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Fall Bundle of 40 Close Reading Passages | Digital & Print | 5th & 6th Grade
By Creative Primary Literacy
A Google Forms reading comprehension bundle with forty individual activities about key events in September, October, November and December, or famous figures that were either born or died in the fall. The activities, which come in PDF format too, have an informational text with comprehension and grammar questions followed by an extension task, are about the following people or topics:
The NO PREP informational text activities are ideal for distance learning and perfect for students in fifth grade or sixth grade. The resources, which also come in PDF format, allow students to learn key facts about the famous people or topics whilst working on their comprehension skills.
Included in each of the forty activities:
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This resource bundle is great for:
These activities are online resources, that use Google Forms, and are linked to your Google Drive. They can be completed by students online using tablets, phones or computers, and are easily assessed by teachers as all the answers are provided in a quick and easy format.
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Time allowance to complete each activity:
5-10 minutes - read through the text individually.
40-50 minutes - answer questions using the text as guidance (including extension activity)
Time allowance to assess:
A class set of activities might take around 15-20 minutes to mark; the teacher can then send the students their marks automatically, which allows them to read back through their work. Nearly all answers are not automatically generated, but only require a small amount of work to assign points. This is because the aim is to get students writing answers and not to just have multiple choice options.
Please ensure when you download this resource into Google Drive that you are logged in to the gmail account where you wish to store the activity. In the past teachers have downloaded resources into their school account in error. Thanks :)
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FDR & The New Deal Matching Game
By Sarah Austin
Are you looking to engage your students in the study of FDR's New Deal? This New Deal Matching Game is the perfect way to get your students excited and engaged with history. The game provides slides to guide both the teacher and the student through note-taking, student discussions/debate, and the ‘New Deal Matching Game’.
Instructions: Organize into groups of 3-4 students. Each group will analyze 10 scenarios that will be presented in the next several slides. Fill out the T-chart addressing the following…
1. Which New Deal program(s) is the best match in addressing the problems associated with each scenario? Write in the letter of the card.
(*You will use each program only once).
2. Acronyms? Write in the abbreviation.
3. Which of the 3 R’s best applies to each of the scenarios; Relief, Recovery, or Reform? (Hint, scenario #3 is the only one that has two of the R’s)
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1950s Consumer Sears Catalog Simulation
By Sarah Austin
The year is 1956. You & your partner have taken advantage of new economic conditions & purchased a suburban home. Upon moving to the suburbs, you find you need to fill your home with clothes & furniture.
Use the Sears catalog provided to fill your home. The average monthly income in the USA in 1955 was $360. Let’s say you & your partner have been saving, and have a savings account of $600. The mortgage payment on your home is $60 per month, & let's say you use $40 per month for groceries. That leaves you with $500 to spend for the month!
Fill out the provided order sheet with the products you want to buy, and their prices. Do not spend more than $500, because then you will end up in debt! Beware–life events and circumstances happen, so adjust accordingly!
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1950s & 60s: Conformity or Rebellion (Counter-culture)?
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Preamble of the Constitution Reveal Activity: Google Sheets
By Colleen Burdette
We the People:
This activity concerning the Preamble of the Constitution is a quick review for students. Great for early finishers, bell ringers, or test review.
Students will review the phrases in the Preamble of the Constitution and place them in the correct order by numbering them. As students number the phrases correctly, a meme will be revealed. So, the activity is self-checking.
For a full set of Constitution activities check out this product:
RATIFYING THE CONSTITUTION STATIONS
Aligns with Indiana Social Studies Standard 5.C.1.
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Siege of Boston Close Reading Activity Digital & Print | 5th Grade & 6th Grade
By Creative Primary Literacy
A Google Forms close reading activity with comprehension and grammar questions followed by an extension task about the Siege of Boston during the American Revolutionary War. The NO PREP informational text activity is ideal for distance learning and perfect for students in fifth grade or sixth grade learning about the American War of Independence. The resource, which also comes in PDF format, allows students to learn key facts about the famous siege whilst working on their comprehension skills.
Included in this resource:
This activity is part of our American Revolutionary War Close Reading Digital & Print Bundle; the bundle has six activities about key figures and events from the war.
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This resource is great for:
This activity is an online resource, that uses Google Forms, and is linked to your Google Drive. It can be completed by students online using tablets, phones or computers, and is easily assessed by teachers as all the answers are provided in a quick and easy format.
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Time allowance to complete:
5-10 minutes - read through the text individually.
40-50 minutes - answer questions using the text as guidance (including extension activity)
Time allowance to assess:
A class set of activities might take around 15-20 minutes to mark; the teacher can then send the students their marks automatically, which allows them to read back through their work. Nearly all answers are not automatically generated, but only require a small amount of work to assign points. This is because the aim is to get students writing answers and not to just have multiple choice options.
Please ensure when you download this resource into Google Drive that you are logged in to the gmail account where you wish to store the activity. In the past teachers have downloaded resources into their school account in error. Thanks :)
Other similar or relevant resources:
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Bill of Rights/Dec. of Ind. Grievances Reveal: 5th Studies Weekly Week 29
By Colleen Burdette
Engaging way to connect to the Bill of Rights:
Students will complete an activity making connects between the Declaration of Independence Grievances and the Bill of Rights. In the activity, students will be presented with a grievance and will have to enter the number of the Amendment it inspired.
Correct answers will reveal an image.
Easy to assign in Google Classroom or Google Drive.
This aligns with Indiana 5th Grade Social Studies Standard 5.H.16.
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Charter of the Colonies: Picture Reveal--5th grade Studies Weekly Week 12
By Colleen Burdette
Make rote memorization more engaging:
Students enjoy this engaging activity to practice naming the charter of the 13 colonies. Students are asked to name the charter (proprietary, company, or royal) of each colony. This information helps students understand why colonies developed in the way that they did.
Students have fun revealing the picture created using correct answers.
Self-checking as image is revealed by correct answers.
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Thirteen Colonies by Region: Picture Reveal--5th Grade Studies Weekly Week 14
By Colleen Burdette
Make rote memorization more engaging:
Students enjoy this engaging activity to practice telling the region of the colony when given the colonies' name. Colonies are listed alphabetically, students enter either New England, Middle, or Southern as the region to which the colony belongs.
Students have fun revealing the picture created using correct answers. The extra challenge is that correct spelling is necessary for the image to be revealed.
Self-checking as image is revealed by correct answers.
Activity aligns with Indiana Social Studies Standard 5.H.7.
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STEAM Challenge | Native American Shelters | Native American Heritage Month
By Gabriela Maraia
Teach your students about Native American tribes and shelters with this fun and interactive STEAM Lesson. Students will watch educational videos, go through detailed slides with vocabulary words and definitions, complete a planning page, paragraph writing, and reflection sheet, go on a virtual field trip to the Native Voices Museum, and finish by building a Native American Shelter. Rubric Included
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Timeline: Battles that Continued after Yorktown- 5th Studies Weekly Week 26
By Colleen Burdette
The Surrender was not the end:
Students will explore the fact that although Cornwallis surrendered, the Revolutionary War did not end. They will research major events that occurred between the surrender and the British and Loyalists evacuating from America.
Students are given dates and events. They will have to manipulate (either with paper or digitally) the events to match the dates given on the timeline.
This activity aligns with 5th grade Studies Weekly Week 26.
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Indigenous People's Regional Dwellings Project--5th grade Studies Weekly Week 6
By Colleen Burdette
Project with variety:
Teachers will have three different approaches to choose from to complete this project concerning the regional dwellings of Indigenous People of North America. Students will research an assigned region in order to complete a project concerning family dwellings. Directions are provided for models, posters, or Google Slides.
Students will answer questions concerning their research and reach conclusions based on their information. These questions increases rigor.
Students will have an opportunity to present the information gained with their classmates.
Students will use their creativity to create the project.
This project aligns with Indiana Social Studies Standards 5.H.3 and 5.G.7.
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Bill of Rights Four Corners Review: 5th grade studies Weekly Week 29
By Colleen Burdette
Actively Review the Bill of Rights:
Students will get up and move in this review of their knowledge of the Bill of Rights. They will determine which Amendment of the Bill of Rights is being described. Students will be presented with a right and will have to choose which of four choices of Amendments. The students choose their answers by moving to a corner labeled with the number of their choice.
Directions for the activity and options for area posters or individual card sets are provided.
This activity aligns with Indiana Social Studies Standard 5.H.16.
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National Parks Research Project [Google Drive]
By Abigail J McClellan
This comprehensive GOOGLE DRIVE research project is everything you need in order for students to complete independent research on National Parks!! It is the PERFECT project-based learning activity to assign to students - they can complete this at home, independently, or in a paperless classroom! It includes over 21 pages of graphic organizers (with an example!), vocabulary terms, and quizzes. It is easy to use and an awesome research project that your students will love! You will be provided with a Google folder that includes 8 resources. The first is How-To-Use Guide that gives a layout of every single thing you will be assigning to your students. It also includes various types of graphic organizers for student modifications.
National Parks:
•Everglades National Park
•Fishlake National Forest
•Acadia National Park
•Badlands National Park
•Yosemite National Park
•Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park
•Grand Canyon National Park
•Great Smoky Mountains National Park
•Bitterroot National Forest
•Hot Springs National Park
•Yellowstone National Park
•Denali National Park
What is included?
- Access to a Google Drive folder containing 8 resources:
1. How-To-Use Teacher Guide- Shares main ideas, student outcomes, materials, standards/curriculum connections, and assessment/grading. You also get to see an overview of all the documents that are shared with the students.
2. National Parks Research List - This list includes the National Parks available for research from the National Geographic website.
3. National Geographic Kids Website Guide- This document provides students with a detailed description on how to use the National Geographic Kids website, including pictures and steps.
4. Vocabulary Terms- 8 vocabulary terms and definitions related to this project: National Parks, historical site, geyser, hot spring, rugged, wildlife, native plants, natural resources.
5. Vocabulary Quiz- This 8 question vocabulary quiz (format: Google Survey) is taken right from the vocabulary terms document.
6. Research Graphic Organizer - Graphic organizer for students to record their individual National Parks research. Includes an example!
7. Student Checklist and Project Reflection- This is this the final part of this research project. Students are asked (format: Google Survey) to fill out a checklist marking if they completed all aspects of the research project. They then reflect on what they did well on, what they can improve on, what they learned, and if they enjoyed the research project.
8. Terms of Use Page
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Missing Pieces! - World War II - Research and Context Clues Activity - History
By The Classroom Globetrotter
Students will use their research and context clues skills as they explore in depth 20 key figures of World War II through this online (or print) activity, as they work to find the missing pieces of information in the chart!
Key Figures include:
Adolf Hitler
Anne Frank
Benito Mussolini
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr
Bernard Montgomery
Charles de Gaulle
Chiang Kai-shek
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight Eisenhower
Erwin Rommel
Franklin D. Roosevelt
George S. Patton
...and more!
Google Compatible - just copy and assign to students. Print version also available! Answer keys included!
Civil War Generals Opinion Writing Unit Digital & Print | 5th & 6th Grade
By Creative Primary Literacy
This resource is a 5th grade or 6th grade discussion based writing unit discussing who was the most influential general during the American Civil War: Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, George Meade or Stonewall Jackson. The unit has been split into four separate lessons which will take students approximately 40-50 minutes each. The Google Slides activity is ideal for distance learning and perfect for students learning about U.S. History and the American Civil War.
The first lesson involves students retrieving facts from informational texts about Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, George Meade and Stonewall Jackson, and typing these on to an included fact sheet. In the second lesson students need to use these facts to write three to four paragraphs about the individual generals. In the third lesson students need to use prompt sheets to write up an introduction and a conclusion. In the final lesson students need to check their draft paragraphs for mistakes before typing up their work using the template provided.
NO PREP is needed!
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This activity is an online resource, that uses Google Slides, and is linked to your Google Drive. It can be completed by students online using tablets or computers. If you are unsure how to allow the students to have their own individual copy take a look at the instructional video below:
Google Classroom - How to make a copy for each student - Assignment
The resource also comes in a PDF format, which can be printed.
Please ensure when you download this resource into Google Drive that you are logged in to the gmail account where you wish to store the activity. In the past teachers have downloaded resources into their school account in error. Thanks :)
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Major Battles of World War II - U.S. and World History Research Assignment
By The Classroom Globetrotter
Engage Your Students in the Key World War II Battles with This Research Assignment!
Dive deep into the critical battles of World War II with this comprehensive U.S. and World History research assignment. Perfect for middle and high school students, this resource guides learners through the most significant military conflicts that shaped the course of WWII. Through independent research, students will investigate the causes, outcomes, and strategic significance of these key battles.
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Veterans Day Activity | STEAM Activity | Art Project | Poppy Flower Art
By Gabriela Maraia
Teach your students all Veterans Day with this fun and interactive lesson. Students will watch educational videos, go through detailed slides with vocabulary words and definitions, learn about the history of Veterans Day, go on a virtual field trip to the United States Veterans War and Memorial Museums, learn about the importance of a poppy flower, and finish with a fun and engaging Poppy Flower Craft.
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Missing Pieces! - World War I - Research and Context Clues Activity - History
By The Classroom Globetrotter
Students will use their research and context clues skills as they explore in depth 16 key figures of World War I through this online (or print) activity, as they work to find the missing pieces of information in the chart!
Key Figures include:
Arthur Zimmerman
Douglas Haig
Edith Cavell
Ferdinand Foch
John Pershing
Manfred von Richthofen
Mehmed V
Nicolas II
...and more!
Google Compatible - just copy and assign to students. Print version also available! Answer keys included!
American Revolutionary War Close Reading Digital & Print | 5th Grade & 6th Grade
By Creative Primary Literacy
A Google Forms close reading activity with comprehension and grammar questions followed by an extension task about the American War of Independence and the birth of the United States. The NO PREP informational text activity is ideal for distance learning and perfect for students in fifth grade or sixth grade. The resource, which also comes in PDF format, allows students to learn key facts about the war whilst working on their comprehension skills.
Included in this resource:
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This resource is great for:
This activity is an online resource, that uses Google Forms, and is linked to your Google Drive. It can be completed by students online using tablets, phones or computers, and is easily assessed by teachers as all the answers are provided in a quick and easy format.
This activity is part of our American Revolutionary War 5th & 6th Grade Close Reading & Distance Learning Bundle; the bundle has six activities about key figures and events from the war.
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Time allowance to complete:
5-10 minutes - read through the text individually.
40-50 minutes - answer questions using the text as guidance (including extension activity)
Time allowance to assess:
A class set of activities might take around 15-20 minutes to mark; the teacher can then send the students their marks automatically, which allows them to read back through their work. Nearly all answers are not automatically generated, but only require a small amount of work to assign points. This is because the aim is to get students writing answers and not to just have multiple choice options.
Please ensure when you download this resource into Google Drive that you are logged in to the gmail account where you wish to store the activity. In the past teachers have downloaded resources into their school account in error. Thanks :)
Other similar or relevant resources:
Distance Learning Resources
Black History Resources
American History Resources
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Ratifying the Constitution Stations: 5th Grade Studies Weekly Week 28
By Colleen Burdette
Engage your students in ratifying the Constitution:
Students will complete 8 different stations which take a closer look at each section of the United States Constitution. This can be done individually, with a partner, or in a group.
Students can discuss and support one another as they work through the preamble and articles of the Constitution.
When complete, students can complete follow up questions which will allow them to decide how the Constitution relates to them. They will explore how the Constitution outlines the jobs of our government.
Simple set up for teachers, everything included except some envelopes.
Aligns with Indiana 5th Grade Social Studies Standards 5.C.1, 5.C.3, 5.C.5.
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