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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
Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in: American History U.S. History Bundle: Beginnings through the 1850's
Slavery in the Southern Colonies: A Socratic Seminar
Looking for a higher order thinking activity? Need a way to close out a unit on the Southern Colonies? Do you want to do a Socratic Seminar with your students? Students will evaluate three primary source documents to answer document-based questions. Students will engage in higher-level thinking and improve listening and speaking skills during this common-core supported activity. This activity is appropriate for 5th-7th graders and meets the Common Core Standards for Speaking and Listening.
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5th - 8th
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School Dress Code: An Evidence-Based Argumentative Writing Unit - Google Drive
This argumentative writing unit focuses on utilizing a popular and controversial topic, school dress codes, to spark informal dialogue and debate as well as claim/counterclaim development and evidence-based writing through article and video study. Examining students’ school dress code experiences, students are given many opportunities throughout this unit to discuss their positions with peers. These conversations and informal writings combined with an analysis of the differing viewpoints present
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6th - 12th
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Novel Study: The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart
When Mark, a 12-year-old from Washington, runs away with his camera, his notebook, and his beloved dog, he’s got a plan and a reason. “The mountain is calling me,” he insists. In The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart, the main character's life goal is to reach the top of Mount Rainier, even if it kills him.This is a wonderful story on so many levels, so I wanted to create a novel study that allows students to show their comprehension in a variety of ways:Visually & Creatively - recreating Mark'
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5th - 8th
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Christopher Columbus PBL Activity
The story of Christopher Columbus is full of controversy! In this engaging, interactive, and thought-provoking social studies and ELA PBL activity, the students will become investigative reporters to discover Columbus's voyages' positive (+) and negative (-) effects on those involved. Students will put on their thinking caps as they close read historical fiction accounts in the first person (Columbus) and an interview with a Taino Chief, seeing both perspectives. They will also use math to test
Grades:
4th - 6th
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Also included in: Christopher Columbus Interactive BUNDLE
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