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High school informational text dbqs $5-10
DBQ: First Amendment in Schools (From Tinker to "Bong Hits")
This DBQ focuses on the effect the Tinker v. Des Moines case had on students' and teachers' First Amendment rights. It ruled that you do not lose your constitutional rights at the "schoolhouse gate." Since the Tinker case, the rights won have been eroding from court case to court case. This DBQ analyzes the limitations the Supreme Court has put on free speech in schools, from Bethel v. Fraser, Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier, and Morse v. Frederick (Bong Hits 4 Jesus). This DBQ is a great argumentative p
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9th - 12th
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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: reading questions, task cards, and test
This 45 page* novel study will assist students in comprehension and critical thinking while reading whole class, in a small group, or independently, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi. Reynolds and Kendi's brilliant partnership is a must read for students hoping to gain a clear and engaging understanding of how race has been viewed and used in American history.Teachers can assign 50 critical thinking and recall questions to be answered during reading to hol
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7th - 12th
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Close Reading: Girl Power!-Women's Suffrage to Beyonce and "Independent Women"
The goal of this lesson is for students to be able to explain how views of women have changed across time by analyzing texts for author's craft. Perfect for the Reading or Language Arts teacher looking to include informational text or the Social Studies teacher looking to incorporate reading skills!
This Author's Craft tutorial begins with an analysis of two songs, "Survivor" and "Independent Women" from the sining group Destiny's Child led by Beyonce Knowles. Students listen to and make notes
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6th - 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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The DBQ Project: World War I Station Documents
As a teacher we all create lessons that we look upon and think, “Wow! I created that. It is amazing! My students are going to love it” Well, this lesson is definitely one of those lessons that I am extremely proud of. This lesson makes kids think, and they love it! It was born out of a desire to engage my students in the learning process and in a desire to integrated Social Studies and Reading Skills. It is flexible and allows the classroom teacher to select materials that work best with
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5th - 10th
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Main Idea Tutorial: Reading is Power! The Slave Codes, and Frederick Douglass
This tutorial is perfect for Language Arts or Reading teachers to teach main idea through content area informational text or for Social Studies teachers to reinforce important content area literacy strategies!
Students learn how reading can make an individual powerful by applying close, analytical reading skill as they watch a video clip of the movie Nightjohn, about a former slave who returns to bondage---to teach others how to read and write, read the Slave Codes, laws against teaching slav
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6th - 12th
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British Imperialism in Africa
This is a CCLS aligned lesson the teaches students the causes and effects of British imperialism in Africa. This lesson includes informational text, chart analysis, political cartoon analysis, DBQ's and critical thinking writing activities.
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8th - 12th
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Foundational Documents Excerpt Analysis for AP Government & Politics
The AP Government & Politics Exam requires students to understand the basic arguments and reasoning of 9 U.S. Government foundational documents.This file includes carefully-selected excerpts and scaffolded guided reading questions for 6 of the 9 required documents:Declaration of IndependenceBrutus 1Federalist # 10Federalist # 51Federalist # 70Federalist # 78Not included are the Articles of Confederation, U.S. Constitution, and the Letters from Birmingham Jail.
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9th - 12th
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AP Language Independent Reading Project
As AP class time is limited, independent reading time is essential to the AP classroom. This project engages students with the elements of rhetoric and style while introducing them to longer works of nonfiction.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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AP Language Synthesis Essay with Bully Documentary
This prompt is an AP English Language and Composition Synthesis Essay question. It contains six reviews of the documentary BULLY that students must use to defend, qualify, or challenge a statement provided. I have limited the number of pages students may write to two, but it is an editable Word document. Likewise, this is a take-home assignment and would need to be modified slightly if done in a timed-situation. Modified AP Synthesis Rubric provided.
It obviously requires that students have watc
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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American Revolution: The Stamp Act Bundle
This bundle includes everything you need for teaching the Stamp Act. 6 assignments including informational readings on the Act's passing, and DBQ's on the colonial reaction and overturning of the Act. Check out the links below for individual assignment explanations. Great for supplements, extra credit or sub plans! MS Word docs for easy editing.
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7th - 12th
McCarthyism/Cold War DBQ
This activity includes the use of 7 primary source texts (speech excerpts, photographs, and comic strip) to engage students and encourage them to interact with text and cite specific evidence. Each document comes with at least 3 questions. The questions build upon each other to help students see both sides of the issue with McCarthyism during America's Cold War Era. At the end, students will take the information they have gained while analyzing the documents and construct an argumentative essay.
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6th - 12th
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Berlin Wall & Berlin Airlift Lesson
This is a great CCLS aligned lesson that teaches students how the Cold War impacted Germany. This lesson includes informational texts, DBQ's, a film analysis worksheet, primary source documents, a graphic organizer and writing exercises. I also included a PowerPoint with a classroom assessment tool that you can use with any PowerPoint or lesson.
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9th - 12th
Also included in: The Cold War Bundle (1947-1991)
Hillbilly Elegy NINE AP English Language Style Essay Prompts
Prompts for Language Arts and AP English LanguageSynthesis, Rhetorical Analysis, and ArgumentReading the book is not required.AP English Language style FRQ prompts. Three prompts for each of the three styles. Reading Hillbilly Elegy is not required for students' ability to respond to prompts. The prompts focus on the issues associated with life, poverty, culture, and family in Appalachia. The AP Lang rubrics are appropriate for scoring, but state exam rubrics can easily be adjusted.Prompts provi
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: 37 AP English Lang Essay Prompts
World War I: Treaty of Versailles DBQ plus skill building
This packet includes an original Document Based Question set regarding American opinions on the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations. An essay prompt is included, as well as a scoring rubric. The packet also includes a handout which can be used as the springboard for a lesson on DBQ essay writing skills, as well as a second handout which students can used for peer-editing after the completion of their essays.
I have found this to be a very important topic for helping students develop
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7th - 11th
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US History: Structured Academic Controversy: Manifest Destiny Distance Learning
This lesson is the summative assessment for my Westward Expansion Unit.BellWork: What were the positive and negative effects of manifest destiny?Directions: During today’s class you will work to decide if it was a good idea for Americans to expand westward. Your goal for today is to examine the evidence, create a claim, present, and defend that claim to one of your peers.Procedure:Independently, read the documentation provided to you. Find five pieces of evidence from the text which support your
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7th - 11th
Also included in: US History Westward Expansion Unit BUNDLE
Harriet Tubman on the $20: Practice with Argument
2020 was the 100th anniversary of women obtaining the right to vote. Leading up to the centennial, Americans anticipated the twenty-dollar bill's design revision as a landmark achievement celebrating women’s progress. During the Obama administration, focus groups proposed several replacements for controversial president Andrew Jackson, including former first lady and human rights activist Eleanor Roosevelt, civil rights figure Rosa Parks, and Wilma Mankiller, the first female chief of the Cherok
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9th - 12th
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Socratic Circle Bundle for All Contents
Are you a high school teacher sick of the same summative assessments? Trying to promote academic discourse, but not sure where to start? I have perfected a week long Socratic Circle lesson plan that can be used for virtually any high school classroom. Just plug your central question and resources in and GO!I have used this assessment in English, US History, World History, Government, Economics, and Social Justice, and Ethnic Studies to great success. The standards I have included are for 11-12,
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9th - 12th
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US Founding Documents Lesson Bundle
This bundle includes lessons to teach the five major documents that shaped American history: The Mayflower Compact, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, The Constitution, and Bill of Rights. Cover the content while enhancing students' abilities to interpret primary sources and think critically. Each lesson offers scaffolding to empower students to navigate each original document without resorting to secondary interpretations.
Bundle includes the following lessons:
1. Mayflo
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6th - 12th
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Into the Wild Synthesis Assignment
Students will make their own AP English Language and Composition synthesis prompt for Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer addressing the question "Is Chris McCandless insane for deserting his material goods and running away to the Alaskan wilderness?" Students will find their own five sources using online databases and create an annotated bibliography to explain how the sources could be used to address the question. Students must balance the sources so that the question could be answered from either p
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9th - 11th, Higher Education
DBQ: The Pledge (Argument & Sources)
This is a resource I created during my first year as an AP Language and Composition teacher. Very similar to the DBQ (Document Based Questions) that students write in History class, this type of assignment is crucial to promoting close reading, text-supported arguments, and visual text.
This activity is designed to:
1) Help students become familiar with the wording of the exam and exam directions
2) Have students take a position on a controversial issue
3) Read visuals as text
4) Practice in-te
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9th - 12th
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Charlie Hustle: Should Pete Rose be allowed into the Baseball Hall of Fame?
A document-based question (DBQ) that helps students to organize and compose a 5-paragraph essay using documents provided. We do 7-10 DBQs per year, and the test scores have dramatically improved. I created DBQs that students enjoy writing as the topics seem less-school oriented. In other words, they are learning yet having fun writing about topics that interests them such as sports and music.
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9th - 11th
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Genocide Stations Activity
Using information from the website WorldWithoutGenocide.org, this activity asks students to compare and contrast the Armenian, Rwandan, and Darfur Genocides with the Holocaust. It should be used as an extension activity after already covering the Holocaust.
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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The Last Best West - Analyze the Ads
Students assess whether or not the ads used by the Ministry of the Interior at the turn of the 19th century measure up to the accuracy and truth standards as set out by the Canadian Standards for Truth in Advertising.
PROCEDURE: Students will examine several advertising posters and copy, and compare these with several primary and secondary sources [text/images] from the actual experience of settlers who immigrated to the Canadian West. Students then assess the advertisements against the standa
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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