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!

Download here: 

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.

Free!  Download Now! 

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

AVID Facts of the Week (REVISED AND EXPANDED FOR 2015-2016)

This donwload includes a PowerPoint with 36 digestible fast-facts that encourage students to stay in school and go on to higher education. All slides are designed with text and visuals to promote discussion and provoke thought.

The AVID facts-of-the-week discuss topics like: school, universities, scholarships, jobs, the achievement gap, and opportunities in America.  

Our school reads one fact for the school bulletin each morning, selecting a new 'AVID fact-of-the-week' for each week of school. This resource can be read each morning during the student bulletin or school news...can be discussed weekly in homeroom class...or can be posted weekly in an AVID classroom...or any other classroom for that matter :). Enjoy!

download now!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/AVID-Facts-of-the-Week-REVISED-AND-EXPANDED-FOR-2015-2016-119808

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

download here: 

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.

download now! 

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