Vanlightenment

If you have a Harry Potter themed classroom- or even just really like Harry Potter- display your classroom expectations with these Educational Decrees! There are several pre-made decrees, along with a template you can use to make your own. If you download and enjoy, please make sure to leave a review!

This printable PDF has everything you need for a cute and simple Harry Potter inspired Bulletin Board- or you can do what I plan to do and use it as decoration for the outside of your classroom door! It centers around this great quote: "Every great wizard in history has started out as nothing more than we are now- students. If they can do it, why not us?" I love this quote because is uses the Harry Potter theme to motivate students and help them see how capable they are of greatness! Your downlo

Looking for a comprehensive, engaging, and easy-to-use resource to help students master U.S. History? This Fill-in-the-Blank Study Guide covers Standards 1-10 for Georgia’s U.S. History curriculum, making it the perfect tool for reinforcement, review, and test prep! Why You'll Love This Resource:✅ Covers key historical events, people, and concepts in an interactive format ✅ Encourages active engagement and reinforces understanding through fill-in-the-blank practice ✅ Perfect for classwork, homew

This digital download (.docx) is a timeline in the form of a chart that covers important events throughout U.S. History and can be used to prepare students for end-of-course examinations, final exams, or other testing. It includes date/year, the name of the event, and a definition/description of the event. There are over 130 events included in this product! It provides a great supplement to any review you're already doing and can be used with both high school and college classes. It would also b

The concept of having a Growth as opposed to a Fixed Mindset is revolutionary. Our goal isn't just to teach tiny humans, it's to help them become amazing adults who believe they are capable of anything! Growth Mindset is so instrumental in helping students form the way they think and of course there's no better way to teach it than by using examples from Harry Potter! This printable includes 8 thinking habits for a Growth Mindset and a Harry Potter quote that coincides with each of them, all in

This bundle includes: An Alien Invasion Simulation that's great to introduce the concept of European Contact and Colonization from the indigenous perspectiveA Roanoke: Lost Colony activity that gives students context about Roanoke and lets them explore the theories of what happened to the settlersA Pocahontas activity that allows students to compare the Disney version of the story to reality (spoiler: her name wasn't even Pocahontas!)A Salem Witch Trials Investigation that's part simulation, par

In this activity, students will engage in a CSI-style investigation to determine who was at fault for the Boston Massacre: the British troops or the Colonists! The resource you'll get is 17 pages and includes an introductory page, basic summary of what occurred at the start of the Boston Massacre, 6 primary source excerpts from people present at the event along with 6 pictures to go along with them as "evidence markers", Paul Revere's "The Bloody Massacre Perpetrated in King Street" engraving, a

Worksheet activity for your students to help them understand the connections between the Enlightenment and the Declaration of Independence. Includes brief reading about Enlightenment thinkers and what they believed.Students will be given four Enlightenment ideas that Thomas Jefferson integrated into the Declaration of Independence and asked to read the Preamble and determine which passages reflect those ideas. Can be used in either a U.S. History or American Government course.

This cute shirt design is what I'm going to be wearing for this year's open house before school starts, you should too! Or maybe wear it for the first day. Either way, it'll be a magical start to the school year! This design should work whether you decide to print it onto a t-shirt transfer or use a cricut. You'll get access to my google drive folder containing: A printable .pdf file with the t-shirt design. It says, "I solemnly swear it's going to be a magical year!"A link to my Canva template

You can use this Pocahontas themed activity in a few different ways - stations, a collaborative effort as you move through slides, etc. but the long and short of what you'll get is something that will help students forge a connection between history and today using a popular film. It's designed to engage students and make them question not only what they think they know about the Pocahontas story, but also the way they obtain the information that they believe. Most if not all of your students

This stations activity will definitely be a hit in your classroom! Why? I've got one word for you: Zombies. You'll love it because it includes a timeline that can be used as a mini-lesson and several stations for your students to investigate some of the theories that surround what happened to the mysterious Lost Colony of Roanoke. They'll love it because these actual theories involve alien abductions and zombies! My intention when creating this resource was to provide a short opener to the Ame

If you're teaching AP World History and you're using PIECES to help your students understand the major themes they'll see throughout the course, this Harry Potter themed version is super cute! This printable includes each of the 6 themes, their descriptions and abbreviations, as well as illustrations and terms to help students understand what the themes entail, all in Hogwarts House colors!

This Harry Potter themed planner can help you stay organized, or at least give you the illusion of having your life together! The digital download includes a .pdf of the monthly calendar, week-at-a-glance, and daily planner pages I designed, all in Hogwarts House colors! I've left space on the side so that you can easily bind your pages together into a cohesive planner or leave them loose (I like to keep mine on a clipboard!).

This template can help keep your students organized while taking effective notes! Each Cornell Notes Organizer has text boxes that can be edited by the student when they save the file to their devices, or you can choose to print them! They look good printed in color or in greyscale, so don't worry about using up all your color ink. :) If you don't like the colors I used (huge Harry Potter fan, here), feel free to send me a message with your preferred colors and I'll make a new listing with upda

This template can help keep your students organized while giving them the responsibility and ownership of keeping a record of their own learning! Bellringers and Exit Tickets are side-by-side so that students (and teachers) can see where they started and where they ended in the lesson. Each organizer has text boxes that can be edited by the student when they save the file to their devices, or you can choose to print them! They look good printed in color or in greyscale, so don't worry about usin

This investigation activity is intended to spark critical thinking and analysis from your students on as simple or complex a level as you want it to! Now obviously you don't have to go with my hokey name of "DeLorean Detectives" if you don't want to but let's be honest. You should. It's a cool name, and I'm going to be making and uploading a series of them for the upcoming school year! Kids (even my high schoolers!) love a good roleplay or investigation. They get invested and excited, which is

Have You Seen this Wizard? Well, now you have! These printable posters feature 6 highly infamous historical figures (3 "wizards" and 3 "witches") in frames inspired by the popular "Have You Seen This Wizard" posters in Harry Potter! I have a Harry Potter themed classroom and I love integrating my subject- history - with my favorite series! I hope you'll enjoy these as well!

Download and print everything you need for a cute springtime bulletin board! The theme is "April Showers Bring Mayflowers," so you'll get printable ocean, a Mayflower, raindrops, flowers, a sun and clouds, and of course the phrase in cute, colorful lettering that's easy to print, laminate, and cut! Additionally, I've also included colorful umbrellas and rain droplets that would be amazing for student names if you're in an elementary classroom! The product preview is my interpretation, but you'll

This "Chillin' with my Peeps" themed bulletin board set comes with a set of 10 differently colored peeps for student names or decoration, a collection of Easter eggs, an adorable boho rainbow in three different color sets, an Easter egg banner, flag banner, grass border, and "Just Chillin' with my Peeps" in colorful, cute fonts. Mix and match and make it your own!

This download includes 4 printable posters in 6 different color schemes, including completely black & white as well as one in Hogwarts House Colors! It covers 16 key pieces of legislation for reviewing U.S. History or for display in the classroom year-round! The legislation fits four to a poster and defines: Alien & Sedition ActsIndian Removal ActHomestead ActDawes Severalty ActChinese Exclusion ActSherman Anti-Trust ActEspionage ActSocial Security ActGI BillFederal Highway ActTonkin Gulf Resolu