Created byThis activity is a perfect introduction to vestigial structures and evidence of evolution in humans! Students/student groups are each assigned a slide and provided with a video clip from HHMI Biointeractive. Each group will then fill out their slide to teach the rest of the class about their evidenc
7th - 10th Science, Biology
NGSS HS-LS4-1, HS-LS4-4
Google Drive
$4.00
Created byMake learning about the causes of World War 2 and the events leading up to the rise of Hitler and fascism in Germany interesting with this no-prep social studies escape room. The high school escape room activity includes access to a website where your students will hunt for the keys to unlock a set
9th - 12th European History, World History
Also included in: World History Escape Room Bundle for High School American History Classes
$4.00
Created byMake learning about D-Day interesting with this no-prep digital escape game for high school US history. The game includes access to a website where your students will hunt for the keys to unlock a set of locks. Students will need to read the clues very carefully and watch videos, visit websites, a
9th - 12th European History, U.S. History, World History
Also included in: US History Digital Escape Rooms Bundle | American History Review Activities
$4.00
Created byHelp your students move beyond isolated sentences and write connected, logical stories in French!In this Story Steps activity, students receive the beginning and ending of a story. They must write four intermediate events that logically connect the two prompts.The ladder format helps students organi
9th - 12th French
$9.95
Created byHelp Spanish students move beyond isolated sentences and build complete, logical stories!This resource includes 100 engaging Spanish story-writing challenges designed to develop present-tense writing, sequencing, and cause-and-effect thinking.Each challenge gives students a beginning and an ending.
9th - 12th Spanish
$9.95
Created byHelp your students move beyond isolated sentences and write connected, logical stories in Spanish!In this Story Steps activity, students receive the beginning and ending of a story. They must write four intermediate events that logically connect the two prompts.The ladder format helps students organ
9th - 12th Spanish
$9.95
Created byOnce students know the characters well enough to move beyond first impressions, this mini-unit helps them turn what they notice into literary analysis.Students choose one major character—Jay Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan, Tom Buchanan, Jordan Baker, Myrtle Wilson, or George Wilson—and look closely at motiv
9th - 12th Literature, Writing Essays
$5.00
Created byGive Greek roots a purpose beyond memorizing a list. In this secondary ELA word-study activity, each student becomes the class expert on one Greek root, builds a word family, studies how the root contributes to meaning, and creates a clear Root Profile to teach classmates.Students then use a gallery
8th - 12th English Language Arts, Literature, Vocabulary
$4.50
Created byGive students the mythological background they actually need for Sophocles' Antigone without turning the unit into ten unrelated mythology reports. In this collaborative research project, groups investigate one focused topic, teach the class the most useful background, and then students keep using a
9th - 12th English Language Arts, Literature
Also included in: Antigone Bundle | Greek Tragedy, Mythology, Context & Analysis
$4.50
Created byGive students a reason to think about survival, leadership, rules, fear, and group dynamics before they ever meet the boys on the island.STRANDED! is a two-day pre-reading simulation for Lord of the Flies that asks students to build an island society, make difficult choices, and respond when their p
9th - 12th Literature, Novel Studies, Reading
Also included in: Literature Pre-Reading Simulations Bundle | Critical Thinking Activities
$7.50
Created byStart the year with two getting-to-know-you activities that feel appropriate for secondary students and give you information you can actually use.Students begin with a quick All About Me page covering interests, learning preferences, and attitudes toward reading, writing, and discussion. They then w
9th - 12th Writing, Classroom Community
$3.00
Created byTeaching “The Fall of the House of Usher” is difficult for one simple reason: students cannot analyze what they cannot follow. Poe’s prose is dense, the plot is strange, and the story’s best ideas only land when students know what is actually happening.This 8–9 day guided-reading unit gives students
9th - 12th Close Reading, Literature, Reading
Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Unit Bundle | Background, The Raven & House of Usher
$7.50
Created byGive students the background they actually need to enter Sophocles’ Antigone, then bring them back to the text for allusions and post-reading analysis.This four-resource bundle combines Greek theater and tragedy background, story-specific pre-reading context, a collaborative mythology/allusions proj
9th - 12th Literature, Writing, Drama
Antigone Greek Mythology Background Project | Allusions Research & Presentations
Antigone Pre-Reading Background | Oedipus Family Tree, Context, Guided Notes
Antigone Tragic Hero Analysis | Antigone vs Creon | Literary Analysis Lesson
Greek Theater & Tragedy Background | PowerPoint, Guided Notes & Teacher Guide
$18.00
$14.50
Created byTeach a complete Edgar Allan Poe sequence with three coordinated resources that move from author background into close reading of “The Fall of the House of Usher” and “The Raven.” Together, the resources provide approximately 2½–3 weeks of instruction for grades 9–12, depending on class length and h
9th - 12th Literature, Poetry, Short Stories
$18.49
$14.99
Created byBefore students begin A Doll's House, give them a chance to wrestle with some of the ethical questions they will encounter in the play - without telling them how those questions connect to Nora.Students respond to eight short scenarios involving secrecy, forgery, debt, loyalty, control, marriage, re
9th - 12th Literature, Reading, Drama
Also included in: Literature Pre-Reading Simulations Bundle | Critical Thinking Activities
$5.99
Created byBefore students meet Antigone and Creon, give them a chance to decide what they think about family loyalty, public order, conscience, community, and personal safety.Students work through eight modern ethical scenarios, make a choice before discussion, record what mattered most, and return to those s
9th - 12th Literature, Reading, Drama
Also included in: Literature Pre-Reading Simulations Bundle | Critical Thinking Activities
$5.99
Created byBefore students meet Gatsby, Daisy, Tom, East Egg, or West Egg, give them a social system to navigate.In Who Gets In?, students take on one of six fictional social profiles. Each profile begins with a different mix of money, family name, connections, education, and reputation. Students may improve o
9th - 12th Literature, Novel Studies, Reading
Also included in: Literature Pre-Reading Simulations Bundle | Critical Thinking Activities
$6.99
Created byBefore students meet Caesar, Brutus, or Cassius, place them inside a republic trying to decide how much power one successful leader should be allowed to hold.In WHO SHOULD HOLD POWER?, students take on one of six civic positions in the fictional Republic of Valeria. A respected general, Cassian Varo
9th - 12th Literature, Reading, Drama
Also included in: Literature Pre-Reading Simulations Bundle | Critical Thinking Activities
$6.99
Created byStudents can summarize what happens on the island. This companion asks them to do something more useful: track what happens to the boys' shared society as it weakens, fractures, and finally collapses.In CIVILIZATION UNDER PRESSURE, students return to the same five indicators at six points in Lord of
9th - 12th Literature, Novel Studies, Reading
$5.99
Created byBefore students meet Lear, Cordelia, Goneril, and Regan, give them the problem first.WHO GETS THE KINGDOM? places students on the Royal Council of a fictional kingdom whose aging ruler wants to give away the work of governing while keeping the title, honor, household, influence, and treatment that c
9th - 12th Literature, Reading, Drama
Also included in: Literature Pre-Reading Simulations Bundle | Critical Thinking Activities
$6.99
Created byPut students inside the problem before they meet it in the text.This six-resource bundle gives secondary ELA students a reason to think, argue, make decisions, and live with the consequences before plot knowledge tells them whom to support.Each activity is built around a different literary problem.
9th - 12th Literature, Reading, Drama
A Doll's House Pre-Reading Activity | Ethics & Moral Dilemmas | Ibsen
Antigone Pre-Reading Activity | Law, Loyalty & Conscience | Ethics Scenarios
JULIUS CAESAR PRE-READING ACTIVITY | LEADERSHIP, POWER & AMBITION SIMULATION
KING LEAR PRE-READING ACTIVITY | POWER, SUCCESSION & LOYALTY SIMULATION
STRANDED! A Survival Simulation for Lord of the Flies | Pre-Reading Activity
THE GREAT GATSBY PRE-READING ACTIVITY | SOCIAL CLASS, WEALTH & STATUS SIMULATION
$40.45
$31.99
Created byBring a little fog into your AP Literature classroom. This two-day case-file lesson for Stephen King's “Strawberry Spring” asks students to investigate the evidence, commit to a theory, and reconsider what they thought they knew after the ending.The Halloween atmosphere gives students a reason to le
10th - 12th Close Reading, Literature, Short Stories
$5.99
Created byTurn Halloween into an atmospheric estate auction where students bid on mysterious objects—then discover exactly what they brought home.The Cursed Object Auction is a one-class-period Halloween ELA experience for grades 9–12. Students work in teams with $600 in fictional money, inspect six estate-ca
9th - 12th Literature, Other (ELA)
Also included in: Halloween ELA Activities Bundle | 4 Gothic Games, Mysteries & Simulations
$5.99
Created byTurn Halloween into a Gothic survival game where every choice changes what students know - and how much the house has gotten inside their heads.Would You Survive Gothic Literature? is a one-class-period Halloween ELA activity for grades 9-12. Students work in teams as one fictional heir trapped insi
9th - 12th Literature, Other (ELA)
Also included in: Halloween ELA Activities Bundle | 4 Gothic Games, Mysteries & Simulations
$5.99
