Hawaii Map Activity- fun, engaging, follow-along PPT with blank map handouts

This download includes both the follow-along map activity AND the blank Hawaii map in PDF and MS WORD format. By the end, students will turn the blank map into an informational resource with cities, geographic regions, islands and more. Enjoy!

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55 Figures from 7th Grade History

Great way to introduce all the famous figures that students will learn about throughout the year. 


This download includes both the PowerPoint with the answers and various versions of the handout (in PDF and MS WORD format)

Students follow along to fill in the names of 55 historical figures that are likely to come up in a 7th grade History Curriculum (Medieval, Renaissance, Modern, etc.). This can be done at the beginning of the year as an introduction, or at the end of the year for a review. Students can complete on their own for homework, or follow along to fill in the names. Enjoy!

Use slide 3 as a handout if you want students to fill out the 55 figures without any clues

Use slide 4 as a handout if you want students to fill out the 55 figures Using clues

Use slide 5 if you want to display all of the answers to the class

Use slide 6 if you want to display one answer at a time (to allow for discussion, participation, guessing, etc.)

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/55-Figures-from-7th-Grade-History-handoutsPPT-for-intro-or-summary-activity-1885913

Elvis Presley: 20 slides with text, hyperlinks & primary sources (with handouts)

This download includes both the 20-slide PowerPoint AND the stick figure graphic organizer (in PDF and MS WORD format)

This lesson examines the career and impact of Elvis Presley. The slides include informational text, timelines, graphics, images, primary sources, and several hyperlinks to hear samples of his music. Students follow along using the unique Stick Figure graphic organizer. Enjoy!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Elvis-Presley-20-slides-with-text-hyperlinks-primary-sources-with-handouts-1876121

Happy Birthday to Me!  Worked all day and came home to party people with a whole lot of gow-in-the-dark balloons!  #teacherlife #iamloved

Cold War Coming to an End

Studying the revolutions of '89.  Ceausescu went out with a bang.

Cold War (80s-90s) ALL 5 engaging, highly visual PPTs (85 slides total)

This download includes all 5 of the PowerPoints described below as well as the graphic organizer in PDF and MS WORD format. The graphic organizer handout has been formatted to fit perfectly on one paper (2 pages, front and back). Enjoy!

1 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan; Olympic Boycotts (20 slides)
step-by-step events, with commentary from Uncle Sam and the Russian Bear, statistics on the medal counts from 1980 and 1984, links to videos, and much more...

2 Glasnost and Perestroika (10 slides)
Political Cartoons, explanations, connections to the larger Cold War and much more...

3 Revolutions of 1989, Berlin Wall Falls (25 slides)
Details and images from all 6 Eastern Bloc Nations (East Germany, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Poland), the fall of the Berlin Wall, links to videos, and much more...

4 Tiananmen Square Massacre (20 slides) 
Causes, details, links to videos, tank man, protester strategies, results, and much more...

5 End of Cold War; Dissolution of the Soviet Union
List of the 15 nations formerly part of the U.S.S.R., Soviet Transition to the Russian Federation, list of the 5 remaining communist countries, and much more...

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Cold-War-80s-90s-ALL-5-engaging-highly-visual-PPTs-85-slides-total-1251072

Memorial Day Comic Strip Activity: summarize wars the US has been involved in

This download includes a 21-slide PowerPoint that guides students in turning a blank piece of paper into a comic strip that highlights all of the wars that the United States has been involved with. Each box will have a title, an image, and a description. Each topic is summarized, and then ideas for what to draw are provided. Each topic is also linked to a relevant summarizing video on YouTube. Enjoy!

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https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Memorial-Day-Comic-Strip-Activity-summarize-wars-the-US-has-been-involved-in-1854255

Are you counting down the days to summer break?  How many days do you have left?  16 days left for us!

What grade level do you teach and what end of year activities are you using? 

Anyone have any fun vacation plans?  

Sundiata & the Mali Empire compared to Disney's The Lion King

Spend a class period having your 7th graders compare and contrast Disney's The Lion King to the story of Sundiata and the West-African Empire of Mali. Help students access the curriculum by tapping into what they already know about a Disney film. Students read summaries of each story, highlight main points, compare characters and story elements, then write a paragraph demonstrating their understanding of the story of Sundiata.

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https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sundiata-the-Mali-Empire-compared-to-Disneys-The-Lion-King-161750

2nd grade social studies biographies

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/2nd-Grade-Social-Studies-Biographies-of-Important-People-PPT-handouts-more-1748945

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

This download includes PART 4 of the 2nd grade resource bundle described below.

PART 1 - Basics of Economics
PART 2 - Basics of Government
PART 3 - Family History
PART 4 - Biographies of Important People
PART 5 - North America Map

With this download of PART 4, Biographies of Important People, comes:

***70 slide PPT featuring all 64 figures
***Trading card printouts (in PDF and MS WORD format)
***64 full page printouts (in PDF and MS WORD format)

This resource, designed for 2nd grade, but appropriate for all grades, features 32 male figures and 32 female figures, one male/female duo for each week of school. Each figure is found on the PowerPoint with an image and a short 3-4 sentence biography. Also included are class sets of "trading cards", printed with images on the front and biographical information on the back. Full page printouts are included for each of the 64 figures as well (in both PDF and MS WORD format). Check out the sample to get an idea. Enjoy!

The diverse group of 64 figures (32 men, 32 women) includes:

Abigail Adams
Abraham Lincoln
Albert Einstein
Alice Paul
Amelia Earhart
Barbara Walters
Carl Lewis
Cesar Chavez
Charlotte Hawkins Brown
Eleanor Roosevelt
Elvis Presley
Frederick Douglass
Gertrude Ederle
Harriet Tubman
Helen Keller
Henry Ford
J.K. Rowling
J.R.R. Tolkien
Jackie Robinson
Jeanette Rankin
Johannes Gutenberg
Juliet Gordon Low
Larisa Latynina
Lisa Leslie
Louis Pasteur
Lucretia Mott
Lucy Stone
Mae Carol Jemison
Mahatma Gandhi
Malala Yousafzai
Margaret Thatcher
Marie Curie
Mark Twain
Martha Washington
Martin Luther King Jr.
Mia Hamm
Michael Jackson
Michael Jordan
Michael Phelps
Mother Theresa
Nancy Ward (Nanyehi)
Neil Armstrong
Nellie Bly
Oprah Winfrey
Orsen Wells
Pablo Picasso
Pat Summitt
Robert Oppenheimer
Scott Joplin
Sojourner Truth
Stan Lee
Steve Jobs
Sun Yat-sen
Susan B. Anthony
The Wright Brothers
Theodor Geisel
Theodore Roosevelt
Thomas Edison
Valentina Tereshkova
Victoria Woodhull
William Shakespeare
Wilma Rudolph
Winston Churchill
Woody Guthrie