Beth

The rise of Rome in one period: Cool 7th grade science activity some teachers at Balboa did. The kids built cells out of candy/other supplies then justified their choices in a chart

Here is something I created for 7th grade CST review using a picture book called __Weslandia__ by Paul Fleischman. This is just day 1. If you want more... see me. :)

This is a PowerPoint to introduce the VTS strategy called VTS discussion. It uses a piece of mixed media art called //Kingdom of Nature//. This PowerPoint transitions amazingly into doing a mixed media art project with your students to review a concept (I did it with 7th graders remembering what they had learned about Rome in 6th grade) OR as a final project to show what students have learned through art! Here is the Complex Instruction unit I designed for 6th grade China. It covers Xia-Han dynasties plus the Silk Road. I have additional documents of support if you want them. :) This is a groupwork activity that gets kids ready to work in groups

Manifest Destiny: This is a VTS PowerPoint using an image called "American Progress" and a Walt Whitman poem called O Pioneers