Social Studies Essentials

This PowerPoint slide show is a great intro to the Great West African Empires: Ghana, Mali, and Songhai. It includes information on the rise/fall, culture, climate, geography, and trade of each civilization. An interactive student note sheet and multiple choice quiz are also available to work together with this slide show.

This is a multiple choice quiz to go with the slide show lecture called Great West African Empires: Ghana, Mali, Songhai. There is a student fill in the blank note sheet that goes with the slide show as well.

This 8 slide show outlines the 5 purposes of the US Constitution including Popular Sovereignty, limited government, separation of powers, checks and balances, judicial review, and federalism. Partner it with the fill in the black note taking worksheet "6 Principles of the Constitution Note Taking Worksheet and the application worksheet called "Applying the 6 Principles".

This is the student fill in the blank worksheet that goes with the PowerPoint presentation on the 3 Great West African empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai from 300-1600 CE. It includes information in climate, trade, religion, and rise/fall. It promotes higher level thinking by providing synthesis questions in the right margin. There is also a corresponding quiz available by the same title.

A Monster Calls is the powerful, emotionally wrenching video about a 13-year-old boy dealing with his mother's terminal illness and sudden visits from a loud, scary storytelling tree monster. This Video Guide includes 35 chronological short answer questions that keep the attention of your students while watching the video without distracting from the flow of the movie. It includes an answer key and 5 post viewing extended answer higher level questions.

How is time organized on a timeline using BC and AD? Lesson Plan Objective: For students to grasp the concept of time left and right of zero on a timeline and the various confusing labels given to those years in history (BC, BCE, AD, CE). Follow this lesson up with the corresponding worksheet on Ancient Egypt Timeline Practice.

This 1 page worksheet allows students to organize information and take notes on the lecture slide show "6 purposes of the US Constitution" Notes sold seperately. Topics covered include Popular Sovereignty, limited government, separation of powers, checks and balances, judicial review, and federalism. Partner it with the application worksheet called "Applying the 6 Principles".

This worksheet is used with the 6 purposes of the US Constitution Slideshow to apply the concepts learned. Either as worksheet, homework, or quiz. Topics covered include Popular Sovereignty, limited government, separation of powers, checks and balances, judicial review, and federalism. Partner it with the fill in the black note taking worksheet "6 Principles of the Constitution Note Taking Worksheet.

This is a 2 page worksheet where students have room to take notes on 5 days of current events. Each day, students label the title and date and then take notes on 3 new facts. Then they write a connection to class! Great for higher level thinking. This is perfect if you watch daily news in the classroom and want to have some brief but meaningful accountability to go along with it! The worksheet is generic enough so you can use it week after week without making changes. At the end, students

This is a 3 page fill in the blank note sheet that accompanies the "Origins of Democracy" PowerPoint. It allows the students to grasp key concepts of the lecture without the time consuming task of writing the info verbatim. It covers English influence on the Founding Fathers, Declaration of Independence, the Constitutional Convention, and the US Constitution and Bill of Rights.

This is an 11 slide Powerpoint presentation on the origins of American Democracy. It covers English tradition, Declaration, US Constitution, and Bill of Rights. There is a fill in the blank notes sheets that you can purchase to accompany this lecture.

This is a great day 1 worksheet when introducing Geography! Students will research the word's definition and then draw a picture. There is a writing activity at the end. Included is a modification sheet for students who benefit from visual examples.

These are simple instructions for students to make stained paper when creating projects that require "aged" look of an ancient primary source. I tried many variations and this is the easiest. I used this when my students created a narrative journal on their travels along the ancient Silk Road.