It begins with a description of Roman religion then details Jesus, Paul, and the reasons why Christianity was able to grow despite early persecution in Rome.
Each slide includes fantastic visuals, graphics, and easy-to-follow notes on essential topics based on state standards!
This beautiful PowerPoint lesson covers everything students need to know about the creation of the American Constitution based on state and CCSS. It is awesome to use every September 17th for Constitution Day or during your unit on the founding of America!
The PowerPoint includes a warm up on the founders, then moves on to the major weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and how they were exposed by Shay's Rebellion in 1786. Further slides explore the major players at the Philadelphia (or Constitutional) Convention, the plans, major compromises, and structure of the Constitution.
It includes fantastic visuals and easy-to-follow notes, along with a warm-up and exit ticket for students to complete.
I think one of the most important lessons I teach every year is my lesson on the events of September 11th. It so profoundly changed America and is so tragic and sad, but also filled with stories of incredible bravery and heroism. Some years I teach it on the anniversary regardless of my pacing, while others I have taught it toward the end of the year.
Either way, the best lesson I developed to teach about 9/11 was this cooperative learning timeline lesson plan. It truly makes for an amazing, thorough lesson on September 11th.
Your class is divided into 7 groups who each work together to put together a timeline for one aspect of the 9/11 tragedy. This The 7 groups are:
American Airlines Flight 11
United Airlines Flight 175
American Airlines Flight 77
United Airlines Flight 93
President Bush
The World Trade Center Towers
The Pentagon
After each group has analyzed their assigned minute-by-minute events, you lead a PowerPoint presentation of the whole day and each group shares their events, so that the class get get a true perspective of the chaos and confusion most Americans felt that morning.
Finally, an interview assignment is included for students to conduct after your lesson to get a better perspective of what happened.
The download includes the 7 sets of timelines, a complete timeline of the whole day, a PowerPoint that matches the timelines, the interview assignment, and 4 videos of footage from 9/11.
Included are 7 one page readings on major events of the Civil Rights Movement (Brown Vs. The Board of Ed., The Little Rock 9, The Montgomery Bus Boycott, etc) that students read as they travel around the room.
As your students stop and read about each event, they complete a graphic organizer and map each event. This is a great activity to get students moving around the room. It can also be completed in groups, or used for student presentations. A completed example is included as well as several additional ideas on how to present the lesson.
This is an awesome lesson for your Civil Rights Movement unit, gets kids moving around the room, while also working on their reading skills!
Be sure to look out for more Civil Rights Resource deals all week long!
This coming August 28th marks the 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington, one of the largest political rallies for civil rights in world history. There are a lot of events going on in Washington, DC this weekend to commemorate the anniversary.
Here is some rare footage of the event, including marchers, speeches, and of Martin Luther King, Jr:
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If your students are anything like mine, they are constantly asking to use the restroom or to get a drink of water. I was always hesitant to say no because you never do 100% know when a student really needs to go or just wants to check his/her phone or meet up with their friends in the bathroom.
A few years ago this problem stopped for me though! I created these extra credit bathroom passes for my students and they are absolutely one of the best tools I have ever used for my classes! If you have an issue with students constantly wanting to use the bathroom, I promise this will solve the problem immediately!
I've done the distribution for these a few different ways at the beginning of the quarter. Some years and for some classes, I gave each student 3 or 4 depending on the period (those classes after lunch usually require more legitimate bathroom trips than in the morning).
Other years we played games the first week such as this one where students earn passes by naming as many people from the video as they can:
When I implemented these several years ago, my students' "bathroom" trips dropped dramatically. The best thing is you never have to refuse anyone! It works like a charm and great for classroom management. Your students will be in the room and on task longer so that you can teach them more effectively. It's an incredible classroom management tool!
You'll find that those constant wanderers never leave the room! And if you have students who do use them up and are doing poorly in your class, think of the ammo you have for a parent conference! "Well, if only he hadn't gone to the bathroom so much, he could have 20 points extra credit."
