Back to School Activities for the First Week
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated March 21, 2024 In beautiful BC, Canada, we are about a month away from returning to our classrooms. I am not sure about you, but to me this…
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Ancient Civilizations Unit – Free Resource Roundup
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated April 04, 2024 Looking for some FREE activities to help spice up your Ancient Civilization Unit? I wanted to be sure you had access to all of the…
5 Ways to make your Ancient Civilizations Unit more engaging
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated Dec 12, 2023 Ancient Civilizations Unit Teaching Ideas As a middle school history teacher, I have always found Ancient Civilizations to be super engaging to learn about and…
Benefits of Art Integration
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated Nov 23, 2023 Do you integrate the arts into your regular classroom curriculum? Before leaving the classroom, I spent 10 years as an arts integration specialist. Through…
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Prehistory Unit for Middle School – 5 engaging Activities
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated April 04, 2024 Prehistory is the period of human history between the first use of stone tools and the beginning of recorded history when writing systems were invented….
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GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS FOR ANY NOVEL STUDY
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated Feb 20, 2024 Welcome back to the blog! I am super excited to be here today to share an exclusive FREE resource – Graphic Organizers for Any Novel…