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The Renaissance and Its Art

Dawn — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 22:08:57 +0000

How did the Renaissance change art? Explore this essential question with an engaging activity! Your students will learn about the history of the Renaissance and examine different artworks that represent the era.

Students will begin this lesson with a picture prediction activity. They will then learn key vocabulary terms for the artwork of the Renaissance. A two-page reading will guide them through the history, and they will visit different placards to examine the art work.

When you download this activity, you will receive:

-a lesson plan

-Word Wall Terms and vocabulary activity

-Picture Prediction activity

-2 page reading on the history of the Renaissance

–Renaissance art work placards describing key pieces of art,

–a matrix for notes, and

-a true/false/fix activity.

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Interactive Student Notebook Online Training, Manual and Starter’s Kit

Dawn — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 21:32:05 +0000

Are you interested in using an Interactive Student Notebook with your students, but you aren’t sure how? Don’t be intimidated by the cutting and pasting!! There is more to an Interactive Student Notebook. This online training and strategy manual will teach you all about the preview, graphic organizer, and processing assignments that make up the ISN – no glue necessary!

What do you receive with this purchase?

-A video explaining the Interactive Student Notebook – both the structure and style

-An Interactive Student Notebook Strategy Manual with ideas and templates for previewing activities, graphic note making, and processing assignments.

–Rubrics to grade notebook

–Extra assignments to start of the year strong with the Interactive Student Notebook

Please download the preview for a sample of the manual.

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© Social Studies Success® This purchase is for you and your classroom. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

Please review all product descriptions and previews. If you have a question, contact me before you purchase at SocialStudiesSuccess1@gmail.com. As this is a digital product, all sales are final.

Dawn

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Inventions of World War 1 Activity

Dawn — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 14:53:24 +0000

How did new inventions change the outcome of World War 1? Explore this essential question with a scavenger hunt type activity! Your students will learn about different inventions with a gallery walk activity combining quotes, readings, and images.

Students will begin this lesson with a hook where they discuss the impact of technology. Your students will learn about the different inventions of World War 1 through a gallery walk activity. They will be given a primary source quote, match the quote to the invention, and then read, discuss and take notes on the different inventions. Students complete the activity by creating a spectrum ranking the different inventions.

When you purchase this activity, you will receive:

–a lesson plan

–Word Wall Terms and vocabulary activity

–4 Corner Signs for Discussion Activity

–Doodle Notes with information on the inventions and innovations of World War 1,

–6 primary source quotes leading to the different inventions of World War 1,

–8 placards on different inventions including poison gas, tanks, machine guns, submarines, airplanes, and trench warfare

-and spectrum processing activity with image cards

Doodle notes is a trademarked term used with permission. Please visit doodlenotes.org for more information.

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Gandhi Reading Questions and Primary Source Activity

Kirsten Whitehead — Sun, 24 Jul 2022 07:35:54 +0000

Engage your students with questions and a content reading on Gandhi with primary source quotes. Students will have reading passages on Gandhi then, with the readings provided they have a question-and-answer page that aligns with the reading passage.

You’ll receive:

-1 page of reading material on Gandhi

-1 page of questions

-1 page of primary source quotes

-1 answer key

©Social Studies Success®. This purchase is for you and your classroom. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

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India Review Game – Hexagonal Thinking

Kirsten Whitehead — Sun, 24 Jul 2022 07:33:09 +0000

Engage your students with a review game on India. Hexagonal thinking can be used to help students make connections between places, people, events, and vocabulary terms.

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Latin America Art and Architecture Activity

Kirsten Whitehead — Sun, 24 Jul 2022 06:50:17 +0000

Discover the and architecture of Latin America with this fun activity. Your students will learn about the art and architecture of Latin America with a gallery walk activity combining readings and images.

When you purchase this activity, you will receive:

-a lesson plan

–8 placards on different art and architecture in Latin America

–a map of Latin America for graphic notes

-a mosaic for a processing assignment

6th Grade TEKS

(13) Culture. The student understands the similarities and differences within and among cultures in various world societies. The student is expected to:

(16) Culture. The student understands the relationship that exists between the arts and the societies in which they are produced. The student is expected to:

(A) explain the relationships that exist between societies and their architecture, art, music, and literature;

(B) describe ways in which contemporary issues influence creative expressions; and (C) identify examples of art, music, and literature that convey universal themes such as religion, justice, and the passage of time.

(19) Social studies skills. The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired through established research methodologies from a variety of valid sources, including technology. The student is expected to:

(A) differentiate between, locate, and use valid primary and secondary sources such as oral, print, and visual material and artifacts to acquire information about various world cultures;

(B) analyze information by sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations and predictions, and drawing inferences and conclusions;

(C) organize and interpret information from outlines, reports, databases, and visuals, including graphs, charts, timelines, and maps; and

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Government of India

Kirsten Whitehead — Sat, 23 Jul 2022 22:49:53 +0000

Engage your students with activities and content readings on Government of India – all offered as an independent work packet. Students will have reading passages on The Government of India then, with the readings provided they have a question-and-answer page that aligns with the reading passage.

You’ll receive:

-2 pages of reading material on the History of India

-1 page of questions

-1 Page of Cartoon Notes

-1 answer key

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The History of India

Kirsten Whitehead — Sat, 23 Jul 2022 22:44:33 +0000

Engage your students with activities and content readings on History of India – all offered as an independent work packet. Students will have reading passages on The History of India then, with the readings provided they have a question-and-answer page that aligns with the reading passage.

You’ll receive:

-3 pages of reading material on the History of India

-1 page of questions

-1 Page of Cartoon Notes

-1 answer key

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Russia Bundle of Activities

Kirsten Whitehead — Sat, 23 Jul 2022 05:38:43 +0000

Are you looking for engaging resources for your unit on Russia? This bundle includes centers, readings on Russia, comprehension questions, puzzles, activities, and task cards.

Culture of Russia
History of Russia
Government of Russia
Geography of Russia
Economy of Russia
Russia Task Cards
Russia Centers

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Aztec, Maya, and Inca Activities Bundle

Kirsten Whitehead — Sat, 23 Jul 2022 00:41:34 +0000

Are you looking for a variety of activities for the Aztec, Inca, and Maya? Try my color-by-number resource and task cards for a fun game at the end of your lesson.

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