World Electoral Processes: Parliamentary System of Government Gr. 5-8
Reading-comprehension chapter slice from the 'World Electoral Processes' teaching unit, focused on parliamentary system of government, for grades 5-8.
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Reading-comprehension chapter slice from the 'World Electoral Processes' teaching unit, focused on parliamentary system of government, for grades 5-8.
Reading-comprehension chapter slice from the 'World Electoral Processes' teaching unit, focused on suffrage: the voting system, compulsory voting, and voter turnout, for grades 5-8.
Reading-comprehension chapter slice from the 'World Electoral Processes' teaching unit, focused on the legitimacy of democratic government, for grades 5-8.
A lesson plan using a population-statistics video to teach students about global demographics and inequity through prediction and discussion.
Provide a full Grades 5-8 Social Studies/Government unit ('World Governments Series') with reading comprehension, vocabulary, and critical-thinking activities profiling twelve 20th-century world political leaders.
Teach reading comprehension, vocabulary, and critical-thinking skills using a biography/profile of Fidel Castro (Cuba) as one chapter of the 'World Political Leaders' World Governments Series unit.
Teach reading comprehension, vocabulary, and critical-thinking skills using a biography/profile of George W. Bush (United States) as one chapter of the 'World Political Leaders' World Governments Series unit.
Teach reading comprehension, vocabulary, and critical-thinking skills using a biography/profile of Indira Gandhi (India) as one chapter of the 'World Political Leaders' World Governments Series unit.
Teach reading comprehension, vocabulary, and critical-thinking skills using a biography/profile of Jiang Zemin (China) as one chapter of the 'World Political Leaders' World Governments Series unit.
Teach reading comprehension, vocabulary, and critical-thinking skills using a biography/profile of Juan and Eva Peron (Argentina) as one chapter of the 'World Political Leaders' World Governments Series unit.
Teach reading comprehension, vocabulary, and critical-thinking skills using a biography/profile of Margaret Thatcher (United Kingdom) as one chapter of the 'World Political Leaders' World Governments Series unit.
Teach reading comprehension, vocabulary, and critical-thinking skills using a biography/profile of Mikhail Gorbachev (Soviet Union/Russia) as one chapter of the 'World Political Leaders' World Governments Series unit.
Teach reading comprehension, vocabulary, and critical-thinking skills using a biography/profile of Nelson Mandela (South Africa) as one chapter of the 'World Political Leaders' World Governments Series unit.
Teach reading comprehension, vocabulary, and critical-thinking skills using a biography/profile of Ronald Reagan (United States) as one chapter of the 'World Political Leaders' World Governments Series unit.
Teach reading comprehension, vocabulary, and critical-thinking skills using a biography/profile of The Dalai Lama (Tibet) as one chapter of the 'World Political Leaders' World Governments Series unit.
Teach reading comprehension, vocabulary, and critical-thinking skills using a biography/profile of Vicente Fox (Mexico) as one chapter of the 'World Political Leaders' World Governments Series unit.
Teach reading comprehension, vocabulary, and critical-thinking skills using a biography/profile of Yasser Arafat (Palestine) as one chapter of the 'World Political Leaders' World Governments Series unit.
This file includes reading and project materials for nine major world religions/philosophies: Christianity Islam Hinduism Buddhism Jainism Sikhism Judaism Shintoism Atheism
Provide a comprehensive middle-grade teaching resource covering all major aspects of World War I (causes, major battles, the U.S. entering the war, Wilson's Fourteen Points, methods of warfare, and outcomes) through leveled reading passages and supporting activities.
A choice-board project menu offering 9 alternative project options (trading cards, letter writing, news article, comic strip, memorial design, timeline, mini-lesson, alphabet book, poem) for students to demonstrate knowledge of World War I.
Teach middle-grade students about World War I, focused on the 'Background and Causes' chapter, through a leveled reading-comprehension passage plus supporting vocabulary, puzzle, quiz, and research activities.
Teach middle-grade students about World War I, focused on the 'Major Battles' chapter, through a leveled reading-comprehension passage plus supporting vocabulary, puzzle, quiz, and research activities.
Teach middle-grade students about World War I, focused on the 'Methods of Warfare' chapter, through a leveled reading-comprehension passage plus supporting vocabulary, puzzle, quiz, and research activities.
A reading-comprehension chapter slice on the outcomes/aftermath of World War I, with supporting vocabulary, comprehension quiz, puzzles and mini posters for grades 5-8.