Teaching Around the World

Foreshadowing Using Animated ShortsTeach your students to identify foreshadowing through using animated shorts! Using videos to teach foreshadowing is great for introducing the concept or reviewing with students. This lesson includes Google Slides to teach students about common types of foreshadowing and graphic organizers to assess students’ understanding.  This lesson is designed for use with the animated shorts Alma and Serial Taxi. (Both are easily available online.) However, you can easil

Get students debating and engaged in Model UN with this fun Zombie Task Force simulation! This bundle includes everything you will need to host an effective Model UN simulation. The comprehensive Zombie Task Force Simulation Slides presentation will walk your students through the process from learning what it means to be a delegate to successfully writing a resolution. Resources and graphic organizers are provided for each step of the process.  This is a great way to kick off your club or unit!

Introduce your students to the purpose, organization, and governing bodies of the United Nations with this engaging lesson bundle! This bundle includes two inquiry-based lessons that will facilitate students' higher-order thinking regarding the complex nature of world issues and how the United Nations approaches these challenges. These introductory lessons are a great way to start off your Model United Nation club or class. They will also serve as stand alone lessons if your class is studying th

Introduce your students to the UN Sustainable Development Goals with this engaging mini-unit! This mini-unit includes a digital notebook webquest that will guide students through the sustainable development goals adopted by the UN on September 25, 2015.  This mini-unit is divided into three sections that can be completed over three days. In each section, students will explore the UN Sustainable Development Goal website and find answers to specific questions relating to each goal and its target

Build students’ background knowledge about the Holocaust and WWII with this engaging webquest. Through this webquest, students will explore multiple resources to learn about various aspects of the Holocaust. There are 13 questions that can be used as short response or extended response. In the final question of the webquest, students will write a mini-essay focusing on stories of people who stood up to the Nazi’s and helped to protect Jewish people. Links to all resources are included in the doc

This one-pager is the ULTIMATE higher order thinking tool! One-pagers are great because they can be used in many different ways. It is great as a summative assessment of student work, a review before a test or extra credit. The best thing about this one-pager is that it requires students to synthesize and evaluate their knowledge of a topic.  Students get to showcase their creativity while strengthening their critical thinking skills! No two one pagers are alike just as two students will never p

Introduce your students to being a Model UN delegate with this introduction and country research assignment! Students will learn what it means to be a delegate for the UN before selecting their country to represent. Before choosing, students can read a brief introduction to each country in order to make their choice. After selecting their country, students will engage in research in order to understand their country from the perspective of a UN delegate. Students will research their country’s: G

Introduce your students to the basics of the United Nations with this introductory lesson! This resource is designed for direct instruction and includes important information for students to gain an understanding of the United Nations.  This introductory lesson is a great way to start off your Model United Nation club or class. It will also serve as a stand alone lesson if your class is studying the UN in a social studies class. This resource includes sections of the UN charter, and descriptions

Guide your new Model UN delegates through writing a resolution with this helpful worksheet! Writing a resolution can be an overwhelming task for students new to Model UN. This worksheet includes sample perambulatory and operative phrases to help your students feel less overwhelmed. This product also includes a completed sample resolution for students to reference!  This product was created and is available to you on Google Drive. Therefore, you can revise the Docs as needed for your specific cla

Teach your students to effectively identify the theme of any text with this lesson! If your students are anything like mine, they struggle to differentiate between the topic and theme of a story. This theme lesson teaches students the difference by guiding them to use topics (such as love, sacrifice, or fate) in order to determine the theme.  This lesson includes two Google Slides Presentations. One presentation is specific for teaching the theme of “The Gift of the Magi” by O Henry. The second

Teach your students the skill of analyzing opposing viewpoints with this Model United Nations activity! Knowing how to effectively analyze and express an opinion different to one’s own is a critical skill for students. Particularly in Model UN, students are often asked to argue an opinion different than the one they personally hold. Through this introductory Model UN activity, students will be given the opportunity to do just that!  In this activity, students will read an NPR article about a con

Teach your students the power of words through this creative and engaging six word memoir writing activity!  About This Product:Challenge your students to think critically while developing their writing skills using this six word memoir writing activity. This product includes a Google Slides presentation to walk your students through the process of writing a six word memoir and engage them in the process. Your students will engage in class discussion, evaluate samples of six word memoirs, and wr

Introduce your students to the United Nations with this engaging, inquiry-based digital notebook! This digital notebook is a great resource to teach your students about the United Nations’ past accomplishments and current goals. Students will learn about the UN by engaging with and thinking critically about a variety of resources, including both videos and text-based resources.  Through the activities in this digital notebook, your students will: engage in an inquiry of what the UN does through

Introduce your students to the skill of annotating using these engaging Greek myths! Annotating is a critical skill for students in the ELA classroom and beyond. This lesson is the perfect way to introduce students to annotating or reinforce this skill.  This lesson includes a presentation to teach students when to annotate, why to annotate, and the principles of annotation. Students will learn the different types of annotation including literal, inferential, and critical with examples. After le

Students will love learning about the history of D-day through reading the novel Allies by Alan Grantz. This novel explores the history of D-day from a variety of Allied perspectives and experiences.  This complete unit has everything you need to teach Allies to your class! Before reading, students will build the necessary background knowledge about D-day to be able to fully engage with the novel. Throughout this unit, students will engage deeply in the text as a work of literature through exa

Get students debating and engaged in Model UN with this fun Zombie Task Force simulation! This background guide includes everything you will need to host an effective Model UN debate of the zombie apocalypse. In this guide, you will find all of the information your students will need to start an informed position, create a position paper, draft resolutions, or merely act as a starter for additional research. This is a great way to kick off your club or unit! Students can practice debating and ge

Introduce your students to the organization of the United Nations and their stated purpose with this engaging, inquiry-based lesson. This lesson is based on an inquiry approach to help facilitate students' own higher-order thinking regarding the complex nature of world issues and how the United Nations approaches these challenges. In this lesson students will sort images of world issues into categories. Then, they will match these world issues to statements made in the United Nations Charter Pre

Get students debating and engaged in Model UN with this Security Council simulation! This bundle includes everything you will need to host an effective Model UN simulation. Resources and graphic organizers are provided for each step of the process.  This is a great way to kick off your club or unit! Students can practice debating and get used to MUN style nonfiction reading and writing. Two topics are included in the background guide: Topic A: Addressing the Instability Regarding the Iranian Nu

Introduce students to literature analysis using this Short Story Response to Literature mini unit! Analyzing literature and effectively responding are critical skills for students to master. Teach your students to interpret different literary elements in a variety of short stories.  About This Product:This is a great way to start off the year and introduce responding to literature! My students often struggle with analyzing and interpreting aspects of a story without giving a plot summary. This u

Introduce your students to the United Nations’ governing bodies with this inquiry-based lesson! In this lesson, students will dig deeper into the United Nations charter by reading about organizations within the UN. This lesson is designed as a jigsaw activity, so students will divide into groups, dive deep into learning about one organization, and then present to the rest of the class.  This lesson is great for a social studies class learning about the UN or in conjunction with a Model United Na