This is a reading packet that I created to go along with the book If You Lived in Colonial Times by Anne McGovern. This packet is a reading guide to accompany students as they go through the book. It has a variety of activities to meet the varying levels of Blooms Taxonomy. There are Venn Diagrams, fill-in-the-blank, journal entries, text-to-self connections, word searches, cross word puzzles, and more. The packet is 25 pages long, and you can add to it or edit it.
If you are teaching the American Revolution, then I highly recommend this product. It has helped my students gain a very strong understanding for over 10 years. This is an in-depth viewing guide that I made and use in my classroom while my students watch the AMAZING series on the American Revolution called Liberty's Kids. Liberty's Kids aired on PBS, and you can buy the series or have your students watch it on Youtube for free. This guide includes 270 questions to go along with all 40 episodes
This is an interactive lesson that I use when teaching my geography unit. It is a Google Slides presentation, and I use it in my whole group for direct instruction. You could also use it in small groups or give it to students to do on their own. There are tons of animations in this presentation that ask questions, show excellent visuals, and allow for discussion. This presentation will sequentially build their skills up through a gradual release of responsibility. One of my goals in this w
In this fun investigation activity, students try to figure out the numbers 0-19 using the Mayan symbols (or stones, sticks, and shells). This activity is done on Google Slides, and is interactive for the students as they drag and drop the symbols to build numbers. The symbols are overlapped numerous times, and will keep replenishing themselves to complete the activity. There is no need to copy and paste. There are different variations included: One variation uses the three Mayan number sym
This digital interactive product helps students delve deeper into the 1991 movie on slavery called Brother Future. Using this, they will come away with a more well-rounded understanding of the events in this movie. The activities within has students applying all levels of Bloomz Taxonomy (creating, evaluating, analyzing, applying, understanding, and remembering) while watching and reviewing the film. I created this engaging version on Google Slides for remote and hybrid learning. This produc