Create the Ultimate Odyssey Tour!

14 Stops • 20 Years • 1 Epic Journey

Take The Odyssey on tour with this engaging, creative literary project designed to bring Homer’s epic journey to life!

With Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated film adaptation of The Odyssey now bringing Homer’s epic to a new generation of audiences, this tour book makes a perfect companion to the novel/epic poem and Nolan’s film adaptation.

As students travel with Odysseus from Troy to Ithaca, they document the people he meets, the challenges he faces, the choices he makes, and the lessons he learns along the way. The unique concert-tour format gives students a creative way to demonstrate their understanding of The Odyssey while practicing important literary analysis skills.

Students visit 14 stops on Odysseus’s epic journey, including the Land of the Cicones, the Lotus-Eaters, the Cyclopes, Aeolus’s island, the Laestrygonians, Circe’s island, the Underworld, the Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis, Helios’s island, Calypso’s island, the Phaeacians, and Ithaca.

At each tour stop, students explore characters, conflicts, important events, choices, consequences, themes, and lessons from the text through a collection of creative activities.

What’s Included:

15-Page Student Tour Book

• Cover
• 14 individual tour-stop pages
• Final Tour Awards page

Student Sample / Teacher Model

• Completed sample pages provide students with a model for the project
• Can also serve as a teacher reference or key where appropriate

Student Directions

• Illustrated directions for the static elements on each page

Teacher Directions

• Clear, step-by-step directions for introducing and completing the project

Scoring Rubric

• Ready-to-use rubric for assessing student understanding, textual evidence, completion, creativity, and presentation

Bonus: Page to Screen Short Essay Question

A Creative Way to Explore The Odyssey

This project gives students an opportunity to show what they understand about the text in a creative and meaningful way. Instead of simply answering traditional comprehension questions, students become the creators of an Odyssey tour book as they follow Odysseus’s journey across the Mediterranean.

The project can be used while reading, after completing the epic, or as a culminating literary project. It can also provide a fun framework for discussing similarities and differences between Homer’s Odyssey and Christopher Nolan’s film adaptation.

Perfect For:

Grades 7–10

Middle & High School ELA

 The Odyssey Companion

Movie Companion for: Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey

Greek Mythology Units

Literary Analysis

Creative Literary Projects

Culminating Activities

End-of-Unit Projects

Text-to-Film Connections

Independent, Partner, or Small-Group Work

Send your students on the ultimate literary adventure!

Troy → The Mediterranean → Ithaca

14 Stops. 20 Years. 1 Epic Journey.

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Bring Greek mythology to life with these engaging museum-style exhibit banner templates. Students research mythological figures and create informative displays that transform your classroom, hallway, library, or school into a student-curated Greek Mythology museum.

Perfect for Ancient Greece units, mythology studies, enrichment projects, independent research, early finishers, gifted learners, gallery walks, and cross-curricular ELA/social studies activities.

What’s Included?

39 Exhibit Banner Templates

• 38 Greek mythology figures
• 1 blank template for additional figures

Teacher Directions

Student Directions

3 Completed Sample Banners

Museum Visit Reflection Guide

Scoring Rubric

Teacher Answer Key

Banner Sections

Each banner includes the following research categories:

• Name & Domain
• Physical Traits
• Character Traits
• Powers, Abilities & Influence
• Symbols & Sacred Items
• Important Myth or Legend
• Modern Connections
• Personal Motto
• Family Tree

Students also complete:

• Sketch Box #1: Illustrate a Famous Myth
• Sketch Box #2: Symbol or Sacred Item

Greek Mythology Figures Included

Achilles, Andromeda, Aphrodite, Apollo, Arachne, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Atlas, Cronos, Demeter, Dionysus, Eros, Gaea, Hades, Hebe, Hephaestus, Helen of Troy, Hera, Hercules, Hermes, Hestia, Iris, Medusa, Minotaur, Odysseus, Pan, Pandora, Persephone, Perseus, Poseidon, Prometheus, Psyche, Rhea, Theseus, Typhon, Uranus, and Zeus.

Great For

• Ancient Greece Units
• Greek Mythology Studies
• Research Projects
• Museum Projects
• Hallway Displays
• Gallery Walks
• Independent Learning
• Enrichment Activities
• Homeschool Learning
• Upper Elementary & Middle School Classrooms

History in the Halls

Students become curators, researchers, writers, artists, and museum designers as they create exhibit banners that showcase learning in a meaningful and memorable way. Mini-Museum, Big Stories.

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Make nonfiction book reports engaging, structured, and meaningful with this easy-to-use Tab Book Project! Designed for upper elementary and middle school students, this resource guides learners through reading comprehension, vocabulary, text analysis, and critical thinking—all in one organized format.

Perfect for independent reading, book studies, or research-based projects, this nonfiction tab book helps students move beyond simple summaries and truly interact with informational text.

 What’s Included:

• 6-page Nonfiction Tab Book Report
• Completed student sample using Black Birds in the Sky by Brandy Colbert
• Clear, step-by-step teacher directions
• Standards-aligned scoring rubric

 What Students Will Do:

 Tab 1: Book Overview & Big Ideas

• Identify main idea, supporting details, and evidence (quotes)
• Write a clear conclusion
• Determine author’s purpose
• Record key book information (title, author, genre, publishing info)

 Tab 2: Vocabulary & Key Concepts

• Define 8 important vocabulary words
• Analyze each word with:
  • Define
  • Characteristics
  • Examples
  • Non-examples

 Tab 3: My Learning (Reflection & Connections)

• Complete a 3–2–1 reflection
• Make meaningful:
  • Text-to-self
  • Text-to-world
  • Text-to-text connections

 Tab 4: Thinking About the Text

• Use quotes + evidence to make inferences
• Ask and answer text-based questions
• Draw and analyze text structure:
  • Cause & Effect
  • Problem & Solution
  • Sequence
  • Compare & Contrast
  • Description

 Tab 5: Can I Trust This Book?

• Evaluate source reliability
• Analyze the author’s credibility
• Identify bias or missing information
• Give a trust rating + justification
• Complete a star rating and written book review

 Why Teachers Love This Resource:

Builds nonfiction reading comprehension skills
Encourages critical thinking and analysis
Provides clear structure and student support
Easy to assign, scaffold, and assess
Includes a complete sample + rubric for grading confidence

 Perfect For:

• Grades 4–8
• Independent reading projects
• Book reports
• Literature circles
• Social studies or science integration
• Sub plans or early finisher work

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Continue your History in the Halls series with Part 2 of this immersive exhibit banner project, expanding the story of how America was made through revolutionary ideas, military conflict, persuasive arguments, symbolic objects, and diverse lived experiences.

Designed for upper elementary and middle school social studies classrooms, this resource invites students to research, interpret, and present museum-style exhibit banners focused on key thinkers, pivotal battles, powerful arguments, historical objects, and competing perspectives that shaped the movement toward independence and the emerging nation.

Rather than simply learning names and dates, students examine how ideas became action, how people responded to conflict and authority, and how different groups experienced the events that shaped American history.

This collection pairs influential voices with the realities of war, resistance, propaganda, unity, liberty, and power—encouraging students to consider how the making of America was debated, contested, experienced, and defined by many different people.

Included Exhibit Topics

Notable People

• John Adams
• James Madison
• Thomas Jefferson
• Patrick Henry
• Mercy Otis Warren
• Thomas Paine
• Mary Ludwig / Molly Pitcher

Events & Conflict

• Battles of Lexington & Concord
• British Redcoats — troop buildup in Boston
• Battle of Yorktown
• Proclamation of Rebellion

Speeches, Writings & Arguments

• Patrick Henry — “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”
• Unity — “Join, or Die”
• Liberty vs. Tyranny — Patrick Henry’s Speech
• British Oppression / Standing Armies

Objects & Symbols

• Continental Half Dollar (paper money)
• Yankee Powder Horn
• Fife
• Betsy Ross Flag
• Union Jack Flag
• Tea Chest — Boston Tea Party
• Paul Revere’s Engraving of the Boston Massacre

Perspectives & Groups

• Patriot Colonists
• Neutral Colonists
• Loyalist Colonists
• British Soldiers
• Colonial Militia
• Continental Soldiers
• Native Nations / People
• Enslaved Men
• Enslaved Women
• Women Colonists

What’s Included

Teacher Directions — 3 pages

Flexible guidance for using the project in classrooms, hallways, libraries, gallery walks, and school-wide exhibits.

Teacher Research Guide & Curated Source Bank — 26 pages

Organized background information, historical summaries, key dates, significance notes, and curated research links for all 32 topics to support student inquiry and help teachers maintain historical accuracy.

Student Directions — 2 pages

Clear, student-friendly instructions that support independent research, writing, and exhibit creation.

Exhibit Banner Templates — 32 Topics / 96 Pages

Clean, consistent templates designed to resemble authentic museum displays while giving students room to demonstrate their learning.

Student Samples — 3 Samples / 9 Pages

Completed examples to clarify expectations and provide models for student work.

Museum Visit Reflection Guide — 1 page

A gallery-walk observation tool that asks students to analyze exhibits, compare ideas and perspectives, and reflect on historical meaning.

Exhibit Banner Rubric — 1 page

Clear assessment criteria focused on historical understanding, evidence, clarity, and interpretation.

Teacher Answer Keys — 66 pages

Detailed reference keys to support historical accuracy, student feedback, and assessment.

Why Teachers Love This Resource

Complements Part 1 while also standing alone as a complete project

Ideal for gallery walks, classroom museums, hallway exhibits, and culminating units

Highlights ideas, persuasion, conflict, and historical evidence alongside people and events

Centers multiple perspectives and lived experiences

Encourages students to think like historians and museum curators

Supports student ownership, choice, and historical thinking

Easy to scaffold, extend, and assess

Perfect for upper elementary and middle school U.S. history

A Museum Experience Created by Students

This project invites students to step into the role of curators, exploring how unity, resistance, liberty, authority, and power shaped the events surrounding American independence and the formation of a new nation.

Students don’t simply collect facts. They examine evidence, perspectives, arguments, and historical objects and then decide how to communicate their significance to museum visitors.

The result is a student-built historical archive—a “Smithsonian-in-a-folder” experience that transforms your classroom or school hallway into a place where history can be explored, questioned, and discussed.

Perfect For

• Upper elementary and middle school U.S. history
• Early American history units
• The making of America / founding of the United States
• Social studies research projects
• Culminating projects
• Gallery walks and classroom museums
• Hallway and library exhibits
• Interdisciplinary history projects
• Constitution Day and other civic-learning events

Volume I

Pair Part 2 with Volume I for a more comprehensive student-curated museum experience exploring the people, events, objects, ideas, and perspectives behind the making of America.

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An immersive exhibit project exploring how America was made through conflict, competing ideas, diverse perspectives, and change.

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This hands-on activity works well as an independent project, small-group activity, stations, or enrichment and can be used across social studies, PE, and ELA classrooms.

 This Product Includes:

• 14 Winter Sport Fan Card Templates
• 1 Blank Fan Card Template for student choice or extension
• Teacher Directions for easy planning and implementation
• Student Directions with clear, step-by-step instructions
• Complete Answer Key for all included sports
• Comparison Worksheet to analyze similarities and differences between events
• Scoring Rubric using a 4–1 performance scale

 What Students Will Do:

• Explain what happens in each winter sport
• Describe why each event is exciting
• Connect sports to real athletes and international competition moments
• Identify key skills, strengths, and challenges
• Record recent gold, silver, and bronze winners
• Create a visual symbol to represent each sport
• Assemble their completed cards into a fan-style exhibit

 Skills & Concepts Covered:

• Research and informational writing
• Comparing and analyzing sports events
• Visual representation of key ideas
• Critical thinking and synthesis
• Organization and presentation

 Winter Sports Included:

• Snowboarding
• Luge
• Speed Skating
• Alpine Skiing
• Cross-Country Skiing
• Bobsleigh
• Figure Skating
• Ski Jumping
• Curling
• Freestyle Skiing
• Skeleton
• Ice Hockey
• Biathlon
• Nordic Combined

 Teacher-Friendly Features:

• Low-prep, high engagement
• Flexible for multiple grade levels
• Clear expectations and scoring tools included
• Works well before or during global winter competitions

 Perfect For:

• Upper elementary & middle school
• PE, Social Studies, ELA, or enrichment
• Winter-themed lessons and cross-curricular units

 Students love the creative format, and teachers love the structure!
These fan cards make a memorable visual reference students can revisit long after the lesson ends.

 Standards Alignment

This Winter Sports Fan Cards activity supports key skills and concepts found in Common Core State Standards, National PE Standards, and College & Career Readiness frameworks, including:

English Language Arts (CCSS):

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3–8.1 — Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of informational text
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3–8.2 — Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas clearly
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.3–8.4 — Report on a topic with appropriate facts and relevant details

Physical Education / Health Standards:

• SHAPE America Standard 2 — Apply knowledge of concepts, strategies, and tactics related to movement and performance
• SHAPE America Standard 3 — Demonstrate understanding of the skills, challenges, and risks involved in physical activity

Social Studies / Global Awareness:

• Develop understanding of international events and global participation
• Compare cultural and athletic traditions across countries

Critical Thinking & Research Skills:

• Analyzing and synthesizing information
• Comparing similarities and differences
• Communicating ideas through written and visual formats

 Teacher Note

This activity is easily adaptable for upper elementary through middle school and supports cross-curricular instruction in ELA, Social Studies, and Physical Education.

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Students summarize each amendment, draw meaningful icons, analyze what is protected vs. limited, and connect constitutional rights to real-world situations.

Perfect as a culminating project, unit review, or assessment alternative for civics and government classes.

 What’s Included:

• Fan card templates for Amendments 1–10
• Clear student directions
• Structured sections for:
  • Amendment summary
  • Real-world application
  • Protected rights vs. limits
  • Visual icon representation
• Teacher answer keys with acceptable responses
• Flexible grading options

 Skills Students Practice:

• Constitutional analysis
• Application of rights to real-life scenarios
• Visual literacy & symbolic reasoning
• Understanding limits on government power

 Ideal For:

• Middle School Civics
• High School Government / U.S. History
• Test prep & end-of-unit projects
• Sub plans or enrichment activities

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This project works especially well when paired with discussion, gallery walks, or small-group presentations.

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This All About Me Magazine Cover Activity lets students design their own magazine cover starring them! Using a fun and interactive prewriting sheet, they’ll brainstorm short, creative headlines that reflect their personality, interests, talents, and dreams. The editable Google Slides template makes it easy for students to personalize their covers digitally or print them for display!

What’s Included:

• Editable Google Slides Magazine Cover Template
• Prewriting Brainstorming Worksheet
• Example Magazine Cover for Inspiration
• Clear Student Directions
• Helpful Teacher Guide

Great for:

Back to School
Getting to Know You Activities
Student-Led Conferences
Bulletin Board Displays
Creative Writing & SEL

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Build classroom culture, boost student voice, and make your hallway display POP with this engaging, creative project!

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This Middle Ages poster project includes everything you need to guide your students from background knowledge to a finished illuminated letter and thoughtful paragraph.

What’s Included:

• 29-slide Google Slides presentation with background info and step-by-step directions (includes 3 short movies)
• 7 pages of vocabulary words and definitions
• 52 pages of uppercase A–Z tracing letter sets (2 styles)
•  Prewriting worksheet to support historical thinking and paragraph writing
•  Sample student images for visual reference
•  Grading rubric for both the poster and the paragraph

Skills Covered:

• Medieval history and culture
• Illuminated manuscript art techniques
• Paragraph writing with historical relevance
• Vocabulary development
• Creative and critical thinking

Perfect for:

• History or art integration
• Middle Ages unit activities
• Early finishers or enrichment
• Homeschool or classroom use
• 5th–10th grade students

Help your students make meaningful connections to the Middle Ages while creating something beautiful and personal!

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Why Teachers Love It

Perfect for independent work, early finishers, or sub plans.
Promotes critical thinking, scaffolded learning, and self-expression.
Interactive and visually appealing design keeps students motivated and engaged.

What’s Included:

• Six-page Wicked the Movie Tab Book
• Sample Tab Book for inspiration and guidance
• Teacher Directions for quick and seamless implementation
• Answer Key

Tab Pages Feature:

• Introduction: Main Characters, Traits, Setting, and Point of View
• Plot Diagram: Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
• Exploring Themes: Universal ideas and deeper meanings
• Wicked vs. Good: Compare and contrast character motivations, traits, and emotions
• Symbol Evaluation: Uncover and analyze symbols in the story

How It Works:

Students use guided graphic organizers to reflect on Wicked’s rich storytelling elements. They then assemble their ideas into a fun, interactive tab book, creating a tangible evaluation of this acclaimed movie.

Perfect For:

• Teaching the elements of story
• Classroom reward
• Culminating activities for fiction lessons
• Creative assignments for grades 5–12
• End of year

Transform the classroom into a world of discovery and creativity with the Wicked the Movie Tab Book Project – Story Elements —where fiction comes to life!

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Why Teachers Love It

• Perfect for independent work, early finishers, or sub plans.
• Encourages scaffolded learning, critical thinking, and self-expression.
• Engaging, interactive design that motivates students to reflect and plan.

What’s Included in the New Year Tab Book Project:

• Three 6-page New Year Tab Books with multiple Vision Board options.
• 26 total printable pages to meet various classroom needs.
• Sample Tab Book for inspiration and guidance.
• Teacher directions for quick and easy implementation.

Tab Pages Feature:

• Reflecting on Last Year: Celebrate accomplishments and lessons learned.
• SMART Goal Setting: Build practical, actionable goals.
• Vision Board: Encourage creativity and big-picture thinking.
• Your Hero’s Journey: Explore personal growth through storytelling.
• Positive Affirmations: Boost confidence and self-esteem.

How It Works:

Students use graphic organizers in the New Year Tab Book Project to reflect on their personal experiences, dreams, and goals. They then compile their insights into a visually appealing and meaningful tab book. The result? A creative, interactive keepsake that combines self-discovery with critical thinking.

Perfect For:

• Post-holiday break activities.
• Goal-setting lessons and self-reflection units.
• Building classroom community at the start of a new year.

Kick off the new year with this interactive New Year Tab Book Project! Perfect for grades 3-8, this engaging activity guides students in reflecting on the past year, setting SMART goals, and creating a vision board. Ideal for post-holiday lessons or goal-setting activities!

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