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Harriet Tubman Project-Based Unit | Research – Writing – Presentation to Pinterest (opens in a new window)
$3.00Add to CartA student-centered resource to help students learn and practice research skills, report writing, project and presentation skills.
Students will use this project-based unit to learn about and report on Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman was an American abolitionist and political activist who was into slavery. Tubman escaped and subsequently made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. She later helped abolitionist John Brown recruit men for his raid on Harpers Ferry. During the American Civil War, she served as an armed scout and spy for the Union Army. In her later years, Tubman was an activist in the struggle for women’s suffrage.
This notebooking, project unit can be assigned individually or within cooperative groups. After completing the written portion of this resource, you can grade it (or) assign students to do an oral and/or audio-visual presentation based on their findings/work.
What is in this resource?
- Student instructions for using biographical notebooking, project pages
- Suggested research questions
- Student notebooking, project pages (includes covers, KWL, reference recording, report writing, and more)
- Teacher pages (instructions, assignment, evaluation)
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Abigail Adams Project-Based Unit | Research – Writing – Presentation to Pinterest (opens in a new window)$3.00Add to Cart
A student-centered resource to help students learn and practice research skills, report writing, project and presentation skills.
Students will use this project-based unit to learn about and report on Abigail Adams. Abigail Adams: Wife of President John Adams and mother of John Quincy Adam is a woman to be studied. An intellectual woman, she is remembered as a woman beyond her time. Her ideas on women’s rights and government influenced the U.S. during its founding! Here is a student-centered unit to aid students in researching and reporting about Abigail. Who was she? What did she believe? How did she influence U.S. History?
This notebooking project unit can be assigned individually or within cooperative groups. After completing the written portion of this resource, you can grade it (or) assign students to do an oral and/or audio-visual presentation based on their findings/work.
What is in this resource?
- Student instructions for using biographical notebooking, project pages
- Suggested research questions
- Student notebooking, project pages (includes covers, KWL, reference recording, report writing, and more)
- Teacher pages (instructions, assignment, evaluation)
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Studying the state of Kentucky? Perhaps doing a unit on Ornithology? This project-based unit is designed to help students study and record information about Kentucky’s state bird – the Northern Cardinal!
Included:
– A map page (for the state)
– Scientific classification page
– A page for students to give details about the bird’s physical description, habitat, diet, life span and reproduction
– A page where students will do additional map work to show where in the U.S. the bird lives in addition to migration information
– Coloring page
– Several pages on which students can use for expository and/or creative writing as well as sections in which students may draw.14 pages in all and is designed for different levels / abilities.
Check out this article on the Northern Cardinal!
My Teaching Library has a notebooking set for each of all 50 states. In addition, you can get all of them bundled!
If you only want a specific state, type in the search bar the state you want + ‘notebooking set’ (Example: West Virginia Notebooking Set)
Here are other bird related products you’ll love…
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Phillis Wheatley Project-Based Unit | Research – Writing – Presentation to Pinterest (opens in a new window)$3.00Add to Cart
✏️A student-centered resource to help students learn and practice research skills, report writing, project and presentation skills.
Students will use this project-based unit to learn about and report on Phillis Wheatley. Phillis Wheatley was the first African American woman to publish a book of poetry. Born in West Africa, she was sold into slavery at the age of seven or eight and transported to North America. She was purchased by the Wheatley family of Boston, who taught her to read and write and encouraged her poetry when they saw her talent.
✏️This notebooking project unit can be assigned individually or within cooperative groups. Use it within a Language Arts classroom or a Social Studies / U.S. History classroom. Very flexible and cross-curricular! After completing the written portion of this resource, you can grade it (or) assign students to do an oral and/or audio-visual presentation based on their findings/work.
✏️What is in this resource?
- Student instructions for using biographical notebooking, project pages
- Suggested research questions
- Student notebooking, project pages (includes covers, KWL, reference recording, report writing, and more)
- Teacher pages (instructions, assignment, evaluation)
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Turkey Lapbook | Thanksgiving Science & Fall Interactive Project to Pinterest (opens in a new window)$5.00Add to Cart
Transform your science and seasonal lessons into an engaging, interactive adventure with the Turkeys Lapbooking Unit! Perfect for classroom teachers, homeschool families, and co-op instructors, this 31-page hands-on resource turns ordinary learning into an interactive showcase of student discovery.
From wild turkey biology, classification, and anatomy to holiday traditions, history, and Thanksgiving reflections, this unit bridges life science and social studies in a format students are proud to keep.
Designed with complete instructional flexibility, it empowers educators to scale content up or down depending on the student’s grade, interest, and ability level. Rather than dictating rigid placement, this resource encourages learners to design, organize, and construct their own custom lapbook—fostering ownership, fine motor skills, and organizational thinking.
What’s Included
This 31-page downloadable PDF package is fully stocked with ready-to-print templates, informational reading sheets, and decorative assets:
- Teacher & Student Setup Guides: Easy-to-follow visual instructions for building single-folder, single tri-fold, or expanded double tri-fold lapbook bases.
- Planning & Assessment Tools: A teacher-directed assignment checklist with due dates form and a complete grading rubric.
- Comprehensive Turkey Fact Sheets: High-interest informational reading covering scientific classification, life spans, diets, habitats, reproduction, flight capabilities, senses, and Thanksgiving traditions.
- Vocabulary & Terminology Resources: Curated turkey terminology (poults, hens, toms, rafters, snoods, caruncles, wattles) alongside recommended reading lists.
- Diagrams & Visual Reference: Detailed labeled diagrams illustrating wild turkey anatomy and the physiological differences between hens and gobblers.
- Interactive Mini-Books & Foldables:
- Anatomy flaps and cut-and-paste labeling diagrams
- Question flap-books exploring habitats, predators, diet, flight abilities, and historical trivia
- Pentagonal and hexagonal foldables covering turkey tracks and Native American connections
- Interactive pockets for custom vocabulary flashcards and photo collections
- “Things I’m Thankful For…” craft foldables and reflective writing prompts
- Blank foldout templates for independent research, student-driven questions, and extra writing
- Full-Color Photos & Clipart: Vivid, high-resolution photographs of wild and domestic turkeys, silhouette cut-outs, decorative turkey track trails, and student coloring elements to personalize every project.
Key Educational Benefits
- Promotes Critical Thinking & Ownership: Instead of filling out cookie-cutter worksheets, students arrange and structure their own lapbooks, building real-world spatial planning and organizational skills.
- Multi-Age & Multi-Level Flexibility: Easily adapt the depth of study by selecting the specific mini-books that best match your students’ learning styles, from early elementary to middle school.
- Cross-Curricular Integration: Seamlessly weaves life science, scientific taxonomy, reading comprehension, descriptive writing, and American history into one unified unit.
- High-Engagement, Tactile Learning: Kinesthetic cutting, folding, gluing, and coloring keep active learners focused and excited about biological science.
- All-in-One Convenience: Includes instructional reading, activities, art elements, assignment tracking, and rubrics—cutting down prep time while delivering an enriched educational experience.
How to Use This Resource
- Thanksgiving Themed Unit Study: Dive into the history, folklore, and biology behind North America’s most iconic bird during the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving.
- Hands-On Science Center: Set up printed templates, scissors, and reference books at a classroom station where students complete individual flaps throughout your bird or zoology unit.
- Homeschool Portfolio Project: Guide your child through the research sheets and foldables over a one- or two-week block, creating a keepsake lapbook to showcase in your end-of-year homeschool portfolio.
- Co-Op Science Presentations: Have students research different turkey subspecies, build their lapbooks, and present their finished tri-folds to the group using the included rubric for evaluation.
- Independent Extension: Use the included blank foldables for advanced learners to conduct open-ended library research on wild turkey conservation or behavior.
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Inspire a passion for wildlife science and hands-on discovery in your learning space!
Download the Turkeys Lapbooking Unit today and watch your students create an interactive learning keepsake they will be proud to share!
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U.S. Elections: A Student-Centered Project-Based Unit for 4th-6th Grades to Pinterest (opens in a new window)$4.99Add to Cart
Your students want to learn and they love when given a chance to take charge of their learning! That is why I’ve created this U.S. Elections themed resource that will give them the opportunities they need to take charge, make decisions, collaborate and learn…all while creating a wonderful project! This resource will give the students the opportunity to learn about different aspects of U.S. elections (whether local or national) and at the same time give them choices as to what they want (or need) to focus on. It will also give them the opportunity to choose how they want to work (alone or in a group) and how they present their findings (notebooking or lapbooking).
Of course, if you as the teacher, want (or need) to assign specifics and give them less control, you can do that as well. This resource is flexible!
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Mercy Otis Warren Project-Based Unit | Research – Writing – Presentation to Pinterest (opens in a new window)$3.00Add to Cart
✏️A student-centered resource to help students learn and practice research skills, report writing, project and presentation skills.
Students will use this project-based unit to learn about and report on Mercy Otis Warren. Mercy Otis Warren was an American poet, dramatist, and historian whose proximity to political leaders and critical national events gives particular value to her writing on the American Revolutionary period. She is considered by some to be the first American woman to write primarily for the public rather than for herself.
✏️This notebooking project unit can be assigned individually or within cooperative groups. Use it within a Language Arts classroom or a Social Studies / U.S. History classroom. Very flexible and cross-curricular! After completing the written portion of this resource, you can grade it (or) assign students to do an oral and/or audio-visual presentation based on their findings/work.
✏️What is in this resource?
- Student instructions for using biographical notebooking, project pages
- Suggested research questions
- Student notebooking, project pages (includes covers, KWL, reference recording, report writing, and more)
- Teacher pages (instructions, assignment, evaluation)
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Turn your geography lessons into a creative travel adventure! As your students explore the historic and diverse Northeast region, these scrapbooking pages offer a dynamic way for them to document their “journey.” Instead of just memorizing facts, students become curators of their own learning, capturing the essence of the states from Maine down to Pennsylvania.
This 5-page set is designed to be the perfect companion to your regional studies, allowing students to blend artistic expression with factual writing.
🧠 The “How” and “Why” (Educational Benefits)
Why swap traditional worksheets for scrapbooking? It’s all about active synthesis:
- Multisensory Engagement: By drawing or pasting pictures and writing short descriptions, students engage multiple areas of the brain, leading to significantly higher information retention. 🎨
- Critical Thinking & Opinion: The “Personal Opinion” section moves beyond rote memorization, asking students to evaluate information and decide what interests them most—a key skill in developing independent learners. 💭
- Comprehensive Coverage: These pages guide students through the “Big Six” of geography: Climate, Landforms, Water, Natural Resources, Landmarks, and Culture. 🏔️🌊
- Ownership of Learning: Creating a scrapbook gives students a sense of pride and ownership. It’s no longer just a school assignment; it’s an artifact of their hard work. 📖
🛠️ Creative Ways to Use These Pages
- The “Travel Journal” Project: Have students “visit” the Northeast virtually. Use these pages as their daily log to record what they “saw” each day. ✈️
- State Fair Displays: If students are doing a deep dive into specific states, use these pages as the centerpiece for a poster board or display table.
- Geography Portfolios: Add these pages to a year-long geography binder. By the end of the year, students will have a complete “Travel Guide to the USA.” 📁
- Collaborative Posters: Print the pages at a larger scale and have small groups (or family) work together to illustrate and describe a specific aspect of the Northeast (like “Culture and Food”). 🍕
📝 What’s Included:
- 5 Detailed Scrapbooking Pages: Focused on the Northeast states.
- Guided Categories: Sections for Climate, Landforms, Water, Natural Resources, Landmarks, and Culture.
- Map Skills: Locating the states within the region.
- Personal Reflection: Space for students to share where they would most like to visit.
Pro Tip: This set is designed to pair perfectly with My Teaching Library’s Regions of the U.S. – Northeast Region | Informational Text and Worksheets for a complete, no-prep curriculum solution!
🚀 Start Your Northeast Adventure!
Transform your geography unit from dry facts into a vivid discovery! Download the Northeast Scrapbooking Pages today and give your students the creative space to show off what they know!✨
⭐ This product is included in a $$$ SAVING BUNDLE: Regions of the U.S.A. | Geography Bundle
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Studying the state of Alabama? Perhaps doing a unit on Ornithology? This project based unit is designed to help students study and record information about Alabama’s state bird – the Northern Flicker!
What type of pages are contained in this set:
– A map page (for the state)
– Scientific classification page
– A page for students to give details about the bird’s physical description, habitat, diet, life span and reproduction
– A page where students will do additional map work to show where in the U.S. the bird lives in addition to migration information
– Coloring page
– Several pages on which students can use for expository and/or creative writing as well as sections in which students may draw.14 pages in all and is designed for different levels / abilities.
My Teaching Library has a notebooking set for each of all 50 states. In addition, you can get all of them bundled!
If you only want a specific state, type in the search bar the state you want + ‘notebooking set’ (Example: West Virginia Notebooking Set)
Here are other bird related products you’ll love…
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Studying the state of Ohio and state symbols? What is the state bird of Ohio?
This project-based unit is designed to help students study and record information about Ohio’s state bird: Northern Cardinal
⭐ 14 pages in all and is designed for different levels / abilities.
– A map page (for the state)
– Scientific classification page
– A page for students to give details about the bird’s physical description, habitat, diet, life span and reproduction
– A page where students will do additional map work to show where in the U.S. the bird lives in addition to migration information
– Coloring page
– Several pages on which students can use for expository and/or creative writing as well as sections in which students may draw.My Teaching Library has a notebooking set for each of all 50 states. In addition, you can get all of them bundled!
Here are other bird related products you’ll love…
- North American Birds of Prey Research / Report Pages
- Birds if Prey Flashcards
- Audubon’s Birds – Coloring Book (80 species)
- U.S. State Birds Coloring Book
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This United States Constitution Lapbook will help students gain an good understanding of America’s foundational document and American History.
It is an interactive learning resource and can be student guided or teacher directed!
Included in this product…
- Lapbooking instructions
- Assignment page
- Lapbook Rubric
- Complete copy of the U.S. Constitution
- Lapbook templates
While completing this project, students will be asked to report on things such as…the purpose of the Constitution, when it was written, the amendments, Bill of Rights, the framers of the document, the Constitutional delegates, the Virginia Plan, separation of powers, checks and balances, the make up of the different branches of our government and more. A copy of the U.S. Constitution is included. Students will be required to research or read books to gather information to complete much of the project.
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Help students get the most of any study on American Westward Expansion and the Pony Express! This resource provide themed pages that students can use to record information from class lessons, textbook reading or from their own research! Inspiring student creativity and productivity are the reasons behind the designing of this product. These pages are ready to use and flexible!
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Studying the state of Oklahoma? Perhaps doing a unit on Ornithology? This project-based unit is designed to help students study and record information about Oklahoma’s state bird – Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher!
Included:
– A map page (for the state)
– Scientific classification page
– A page for students to give details about the bird’s physical description, habitat, diet, life span and reproduction
– A page where students will do additional map work to show where in the U.S. the bird lives in addition to migration information
– Coloring page
– Several pages on which students can use for expository and/or creative writing as well as sections in which students may draw.14 pages in all and is designed for different levels / abilities.
My Teaching Library has a notebooking set for each of all 50 states. In addition, you can get all of them bundled!
If you only want a specific state, type in the search bar the state you want + ‘notebooking set’ (Example: West Virginia Notebooking Set)
Here are other bird related products you’ll love…
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$3.00Add to Cart
🌽 Bring the “Heartland” to life with this creative, hands-on geography resource! As your students explore the Midwest region, these scrapbooking pages provide a structured yet artistic way for them to document their discoveries. From the Great Lakes to the rolling prairies, students will transition from passive readers to active explorers as they curate their own regional “travel log.”
This 5-page set is designed to be a flexible companion to any geography curriculum, allowing students to combine factual research with personal expression.
🧠 The “How” and “Why” (Educational Benefits)
Why choose scrapbooking for geography? It’s all about engaging the whole learner:
- Visual & Kinetic Memory: By drawing or searching for pictures to paste, students create strong visual anchors for geographical concepts like landforms and landmarks. 🎨
- Synthesized Writing: Writing “short sentences” requires students to summarize what they’ve learned, which is a higher-level thinking skill than simply copying definitions. ✍️
- Student Agency: The “Personal Opinion” section empowers students to connect with the material on a human level—deciding for themselves what makes a location worth visiting. 💭
- Multi-Category Mastery: These pages ensure students don’t just learn “where” a place is, but “what” it is, covering: Climate, Landforms, Water, Natural Resources, Landmarks, and Culture. 🚜🏗️
🛠️ Ways to Use These Pages in Your Classroom
- The “Midwest Research” Project: Have students use “Regions of the U.S. – Midwest Region | Informational Text and Worksheets”, library books or safe search engines to find the facts needed to “fill their scrapbook” independently. 🔍
- A Creative Unit Wrap-Up: After finishing a unit on the Midwest, use these pages as a fun alternative to a traditional test to assess what information stuck.
- Travel Journaling: Pretend the lesson time is a time to go on a cross-country road trip. Each day, “stop” in the Midwest and have students update their scrapbooks with what they “saw.” 🚗💨
- Collaborative Portfolios: Collect the pages over the course of the year as students study every region, eventually binding them into a complete “Tour of the USA” book. 📁
📝 What’s Included:
- 5 Creative Scrapbooking Pages: Specifically tailored to the Midwest region.
- Guided Prompts: Dedicated sections for drawing/pasting and writing about climate, resources, landmarks, and more.
- Map Integration: Practice naming the states within the Heartland.
- Personal Reflection: A “Where to Visit” section to spark imagination and travel dreams.
Pro Tip: This set is designed to pair perfectly with Regions of the U.S. – Midwest Region | Informational Text and Worksheets for a comprehensive, ready-to-go geography unit!
🚀 Start the Heartland Adventure!
Turn geography into a keepsake! Download the Midwest Scrapbooking Pages today and give your students a creative way to master the map!
⭐ This product is included in a $$$ SAVING BUNDLE: Regions of the U.S.A. | Geography Bundle
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Mary Rowlandson Project-Based Unit | Research – Writing – Presentation to Pinterest (opens in a new window)$3.00Add to Cart
✏️A student-centered resource to help students learn and practice research skills, report writing, project and presentation skills.
Students will use this project-based unit to learn about and report on Mary Rowlandson.Mary Rowlandson was a British American colonial author who wrote one of the first 17th-century captivity narratives, in which she told of her capture by Native Americans, revealing both elements of Native American life and of Puritan-Indian conflicts in early New England.
✏️This notebooking project unit can be assigned individually or within cooperative groups. Use it within a Language Arts classroom or a Social Studies / U.S. History classroom. Very flexible and cross-curricular! After completing the written portion of this resource, you can grade it (or) assign students to do an oral and/or audio-visual presentation based on their findings/work.
✏️What is in this resource?
- Student instructions for using biographical notebooking, project pages
- Suggested research questions
- Student notebooking, project pages (includes covers, KWL, reference recording, report writing, and more)
- Teacher pages (instructions, assignment, evaluation)
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All Aboard! A Cross-Curricular Unit all about Trains (3rd-6th grades) to Pinterest (opens in a new window)$10.00Add to Cart
This is a fun, engaging unit on trains!
See description for details
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Studying the state of Iowa and state symbols? What is the state bird of Iowa? This project-based unit is designed to help students study and record information about Iowa’s state bird: American Goldfinch
⭐Included:
– A map page (for the state)
– Scientific classification page
– A page for students to give details about the bird’s physical description, habitat, diet, life span and reproduction
– A page where students will do additional map work to show where in the U.S. the bird lives in addition to migration information
– Coloring page
– Several pages on which students can use for expository and/or creative writing as well as sections in which students may draw.⭐ 14 pages in all and is designed for different levels / abilities.
My Teaching Library has a notebooking set for each of all 50 states. In addition, you can get all of them bundled!
Here are other bird related products you’ll love…
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Rosa Parks Project-Based Unit | Research – Writing – Presentation to Pinterest (opens in a new window)$3.00Add to Cart
✏️A student-centered resource to help students learn and practice research skills, report writing, project and presentation skills.
Students will use this project-based unit to learn about and report on Rosa Parks. Rosa Parks was a civil rights activist who refused to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Her defiance sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott; its success launched nationwide efforts to end racial segregation of public facilities.
✏️This notebooking project unit can be assigned individually or within cooperative groups. Use it within a Language Arts classroom or a Social Studies / U.S. History classroom. Very flexible and cross-curricular! After completing the written portion of this resource, you can grade it (or) assign students to do an oral and/or audio-visual presentation based on their findings/work.
✏️What is in this resource?
- Student instructions for using biographical notebooking, project pages
- Suggested research questions
- Student notebooking, project pages (includes covers, KWL, reference recording, report writing, and more)
- Teacher pages (instructions, assignment, evaluation)
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Studying the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln? Wanting your students to develop their ability to research, organize, write and create a complete project? This interactive, hands on, resource is one that can be used in Social Studies, History and Language Arts classes and is designed to be either teacher led or student centered – whichever you prefer! This project resource can be assigned individually or to cooperative groups. You can give students as much latitude as you want – or – you can be very deliberate in what and how you assign students to use the pages.
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Famous African Americans – 10 Projects | Research – Writing – Presentation to Pinterest (opens in a new window)$27.00Add to Cart
✏️Student-centered units that includes 10 projects surrounding famous African American in U.S. History. These units will help students learn and practice research skills, report writing, project and presentation skills.
✏️Students will use these 10 project-based units to learn about and create reports and presentations on the following people:
- Sojourner Truth
- Frederick Douglass
- Harriet Tubman
- Dred Scott
- Barack Obama
- Booker T Washington
- George Washington Carver
- Thurgood Marshall
- Rosa Parks
- Maya Angelou
✏️These notebooking projects can be assigned individually or within cooperative groups. Use them within a Language Arts classroom or a Social Studies / U.S. History classroom. Very flexible and cross-curricular!
After completing the written portion of each resource, you can grade it (or) assign students to do an oral and/or audio-visual presentation based on their findings/work.
✏️What is in each unit?
- Student instructions for using biographical notebooking, project pages
- Suggested research questions
- Student notebooking, project pages (includes covers, KWL, reference recording, report writing, and more)
- Teacher pages (instructions, assignment, evaluation)
