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Discover the power of Governments, proponents and critics of Capitalism as well as the frameworks of State and Democracy. Students will also explore the origins and leaders of modern Communism, Eurocommunism and Marxism. Our ready-to-use activities have simplified language and vocabulary. These concepts are presented in a way that makes them more accessible to students and easier to understand. Complete with reading passages, student activities, color mini posters, crossword, word search and comprehension quiz. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy.

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Give your students the necessary materials to run a math competition with a single classroom or multiple classrooms taking part. It also enables you to choose school teams for external competitions. As well, the two sets of questions in each book can be used during regular math class as a fun activity. Included in this unit are the following: teacher information, instructions, practise question sets, level 3 question sets, marking sheets and certificates. The unit is recommended for Grades 5 to 7. This level 3 math competition will engage students while promoting a healthy competition between peers. This Math lesson provides a teacher information section and a student section with a variety of worksheets creating a well-rounded lesson plan.

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The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)

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In this Literature KitTM, we divide the novel by chapters or sections and feature reading comprehension and vocabulary questions. In every chapter, we include Before You Read and After You Read questions. The Before You Read activities prepare students for reading by setting a purpose for reading. They stimulate background knowledge and experience, and guide students to make connections between what they know and what they will learn. The After You Read activities check students' comprehension and extend their learning. Students are asked to give thoughtful consideration of the text through creative and evaluative short-answer questions and journal prompts. Also included are writing tasks, graphic organizers, comprehension quiz, word search, and crossword to further develop students' critical thinking and writing skills, and analysis of the text. About the Novel: The Old Man and the Sea is a Pulitzer Prize winning story about an old fisherman and his battle with a giant marlin. Santiago, an old Cuban fisherman, has gone 84 days without catching a single fish. Hoping to end his unlucky streak, Santiago decides to sail out deep into the Gulf to fish. A few hours pass until a large marlin takes his bait. The marlin proves a worthy match for Santiago, as he struggles to keep the fish on the line. Two days and two nights pass, but the battle rages on. Santiago begins to feel appreciation for the fish, believing that no one will be worthy of eating him. On the third day, and with two exhausted parties, the battle is won. The Old Man and the Sea is a classic tale of one man's struggle with nature. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy.

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Sarah, Plain and Tall (Patricia MacLachlan)

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In this Literature KitTM, we divide the novel by chapters or sections and feature reading comprehension and vocabulary questions. In every chapter, we include Before You Read and After You Read questions. The Before You Read activities prepare students for reading by setting a purpose for reading. They stimulate background knowledge and experience, and guide students to make connections between what they know and what they will learn. The After You Read activities check students' comprehension and extend their learning. Students are asked to give thoughtful consideration of the text through creative and evaluative short-answer questions and journal prompts. Also included are writing tasks, graphic organizers, comprehension quiz, word search, and crossword to further develop students' critical thinking and writing skills, and analysis of the text. About the Novel: A story filled with wisdom, gentle humor and the practical concerns necessary for a satisfying life. This Newbery Medal winner story is based on the true adventures of a family living on the vast prairie in the early years of the 20th century. The story begins when Anna and Caleb, missing their mother who died, wish for another woman to make their father laugh again. Sarah responds to an ad, stating she will come by train, wearing a yellow bonnet and that she is plain and tall. And into their lives comes Sarah, with her own needful loneliness and searching, to help them create a whole family. But life on the endless prairie can be hard and unforgiving, taking all a person's strength and courage just to survive. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy.

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For grades PK-2, our resource meets the five strands of math concepts addressed by the NCTM standards and encourages the students to learn and review the concepts in unique ways. Included are challenging problem-solving tasks which will push the boundaries of critical thought and demonstrate to students the importance of mathematical problems in Number & Operations, Geometry, Measurement, Data Analysis & Probability and Algebra using real world situations. The pages of this resource contain a variety in terms of levels of difficulty and content so as to provide students with a variety of differentiated learning opportunities. The task sheets offer space for reflection, and opportunity for the appropriate use of technology. Also contained are assessment and standards rubrics, review sheets, color activity posters and bonus worksheets. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy, STEM, and NCTM standards.

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For grades PK-2, our combined resource meets the geometry concepts addressed by the NCTM standards and encourages the students to review the concepts in unique ways. The task sheets introduce the mathematical concepts to the students around a central problem taken from real-life experiences, while the drill sheets provide warm-up and timed practice questions for the students to strengthen their procedural proficiency skills. Included in our resource are activities on two- and three-dimensional shapes, fractions, coordinate points, and composing and decomposing shapes. The combined task & drill sheets offer space for reflection, and opportunity for the appropriate use of technology. Also contained are review sheets, color activity posters and bonus worksheets. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy, STEM, and NCTM standards.

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This art unit is based upon the artistic premise that all artists make use of some basic shapes when developing an image. The lessons are based upon letters and shapes that students learn about on an ongoing basis. One preferred strategy is for the teacher to demonstrate each step, with the students following his or her example. It is suggested that the teachers make large samples of each template, and then physically manipulate these templates to build creatures or characters. These larger templates could also be incorporated into a "creative center", where younger students can experiment with building creatures. This Art and Math lesson provides a teacher and student section with a variety of step-by-step student projects and evaluation to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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The true history of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police comes to life in this factual unit about Canada's legendary police force. Students follow the force from its infancy in the Canadian West through the growing pains of the Yukon Gold Rush to the present day. Our unit is divided into three parts combining optional lessons and a pictorial history with the main body of the unit. Part one is a structured, knowledge-based section focusing on important events and the role of the R.C.M.P. in the history of the Canadian West. Finally, a unit that will allow students to understand the real story behind Canada's men and women of the red serge. This Canada lesson provides a teacher and student section with a variety of reading passages, activities, crossword, word search and answer key to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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Students get cool notions all about motion! Our highly informative and simple-to-use unit teaches students all about motion  from linear motion, to oscillating motion, to reciprocating motion, to rotational motion. Students participate in meaningful activities associated with the core theme of each lesson, which are followed by related student notes. This format helps to stress "process" rather than concentrating on the memorization of factual information. Students will ''move" through this material like it was nothing! This Physical Science lesson provides a teacher and student section with a variety of reading passages, activities, crossword, word search, pictograms and answer key to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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Our resource contains patterns and pictures to make hands-on activities for your learning centre and bookmaking patterns for emerging authors. Use the patterns as directed, or use them for your own ideas in the classroom. Enlarge to make bulletin board and reduce to use as clip art. Always save your originals for your own ideas and to file as a resource. Our theme resource for Bears includes hands-on, bookmaking patterns, Bear activity cards and locker name tags, and songs. Other activities include: word recognition, colour recognition, counting and visual discrimination, shape recognition, sequence, ordering of size, and a mega puzzle. This Animal Science lesson provides a teacher and student section with hands-on activities, patterns, big books, and songs to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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In this powerful unit, students examine the very nature of energy, its many forms and the changes it can undergo. Students learn basic concepts and information as they go through a series of student notes. The notes are followed by meaningful activities associated with the theme of each lesson. To further captivate student interest, many of these activities have been designed around the "Science Challenge Format", in which small groups of students work cooperatively to solve various problems. Learning, integrated with fun, is the order of the day and your science class may never be as energetic. This Physical Science lesson provides a teacher and student section with a variety of reading passages, activities, crossword, word search and answer key to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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Our unit uses the topics of School, Books, Paper, Lunch, Recess, Backpacks, Glue, and Home to introduce students to reading and writing. This highly structured unit contains detailed day-by-day lesson plans, a writing book, a student activity book, group and individual word cards for spelling, crossword, word search, test, and a parent/child homework activity page for each lesson. Structure is the order of the day as lesson plans describe different possible teaching strategies. Each lesson includes a brainstorming activity, a study of new sight words, a spelling activity, work in the activity book, work in the writing book and playing the match game. This Primary Studies unit provides a teacher and student section with a variety of lessons, activities, crossword and word search to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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The Night They Stole The Stanley Cup (Novel Study)

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The Night They Stole the Stanley Cup involves a local hockey team as they follow a trail of intrigue and mischief. A student booklet provides a backbone for the novel study and ensures student comprehension as well as building vocabulary and language skills. Related activities are suggested, which add variety and meaning to the workbook-style questions in the booklet. Great for the entire class, small groups or individually. This current, humorous novel deals with mature themes in a way that kids can relate to. "The Night They Stole the Stanley Cup" is sure to score with students. This Novel Study provides a teacher and student section with a variety of culminating activities, extension activities, discussion questions, chapter questions, crossword, word search, and answer key to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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World War II began when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. It was the second terrible, expensive, and tragic war that lasted six years and involved over 200. Students will learn about Germanys role, the major battles including ,and Normandy. Our resource provides ready-to-use information and activities for remedial students in grades five to eight. Written to grade and using simplified language and vocabulary, social studies concepts are presented in a way that makes them more accessible to students and easier to understand. Comprised of reading passages, student activities and color mini posters, our resource can be used effectively for whole-class, small group and independent work. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy.

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A baker who liked to throw around empty pie tins invented the Frisbee. An eleven-year-old boy invented the Popsicle after he left his soda pop and water concoction on the back porch one winter. Exciting inventions is sure to motivate and maximize your students learning outcomes. Core content, direct instruction format, student activities to demonstrate knowledge and a reproducible student handbook are included. Plenty of optional lessons are also included. This lesson is filled with major project ideas to create and display original inventions at an Invention Convention. This Physical Science lesson provides a teacher and student section with a variety of reading passages, activities, crossword, word search and answer key to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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Space is an introduction to the mysteries of the Universe. Included are Task Cards for independent learning, Journal Word Cards for creative writing, and Hands-On Activities for reinforcing skills in Math and Language Arts. Space is a perfect introduction to further research of the Solar System. Students will learn about the following topics: The Universe, The Solar System, The Sun, The Moon, Other Moons, Stars, Comets, and Constellations. Students will expand their knowledge of the known universe with answers to the questions, "What is the Universe?", "How many planets?", "What makes up the Solar System?", "What is a comet?", "What is a star?", and many more. This Earth Science lesson provides a teacher and student section with reading passages, activities, word search, task cards, and quiz to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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Reading with Robert Munsch (Author Study)

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The fabulous stories of Robert Munsch provides the basis for this author study that is sure to keep student interest at its highest. There are complete lessons including reproducible pages, exciting activities and questions for each of the following books: "Mud Puddle", "The Dark", "David's Father", "Millicent and The Wind", "Thomas' Snowsuit", "Jonathan Cleaned Up, Then He Heard A Sound", "The Paper Bag Princess", "The Boy In The Drawer", "The Fire Station", and "Angela's Airplane". Throughout this unit, children are involved in many different activities that focus their attention on language and how it is used. This Author Study provides a teacher and student section with a variety of activities, brainstorm activities, and cloze activities to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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Engage students in global climate change by personalizing their own carbon footprint. Introduce students to the effects of global climate change and its human-related causes. With our resource, students will learn about their footprint at home and get tips on how to reduce it. Teach your students about their travel footprint and alternative modes of transportation; then find out about their food footprints and ways to eat healthier, both for the environment and themselves. Finally, students will learn about the footprints of manufactured items, and the waste that comes from their trash. Using simplified language and vocabulary, our resource is comprised of reading passages, comprehension questions, crossword puzzle, word search, color mini posters, and a carbon footprint calculator that will allow students to calculate their personal carbon footprint. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy.

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The Ghost of Lunenburg Manor (Novel Study)

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The Ghost of Lunenburg Manor follows Tom and Liz Austen as they visit a haunted house on the invitation of Professor Zinck. There, Tom and Liz experience strange happenings, such as a fire burning on the sea, icy fingers in the night, and a dog who suddenly won't go near its master's bedroom. Appealing to children's inherent keen interest in mystery, Eric Wilson has skillfully woven accurate Canadian geographic and historic information into his writing. As such, these novels lend themselves to the integrated study of the mystery genre with Canadian geography topics in social studies, and investigation units in science. The Ghost of Lunenburg Manor provides rich material for the study of setting, characterization and plot development. This Novel Study provides a teacher and student section with a variety of activities, chapter questions, crossword, and answer key to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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The Magic of Christmas is a theme based, complete Christmas concert for students in grades PK-8. It is designed to include every student in the school while dividing the work load equally among the staff through the component system. Each Component is a unit in itself and can be rehearsed as a separate classroom unit, thus greatly reducing the time needed to prepare this production. Each component includes a description of the characters, props, costumes, and stage directions. The component feature allows teachers to add or delete items to suit their particular school size. This Holidays concert provides production notes, list of characters, costumes, props and stage set, as well as complete scripts, designed to increase students reading comprehension in a highly creative manner.