Organizer
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Two-Column Chart

For Students 2nd - 12th
In this two-column chart worksheet, students use the blank graphic organizer template as instructed by their teacher. This t-chart may be used for a variety of classroom activities.
Organizer
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Blank Pyramid Charts

For Students 1st - 12th
From feudal societies to European monarchies, a blank pyramid template can support your learners in understanding social hierarchies and distinctions between classes. 
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MENSA Education & Research Foundation

Connecting Africa: A Project-Based Learning Adventure

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Mission Possible: Your task is to design a new highway route from Tunis, Tunisia to Cape Town, South Africa. If you accept the challenge, you must create a small map of the route that has already been rejected, a...
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Our World With MapsQ

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine and compare different types of maps. For this map skill lesson, students look at neighborhood and national maps on the overhead projector while making comparisons of the symbols and locations. They use a T-chart to...
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Venn Diagram

For Teachers 1st - 5th
In this chart worksheet, students use a venn diagram to compare two concepts. This graphic organizer is a blank template that can be used for any comparison.
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North Carolina Consortium for Middle East Studies

Missing Pieces of the Puzzle: African Americans in Revolutionary Times

For Students 5th - 11th
What's missing from most studies of the American Revolutionary War is information about the role African Americans played in the conflict. To correct this oversight, middle schoolers research groups like the Black Loyalists and ...
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World Wide Web Historical Timeline

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use newspapers and magazines to identify six recent political and social events from around the world. In groups, they use a timeline template to place the events on the timeline in chronological order. They share with the...
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Primary and Secondary Sources

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students understand what primary and secondary sources are. In this primary and secondary sources lesson, students take a list of sources and break down to primary and secondary sources.
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Brooks-Baxter War

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders discuss and research the Brooks-Baxter War and the election of governor for Arkansas in 1872. For this election lesson plan, 6th graders read about the candidates for governor and why the election was disputed.
Lesson Planet Article
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Preparing for a Substitute

For Teachers 1st - 6th
When you are out of the classroom, and have a substitute in your room, there are ways to make the day go smoothly.
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Slavery and the Underground Railroad

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discover racism in our country by investigating the Internet.  In this abolitionist movement instructional activity, 3rd graders define the Underground Railroad and participate in an activity by logging on to an...
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Parliamentary Structure and Process on " Deck"

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders design a "deck" of individual slides on Power Point to synthesize, in a graphic organizer, their recently acquired knowledge of different levels of government in Canada.