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WWII Propaganda Posters Activities and Project Print & Digital

By Let's Cultivate Greatness

Examine over a dozen famous WWII home front propaganda posters for the devices used, culminating learning with students creating posters of their own to address a current school problem.Let your principal decide whose poster has the winning message

Subjects:

U.S. History, Art History, Writing

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, Homeschool

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Projects, Activities, Google Apps

CCSS:

RH.6-8.1, RH.6-8.2, RH.6-8.4, RH.9-10.1, RH.9-10.2, RH.9-10.4, RH.11-12.1, RH.11-12.2, RH.11-12.4, WHST.6-8.1, WHST.6-8.4...

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150 Kindness or Thank You Note Cards for Appreciation Days w/ Template

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Use this ultimate Kindness Note Card kit, complete with 150 card designs, to spread thank yous, gratitude, and more to students and staff! Includes is everything you need to teach writing thank you, support, and well wishes for a whole year of

Subjects:

Character Education, Writing, Student Council

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Google Apps

CCSS:

W.7.2, W.7.4, W.8.2, W.8.4, W.9-10.2, W.9-10.4, W.11-12.2, W.11-12.4, WHST.6-8.2, WHST.6-8.4, WHST.9-10.2...

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Personal Statement College Admission Essay How To Write Kit

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Guide students in writing their personal statement essay- the college admissions and scholarship essay. This essay writing project takes your students’ personal narrative writing skills to the next level with so many included supports.Everything you

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Projects, Unit Plans, Google Apps

CCSS:

W.9-10.3, W.9-10.4, W.9-10.5, W.9-10.6, W.11-12.3, W.11-12.4, W.11-12.5, W.11-12.6

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Thank You Note or Letter Template Project - How To Writing Kit

By Let's Cultivate Greatness

Use this complete how-to kit for writing a thank you note or letter to teach students the real-life skill of sharing gratitude and kindness. This resource comes in both print PDF and paperless Google files for your flexibility!Greatness is

Subjects:

Civics, U.S. History, Writing

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Projects, Service Learning, Google Apps

CCSS:

W.6.2, W.6.4, W.7.2, W.7.4, W.8.2, W.8.4, W.9-10.2, W.9-10.4, W.11-12.2, W.11-12.4, WHST.6-8.2...

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Current Events Global Issues World or Human Geography Capstone Research Project

By Let's Cultivate Greatness

Culminate your Human Geography, Current Events, or Contemporary World Issues course with this highly scaffolded project that lets your students research and argue for the most urgent issues of the 21st century!It's two projects in one! Students can

Subjects:

Environment, Geography, Writing

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Research, Projects, Google Apps

CCSS:

RH.9-10.1, RH.9-10.2, RH.9-10.3, RH.9-10.6, RH.9-10.9, RH.11-12.1, RH.11-12.2, RH.11-12.3, RH.11-12.6, RH.11-12.9, WHST.9-10.1...

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Civics Research Project - Representative or Elected Official Letter

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Use this complete letter to an elected official kit to upgrade your Civics class with an authentic project that makes your students to be real agents of change with their government!Cultivating great writing skills isn’t hard. You just need the

Subjects:

Civics, Government, Writing

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Research, Projects, Google Apps

CCSS:

WHST.6-8.1, WHST.6-8.4, WHST.6-8.8, WHST.9-10.1, WHST.9-10.4, WHST.9-10.8, WHST.11-12.1, WHST.11-12.4, WHST.11-12.8

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End of Year Class or Project Reflection Essay Writing Project

By Let's Cultivate Greatness

Use this universal reflection essay kit to meaningfully culminate the year or semester, your class, or a giant research or service project with confidence and ease. Everything's included, from planning to editing.This resource comes in both print

Subjects:

Career and Technical Education, Writing, Student Council

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Projects, Service Learning, Google Apps

CCSS:

W.9-10.2, W.9-10.3, W.9-10.4, W.9-10.7, W.9-10.9, W.11-12.2, W.11-12.3, W.11-12.4, W.11-12.7, W.11-12.9, WHST.9-10.2...

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Social Studies Critical Thinking Skills Poster - Claim Thesis Writing Tool

By Let's Cultivate Greatness

Help your students' critical thinking and argumentative writing with this claim and reasoning continuum line display. By putting academic language within eyesight, your students will confidently and instantly make precise claims.You'll use this tool

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Social Studies - History, Writing

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Word Walls, Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

$2.50

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US History Primary Source DBQ Writing Activities Print & Digital

By Let's Cultivate Greatness

Step up your U.S. History units with these close readings of 2 paired short high-interest primary source documents, each with an accompanying extended writing template answering a thematic question.Each kit comes in both printable PDF and digital

Subjects:

Reading, U.S. History, Writing

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, DBQs, Google Apps

CCSS:

RH.9-10.1, RH.9-10.6, RH.11-12.1, RH.11-12.6, WHST.9-10.1, WHST.9-10.4, WHST.11-12.1, WHST.11-12.4, WHST.11-12.10

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Roosevelt Four Freedoms Primary Source Writing Activity Print & Digital

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Strengthen students' skills in analyzing two primary source documents: President Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” speech and Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” painting series in a text and image-driven, evidence-based extended writing sample. This

Subjects:

Reading, U.S. History, Writing

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, DBQs, Google Apps

CCSS:

RH.6-8.1, RH.6-8.2, RH.6-8.4, RH.9-10.1, RH.9-10.2, RH.9-10.4, RH.11-12.1, RH.11-12.2, RH.11-12.4, WHST.6-8.2, WHST.6-8.4...

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Booker T. Washington W.E.B. Du Bois Source Writing Activity Print & Digital

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Strengthen students' skills in analyzing Booker T. Washington’s Atlanta Exposition Address and W.E.B. Du Bois’s response, "Of Mr. Washington and Others,” and playing them against the backdrop of the Gilded Age in a text-driven, evidence-based

Subjects:

U.S. History, Writing, Black History Month

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, DBQs, Google Apps

CCSS:

RH.6-8.1, RH.6-8.2, RH.6-8.6, RH.9-10.1, RH.9-10.2, RH.9-10.7, RH.11-12.1, RH.11-12.2, RH.11-12.6, WHST.6-8.2, WHST.6-8.4...

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1920s Scopes Trial Primary Source Writing Activity Print & Digital

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Strengthen students' skills in analyzing two opposing points of view from the Scopes "Monkey" trial and playing them against each other in a text-driven, evidence-based extended writing sample. This resource comes in both print PDF and digital for

Subjects:

U.S. History, Writing, Reading Strategies

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Google Apps, Lesson

CCSS:

RH.9-10.1, RH.9-10.2, RH.9-10.6, RH.11-12.1, RH.11-12.2, RH.11-12.6, WHST.9-10.2, WHST.9-10.4, WHST.11-12.2, WHST.11-12.4

$3.00

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Living American Hero US History Project Print & Digital

By Let's Cultivate Greatness

Grab the perfect end-of-year or after-the-exam-and-everybody's-fried project to culminate your US History class with meaning!The project challenges your students to develop a two-part authentic product that challenges them to brainstorm, research,

Subjects:

U.S. History, Writing, End of Year

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, Homeschool

Types:

Research, Projects, Google Apps

CCSS:

RH.6-8.1, RH.6-8.2, RH.9-10.1, RH.9-10.2, RH.11-12.1, RH.11-12.2, WHST.6-8.2, WHST.6-8.4, WHST.6-8.7, WHST.6-8.8, WHST.9-10.2...

$10.00

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Thank You Appreciation Note Cards w/ Template - Teacher Student or Parent

By Let's Cultivate Greatness

Say thank you with pride using this Thank Note Card kit, complete with 16 card designs in 14 different school spirit color combinations. Use for all sorts of school events, end-of-year, or anytime!This kit is specifically designed for middle and

Subjects:

Character Education, Writing, Student Council

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Google Apps

CCSS:

W.7.2, W.7.4, W.8.2, W.8.4, W.9-10.2, W.9-10.4, W.11-12.2, W.11-12.4, WHST.6-8.2, WHST.6-8.4, WHST.9-10.2...

$4.50

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Carnegie Gospel of Wealth Primary Source Writing Activity Print & Digital

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Guide your students through a focused analysis of two primary source documents- social Darwinism with Andrew Carnegie's “Gospel of Wealth” and a contrasting view on Gilded Age riches by Russell Conwell, entitled “Acres of Diamonds,” and culminate

Subjects:

U.S. History, Writing

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, Homeschool

Types:

DBQs, Google Apps, Lesson

CCSS:

RH.6-8.1, RH.6-8.2, RH.6-8.6, RH.9-10.1, RH.9-10.2, RH.9-10.6, RH.11-12.1, RH.11-12.2, RH.11-12.6, WHST.6-8.2, WHST.6-8.4...

$3.00

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Great Depression Hoover Primary Source Writing Activity Print & Digital

By Let's Cultivate Greatness

Strengthen students' skills in analyzing two of President Hoover's speeches, one from before and one after the 1929 stock market crash, and playing them against the backdrop of the Great Depression in a text-driven, evidence-based extended writing

Subjects:

U.S. History, Writing, Reading Strategies

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, DBQs, Google Apps

CCSS:

RH.9-10.1, RH.9-10.2, RH.9-10.6, RH.11-12.1, RH.11-12.2, RH.11-12.6, WHST.9-10.2, WHST.9-10.4, WHST.11-12.2, WHST.11-12.4

$3.00

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Phyllis Schlafly ERA Primary Source Writing Activity Print & Digital

By Let's Cultivate Greatness

Strengthen students' skills in analyzing two staunchly opposed perspectives: that of the 2nd wave feminists of the late 1960s and 1970s and that of Phyllis Schlafly, the founder of the STOP ERA movement. Then, weigh both in a text-driven,

Subjects:

Reading, U.S. History, Writing

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, DBQs, Google Apps

CCSS:

RI.8.1, RI.8.6, RI.9-10.1, RI.9-10.6, RI.11-12.1, RI.11-12.6, WHST.6-8.2, WHST.6-8.4, WHST.9-10.2, WHST.9-10.4, WHST.11-12.2...

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Great Depression Guthrie Primary Source Writing Activity Print & Digital

By Let's Cultivate Greatness

Strengthen students' skills in analyzing Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land" in response to "God Bless America," and playing them against the backdrop of the Great Depression in a text-driven, evidence-based extended writing sample. This

Subjects:

U.S. History, Writing, Reading Strategies

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, DBQs, Google Apps

CCSS:

RH.9-10.1, RH.9-10.2, RH.9-10.6, RH.11-12.1, RH.11-12.2, RH.11-12.6, WHST.9-10.2, WHST.9-10.4, WHST.11-12.2, WHST.11-12.4

$3.00

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Kennedy Johnson Great Society Primary Source Writing Activity Print & Digital

By Let's Cultivate Greatness

Strengthen students' skills in analyzing two very famous, but rarely considered side-by-side, speeches: President Kennedy’s Inauguration and President Johnson’s Great Society speech. Then, weigh both in a text-driven, evidence-based extending

Subjects:

Reading, U.S. History, Writing

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, DBQs, Google Apps

CCSS:

RH.6-8.1, RH.6-8.2, RH.6-8.6, RH.9-10.1, RH.9-10.2, RH.9-10.6, RH.11-12.1, RH.11-12.2, RH.11-12.6, WHST.6-8.2, WHST.6-8.4...

$3.00

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have taught high school U.S. History, American Government my whole career, working with students with elementary- through college-level reading and writing capabilities. I have learned over the years that every student needs scaffolding, templates, and personal connections to be successful, which is why every resource in my store sets you up for success by including these supports. If you have any questions about how to make them work in your middle or high school classroom, please don't hesitate to contact me. I'd be happy to help brainstorm with you!

MY TEACHING STYLE

History is not made in a textbook. It is not a matching quiz, fill-in-the-blank worksheet, 50-slide Power Point lecture. History is not a fact to be memorized. Come join me in leaving the textbooks on the shelf and instead empowering our students to analyze problems, decide their positions, find their passions, persuade others with their words, and taking effective action for change during and after they are in our care. Let's ask questions that spark inquiry. Let's lead projects that create agency. Let's learn things that matter.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

National Board Certified Teacher, AYA History & Social Studies

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

BA in History/English and an MA in Middle/Secondary Education

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Come join me and let's start a little revolution by cultivating our next thinkers, questioners, and leaders!

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English Language Arts, Reading, Specialty, Science, Earth Sciences, Environment, Social Studies, Civics, Elections - Voting, Government, Native Americans, U.S. History, World History, World Languages, Arts & Music, Art History, Career and Technical Education, Geography, Other (Social Studies), Life Skills, Professional Development, Business, School Counseling, Psychology, Character Education, Writing, Asian Studies, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Poetry, The New Year, Black History Month, Earth Day, Informational Text, Student Council, For Administrators, Coaching, End of Year, Close Reading, Women's History Month, Classroom Community, Social Emotional Learning