If you have ever done a murder mystery you know how fun they are. This murder mystery is designed to be used in a classroom and teaches about Stolen Generation, Aboriginal Land Rights, how Australia was used as a penal colony and more. Students in small groups (4-5) will enjoy learning about content and solving a murder at the same time! Worksheet included along with a map of the murder scene and an answer key. See the preview for an example. Check out our Choose Your Own Adventures, Murder Mysteries, Mad Libs, Board Games, Matching Cards, and more at Change the way you teach. Imperialism Geography World History Aborigines Northern Territory Outback Fun Interactive Emergency Quick Easy

If you have ever done a murder mystery you know how fun they are. This murder mystery is designed to be used in a classroom and teaches about Japanese culture and history, specifically the feudal system, Emperor, Shogun, etc.... Students in small groups (4-5) will enjoy learning about content and solving a murder at the same time! It takes 30-60 minutes to complete depending on how you use it. Instructions are included. Worksheet included along with a map of the murder scene and answer key. A generic example is included in the images. Samurai Feudal System Emperor Manor Lord Peasants Bushido Tokyo

If you have ever done a murder mystery you know how fun they are. This murder mystery is designed to be used in a classroom and teaches about the Roman Empire. It involves their culture, senate and emperor and more. Students in small groups (4-5) will enjoy learning about content and solving a murder at the same time! Worksheet included along with a map of the murder scene and answer key. This lesson takes 30-60 minutes depending on how you use it. Use it to start a lesson or reinforce content. Instructions included. Senate Caesar Rome

This is a unique assignment that allows students to teach themselves while you sit back and watch. Students will watch a YouTube video that shows a timeline of the Middle Ages in Europe. As the video rolls, student will be matching/cutting and pasting to build their own timeline. Students will then use the video to answer content questions. Give it a try, it is fun!! Check out our other lessons at Change the Way You Teach. Emergency Lesson Plan Plague Silk Road Renaissance Fall of Rome

Get your kids out of their seats and have them pretend they are living history. This Choose Your Own Adventure has students making decision after decision in a real world situation. Baskets around the room will have the result of each decision till their story ends (usually 6-10 decisions depending on what they choose). This one has them building a career after high school in the music business in LA. Let them see if they can be successful! Check out the preview. Includes worksheet and teacher directions. Also Push Pull factors Other CYOA's include college, career, apartheid, genocide, South Africa, Holocaust, Neolithic, also check out murder mysteries, board games, matching card activities Change the way you teach

If you have ever done a murder mystery you know how fun they are. This murder mystery is designed to be used in a classroom and teaches about why and how people immigrate from Mexico and other Latin American Countries. Great discussion about push/pull factors, immigration, outsourcing, etc...Students in small groups (4-5) will enjoy learning about content and solving a murder at the same time! Worksheet included along with a map of the murder scene and an answer key. This activity takes 30-60 minutes to complete depending on how you use it. A generic sample is shown in the images. Instructions are included.Push Factors Pull Factors

Having a hard time finding a unique way to teach state borders for AP Human Geography? Try this neat activity where students try to figure out which European state is represented in a creative picture. After they figure it out, students will then analyze the borders and ethnicity of each nation. States are divided into several categories: Nation States, City States, Former Russian Republics and Multinational States. There is another section where students design their own state pictures. Check out my other items for AP Human Geography at my store: Change The Way You Teach!!!

If you have ever done a murder mystery you know how fun they are. This murder mystery is designed to be used in a classroom and teaches about the Civil Rights movement in the 1960's. The characters involved are all key historical figures (Malcolm X, MLK, Rosa Parks, George Wallace and Strom Thurmond) and it can be used to introduce the Civil Rights movement, reinforce a lesson or just have fun at the end of a unit. Students in small groups (4-5) will enjoy learning about content and solving a murder at the same time! Worksheet included along with a map of the murder scene. This lesson takes 30-60 minutes depending on how you use it. Instructions are included. North South Slavery Union Segregation Confederacy Lesson Plan World Ancient Quick Student Driven Emergency Lesson Plan Europe History

Get your kids out of their seats and have them pretend they are living history. This Choose Your Own Adventure has students making decision after decision in a historical situation. Baskets around the room will have the result of each decision till their story ends (usually 6-10 decisions depending on what they choose). This one has them pretending they live in South Africa and are trying to get their African kids educated while working for a European family. Child Slavery and AIDS are a possibility. Let them see if they can survive! (answer is no!) It gives you a way to introduce or apply apartheid and imperialism. Check out the preview. Includes worksheet and teacher directions. Other CYOA's include college, career, apartheid, genocide, South Africa, Holocaust, Neolithic,World History Lesson Plan Student Driven Emergency Quick also check out murder mysteries, board games, matching card activities

Want a different way to see if students learned what you taught them? This is one of those thing you have to try! It works for ALL content and is easy to set up. Included are 3 different puzzles: easy, medium and hard. A video is included to show you how to do it. It really is like a Rubik's Cube for your class. Check out the preview. We also have Choose Your Own Adventures, Murder Mysteries, Mad Libs, Board Games, Matching Cards, and more at Change the way you teach. Algebra English World US History Biology Chemistry Physics Emergency Quick Fun Lesson Plan Activity Interactive Puzzle Game Test Prep Study Guide Spanish French Test Assessment Geometry

Teach government styles by having students match cards. Student will match vocabulary words to pictures and definitions. Then they will develop a deeper understanding by inferring with those words. Worksheet included w/ answer key. Can also be done as a whole class activity. Democracy Republic Socialism Totalitarian Dictator Dictatorship Theocratic Theocracy Monarchy Constitutional Monarch Check out our Choose Your Own Adventures, Murder Mysteries, Mad Libs, Board Games, Matching Cards, and more at Change the way you teach.

If you have ever done an murder mystery you know how fun they are. This murder mystery is designed to be used in a classroom and teaches about the Spartan Empire. It covers the warrior culture, helot slaves, and other key aspects of their society. Students in small groups (4-5) will enjoy learning about content and solving a murder at the same time! Worksheet included along with a map of the murder scene and answer key. Great for introducing a unit or reinforcing the content. This lesson takes 30-60 minutes depending on how you use it. A generic sample is shown in the images. Sparta 300 Leonidas Thermophiles Greek Greece Lesson Plan World Ancient Quick Student Driven Emergency Lesson Plan Europe History

ONLINE GAMES JUST ADDED!!! If you want your kids to learn about religion and do all the work while having fun doing it, this is the packet for you. Check out the preview to get a better idea how it works. This packet lets your kids teach themselves about Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Christianity and Judaism while you sit back and watch. It has them solving puzzles to divide up vocabulary for each religion then building on that vocabulary with higher learning activities. Founders, birth place, time period, clergy, beliefs and more are covered. Easy to add to and adjust. This packet will give them a great base for your teaching. Can take three to five days to work through depending on how much you want to add to it. There were two content based games just added. Hangman and Battleship based on Great Religions were added and you, and your students, can use them. Check out my Choose Your Own Adventures which include college, career, apartheid, genocide, South Africa, Holocaust, and Neolithic. Also check out murder mysteries, board games, matching card activities Change the way you teach, river valley civilizations Mesopotamia Egypt Nile Tigris Euphrates Yellow Indus Jesus Christian Muhammad Islam Hindu Buddha Buddhist Buddhism Jewish Judaism Israel Muslim Abraham Religion Geography History Fun Interactive Emergency Lesson Plan

Looking for a different way to teach genocide and ethnic cleansing? This card game is a great way to introduce what they are and where it happened. The game comes with an instruction sheet, a how-to-play video and a game board for both Rwanda and Bosnia. The concept of the game is to "wipe out" the other players colored cards. After they play the game you can easily related it to real-life scenarios! It is a lot of fun and easy to play. Check out the sample to get a better idea of the game. Check out my other products at CHANGE THE WAY YOU TEACH Human Geography Africa African Hutu Tutsi World History European History

GAME PLAY CARDS ARE NOW ONLINE!!! Stop teaching the Cold War with lectures and books. Use this board game with over 25 Cold War historic facts to teach the content. Students will role play as either the US or USSR and try to stockpile the most nuclear weapons while learning content. You can use this game to teach or review the content and it is easily adjustable for your class. Worksheet is included. Check out my other products like murder mysteries, choose your own adventure simulations and other games. History Biology English Chemistry Literature AP Economics Government Geometry Physics Geography JFK Cold War Soviet Union Russia Kennedy Emergency Student-led Fun Game Quick Easy Arts Reading Language Study Skills Religions Test Prep Berlin Air Lift

Upgrade/Downgrade is a board game were students answer questions and compete against a partner (or partners) to obtain the best possessions! It can be used to review students before a test of all content. Wild Card questions are included and they can change the game in a heartbeat! A template for questions is included so that you can have students cover any content you want as they play the game. There is an instruction sheet and pictures to easily explain the game to your students. Check out my other products like murder mysteries, choose your own adventure simulations and other games. History Biology English Chemistry Literature AP Economics Government Geometry Physics Geography Emergency Student-led Fun Game Quick Easy Arts Reading Language Study Skills Religions Test Prep

Having a hard time finding a unique way to teach gerrymandering for AP Human Geography? Use this worksheet to play the online gerrymandering game with your students. The game does a great job of explaining everything they need to know. Check out my other items for AP Human Geography at my store: CHANGE THE WAY YOU TEACH!!!

Teach the French, Russian or other revolutions playing cards! This game is designed to be easy to play for students. Players will use "Peasants" (or # cards) to overthrow "Monarchs" (Face cards). Great activity to introduce content. A video that shows how to play is included! There is a matching board game also included. The board game uses the same game to also teach the Boxer Rebellion, American Revolution, Haitian Slave Revolt, Latin American Revolution and Imperialism/Colonialism. lesson Plan Test Review Emergency Interactive Fun Check out our Choose Your Own Adventures, Murder Mysteries, Board Games, Mad Libs, and Matching Cards at Change the way you teach.