25+ Texas History Books For Middle School For a Fun Unit Study. I have a short list of 25 plus Texas history books for middle school. Also, look at my Free Texas Homeschool Lapbook
8 FREE online resources for finding historical primary source documents.
Learn a variety of strategies on how to make history class engaging for students. Check out in this blog post.
US Constitution lesson plans for 5th grade and middle schoo including 15 complete lessons, simulations, games, worksheets, activities, and m0ore!
This printable Texas history poster will keep your students engaged, while adding decor to the walls of your high school or middle school social studies classroom! Great for secondary history teachers of all levels and disciplines: geography, world history, U.S. history, and more! ---- ***NOTE: This is product is a digital download. No physical item will be sent to you.*** ---- YOUR PURCHASE INCLUDES THIS 8x10 DESIGN IN THE FOLLOWING FORMATS: - PDF - PNG - JPG ---- WHY WAIT? HANG YOUR NEW PRINT TODAY! Step 1 - DOWNLOAD. *Once your payment is confirmed, Etsy will email you a link to the prints. Step 2 - PRINT. *These are 8" x 10" prints - easy to print from home or at work! Step 3 - GET A CHEAP FRAME. *You can find very inexpensive 8x10 (or 11x14 with an 8x10 mat) frames on Amazon! Or simply print and hang! ---- DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO A PRINTER? WANT IT IN A BIGGER SIZE? - Purchase the printable you want from Etsy. - Locate your file at http://www.etsy.com/your/purchases. - Find an office supplies store website to upload your file and order the print. Here are a few options: https://www.fedex.com/en-us/printing/posters/prints.html https://www.staples.com/services/printing/ https://www.officedepot.com/a/browse/custom-posters/N=5+1212311/ ---- GOT A QUESTION? NEED YOUR DESIGN IN A DIFFERENT FORMAT OR RATIO? Send me a message on Etsy, and I will get back to you within 24 hours.
These free printables and unit studies about Texas history will help your kids learn all about the Lone Star State.
Guide to using Social Studies Simulations to step away from the lecture podium and engage your students with hands-on history activities.
Bobby Jackson has taught students in the Aransas County school district about the Plains Indians, the Battle of San Jacinto, and Spindletop since the state celebrated its sesquicentennial. How he does it bears no resemblance to the class I took when I was stuck in middle school.
Please welcome Emily from E is for Education to the blog today! She is not only a 6th grade teacher, but she is also my sister! 🥰 She’s sharing her ideas on how to teach history in middle school in a fun and interesting way! Growing up, I wasn’t too keen on learning science and ... Read more
Learn how to use social studies stations in the Middle & High School classroom to increase student engagement. Includes link for a free station activity!
Are you wondering what to do with your 4th grade students during the first week of Texas History? Check out this blog post with ideas for classroom lessons for Texas History during the back to school season!
Disclaimer: I know bell ringers and exit tickets aren’t for everyone. I started my teaching career not using them and now they are part of my middle school and on-level high school routine (f…
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Helpful information for student research can be found in an atlas or almanac, but even more research can be completed using geography websites.
I am sharing tips for using Cornell Doodle Notes to teach in your middle school science class!
Learn about using chat stations as a low-prep, engaging teaching strategy to introduce or review concepts. Grab your Chat Station FREE templates!
So this comes from a request about how I do warm ups in my classroom. Our team does Warm Up packets per grading period. We plan for them for three days a week-- the other days we warm up by reviewing our memory chants/tricks or the students recite their memorization piece for the six weeks. Our warm ups generally work in TWO parts: There is one STAAR Formatted Question and one knowledge based question. The STAAR Formatted Question: This usually it comes from a Released STAAR Test. Students are required to show strategies on this question. We have a school strategy that we use and we require students demonstrate knowledge on these question beyond circling and underlining. Knowledge Based Question: The knowledge based question is formatted in multiple ways, lists, visuals, etc. It is usually something they can easily find in their notes or recall quickly from memory. Examples: List four things you can remember about the Louisiana Purchase. What are the five weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation? Write your document chant. I generally do this because it helps build kids confidence at the beginning of class and allows them to practice skills they will need on their tests/quizzes. I hope this was helpful! Happy Teaching!
Learn how to use social studies stations in the Middle & High School classroom to increase student engagement. Includes link for a free station activity!
Middle school kids want to interact with history like with these hands-on projects from ancient & medieval history, colonial & pioneer America, and civil war.
Worksheets, including world map worksheets, are valuable training tools. To be effective, they need to be interactive. Implementing different tasks or methods into the worksheet can make learning an engaging process..
When we studied Texas history last year I wanted a new to review the Age of Exploration,and I found a fun Age of Exploration printable game to play.
Civil War timeline worksheet for 5th grade and middle school students. A detailed lesson and FREE worksheet are included to make a student-created timeline
Constitution Activities Teaching Constitution If you find yourself teaching the Constitution this year, these US Constitution activities can help! Whether you are looking for Constitution Day activities for high school students or need inspiration for teaching the Constitution middle school, we’ve got you covered! The following list of ideas comes from our own teaching experiences […]
I randomly came up with this idea during the last week of school. One of my reading groups had finished their book and project before any of the other groups had finished. Instead of giving them a new book (there was only one week left), I quickly created this template and told them to pick an event in history and research it. I had one boy choose the Vikings, someone else chose the atomic bomb, a girl wanted the great depression, and another student picked the Korean war. I loved that everyone had such diverse topics. After they got started, I saw some great learning take place in my classroom! Because it's an inquiry-based activity, they generated their own questions. And because they got to choose their own topic, they were excited and felt ownership over the project. I plan on using this next year as a fun fast finisher activity. This list is something I quickly generated. {I know it is not all inclusive - if I left something off that you really want me to add on, please leave me a comment.} This would be fun to hang up somewhere in the back of the classroom so fast finishers can work on a project whenever they want. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD HISTORY DETECTIVES! * * * * * Want to hear some GREAT news? I am leaving next week on an 8 day history trip to Virginia where I get to study at the Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute! I also get to visit Jamestown and Yorktown. I'm so excited! I plan on posting lots of the things I learn, including pictures!
Do you need warm up ideas? I want to share 3 warm up ideas for social studies classes with you. These are engaging and easy to implement!
These pioneer hands-on activities will give teens a sense of life for the American Pioneers. Fun crafts and projects for homeschool history.
Students choose a notable woman in Texas History from 1500-1945 and complete an extensive academic research project. There are 15 requirements, including having the students draw conclusions on how Texas History might have turned out differently if not for the woman they chose, a thorough overview of the time period she lived in, a brief timeline, maps, images, a works cited page, and more! This can easily be adapted to include men, if you would like a list of options for students to choose from you can email me at [email protected]. This includes a few suggestions of the format their project can take, a sample list of 48 women to choose from, and a points distribution totaling 200 points. You might be interested in: Texas History Cumulative Review Bundle Texas History Resources for ANY History Topic
Before I started my first year of teaching, the principal I worked for asked me how I felt about teaching one middle school history class...
This post includes more pictures of my social studies interactive notebooks we have used this school year. You will see most of the informa...
This resource is a The Great Depression Reading Packet. This is a great no prep resource that all you have to do is print and go! Students will love learning history as they read an informative passage and apply vocabulary terms. Worksheets included such as multiple-choice questions and graphic organizers will allow them to show what they know. These work well for social studies or reading instruction. Answer keys included. The Great Depression Reading Packet | Texas Social Studies
Learning about the Renaissance? This Renaissance worksheet lends extra help remembering important people, places, and things of this important time in history.
There are dozens of ways teachers can address students who finish their classwork early. Over the years I’ve had a binder with small academic tasks (including some from here) for kids to cho…
**4th Grade TEKS ALIGNED**Your students will love these activities as an extension or part of independent practice/centers. Engaging activities that allow students to create and think deeper to demonstrate what they really know about the Texas Revolution.The 4th grade Texas History choice boards ar...
So a few years ago I started using a classroom incentive system and it has worked wonders for my students! I revamped my system a little bit last year and thought I would share with you! I decided that I wanted to teach students a little bit about the value of patience and saving, along with being rewarded for good behavior. I got a three drawer cart organizer from Target and put scrapbook paper inside and the amount of incentive cards each drawer cost on the front. The bottom drawer held small items like miniature chocolate bars, bubbles, erasers, balls, pencils. Basically items that were one dollar or under. The middle drawer held full size candy bars, slime, mechanical pencils, mustache pens. Things that cost one to two dollars. The top drawer held king size candy bars, blow up balls, sea monkeys, big lollypops. Things that cost between two to four dollars. I eventually got smart and realized that I could buy a lot of the items for CHEAP for the boxes at Oriental Trading. These are the items from Oriental Trading that I had to replace the most for my prize box. Bottom Slime was a HUGE hit. This made me happy because I could get LOTS of containers of it for next to nothing. Stick on mustaches became a real trend (middle schoolers are weird). It surprised me how much the kids liked the finger boots and monkeys....but they did! SaveSave Middle Mustache items are always a big hit as well as flying items. Stress balls became a big hit as well as the googly-eyes. I ran out of Pixy Stix CONSTANTLY! Top Anything sports related or blow up became a huge hit along with light up items. My kids were WOWed by the giant Pixy Stix! SaveSave
Engage your students with an Era Word Wall for Texas History. This resource is designed for you to create an interactive era wall in your classroom. Research shows the benefit of word walls for our students. Use this all year long to help teach the concept of an era and the events that define it. I have created two different versions for you – one with titles and one without. The dates for the era wall are pulled directly from the TEKS. You have two ways to use these images – you can post them all at the beginning of the year, or, post them as you teach each unit. This purchase includes images and dates representing the Texas History Eras: Natural Texas and its People; Age of Contact; Spanish Colonial; Mexican National; Revolution and Republic; Early Statehood; Texas in the Civil War and Reconstruction; Cotton, Cattle, and Railroads; Age of Oil; Texas in the Great Depression and World War II; Civil Rights and Conservatism; and Contemporary Texas; . *************************************************************************** Do you like this style of teaching? Check out these other activities for Texas History! *************************************************************************** Customer Tips: How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases: • Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. Each time you give feedback, TPT gives you feedback credits that you use to lower the cost of your future purchases. I value your feedback greatly as it helps me determine which products are most valuable for your classroom so I can create more for you. ☺ Be the first to know about my new discounts, freebies and product launches: • Look for the green star next to my store logo and click it to become a follower. You will now receive email updates about this store. ☺ © Social Studies Success, LLC. This purchase is for you and your classroom. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote. Do not share this document with Amazon Inspire. Please review all product descriptions and previews. If you have a question, contact me before you purchase at [email protected]. As this is a digital product, all sales are final.
If you are looking to teach the US Constitution in a fun and engaging way, then you will want to check out our Constitution Detectives activity! Reading and understanding the US Constitution can be difficult for students. This detective activity is perfect to help your class dig into what the Constitution is really about. Through this resource, students will leave with a deeper understanding of the three branches of government and how our democracy works. Students will be learning about key vocabulary such as democracy, amendment, federal system, and more. They will also become experts in understanding events that led up to the creation of the Constitution, the roles of the three branches of government, the rights of citizens, and the ratifying of the Constitution. DIGITAL VERSION NOW INCLUDED! Here is what is included in this amazing US Constitution resource: Constitution Detectives Teacher Tips (2-pages) Introductory Handout (1-page) Detective Handout (12-pages) Detective Handout Answer Key (12-pages) Detective Badge Template (1-page; 9 per page) Grading Rubric (1-page; 2 per page) What is NOT Included: Constitution of the United States Document Resources for student research Looking for other great US History Resources? Click on the titles below: Declaration of Independence Detectives How a Bill Becomes a Law How a Bill Becomes a Law Board Game Election and Voting Activities TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID... ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Kimberly R: My students love this! It gives them a great overview of the Constitution and puts it in a way they can understand. I use this every year with my class. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Elizabeth C: This resource made studying the Constitution so much fun! My class was a combined classroom of 4th graders and 5th graders. While 4th graders were learning state history and had very specific lessons that needed my oversight, I was able to use these projects for my 5th graders. They learned about the history topics in more of an independent study style! These resources were a major timesaver for me! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Stephen E: My students had a great time with this activity! It took multiple days to complete, and they were disappointed on the days that we weren't able to work on it. They all demonstrated a increased understanding of the Constitution, and because since it was the beginning of a new school year, the activity helped the students to get to know each other better as well. Be the first to know about discounts, freebies and new resources! · Click the green star to get email notifications about new resources and sales. · Join our newsletter. · Find our blog – Creativity in the Modern Classroom or follow us on Facebook. Copyright © Wise Guys All rights reserved by author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Not for public display. Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.
