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Common Core RI.11-12.10 dbqs
Thomas Paine Common Sense: Primary Source Activity | American History
Thomas Paine's Common Sense was a little pamphlet with big ideas! This primary source activity gives students a chance to read through and analyze the major paragraphs, or arguments, within his pamphlet while answering various questions. I created this mini-unit for my own classroom to help students understand this important document that shaped the course of Independence. You will find that this resource is challenging yet capable for all. Students are analyzing text from the 1700's which ca
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6th - 12th
Also included in: American History U.S. History Bundle: Beginnings through the 1850's
CONSTITUTION SCAVENGER HUNT: Google Drive | Google Forms | Google Classroom
To better understand the basic information within the U.S. Constitution, students will browse through this primary source document and find the main ideas regarding the 7 Articles and 27 Amendments. Included are 17 questions about the articles and 27 questions about the amendments. All questions (except for one) will be answered with a number. This is a great way to introduce, study, or review the United States Constitution for your civics unit or for a Constitution Day activity. You may even
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5th - 12th
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ENGLISH | MLK Speech: "I Have a Dream" The Power of Rhetoric - Speech Analysis
This lesson allows students read, explore, and analyze Dr. Martin Luther King's speech during the March on Washington during the civil rights movement. Students examine his speech, as he uses metaphors, poems, famous quotes, and hymns to convey a powerful message as he calls for equality and freedom in one of the most iconic speeches in American history.Students use a graphic organizer as they go through the document. Allowing for question prompts, help with vocabulary, and background informati
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Socratic Seminar: Who Should Be on American Currency?
The images we see around us daily have a subtle yet profound effect. In this Socratic seminar, students consider American currency and consider: should the faces on the bills be changed or stay the same? The learn who is featured on currency now and think on who could be. This activity can be used during an American History course as students learn about figures like Andrew Jackson and Harriet Tubman, or can be used as a general debate in any Social Studies or English-Language Arts classroom.
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8th - 12th
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Fragile States 101 - IB Global Politics
The learning activities in this lesson are designed to engage students in exploring the concept of state fragility from various angles, including through discussions, video analysis, reading excerpts, and a case study. Here's a summary of the learning activities:1. Warm Up: Students answer questions to review previous knowledge on legitimacy and non-state actors, preparing them for the topic of state fragility.2. Video Analysis: Students watch a video titled "Fragile States - Gateway Introductio
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Fragile State Case Study: Haiti 2014 - IB Global Politics
Marbury v. Madison DBQ Landmark Case AP GOV
This DBQ resource is aligned with the New AP GOV Test Redesign for 2018-2019. This is a fantastic way to provide opportunities for students to analyze primary sources in order to get a better understanding of Marbury v. Madison and judicial review. The benefit of this one page resource is that students can complete it quick (30-45 minutes) while obtaining a depth of knowledge of the case (and practicing the skills necessary for the new test!!!) Each document contains a number of questions tha
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9th - 12th
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Primary Source Analysis: Print and Digital Interactive Notebook Bundle
Save 30% and get access to all four digital and print interactive notebooks for primary source analysis!This bundle includes:Primary Source Document Analysis Interactive NotebookAnalyzing a Photo as an Historical Source: Interactive Student NotebookHistory with Maps Interactive NotebookArtifact Analysis Interactive NotebookEach of these interactive student notebooks have been carefully designed to unlock source analysis for students while building higher level academic literacy. The pages can be
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9th - 12th
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Analyzing a Photo Question Task Cards and Worksheets
Photography means “to write or draw with light,”. Analyzing a photo, therefore, is a logical extension of analyzing “texts”; documents we can read and read into, make sense of, and situate within a specific place and time. These question cards and worksheets for analyzing a photo will support students’ visual literacy skills as they apply to photography—strategies for reading, comprehending, and translating images into verbal language, while carefully guiding them through the process of academic
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Analyzing a Photo in Historical Context - Bundled Resources
Unit 3 - The Spanish Empire
This bundle includes a full unit of content covering the Spanish Empire in the Americas. Sessions 3.1-3.4 include the following resources:The full text of each Session from the Nomadic Professor's online American History course (nomadicprofessor.com)Exclusive on-location mini-lectures from the Nomadic Professor (the thumbnails for each video in the PDF are hyperlinked to their unlisted YouTube URLs)A professional audio recording (.mp3 or .m4a) of the full Session, including the audio from each v
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Analyzing a Photo as an Historical Source: Interactive Student Notebook
Take your students’ use of photographs as evidence to the next level with a carefully designed notebook that organizes and records their thinking while building their confidence as they analyze and contextualize historical images. Historical image analysis Introduces students to the richness of photographs and photographic ephemera as historical documents. In order to use source documents effectively in research of any kind, students must be able to perform effective source analysis. This social
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Primary Source Analysis: Print and Digital Interactive Notebook Bundle
American Expansion or Imperialism DBQ Five Paragraph Essay Pre-Write
Students are to categorize the effects of American Expansion, analyze the consequences of events and documents, Write a thesis paragraph, and use the documents as evidence to support their claims.
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9th - 12th
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Analyzing a Photo - Stations
Analyzing a photo using social studies learning stations will carefully guide students through the process of academic primary source analysis while keeping the whole class engaged and accountable for their own learning. This resource includesOPCVL Overview page with each analysis step defined5 station signs15 analysis tasks overall3 tasks/question cards per analysis step8x11.5 question/task signs for learning stationclear, easy to read designHigher-level analysis questions to keep even your mos
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Analyzing a Photo in Historical Context - Bundled Resources
Unit 4 - The French and the English
This bundle includes a full unit of content covering the French and English colonization efforts in the Americas. Sessions 4.1-4.4 include the following resources:The full text of each Session from the Nomadic Professor's online American History course (nomadicprofessor.com)Exclusive on-location mini-lectures from the Nomadic Professor (the thumbnails for each video in the PDF are hyperlinked to their unlisted YouTube URLs)A professional audio recording (.mp3 or .m4a) of the full Session, includ
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
5.5 - Document lesson: Why do interpretations of past events change over time?
This file includes a full document-based lesson:6 primary and secondary sources grouped around a guiding questionA handout on historical literacy (sourcing, contextualizing, reading and inferring, and corroborating)A graphic organizer for focusing attention on key information, organizing ideas, and drawing attention to similarities and differences between the sourcesSupport for students working virtually and/or independently:Model answers in the student handoutVideo guidance modeling how to read
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Unit 5 - The North and the South
Primary Source Document Analysis Interactive Notebook
Help your students master history primary source analysis with this carefully designed interactive student notebook that organizes and records student’s historical analysis while building their confidence in academic literacy.Primary source document analysis forces us to understand a document within its context; to be able to competently analyze any document we have to understand the circumstances surrounding why the text exists in the first place. Writing in itself is a human invention and can
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10th - 12th
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Also included in: Primary Source Analysis: Print and Digital Interactive Notebook Bundle
Primary Source Pack: 1950s Suburbanization: Good or Bad? 1950s Society
Looking for a way for students to evaluate the impact of suburbanization after World War II? Embed this interactive slide show into your learning managements system and have students draw conclusions from scholarly excerpts, describing the benefits and disadvantages of suburbanization. Source information is included so that students may consider the historical context of each sources' claims and conclusions. But, why waste your time creating the activities for this lesson? You can purchase the l
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9th - 11th
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Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address: Famous American Speeches
Help your students analyze the Gettysburg Address three key historical thinking skills: contextualization, author's purpose, and intended audience.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Famous American Speeches Unit
Frederick Douglass, Narrative, Reading Practice, Primary Source
Students read the first-hand account of how 16-year-old Frederick Douglass bested a slave-breaker and how he escaped from slavery by disguising himself as a sailor. This handout provides students with space for practicing annotations and note-taking. Excellent practice for Common Core State Standards. Ideal for US History and English classes.
Recommended use: Model how you would like students to annotate on the first paragraph. Discuss sensitive language and purpose for studying this document.
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8th - 12th
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Industrial Age Working Conditions (Women)
This product was created to bolster my Gilded/Industrial Age Unit. My particular unit focuses on the lives and working conditions of wage earners. This particular lesson is an engaging way to look at the lives of young Industrial Age female workers in their own words. This is an effective way to incorporate primary sources into your content in an engaging manner.
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Industrial Age America (Bundle)
Industrial Age Working Conditions (Men)
This product was originally created as a primary source reading activity to help bolster my Gilded/Industrial Age Unit. It was designed to make primary source readings a bit more engaging and allow the student to interact with visuals related to the primary source. The questions were designed to allow for discussion between students and with the instructor. How I teach this lesson:I typically read the sources and the students follow along. Students break into their groups and discuss the questio
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Industrial Age America (Bundle)
American Expansion or Imperialism DBQ Five Paragraph Essay Pre-Write
Students are to categorize the effects of American Expansion, analyze the consequences of events and documents, Write a thesis paragraph, and use the documents as evidence to support their claims.
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9th - 12th
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Article Response / Literary Terms
Teach literary terms using this newspaper article. The writing prompts ask students to analyze the articles using literary terms.
Two formats in zip file: .docx and .pdf. .PDF filename is in correct format for Learning Management System uploads.
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9th - 12th
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