My 8th grade cold war lesson plans

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My 8th grade-cold war lesson plans

In groups of three or four, students will study a pivotal Civil War battle and technology that made the Civil War one of the first modern war. There are 10 key battles and new technologies that students can select from. There are three roles in this project: Historian, Artist and Thespian. The Historian will study the battle and answer 10 questions relating the the battle. They should put this on a powerpoint presentation or a Prezi. The Artist will draw an overhead view of the battle, so students can have a visual of the battle that occurred. Make sure they include arrows and directions for troop movement. The Thespian is in charge of creating a 45 second play of the battle as well as studying the technology. Recommended-Students will need technology for this project. Attached is also a video guide that introduces the civil war to your students.

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These bell ringers/ bell work/ class starters are an excellent way to motivate your students for the upcoming lesson, manage your classroom, and assess student comprehension. These bell ringer prompts allow you to smoothly transition into your lesson. A majority of the bell ringer questions also have projects and activities or video links that accompany the question (some are free, some are paid). In this bundle there are over 210 prompt ideas addressing many different topics that you can give to your class! I used these questions everyday to Segway into my history lesson that day. These Bell ringer questions are geared towards students from 7th to 10th grade. Topics: Getting pumped for the upcoming school year Introducing Social Studies American Revolution US Constitution/Bill of Rights/making laws US Civil War Imperialism Industrial Revolution Progressive movement-immigration women and workers rights World War 1 1920's Great Depression World War 2 Cold War The Modern World-1990 to today Politics Finance Psychology technology

In this bundle there are 8 World War 2 activities. I tried to gear these towards my 8th grade students Products WW1 Propaganda Poster project- Students will create their own World War1 propaganda poster Tora Tora Tora- This video guide follows the Pearl Harbor film Tora, Tora, Tora. It has the time of the questions so students can follow along. Two separate video guides: From the History Channel and PBS. The videos answer the essential question: How did Hitler rise to power and what were his goals? The Kristallnacht worksheet has a video as well as an activity exploring the Nuremberg laws. total pages-5 The Manhattan Project video guide The short video guide from the history channel discusses the story of the Atomic bomb from it's conception to the Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 15-20 minute assignment Total Pages-1 The wave movie video guide and questions This movie follows the 1960's classroom experiment of teacher Ron Jones and how he implemented Nazi Fascism in classroom. The movie explores if a radical like Hitler could rise to power today? Link to movie and questions are provided. Very engaging Total pages-1 WW2 vocabulary This activity asks students to define over 30 key terms involving World War 2. Total Pages-3 WW2 test with notes for students

This bundle has 7 activities for your students to do. The total allotted time I gave my 7th graders to complete all these activities was 12 days in class. WW1 technology project: Students for this project will be researching the new technological advancements that were used during the first World War. Students will pretend to be a war profiteer/salesman trying to pitch your weapon to the nations fighting in Europe. Their goal is persuade (classmates who are the leaders of Europe and the USA) that your weapon will be instrumental to winning the war. There is a list of 18 weapons and technological advancements for students to research, along with online links to aid in their research. WW1 timeline interactive activity Students will create their own timeline on this website, or they can create it on a sheet of paper. For the assignment they need to: There are 23 Events that student need to be covered in your timeline. For the timeline they need to label the date (month/year) it took place, the event and in 1-3 sentences explain what happened or why it was significant. You need to insert and least 7 pictures on your timeline. There are excellent website resources that will provide the students the information to complete this project. Total Pages-2 World War 1 Map Project- Map, web quest This project is great to introduce your students to World War 1, help them gain background knowledge and to generate excitement about your upcoming unit. To do this project, students will need access to an electronic device with the internet The Bundle contains: 1. Blank Map of Europe for students to fill out 2. Places on the Map that are geography and WW1 related. eg: Bodies of Water, Eastern Front, Western Front, Naval Blockades, Schlieffen Plan, Battle of Somme, Battle of Gallipoli etc.. 3. Online Resource links to assist them in finding answers. 4. A Web quest with six questions regarding WW1 Total Pages-5 Teaching Duration-2 hours Influenza epidemic Video guide: educates students about the origins of the Influenza virus is, what a pandemic is and the threat of a future World-wide outbreak. Web quest: Students will research how the public reacted and how the pandemic was treated. There are also links for how your state reacted. Project: After students have done the following activities, they will asked to write a newspaper article through the lens as if they were living in 1918. Or they can choose to be a historian and write an essay about what we know today about the pandemic in 1918. Links are provided throughout the assignment, just click on them. Project is on the 4th page Propaganda Project: Students create propaganda posters to encourage patriotism and to help fight the enemy Video guide-This video guide discussed the end of WW1

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