Educating children has always been my passion. A classroom that exudes humor, excitement about learning, understanding and concern for each other is what I strive for. I feel that the look on a child's face when they truly understand something is what teaching is all about. Sharing expertise, knowledge, ideas and creations with others, through engaging and fun activities is extremely important to me.
Educating children has always been my passion. A classroom that exudes humor, excitement about learning, understanding and concern for each other is what I strive for. I feel that the look on a child's face when they truly understand something is what teaching is all about. Sharing expertise, knowledge, ideas and creations with others, through engaging and fun activities is extremely important to me.
IF COMING UP WITH an interesting way to teach your 6-8 graders about ancient history is difficult for you, look no further. This Project Based Was King Tut Murdered? Web Quest, Trial & Persuasive Writing project is a set of hands on activities for your collaborative groups that is enticing, challenging and fun. When you see your kids being actively engaged and truly enjoying their experience, it will help you to once again discover a joy of learning with them.
DON’T YOU JUST LOVE a mystery? My students do, they especially enjoyed being detectives and searching for clues surrounding this famous pharaoh’s death. Since so many kids love to role play, this resource allows them to do just that. They begin by selecting a job they’re interested in, such as medical examiner, archaeologist, reporter, sketch artist, history professor and historian and work as a team to decide if King Tut was murdered or not.
AFTER they’ve done their web quest and have come up with some suspects, they have the opportunity to become judge, jury, defendants, prosecutors, defense attorneys and witnesses in a mock trial.
IF YOU’RE THINKING, how am I going to evaluate this activity? I’ve got you covered. There’s a pre/post test, persuasive writing activity, and various grading rubrics.
INSTEAD OF JUST LECTURING, reading a text, writing definitions, and answering questions, which will turn them off, it’s SOOO BORING, they’ll have a good grasp of what they’re studying because they’ll be active rather than passive learners. Each activity includes a written assignment that students are required to complete on their own. So if you also teach ELA, this can be used as an Ancient History as well as a Language Arts grade.
WE ALL KNOW THAT KIDS forget what they’ve been taught soon after they’ve had their test. I’m positive these hands on activities will leave a lasting impression and be something they'll remember even after they’ve left your classroom.
⎈ WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY about project based learning:⎈
⎈ PBL is an effective and enjoyable way to learn and gain better learning competencies required to be successful in school and life.
⎈ Many kids find education boring and meaningless, with PBL, they’re engaged and active rather than passive learners.
⎈ Common Core and other educational standards emphasize real world applications of knowledge and skills that help promote problem solving.
⎈PBL helps students better understand the content and retain it longer than the traditional approach.
⎈ Collaborating with others helps build character.
IF COMING UP WITH an interesting way to teach your 6-8 graders about ancient history is difficult for you, look no further. This Project Based History Bundle is a set of hands on activities for your collaborative groups that is enticing, challenging and fun. When you see your kids being actively engaged and truly enjoying their learning experience, it will help you to once again discover a joy of learning with them.
So many kids love to role play, which they’ll do in these lessons. For your What is it Like to Be an Archaeologist section, Students will break into groups of four and assume a specific role as they go on an imaginary archaeological expedition and find some broken up clay pots with strange markings. They’ll work as a team to assemble the fragments and draw conclusions about the symbols, and what these artifacts were used for.
My 6th graders had a ton of fun with this Sumerian Brick Building activity, called Become a Sumerian Brick Builder. After discussing the fact that the Sumerians were the first brick builders, which truly didn’t phase them, their assignment was to go home and build a brick out of mud just like these people of antiquity did. By bringing this lesson to life, they understood the difficulty in achieving this feat. They especially enjoyed bringing their bricks to school and building a class Ziggurat. Can you guess what their favorite part was? If you said, "knocking it down," you would have been correct.
Hammurabi’s Code of Law Debate goes hand in hand with what is happening in our world today. Controversy over certain laws, the second amendment, equal rights, health care, etc. Hammurabi’s laws are quite severe and kids have a great time debating whether or not they’re too harsh. This activity will help improve abstract thinking skills, public speaking, self image. They’ll also understand terms such as debate, argument, counter-claim, pro/con and so much more.
DON’T YOU JUST LOVE a mystery? My students did, they especially enjoyed being detectives and searching for clues surrounding Tutankhamen’s death in this project based lesson called, Was King Tut Murdered? A Web Quest, Trial & Persuasive Writing activity. This collaborative group project has them taking on different roles for the web quest and trial. Finally, they’ll be asked to write a persuasive essay.
The last activity a Greek Theater Unit which includes a 17 slide Power Point Introduction to give your students useful background images and information to help understand vocabulary and concepts for completing the activity. In addition, the kiddos will learn why and how the first theater came about. Then they’ll work in collaborative groups to write and present plays in the style of the ancient Greeks.
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I'VE PUT TWO of my most popular resources together in a bundle to save you money. This Greek Theater Power Point Introduction and PBL Greek Theater resource is all you'll need to teach your students these fascinating subjects.
THE POWER POINT program will give your students useful background images and information to help understand vocabulary and concepts for completing the activity. In addition, the kiddos will learn why and how the first theater came about. Then they’ll work in collaborative groups to write and present plays in the style of the ancient Greeks.
THIS BUNDLE is enticing, challenging and fun. When you see your kids being actively engaged and truly enjoying their learning experience, it will help you to once again discover a joy of learning with them.
INSTEAD OF JUST TALKING about ancient history, writing definitions, and answering questions, which will turn them off, they’ll have a good grasp of what they’re studying because they’ll be active rather than passive learners.
WE ALL KNOW THAT KIDS FORGET what they’ve been taught soon after they’ve had their test. I’m positive these hands on activities will leave a lasting impression and be something they'll remember even after they’ve left your classroom.
⎈ WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY about project based learning:⎈
⎈ PBL is an effective and enjoyable way to learn and gain better learning competencies required to be successful in school and life.
⎈ Many kids find education boring and meaningless, with PBL, they’re engaged and active rather than passive learners.
⎈ Common Core and other educational standards emphasize real world applications of knowledge and skills that help promote problem solving.
⎈ PBL helps students better understand the content and retain it longer than the traditional approach.
⎈ Collaborating with others helps build character.
♥ WHAT TEACHERS ARE SAYING about this resource♥
♥ “This presentation was useful in introducing Greek drama to my tenth graders.” by Jo Ellen S
♥ “This was such a great resource for my Greek mythology unit. I used it as a framework for my students to act out their Greek myth performances/skits.” By Kathryn H
♥ “This was great and very helpful. Thanks” Laura B.
♥ “Great project for both social studies and language arts!!!“ Telena R.
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Teacher friends, my hope is to help light the way on your teaching journey with inspiring and engaging resources that your 6th, 7th, & 8th graders will love. You’ve probably been using Growth Mindset quotes and activities to help your students become more self sufficient and happier with
themselves.
This is a unique award bundle with individual growth mindset quotes on each. They offer more than
merely an ordinary reward as they include thought provoking statements from various philosophers, artists, scientists, historians, psychologists, writers and more.
There are 104 awards altogether, 52 in color with their matching counter-part in black and white.
Ideas for use
The awards include those that the teacher must choose as well as some that the students can choose. If you decide to have your class vote on awards for each other. You can make a list of the ones you want them to choose from on the blank sheet, or use the sheet that has awards already listed. All you need to do is have your class write the name of their choice next to the award. You can then collect the papers, do the tally and make out the awards.
BUENAS, Spanish Teachers, ESL Teachers, Parents,
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT FINDING a program that is SELF-CORRECTING, FUN, and CHALLENGING? Well, you’ve come to the right place!
WOULD YOU like your class to learn SPANISH names for these ANIMALS and THINGS in NATURE: cabra-goat, cerdo-pig, gallina-chicken, venado-deer, or arroyo-stream, lago-lake, invierno-winter, and more, then this program is for you.
This is a 17 slide PowerPoint presentation, your students will love practicing their SPANISH, they can work alone, or in groups, and since it is SELF-CORRECTING, you don’t have to worry about wrong answers. The program will not go forward until the RIGHT answer is chosen.
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