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?  

Idiom-of-the-day - version 4 (61-80)

The idiom of the day PPTs allow students to follow along each day of the school year with the Idiom of the Day Graphic Organizer (available as a free download). Each PPT download contains 20 idioms in alphabetical order.

Each of the 20 slides contains:
*Relevant visual
*Idiom
*Example of the idiom used in a sentence in proper context
*Meaning of the idiom
*Origin and approximate date of the idiom

Suggestions for implementation:
Idiom, Example, Meaning, Origin are all revealed one click at a time
Reveal the idiom and give students think-time before calling on hands to see who knows the meaning
Depending on grade level, revealing the example used in a sentence might give the idiom enough context for students to determine the meaning
Daily, have students write the idiom, their own example, and the meaning on the Idiom-of-the-day Graphic Organizer

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https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Idiom-of-the-day-version-4-61-80-1640010

BBC Would-You-Rather FUN GEOGRAPHY ACTIVITY! #7

My students absolutely love this activity and cannot wait to do the next one (but I spread them out during the school year).

The worksheet has 3 scenarios of life around the globe. Students circle one, then you show the class the BBC video clips associated with each scenario. Students then fill out information about the location of the clip and two sentence frames. They usually need some assistance identifying the continent, country and climate zone, so consider this when teaching your lesson.

The BBC clips are not included, but each worksheet has copies of where to find the links on YouTube (there are 5 versions of the worksheet, making 15 total scenarios). 1 worksheet with 3 scenarios and associated video clips can easily take 30 minutes. Video clips are anywhere from 2-7 minutes in length.

This worksheet is designed for middle school, but can be easily modified to fit any grade level.

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https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/BBC-Would-You-Rather-FUN-GEOGRAPHY-ACTIVITY-7-736972

Top Ten Rivers: engaging PPT with info, links, graphic organizer & map handouts

This download includes all of the following:
- 25-slide PowerPoint with images, maps, video links and more
- Follow-along World Map handout in MS WORD format
- Follow-along World Map handout in PDF format
- Follow-along graphic organizer handout in MS WORD format
- Follow-along graphic organizer handout in PDF format

Handouts have been formatted to fit perfectly on one page (front and back) for easy printing and copying. The PPT slides guide students in identifying the world's 10 biggest rivers, presenting information about each one, and locating it on a world map. Some have links to YouTube videos for even more fun information. Enjoy!

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https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Top-Ten-Rivers-engaging-PPT-with-info-links-graphic-organizer-map-handouts-1427453

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