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A no-prep 'choice board' project menu offering 9 alternative creative/research projects for students to demonstrate knowledge of the American Civil War.
Includes: project menu/choice board overview page (9 options) · detailed project descriptions and point-based grading rubrics for each option (trading cards, scrapbook, news article, memorial…
Working in a partner group with assigned roles (Editor, Reporter), research and write a four-article newspaper (one main article, one editorial, two shorter articles) from the perspective of someone living during the Industrial Revolution, then present the newspaper to the class.
Includes: project instructions and role descriptions (Editor, Reporter) · table assigning each partner group an inventor/invention topic set
Students mix dirt, water, and grass to form a mud brick following given proportions, let it dry, keep a daily journal recording date, materials used, and observations, write a concluding reflection paragraph imagining themselves as a Sumerian brick builder, and bring the finished brick to school to build a class…
Includes: product description · 3-page lesson plan
Working alone or in a group of up to three, create a poster-board museum with seven computer-generated sections: Entrance of Causes, Hall of Military Leaders (8 leaders with picture/dates/summary), Hall of Political Leaders (8 leaders), Hall of Major Battles (8 battles with picture/dates/summary/winner), Hall of…
Includes: full project instructions naming all required leaders/battles and section point values · 100-point grading rubric with letter-grade scale
Are you in need of a final project for your class or the end of the school year? This final project guide will work for any historical subject matter or class. All the directions for the student project are included as well as a grading rubric for teachers. The following items are included in the student directions…
Research an assigned explorer's background and achievements citing at least 3 non-Wikipedia sources via EasyBib; color a map showing country of origin and voyage path (including a map key with TODALS elements) and draw/color the sponsoring country's flag on a caravel ship template; answer written research questions on…
Includes: Project instructions (Part I: Map & Ship, Part II: Research, Part III: Voki oral presentation) · Map and caravel ship template pages for coloring
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Choose one of 14 remarkable women from a provided list; research her contributions and historical context; complete a social-media-profile-style worksheet about her, following a sample profile (e.g., Marie Curie) as a model; conducted over three ~45-minute sessions.
Includes: formal lesson plan (objective, grade level, subject, duration, materials, procedure) · list of 14 remarkable women
In small groups (2-3 students), research major WWII events and construct a butcher-paper timeline with a summary and illustration for each event, sidebars of Allied vs. Axis statistics (nations, leaders, population, soldiers, casualties, weaponry, resources), and at least one pie chart and one line graph.
Includes: teacher instructions (duration, materials, procedure) · student handout with project requirements and suggested WWII events
In groups of four to five, students take on roles (Excavator, Scribe/Recorder/Historian, Site Boss, Presenter, Photographer/Illustrator) to 'excavate' hidden broken clay-pot shards from sand-filled boxes, reassemble them, and draw conclusions about the artifact's origin and use; individually, students define…
Includes: Cover page and table of contents · Product description/rationale pages
Complete five hands-on WWII-themed projects: analyze and design British propaganda posters, solve evacuation-train math word problems, decode/encode messages with historical ciphers (Caesar, Pigpen, Enigma, transposition), analyze and plan wartime rationed meals/nutrition, and design and build a bomb shelter model.
Includes: teacher tips and digital-access instructions (printable PDF + digital Google Slides version) · WWII British Propaganda project: teacher's guide, background presentation, poster analysis questions, 2 poster-design options (6 pages)
Read informational passages on Ancient India's civilizations/empires and complete related hands-on activities: make a chess set, design a coin, write an elephant-walk poetry book, make a peacock feather frame, grocery bag bark art, a puppet monkey, wrap a saree/turban, build a story column, and make paper bead…
Includes: informational text sections: India overview, The Indus Valley Civilization, The Vedic Period, The Vedas, The Aryans, Alexander the… · hands-on activities: Make a Chess Set, Chess Playing Pieces/Pawns/Board Pattern, Design a Coin, Elephant Walk Poetry Book, Elephant…
Assemble file-folder lapbook bases, cut out and glue in booklet templates on Lincoln topics (appearance, patent, early life, first time in politics, US House of Representatives, Lincoln-Douglas debates, marriage and family, Civil War, re-election, etc.), and read/study the accompanying Study Guide.
Includes: layout/assembly instructions and diagrams · Student Instruction Guide
Working in role-play groups (e.g. medical examiner, archaeologist, reporter, sketch artist, historian), students complete a web quest to gather clues about King Tut's death, participate in a mock trial (judge, jury, attorneys, witnesses), and write persuasive pieces arguing their conclusion, supported by pre/post…
Includes: complete lesson plans · pre/post test
Write an 'About the Book' summary, invent a critic's quote ('Critics Claim'), write an 'About the Author' bio, and design front and back cover artwork depicting the Reformation.
Includes: fill-in template with 'About the Book', 'Critics Claim', and 'About the Author' sections · instructions for front cover (title, author name, illustration) and spine layout
Students select one or more of 9 project options (e.g. create WWII figure trading cards, write a soldier's letter home, write a news article, draw a comic strip, design a memorial, build a timeline of 10 events, teach a 5-minute lesson, make an alphabet book, or write a poem) and complete it per detailed instructions…
Includes: Choice board slide listing 9 project options · Detailed project description page for each of the 9 options
Students assemble a 1-folder lapbook base and complete about 10 foldable/cut-and-glue booklets (Map, Warfare, Philosophers, Religion & Mythology, Homes, Life in Ancient Greece, Summaries of Grecian Literature, Olympic Games, and two Amazing Facts booklets) by researching and writing about each topic using the provided…
Includes: Student Instruction Guide · 10 booklet templates (Map, Warfare, Philosophers, Religion & Mythology, Homes, Life in Ancient Greece, Summaries of Grecian…
Students answer short-answer comprehension questions about Egyptian religion, ma'at and its seven principles, the afterlife (Field of Reeds), and the Heliopolitan creation myth; identify pictured gods/goddesses and complete a fact table (Osiris, Horus, Bastet, Hathor, Seth); answer questions about the pharaoh's…
Includes: religion/ma'at short-answer task pages · gods and goddesses identification and fact-table task pages
Students select one or more of 9 project options (e.g. create WWI figure trading cards, write a soldier's letter home, write a news article, draw a comic strip, design a memorial, build a timeline of 10 events, teach a 5-minute lesson, make an alphabet book, or write a poem) and complete it per detailed instructions…
Includes: Choice board slide listing 9 project options · Detailed project description page for each of the 9 options
Students assemble a 3-file-folder lapbook base, then cut out, fold/assemble, and complete a series of numbered booklets (e.g. Causes Of The War, John Locke, No Taxation Without Representation, British Taxes, Boston Massacre, Committees Of Correspondence, The Boston Tea Party, Coercive Acts, Lost Territory, Who They…
Includes: student assembly and completion instructions · lapbook base assembly diagram/layout
Students select a veteran (from a provided list spanning conflicts from the American Revolution through more recent wars, or a family member), conduct light biographical research, draw the subject with 5 representative items, learn MLA citation basics from a companion presentation, and write a 5-paragraph MLA-style…
Includes: file/download index page listing companion presentations · Military Veteran Introduction Presentation (9 slides, project rationale and task steps)
Students assemble a 3-folder lapbook base and complete more than 20 individual foldable/cut-and-glue booklets (including Map, Warfare, Slavery, Philosophers, Science, School, Religion, Who's Who mythology, Women, Homes, Home Life, Clothing, Food, Art, Music, Olympics, Timeline, Literature, Parthenon, and Vocabulary)…
Includes: Lapbook Assembly Guide · Student Instruction Guide
Research a U.S. state's symbols (bird, flower, flag, animal), capital, geography (bordering states, landforms, bodies of water, region, other facts), and history (important events, nicknames, statehood, today, other facts); fill in blank quilt-square templates with the findings, decorate/color the squares, cut them…
Includes: instructions page (5 steps for selecting, cutting, filling in, decorating, and assembling quilt squares) · repeated blank quilt-square templates: 5 Main State Symbols (bird, flower, flag, animal, state name)
Cut out, fold, and assemble two interactive foldable booklets; write learned information onto blank cards/pages inside; glue into an interactive notebook or lapbook; optionally research topics via provided websites.
Includes: Booklet #1: Franklin D. Roosevelt Basic Facts (assembled with staple, includes blank page for notes) · Booklet #2: FDR and The Great Depression (pocket-and-cards format covering Childhood, Eleanor Roosevelt, President Roosevelt, The New…