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Common Core SL.9-10.1b cultural activities
First Day Activity High School Middle School Gallery Walk Group or Virtual
This activity gets your students moving, working together, and thinking. It is a low-prep, high yield activity! Students walk through eight stations completing ideas about what makes them successful students! After the gallery walk they work together in groups to discover, categorize, evaluate, create. What's IncludedTwo google slides presentations One includes the slides you need to print to do a in-person paper-based gallery walk and the instructionsThe other presentation provides the resour
Grades:
7th - 12th
Unit: Legends & Tall Tales/Mythology, Folklore/Creative Writing/ELA7-12|EDITABLE
Grade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloAnchor Standards: 15Steps: 16Original Products: 9Links to Resources: 10Rubrics: 2Brainstorm about heroes with MY ORIGINAL HONORS WKSH: Heroes (CCSS.ELA.W.9)Research with LINK R4S: Module 2- Finding Information about a hero (CCSS.ELA.W.7)Read LINK: Tale of Sir Launcelot.pdf (CCSS.ELA.R.10)Practice standardized testing vocabulary with MY ORIGINAL WKSH Vocabulary Usage: Tale of Sir Launcelot du Lake (CCSS.ELA.L.4-6)Read LINK: The Sword in the Stone.pdf (CCSS.
Grades:
7th - 12th
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CLASS: Mythology and Folklore- ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)
Unit: Norse Stories- Mythology and Folklore- ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)Grade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloAnchor Standards: All 32 CCSS Anchor StandardsSteps: 115+Original Products: 75+Links to Resources: 100+Rubrics: 5+11 Unit Bundles Include: Introduction, African, Sports, Pirates, Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Arabian, Celtic, Italian, Norse, Greek
Grades:
7th - 12th
The Outsiders Mock Trial
This is a fantastic end-of-the-unit activity for The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. With this product, you will be able to hold a classroom Mock Trial that is run by the students, with a student judge, student lawyers, student witness, and student jury. Students will be assigned roles with assignments that correspond to each role, and it's a great activity for differentiation because the roles have different difficulty levels. Teachers will guide students in their preparation for a couple of days bef
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: The Outsiders Mock Trial Bundle
Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera Virtual Field Trip with Google Form
Take your students on a virtual field trip. I have created a movie from the Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection explores the Mexican modernism movement through more than 150 artworks. I have embedded the youtube video into the Google Form. So students can watch the video (about 10 minutes) then answer questions about the exhibit. Just like they were actually there. Featuring paintings and photographs by internationally celebrated artis
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Back-to-School SEL Icebreakers
Elevate your classroom environment and strengthen student connections with our comprehensive teacher resource focused on Social Emotional Learning (SEL) icebreaker activities. Activities included:Class Soundtrack: Encourage students to share their diverse musical tastes and backgrounds through our innovative class soundtrack activity. With culturally relevant prompts, students select songs that resonate with their heritage, values, and experiences. Engage in insightful discussions as they explai
Grades:
6th - 12th
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"Find Someone Who..." Class Meet and Greet
An engaging "out of your seat" activity for any age group: a "find someone who..." discussion asks students to move about the classroom seeking other students to talk to about a variety of interesting questions. This worksheet is ready to print, or modify as you see fit!
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Not Grade Specific
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Distance Learning: What Would You Do for Teens and Young Adults PowerPoint
Get students thinking and talking with this collection of creative and original hypothetical What Would You Do? situations from veteran English teacher Taylor Sapp. The 27 critical thinking prompts here are designed with young learners or elementary school students in mind.This is the PowerPoint edition. You can also get it in a Google Slides edition.What would you do if:you had a friend who was a little too touchy-feely?you could teleport anywhere you wanted in the world?you saw a person holdin
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Socratic Seminar: Communism then AND Now
Essential Questions: How do people respond to institutions that do not fit their needs? Why do we fear Communism?
If it is one thing that students across the board tend to struggle with... It's Communism! This seminar is designed to help students not only understand the concept of Marx and his theory, but also question why it always fails in practice, and why democratic countries fear communist countries historically.
This lesson contains seven documents and prepares students for a discussion
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Grades:
9th - 12th
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First Week of School Activity/Soccer Ball Game!
As a teacher, do you struggle with opening days of school? You need to figure out how to fully engage students who have been enjoying the best days of summer while also attempting to spark meaningful relationships from the very beginning...I developed this timeless "Teacher Assumptions" and "Soccer Ball Game" Slideshow that I have been using for the first day of school (which really can extend to the entire first week of school...) for the past several years, and my students legitimately asked o
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Grades:
7th - 10th
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Holiday Trivia Games - Growing BUNDLE | Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas +
Save 30% with this bundle! This Jeopardy-style Holiday Games Bundle deal includes: "St. Patrick's Day Trivia Game,” "Christmas Season Trivia Game" and “Valentine's Day Trivia Game," and more!The Google Slides "Labor Day Trivia Game" covers these topics:1. Labor Day History Trivia2. Hot Dog Trivia3. Labor Day Traditions Trivia4. Workforce TriviaThe Google Slides "Fall Trivia Game" covers these topics:1. History within the Fall season2. Pumpkin Trivia3. Fall Holidays 4. RandomThe Google Slides "Ha
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Critical Thinking What Would You Do Activity: Tip for Bad Service?
Get students thinking and talking with this single creative hypothetical What Would You Do? hypothetical situation. This flexible and adaptable ESL/EFL or social studies activity generates conversation, engages students, and engenders perspective-taking and problem-solving. Each situation also provides material for written, debate, and other creative projects.***********************************************************************************************************This product is a dilemma about
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: What Would You Do? Hypothetical WWYD Situations GROWING BUNDLE
Distance Learning: What Would You Do for Teens and Young Adults Google Slides
Get students thinking and talking with this collection of creative and original hypothetical What Would You Do? situations from veteran English teacher Taylor Sapp. The 27 critical thinking prompts here are designed with young learners or elementary school students in mind.This is the Google Slides edition. You can also get it in a PowerPoint edition . What would you do if:you had a friend who was a little too touchy-feely?you could teleport anywhere you wanted in the world?you saw a person hold
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Social Justice TED Talk, "America's forgotten working class" Worksheet /Activity
Looking for a way to make your students' engagement with the powerful TedTalk "America's forgotten working class" even deeper? Our exclusive worksheet is the perfect complement to this must-watch social justice talk.Designed for the classroom, our 2-page worksheet includes ample space for students to take notes and a series of 7 thought-provoking discussion questions to inspire deeper reflection and conversation. These questions are designed to help students better understand the talk and reflec
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Student-Led Meeting Toolkit
Watch your student facilitate a professional meeting using this highly structured and engaging ritual: the Student-Led Meeting (SLM). The SLM Toolkit comes with a Facilitator's Guide to support your students, and teacher-designed lessons, "look out for"s and prompts to scaffold your experience so that students gain the capacity to fully lead the meetings. Over a thousand students run PowerTools' Student-Led Meeting nationally and the feedback is great. Appropriate for upper elementary school th
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6th - 11th
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Social Justice TED Talk, "Racism has a cost for everyone" Worksheet / Activity
Looking for a way to make your students' engagement with the powerful TedTalk "Racism has a cost for everyone" even deeper? Our exclusive worksheet is the perfect complement to this must-watch social justice talk.Designed for the classroom, our 2-page worksheet includes ample space for students to take notes and a series of 7 thought-provoking discussion questions to inspire deeper reflection and conversation. These questions are designed to help students better understand the talk and reflect o
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Unit: Italian Stories- Mythology and Folklore- ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)
Unit: Italian Stories- Mythology and Folklore- ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)Grade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloAnchor Standards: 9Steps: 10Original Products: 5Links to Resources: 13 Rubrics: 5
Grades:
7th - 12th
To Kill a Mockingbird Mock Trial
Hold a mock trial for the book, To Kill a Mockingbird. This is a fantastic activity that involves the entire class with differentiation and student-led discussion. You can assign each student a role, including a judge, lawyers, character witnesses, or back up characters/jury duty. This purchase includes all of the explanations, preparation worksheets for each role, and during-the-trial worksheets for jury duty (19 pages). Following is the explanation at the beginning of the documents for the stu
Grades:
8th - 11th
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Also included in: To Kill a Mockingbird Mock Trial Bundle
The Struggle for Girl Empowerment in China
Students will be able to
- explain the history of the women’s rights struggle in China and identify key figures in Chinese feminist history,
- evaluate what are the current issues facing girls and women in China today,
- work collaboratively to debate the Family Planning Policy,
- analyze art from today and its meaning for women empowerment in current Chinese society, and
- create feminist posters that reflect Chinese history of women’s rights as well as it current concerns.
Grades:
10th - 11th
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Literary Speed Dating with Ballads [CCSS.ELA.SL.1-2] (EDITABLE)
With Literary Speed Dating with Ballads, have students line up in 2 lines (like speed dating) with one side having 1 ballad each and 1 side having any number of the ballad elements based on size. Have students discuss whether the ballad from the partner across from them has the ballad elements they have. Give them a short amount of time to discuss and decide and then have 1 line move down 1 person and repeat as many times as needed (CCSS.ELA.SL.1)
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Also included in: Unit: Ballads for Mythology, Folklore/Creative Writing (EDITABLE)
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Treasure/Scavenger Hunt: Pirate Stories [CCSS.ELA.SL.1-2] (EDITABLE)
I use this in my Pirate Stories unit in Mythology and Folklore. This is the student sample and then students create their own. Includes 76 Slides with Directions and 24 locations -> 24 QR code slides to post, 24 clue slides (to use without QR codes), and 24 answer slides.Scan each QR code/clue. Answer the riddle to find the location of the next QR code/clue and go find it.If there are multiple places of the same name, then choose the one closest to my room, 401.Write your locations on the pro
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Also included in: Unit: Pirate Stories - Mythology and Folklore ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)
Unit: Norse Stories- Mythology and Folklore- ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)
Unit: Norse Stories- Mythology and Folklore- ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)Grade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloAnchor Standards: 10Steps: 8Original Products: 6Links to Resources: 17 Rubrics: 2
Grades:
7th - 12th
Socratic Seminar Discussion Lesson Plan
Lesson plan to be used during a Socratic seminar discussion
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7th - 10th
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Global Issues, Healthy Disagreement/settling conflict
Hand out for Intro chapter in discussing perspectives with students in our global seminar contemporary issues course.
Grades:
9th - 12th
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