The Teacher Emergency Toolkit
Classroom-tested resources from a working high school history teacher, sorted the way you actually look for them: by the problem in front of you, then by subject and grade. Every product opens on Teachers Pay Teachers, where checkout and downloads happen.
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Bundles & Best Value 34
Every bundle is a growing bundle: when a new resource joins the set, you get it free. If you already know you want three or more resources from one series, the bundle is almost always the cheaper way in.
Strange But True Sub Plans Mega Growing Bundle
It is the complete series and the lowest price per lesson in the store.
U.S. History Sub Plans Growing Bundle
Each lesson fills one class period, works on any day and needs no technology, so a substitute can pick one up and go.
The Teacher Emergency Kit
It is built for grades 6-12 in any subject by a certified 6-12 social studies teacher who uses all of it in his own classroom.
Halloween Mega Growing Bundle K-12
It covers K-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12 in one purchase, with answer keys throughout.
Current Events & Media Literacy Growing Bundle
None of it is tied to a specific article, so it never goes out of date; pull up whatever ran this morning and the lesson is already built.
Social Studies Final Exams Bundle
Every high school social studies final in one place, ready for exam week.
Hurricane Activities Growing Bundle K-12
Each product is written for the grades it fits, so one purchase serves a whole school or a family of grade levels, any hurricane season.
History Bulletin Boards Middle & High School
Most boards have students add their own work, and one download covers your walls from the first leaves of fall through the New Year.
U.S. History DBQ Bundle
Use them across your U.S. History course, from the Early Republic to the Cold War, for AP-style writing practice, or as ready-made sub plans.
SAT & ACT Test Prep Bundle
It covers SAT grammar, SAT reading and writing, SAT math, and ACT English, math, reading and science in one printable bundle.
Current Events Units & Projects Growing Bundle
It is the set for when you want current events to carry a marking period, not just a warm-up.
Fall Civics & Heritage Growing Bundle
It covers the big September-November observances and events, so your fall social studies calendar is planned and printed.
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Free Downloads 25
Full, usable resources at no cost: a sub plan template, a parent contact log, a hall pass system, exit tickets, and a year of grade-level bell ringers. A free TPT account is all you need to download.
Halloween Color by Number 3rd 4th 5th Grade
Students solve, color and reveal an original pixel-art Halloween picture.
Halloween Algebra Color by Number High School
Students solve, color and reveal an original pixel-art Halloween picture.
5 De-escalation Scripts You Can Use Today
Free de-escalation phrase lists are usually a bare list of one-liners; each of these tells you what to say, what not to say next, and the body-language note that makes…
5-Day Bell Ringer Sampler
Free bell ringer samplers are usually one worksheet reused five times with the date changed; this is a real week.
Halloween Math Color by Number Middle School
Students solve, color and reveal an original pixel-art Halloween picture.
Halloween Color by Number K-2
Students solve, color and reveal an original pixel-art Halloween picture.
300 Bell Ringers for 12th Grade
A full year of no-prep bell ringers for 12th grade, completely free.
300 Bell Ringers for 11th Grade
A full year of no-prep bell ringers for 11th grade, completely free.
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Emergency Sub Plans 84
Strange But True sets are five one-period lessons built around high-interest history readings, with vocabulary, text-dependent questions, a writing prompt, sub notes, and complete answer keys. No tech, no prep, and nothing a substitute has to figure out on the fly.
Ancient Egypt Sub Plans
Five true stories so strange students can't stop reading, including mummies used as medicine and tons of cat mummies shipped to England.
Winter Solstice Sub Plans
Five one-period lessons on how people have marked the longest night, from a 5,000-year-old Irish tomb to why sunsets start getting later before the solstice.
New Year's Sub Plans
Five strange-but-true one-period lessons with questions and answer keys.
Winter Sub Plans
Five one-period lessons where the real history turns out to be stranger than the legends.
Islamic Golden Age Sub Plans
What if the most famous library of the Islamic Golden Age was smaller than its legend, and the story everyone tells about paper rests on one late source?
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Bell Ringers, Early Finishers & Brain Breaks 15
Daily warm-ups, logic puzzles, escape rooms, trivia, and challenge cards for the student who finishes first. Everything is no-prep and works in any subject.
Daily Bell Ringers for Middle & High School
Daily Reset Bell Ringers start every class calm, focused and on task, and give you five quiet minutes for attendance.
Would You Rather Questions
There is no wrong answer, so reluctant speakers jump in, but every choice needs a reason.
November Bell Ringers
Every card tells a surprising story that happened on a November date, from the Gunpowder Plot and the opening of the Berlin Wall to Ruby Bridges' first day of school and…
40 Current Events Bell Ringers
There is no prep beyond having a headline, short video, front page or student-brought story in the room.
Early Finishers Activities for Middle School
Now what?" Hand them a challenge card and get back to teaching.
Brain Breaks for Middle & High School
Brain breaks for middle and high school: 60 one-minute cards plus a slide deck, with no music, no dancing, no supplies and nothing that makes teens look silly.
Escape Room Activity
This escape room activity is a print-and-go team building challenge for grades 6-10 with five original logic puzzles, hint cards and an answer key.
Hurricane Word Search & Vocabulary Match
Students move from finding the hurricane vocabulary words to using them.
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Classroom Management & Behavior 21
Calm, respectful systems for de-escalation, work refusal, phones, re-entry after absence or suspension, and behavior documentation that holds up in an MTSS meeting. Built on the idea that students are young adults who can repair mistakes.
Phone Free Classroom
Launch a phone-free classroom that actually sticks, whether your school uses a phone caddy, backpacks, pouches, lockers or an "away for the day" rule.
Cell Phone Policy Classroom
Phone rules fall apart when the rule is vague, students never hear why, and enforcement turns into a public argument.
Behavior Documentation Forms for Secondary Teachers
When a behavior concern escalates, your records need to show exactly what happened, what you tried and what the data says.
Classroom Management Reset High School
It helps you take the class back with clear expectations, real follow-through and an adult-to-young-adult approach that teenagers respect.
Classroom Management Reset Middle School
It is a calm, structured way to get routines back without a power struggle.
Classroom Management Reset 3rd-5th Grade
You run the reset with your students, not at them.
Classroom Management Reset K-2
It is a calm, scripted path back to a room that runs smoothly, written for real primary classrooms.
Restorative Conversation Scripts
De-escalation gets everyone through the moment; the follow-up conversation changes what happens next time.
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Teacher Templates, Forms & Planning 19
Parent communication logs, conference forms, seating charts, lesson plan pages, rubrics, retake systems, one-pagers, choice boards, and graphic organizers you can print and use tomorrow.
Teacher Organization Reset Kit
It helps you dig out fast and set up simple systems that keep a self-contained classroom running.
Choice Boards for Any Novel or Text
One set of choice boards works with every text you teach all year: novels, plays, short stories, articles, speeches and poems.
History One-Pager Templates
They are built for history, not novels, and work in U.S. History, World History, Civics and Geography.
Test Corrections & Retake Policy System
Retakes without relearning just measure luck; this system fixes that and keeps your paperwork to a few minutes a week.
Single-Point Rubrics for Middle & High School
Only the proficient standard sits in the center column, with space on each side for what needs work and where a student went beyond.
Social Studies Graphic Organizers
Every organizer works with any reading, video, map or primary source, so you can print once and use them in every unit.
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DBQs & Primary Sources 56
Each DBQ gives students a real historical question, a set of excerpted primary sources with sourcing questions, an essay planner, and a scoring guide. They work as a two-day inquiry, a unit assessment, or AP-style writing practice.
Spanish Conquest DBQ
The question: To what extent did the Spanish conquest of the Americas match the goals Spaniards claimed for it, and what did the encounter cost the peoples of the…
Cold War Origins DBQ
The question: To what extent were the United States and the Soviet Union each responsible for the start of the Cold War between 1945 and 1949?
French Revolution DBQ
Sources range from a peasant woman crushed by feudal dues to Robespierre's defense of terror.
Scramble for Africa DBQ
The question: What motivated Europeans to divide Africa in the late 1800s, and to what extent did their stated goals match what happened to Africans?
Treaty of Versailles DBQ
It puts students in the Hall of Mirrors and is a strong fit for a WWI unit or the Armistice Day and Veterans Day week.
Industrial Revolution DBQ
The question: To what extent did the Industrial Revolution improve life for working people in Britain between 1820 and 1850?
United Nations Day DBQ
Celebrate United Nations Day (October 24) with a real history lesson.
Hurricane History DBQ
The prompt: How did Americans' understanding of hurricanes change between 1610 and today, and did that knowledge make people safer?
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History & Social Science Reading 163
Strange But True single-story passages and three-passage unit sets for U.S. history, world history, government, economics, psychology, and sociology. Each one includes questions and an answer key.
Hurricanes in History Reading Passages
Each reading asks a historical thinking question: what was natural, what was human-made, and how do we know?
Hurricanes That Changed World History
Each passage focuses on a world history turning point, not just damage totals.
Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passages
Each one-page passage (about 470-520 words) explains how an invention came about, who made it possible and how it changed daily life, including the new problems it…
Alabama Hurricane History
It turns storm-season curiosity into reading, map skills and real Alabama history, and it works any year, for any storm.
Native American Heritage Month Read Alouds K-2
Native American Heritage Month read alouds for Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade, with simple comprehension questions and answer keys.
Native American Heritage Month Reading Comprehension 4th 5th Grade Biographies
Each person is named with their own nation, and every passage ends with that nation today: Sequoyah (Cherokee), Dr.
Pearl Harbor Reading Comprehension 4th 5th Grade
Students learn about Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day honestly and age-appropriately while practicing key reading skills.
Hurricane Reading Comprehension 3rd 4th 5th Grade
Each passage is about 300 words, written at about a 4th grade level, and covers how hurricanes form, how they are built, how they are named and ranked, how scientists…
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Leveled Nonfiction Reading Passages 155
High-interest nonfiction on science, history, and the strange corners of both, written at measured Lexile ranges. Differentiated sets give you three versions of one passage so the whole class can discuss the same text.
Plastic Recycling Leveled Reading Passages
Plastic Recycling differentiated reading passages for grades 9-12: one nonfiction passage written at three estimated Lexile levels (800L-900L, 1000L-1100L, 1200L-1300L)…
Phineas Gage Differentiated Reading Passages
Phineas Gage differentiated reading passages for grades 9-12: one nonfiction passage written at three estimated Lexile levels (800L-900L, 1000L-1100L, 1200L-1300L) with…
Pearl Harbor Differentiated Reading Passages
Pearl Harbor differentiated reading passages for grades 9-12: one nonfiction passage written at three estimated Lexile levels (800L-900L, 1000L-1100L, 1200L-1300L) with…
Panama Canal Differentiated Reading Passages
Panama Canal differentiated reading passages for grades 9-12: one nonfiction passage written at three estimated Lexile levels (800L-900L, 1000L-1100L, 1200L-1300L) with…
Origins of Basketball Leveled Reading Passages
Origins of Basketball differentiated reading passages for grades 5-8: one nonfiction passage written at three estimated Lexile levels (600L-700L, 800L-900L, 1000L-1100L)…
Optical Illusions Differentiated Reading Passages
Optical Illusions differentiated reading passages for grades 5-8: one nonfiction passage written at three estimated Lexile levels (600L-700L, 800L-900L, 1000L-1100L)…
Octopus Intelligence Leveled Reading Passages
Octopus Intelligence differentiated reading passages for grades 5-8: one nonfiction passage written at three estimated Lexile levels (600L-700L, 800L-900L, 1000L-1100L)…
Northern Lights Differentiated Reading Passages
Northern Lights differentiated reading passages for grades 5-8: one nonfiction passage written at three estimated Lexile levels (600L-700L, 800L-900L, 1000L-1100L) with…
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Social Studies Units & Activities 12
Task cards, map skills, gallery walks, mock trials, word walls, and heritage month stations for history, civics, and geography classrooms.
Human Rights Day Activities
A three-day set of nonpartisan lessons with a poster project, quiz and answer keys.
Native American Heritage Month Gallery Walk
Students see Native history as continuing, not just historical.
Map Skills Unit
Because the maps are new to everyone, students have to actually use the title, compass rose, legend, scale and grid.
Bill of Rights Task Cards
Students move beyond memorizing amendments and apply them, from a student armband protest to a state printing its own money.
Hispanic Heritage Month Gallery Walk
Figures span civil rights, law, science, sports, literature, music and the American Revolution, including César Chávez, Dolores Huerta, Sonia Sotomayor, Roberto…
World History Word Wall
Each card has a clear, student-friendly definition and a short example that puts the term in historical context.
13 Colonies Regions Activity
Students see how geography and climate shaped each region's economy, religion, government and labor, then argue which region they would have chosen.
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Current Events & Media Literacy 34
Reusable templates, journals, debates, and investigations that turn any article into a lesson, plus units on media bias, propaganda, misleading graphs, and election coverage.
Economics in the News
Economics in the News gives grades 7-12 teachers 10 plain-English explainers, 10 student practice pages and a chart lab so students understand inflation, unemployment,…
Current Events and World History Comparison Unit
Students stop thinking everything in the news is unprecedented and learn to build fair historical comparisons.
Media Bias Detective
Media Bias Detective is a media literacy unit that teaches grades 6-12 students the seven levers of framing with bias worksheets, 48 original exercises and complete…
Daily News Video Worksheets
A different thinking lens every day keeps the routine alive all year instead of one recycled sheet students fill in on autopilot.
Current Events Journal 18 Weeks
Weekly news journals usually die in week six because the page never changes; this one changes every week and keeps grading survivable.
Current Events Debate Unit
It prevents the two classic failures: four kids talking while the rest watch, and a hurried topic turning personal.
Map the News: Geography of Current Events
Map the News gives grades 6-12 students 20 one-page map skill routines that work with any current event story and any blank outline map.
Close Reading News Articles
Close Reading News Articles gives grades 6-12 teachers 12 close reading routines that work with any current event article, each with a teacher page and a reusable…
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Digital Citizenship & AI Literacy 7
Lessons on AI tools, deepfakes, privacy, and academic integrity, written for the classroom students are actually sitting in. Includes a ready-to-adopt classroom AI policy and grade-banded units from K-2 through 12.
Digital Citizenship & AI Unit Middle School
Can your middle schoolers tell what's real, what's a scam, and what was made by AI?
AI Ethics & Digital Citizenship Unit
Who's really in control of your students' online lives: them, the apps, or the algorithms?
Digital Citizenship & AI for Kids
It covers private information, strong passphrases, pop-ups and game-chat tricks, cyberbullying, and how to tell what's real, edited or made by AI, all built around four…
Internet Safety & AI for Kids
The K-2 unit explains what AI is and isn't, and it is built around four easy words kids remember: Protect, Pause, Prove, Positive.
Fake News & AI Deepfake Unit
It names no real person, outlet, event or year, so it is teachable in any district and does not expire.
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Reading, Writing & Grammar 18
Grammar task cards, parts of speech fill-in stories, writing prompts with planners, argument writing, vocabulary practice, and literature analysis for grades K-12.
Argument Writing Unit
Students build every part of a strong argument: a clear claim, relevant evidence, explicit reasoning, and a fair counterclaim with a rebuttal.
Tier 2 Vocabulary Activities
Words like analyze, significant and evidence show up in every class and on every test, but they are rarely taught directly.
Grammar Task Cards for Middle & High School
Fixing a sentence is easy to guess at; naming the error is where real grammar learning happens.
Punctuating Dialogue Task Cards 5th-8th Grade
The set includes 24 task cards, a recording sheet, an answer key and a one-page mini-lesson.
Synonyms and Antonyms Task Cards 2nd 3rd Grade
The set includes 24 task cards, a recording sheet, an answer key and a one-page mini-lesson.
Subject Verb Agreement Task Cards 4th 5th 6th 7th Grade
The set includes 24 task cards, a recording sheet, an answer key and a one-page mini-lesson.
Pronoun Antecedent Agreement Task Cards 6th-9th
The set includes 24 task cards, a recording sheet, an answer key and a one-page mini-lesson.
Prefixes and Suffixes Task Cards 3rd 4th 5th Grade
The set includes 24 task cards, a recording sheet, an answer key and a one-page mini-lesson.
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Math Practice 22
Color by number pages and riddle worksheets that tell students right away whether they got it, organized by skill and grade.
Two-Step Equations Color by Number
Students solve two-step equations, then color a 12 x 12 grid using their answers.
Two-Step Equations Riddles
Students solve each problem, find the answer in the code bank, and decode the punchline to a silly riddle.
2-Digit Subtraction Riddle Worksheets
Students solve each problem, find the answer in the code bank and decode the punchline.
2-Digit Addition Riddle Worksheets
Students solve each problem, find the answer in the code bank, and decode the punchline to a silly riddle.
Subtraction Within 20 Riddles
Students solve each problem, find the answer in the code bank and decode the punchline.
Slope From Two Points Riddles
Students solve each problem, find the answer in the code bank, and decode the punchline to a silly riddle.
Rounding Riddle Worksheets
Students solve each problem, find the answer in the code bank, and decode the punchline to a silly riddle.
Pythagorean Theorem Riddles
Students solve each problem, find the answer in the code bank, and decode the punchline to a silly riddle.
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Science & Weather 10
Hurricane science and history, storm tracking with real data, lab safety scenarios, and seasonal science readings.
Hurricane Science Unit Middle School
Students learn how hurricanes form, how they are built, why they spin, what makes them dangerous and what scientists expect in a warming world.
Hurricane History Map Lab
Every track map was drawn from NOAA's official HURDAT2 best-track database, so students read the same records hurricane scientists use and connect each storm to the…
Hurricane Tracking Activity
Students act as hurricane forecasters: they plot each track, classify each advisory on the Saffir-Simpson scale and explain why each storm strengthened or weakened.
Hurricane Preparedness Project
This hurricane preparedness project gives 3rd-6th grade students emergency kit budget math, word problems and a family plan in one cross-curricular project.
Track Hurricane Isaias
Students read each National Hurricane Center advisory, log the position, winds and pressure, plot Isaias on a Gulf tracking chart with real cities and answer a daily…
Hurricane Scatter Plots
Students graph storm data, describe correlation, draw a line of best fit, interpret slope and intercept in context and think critically about cause and effect.
El Nino and Hurricanes
Two readings explain El Nino and how it shuts down Atlantic storms, and a data lab lets students test the idea with real Atlantic season totals by ENSO phase.
Hurricane Isaias Forecast vs Reality Lab
Students learn what forecast error means, practice with a fictional storm, then record the real forecasts for Isaias and grade them after landfall.
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Final Exams, Test Prep & Study Skills 36
Semester exams come with a study guide, a review game, and two test forms with keys. The SAT and ACT sets explain every answer, and the study skills resources teach students how to prepare instead of just telling them to.
Executive Functioning Workbook for High School
Your students aren't lazy; they just haven't been taught how to plan, start and stick with their work.
US History Semester 2 Final Exam & Review
A complete, print-ready high school final that works with any textbook and is not tied to one state.
World History Final Exam Semester 2
A complete, print-ready high school final covering 1450 to today that works with any state or textbook.
US History Semester 1 Final Exam & Study Guide
A complete, print-ready final and review that works with any state or textbook, covering Native America and exploration through Reconstruction.
World History Final Exam & Review
Your World History semester final, done: two ready-to-print exam forms plus everything you need for review week.
Geometry Semester 1 Final Exam & Review
Every item is solvable from the text alone, so there are no blurry diagrams to fight with on the copier.
Sociology Final Exam & Review
Built for a one-semester Introduction to Sociology elective.
Psychology Final Exam & Review
Psychology final exam and review for high school intro psych, ready to print.
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Career Prep, Life Skills & SEL 18
Practical units on first paychecks, budgeting, credit, FAFSA, job applications, and professional email, plus grade-by-grade soft skills projects and goal-setting routines that treat students like the adults they are becoming.
Soft Skills Project 12th Grade
Students choose their own path: four-year college, community college, trade school, apprenticeship, military service or going straight into work.
Soft Skills Project 11th Grade
It treats every path with respect: trades, apprenticeships, the military, going straight to work and college.
Soft Skills Project 10th Grade
The family food truck is losing lunch customers, and teams of four are hired to figure out why and recommend a fix.
Career Exploration Unit
It honors every road after graduation: four-year college, two-year college, apprenticeship, military service, industry certification and going straight to work.
First Apartment Budget Project
Then surprise cards hit: a flat tire, a cracked phone, a tax refund, a rent increase.
Soft Skills Project 9th Grade
Students learn self-management through a real job, not a worksheet.
Soft Skills Project 8th Grade
Students learn to solve everyday disagreements by teaching younger students how to do it.
Soft Skills Project 7th Grade
Students build real speaking and listening skills by doing a real job.
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Holidays & Seasonal 184
Holiday lessons that still teach: the real history behind each holiday, seasonal math with self-checking riddles, grammar fill-in stories, and writing prompts, with separate versions from kindergarten through 12th grade.
Winter Around the World Unit High School
Students learn the science of winter (Earth's tilt, the winter solstice, snow and ice, how animals survive the cold) and winter traditions from around the world,…
Halloween Unit High School
Students read an original nonfiction article ("All Hallows' Eve: Folklore, Faith, and the Making of an American Holiday"), learn topic vocabulary, compare fall…
Valentine's Day Unit Middle School
Students learn the uncertain legends behind the day, the story of handwritten notes and early cards, and friendship and kindness traditions around the world.
Winter Around the World Unit Middle School
Students learn the science of winter (Earth's tilt, the winter solstice, snow and ice, how animals survive the cold) and world winter traditions, described factually and…
Thanksgiving Unit Middle School
Students learn about the Wampanoag homeland, the 1621 harvest gathering, Sarah Josepha Hale, Lincoln's 1863 proclamation and the holiday today, including how many…
Halloween Unit Middle School
Students read an original nonfiction article ("Samhain to Trick-or-Treat: How Halloween Crossed an Ocean"), learn topic vocabulary, compare fall traditions from around…
Winter Holidays Around the World Reading Comprehension
Winter Holidays Around the World reading comprehension for grades 6-12: eight differentiated texts on celebrations from Japan to Mexico to Scotland, at 3 reading levels.
Valentine's Day Unit 3rd 4th 5th Grade
Students learn the uncertain legends behind the day, the story of handwritten notes and early cards, and friendship and kindness traditions around the world, then finish…
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Bulletin Boards & Classroom Decor 11
Interactive history bulletin boards and posters for middle and high school: lift-the-flap myth busters, This Day in History date cards, and seasonal displays students help build.
This Day in History Bulletin Board
The 30 cards run from November 1, 1512 to November 30, 1874.
Hurricane History Timeline Posters
Every student who walks by gets a short, accurate lesson in history, geography and science.
Ugly Sweater Bulletin Board
Students design an "ugly sweater" for a historical figure using three symbols from that person's life.
Winter Bulletin Board
It is a December project and a finished winter bulletin board in one.
Veterans Day Bulletin Board Middle School
Students write thank-you stars for veterans while the timeline traces how Armistice Day became Veterans Day.
Thanksgiving Bulletin Board Middle School
This Thanksgiving bulletin board for middle school is an interactive Myth or Fact lift-the-flap board where students test 14 Thanksgiving claims against the real…
Fall Bulletin Board Middle School
The fact leaves cover September, October and November history, including Hastings, Sputnik, the Great Chicago Fire, Black Tuesday and the 95 Theses.
Weird History Fact Posters
Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to the building of the Great Pyramid.
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Who makes these
I’m Clay Shumate, a certified secondary social studies teacher. Everything here started as something I needed in my own classroom: a sub plan I could trust, a calm script for a hard moment, a reading my students would actually finish. If you want to try the approach first, the free resource library on this site has templates and checklists you can download today.