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A condensed, single-folder interactive lapbook/notebook project introducing Ancient Greek civilization (government/warfare, philosophers, mythology, homes, daily life, literature, and the Olympic Games) through student-assembled foldable booklets, with an included teacher/study guide providing most of the source content.
Guide literature-circle groups through reading a historical fiction novel and analyzing its plot, characters, and craft, culminating in a group presentation.
An interactive PowerPoint hangman-style game ('Let's Hang the Teacher') that reviews construction-industry vocabulary (tools, machinery, safety gear, materials) as part of a CTE (career/technical education) curriculum.
A comprehensive interactive lapbook/notebook project teaching many aspects of Ancient Greek civilization (geography, philosophers, mythology, religion, slavery, science, schools, home life, women's roles, clothing, food, art, music, warfare, the Olympics, and more) through student-assembled foldable booklets glued into a 3-folder…
An art project and presentation teaching shading techniques (hatching, cross-hatching, stippling) through drawing an imaginative scene inside a bottle outline.
Give students a clear layout for organizing six events along a horizontal timeline. Boxes alternate above and below the line, leaving room for a date and a short description of each event. Replace the sample years and placeholder text with the sequence you want students to study. For a different level of writing support, the differentiated timeline templates provide other layouts.
A full print-and-teach novel unit for 'Tuck Everlasting' (Natalie Babbitt), combining pre-reading discussion, chapter comprehension questions, figurative language instruction, projects, quizzes, a review game, and tests, aligned to Common Core.
Teacher instructions for guiding students to build two Scratch coding games (a Goalie Game and a Catch It Game) that teach computational thinking concepts.
A companion to the Four Square Writing Method focused on writing across the curriculum for middle/upper grades: structured lesson plans to help students organize and develop content-area writing.
A no-prep, five-station group project ('Shakespeare Stations') that introduces students to Shakespeare's world, life, works, theatrical terms/language, and theater through readings, notes pages, a map comparison, and a matching game, without direct lecture.
A planning and assessment presentation supporting a video game coding project, providing a two-week work schedule and detailed 4-level rubrics for coding and design.
Free download Practice and reinforce Sun, Moon and Earth vocabulary terms for Middle School / Grade 8 students through an interactive PowerPoint memory-matching game.
Teacher resource book of classroom-management tools, teaching strategies, and hands-on projects for a world geography unit.
A middle/high school personal finance and budgeting project teaching students to differentiate needs vs. wants and build a monthly budget.
Free download Interactive PowerPoint memory-matching game to practice grade 8 force-and-motion vocabulary, including Newton's Laws of Motion.
A mini-lesson introducing Washington, D.C., focused on the historical development of the National Mall and its monuments/memorials/museums, paired with a photo-card set for a matching memory game, sorting activity, or pictorial map project.
Teach children (stated age range 8-14) a core programming concept (arrays/lists (storing and using multiple data items)) using the visual programming language Scratch 3.0, as part of the "Professor Cody Teaches Kids to Code" series produced by Edulito, a UK-based educational publisher.
A comprehensive genre-study unit teaching narrative nonfiction through multiple lesson plans, a book report project, and related graphic organizers and rubrics.
A summative project that assesses middle/high school students' knowledge and understanding of the U.S. Bill of Rights by having them explain each amendment, connect amendments to current events, and analyze political cartoons.
A multi-part art history and studio art project teaching students about the Minimalist art movement (Donald Judd, Frank Stella, Robert Morris, Carl Andre) through creating original minimalist artwork, recreating a famous work, and researching/writing biographical reports on two minimalist artists.
A printable letter-tile game combining spelling (language) practice with point-value addition (math) practice, Scrabble-style.
No-prep partner game for practicing evaluation of algebraic expressions in an 'input/output machine' format, supporting units on expressions, variables, and patterns.
A task card review activity covering astronomy topics (stars, planets, galaxies, tides, seasons) for use as a review game or general classroom review.
Give students a choice of ways to demonstrate their World War II learning. Projects include a timeline, news report, letter from a soldier or nurse’s perspective, memorial design, and an expert presentation. Other options combine research with art or poetry. The editable menu lets you assign choices and a due date. Each project has detailed directions and its own rubric, so students can plan their work and understand how it will be assessed.