Ms Powells Lessons

Reading the entire book can be extremely beneficial for students attempting to understand the advice Machiavelli is trying to get across in his book. This lesson plan helps break down the book into several engaging lesson plans. This unit uses a wide variety of techniques to teach the students about the advice he is giving.

Perfect for the spooky time! This is intended to be used alongside the book or play The Crucible by Arthur Miller.

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*Easly done in an online platform* This is the start of a new unit centered around Africa. This first section of the unit focuses on the countries in West Africa. This countries include the following; Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Maki, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, United Kingdom Overseas Territory, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo

To help you keep your week and priorities organized. Fill one of these out every Monday morning! Keeping this at your desk will help give you grounding and get the important things done. This could also be a good resource for students who may be struggling with management or breaking down large tasks.

This project has students create a slideshow presentation that gathers a holistic view of a chosen country in Western Africa. Easily done in an online classroom.

This unit teaches students about the basic map of the colonies, including their capitals. Then it does deep dives into one focus for each section (northern, middle, and southern colonies).

This lesson plan teaches students about precedent in the Supreme Court with a focus on the Planned Parenthood v. Casey case. It includes places to insert a video and political comics that you can change to suit your classroom environment. The students are expected to have read the case prior to class. It was a hit!

This provides an answer key for the teacher and the student worksheet. These are video follow-along questions for episode 13: A President and His Revolution of the Revolution on the History Channel or the HistoryVault. It is a perfect bridge from Revolution to Government.

This slideshow brings students through the major parts of the foundation of the American Government as we know it today. Topics Include: Declaration of Independence - Articles of Confederation - Federalist and Anti-Federalist - Bill of Rights - Constitution - First few presidents of America

This project is designed to have students take a holistic approach to creating a biography of one of the Early Explorers. This project comes with multiple options for students to portray their knowledge. This can be done with remote learners, groups, or individuals.

This is a PDF to print out and give to students as after or during a podcast. It ensures that they are actively listening and engaging with the message of the pocast. ALSO WORKS FOR TEDTALKS! Can be used for any listening activity.

This project is designed to take all of the advice that the students have gleaned from the reading and pick one to give in their own words. Students will pick on of the pieces of advice give from Machiavelli and translate it into a modern-day concept. They will pick someone to write this piece of advice to.

Here is a list of questions that are very surface-level questions that help students get to know each other, and for you to get to know them. On my account, I also have self-discovery questions to use as a follow-up to these questions.

This unit plan looks at Communism (Mao specifically) and the Cultural Revolution. It includes lessons for three different levels (General, College Prep, Honors) and ends with a policy research project that is dripping with STUDENT CHOICE!

I am using this for all of my current event activities. It works well for virtual and physical news sources and students. These questions allow students to show their comprehension of the article, the event/issue, and it's larger implications.

This is perfect for Student Teachers just finishing up their time with their students. This will provide useful feedback for your final review and first year teaching.

In this project, students are given the choice of three policy topics to choose from as well as a choice in how to demonstrate their knowledge. This assignment has the students look up the background of the policy/topic, track its evolution, update the class about the current political climate, respond to a moral question, and lastly compares it to a similar policy in the U.S.

This unit plan gives you embedded links and step-by-step instructions for instructing a unit about exploration prior to and during Christopher Columbus's voyages. This unit challenges the views that Columbus discovered America. It is best used as a precursor to a discussion about Native Americans and early explorers.

This unit uses a holistic approach to looking at the lives, culture, and government of the Natives before and after the colonizing process of the 13 colonies. This unit challenges student's preconceived notions that Natives are only "Savages."