Back to School Project - Medieval Coat of Arms

This excellent Coat of Arms project is great for a unit on the Middle Ages or for a back-to-school "get to know each other activity"!

Included in your download is a simple directions page for students that provides the historic background of Coats of Arms and heraldry in Europe. It also provides students simple instructions on how to create a Coat of Arms. Next is a fantastic printable Coat of Arms template to use in class and a rubric to help with grading.

This is a very fun project that allows students to be creative, while also engaging in history content. I have used it at the beginning of the year as a way to get to know students as well as in the middle of the year during or unit on Medieval Times.

These projects always make for excellent classroom decorations before Back to School night!

Hope you have a great back to school season!

New Interactive Timeline Activity for Back to School

This is an awesome back to school or first day of school activity for a US History class! It features 33 events from American History on cards to cut out and give to students. They then line up in chronological order OR use one of 5 other lesson activities!

Students work together to decide the correct order of their events. I love this resource as an activity that allows my students to talk and get to know each other while also helping me to understand their background knowledge of US History.

They can also line up in order of the impact the events had on history, from positive to negative, geographically, or a number of other ways to encourage critical thinking and promote discussion among students.

 

A directions page and answer key for the timeline are provided for your convenience along with a worksheet students can complete if you want them to document the correct order.

This also works great as an end-of-year review activity as well!

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Back to School Snapchat Project Using Google Docs!

Looking for a great first week activity? How about this Back to school Snapchat project using Google Docs! This fun activity combines the app almost all of our students are obsessed with - Snapchat - with a great Back to School or first day activity to help you get to know your students and them to get to know each other!

Students create Snapchat Stories on Google Drive with their own pictures to show what they did during the summer. It also allows them to add fun captions to describe their pictures and help you get to know your new students. They can then share these back with you to create a presentation of all your students' summer stories!

With your download you get a teacher directions page, student directions page, rubric for grading, and 2 pages of printable iPhone templates - everything you need for this fun, engaging back-to-school project! I guarantee your students will love this assignment as it's a fun twist on back to school with the hottest app out there.

This is a high tech update of this best-selling paper/pencil Back to School Snapchat Summer Story Project.

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New Back to School Snapchat Summer Story Project!

This fun project combines the app almost all of your students are obsessed with - Snapchat - with a great Back to School activity to help you get to know your students and them to get to know each other!

  

Students create Snapchat Stories on an included template that show what they did during the summer! There are 4 scenes to show a variety of things they did that are set up just like the real Snapchat with a picture and caption. They can then share these with the class or hang them up in your room as decoration.

Included is a student example, rubric for grading, directions page, and 1 page of printable iPhone templates - everything you need for this fun, engaging back-to-school project! I guarantee your students will love this assignment as it's a fun twist on back to school with the hottest app out there.

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