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Going Beyond “Define These Terms In Your Own Words”

"Define these terms in your own words" may contain depth and complexity… but it's neither deep nor complex!
Matching Flowers and Pollinators

Matching Flowers and Pollinators

How to add a couple of Analyze-level tasks to this Synthesize activity.
What could we do with this Wax Museum event?

What could we do with this Wax Museum event?

How one might revamp a "Wax Museum" project into something that focuses more on thinking than product.

Multiple Perspectives on Veterans’ Day

We can't just list multiple perspectives.

Making Categories of Famous Structures

A task about famous structures that stops at the bottom of Bloom's.

Create A Civilization: Pick The Location

As we begin the project, students first consider where on earth their civilization will begin.

Create A Civilization: Governments

My students, as part of their Create A Civilization project, had to select a type of government and explain its consequences. So I loved finding this list of all the different types of government.

Create Your Own Civilization Project

Each year, my students created their own civilization to mirror what we were learning about Rome, China, India, and beyond.

Updating Old Questions: A Congress At School?

Let's go beyond listing Congress' powers and consider fairness if a school had a legislative branch.

Create A Civilization: The River

Most humans want to live near fresh water, which means that most civilizations settled near a river! Let's add a river to your students' civilizations.
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