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Saving Energy teaching resource preview
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Saving Energy

Write energy saving tips related to each icon, cut along dashed lines, glue page 1 on top of page 2, and open each flap to reveal what they wrote.

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ECONOMICS: Personal Finance, Money Management & Creating a Budget teaching resource preview
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ECONOMICS: Personal Finance, Money Management & Creating a Budget

Hold 10 paper 'bills'; answer 10 yes/no money-management self-assessment questions (e.g. saving first, having an emergency fund, avoiding impulse buying), discarding a bill for each 'no' answer; use remaining bill count to self-rate on a broke/financially-stable/wealthy spectrum; then complete a Personal Finance…

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9–12
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Economics | Unemployment Economic Challenges | Video & Student Activities teaching resource preview
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Economics | Unemployment Economic Challenges | Video & Student Activities

Watch an 'Are Robots Hurting Job Growth' 60 Minutes/CBS News video and answer 8 comprehension questions; read the textbook section on unemployment and complete an 'Unemployment: An Overview' graphic organizer (defining frictional, seasonal, structural, and cyclical unemployment with examples, and distinguishing underemployed vs.…

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Business Organization & Management (Full Intro to Business Unit) teaching resource preview
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Business Organization & Management (Full Intro to Business Unit)

Introduce students to business organization and management concepts (organizational structures, the four functions of management, and leadership styles) via a slideshow lesson, graphic-organizer handouts, and a supplementary video-based worksheet with an answer key.

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Memory and Thinking teaching resource preview
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Memory and Thinking

Watch a linked Crash Course video and answer guided notes questions; follow along with a lecture-style slide deck including two in-class memory demonstrations (memorizing a number, then a word-recall exercise after a delay); complete a separate student notes sheet comparing sensory/short-term/long-term memory and…

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Trench Warfare World History Presentation & Notes teaching resource preview
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Trench Warfare World History Presentation & Notes

Fill in blanks in guided notes while viewing the presentation, read a linked primary-source letter, watch a linked video (specified timestamp range), and write a 7-sentence paragraph citing evidence from the notes, letter, and video.

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U.S. History: The Gilded Age | Progressivism | Introductory Activity teaching resource preview
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U.S. History: The Gilded Age | Progressivism | Introductory Activity

Scan a QR code or visit a linked history.com article/video, then define key terms (e.g., Robber Baron), identify dominant industries, compare the wealthy and the poor, and answer graphic-organizer questions on industrialization and Social Darwinism.

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ESL TED Talk Activity - A 30 years History of the Future teaching resource preview
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ESL TED Talk Activity - A 30 years History of the Future

Answer identification questions about the talk (when/where held, speaker, topic), discuss pre-listening warm-up questions with a partner, complete post-listening comprehension/response items, and write a short creative-response speech reacting to the speaker's ideas.

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6–12
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Ethnocentrism Slides + Nacirema Notes teaching resource preview
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Ethnocentrism Slides + Nacirema Notes

A sociology lesson presentation that introduces ethnocentrism using the classic 'Body Rituals of the Nacirema' satirical anthropology piece, paired with a student notes/questions handout.

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Exploring the Solar System Project - Middle School Space teaching resource preview
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Exploring the Solar System Project - Middle School Space

Complete a Planetary Comparison Chart for the 8 planets (order from sun, composition, diameter, density, surface features, moons, atmosphere, temperature range, day/year length); create a planet infographic (individually, using a tool such as Canva); work in groups to compare planets via Venn diagram/table and…

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6–8
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U.S. History | The Great Depression | 1930's | An Introductory Activity teaching resource preview
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U.S. History | The Great Depression | 1930's | An Introductory Activity

Read a class textbook or a linked/QR-code online resource, then answer graphic-organizer questions defining the Great Depression, distinguishing recession vs. depression, analyzing a Dust Bowl map, comparing Hoover's and Roosevelt's approaches, and describing the New Deal's Relief/Recovery/Reform goals (including the Agricultural…

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U.S. History: Boston Massacre | A Document-Based Student Activity teaching resource preview
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U.S. History: Boston Massacre | A Document-Based Student Activity

Read multiple primary-source accounts of the Boston Massacre from opposing perspectives - Source A: British Captain Thomas Preston's official account, plus an anonymous colonial pamphlet account with eyewitness depositions (Benjamin Frizell, Samuel Drowne) - and compare the differing descriptions of what happened; per the catalog…

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Speed Quizzing – Electricity Unit teaching resource preview
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Speed Quizzing – Electricity Unit

Students read a question card aloud to a partner, the partner answers, roles switch, and pairs rotate to a new partner and repeat, reviewing terms and problems from the unit.

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8–10
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Elements and Compounds Escape Room for Middle School teaching resource preview
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Elements and Compounds Escape Room for Middle School

Solve a sequence of linked puzzles (a crossword, a domino chain, a word search, and a matching worksheet) to derive numbers that combine into codes for combination locks, following a code-breaker sheet; correct answers to each puzzle unlock the next clue toward the final code.

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5–9
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Ecological Succession – Lab Station Activity teaching resource preview
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Ecological Succession – Lab Station Activity

Rotate through 9 numbered stations (7 active + 2 rest): draw a primary-succession timeline, research pond succession, write an opinion paragraph, read an applicability article on forest fires and answer questions, take a 5-question knowledge quiz, watch an expert video and answer questions, and create original quiz questions; record all…

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Dear Martin Prereading Unit teaching resource preview
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Dear Martin Prereading Unit

A multi-day (10-day) pre-reading unit to build background knowledge and context (Black Lives Matter movement, MLK Jr., civil rights history, racial bias) before students read the novel Dear Martin by Nic Stone.

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8–12
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ESL TED Talk Activity - Can we build AI without Losing control over it teaching resource preview
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ESL TED Talk Activity - Can we build AI without Losing control over it

Use Sam Harris’s talk about AI control for listening, vocabulary, discussion, and writing practice. Students begin with background and warm-up questions, record unfamiliar words and key points while listening, then discuss the ideas. Three writing prompts offer a reflective response, a summary, or a creative follow-up speech.

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7–12
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Speed Quizzing – Ecology and Ecosystems Unit teaching resource preview
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Speed Quizzing – Ecology and Ecosystems Unit

Students read a question card aloud to a partner, the partner answers, roles switch, and pairs rotate to a new partner and repeat, reviewing terms and problems from the unit.

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9–11
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ESL TED Talk Activity - 10 ways to have a better conversation teaching resource preview
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ESL TED Talk Activity - 10 ways to have a better conversation

Answer identification questions about the talk (when/where held, speaker, topic), discuss pre-listening warm-up questions with a partner, complete post-listening comprehension/response items, and write a short creative-response speech reacting to the speaker's ideas.

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7–12
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