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Higher education social studies interactive whiteboards
Civil Rights Movement Powerpoint
30 Slides to help you teach this important period of American History
Topics Included:
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Segregation
Integration
Armed forces integration
Sit-ins
Civil Rights Leaders: Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, Booker T. Washington, Jesse Jackson, Thurgood Marshall
Tuskegee Institute
March on Washington
Seperate but Equal
Brown vs. Board of Education
Little Rock Nine
John F. Kennedy
Civil Rights Act
Lyndon Johnson
NAACP
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Charity – it's not as clear cut as you think, Conversation ESL and debate class
This is a PowerPoint lesson in editable PPT format with worksheets and teacher’s notes. This conversation lesson, aimed at high schoolers and ESL adults, aspires to create a debate about the pros and cons of charity in its various forms and models and to discuss what, if any, are the problems with charity as we know it.Charity is something that seems pretty straightforward. Not everyone gives to charity, but most people believe it’s a good and moral thing to do. In this lesson, we look at scient
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Powerpoint Game: United States Geography
A 50-question, interactive quiz to test your students' knowledge on the fifty states of the United States of America. Simply click on the corresponding color to make your guess! Each of the state's respective flags are shown for additional learning about the USA.This product is designed specifically to be engaging for your students. Your students will love the fun sound effects and the opportunity to get up and walk around in order to tap the on-screen buttons.This product is best used with a Pr
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
Extreme sport – There’s a twist! - ESL adult & kids conversation lesson
This is a two-hour ESL adult PowerPoint lesson in editable PPT format with worksheets and a class activity. In this lesson, students are asked to comment, discuss, and argue - risky and dangerous behavior – but they’ll need to define it first. Extreme sports are becoming popular due to a society that is growing wealthier, more health-conscious, and with much more free time. Another (seemingly less important, but who are we kidding) interesting factor is the visual attraction that these sports ha
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Pro and Post Vacation Bundle - ESL adult conversation PowerPoint lessons
Fear – what exactly are you afraid of – ESL adult conversation PPT
This presentation contains a 27 slide PowerPoint lesson in editable PPT format with 3 handouts that accompany the lesson. Fear! - can you think of a better conversation topic for a lesson?This lesson has got me through some difficult Mondays...it's a non-prep lesson that will give you two hours of engaged conversation and full participation.This lesson includes:♚ A discussion about the difference between fear and phobias.♚ Common fears and whether they are rational or not.♚ What is the biggest f
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Halloween mega bundle - ESL Adult English conversation power-point
Stations of the Cross Interactive PowerPoint
Journey Through Faith: An Immersive Exploration of the Stations of the CrossEngage your students in a meaningful and unforgettable learning experience with this highly visual and engaging PowerPoint on the history and celebration of the Stations of the Cross.Dive deeper than ever before:Unravel the rich history: Explore the origins of the Stations, from first pilgrimages to the Holy Land to the involvement of the Romans and Franciscans.Connect with scripture: Delve into the 14 traditional Statio
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Ancient History Timeline Banner
I use this banner in my classroom to showcase all that we learn within a year. As I go from unit to unit my classes move their "time travel pieces" from one time period to the next. I hang mine on my white board so that the pieces are easily moved by magnets. This is designed to be printed on 2ft x 15ft paper for maximum quality.
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Describing faces – ESL/ELL adult conversation PowerPoint lesson
This is an ESL adult conversation lesson. It includes an editable PowerPoint with worksheets, a class activity, and teacher’s notes.Face description is a fascinating thing. Every time I watch a program where a witness is asked by a detective to describe a person that they’ve seen at a crime scene, I marvel at their ability to do it so accurately. I’m not even sure I’d be able to describe my neighbor’s face to someone, let alone a face I’ve seen for a split second under duress. Facial features ar
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: learning to describe - bundle for ESL, EFL, ELL adult conversation
Marriage – for and against - ESL, EFL, ELL adult and kid conversation
This presentation contains a 49 slide PowerPoint lesson in an editable PPT format with Teacher’s notes and a quiz worksheet that accompany the lesson. Let me start by mentioning that I have been happily married for the past 24 years. The idea for this lesson started with an argument in my ESL class about whether or not a growing rate of young people is choosing a substitute for the traditional marriage format. I wanted to check this theory out and found a flood of information in the form of coun
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Stress - ESL business adult conversation lesson
This is a conversation lesson with two PowerPoint presentations in editable PPT format, worksheets, an activity, and teacher’s notes.This topic is probably one of the most relevant and interesting conversation topics you’ll find, perfect for ESL students, since it’s a universal problem, experienced by everyone.I tried to collect and include as much ‘up-to-date’ research data as possible about the subject so that you could hold an informative discussion in class about it.In this lesson, we will d
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Ice breakers - adult ESL conversation lesson in PowerPoint format
This is an ESL adult conversation lesson in editable PPT format with worksheets and teacher’s notes.RESOURCE TYPE✓PowerPoint presentation✓Printable word worksheetsLesson descriptionThis lesson is for new groups/classes, that need to bond and get to know each other.When we know personal information about other people, it creates communication shortcuts. In a group, this information is a type of shorthand, that is not only more engaging but also makes the group trust one another and be more produc
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Quiz Show Game Template in a PowerPoint Presentation
Quiz Show Game Template in a PowerPoint PresentationThis Quiz Show game, Jeopardy Style, is a great way to review a chapter. There are 25 questions, Final Showdown question, and a scoreboard so you don’t have to write it on a side board. Each page has the point value!I created TWO different versions. One with a Final Showdown question and another without to give you more options.You can edit the content to review any subject, including Math, history, science, K-12 English (ELA), social studies,
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Refusal – How to say “NO” in English - Cross culture- ESL adult conversation
This presentation contains a 43 slide PowerPoint lesson in editable PPT format with a role play activity, work papers and teacher’s notes. This lesson discusses the difficulty of saying ‘no’ and how to confront it.Saying “NO”, is not an easy thing to do, especially for ESL students. Most people say ‘yes’ to things they don’t want to do because it’s easier, because they want to avoid conflict or because they want to appear nice. Like other things, we need to practice refusal in order to get bette
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
GAME SHOW WIZARD EXTREME!-- Interactive Whiteboard Classroom Gaming
The Game Show Wizard Extreme is a classroom gaming application that you install on any Windows computer. It was designed to be played in a classroom using an interactive whiteboard and a digital projector. Depending on the game your choose (there are 15!), students take turns competing (in teams) at your interactive whiteboard using the questions YOU make. It also comes with thousands of questions for middle school and high school math, science, social studies and English.If you have an inter
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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American Literature in Historical Context
Peoples’ beliefs, values, and fears have an immeasurable impact on what they write. Explaining those beliefs, values, and fears helps unlock complex texts for students, which is just what these historical context lessons are made to do! Heavily based on the historical previews from Holt, Rinehart, & Winston’s Elements of Literature textbooks, these presentations introduce parts of history that influenced American Literature in a visual and interactive manner. Introduce (or recap) each lit
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Play the blame game ESL adult conversation lesson in Power point format
This presentation contains a 52 slide PowerPoint lesson in editable PPT format with a paper and teacher's notes that accompany the lesson and a role-play activity. This lesson is all about letting loose and giving in to one of the most basic of human needs: ‘the need to blame someone else’.Some great research in social psychology was done on the subject of “the fundamental attribution error”, and why we engage in it with such vigor, But the bottom line is: it’s in our nature, we do it all the
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Ancient Egypt Interactive PowerPoint + Geography & Map Activities | NO PREP
Ancient Egypt Interactive PowerPoint + Geography & Map Activities | NO PREP Immerse your students in an unforgettable virtual experience with this engaging, interactive PowerPoint, which is a great Ancient Egypt Activity and Project! ✨ Designed as part of a comprehensive Ancient Egypt Curriculum Unit, this resource guarantees a memorable lesson on this ancient civilization. It is intended for students in upper elementary and middle school, aged between 9 and 14.This comprehensive PowerPoint
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4th - 8th, Higher Education, Adult Education
COMMON CORE ~ How to Annotate and do a Close Reading of Text Instructions
These two pages give the steps for doing a close reading and the steps to annotating text. They are written specifically for the students, not as instructions to the teacher, so they would be beneficial to add to a notebook for regular reference.
I have also included an example of how to utilize a quote as evidence to answer a text dependent question and a full page example of how an annotated text might appear (of course they will all be different).
As a PDF file, these pages would be easily
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
color psychology - ESL adult and kid conversation power point lesson
This presentation contains a 40 slide PowerPoint lesson in an editable PPT format and Teacher notes and two work papers that accompany the lesson. Color psychology is an amazing subject, it took me soooo long to sift through the mountain of fascinating research so that I could present only the most interesting ones (I hope I’ve succeeded).My students loved the game of association and the color game – I hope yours will enjoy them as well.This lesson includes:- What is color and why it doesn’t exi
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
National Anthems - ESL adult conversation lesson in PowerPoint format
National Anthem is an ESL conversation lesson in editable PPT format, with a quiz, a worksheet, and teacher’s notes.Anthems are interesting because they offer us insight into the self-image or the self-conceptualization of the country’s history. National anthems are designed to “unite the population around shared values”, but they sometimes do the exact opposite. In this lesson, students discuss the importance (or lack of importance) of national anthems. We talk about the validity of using the a
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
First Day Introduction Power Point
This powerpoint works for all ages and can easily be changed to fit different people. I use this as an ice-breaker and a first week assignment for my middle/high school students. While I do not recommend judging books (or people) by their covers, this is a fun exercise to show the students how making assumptions about poeple is not a good habit. After going through the power point about myself, I ask the students to make a list of ten true or false statements about themselves that I will do a
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
Relationships - an ESL adult conversation power-point lesson
Good relationships take commitment, compromise, forgiveness, and effort. Psychologists have spent years studying the traits that are fundamental to successful long-term relationships.Is there such a thing as “the one”? Or is each relationship just a mélange of random circumstances and individuals?In this lesson we discuss relationships and what makes them successful. We look at studies that suggest dos and don’ts necessary for a successful relationship and discuss whether they apply across cultu
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
An embarrassment - ESL adult conversation in PowerPoint
An embarrassment is a two-hour adult ESL conversation lesson in PowerPoint format. It includes two lessons that discuss the reason for embarrassment, why we experience it, and techniques to deal with it. This lesson was created for ESL adults, but I have used it successfully with business classes and with high school students as well.The lesson includes two PowerPoints in an editable PPT format, worksheets, and teacher’s notes. People love discussing embarrassing situations that happened to them
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Stone Age Interactive PowerPoint - Early Humans & Prehistory | NO PREP
Stone Age Interactive PowerPoint - Early Humans & Prehistory | NO PREP Immerse your students in an unforgettable virtual experience with this engaging, interactive PowerPoint, which is a great Stone AGe Project! ✨ Designed as part of a comprehensive Stone Age and Early Humans Unit, this resource guarantees a memorable lesson on Prehistory. It is intended for students in upper elementary and middle school, aged between 9 and 14.This comprehensive PowerPoint comprises 44 captivating slides,
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4th - 8th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Stone Age Curriculum BUNDLE - Lesson Plans Early Humans & Prehistory
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Importance of learning social studies
Social studies offers valuable insights into history, geography, and much more. Social studies captivates students by providing them with perspectives from the past, present, and future, allowing them to understand history and navigate current events. It enables them to appreciate how previous generations have shaped their present reality. In essence, social studies opens their eyes to the vastness of life beyond their immediate surroundings.
Benefits of learning social studies
Learning social studies offers many benefits to students in terms of helping them develop a holistic understanding of the world. Namely, it helps them:
- Learn about the achievements, challenges, perspectives, traditions, and customs of different societies
- Evaluate information, analyze evidence, and make informed judgments about complex social, economic, and political issues
- Become active, responsible, and engaged citizens
- Comprehend global issues such as human rights, environmental sustainability, and economic disparities
By teaching social studies, teachers can help students develop critical thinking skills, foster civic engagement, and promote social awareness and responsibility.
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On TPT, social studies resources come in various formats, from worksheets to interactive notebooks to units. They can be used to enhance learning, assess a student’s mastery of social studies concepts, or to reteach a tricky topic. With plenty of TPT resources at your fingertips, teaching and learning social studies will be so much easier.
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If you’re a teacher or parent looking for printable or digital social studies resources, TPT has an extensive array of instructional materials for every learning need, topic, or grade level. Whether you’re teaching students about America’s democratic process, the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., how to read maps, or World War II, we’ve got you covered.
Social studies resources on TPT offer informative lessons, engaging texts, intriguing facts, interactive puzzles, and enjoyable trivia games. These grade-specific resources ensure that all students can access age-appropriate materials that stimulate their minds and enhance their creative thinking abilities.
For instance, first graders can explore worksheets on senses and emotions, followed by a coloring page featuring Harriet Tubman. Older students can test their knowledge with quizzes on statistics and capital cities, then delve into the history of the Underground Railroad through an informational sheet or enjoy a word search focused on civil rights leaders. With such a wide variety of subjects and topics covered, our social studies pages provide endless opportunities for students to explore the world in captivating ways.
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