Ferdinand Magellan Reading, Worksheet, and Interactive Notebook Activity

This engaging, fun activity features everything you need for a great lesson on Ferdinand Magellan, his accomplishments, and his voyage around the world!

Included in your download is a 1-page reading on Magellan that is easy for students to understand, while also covering his background and voyage. Accompanying this is a set of Common Core-aligned reading comprehension questions for students to answer. A key for this is included for your convenience.

      

Next is an Interactive Notebook-style graphic organizer which students cut out to create both a sail for his ship and a map of his voyage! This is definitely a fun activity that allows for student creativity while also hitting Common Core reading strategies! 

     

You can download this resource for your classes today by clicking here. 

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Authors of American Literature Magic Portrait Videos and PowerPoint

Attention English teachers! I just finished up an very cool to set of "Magic Portrait" videos of great American Authors! This download includes amazing, moving images of 10 classic American writers set into a PowerPoint for your author study or lesson!

Each author portrait comes alive by blinking, smiling, looking around your classroom, laughing, and more! This is always a great surprise for students and will definitely capture their attention immediately. Once I started using these, my students were more engaged in every presentation as they studied every slide to see if it was moving!

A short preview can be seen here in this Instagram post:

ELA teachers asked and I listened! Coming soon!!! #teachersfollowteachers #iteachtoo #iteachhighschool

A video posted by Students of History (@studentsofhistory) on Mar 12, 2015 at 4:40pm PDT

Note that this is likely not a complete resource to use on its own. This PowerPoint includes 10 videos and PowerPoint slides that can be used as an overview of American authors or for Back-to-School night to really impress parents as you review some of the authors their children will learn about.

However, I imagine most ELA teachers would take these slides and insert them into your own author studies as you cover an individual author far more in depth. Authors included in this download are:

Nathaniel Hawthorne
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Edgar Allen Poe
Walt Whitman
Frederick Douglass
Emily Dickinson
Mark Twain
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ernest Hemingway
William Faulkner

You can download this resource today by clicking here!

If there happens to be another author you would like please let me know! I am currently working on a British Author set next so stay tuned!

Spring into Social Studies FREE eBook of Lesson Resources

This free eBook includes 14 amazing, free social studies resources for grades K-12!

Fourteen of the best sellers on TpT have gotten together and contributed resources to help you Spring into Social Studies!

Inside you'll find games, Interactive Notebooks, Lap Books, primary source materials, reading passages, and more! There's resources for every grade from Kindergarten through 12th, which makes this an especially great resource for you homeschool teachers & parents!

Teachers in elementary, middle, and high school as well are sure to find several excellent resources to use for social studies.

You can download this resource today by clicking here!

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Pocahontas Reading and Accordian Timeline Activity

This fun reading craftivity for elementary students features a 1-page article on Pocahontas that highlights key events from her life. Students then use what they read to create a timeline of key events in Pocahontas' life.

Two sets of timeline printables are included if you want to have students summarize key events, draw pictures of them, or do both. Full color photo examples are included.

Also included is a 5-question Common Core-aligned worksheet to further gauge student understanding. An answer key for this is included.

  

This is a super fun way to not only learn about the real Pocahontas, but work on reading and sequencing skills!

You can download this fun activity for your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students by clicking here!

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New World History Interactive Notebooks for the Renaissance and Reformation

I finally finished all my Interactive Notebooks for US History earlier this month so  it's on to World History now!

I started with this set of 14 Interactive Notebook pages on the Renaissance and Reformation. These creative, engaging Interactive Notebook pages include graphic organizers, creative foldables, timelines, and more! These are incredible resources for getting students engaged and active in their learning and allowing them to be creative with their notes.

 

Topics covered include:

• What is a "Renaissance Man"?
• Why did it begin in Italy?
• Leonardo da Vinci's works
• Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel's ceiling
• Renaissance Humanism
• Writers and literary works of the Renaissance
• The Northern Renaissance
• The works of William Shakespeare
• Martin Luther, the 95 Theses, & problems in the Catholic Church
• Henry VIII and his wives
• Gutenberg and the printing press
• The Counter Reformation & Council of Trent
• Vocabulary activities and more!

These resources are sure to help your students enjoy learning about the Renaissance and Reformation and have a better understanding of important concepts, events, and people. You can also find more great resources for teaching about this era in this Complete Renaissance and Reformation Unit Bundle!

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Inside North Korea Lesson Plan Resources for The Interview

Ever since the Sony hack and reports that North Korea attempted to disrupt the release of Seth Rogen & James Franco's new movie The Interview, my students have been really curious about what North Korea is really like. 

Fortunately, my brother was lucky enough to travel there years ago. He visited the "Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum" in Pyongyang to learn about their perspective on the Korean War (which you can pretty much get right from the title) and brought back some amazing resources. 

I put them together to create this awesome lesson plan on the Korean War from North Korea's perspective. Students analyze a set of documents and images from North Korea and compare them to how their own textbook describes the conflict and results. The lesson includes 20 pages of images and documents along with a document analysis worksheet, and suggested extension activities. 

This is a really great, engaging lesson plan to help your students understand North Korea. You can download it for use in your classroom by clicking here! 

Winter Break is Almost Here!

There's only 1 more day of school for most teachers before winter break begins! This year has gone by so fast already here. Today we're reading the History of Santa Claus in America in my US History classes before getting ready to wrap up with a Victorian-themed party tomorrow for the few students that will be in class.

I sincerely hope you had a great school year so far and have a relaxing and warm winter vacation!!