I Trading Card GameWorld War I Propaganda CampaignStudents can use the planning sheet to help plan for the product they are going to create. Students also have

This PBL is about the Civil War and Reconstruction Period. Students will go into groups and choose from 1 of 4 products to make for their project. A VideoA Newspaper PageA Museum Exhibit (Diorama)Students will choose a person from the time period to complete their product. Students will then determine what political, social, and economic factors from the time period affected the person that they chose. Students are to show how these factors affected their chosen person during this time peri

This is a group DBQ lesson on the Allied Invasion of Italy. Students will work in groups and analyze documents to answer the essential question: Was the Allied invasion of Italy in 1943 more successful as a military strategy or as a political strategy? Students will analyze documents about the Allied Invasion of Italy and then write a paragraph responding to the essential question.

Students will get into groups, and each will be assigned a battle from World War I. Students are to analyze their battle that they were given. Students will then share their analysis of the battle and then answer high DoK reflection questions about their own battle they learned about as well as other battles other classmates learned about.

This is a full unit about Urban Planning. Students will learn about how cities are planned. Students will learn about Different electricity sourcesDifferent water sourcesDifferent types of transportationZoningLawsTaxesEssential servicesUnit contains readings with graphic organizers, direct instruction lectures, quickwrites, and a culminating project where students will design their own town. Unit should progress in this manner: Urban planning - Lecture Notes has introduction to Urban PlanningCom

This lesson contains biography's from Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, Hideki Tojo, and Benito Mussolini. Each Biography has vocabulary highlighted in yellow with the definition next to it. The readings are accompanied by a graphic organizer and quiz. This lesson will give your students the understanding of the six major leaders during World War II. This lesson also includes a Spanish translation of the reading. This lesson is for general education, special edu

Students will analyze the impact of the Persian Wars on Ancient Greece by examining the documents about the time period. Students will analyze the documents and answer the questions on the assignment. Documents included: - Document 1: Excerpt from Herodotus’s “Histories” - Document 2: Extract from Pericles’s Funeral Oration - Document 3: Athenian Painting Depicting the Battle of Salamis - Document 4: Excerpt from a letter by an anonymous Spartan soldier - Document 5: Fra

This project has students create an A-Z Picture Book using terms from World War I. Students will be in groups of up to four people. Students will work together to create the picture book. Each page of the book will contain a vocabulary word, drawing, and description. Students who have done this project with me enjoyed it very much and worked very well together to complete this project.

This project has students create a Google Slideshow Presentation about how a certain topic has changed over time. Students will choose or be given a topic and create a presentation on what that topic was like before World War II and after World War II. Students will create slides for each topic and it was like before and after World War II. Students will also have a question and answer slide where they will take questions from their classmates. Students are also required to create an APA Referen

This lesson has students examine documents about Sparta and Athens. Students will examine various documents about government systems, social structure, and cultural achievements of ancient Sparta and Athens. This is an engaging lesson where students ready primary sources from Ancient Greece. Document Set 1: Government Systems - Athenian Democracy - Spartan Oligarchy Document Set 2: Social Structure - Athenian Society - Spartan Society Document Set 3: Cultural Achievements

This is a PowerPoint presentation about the Allied and Axis powers during World War II. This lesson contains materials about who the allies and axis powers were. This lesson has a project that the students can do in groups. The project consists of each group getting either an allied or axis power and creating a poster about that country.

The is an worksheet with background information and questions about Modern China (1949-2019). It is an engaging lesson where students will learn about China in the 20th and 21st centuries

The group project is the culminating task of the Urban Planning Unit. Students will build a town and decide on taxes, laws, population, electricity, water, mass transportation, essential services, and other sources of revenue. Students will need to justify their decisions about the choices they make for their town. Students will create their town on a poster board. Required materials are: Poster BoardColored paper (green, blue, brown, red, yellow, orange and black)Index cardsScissorsMarkersPenci

Students will explore a country and create a fact sheet about that country. This activity will help student learn about a country from researching information online. This is a fun activity for students to do and allows them to learn about the world. The other project has students learning about a U.S. State. Students will create a factsheet about a U.S. State. The last project has students plan out their dream vacation. Students will plan their flight and how much it will cost, their hotel and

This reading contains biography's from Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, Hideki Tojo, and Benito Mussolini. Each biography has vocabulary highlighted in yellow with the definition next to it. This reading can be chunked and modified for students.

The group project is the culminating task of the Urban Planning Unit. Students will build a town and decide on taxes, laws, population, electricity, water, mass transportation, essential services, and other sources of revenue. Students will need to justify their decisions about the choices they make for their town. Download the accompanying directions for this project

This reading compares the advantages and disadvantages of different ways a city gets its electricity. Students can annotate the reading and then use the accompanying graphic organizer to answer questions. Download the accompanying graphic organizer to use the reading.

This lesson covers the work of Pablo Picasso. The lesson discusses how art can used as a form of protest. Students in the lesson will have a discussion about what the see in Pablo Picasso's Guernica and what the imagery means. Students will then attempt their own versions of Pablo Picasso's Art.

This reading compares the advantages and disadvantages of different ways a city gets its water. Students can annotate the reading and then use the accompanying graphic organizer to answer questions. Download the accompanying graphic organizer to use the reading.