MsB Does ELD

This sildeshow covers the Aztec, Maya, and Inca civilizations. It includes printable fill in notes for students and a post note activity for each civilization. It also has multiple videos embedded into it to break up the note taking. This was designed to be ELL (English Language Learner) friendly with simple context focused langauge used throughout. I had great success with this in my 6th grade ELL social studies classes. I hope you find it jsut as useful in your own classes!

This activity was designed for a newcomers' social studies class. The students in this class are learning English but all have a home language that is either Spanish or Portuguese. In the activity students will be reading about different gods and goddesses from ancient Egypt and then creating a poster about one to share with the class. Included: Readings on 10 different gods and goddesses ALL in English, Spanish, and Portuguesea reading check worksheetactivity directions in all three languages

This slideshow covers some of the main accomplishments of Ancient Egypt. It has fill in notes for students and videos embedded into the slides to break up the note taking. It was also designed for 6th grade social studies classes that had English Language Learners in it, so this product is ELL friendly.

This is a pre-reading vocabulary activity for the greek myth about Prometheus and Zeus. I used it with my 6th grade level 3 ELLs (English Language Learners) as an opening activity. Each student was assigned one word to work with. This could easily be adapted to be done: individually, in pairs, or small groups instead. The objective is to fill in a slide for each key vocabulary word that: defines the word, uses it correctly in a sentence, describes what the word is not, and pairs a picture with