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Planet Earth 2 - Episode 3: Jungles - Video Response Worksheet & Key (Editable)
$1.49This Video Response Worksheet and Key is based on the BBC documentary series "Planet Earth 2 - Episode 3: Jungles."(NOTE: These worksheets are based on the British version of Planet Earth 2, narrated by David Attenborough. It uses the metric system and...$1.49 -
Planet Earth 2 - Episode 2: Mountains - Video Response Worksheet & Key (Editable)
$1.49This Video Response Worksheet and Key is based on the BBC documentary series "Planet Earth 2 - Episode 2: Mountains."(NOTE: These worksheets are based on the British version of Planet Earth 2, narrated by David Attenborough. It uses the metric system and...$1.49 -
Planet Earth 2 - Episode 1: Islands - Video Response Worksheet & Key (Editable)
$1.49This Video Response Worksheet and Key is based on the BBC documentary series "Planet Earth 2 - Episode 1: Islands."(NOTE: These worksheets are based on the British version of Planet Earth 2, narrated by David Attenborough. It uses the metric system and...$1.49 -
Preamble Scramble Collaborative Poster
$5.25The Preamble Scramble Collaborative Block Poster can be used as a fun team building activity to introduce or review the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution. Students work together to piece their Preamble “block” with their classmates. The...$5.25 -
XYZ Affair - (TRTW) - Talk, Read, Talk, Write
$2.25This TRTW (Talk Read Talk Write) is based around a short (1:23), narrated cartoon video that could work as an introduction to a lesson, a station in a rotation or as homework. It is a free video and available 24/7 and accessible by going to my YouTube...$2.25 -
Comic Strip Template
$2.00The Comic Strip Template can be used in any subject and in most grade levels as a creative expression of student learning. It is excellent for differentiated instruction and/or stations. Students show what they have learned using their own drawing skills...$2.00 -
Napoleon Bonaparte: Hero or Tyrant Critical Thinking Activity
$1.00Napoleon Bonaparte is one of the most complex figures in world history. Viewed by some as a tyrant and others as a hero, historians still struggle with the correct historiographic interpretation of the French Emperor. This activity encourages students to...$1.00 -
Cabeza De Vaca
$2.50This eight-page handout set is designed for 4th and 7th grade Texas history or ELAR students and teachers. It coincides with a cartoon music video available for free on YouTube. This set chronicles the adventures of a Spanish conquistador named Alvar...$2.50 -
Little Rock 9
$6.75The Little Rock Nine Escape Room will take students on a secret mission around the classroom! This escape room has students decode interesting facts about the Little Rock Nine, Brown v. Board, segregation and integration. This resource can be used so...$6.75 -
Gone To Texas
$5.00Interactive PowerPoint Presentation includes the following:Student Activity Sheets:Timeline of events leading up to Anglo American colonization of TexasKey TermsGuided notesGraphic Organizer/Empresario GrantsEssential Question: What was the difference...$5.00 -
Texas History: The Alamo Falls
$5.00Interactive PowerPoint Presentation includes the following:Guided Notes with illustrationsTimeline of events leading to the fall of the AlamoSignificance of the Alamo“Victory or Death” LetterKey Terms and Famous FiguresBattle TimelineMap...$5.00 -
Underground Railroad Mini-Unit with DBQ's
$5.00This is an engaging resource to teach students about the Underground Railroad!This resource includes students notes as an introduction. Students will then analyze a primary source document, which is a detailed interview with a former conductor on the...$5.00