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Printable List
An App For A Historical Figure
What kind of an app could have helped Abe Lincoln accomplish his goals?
Tournament of Ancient Inventions
Which of these inventions of the ancient world is most influential? Least useful today? Most taken-for-granted?
Famous Structures
Students explore famous structures from around the world, put them into related categories, pick some winners, and then design their own.
Tournament of Mythological Creatures
Who will win the tournament of mythological creatures!?
Historic Social Media
How would people from history have interacted online? Students will develop a conversation online between people involved in the same event from history.
The 8th Wonder of the World Tournament
Which of these eight wonders deserves to become the Eighth Wonder of the World!?
Investigating Population Changes
How have the ages of three countries’ populations changed from 1950 to 2020? And what problems might that create?
Discussing An Important Decision from History
How would people with two different perspectives discuss a decision from history?
Notice, Wonder: A Long Line
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students
wonder!
Domesticated Animals Tournament
Which domesticated animal will win the tournament?
Haiku Deck and Historical Hashtags
Catherine Cabiness explains how her students used Haiku Deck to create historical presentations based on hashtags.
Prefixes and Suffixes in Other Languages
Let’s go beyond merely memorizing word parts and instead analyze across languages. How do other languages make a word the opposite?
Notice, Wonder: A Ship
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students
wonder!
Exploration Technology Tournament
Which of these pieces of exploration technology is most important? Most underrated? Most long-lasting?
Notice, Wonder: Ramses
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students
wonder!
Notice, Wonder: Kuiseb
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students
wonder!
Notice, Wonder: Brooklyn
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students
wonder!
Founding The Colonies
13 colonies activities including a word search and task cards packed with facts. Plus, students will create their own colony with a name, story, and map!
Hero or Not A Hero?
Students will determine what makes a hero a hero.
Geography
What’s In My Brain: Austin vs Los Angeles
We’re looking at capital cities.
What’s In My Brain: Italy vs Normandy
We’re looking at countries vs states (and other smaller regions).
Not Like The Others: African Nations
Students will determine which country in Africa is
not like the others.
Concept Attainment: Japan vs Jamaica
Is it an island or an archipelago?
Olympics: Medals by Population
Do big countries always have the most medals? Which smaller countries rank surprisingly high in the Olympics?
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Government
What’s In My Brain: Spain vs Germany
We’re looking at monarchies vs democracies.
Not Like The Others: 19th Century Presidents
Students will determine which US President from the 19th century is
not like the others.
Not Like The Others: 20th Century Presidents – Group B
Students will determine which of these US Presidents is
not like the others.
Not Like The Others: 20th Century Presidents – Group A
Students will determine which of these US Presidents is
not like the others.
Not Like The Others: Microstates of Europe
Students will determine which of these tiny countries is
not like the others.
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Create A Civilization
Create A Civ: Capital City
How are capital cities a combination of natural and human-designed features?
Create A Civilization: Currency
What type of currency will your civilization use? What symbols will be on it? Why are they significant?
Create A Civilization: Design A Flag
What makes for a good flag? What makes a
bad
flag?
Create A Civilization: A Change In Government
It’s a great moment for your civilization! Power is moving from the hands of a few to a more democratic government.
Create A Civilization: Calendars
Why 12 months? Why 30ish days? Why 7 days in a week? Your civilization could organize a year in
any way you want!
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