Westward Bound

An immersive 3rd-grade Project-Based Learning unit where students act as museum curators to design and exhibit a living history museum, answering the driving question: How did where colonist lived shape how they lived?

A simplified 6th-grade lesson exploring the classic nature vs. nurture debate. Students learn key vocabulary, read a graphic-organizer-style text, and answer scaffolded comprehension and reflection questions.

A single-page student video note-taking sheet with themed columns for nature and nurture observations, a video details block, and sections for writing a big-picture summary and outstanding questions.

An adapted social studies unit combining middle school MCAS Geography and Civics frameworks with supportive, highly visual 3rd-grade level learning materials. Includes simplified reading passages, interactive slides, scaffolded worksheets, and modified assessments.

A lesson package designed to introduce the chronology of five fundamental ancient civilizations. It includes a high-impact master reference poster and printable large-scale timeline cards for classroom display.

A single-page student sorting activity featuring a themed Word Bank of 8 kid-friendly traits and a beautifully styled, spacious Nature vs. Nurture T-chart for 6th-grade students to complete.

A high-engagement ancient history unit sequence focusing on how river valleys and early writing shaped Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt. Students investigate the Fertile Crescent, cuneiform, the Nile, and monumental architecture through visual presentations and hands-on worksheets.

An immersive, hands-on lesson for 8th graders to master critical map skills, including global coordinate systems, historical thematic maps, and scale calculations through collaborative activities.

A 3-page, highly scaffolded, 6th-grade student worksheet packet on the Nature vs. Nurture debate. Includes a notice-and-wonder hook, kid-friendly vocabulary cards, a simplified graphic-organizer reading passage, and matching, multiple-choice, short-answer, and personal reflection questions.

A practical transition program for students moving from the US to Canada, focusing on daily survival skills like the metric system and understanding how the Canadian parliamentary government compares to the US presidential system.

A dynamic geography and science lesson where students explore the four primary climate zones of the United States through an interactive slide deck and a map-coloring activity.

A 5-page printable classroom timeline resource. Each page features a high-impact, large-format timeline display card designed to be cut out for a wall timeline, paired with a corresponding quick-response historical investigation activity at the bottom.