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Cold War Commander: A Tabletop Game AND Mini Unit
$6.00Give your students the chance to tell their parents they averted two nuclear wars before lunchtime with Cold War Commander! An original Mano Koa Enterprises Table Top Strategy Game and Mini-Unit. In this game, players/students form teams that advise...$6.00 -
Budgeting Lesson
$5.00This is a one day 55 minute how to budget lesson. There is a 22 slide budgeting Power-point, Word handout for the notes, NPR audio clip, and video urls on budgeting. There are a ton of videos, graphics, and scenarios on budgeting. There is also a NPR...$5.00 -
American Revolution Battlefield Lesson
$5.00This is a American Revolution Jigsaw Battlefield Lesson. There is a two page graphic organizer on the battles and effects of the American Revolution. I typically have my students complete this assignment in small jigsaw groups. There are four readings...$5.00 -
Personal Financial Literacy: Simple & Compound Interest
$8.00This lesson gives a simple breakdown of the formulas for Simple and Compound Interest. There are 2 mazes for practice, one for each type of interest as well as answer keys for both. It also includes a scavenger hunt for students to practice both formulas...$8.00 -
Simple & Compound Interest Scavenger Hunt
$4.00Students can move around the room as they solve word problems about simple and compound interest that will lead them to their next problem. I like to have some prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place of who can correctly figure out the looped order first...$4.00 -
What if YOU were Abraham Lincoln?
$7.00In this activity, your students have the opportunity to walk in the shoes of one of America’s greatest presidents! Students are given different scenarios from Lincoln’s presidency and they must choose which path to take. Will their choices...$7.00 -
The Great Escape: Causes of the American Civil War
$5.00Student-centered, active learning at its best! Your students will complete an escape room activity that is highly engaging, extremely informative, and most importantly: FUN! Each escape room is unique and has its own set of challenges! No two are alike!...$5.00 -
Civil Liberties Project (3-5 Days)
$5.00This is a four to five day civil liberties project where students are assigned one minority group in the United States and trace the history of discrimination to the fight for equal rights of that group. The United States has always been home to many...$5.00 -
Sociology Break a Norm Project
$5.00This is a two page project on breaking a norm for my crime and deviance unit. Students select a norm to break, break it, and then write response to norm break. There is a one page provided rubric to grade their responses. I typically spend one whole...$5.00 -
Sociology Gender Expectations Lesson
$5.00This is a complete 55 minute lesson with an extension on gender expectations. There is a opening post it note hook, agree disagree prompts to start and interesting discussion, two activities on gender expectations, and two readings on gender. It was...$5.00 -
Sociology Children's Book Project
$5.00This is a three day lesson where my high school student's evaluate the role of children's storybooks for the purpose of socialization. This lesson works great for my socialization unit in my sociology unit. There is a handout attached to analyze the...$5.00 -
Electoral College - 6 Stations Lesson
$7.00This is a complete 50 minute 6 station lesson on the Electoral College. There is a handout provided that students carry around and complete at each station, which is clearly labeled to keep them organized. This lesson is designed in Word and can be...$7.00