Scavenger Hunt Around Your Classroom Walls for Posters, Expectations, and Fact Finding

You can edit this document to change some questions pertaining to your classroom's posters, rules, student work - anything on your walls! Let students explore your room the first day of the year, and experience why you have the things posted around...

Balance The City Budget in San Francisco and Your Town Economics Assignment

You are the Mayor of San Francisco's $10 Billion budget. You have to cut 5%, but from where? How will you explain your choices to residents, and still be favorable for re-election? In the second part on page 2, students will look at the actually city...

Midway and MoneyBall Film Questions Hybrid Learning In Class and At Home

Buy one, get one free! Whether you need Moneyball or Midway, you get both here! Each includes a half page of synchronous and asynchronous assignments, so that students at home can do some research and answer questions while others watch the film, that...

Students Report Teach About How World History Nations Achieved Independence Distance Learning

Distance learning or in class, have students pick a country they are interested in, and provide a report of how that nation achieved independence. 8 Questions, Students pick 5, and then report in the class meeting for credit, or turn in. Wonderful way to...

Debating Both Sides Economic Intervention by the Government Video and WS

Students listen to two sides of an impromptu debate and note some well-framed arguments on both sides. Links to a video, free, provided by the Danny Hauger YouTube channel https://youtu.be/OQFh_MWvH8A (that's me). Its about 7 minutes, and then students...

Indigenous Peoples Day Choose Your Own Online Museum Exhibit

Four options for students to research, study, and observe Native art, stories, history, and traditions ranging from around the Americas. There are an infinite amount of combinations in learning and observations that can then be shared back to the group...

Create Your Own National Anthem Assignment with Symbolic and Thematic Language

Students will read lyrics to 4 national anthems [2 of their choice]. They will underline key terms, themes, and language, and then design their own theme, with symbolism of their own design. Students are also encouraged to find an instrumental or record...

Government Checks and Balances Group Work Researching When Power Was Checked by Each Branch

This worksheet is for group work in government or U.S. History Class. Government Checks and Balances Group Work Researching When Power Was Checked by Each Branch citing historical events. Simple research where each students is responsible for researching...

SPICE Compare Two Countries Distance Learning Economy Politics Government and Culture

Students will Use the CIA World Factbook, and search the Internet if needed for additional sources, to compare 3 out of 5 Spice categories with two nations, one that shares their first and last initials of their name...

First Day of School Survey of Student Interests and Goal Setting for Distance Learning

Help get to know students, with this written or typed first day survey of 15 questions that tell you their interests, needs in the classroom, and personality, as well as their worldview. FREE BONUS - Includes my best-selling Goal Setting...

Unresolved Problems and possible Solutions Activity Distance Learning Assignment Social Studies

Government, Social Studies, or English/Language Arts students will explore a problem in the country, or world, today, that has been ongoing, and identify the difficulties about solving this issue, how a possible solution might address and solve the...

Presidential Inauguration Speech Analysis and Comparison Government History

Asks students to review two inaugural speeches of recent United States Presidents, watch on YouTube, links included, and analyze the key messages the President shares to the country. Excellent for Social Studies, ELA, Government, or History Classes...