Cave Creek Unified School District
Crusades and Culture in the Middle Ages
The Crusades sounds like a glamorous time period in the Middle Ages full of glory—but was it? Scholars find and review the truth of the Crusades' influence on the world through the resource. The study guides, separated individually by...
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Sharing Beliefs and Ideas
Students examine how cultural ideas and thought were exchanged as travelers and traders of the Silk Road met, interacted, and traded with different peoples from different regions and cultures along the Silk Road.
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Internet Adventures
Students explore where words come from. Every word had a beginning--- a birth. They use the internet and go to a web site given by the teacher to take a quiz on word origins, students are allowed to use dictionaries.
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Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe: Study Guide - Mini Essays
In this online interactive literature worksheet, students respond to 8 short answer and essay questions about Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart. Students may check some of their answers online.
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The Trial by Franz Kafka: Study Guide - Mini Essays
In this online interactive literature instructional activity, students respond to 6 short answer and essay questions about Franz Kafka's The Trial. Students may check some of their answers online.
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The Bacchae Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension activity, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Euripedes's The Bacchae. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson: : Study Guide - Mini Essays
In this online interactive literature activity, students respond to 8 short answer and essay questions about Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Students may check some of their answers online.
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Isaac Newton
In this online interactive history quiz worksheet, students respond to 49 multiple choice questions about Isaac Newton. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Get Thee To Wife!
High schoolers read and analyze a piece of literature from 1591 to investigate whether Elizabethan fathers were patriarchal dicatators. Students read the passage and answer questions to determine what fathers were like during the late...
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Shakespeare in Parts
Students examine primary source manuscript fragments, discuss differences in performing a play without the entire script, and perform a scene from Twelfth Night with no preparation.
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Little Women Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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The Travels of Marco Polo
In this social studies reading comprehension activity, students read a page long detailed biography of Marco Polo. Students complete 12 multiple choice questions and one essay.
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Mardi Gras Character Carnival
Students create Mardi Gras floats from shoeboxes to illustrate the Six Pillars of Character. In this character education instructional activity, students discuss Mardi Gras and famous celebrations. Students make floats out of shoeboxes...
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Oral History: Interviewing Elders
Sixth graders examine oral history traditions. They interview family members about their childhoods and compare them to their own. Students use the collected information to make posters, letters, essays, or poems about their research.
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Getting Oriented
Students explore the geography, culture, and philosophy of Asia using all five senses and information about China and Japan. This lesson plan is detailed and may take several days of in-class activities to complete.