8th Grade Social Studies & History Graphic Organizers

Bring Prehistory to life in your class with this centers bundle! Have students practice vocabulary recognition with a ready to print and cut matching game, integrate ELA in a prehistory story assignment, work on geography skills while mapping cave paintings online, and use the tools of historians and anthropologists while analyzing primary sources.

Centers are a great way to keep students engaged while introducing a variety of information and skills.

In addition to the four activities included, this bundle introduces a Prehistory Centers Teaching Guide which includes:

1. An overview of the centers as activities working together
2. A planning guide describing the skills, knowledge, materials, and grading for each center
3. A plan for introducing the centers along with directions for the INCLUDED fully editable centers introduction powerpoint slide
4. A guide on timing of centers based on class schedules
5. Center Rotation Suggestions for using four or five centers
6. Printable Title Pages for the Centers

****** Also included is a list of 15 Suggested Reflection Questions to use as closure for the centers

Practice research skills with Athens and Sparta:

Research skills are important to learn and practice at this level. This Venn diagram focused on Athens and Sparta engages students in research practice. They will learn about these ancient city-states while practicing their compare and contrast skills.

Teachers will receive links for research sites, one which includes a video. They can share these sites with their students to help guide the research process. Students can then complete the process of research.

Follow up questions can be used for early finishers, as a written assignment, or to begin class discussions. These questions increase rigor and help students make connections.

Students will research and organize information about Athens and Sparta.

Aligns with Indiana Social Studies Standards: 6.H.1, 6.H.2.

What's included:

• Teacher instructions.
• Research site links.
• Student instructions.
• Venn Diagram Template.
• Answer Key with possible answers.

How is this product helpful:

• Low prep for teachers.
• Engaging for students.
• Good practice of research skills.
• Follow up questions help students make connections.

This is a Texas History and U.S. History Lesson over Cattle Drives and The Chisholm Trail. There are 3 parts:

1. Cattle Drives and Chisholm Trail Reading. This covers topics such as the movement of cattle, Longhorn cattle, Cowboys, cowtowns, the open range, and barbed wire.

2. Cattle Drives and Chisholm Trail Questions. Students will use the reading to answer the questions.

3. Cattle Drives and Chisholm Trail Vocabulary. Students will use Cattle Drive Readings, a dictionary, or the Internet to define and draw a visual/symbol for words related to the cattle drive era

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In our global society, our students need to understand how **cultures are developed **and how they adapt to and adopt practices and beliefs from others through cultural diffusion. As students understand cultures vs subcultures, it will help them navigate and appreciate the diverse world we live in. In this lesson, students will look at "the American culture" vs its subcultures.

Students will enjoy working in **cooperative groups **to create a collage that illustrates various American subcultures. This activity will require them to use **higher-order thinking skills **as they analyze, compare, and evaluate American culture alongside its subcultures.

Additionally, students will complete a short preliminary assignment in which they will interpret a political cartoon. This approach caters to** visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners** in grades 5 through 12, ensuring that even older students will find it engaging!

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Protest Worksheets | Protest Activities | Protest Questions | Protest Bundle

ABOUT THIS BUNDLE

• Protest Activity Worksheets and Questions
• Includes 2 Products
• 111 pages
• Print and Digital (PDF and GOOGLE SLIDES)
• Suitable for Middle and High School Students

The PROTEST BUNDLE includes:

★ 12 Protest Activities and Graphic Organizers (Print and Digital)

★ 5 Activity Worksheet ANSWER KEYS

★ 12 EDITABLE Graphic Organizers

★ 48 Protest Writing/Discussion Question Task Cards (Color/BW)

★ 48 Protest Writing/Discussion Question Worksheets

★ 48 Protest Writing/Discussion Question Strips

★ List of Questions (Easy access for teachers)

★ Google Slide Links

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This Protest BUNDLE includes TWO resources:

❤️ Protest Graphic Organizers

❤️ Protest Writing and Discussion Questions

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Lately, upsetting things have been happening in the world and our students are very much aware of them. Tens of thousands of people have protested on the streets to make their voices heard about all kinds of issues that students care about including racism, inequality, policing, discrimination, etc. Protests have spread across the nation and seem to rival the historic demonstrations of the Civil Rights Movement. It is important for us to bring these topics into our classrooms—because students want to be part of the conversation and share their thoughts and feelings about the very issues that affect them.

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PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS

ABOUT: Protest Graphic Organizers

★ Protest Activities

★ 29 pages

★ Suitable for Middle and High School Students

★ Print and Digital (PDF and Google Slides)

★ Editable version included

This resource includes:

★ 12 Protest Graphic Organizers (PDF, Google Slides, and EDITABLE)

★ 5 ANSWER KEYS

★ Google Slide Links

❤ This resource includes 12 Protest Activities and Graphic Organizers to help students examine and analyze the purpose of protests, causes and effects of protesting, the difference between violent and non-violent protesting, whether the advantages of peaceful protesting outweigh violent protesting, and how protesting can make a difference in addressing the problems our society faces.

❤ These activities can foster great discussions and help students explore questions like “What is the root cause of violence?” “Are nonviolent protests always the best way to achieve change?”, “Is violence ever justified?”, “What factors make protests effective?”, etc.

❤ These activities are also designed to help students analyze past and current protests and demonstrations and consider actions they might take around the issues they care about. Students have opportunities to reflect about what can make their voices uniquely powerful as well as how they can have a real impact on society.

❤ The activities contain breath-taking borders, fonts, and clipart to appeal to your students and make the display of students’ work on bulletin boards visually appealing.

❤ These graphic organizers will make a great addition to ANY LESSON!

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✅ Editable versions are also included. Kindly note that the editable versions do not have the same page borders and fonts as the activities in the PDF and Google Slides versions due to copyright terms by other contributing artists. The fonts included in the editable versions are TimesNewRoman and Calibri to ensure that they are organized and accessible to you. You may change borders, fonts, texts, images as you wish to meet the needs of your students!!

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The Protest Graphic Organizers feature the following topics:

⭐ Peaceful vs. Violent Forms of Protests (and ANSWER KEY)

⭐ Effects of Peaceful and Violent Protests (and ANSWER KEY)

⭐ Advantages vs. Disadvantages of Non-Violent and Violent Protests (and ANSWER KEY)

⭐ Examining Protests and Demonstrations

⭐ Why Protesters Resort to Violence – Causes and Triggers

⭐ Your Perspective on Protesting

⭐ Comparing Protests Venn Diagram (You choose protests to analyze)

⭐ 2 Protest Details

⭐ Making Inferences About Protests (under study) and Citing Evidence

⭐ 2 Protest Tactics and Outcomes

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ABOUT: Protest Writing and Discussion Question Task Cards and Worksheets

★ Protest Writing and Discussion Questions

★ 82 pages

★ Print and Digital

★ Suitable for Middle and High School Students

This resource includes:

★ 48 Protest Writing/Discussion Question Task Cards (Color and BW)

★ 48 Protest Writing/Discussion Question Worksheets

★ 48 Protest Writing/Discussion Question Strips

★ List of Questions (Easy access for teachers)

★ Google Slide Link

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This resource is also included in Google Slides! Text boxes have already been created to make it easier for you and your students! Each worksheet slide includes two instruction solution tabs for when students accidentally delete text boxes and when they want to zoom in (to enlarge worksheets). It's super helpful for students who are not that familiar with how to use Google Slides or need the extra assistance.

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This resource features 48 Protest questions that can be used as writing prompts, discussion/debate questions, or both! These questions encourage students to think deeply about protests, the root causes of them, their experiences with them, the effectiveness of them, how they compare to the protests of the past - AND SO MUCH MORE! These questions can spark some deep conversations among students. Without a doubt, these questions give students an opportunity to share their feelings and thoughts about the protests they have been witnessing.

These Protest Writing or Discussion Prompt Questions would make an AMAZING supplement to any lesson and can be used in a variety of ways.

The Break Down:

✅ 48 Protest Question TASK CARDS (Color / BW)

These Protest Writing/Discussion Question Task Cards can be used as part of a larger lesson, in guided small groups, whole-class discussions, partner discussion before sharing out with the larger group or class, or even one-on-one with a teacher, guidance counselor, or parent/guardian! You can organize them in a binder ring.

✅ 48 Protest Question Worksheets (same questions in the Task Cards)

This resource also includes 48 Protest Writing/Discussion Question WORKSHEETS with lines, so students can write their responses. Each worksheet contains a question about protest (the same questions in the Task Cards). It's a great opportunity for students to reflect about their own perspectives of protests and share their feelings about them. These Worksheets are included in PDF and GOOGLE SLIDES versions! Text boxes have already been added to make it easier for you and your students!

These worksheets are great for “Quick Writes,” Do Now activities, Note-Taking/Reflection periods, Formative Assessments, or can simply be used as part of a larger lesson or discussion!

✅ 48 Protest Writing/Discussion Question Strips

These sentence question strips are beautifully created and feature the same protest questions in the task cards and worksheets. They can be cut, distributed, and/or be used in many ways including distributing one or two to each student to think about, share their thinking and perspectives with a partner, randomly choose a strip to answer, etc.

✅ LIST of Protest Questions
Also included is a 2.5-page LIST OF PROTEST QUESTIONS to allow easier access for teachers to read and select questions to work with. It’s like an overview page of the protest questions listed in the Task Cards, Worksheets, and Strips.

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You may also be interested in the following related resources:

❤️ Racism Writing and Discussion Prompt Task Cards and Worksheets

❤️ Protest Writing and Discussion Prompt Task Cards and Worksheets

❤️ Protest Graphic Organizers

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Save time and money with this amazing bundle of 20 interactive and engaging activities, designed to enhance your world history classroom! This package helps supplement your existing curriculum, lessons and units, covering key periods from The Age of Exploration to Revolutions, and provides a rich variety of learning tools to captivate your students and deepen their understanding of history.

Topics covered in this bundle:

1. The Age of Exploration
2. Civilizations of the Americas
3. The Gunpowder empires
4. The Scientific Revolution
5. The French Revolution
6. Latin American Revolutions
7. Vocabulary Review
8. Projects and Activities for any unit!

Product Overview: This bundle includes a wide variety of activities to suit different learning styles and classroom needs:

• Interactive Reading Lessons: Explore historical texts and topics with guided questions and activities.
• Worksheets & Notes: Comprehensive resources for classwork and homework.
• Projects & Research Assignments: Encourage deeper investigation into historical topics.
• Crossword Puzzles & Word Searches: Reinforce vocabulary and key concepts in a fun, engaging way.
• Classroom Games: Interactive games that make learning history exciting.
• Detailed Teacher Guides: Easy-to-follow guides for smooth lesson implementation.
• Answer Keys & Rubrics: Simplify grading and provide clear expectations for students.
• ..and so much more!

This bundle is perfect for:

• New teachers wanting to build a solid collection of activities!
• Experienced teachers looking for new ways of teaching a concept!
• Homeschooling Families

Be sure to check out the previews for all activities to see how they are perfect for your classroom!

Do students need help understanding cause and effect? These cause and effect activities offer reinforcement and practice to produce great student essays.Step-by-step and easy-to-follow cause and effect activities include: Relationship Word Chart Fill-in-the-Blank Pearl Harbor Essay Activity 2 Fill-in-the Blank Organizers for Pearl Harbor 2 Cause and Effect Graphic Organizers for Generic History Writing 1 Pearl Harbor Cause & Effect Essay Assignments with Pre-writing 1 Generic History Cause & Effect Essay Assignment/Pre-writing Meets state and federal guidelines for ELA; meets state history guidelines. Help students easily understand cause and effect with this Pearl Harbor/generic history packet with visual graphic organizers. Use for test preparation and standardized test practice.

This group work sheet can be used for any subject area. It is a very simple tool used for students to reflect on group work.

Students Will Write:

Plus- an area they did very well in

Delta- an area they could improve on for next time

Shout out- this is where they name a group member and what they did well

Stand out- this is where they share something that stood out to them from the experience with their groups

Click HERE to see our other AVID resources. We also have several great AVID bundle options available down below!

AVID Mega Growing Bundle

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*Note this product may be used in brick and mortar classes as well as virtual systems like Outschool

Want an engaging way to teach about women that changed the world?

This is a nonfiction biographical reading passage about Amelia Earhart as a Female Changemaker and a STEM Leader. Students can use this as a jumping off point for a research project or for Women's History Month.

DIFFERENTIATED LEVELS FOR ALL LEARNERS

- Early elementary (1-3)

- Upper elementary (4-6)

- Complex Readers (7-12)

*Each newsletter is 2 pages.

Information on...

➡️ Early Life

➡️ Career

➡️ Interesting Facts

➡️ Influence

INCLUDED- Reading Comprehension Questions! Differentiated and can be used with any reading passage about an influential female leader. Perfect for close reading!

• Colored and black-line version
• Reading comprehension questions for early elementary (1-3) and separate worksheet for upper elementary (4-6)

Description:

• Every student contests and questions every piece of information that comes their way. Usually, they counter silly topics. What if you could give your students an outlet to argue and discover their own beliefs while challenging words of value?

Includes:

• This packet includes 20 different quotes from different historical figures, such as Napoleon Bonaparte, William Shakespeare, Thomas Edison, Leonardo de Vinci, George Washington, Richard Nixon, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Darwin, Henry Ford, Sigmund Freud, Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, Michelangelo, Mozart, Martin Luther King, Mahatma Gandhi, John F. Kennedy, Aristotle, Winston S. Churchill, and Socrates

Student will be asked to contend with the following questions as they argue for or against quotes:

✬Do you believe it to be true?

✬Was it true at one time, or has it changed throughout history?

✬Is it applicable to your life?

✬Are the words even worth being quoted?

Your feedback is appreciated!

Natural Disasters US History Interactive Fan Activity Research

Dive into U.S. history with the Natural Disaster in US History Interactive Fan! This engaging educational tool is designed for upper elementary and middle school students. This resource brings a fresh and interactive approach to learning about the most significant natural disasters in American history.

The graphic organiser provides a framework for students to see the link between causes, events and their impacts in a clear and connie manner. .

Template allows links between:

Long and short causes. (hours to years)

Event

Significant points of interest: Date, places, names, cultural points.

Short and long term impacts of events. (hours to years)

Applications of the template:

• Applied to any course of study
• Used as you progress through your unit of study with students recording major events as you encounter them
• As a revision summary task.
• Supporting template for history essay task.

Please leave a review if you download a copy and utilise it.

While teaching remedial math, I found my students were struggling with the "Characteristics" block of the Frayer Model, so I modified it into a triangle. I've included a point "UP" and a point "DOWN" version. They stack nicely with one another to create a unique WordWall.

Use this any person report page to develop early research skills with your child/student.Research using the internet or print material

of your choice.

This lesson will have students explore & debate the five major compromises that were made at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787. The delegates were charged with the task of amending the Articles of Confederation. However, they quickly decided to replace the Articles and write a new constitution. Because the delegates came from all parts of the country, they differed on a number of key issues. In order to keep the convention going and ensure ratification of the Constitution, the delegates had to compromise a number of times. As a result, the final document is sometimes described as a "bundle" of compromises.

Materials Include:

• Student Guided Notes T-Chart
• 23 Slide Presentation
• Teacher Answer Key

Supporting Questions:

• What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention?
• What are the five compromises of the Constitution?
• How did the Constitutional Convention address the issue of slavery?

If you liked this lesson see other related 'Government' lessons here:

• Controversy and the Criminal Justice System (Eric Garner Case)
• The 'Bill of Rights' Time Travel
• Mock Trial: Class Preparation (MY BEST SELLER)!
• Post Zombie Apocalypse: What Form of Government Would YOU Create?
• YOU Be the Judge: Analyzing Supreme Court Decisions

This product describes the Inuit way of life in the 1600's to late 1700's. It also includes the way of live now and the creation of Nunavut and Truth and Reconciliation.

Covers: Daily life, culture, traditions, celebrations, family, housing, food, art, and spiritual beliefs.

Contains Power Point and Google Slides Presentation, Image Analysis, Graphic Organizers, Videos and Graphics, Journal Responses with Rubric, Interactive Class Quiz.

This ready to print and use activity has students analyze cave paintings from Tsodilo Hills Botswana using a Primary Source Analysis format. Perfect for prehistory lessons and understanding primary sources, this acts as as a stand alone lesson or can be expanded to include art, writing, geography skills and more!

This resource includes:

• An instruction page with questions
• The ABCs of Primary Source Analysis catered for this assignment
• Four photos of cave paintings taken by the author
• An Answer Key with answers to the questions, primary source analysis, and highlighted copies of the cave paintings
• A list of enrichment and extension activities to use with the assignment
• An editable lesson plan

You can use this assignment for centers activities, small group review activities, reinforcing primary source skills, enrichment, extension, sub plans, portfolio assignments, and many more!

This is a Culture Lesson with 2 Main Parts

1. Elements of Culture Notes

• Culture Quiz about customs and traditions around the world - You can use attached sheet to record answers
• Elements of Culture Notes - Use the attached Graphic Organizer to fill in Elements of Culture

2. Culture Mix and Match

• Use attached Graphic Organizer to analyze images
• View 12 different images of Foreign Culture - Match the Description with the Foreign Culture image
• View 12 different images of American Culture - Match the American Culture image with the related Foreign Culture image
• Write one sentence explaining why each American Culture images matches with the Foreign Culture image

These graphic organizers are a great resource to use when reading content, taking class notes, for formative assessment, or incorporating into other assignments and activities. These can be used on a daily basis and in a variety of settings. Ready-to-pint!

It has been proven that students who are able visually to organize the content retain it better. These 10 organizers will teach students how visually organize the information presented in social studies, science, math, and language arts. I use these on a daily basis to help students learn how to organize the material being covered. The T-Note organizer is a great training tool to use in teaching students how to create clear and neat notes. It also encourages students to inquire. Once you purchase these, you will be able to save them to your computer and tweak them to use in your classroom.

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One purchase is for the use of one teacher. If additional teachers would like to use this product, please purchase additional licenses.

Social Emotional Learning and English Language Arts Mega Bundle

About this SEL/ELA Mega Bundle:

★ Social Emotional Learning

★ 147 resources!

★ Includes a COMBINATION of ELA and SEL resources

★ Print and Dgital versions

★ Excellent for Grades 7-12, Home School

★ Approximately 7,130+ pages

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ABOUT THIS MEGA BUNDLE COMBO:

✅ This Mega Bundle features a blend of ELA and Social Skills/Social Emotional Learning resources. It is organized alphabetically, ensuring seamless navigation and easy access to the specific materials you require. :-)

✅ Purchasing at the current list price provides access to all future bundles and resources at no additional charge. List price will continue to change as new resources and bundles are added, but it will not affect your original purchase price!!! SELECTED resources will be added to this growing bundle!

✅ This incredible MEGA BUNDLE comprises a diverse range of bundled resources designed to elevate rigor in classrooms, boost student engagement, foster critical thinking and reflection, and enrich the overall classroom environment.

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▶️If you are specifically looking for ELA resources, consider exploring the All ELA Bundle.

▶️ If you are specifically interested in Social Skills, Life Skills, or Social Emotional Learning resources, consider checking out:

✅ All SEL Mega BUNDLE (This Bundle includes ALL SEL ONLY resources in my store!)

✅ Mini Social Skills Bundle

✅ Social Emotional Learning Activity Worksheets Mega Bundle

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