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Adult education social studies interactive whiteboards
Social Studies BUNDLE: Boom Cards™ (distance learning)
Are you looking for a way to reach your special needs students while you are distance learning? These fun, interactive task cards are just what you need to engage your students while they are practicing life skills. It can be used as a whole group activity, as a learning center, as an independent activity, and more!SAVE MONEY ~ you are saving 30% by purchasing the bundle instead of the individual cards! (it's like getting almost 5 BOOM decks for FREE)Included BOOM card decks:Community HelpersTh
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PreK - 3rd, Adult Education
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Social Studies: 3 Branches of Government Boom Cards™ {distance learning}
Product DescriptionAre you looking for a way to reach your special needs students while you are distance learning? These fun, interactive task cards are just what you need to engage your students while they are practicing life skills. It can be used as a whole group activity, as a learning center, as an independent activity, and more! These 18 task cards allow students to choose from a field of three to match the statement about the branches of government. Each slide has audio that reads the
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2nd - 3rd, Adult Education
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Also included in: Social Studies BUNDLE: Boom Cards™ (distance learning)
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
Social Studies: Using a Map Boom Cards™ {distance learning}
Product DescriptionAre you looking for a way to reach your special needs students while you are distance learning? These fun, interactive task cards are just what you need to engage your students while they are practicing life skills. It can be used as a whole group activity, as a learning center, as an independent activity, and more! These 20 task cards allow students to analyze a map and answer questions using the key and rose compass on the map. Students choose from a field of thee choice
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K - 2nd, Adult Education
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Also included in: Social Studies BUNDLE: Boom Cards™ (distance learning)
Social Studies: Places in the Community Boom Cards™ {distance learning}
Product DescriptionAre you looking for a way to reach your special needs students while you are distance learning? These fun, interactive task cards are just what you need to engage your students while they are practicing life skills. It can be used as a whole group activity, as a learning center, as an independent activity, and more! These 20 task cards will allow students to identify places in the community by looking at buildings and choosing from a field of three choices. Each card says,
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PreK - 1st, Adult Education
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Also included in: Social Studies BUNDLE: Boom Cards™ (distance learning)
Daily JANUARY Nonfiction Stories - Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Teachers love to use these every day to increase reading comprehension skills. You get the worksheets along with a google slide digital version. Plenty of nonfiction stories featuring celebrities, inventors, sports, scientific discoveries, dramatic events and more… this series is sure to give you an unending supply of relevant and intriguing daily reading lessons. Each high-Interest passage is followed by a full page of skill-specific comprehension activities designed to sharpen essential reading
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5th - 12th, 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
Social Studies: Goods and Services Boom Cards™ {distance learning}
Product DescriptionAre you looking for a way to reach your special needs students while you are distance learning? These fun, interactive task cards are just what you need to engage your students while they are practicing life skills. It can be used as a whole group activity, as a learning center, as an independent activity, and more! These 20 task cards allow students to look at an image and choose whether or not it is a "good" or a "service". Each slide has audio that says, "Is this good o
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K - 2nd, Adult Education
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Also included in: Social Studies BUNDLE: Boom Cards™ (distance learning)
Social Studies: Landforms Boom Cards™ {distance learning}
Product DescriptionAre you looking for a way to reach your special needs students while you are distance learning? These fun, interactive task cards are just what you need to engage your students while they are practicing life skills. It can be used as a whole group activity, as a learning center, as an independent activity, and more! These 18 task cards allow students to choose from a field of three choices once they look at the picture and decide which landform they say. Each slide has aud
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K - 1st, Adult Education
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Also included in: Social Studies BUNDLE: Boom Cards™ (distance learning)
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
Social Studies: My Family Boom Cards™ {distance learning}
Product DescriptionAre you looking for a way to reach your special needs students while you are distance learning? These fun, interactive task cards are just what you need to engage your students while they are practicing life skills. It can be used as a whole group activity, as a learning center, as an independent activity, and more! These 20 task cards allow students to look at real photos and select from a field of three answers to describe the picture. Each slide has automatic audio th
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PreK - 1st, Adult Education
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Also included in: Social Studies BUNDLE: Boom Cards™ (distance learning)
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
FREE Dinosaur Posters Set | Classroom Displays | Science | Decor
☀️ Jumpstart discussions and get your young learners’ attention with our high-resolution dinosaur poster set. Kids universally love dinosaurs, making this one of the easiest topics you’ll ever teach in your classroom.***************************************************************************This collection includes 13 posters designed to enhance any learning space at home or school while helping your students better understand dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures. We professionally designed
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PreK - 12th, Adult Education
21st Century DECEMBER DAILY COMPREHENSION - High Interest Reading Activities
A LESSON-A-DAY FOR EVERY DAY IN DECEMBER!ENGAGING READING COMPREHENSION LESSONS FOR EVERY DAY OF THE MONTH!Featuring celebrities, inventors, sports, scientific discoveries, dramatic events and more… this series is sure to give you an unending supply of relevant and intriguing daily reading lessons. Each high-Interest passage is followed by a full page of skill-specific comprehension activities designed to sharpen essential reading skills. This lesson-a-day series is sure to become a classroom fav
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
Social Studies: Rural, Urban, and Suburban Boom Cards™
Product DescriptionAre you looking for a way to reach your special needs students while you are distance learning? These fun, interactive task cards are just what you need to engage your students while they are practicing life skills. It can be used as a whole group activity, as a learning center, as an independent activity, and more! These 20 task cards allow students to look at the image and choose from a field of three which community matches. There is automatic audio that says, "What typ
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K - 2nd, Adult Education
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Also included in: Social Studies BUNDLE: Boom Cards™ (distance learning)
Cultural Diversity Powerpoint
This 19 slide interactive powerpoint teaches students (or even adults) about culture and ethnicity. This lesson contains information regarding the current view of America as a tossed salad as opposed to a melting pot. Several slides contain discussion questions and images.
Here is a detailed list of what the powerpoint contains:
- cover slide
- culture discussion question
- culture: defined
- what is ethnicity?
- map of US with question
- culture adventure slide
- traditions
- diverse world
- m
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
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
Daily Comprehension 21st Century MARCH - Hi/Lo Reading Activities - History
A LESSON-A-DAY FOR EVERY DAY IN MARCH!ENGAGING READING COMPREHENSION LESSONS FOR EVERY DAY OF THE MONTH!Featuring celebrities, inventors, sports, scientific discoveries, dramatic events and more… this series is sure to give you an unending supply of relevant and intriguing daily reading lessons. Each high-Interest passage is followed by a full page of skill-specific comprehension activities designed to sharpen essential reading skills. This lesson-a-day series is sure to become a classroom favorit
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
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
Virginia Studies SMARTboard Lesson - VA in the New Nation - VS.6
***Updated with 2016 SOLs***
This is the newest version of this SMARTboard lesson, and it covers all of the Virginia SOLs on this topic - VS.6a-c. I've also updated the interactive notebook that matches this lesson, found here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Virginia-Studies-Interactive-Notebook-New-Nation-Unit-VS6-2000122
This is an instructional SMARTboard lesson about Virginia in the New Nation. It covers all of the Virginia fourth grade SOLs for this topic. It is attractive
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3rd - 9th, Adult Education
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
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
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
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