Teaching Through Technology

Looking to spice up your Abnormal Psychology Unit? This Schizophrenia simulator is perfect for you! Students will complete a choice of three tasks while listening to auditory hallucinationsStudents will analyze the impact of external distractions on completing simple proceduresStudents will discuss their experience in the simulatorThis lesson is always a hit and students remember the symptoms of schizophrenia with a renewed appreciation for the mental illness.

Looking for a fun way to teach your Abnormal Psychology Unit? This is the perfect lesson for you. Students will analyze popular characters on TV, video games, magazines, athletes, musicians, or any other media that they are familiar with.Then, they'll identify one character for FIVE of the personality disorders listed and answer the follow up questions for each disorder.The students have a blast showing their classmates the characters they chose and learning about Abnormal Psychology!

This is my favorite lesson for the French Revolution. Your class will love this lesson and they will talk about it years after having you as their teacher. Goal: Immerse students in the historical atmosphere of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution, helping them understand the paranoia, fear, and societal pressures of the period through an interactive simulation. You are the committee of public safety, you'll assign each person in your class as a citizen or a spy. You'll read the clas

Looking to spice up your Abnormal Psychology Unit? This ADHD simulator is perfect for you! Students will complete three tasks that involve different symptoms of ADHD (inattention, hyperactivity, impulsivity).Students will analyze the impact of external distractions on completing simple proceduresStudents will reflect & discuss their experience in the simulatorThis lesson is always a hit and students remember the symptoms of ADHD with a renewed appreciation for the mental disorder.

Your students will have a blast learning the key figures of WWII with this activity! Students will analyze key figures of WWII (Churchill, Stalin, Hitler, Oppenheimer, etc.)Students will create dating profiles of their key figures - I normally assign three per student or group.Students edit photos of these leaders to give them their best look for their dating profile.Students present their findings to the classThis activity is always a hit, the students really enjoy showing to their peers the pr

Looking to liven up your Federalism Unit? This no prep activity is perfect for you! Students will analyze the expressed, concurrent, & reserved powers Students will choose one power from each and do an analysis on it (including what the power implies)The students will then find a real life example of the power at workIf time permits I usually have the students present their findings, totally up to you! This activity is a fun way to teach a subject the class may find dry, when the activity is ove

The product is a Google Slide filled with AIR Test Questions for the Ohio Government AIR Test. Each day I start the class with a Ohio Government AIR Test question and I explain to the class what it has to do with our lessons and how to best answer each question. This has improved my test scores dramatically from the years that I wasn't starting my class with these questions. The students learned test taking skills and it brought about great classroom discussion. This is intended for one semester

This product is a Google form that ensures your students follow along as you show them the French Revolution Part Two from Oversimplified. The Form is 15 questions that come directly from the video. My students love watching oversimplified, and using this form allowed me to have data to ensure they are learning what I wanted them to learn from the video.

Looking for a fun way to engage your students in your Brain & Nervous System Unit? This Google Doc activity is perfect for you Students will first take a survey/test to get a score to determine if they are left brain or right brain dominant.Students will then review what it means to be left brain or right brain dominantStudents will then list ten ways in which they are right brain dominant or left brain dominant.I normally cap off this lesson by having a class discussion about how people aren'

The product is a Google Slide filled with Personal Finance Questions. Each day I start the class with a question and I explain to the class what it has to do with our lessons and how to best answer each question. This has improved my students financial literacy dramatically from the years that I wasn't starting my class with these questions. The students learned test taking skills and it brought about great classroom discussion. This is intended for one semester's worth of classroom lessons, 166

This product contains a visually appealing Google Slides presentation (50+ slides) along with guided notes for the students to follow along in class. I normally break it up into three days of information. Topics Covered: Post-WWI AftermathEconomic Turmoil & HyperinflationRise of Totalitarian Leaders Rise of HitlerHitler Rearmament & Military Build UpExpansion & Aggression of Japan, Italy, GermanyAppeasement & Failure of League of NationsThe Nazi-Soviet PactInvasion of Poland & Outbreak of WarTh

This product is a great way to teach the different psychological disorders to your class. No prep needed!Students will read through various case studies and work to determine the diagnosis of the case they are reading.All of the information needed to answer the questions is provided via hyperlinks on the google doc.I've had students tell me they want to be a psychiatrist after working on this assignment!

Don't be afraid of using A.I. in the classroom! Use it as a tool to further your students engagement and understanding of historical figures! Have you ever wanted to interview a historical figure? Through the use of A.I., now you can! This product gives step by step instructions for how to use Chat GPT and conduct an interview with Napoleon Bonaparte. Students will have an understanding of Napoleon Bonaparte's upbringing, rise to power, military conquests, & his importance to the French Revolu

This activity is a fun way to teach the lobes/parts of the brain - where they are located and what is their function. Students will use whatever materials they can get their hands on to create this 2D brain.Students will reflect on the functions of the different parts of the brain and present their findingsIncluded is a rubric and directions for how to put the brain togetherExamples of previous students candy brains are also included. This activity is always a ton of fun for my classes - and it

This product is a Google form that ensures your students follow along as you show them the Napoleonic Wars Part One from Oversimplified. The Form is 16 questions that come directly from the video. My students love watching oversimplified, and using this form allowed me to have data to ensure they are learning what I wanted them to learn from the video.

The product is a Google Slide filled with AIR Test Questions for the US History AIR Test. Each day I start the class with a USH AIR Test question and I explain to the class what it has to do with our lessons and how to best answer each question. This has improved my test scores dramatically from the years that I wasn't starting my class with these questions. The students learned test taking skills and it brought about great classroom discussion. This is intended for one semester's worth of class

Looking to spice up your Brain & Nervous System Unit? This project perfect for your classroom! I generally use it as a final project for the unit but you can use it however you'd like. No Prep Needed!Students will analyze events that are interesting/important to them Students will then detail step by step what is actually happening with the brain and nervous system in these events they have chosenThe information page will give you (& the students) all the parts of the brain & functions as wel

Looking to spice up you Industrial Revolution Unit? This is the perfect activity for you. Students will understand the pro's and con's of urbanizationThey will use real life skills to plan their cityThey will work with groups to determine roles based on skillsStudents are participating in a story of a small rural town in England that will round by round start to urbanize. The teacher will have a Google Slide that they can narrate from while the students will have their own simplified version of

Looking for an engaging way to teach politics and government? This assignment is perfect for you! Students will analyze the meaning of being liberal vs conservativeStudents will then discuss their favorite forms of media and jot down some of their favorite charactersStudents will then determine if their characters have liberal or conservative leaningsThis assignment always brings out the best discussions, you'll get to know your students better while teaching them political ideologies.

This product is a Google Form with 45 questions that have been used in previous Government AIR Tests.I use this Google Form to evaluate how well my students understand the the various Constitution & Three Branches based questions that will appear on the standardized tests.I like this method a lot because the Google Form grades itself and I can see exactly what students know about the Constitution & Three Branches after looking at the data from the assessment.