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Anchor Charts in Secondary Social Studies - Social Studies Success
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6 to 11
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Do you wonder if anchor charts belong in a secondary classroom? This practical Social Studies Success blog post shows teachers how to use anchor charts with older students to make ...more
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Do you wonder if anchor charts belong in a secondary classroom? This practical Social Studies Success blog post shows teachers how to use anchor charts with older students to make major concepts and recurring skills visible throughout a unit. Examples include a PERSIA acronym chart for geography and world cultures, charts for reviewing key content, a "Somebody Wanted..." summarization strategy, social studies skills charts with graphic organizers and sentence stems, and enlarged Bill of Rights activities repurposed as classroom reference charts. The author notes that her ELL students used the charts during review and discussion, making the resource especially useful for teachers seeking visual supports and repeated reference points. Images throughout the post provide examples that teachers can adapt to their own content.
tag(s): bill of rights (46), elections (91), graphic organizers (63), teaching strategies (88)
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Have students work in small groups to build a paper anchor chart for a major unit concept, adding essential vocabulary, key people, dates, visuals, and evidence as the class learns new material. Have pairs create a digital version of an anchor chart with Google Drawings, reviewed here, using shapes, labels, images, and short explanations to organize an important social studies concept. Ask students to apply the "Somebody Wanted..." summarization strategy featured in the article to a historical event or biography, then compare responses and revise the class anchor chart as new evidence or interpretations emerge.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Home Baseball Activities for Kids - MLB
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K to 8
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Want fun activities featuring your favorite team? This MLB roundup, originally published in May 2020, offers a wide assortment of kid-friendly, baseball-themed learning and enrichment...more
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Want fun activities featuring your favorite team? This MLB roundup, originally published in May 2020, offers a wide assortment of kid-friendly, baseball-themed learning and enrichment activities. The collection directs families and educators to activities from MLB teams across the league, including coloring and drawing pages, word searches, crosswords, mazes, reading challenges, baseball-themed math problems, crafts, physical activities, puzzles, and educational games. Additional resources introduce baseball history, Jackie Robinson, STEM, fitness, and lessons using baseball cards. Because this page was assembled for at-home learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, some linked activities may have changed or are no longer available, but the roundup still offers teachers ideas and starting points for baseball-themed learning.
tag(s): baseball (36), crafts (109), crosswords (25), game based learning (323), puzzles (178), STEM (385)
In the Classroom
Students can create their own crossword puzzle with a baseball theme using Crossword Labs, reviewed here. Students can use Trading Card Creator reviewed here to create a trading card with their favorite team's current stats. Have students use Suno AI Song Creator reviewed here to create a song about their favorite baseball team.
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Batter Up! 20 Grand Slam Baseball Activities and Crafts for Kids - We Are Teachers
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K to 4
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Batter Up! 20 Grand Slam Baseball Activities and Crafts for Kids features simple math, ELA, and writing activities for your students. Activities include reading and writing about Jackie...more
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Batter Up! 20 Grand Slam Baseball Activities and Crafts for Kids features simple math, ELA, and writing activities for your students. Activities include reading and writing about Jackie Robinson, solving equations on baseballs, practicing math facts with a baseball diamond, and reading a baseball book.
tag(s): baseball (36), civil rights (228), crafts (109), game based learning (323), phonics (57), printables (36), spelling (96), sports (106)
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Create your own baseball escape room using Online Escape Room Templates, reviewed here. Have students create a baseball game with math facts using Gimkit, reviewed here. Students can create a comic using Comic Strip Templates by Canva, reviewed here, sharing fun facts about a famous baseball player.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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My Vote Counts Lesson Plan - PBS Learning Media
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K to 2
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PBS KIDS offers an Election Day lesson plan featuring the story character Arthur, where students learn about elections and participate in voting. In a mock election, students learn...more
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PBS KIDS offers an Election Day lesson plan featuring the story character Arthur, where students learn about elections and participate in voting. In a mock election, students learn how to register to vote, learn about the candidates, create campaign posters, and head to the polls. Additionally, students learn about the election results, the emotions that come with their candidate winning or losing, and how to set differences aside, accept the results, and stay united despite the outcome.
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Students can display their campaign posters in a virtual bulletin board using Padlet, reviewed here. Students can record their speeches using ScreenPal, reviewed here. Students can use Kidrex, reviewed here to learn more about the local elections in their area.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Election Day - PBS
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K to 5
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PBS offers a quick Election Day video for students in grades K-5 explaining the orgins of Election Day and voting. The video is available in both English and Spanish and ...more
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PBS offers a quick Election Day video for students in grades K-5 explaining the orgins of Election Day and voting. The video is available in both English and Spanish and aligned to National Standards for Civics and Government.
tag(s): elections (91)
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Students can use Kiddle, reviewed here, to learn more about Election Day by learning about the candidates running for office in their area. Students can use Venn Diagram Creator by Canva, reviewed here to compare and contrast the principles/core beliefs of the Democrats and Republicans. Students can create a public service announcement using Online Voice Recorder, reviewed here to share why it is important to vote.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Critical Media Literacy and Civic Learning: Interactive Explorations for Students and Teachers - Maloy, R. W., Trust, T., Butler, A., & Xu, C.
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K to 12
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Critical Media Literacy and Civic Learning is an interactive, multimodal, multicultural, open-access eBook connecting key civics concepts with critical media literacy activities. The...more
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Critical Media Literacy and Civic Learning is an interactive, multimodal, multicultural, open-access eBook connecting key civics concepts with critical media literacy activities. The book includes a topic area with downloadable critical media literacy guides, each covering different components of media, including social media, advertisements, and more. The following seven topics focus on civics topics, including the foundations of the U.S. political system and the development of the U.S. government, and conclude with freedom of the press and news/media literacy. Chapters include videos, examples, additional resources, and activity suggestions. Read or listen to the book online, or download as a document or audio file. This book is also available in Spanish.
tag(s): artificial intelligence (358), civics (138), ebooks (50), media literacy (137), professional development (307)
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Add this to your professional book list to help you understand and teach media literacy. Consider creating a collection on Wakelet, reviewed here to curate and save professional materials for easy access. Use the teacher and student media literacy guides as part of your lessons on media literacy. Each guide includes several questions for students to discuss; add each of the questions to a column on Padlet, reviewed here to create a living document containing students' responses and links to their research.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Bill of Rights Institute - Bill of Rights Institute
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K to 12
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Bring primary sources, constitutional questions, and inquiry-based civics into the classroom with the Bill of Rights Institute's extensive collection of free, classroom-ready resources...more
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Bring primary sources, constitutional questions, and inquiry-based civics into the classroom with the Bill of Rights Institute's extensive collection of free, classroom-ready resources for elementary through high school. Teachers can browse lessons, activities, essays, primary sources, videos, podcasts, and complete curricula by grade level, topic, era, or standard. Materials cover U.S. history, government, the Constitution, civil liberties, Supreme Court cases, founding principles, civic virtues, and current issues, with many lessons encouraging document analysis, evidence-based argument, discussion, and civic action. The site also includes student-facing videos, games, contests, and current-events resources. Resources are scholar-reviewed and standards-informed, and educators can use a State Standards Alignment Tool to find materials aligned with their requirements.
tag(s): bill of rights (46), civics (138), constitution (108), declaration of independence (27), primary sources (177), supreme court (37)
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Have students examine several primary sources from the same historical controversy, annotate evidence for competing viewpoints, and then use Google Drawings reviewed here, to organize quotations and conclusions into a visual evidence map. Invite students to investigate how a constitutional issue developed in different locations and create an annotated map with StoryMap JS, reviewed here. Ask students to prepare evidence from Bill of Rights Institute readings for a structured whole-class debate, then use AhaSlides, reviewed here, to collect a before-and-after poll, quiz responses, or a word cloud showing how class thinking changed.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Summer and Winter Games Activities for Elementary and Middle School Students - HMH Education
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K to 9
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Bring the Summer and Winter Games into several subject areas with this collection of 12 HMH classroom activities. Seven social studies and language arts activities ask students to explore...more
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Bring the Summer and Winter Games into several subject areas with this collection of 12 HMH classroom activities. Seven social studies and language arts activities ask students to explore Olympic history, Jesse Owens, prominent athletes, host cities, life during a particular Games year, differences between the Summer and Winter Games, and details from a Winter Games scavenger hunt. Five additional math activities connect sports to graphing, angles, pacing, nutrition, medal data, rates, and goal setting. Many activities include suggested grade ranges, downloadable materials, or teacher guides, making the collection especially useful for teachers seeking ready-to-go ideas they can adapt across elementary and middle school classrooms.
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tag(s): angles (51), charts and graphs (183), nutrition (140), olympics (64), sports (106), timelines (61)
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Ask students in grades 6 and up to research Jesse Owens, choose one of his quotations, and write a reflection explaining what the quotation reveals about his experiences, achievements, or challenges during and after the 1936 Games. Assign editorial teams in grades 4-8 an Olympic year and have them research what life was like during that time, then create a collaborative "Year in Review" digital magazine using Canva Edu, reviewed here covering arts, fashion, sports, government, and international affairs. Have students complete the Winter Sports Scavenger Hunt while watching selected events, looking for age-appropriate features such as shapes and numbers, countries and continents, winter vocabulary, or examples of figurative language, and then compare their findings in pairs or small groups.
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Teaching Critical Thinking - Annenberg Classroom
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8 to 12
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Give students practical ways to question claims, recognize faulty reasoning, evaluate sources, and construct stronger arguments with this collection of ready-to-use critical-thinking...more
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Give students practical ways to question claims, recognize faulty reasoning, evaluate sources, and construct stronger arguments with this collection of ready-to-use critical-thinking lessons. Topics include premises and conclusions, background beliefs, emotionally loaded language, source credibility, bias, logical fallacies, political advertising, misleading statistics, and fact-checking. Each lesson includes background information, objectives, instructions, classroom exercises, printable student and teacher handouts, key terms, and standards connections. Several activities use political or commercial advertisements and historical election examples, so teachers should preview materials for relevance and context. Some lessons include YouTube clips and other external videos. If your district blocks YouTube, the video(s) may not be viewable.
tag(s): bias (35), critical thinking (188), evaluating sources (58), logic (175), media literacy (137)
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Assign small groups a political or commercial advertisement to analyze for emotional language, omitted information, source credibility, and logical fallacies, then have each group create an annotated image using Phrase.it, reviewed here, which allows students to add speech bubbles to uploaded images. Ask students to rewrite a weak or fallacious argument as a logically sound persuasive paragraph, then exchange drafts for peer feedback focused on evidence, reasoning, and counterclaims. Have students create a collaborative review game in Wayground, formerly Quizizz, reviewed here, to practice identifying misleading language, faulty reasoning, source bias, and argument structure.
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Annenberg Classroom Lesson Plans - Annenberg Classroom
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6 to 12
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Build a civics or U.S. government lesson around ready-to-use materials from this searchable Annenberg Classroom collection. The archive includes more than 70 lesson plans covering constitutional...more
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Build a civics or U.S. government lesson around ready-to-use materials from this searchable Annenberg Classroom collection. The archive includes more than 70 lesson plans covering constitutional principles, Supreme Court cases, civil rights, the branches of government, federalism, lawmaking, media literacy, source evaluation, logical fallacies, and other critical-thinking skills. Many lessons accompany Annenberg Classroom documentaries and provide background information, learning objectives, discussion prompts, primary-source work, research tasks, assessments, and extension activities. Recent entries are labeled for middle or high school, while some individual guides reach upper-elementary learners. Teachers should check each lesson's grade designation, timing, required technology, and potentially sensitive legal or historical content before use.
tag(s): bill of rights (46), branches of government (68), civics (138), constitution (108), critical thinking (188), Juneteenth (33), media literacy (137), presidents (153), primary sources (177), supreme court (37), womens suffrage (64), world war 2 (169)
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Assign small groups different Supreme Court cases and have them create a case comparison presentation with AhaSlides, reviewed here, identifying the constitutional question, ruling, reasoning, and lasting impact. Have students arrange amendments, court decisions, laws, and historical events on Padlet, reviewed here, using its easy and age-friendly Timeline board to show how a constitutional principle developed over time. Invite students to conduct a mock congressional hearing or Supreme Court argument in which they question witnesses, cite constitutional evidence, and defend a final position.
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Landmark Supreme Court Cases - Annenberg Classroom
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6 to 12
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Bring constitutional law to life through a collection of documentaries and conversations centered on major Supreme Court decisions. Students can explore cases involving equal protection,...more
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Bring constitutional law to life through a collection of documentaries and conversations centered on major Supreme Court decisions. Students can explore cases involving equal protection, school segregation, free speech, freedom of the press, search and seizure, voting rights, criminal procedure, federalism, presidential power, judicial independence, and wartime civil liberties. Featured cases include Brown v. Board of Education, Miranda v. Arizona, Mapp v. Ohio, Korematsu v. United States, New York Times v. United States, McCulloch v. Maryland, and Yick Wo v. Hopkins. Many films combine historical footage with commentary from Supreme Court justices, constitutional scholars, attorneys, plaintiffs, and students. The collection works well for case-study units, amendment review, evidence-based discussion, and comparisons of how constitutional interpretation changes over time. Teachers should preview selections involving racism, incarceration, war, capital punishment, antisemitism, or other sensitive topics before sharing them with students.
tag(s): civil rights (228), constitution (108), freedom of speech (17), segregation (22), supreme court (37)
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Assign small groups different cases involving the same constitutional right, then have them create a comparison presentation in Adobe Express for Education, reviewed here. Ask students to compare two decisions with the 2 and 3 Interactive Venn Diagrams by Class Tools, reviewed here, identifying shared principles, different facts, competing rights, and contrasting outcomes. Have students conduct a moot-court hearing in which attorneys present arguments, justices ask questions, and each student writes a majority or dissenting opinion supported by constitutional language and precedent.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Annenberg Guide to the United States Constitution - Annenberg Classroom
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6 to 12
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Place the Constitution's original language beside a student-friendly explanation with this interactive reference guide from Annenberg Classroom. The resource moves from the Preamble...more
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Place the Constitution's original language beside a student-friendly explanation with this interactive reference guide from Annenberg Classroom. The resource moves from the Preamble through all seven articles and 27 amendments, presenting each section as "The Text" and "What It Means." Explanations clarify the document's language, historical context, governmental structure, individual rights, and connections to court decisions. Teachers can use the guide as a focused reference during civics lessons, while students can navigate directly to a particular article or amendment for close reading, research, or case analysis. The guide is part of a larger free collection that includes constitutional videos, games, timelines, downloadable books, and glossaries.
tag(s): bill of rights (46), civics (138), constitution (108), primary sources (177)
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Have students read one section of the Constitution and its "What It Means" explanation, then rewrite the section in their own words without changing its legal meaning. Ask student pairs to annotate the Preamble by matching each stated goal with a historical or present-day example of government action. Use Google Forms reviewed here, for an exit assessment in which students interpret an unfamiliar constitutional passage, identify the relevant principle, and support their explanation with textual evidence.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Teaching the Constitution - Annenberg Classroom
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6 to 12
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Find a constitutional topic and move directly to a collection of supporting classroom materials with this organized teaching guide from Annenberg Classroom. Resources are grouped by...more
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Find a constitutional topic and move directly to a collection of supporting classroom materials with this organized teaching guide from Annenberg Classroom. Resources are grouped by the Constitution's articles, branches of government, amendments, and landmark Supreme Court cases, making it easy to connect a unit or current issue to relevant videos, lesson plans, games, and timelines. Topics include separation of powers, federalism, the legislative process, presidential authority, judicial independence, the Bill of Rights, freedom of speech and the press, due process, voting rights, equal protection, and other constitutional principles. Many videos provide historical footage and commentary from legal scholars, Supreme Court justices, attorneys, and people connected to significant cases. The broader site also offers an interactive Constitution guide that pairs the original text with plain-language explanations. Materials are free and primarily intended for middle and high school civics instruction.
tag(s): bill of rights (46), constitution (108), freedom of speech (17), primary sources (177), supreme court (37)
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Invite students to research a landmark case and create a person or concept card with Trading Card Creator, reviewed here, summarizing the parties, constitutional question, ruling, and long-term significance. Ask students to compare two constitutional rights with the 2 and 3 Interactive Venn Diagrams by Class Tools, reviewed here, identifying their origins, limits, landmark cases, and continuing debates. Have students stage a mock Supreme Court conference in which justices question opposing attorneys, discuss relevant constitutional language, and write a majority or dissenting opinion supported by precedent.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Annenberg Classroom Videos - Annenberg Classroom
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6 to 12
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Bring constitutional history and Supreme Court decisions to life with this collection of free civics videos. The archive includes documentaries about landmark cases and constitutional...more
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Bring constitutional history and Supreme Court decisions to life with this collection of free civics videos. The archive includes documentaries about landmark cases and constitutional principles, conversations in which Supreme Court justices discuss legal issues with high school students, short lectures from an introductory constitutional concepts course, and programs explaining the roles of courts and other branches of government. Topics include the Magna Carta, federal and state power, freedom of the press, criminal defendants' rights, judicial independence, dissenting opinions, and the development of individual liberties. Teachers can select individual programs to introduce a topic, provide historical context, or support case analysis, and many videos connect to separate standards-aligned lessons elsewhere on the site. If your district blocks YouTube, you may not be able to view the videos.
tag(s): bill of rights (46), constitution (108), critical thinking (188), primary sources (177), supreme court (37)
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Invite students to produce a short audio case briefing with Online Voice Recorder, reviewed here, explaining a decision in language that younger students could understand. Use a video as the basis for a whole-class discussion, then have teams create an evidence-based review game with Wayground, formerly Quizizz, reviewed here. Invite small groups to compare two videos addressing related rights or government powers, then organize similarities and differences with the Interactive 2 Circle Venn Diagram by Read Write Think, reviewed here.
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Court Quest - iCivics
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6 to 12
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Climb aboard the Justice Express and help citizens find the correct place to resolve their legal problems. In this updated simulation, students listen to passengers' situations and...more
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Climb aboard the Justice Express and help citizens find the correct place to resolve their legal problems. In this updated simulation, students listen to passengers' situations and guide them through local, state, and federal court systems. Gameplay reinforces the purposes and jurisdictions of different courts while asking students to distinguish case types and decide where each dispute belongs. The activity is designed for middle and high school students. Generally, it fits within one class period, making it useful as an introduction, practice activity, or review of the judicial branch.
tag(s): courts (27), game based learning (323)
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Ask students to compare state and federal courts in a two-circle organizer with the Interactive 2 Circle Venn Diagram by Read Write Think, reviewed here. Assign students to write a new passenger scenario for the Justice Express and require classmates to identify the proper court and explain its jurisdiction. Ask pairs to sort sample disputes into local, state, and federal court categories, then compare their decisions with situations encountered in the game.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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15 Worksheets - 15Worksheets.com
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K to 12
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Save preparation time with a large collection of free, ready-to-print worksheets covering math, reading, grammar, spelling, vocabulary, writing, science, social studies, holidays, preschool,...more
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Save preparation time with a large collection of free, ready-to-print worksheets covering math, reading, grammar, spelling, vocabulary, writing, science, social studies, holidays, preschool, kindergarten, and general skills. The homepage reports more than 28,100 worksheets, with most topic collections offering at least 15 activities and many including answer keys. Teachers can browse broad subject categories or search for a specific skill, unit, or lesson topic. Materials range from early-learning practice to selected high school content and include reading passages, writing prompts, computation practice, word problems, language exercises, science activities, and history resources. The creators report that retired educators write the worksheets, which are peer-reviewed, checked by an editor, and reviewed for clarity, age appropriateness, skill progression, and answer accuracy. Worksheets may be downloaded and printed for free educational use, but the site does not permit users to repost the files to public websites, shared drives, or file repositories.
tag(s): grammar (142), grammar review (34), holidays (292), preK (352), worksheets (72), writing prompts (56)
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Invite students to revise several worksheet questions into a class review game with Wayground, formerly Quizizz, reviewed here, and require each team to provide an answer explanation. Have students use a worksheet as the starting point for a hands-on station where they model math problems with manipulatives, act out vocabulary, sequence printed events, or test a science concept with classroom materials. Use worksheets at different complexity levels for targeted practice, then ask students to reflect on which items were most challenging and create a personal improvement plan in Simplenote, reviewed here.
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Something Happened In Our Town - Saladin Allah
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K to 3
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The animated story Something Happened in Our Town on YouTube follows two families-one white and one black- as the families discuss police shootings of a black man in their community....more
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The animated story Something Happened in Our Town on YouTube follows two families-one white and one black- as the families discuss police shootings of a black man in their community. The story answers questions about traumatic events and helps children identify and counter racial injustices in their everyday lives. If your district blocks YouTube, then the video may not be viewable.
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tag(s): racism (84), social justice (44)
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Students can create a comic teaching others about racial injustices using Witty Comics, reviewed here. Use Venn Diagram Creator by Canva, reviewed here to compare and contrast the white and black family in the story. Ask students to create an animated video from one of the main characters' points of view using Animate from Audio, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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This is What Courage Looks Like - Scholastic Action
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4 to 12
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Learn about Claudette Colvin through this readers theater activity from Scholastic Action and accompanying presentation. Although the content is for middle and high school students,...more
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Learn about Claudette Colvin through this readers theater activity from Scholastic Action and accompanying presentation. Although the content is for middle and high school students, the readers theater reading level is scaffolded to a 3rd- to 5th-grade level to make the materials accessible to all students. In addition to the script, the materials include an introductory vocabulary slideshow, an activity focused on inferencing, an ELL lesson plan, a video, and an interactive presentation view. Another accessibility feature is the option to use text-to-speech on the site with standard or slower audio.
tag(s): Accessibility (13), civil rights (228), multilingual (83), readers theater (13), text to speech (24), women (194), womenchangemaker (85)
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Use this readers theater script to engage students as they learn about Claudette Colvin and the civil rights movement. Use an AI tool such as Claude, reviewed here, to rewrite the script for different reading levels. For example, ask Claude to rewrite the script for a 10th-grade reading level. Include this activity as part of a choice board that includes videos, articles, and other activities to learn about Claudette Colvin. Students can record their video and share it with the class. Use MagicSchool, reviewed here, to create and share a rubric as part of your assessment of students' choice board activities.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Executive Command - iCivics
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6 to 12
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Place students in the Oval Office and challenge them to manage the U.S. president's competing responsibilities. In this simulation, players consider legislation, travel to diplomatic...more
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Place students in the Oval Office and challenge them to manage the U.S. president's competing responsibilities. In this simulation, players consider legislation, travel to diplomatic meetings, address military crises as commander-in-chief, and balance several presidential duties at once. The decision-based gameplay helps students examine the structure and functions of the executive branch, the president's constitutional powers, and the different roles a president performs. A typical game takes about 30 minutes, and the resource is also available in Spanish.
tag(s): civics (138), constitution (108), game based learning (323), presidents (153), spanish (113)
In the Classroom
Ask students to create a visual guide to the six roles of the president with Adobe Creative Cloud Express, reviewed here, which can be used to make flyers, presentations, social media-style posts, and other designs. Invite small groups to compare the president's actions in the simulation with powers stated in Article II of the Constitution, then organize their findings with Google Drawings, reviewed here. Have students role-play a cabinet meeting in which each group member represents a different adviser and argues for a response to a military, diplomatic, or legislative challenge.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Sixth Amendment Interactive - Annenberg Classroom
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6 to 12
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What does the Sixth Amendment promise to a person accused of a crime? This interactive presentation shows the amendment's full text and turns six debated clauses into clickable learning...more
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What does the Sixth Amendment promise to a person accused of a crime? This interactive presentation shows the amendment's full text and turns six debated clauses into clickable learning points. Students can investigate the rights to a speedy trial, a public trial, an impartial jury, trial in the proper state and district, confrontation of witnesses, and assistance of counsel. Each highlighted phrase connects learners with expert explanations and embedded YouTube videos that clarify how courts have interpreted these protections. The resource works well for close reading, civics inquiry, and discussions about fairness in the criminal justice system. If your district blocks YouTube, you may not be able to view the videos.
tag(s): bill of rights (46), civics (138), constitution (108)
In the Classroom
Have students annotate the amendment's text, restate each highlighted protection in their own words, and then compare interpretations with a partner. Ask students to compare the Sixth Amendment rights with protections found in another constitutional amendment, then organize similarities and differences with Google Drawings, reviewed here. Invite students to role-play a pretrial conference as defense attorneys, prosecutors, judges, defendants, witnesses, and jurors, then reflect on how each Sixth Amendment protection influenced the proceeding.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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