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Common Core RI.11-12.9 dbqs
Constitution Day Activity Scavenger Hunt | Primary Source Analysis, Google Forms
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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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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Crash Course Quilt: Alternative to Traditional DBQ Essay
Do your students love John Green’s Crash Course videos!?!? Well, this alternative project is inspired by the series and may be used in place of a traditional document based question (DBQ) essay.
After reading a chapter in the textbook, reviewing primary sources, or completing a unit, students will create a “quilt” using index cards. This printable file contains the directions for the front and back of each card. (4” x 6” index cards are recommended.) A rubric and student samples (fronts only)
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8th - 11th
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President Donald Trump - First 100 Days DBQ DBQs
UPDATE: Now includes first 100 days. Will be updated throughout the presidency for all purchasers at no additional cost!
This DBQ packet covers several major moments in Donald Trump's presidency. Worksheets cover Trump's Inauguration, the initial travel ban executive order, Trump & the media, Trump's February 28th speech to the joint session of congress, and the investigation into Trump's ties to Russia. New for May 1st: Health Care, Syria, and North Korea.
Includes original documents from
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9th - 12th
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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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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
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
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
Cause of the Civil War DBQ
In this common core aligned, inquiry based activity, students will analyze primary sources to determine the cause of the American Civil War. Sources include both textual and visual sources and are paired with questions to help guide student analysis and develop their historical and critical thinking skills. Students will then use their findings to write a full 5-paragraph DBQ essay using the sources as evidence to support their argument as to what the true cause of the Civil War was. A graphic o
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7th - 12th
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Dred Scott Supreme Court Ruling Google Slides with Primary Source Analysis
These Google Slides include background information leading up to the Dred Scott ruling as well as a link to primary sources and questions over the Supreme Court ruling. Students will analyze the primary documents used in determining the judgment and answer questions about the documents and the ruling.
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8th - 12th
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