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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Looking for a unique and interactive way to conclude a history or social studies unit? The “Historical Figure Personal Branding Project” is an ideal choice! This project allows students to delve into the lives of historical figures, encouraging them to creatively present their research through modern branding techniques.

Perfect for history and social studies classrooms at any grade level, this versatile project helps students connect deeply with historical figures by designing a personal brand. They’ll create three distinct promotional items from the perspective of their chosen figure:

• Instagram Post
• Spotify Playlist
• T-Shirt Design

Delivered in both Google Slides and PDF formats, this resource is easy to adapt and implement. It includes everything you need to guide students through the research and creative process:

• 41-slide Teacher Presentation Google Slides Deck
• 25-slide Student Electronic Type-On Google Slides Deck
• 18-page Student PDF Write-On Packet
• Samples and Models for each promotional item, showcasing branding strategies for figures like Alice Paul and the Suffragists.

Key Features:

• Step-by-step instructions for both teachers and students
• Graphic organizers to support research and branding development
• Customizable Google Slides templates for each promotional item

This project is a dynamic way to reinforce key historical concepts while fostering creativity. It’s an engaging and memorable activity that ensures students leave the unit or school year with a lasting connection to the figures they’ve studied.

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Additionally, the Guided Notes / Doodle Notes have lots of opportunities for doodling, higher level thinking, and memorable interactivity!

What you get:

• 84 slide presentation Google Slides* deck (No access to Google Drive required; you will be forced to make a copy)
• 22 slide Guided Notes / Doodle Notes in Google Slides* (perfect for electronic assignments)
• 22 page PDF Guided Notes / Doodle Notes for students to write on
• 3 pages PDF “Let’s Recap” to be used as exit tickets, summative evaluation, or checking for understanding
• PDF Answer Key for Guided Notes / Doodle Notes

This resource package encompasses essential details regarding the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark Expedition. It includes video links, background information about the Louisiana Purchase, the Corps of Discovery, and its members, as well as journal entries that highlight significant events during the Expedition. All of these components are presented in an engaging manner designed to captivate your students’ attention.

This resource is all you need to teach these two topics!

Overview of Topics explored:

• Thomas Jefferson
• Louisiana Purchase (+ Napoleon’s Role)
• The Need for Exploration
• Jefferson’s Goals, Objectives, and Instructions for the Expedition
• Meriwether Lewis background
• William Clark background
• Preparations
• Challenges Ahead
• People of the Expedition (+ Highlighting Sacagawea)
• Dated Summaries of Corps’ Journal Entries (Including Interactions with Native Americans)
• Legacy of the Expedition

The best part? There’s virtually no prep work involved other than copying the notes sheet, (unless you prefer to assign it electronically, of course).

Student Pages:

The student pages are expertly crafted in a Cornell Note format, with the left-hand column reserved for instructions, questions and responses, while the right-hand column provides space for doodling and filling in the blank notes as the teacher guides students through the presentation. Cornell Notes offer numerous advantages for learning, including:

• Structured Organization: Cornell Notes format provide a clear structure for organized note-taking.
• Effective Review: The format facilitates efficient review of key points and main ideas.
• Active Engagement: Students engage actively by summarizing and questioning their notes.
• Focus on Key Details: Separating main ideas from details helps in understanding and retention.

Guided Notes / Doodle Notes

And of course the resource incorporates Guided Notes / Doodle Notes: a skillful integration of words, images, numbers, and shapes for the purposes of learning. It is an approach that combines traditional methods with visual elements like drawings, diagrams, and icons. Completing Guided Doodle Notes brings several benefits:

• Better Retention: Doodle Notes enhance memory by merging visuals with text.
• Enhanced Understanding: They help students grasp complex concepts through visual representation.
• Personalization: Students can infuse their notes with colors and patterns, making them uniquely their own.
• Focus and Engagement: Doodle Notes keep students attentive and engaged during lessons.
• Simplification: Complex topics are simplified, making them easier to comprehend.
• Effective Communication: Doodle Notes make it effortless to share and convey ideas to others.
• Enjoyable Learning: They transform learning into a fun and enjoyable experience, motivating students.
• Stress Reduction: Doodling can be a relaxing activity that reduces study stress.
• Long-Term Benefits: Improved understanding and retention pay off in the long run, particularly during exams and for reference.

The “Let’s Recap” pages are designed to help students consolidate their learning. These pages feature a variety of question types, including cause & effect, fill-in-the-blank, open-ended, multiple choice, fact or opinion, and choose-one questions. While teachers don’t have to use all three pages, they serve as fantastic tools for checking understanding, as exit tickets, or even as a summative assessment.

Bring the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark Expedition to life in the classroom with this engaging, informative resource!

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Inspire your students with this innovative Women’s History project, “From the Desk of a Woman in History”! Delve into the lives of remarkable women in American and international history through a captivating Google Slides project. Encourage research, writing, and presentation skills as students create electronic displays of historical women’s desks, adorned with items symbolic of their lives and achievements.

This engaging project invites students to envision the contents of a woman’s desk from history, enriching their understanding of pivotal events and figures in women’s history. Perfect for History and Social Studies educators seeking to infuse their curriculum with meaningful, interactive activities, this resource is ideal for Women’s History Month celebrations or end-of-year projects.

• Encourage critical thinking: Students imagine and curate items for each historical figure’s desk, such as letters, photographs, books, and newspapers, while providing insightful descriptors for each item.
• Sample prompts provide guidance: Inspire students with prompts like “Letter to or from…”, “Photograph of…”, “Book entitled…”, and “Newspaper reporting on…”.
• Bonus models: Clarify project expectations with models like “From the Desk of Abraham Lincoln” and “From the Desk of Abigail Adams”, offering students tangible examples to emulate.

• 18 PDF Teacher Pages: Detailed directions, helpful tips, research websites, and sample projects (including Abraham Lincoln and Abigail Adams).
• Google Slides* Template: Customizable desk and table templates for students to personalize their projects.
• Google Slides* Sample: Abigail Adams sample provided as a model for students to reference.
• 5 PDF Student Pages: Prewriting and note-taking resources to aid students in organizing their thoughts and research.

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The package includes a 27-slide Google Slides presentation that perfectly aligns with the 12-slide Guided Notes / Doodle Notes. This seamless match allows for effortless note-taking as students dive into crucial historical details. The Guided Notes offer ample space for doodling, fostering higher-level thinking, and interactive learning experiences.

The presentation deck exactly matches the Guided Notes / Doodle Notes, ensuring that as you guide your students through the material, they can easily fill in their notes to capture key information.

What you get:

• 27 slide presentation Google Slides* deck (No access to Google Drive required; you will be forced to make a copy)
• 12 slide Guided Notes / Doodle Notes in Google Slides* (perfect for electronic assignments)
• 12 page PDF Guided Notes / Doodle Notes for students to write on
• 3 pages PDF “Let’s Recap” to be used as exit tickets, summative evaluation, or checking for understanding
• PDF Answer Key for Guided Notes / Doodle Notes

This First Thanksgiving: Presentation & Guided Notes / Doodle Notes package covers the accurate and true history of the first Thanksgiving.

The following topics are developed in the presentation:

• The Separatists
• The Pilgrims
• Native People
• Help From an Unlikely Sources
• A Treaty
• Accidental Invitation
• What’s For Dinner
• How it Became a Holiday
• Native People & Thanksgiving Today
• Myth-Busting

The “Let’s Recap” pages are designed to help students consolidate their learning. These pages feature a variety of question types, including cause & effect, fill-in-the-blank, open-ended, multiple choice, fact or opinion, and choose-one questions. While teachers don’t have to use all three pages, they serve as fantastic tools for checking understanding, as exit tickets, or even as a summative assessment.

The best part? There’s virtually no prep work involved other than copying the notes sheet, (unless you prefer to assign it electronically, of course).

Cornell Note Format:

The student pages are expertly crafted in a Cornell Note format, with the left-hand column reserved for instructions, questions and responses, while the right-hand column provides space for filling in the blank notes as the teacher guides students through the presentation and doodling. Cornell Notes offer numerous advantages for learning, including:

• Structured Organization: Cornell Notes format provide a clear structure for organized note-taking.
• Effective Review: The format facilitates efficient review of key points and main ideas.
• Active Engagement: Students engage actively by summarizing and questioning their notes.
• Focus on Key Details: Separating main ideas from details helps in understanding and retention.
• Additionally, the resource incorporates Guided Notes / Doodle Notes: a skillful integration of words, images, numbers, and shapes for the purposes of learning. It is an approach that combines traditional methods with visual elements like drawings, diagrams, and icons.

Completing Guided Doodle Notes brings several benefits:

• Better Retention: Doodle Notes enhance memory by merging visuals with text.
• Enhanced Understanding: They help students grasp complex concepts through visual representation.
• Personalization: Students can infuse their notes with colors and patterns, making them uniquely their own.
• Focus and Engagement: Doodle Notes keep students attentive and engaged during lessons.
• Simplification: Complex topics are simplified, making them easier to comprehend.
• Effective Communication: Doodle Notes make it effortless to share and convey ideas to others.
• Enjoyable Learning: They transform learning into a fun and enjoyable experience, motivating students.
• Stress Reduction: Doodling can be a relaxing activity that reduces study stress.
• Long-Term Benefits: Improved understanding and retention pay off in the long run, particularly during exams and for reference.

Bring America’s First Thanksgiving to life in the classroom with this First Thanksgiving doodle notes / guided notes and presentation packet!

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Important Note About Google : This resource is made in Google Slides. After purchase you will download a page that enables you to make a copy of the original file. When downloading this product, you will NOT be asked to access your Google Drive.

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You can! If you leave a rating for your purchase today, you will earn TPT credits (use like cash) towards future purchases! Watch your email for further instructions from TPT!

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Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples’ Day?

The package’s reading material will help your students answer questions like: Who was Christopher Columbus? Why was a day created for him? Why was Indigenous Peoples’ Day created?

Next, your students will then complete a fact or opinion worksheet and answer short essay questions.

Help your students develop critical thinking skills, cultural diversity education, and gain a deeper understanding of Native American history with this fantastic resource.

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