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Ms. V is an internationally recognized learning innovator using Project Based Learning methodology. She has a passion for student motivation and engagement rooted in real-life learning. She’s taught various subjects and grades in secondary education including English, math, stem, physical education, psychology, social studies, college and career readiness, and outdoor ed in both home learning and physical school environments.
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War Stories: No Prep Unit on Vietnam; Creative Writing and optional AI Literacy
Looking for a way to engage your students in the historical context of the Vietnam war while keeping the learning relevant to 2025? This is the perfect NO PREP English or Social Studies creative writing unit for you! 12, 90 minute lessons designed to engage students with multiple options for every assessment. This unit includes: ✅ 4 formative assessments with multiple options fostering student agency ✅ Note Catchers to assist with reading comprehension ✅ AI Literacy weaved throughout the un
9th - 12th
Creative Writing, Reading, U.S. History
Year-Long Secondary Leadership & Homeroom Curriculum for Middle & High School
Ready to inspire the leaders of tomorrow in your middle or high school classroom? This low prep, highly impactful year-long leadership curriculum empowers students to discover their strengths, build confidence, and develop essential life skills through engaging, student-centered activities. ✨ What’s Included: ✅ Low-Prep activities ✅ 4 lessons per month - (2 "tasks": 1 day for the activity, 1 day debrief timing can vary based on your specific situation) ✅ Monthly projects for learners to positiv
6th - 12th
Other (Arts), Social Emotional Learning
Build OUR World: STEM, Geography, Creative writing PBL
Are you looking for something to truly engage your learners in the art of story telling, geography, or building trades? Once you hurdle gathering materials for this project which will take intention and time, students can create their own learning of countries around the world. This resources is a printable PDF providing criteria for the build, integrating 2 stories of imagined participants in their build. Then jumping into culture, students can learn more about traditional recipes in the coun
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Creative Writing, Geography, World History
Business Math: Creating Your Own Business Plan PBL
Looking for a relevant, engaging way to walk students through starting their own Business? This 3 week PBL unit dives into all the math needed to start your own business. ✨ What’s Included:✅ 9 Part Capstone for creating your own business ✅ Checks for understandings throughout ✅ Reflection Questions, Calculation Questions ✅ Rubrics and Peer Assessment Opportunities Perfect For:✅ 12th Grade Business Math ✅ Homeschool ✅ Business Classes
9th - 12th
Business, Financial Literacy, Money Math
Year-Long System: Secondary Homeroom or Leadership Middle & High School
Ready to inspire the leaders of tomorrow in your middle or high school classroom? This low prep, highly impactful year-long leadership or homeroom curriculum empowers students to discover their strengths, build confidence, and develop essential life skills through engaging, student-centered activities. It's a system that you can follow to set up your homeroom or leadership class to run seamlessly through project based learning and community engagement contributions. ✨ What’s Included: ✅ Low-Pre
6th - 12th
Other (ELA)
Stock Market & Investing Unit for Middle & High School | 12 Day PBL
Intro to Investing: 12-Day No-Prep Secondary UnitReady to help your secondary students build essential financial literacy skills? This comprehensive 12-day Intro to Investing unit guides students through investing basics with engaging activities, vocabulary, journaling, and team work — all designed for middle and high school learners!What’s Included: Daily lesson plans with clear objectives and activitiesInteractive vocabulary to introduce and reinforce key termsStock market simulation practice
7th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Economics , Financial Literacy, Other (ELA)
Business Math Unit: Practice Problems - Tariffs, Trade & Exchange Rates No Prep
Looking for a relevant, engaging way to walk students through Real-World Economics? This 5-day unit dives into Tariff's, Trade and Exchange Rates, helping students critically examine how they use math to approach economic scenarios. ✨ What’s Included:✅ 5 Scenario based problems for each topic ✅ Checks for understandings for each topic Coming soon: ✅ Test ✅ Answer Key Perfect For:✅ 12th Grade Business Math – Unit 2: Tariffs Trade and Exchange Rates ✅ Collaborative Learning Environments
12th
Business, Financial Literacy, Money Math
Your Home Learning - Gardening PBL
Are you looking for something to truly engage your learners in outside? This resources is a printable PDF providing criteria for teaching and exploring in the garden! There are multiple extension learning opportunities outlined in the resource for this project. The assignment sheet includes a step by step experiential learning platform and the teacher can adjust the learning expectations to the students by integrating some or all elements of the project. This PBL is multidisciplinary and a per
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Environment, Reading, Writing-Expository
Creating a Dragon: Create to Learn PBL - No Prep SEL/English
Are you looking for something to truly engage your learners in in Characterization? This resources is a printable PDF providing criteria for teaching characterization through creating a dragon. There are multiple extension learning opportunities outlined in the resource for this project. The assignment sheet includes a checklist for what is expected and the teacher can adjust the learning expectations to the students by integrating some or all elements of the project. This PBL is multidiscipli
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Reading, Visual Arts, Writing
Create a Calendar: PBL
Create your own Calendar: A projected rooted in time, based in creativity and can used as a gift, time tracker, or review for your class. This activity is perfect for diverse abilities, crafting, and learning or practicing the days and months in a year. This is great resource for any classroom and for children across multiple ages.
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Other (Arts)
Create a Calendar: Project for ANY AGE!
A projected rooted in time, based in creativity and can be a daily learning activity for your littles. Your Home Learning activity is perfect for diverse abilities, crafting, and learning or practicing the days and months in a year. This is great resource for home learning or classroom activities for children across multiple ages.
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Other (Arts)
Self Awareness and Mindfulness Community Building (SAT/PSAT Prep Day)
Are you looking for something to calm the nerves for testing, but build community and self awareness? This is the perfect series of activities to review test preparations strategies compiled with activities for students to root inter themselves before (or after!) testing day. Keeping play and curiosity at the center of these activities, facilitators can adjust the learning expectations by integrating some or all elements of the project. This activity sequence could be multidisciplinary all wh
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ELA Test Prep, Math Test Prep
Business Math: Payroll and Benefits Practice Probelms
Looking for a relevant, engaging way to walk students through Real-World Economics? These 3-day scenario based problems dives into Payroll and Benefits helping students critically examine how they use math to approach economic scenarios. ✨ What’s Included:✅ Scenario based problems for each topic - 3 day's of building scenerios ✅ Checks for understandings for each topic Perfect For:✅ 12th Grade Business Math ✅ Collaborative Learning Environments
12th
Business, Financial Literacy, Money Math
Customizable Novel Study Template – Any Book, Any Subject Secondary
Universal Novel Study Template – For Any Book, Any Content Area! Make novel studies easy, flexible, and impactful for your secondary students with this fully customizable template designed to work with any fiction or nonfiction book. Whether you’re teaching English Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, or even cross-curricular projects, this resource adapts seamlessly to your needs. Why Teachers Love It:✅ Works with any novel or text—no need to buy new units every time ✅ Supports multiple
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Business Math: Complete Insurance Package for your Business Practice Problems
Looking for a relevant, engaging way to walk students through Real-World Economics? This scenario based problem set dives into a complete analysis of an Insurance Package and the mathmatics involved in determining fit for one's business, helping students critically examine how they use math to approach economic scenarios. ✨ What’s Included:✅ Scenario based problems for each topic ✅ Checks for understandings for each topic Perfect For:✅ 12th Grade Business Math ✅ Collaborative Learning Enviro
12th
Business, Financial Literacy, Money Math
Also included in: Real-World Business Math No Prep Unit: Probability and Risk
Future Self: AI Literacy & Get to know you challenge - Secondary
✨ Future Self: AI Literacy & Get to know you challenge - Secondary ✨ Help your students imagine, design, and share their future with this engaging, tech-friendly activity! Perfect for back-to-school, career exploration, or goal-setting lessons, this resource guides students through creating a vision of their future self using AI tools -- with the purpose of introducing or reviewing your school or district’s AI policy. Students will: ✅ Reflect on their goals, dreams, and future possibilities ✅
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Other (ELA)
College & Career Vision Board: No-Prep Secondary Activity
No-Prep Vision Board Project: Help Students Plan Their Future! Looking for a no-prep project that inspires your students to think about their future while building self-awareness and goal-setting skills? This Vision Board Project invites students to creatively illustrate their personal, academic, and professional aspirations, including details about potential colleges and career paths that excite them. Students will leave this project with a clearer vision of where they want to go and the s
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Other (Arts), Other (ELA)
Also included in: College & Career Exploration Unit for Secondary: 10-Day No-Prep Lessons
Pricing Strategies: Mark Up/Mark Down Business Math Practice Problems
Looking for a relevant, engaging way to walk students through Real-World Economics? This scenario based problem set dives into Pricing Strategies, helping students critically examine how they use math to approach economic scenarios. ✨ What’s Included: ✅ 5 Scenario based problems for each topic ✅ Checks for understandings for each topic Perfect For: ✅ 12th Grade Business Math ✅ Collaborative Learning Environments
12th
Business, Financial Literacy, Money Math
Also included in: Real-World Business Math Unit: Pricing and Inventory Scenarios
Business Math: Inventory Management and Analysis
Looking for a relevant, engaging way to walk students through Real-World Economics? This scenario based problem set dives into Inventory Management and Analysis, helping students critically examine how they use math to approach economic scenarios. ✨ What’s Included:✅ 5 Scenario based problems for each topic ✅ Checks for understandings for each topic Perfect For:✅ 12th Grade Business Math ✅ Collaborative Learning Environments
12th
Business, Financial Literacy, Money Math
Business Math: Complete Insurance Package Analysis
Looking for a relevant, engaging way to walk students through Real-World Economics? This activity dives into a Business Insurance Package Analysis simulation, helping students critically examine how they use math to approach economic scenarios. ✨ What’s Included:✅ Scenario based problems for each topic ✅ Checks for understandings for each topic Perfect For:✅ 12th Grade Business Math – Unit 2: Tariffs Trade and Exchange Rates ✅ Collaborative Learning Environments
12th
Business, Financial Literacy, Money Math
Also included in: Real-World Business Math Unit: Pricing and Inventory Scenarios
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About the store
Experience
Ms. V is an internationally recognized learning innovator using Project Based Learning methodology. She has a passion for student motivation and engagement rooted in real-life learning. She’s taught various subjects and grades in secondary education including English, math, stem, physical education, psychology, social studies, college and career readiness, and outdoor ed in both home learning and physical school environments.
Teaching style
Real-world project based learning resources that offer highly engaging content, with opportunities for learners and teachers to take the learning as far as they want to go.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Ms. V has previously been named the 2022 Project Based Learning World Individual Champion by the Buck Institute for Education’s PBLWorks. According to the Institute, “Her dedication to PBL was evident in the way she used projects to transform the lives of students who have not succeeded in traditional schools.” This award led to her being the Keynote Speaker at the 2022 PBL World conference.
Ms. V and her students have also been featured on Public Broadcasting Service’s PBS Newshour where reporter Judy Woodruff summarized, “What a great teacher. And this program is exceptional” in describing a nationally recognized project and skatepark concept created by students in her community.
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