10th Grade Hands-On Activities

THE GREAT GATSBY PRE-READING ACTIVITY | SOCIAL CLASS, WEALTH & STATUS SIMULATION

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Plotting Something

Before 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

JULIUS CAESAR PRE-READING ACTIVITY | LEADERSHIP, POWER & AMBITION SIMULATION

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Plotting Something

Before 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

Lord of the Flies Reading Companion | Society Stability Tracker & Analysis

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Plotting Something

Students 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

KING LEAR PRE-READING ACTIVITY | POWER, SUCCESSION & LOYALTY SIMULATION

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Plotting Something

Before 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

Literature Pre-Reading Simulations Bundle | Critical Thinking Activities

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Plotting Something

Put 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

For Use with Strawberry Spring by Stephen King | AP Lit Halloween Case File

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Plotting Something

Bring 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

Cursed Object Auction | Halloween ELA Activity | Gothic Creative Thinking Game

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Plotting Something

Turn 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

Would You Survive Gothic Literature? | Halloween ELA Activity | Gothic Game

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Plotting Something

Turn 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

The Last Broadcast | Halloween ELA Activity | Inference & Suspense Simulation

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Plotting Something

Your students are monitoring a local emergency feed when the updates stop making sense.The Last Broadcast is a one-period Halloween ELA mystery simulation for grades 9–12. Students become the emergency relay team at a local radio station while an ordinary fog advisory turns into reports of motionles

9th - 12th Reading, Reading Strategies, Writing

Also included in: Halloween ELA Activities Bundle | 4 Gothic Games, Mysteries & Simulations

Partner Novel Study Project | Literature Circles, Journal, Discussions & Rubrics

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Plotting Something

Give students a structured way to read one approved novel with a partner, talk about it across six checkpoints, and keep a record of their developing ideas.Developed and refined through more than a decade of classroom use, this six-week project is designed for high school literature classes and work

9th - 12th Literature, Reading, Writing

Literary Séance | Halloween ELA Activity | Character Inference & Writing Game

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Plotting Something

Ten voices have arrived. None will tell your students its name.Literary Séance is a one-period Halloween ELA mystery that asks students to identify classic literary characters from a sequence of staged “manifestations” — then write one final message in character and challenge classmates to identify

9th - 12th Creative Writing, Literature

Also included in: Halloween ELA Activities Bundle | 4 Gothic Games, Mysteries & Simulations

The Haunted Palace by Edgar Allan Poe | Drawing & Extended Metaphor Activity

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Plotting Something

Let students picture Poe's palace before they decide what it means. In this two-part lesson, students closely read and draw "The Haunted Palace," then return to the poem to trace its tonal shift, identify its human features, and discover how the palace becomes a picture of Roderick Usher's mind.FULL

8th - 12th Close Reading, Literature, Poetry

Halloween ELA Activities Bundle | 4 Gothic Games, Mysteries & Simulations

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Plotting Something

Want Halloween lessons that feel seasonal without turning the week into filler? This bundle gives you four complete, one-period ELA experiences for grades 9–12. Each resource uses a different setup - an auction, a Gothic survival game, an emergency broadcast mystery, and a literary-character inferen

9th - 12th Literature, Writing

Gothic Literature FREE Activity | Poe Close Reading & Gothic Elements

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Plotting Something

Need a quick way to introduce Gothic literature without turning it into an elements checklist? This free Gothic literature activity pairs a student-friendly field guide with a continuous public-domain excerpt from Edgar Allan Poe's “The Fall of the House of Usher.” Students identify details that cre

8th - 12th Close Reading, Literature, Reading

The Monkey's Paw Lesson | Gothic Suspense, Foreshadowing, Irony & Ambiguity

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Plotting Something

KeKeep “The Monkey’s Paw” tense instead of turning it into a worksheet marathon. This two-day secondary ELA lesson uses a few deliberate reading stops, then asks students to go back and examine how W. W. Jacobs builds suspense through warning, irony, pacing, Gothic atmosphere, and ambiguity.“The Mon

8th - 12th Close Reading, Literature, Short Stories

Color Theory Toolkit | Customizable Worksheets | Middle & High School

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Learn Art Today

Create your own lessons, workshops, worksheets and more!Stop building from scratch. Adapt, modify, and design engaging classroom resources in minutes!A modular teacher toolkit & Study Program extension for visual arts education. Includes customizable worksheets, templates, and classroom-ready re

6th - 12th Graphic Arts, Visual Arts

Grant Proposal Culminating Activity - Collaborative Inquiry Activity

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TWFScience

Students are always working at a different pace from each other and as an educator, you want to make sure that you are providing an opportunity for those who move at a faster rate to explore and learn as they can. This is especially true if you want to provide your kids with a project that can be a

5th - 12th Science, Biology, General Science

Mitosis Flip Book Activity - Hands-on Assessment | Cells Cycle, Organelles

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TWFScience

The Mitosis Flip Book Activity is designed to get kids really looking at the process of mitosis in a hands-on way.✅ Hands-on flip book: students visualize and sequence all phases of mitosis.✅ Clear directions with video tutorial + detailed marking rubric.✅ Builds recall of phase names and key eve...

5th - Adult Education Science, Biology, General Science

NGSS HS-LS1-4

Also included in: South Carolina State Standards for Science: Grade 7 - SC.7-2. Cells and Heredity

Human Digestive System Lesson | Digestive Organs, Enzymes | 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th

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TWFScience

This two to three-day lesson contains everything you need to introduce or review the Human Digestive System including why we need a digestive system, its main components, and how the components of digestion work together to keep you alive. This package includes the lesson (student and teacher versio

8th - 11th Science, Biology, Other (Science)

Also included in: SNC2D Ontario Grade 10 Science Biology - Cells & Body Systems Full Course Unit

The Human Eye Lesson | The Human Visual System Lesson | High School Optics

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TWFScience

Everything you need to introduce or review The Eye (Structure and Function) is right here including the lesson (student and teacher versions), an auto-graded Exit Ticket to check for student understanding, and a student lesson handout. The presentation is interactive and engaging and will keep your

7th - Adult Education Science, Biology, Physical Science

Also included in: Optics and Light Unit: Lessons, Lab Stations, & Activities

Solving Circuit Diagrams - Electricity Lesson | Current, Voltage, & Resistance

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TWFScience

Everything you need to teach Solving Circuit Diagrams is right here including the student and teacher version of the lesson in PowerPoint and Google format, an Exit Ticket to check for student understanding, and two circuit worksheets with answers (one is drawing circuits, the other involves some ca

7th - Adult Education Science, Physical Science, Physics

Also included in: Static and Current Electricity Unit: Lessons, Lab Stations, & Activities

Electric Circuits Online Lab | Electricity, Current, Voltage, Resistance, Ohm's

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TWFScience

Excellent online lab to get your students thinking about, measuring, and building a variety of series and parallel circuits. This dry lab is step by step containing 28 slides and will guide your students smoothly from one process to the next allowing them to build their knowledge at their own pace.

8th - 12th Science, Physical Science, Physics

Also included in: Static and Current Electricity Unit: Lessons, Lab Stations, & Activities

Electrical Resistance and Ohm's Law Lesson | Loads, Conductors, Superconductors

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TWFScience

Everything you need to teach Electrical Resistance is right here including the student and teacher version of the lesson and an Ohms Law practice worksheet with answers. The presentation is interactive and engaging with multiple simulations embedded in the presentation. No more searching for online

7th - Adult Education Science, Physical Science, Physics

Also included in: Static and Current Electricity Unit: Lessons, Lab Stations, & Activities

Static Electricity: Electrostatics Lesson | Charged Objects, Electrostatics

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TWFScience

Everything you need to teach Static Electricity is here in this TWO-DAY lesson package which includes the lesson (student and teacher versions of the presentation), 4 student-led activities, a Bill Nye video worksheet with answer key, as well as a student lesson handout as a word document. The prese

7th - Adult Education Science, General Science, Physical Science

NGSS MS-PS2-3, MS-PS3-5, HS-PS2-4+1

Also included in: Static and Current Electricity Unit: Lessons, Lab Stations, & Activities