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4th grade dbq pdfs
13 Colonies - Pilgrims vs. Puritans - Reading and Comparison Chart and Key
13 Colonies - Pilgrims vs. Puritans - Reading and Comparison Chart - This 5 page resource relates to the 13 Colonies of American history and centers on the similarities and differences between the Pilgrims and the Puritans in early 13 Colonies history. The resource includes a detailed 2 page reading on the basic history of both the Pilgrims and the Puritans and their roles in the 13 Colonies. The reading details the basic similarities and differences of the Pilgrims and Puritans and is an exce
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4th - 10th
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Analyzing Primary and Secondary Sources
Analyzing Primary and Secondary Sources with interactive notebook includedAnalyzing Primary and Secondary SourcesAn Introduction to Primary & Secondary Sources: Political Cartoons, Scaffolding Questions, Constructed-Response Questions, and more!This series of activities and examples introduces primary and secondary sources to your students!Included in this resource:Analyzing Primary & Secondary Sources Cover pageAnalyzing Primary & Secondary Sources Cover page for studentsWhat is a d
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4th - 8th
Also included in: Analyzing Primary and Secondary Sources BUNDLE
Road to the American Revolution DBQ Document-Based Questions
American RevolutionDocument-Based Questions (DBQs) are a great way to expose students to primary sources as well as to make them think about an event in history and respond to it. This unit can be used in a few ways. You can project the full-page images on my board so that we can discuss them, and then the students answer the DBQ in their notebooks. I have also included the DBQs in printable format so that your students can answer on paper and digital Google Forms that you can send electronicall
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4th - 6th
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Seuss Socratic Seminar Bundle
Are you looking for a great way to introduce the Socratic method to your class? Do you want to get your students thinking at a higher level in a fun, engaging, and meaningful way? Are you looking to bring close reading into your classroom? Do you need a way to get your kids to go back and cite the text? Seuss Seminars are the perfect way to do all of this! Seuss seminars are also a great way to intertwine history and civics into your LAL curriculum (or vice versa).
This bundle includes five Dr
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4th - 9th
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Document-Based Question Writing Sentence Starters (DBQ) Social Studies
Analyze a source...now what? The writing resources included are great for social studies assignments that require document or text-based writing. Teach students how to locate important information in sources and help them put their observations into words. This must-have resource will become every students' "go to" when analyzing sources and completing DBQ social studies tasks. 5 Steps for Teaching Writing in Social Studies Resources Included:1.) Understanding the Writing Prompt (Example of ana
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3rd - 12th
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John Smith and Powhatan Perspectives Activity
Looking for a way to teach students to consider different perspectives in order to understand history? This critical thinking activity is a great way for students to analyze primary source quotes in order to understand the changing relationship between the English settlers and the native peoples in Virginia.Students will:read background informationconsider and compare needs, wants, and goals of the English settlers and native peoplesread, compare, and analyze quotes from Captain John Smith and P
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4th - 5th
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Also included in: Virginia Studies Primary Source Activities Bundle
Dust Bowl Mystery: Inquiry-Based Intro. to Great Depression!
The Great Depression and The Dust Bowl have fascinated kids and adults for years. Use this mystery to harness that fascination and engage students in an inquiry-based investigation that they will remember all year long!This lesson is SO FUN when used as an introduction to a unit about The Great Depression. I let them try to solve the mystery first and THEN tell them that our next unit will be about The Great Depression. It's the perfect way to get them asking questions and build genuine curiosit
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4th - 8th
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Solar and Lunar Eclipse Webquest Science Activity
This webquest makes it easy to teach about solar and lunar eclipses! Students will explore four student appropriate educational websites and videos from NASA that introduce eclipses, and answer guided questions based on the digital resources. This resource works great as an introduction to solar and lunar eclipses, as a sub-plan, or as a reinforcement activity.Both color and black and white printable versions are provided. You can use all four pages or just a few depending on the time available.
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Solar and Lunar Eclipse Value Bundle
Reconstruction in Virginia Primary Sources Activity | VS.8
I love using primary sources to get kids thinking critically about history! In this hands-on activity, students sort primary sources based on whether they think they represent problems Virginians faced during Reconstruction or solutions or changes that helped them rebuild the state. This sorting activity makes a great introduction, review, or performance task during your Reconstruction unit!Students will:read background information on the Reconstruction era in Virginiawork collaboratively in sma
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Virginia Studies Primary Source Activities Bundle
Civil War Letter Worksheet: Battles and Soldiers Reading Analysis Activity
This Civil War Primary Source Letter Worksheet features an amazing, moving letter from Union officer Sullivan Ballou was written a week before he died at the Battle of Bull Run. It was famously featured in Ken Burns' documentary on the Civil War as an eloquent and touching ode to American values and the bonds of family.After reading a slightly shortened version of the letter, students complete a set of analysis questions for which an answer key is included. Finally, students compose their own le
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Civil War Battles and Events 1-Day Lesson Plan Bundle
Theme Lesson Plan: The Story of Ruby Bridges+follow-up Activities
This packet includes everything you need to teach a great theme lesson using the book The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles. This is a powerful story with many meaningful themes throughout. If you have a different book about Ruby Bridges, the activities would work well with that book as well.
This lesson was used in grades 2-5 using the differentiated writing activities. I have found that students of all ages can relate to this book and feel its powerful themes.
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~A Step
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2nd - 5th
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Reconstruction Part II- Primary Sources for Freedmen's Bureau and Sharecropping.
This original activity by Primary Source is intended to help students understand how the nation was rebuilt during Reconstruction (Freedmen's Bureau, sharecropping). Students are asked to study images of the nation's recovery in action, then write captions for a newspaper to demonstrate their understanding. This Reconstruction activity can be used by itself, but works even better with the three-part series on Reconstruction now available in a bundle set at our store, Primary Source. Part I asks
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4th - 11th
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Texas in the Civil War DOODLE NOTES and Readings Modified for ELL or 4th Grade
Explore the impact of the Civil War on Texas with readings and Doodle Notes. Students will begin this lesson with a hook analyzing a song about the Civil War. They will then read about the Civil War in Texas and focusing on the political, social and economic impact of the war. To support the reading, students will be asked to highlight key information and summarize the content in their Doodle Notes. Your students will complete the activity with a processing activity of their choice. The lesso
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4th - 7th
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Great Depression Primary Sources Activity
It can be challenging to teach younger students about the Great Depression. Support their learning with this engaging primary source-based activity! This activity makes a great introduction to your Great Depression unit, an extension activity, or a review before the end-of-unit assessment.Students will:read background information on the causes of the Great Depression, problems it caused, and the New Dealwork collaboratively in small groups to analyze 8 photographs (without captions) and decide w
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Virginia Studies Primary Source Activities Bundle
Battle of Yorktown Primary Source Activity | Print and Digital
Looking for an engaging introductory lesson on the Battle of Yorktown? Get your students working collaboratively to investigate primary sources as they try to determine what occurred at Yorktown, Virginia. This is a great opportunity not only to teach the significance of the battle, but also to discuss how/what we learn from primary sources.Both a print and digital version (in Google Slides™) are included.This activity is discussion-based and allows students to utilize a number of critical think
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4th - 5th
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Also included in: Virginia Studies Primary Source Activities Bundle
Virginia's American Indians Primary Source Activity (VS.2d-g and VS.3g)
Primary sources are a wonderful and engaging way to learn about history. Students can use this resource to explore and discuss primary sources related to Virginia's American Indians. This is a great way to promote critical thinking as students learn about Virginia's native peoples. You can use this activity as an introduction to a unit, an extension activity, or even a review before a unit assessment.Students can work in small groups to analyze 5 images and discuss them using open-ended question
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Virginia Studies Primary Source Activities Bundle
Primary Source Analysis Question Cards and Worksheet
Primary source analysis is a wonderful way to encourage critical thinking and bring history to life during your social studies lessons. But it can be challenging to teach elementary students to analyze and discuss primary sources. These question prompt cards and worksheets make it easy to use original sources with any lesson or unit!Use the 7 question cards or the 2-sided worksheet with any primary source such as photographs, artwork, documents, maps, artifacts, and music or audio recordings.Stu
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4th - 5th
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Also included in: Virginia Studies Primary Source Activities Bundle
Explorer DBQ
This is a shortened Document Based Essay that can be used in an Age of Exploration or Colonization unit. It includes 4 documents with scaffold questions to help the students. The essay questions asks students to: - Discuss one positive effect of European colonization of the Americas. - Discuss two negative effects of European colonization of the Americas.Using a shortened DBQ is an excellent way to help students master DBQ skills prior to giving them longer and more challenging essays.This essa
Grades:
4th - 8th
Native Americans DBQ Document-Based Questions
Native AmericansDocument-Based Questions (DBQs) are a great way to expose students to primary sources as well as to make them think about an event in history and respond to it. This unit can be used in a few ways. You can project the full-page images on my board so that we can discuss them, and then the students answer the DBQ in their notebooks. I have also included the DBQs in printable format so that your students can answer on paper and digital Google Forms that you can send electronically.
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3rd - 6th
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Louisiana 4th Grade Social Studies Unit 1 DBQ: Geography & Regions
I use these “weekly” sources with my 4th grade social studies classes. We usually spend about two weeks analyzing the sources and answering the questions. I start them off with only two sources, move up to three sources around October/November, then up to four sources around March. Some of the sources are created by me and some are taken from the LEAP 2025 practice test. We start out slow…I want them to get comfortable with “sources” and understand that looking and analyzing are totally differen
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Reconstruction Part III- Primary Sources for Jim Crow Laws
This original activity by Primary Source asks students to consider if Reconstruction worked when presented with the advent of Jim Crow laws and voting restrictions intended to disenfranchise black men. Students compare the quality of a white school and a colored school in the same county to determine if separate really was equal. This Reconstruction activity can be used by itself, but works even better with the three-part series on Reconstruction now available in a bundle set at our store, Prima
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4th - 11th
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4th Grade - Unit 3 Topic 1 - Rebellion to Revolution - Part A
★★★★★INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK and WORKSHEET EDITION★★★★★55+ pages with 5 activities that focus on the Unit 3 Topic 1: Rebellion to Revolution topic as outlined by the Louisiana State Department of education.This topic will be separated into three smaller packets to meet the time frame of some school districts scope and sequence.These activities focus on answering the following standards and questions:4.2.4 Draw conclusions about the relationship of significant events in the history of the United Sta
Grades:
4th
Also included in: 4th Grade - Unit 3 Bundle - Governing a New Nation
4th Grade - Unit 5 Topic 1 – Industrialization and Urbanization – Part A
★★★★★INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK and WORKSHEET EDITION★★★★★70 pages with 5 activities that focus on the Unit 5 Topic 1: Industrialization and Urbanization topic as outlined by the Louisiana State Department of education. These activities focus on answering the following standards and questions:4.3.1 Explain how inventions and new processes affected the lives of people, migration, and the economy of regions of the United States.4.5.2 Analyze how physical characteristics of a region shape its economic de
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4th
Also included in: 4th Grade - Unit 5 Bundle - Progress and Change
Immigration in Texas Primary Sources Activity for 7th Grade Texas History
Dig deep into the content of the mid-1800’s while your students explore the essential question “How did immigrants contribute to the growth of Texas” through primary sources and background essays. Students will begin this lesson with a hook analyzing quotes about Texas. They will then read a background essay and discuss three immigrant groups’ contributions to the United States – the Germans, the Czech and the Polish. After they have completed the “Stop and Discuss” Questions embedded into t
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Texas History 7th Grade - Texas History Mini - Bundle
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