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https://www.lahainalunahs.org/apps/classes/753158/assignments/

http://www.michaelphelps.me/renaissance.html

https://shs.sharylandisd.org/faculty/Bio/world_history_studies_-_notes___powerpoints

https://www.sd308.org/Page/18638

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https://www.sutori.com/story/sutori-for-social-studies-teachers--7bmFcNow8Ms67ePV8yMcX6cH

https://janottaijhs.weebly.com/6th-grade.html

https://www.wssd.org/Page/7170

http://waterforsixthgrade.blogspot.com/search/label/neanderthals

Mr. Donn
Mr. Dowling

https://sites.google.com/site/knunnsocialstudies/notes-for-ancient-egypt

https://blms.bartlettschools.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1022961&type=u&pREC_ID=1509506

https://www.mervo.org/ourpages/auto/2019/2/13/32021889/Ancient%20Egypt.pdf

https://rvms.dcsdk12.org/teams__departments/7_arctic_wolves/mrs__carson_s_social_studies/unit_handouts___materials/unit_4_2__ancient_egypt___river_civs_

http://www.mrmarks6.com/mr-dowling/

http://kcsint.ss3.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_1025974/File/Ancient%20India%20powerpoint.pdf

https://ccms.ccusd.org/apps/classes/704303/assignments/

https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/kincaia/unit-3/

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https://padlet.com/joshuahostetter/6th_SSresources

https://padlet.com/lhighfill/3r0ck2e3gzyl

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https://sites.google.com/view/peterson-web-page/hyperdocs

https://sites.google.com/view/peterson-web-page/sciencehealth?authuser=0

http://usingeducationaltechnology.com/hyperdoc-social-studies/

https://sites.google.com/winton.k12.ca.us/movingthroughthemiddle/home/hyperdocs/medieval-and-early-modern-times/rome-and-christendom-300-ce-1200

https://padlet.com/edtechnut/socialstudies

https://ditchthattextbook.com/the-hyperdocs-toolbox-14-engaging-example-activities/

http://spartansocialstudies.blogspot.com/2018/01/us-history-and-economics-hyperdocs.html

http://mrmacsroom.weebly.com/hyperdocs.html

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http://mrsbyars.blogspot.com/p/resources-for-teachers.html

https://sites.google.com/winton.k12.ca.us/movingthroughthemiddle/home/hyperdocs/medieval-and-early-modern-times/rome-and-christendom-300-ce-1200

https://history.esc2.net/node/30#World%20History

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https://www.icivics.org/

https://jcondry.weebly.com/unit-1-doc.html

http://mrsfaisonsocialstudies.weebly.com/

https://attardisocialstudies.weebly.com/

https://historywithmsconway.weebly.com/

http://strandss.weebly.com/

http://sspeterson.weebly.com/8th-grade.html

https://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=775864#anchor

https://newpathworksheets.com/social-studies/grade-8/north-carolina-standards

https://nims8socialstudies.wordpress.com/unit-1-new-faces-new-places/

https://sites.google.com/a/orange.k12.nc.us/gh-ss-8th-grade/home?authuser=0

http://spartansocialstudies.blogspot.com/2018/01/us-history-and-economics-hyperdocs.html

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https://ancientcivwebquest.weebly.com/japan.html

https://www.woodstown.org/Page/5028

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https://www.helpteaching.com/questions/Greece/Grade_6

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Ed Tech

Sometimes, we just need some help organizing our thoughts - students AND educators.

Paper versions of graphic organizers can do a nice job of that. But by making them digital in Google Apps, they instantly become customizable. Multiple people can collaborate on them in real time. They can be shared with a link, embedded in a website or downloaded as an image file.

In short, digital graphic organizers are more versatile.

In Google Apps, there's a highly powerful yet highly overlooked app called Drawings. It gives users a blank canvas where they can add text, shapes, lines, etc. When done, they can save their work as image files or PDF files and can add those images to documents, slides and spreadsheets.
Drawings can be the virtual page where students can gather and process their ideas.

I used to shy away from doing a lot of graphic organizers because it's hard to design them in Google Docs; the moment I learned that you could change the page set-up to 8.5 x 11 inches, my world CHANGED. Now I rarely use Google Docs to make *anything*; I use Google Slides by default because I can add more graphics and have better control of the overall configuration. - Amy Nolan, high school English teacher, Commerce, Texas

Creating graphic organizer templates with Google Drawings

As Amy mentioned above, Google Slides can be used to create these as well as Google Drawings. The difference - Drawings focuses on one single page; Slides has multiple slides, which allows for multiple pages.

I've created 15 of them (see links below) that can be copied, saved, changed, tweaked or completely redone to fit your needs and your students' needs. We have added 10 more that were created by the Ditch That Textbook community and shared with us for this post.

It took me about 90 minutes to make 15 of them so that averages out to six minutes each. (Some were more time-consuming than others, and I got faster at making them as I progressed.)

Sharing your Google Drawings graphic organizers
Once you've created a graphic organizer (or have saved one of mine), there are a few easy ways to get them to your students:

If you use Google Classroom, create a new assignment and choose the option to deliver a copy of your graphic organizer to each student.

You can copy the URL (link) to the graphic organizer and deliver it to students via a class website, SeeSaw etc. You can also make a shorter, easier URL to type with URL shorteners like Bitly and TinyURL. (Check your Internet filter to make sure your shortened URLs come through. I've found that TinyURL works in most schools' filters.)

Using the blue "Share" button, click the "Get shareable link" button and set the document as "Anyone with the link" at the top and "Can view" at the bottom. That way, students won't be able to change your original copy and will have to make a copy of their own.

PRO TIP: When you copy a URL (link) to any G Suite file, it probably says "view" or "edit" at the end of it. If you change that word to "copy", it will force whoever opens that link to make a copy of the file instead of opening your file. That's another trick to keeping your original version from being altered. (If you assign it through Google Classroom, you won't need to do this.)

Here are 25 graphic organizer templates that can be used for many different subject areas and grade levels.

Feel free to make a copy of any of these google drawings templates and adapt them for your own use:

Question: What other graphic organizers would be useful to create in Google Drawings? Can you share a link to a graphic organizer you've created so others can use it, too? Leave a comment below!

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25 FREE Google Drawings graphic organizers - and how to make your own

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Using Google Drawings to create graphic organizers can help students gather their thoughts and customize to their needs. Here are 25 templates to get you started.

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6th Grade SS Materials(Powerpoints/Test Review)

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6th Grade SS Materials(Powerpoints/Test Review)

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https://sites.google.com/a/dunmoreschooldistrict.net/ferg/Home/ancient-india-and-persia

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https://www.nationalgeographic.org/topics/middlehigh-school-resources-remote-learning/?q=&page=1&per_page=25

https://unctv.pbslearningmedia.org/subjects/social-studies/geography/

https://ed.ted.com/lessons?category=geography

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Creating Matching Questions using Google Forms

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Science: https://education.fcps.org/AdvancedAcademics/scien

SocialStudies: https://education.fcps.org/AdvancedAcademics/MS_socialstudies

Math: https://education.fcps.org/advancedacademics/middlemath

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https://rfm.rcschools.net/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=722491&type=u&pREC_ID=1561812

https://www.hickmanmills.org/Page/10822

https://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=2209620

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https://www.wssd.org/Page/4601

https://padlet.com/smilelearning/Sciencehyperdocs

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https://nc.discoveryeducation.com/learn/channels/strategies

Paper-Slide Video

The Envelope Please

Sound Check

Divide & Slide

My 2 - 1 - 4

Table Top Texting

Paper Chat

3 Truths, 1 Lie

Visual Walkabout

Get Your Thinking Hat On

Inquiry Chart

Multiple Perspectives

Tweet! Tweet!

Jigsaw

The Question Is

AEIOU

Four Corners

Graffiti Walk

Instagram-in

Music Video

Myth Bustin

PMI

6 Word Story

Snowball Fight

Surround Sound

Thanks Sums it Up

20 Questions

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Like Kahoot
https://quizizz.com

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Has Virtual Reality battles and other information.

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Explore the globe-spanning events and military engagements that shaped America over the course of two centuries, from the beginning of the French and Indian War in 1754 to the end of World War II in 1945.

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Explore the globe-spanning events and military engagements that shaped America over the course of two centuries, from the beginning of the French and Indian War in 1754 to the end of World War II in 1945.

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https://sites.google.com/view/mrsbyarshistory/ap-world

https://sites.google.com/smmk12.org/smmusddl/distance-learning-resources/social-studies-history?authuser=0

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Guided Notes/Powerpoints 6th Grade SS resources(TOP)

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Guided Notes/Powerpoints 6th Grade SS resources(TOP)

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https://sites.google.com/site/mbookclassroom/home/6th-grade-social-studies

https://osms.roaneschools.com/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=768293&type=u&pREC_ID=1224336

https://amsschools.edlioschool.com/apps/classes/943616/assignments/

https://ccms.ccusd.org/apps/classes/709929/assignments/

https://amsschools.edlioschool.com/apps/classes/943616/assignments/

http://www.manzanitaelementaryschool.com/subsites/Jim-Schroeder/6th-Grade-History---Ancient-Civilizations/index.html

https://www.wsfcs.k12.nc.us/Page/10266

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https://getkahoot.com/
Kahoot! is a free game-based learning platform that makes it fun to learn – any subject, in any language, on any device, for all ages!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFFv6_6was4

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Social Studies:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzuqhhs6NWbgTzMuM09WKDQ

https://edu.google.com/expeditions/#about

https://www.vrfocus.com/2018/03/merge-vr-show-off-museum-viewer-for-merge-cube/

Science:
https://www.commonsense.org/education/app/lifeliqe

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzuqhhs6NWbgTzMuM09WKDQ

http://www.discoveryvr.com/watch/journey-to-the-edge-of-space

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This site has free lessons, powerpoints and worksheets. It is like padlet with the ability to use a lot more resources.

https://www.tes.com/

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Prezi is an alternative to Powerpoint or Google slides.

https://prezi.com/

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http://www.discoveryeducation.com/Events/virtual-field-trips/explore/index.cfm?campaign=flyout_teachers_virtual_field_trips

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www.answergarden.ch
Similar to wordle or polleverywhere students can submit words or teacher can use whole class if devices aren't available.

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https://quizizz.com/
Avatars, leaderboards, themes, music and memes! We're always working on new ways to keep things interesting! Create quizzes in minutes!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz0fB4u9uF8

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www.quizlet.com
Similar to Quizziz where students can play games either whole class or individually. Great for vocabulary review. Students love the whole class option.

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www.plickers.com
Formative assessment/exit tickets

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www.nearpod.com
Similar to Power Point but more interactive. Teachers can insert questions between "teaching slides" to check in on student understanding. Features include ability to control all students on the same slide or students can work at their own pace. Free until a certain point. K-12 teachers love this because the little ones can draw on it as well.

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Social Studies Website with bountiful resources

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Social Studies Website with bountiful resources

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http://irishbones.weebly.com/social-studies-lessons.html

https://www.mrloguesroom.com/scientific-revenlightenment.html

https://rvms.dcsdk12.org/teams__departments/7_arctic_wolves/mrs__carson_s_social_studies/unit_handouts___materials/unit_6__ancient_rome

https://nsms6thgradesocialstudies.weebly.com/ancient-greece.html

https://sites.google.com/a/cms.k12.nc.us/mrs-gilbert-6th-grade-social-studies/home

http://www.mrroughton.com/

http://thorntonclasswebsite.weebly.com/

https://www.commackschools.org/6thGradeSocialStudies.aspx

https://www.ms890.org/j-sixta-6th-grade-social-studies.html

https://www.cambriansd.org/Page/488

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https://kahoot.it/

http://linoit.com/home

https://answergarden.ch/

https://www.polleverywhere.com/

www.tinyurl.com

https://www.goosechase.com/

PaperSlideVideo
https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=A0LEVifuSQFaffcAZWQPxQt.;_ylu=X3oDMTByMjB0aG5zBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw--?p=paper+slide&fr=yhs-Lkry-SF01&hspart=Lkry&hsimp=yhs-SF01#id=1&vid=49b55a010b499d5f9f2b2d4d8b8761ae&action=view