10-year secondary humanities educator with experience in 5th grade - 8th grade ELA and social studies, plus 9-12th grade sociology and Cambridge AICE psychology.
Perfect, engaging activity for Arab American History Month. Includes handout with bios of 9 Arab American athletes. Highly engaging partner investigative activity similar to the popular board game Guess Who.
5th - 12th
Close Reading, Informational Text, Physical Education
Perfect activity for Arab American History Month. Includes bios for 8 Arab American innovators. Highly engaging activity to get your students out of their seats and interacting with the material. Includes handout and with exit ticket for student accountability
5th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
General Science, Other (Science), Speaking & Listening
Perfect activity for any unit related to Arab American History Month. Includes bios for 15 famous Arab American artists, actors, authors, and musicians. Highly engaging role-play meet-and-greet activity to get your students out of their seats and immersed in the content.
This Bundle includes EVERYTHING you need to execute this project with your class from beginning to end, including detailed instructions, planning documents, and grading rubric! All files are fully editable in Google Suite so you can adjust to your own timeline and classroom structures.To increase engagement even more, pair with "Prezzy Awards: Class Presentation Engagment Strategy" for a fun culminating celebration!This is a rigorous narrative project that requires students to deeply analyze a s
Perfect activity to practice note taking, discuss why representation matters, and build classroom culture! This activity includes student handout with rigorous exit ticket question and a slide deck with teacher instructions and scripts.
5th - 12th, Higher Education
Latino and Hispanic Studies, Other (Science), Other (Social Studies)
Students can use this survey to tell you who they'd like to sit by and where they'd like to sit. The perfect way to help students feel like a part of the classroom community as well as give you insight into interpersonal relationships among classmates!
Use this simple add-on activity to any cycle of class presentations to encourage class engagement during presentors by asking students to vote on 4 categories. After presentations are finished, wrap up the unit with a fun little awards ceremony for the category winners! All files are fully editable in Google Suite, so you can alter the names, categories, and awards offerings based on your budget, preferences, and class needs! Perfect for: Squirrelly classes who need something to do while they
5th - 12th
Classroom Community, Social Emotional Learning, Speaking & Listening
Perfect for a high school humanities course, this Google Form survey allows students to share information with you in a discreet way. This survey has been honed and changed over several years and can be edited to fit your classroom needs.
This assignment can be used with any fictional text of any length or complexity and covers most states' literature standards for middle or high school including theme, plot, setting, and characterization. Use in groups or individually for subwork!
[Best when bundled with "Short Story Narrative Adaptation Project" resources] Perfect project for the culmination of a Lit Circles cycle, end of a short story unit, or for practicing constructing high quality narratives.
[Best when bundled with "Short Story Narrative Adaptation Project" resources] Perfect project for the culmination of a Lit Circles cycle, end of a short story unit, or for practicing constructing high quality narratives.
[Best when bundled with all "The Prezzy Awards: Class Presentation Engagement Strategy resources]These labels are sized and formatted to fit around the base of tiny trophies like THESE.
5th - 9th
Classroom Community, Social Emotional Learning, Speaking & Listening
10-year secondary humanities educator with experience in 5th grade - 8th grade ELA and social studies, plus 9-12th grade sociology and Cambridge AICE psychology.
Teaching style
High academic expectations always. Predictable classroom systems and routines over flashy tech and cutesy activities every time. My resources maximize student choice and creativity while holding rigorous grade-level standards.
My own education history
BA in Social Studies Education, Purdue University
M.ED in Learning, Diversity, and Urban Studies, Vanderbilt University
Ed.S in Educational Leadership, Lipscomb University
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