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High school Black History Month informational text dbqs
Selma (2014): Document Based Question Bundle (Movie Guide + Essay Outline + DBQ)
**** If you purchase this product, you do not have to purchase the movie guide separately! This bundle includes the movie guide! DBQs are an excellent way to hit most of the Common Core standards in your class. If there is one activity that encapsulates the requirements of the Common Core - the DBQ is it! This DBQ is designed to help students combine their knowledge of the movie "Selma" with primary/secondary source documents! This is a great culminating activity for the movie!Prompt: Analyze th
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8th - 12th
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Claim Evidence Reasoning Practice (CER) Current Events Bundle Digital Resource
This resource is packed with easy to use, easy to grade, no prep, scientific current events, using the NGSS Science and Engineering practice of Engaging in Argument from Evidence. Students learn about a variety of science topics through a C.E.R. (Claim Evidence Reasoning) graphic organizers. This is great for getting your students to explain phenomena in a meaningful way and it allows you as the instructor to adequately assess their understanding of concepts. The students figure out what the "Cl
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6th - 12th
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
Civil Rights Movement Ku Klux Klan CSI Inquiry Activity | Evers, Freedom Summer
In this Ku Klux Klan & the Civil Rights Movement student investigation, students learn of the Ku Klux Klan murders of Medgar Evers, the 16th Street Baptist Street Bombing, the Freedom Summer Murders of James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, Viola Liuzzo, the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.This top-notch resource is included in the Civil Rights Movement Unit Bundle!In this investigation, students take on the role of investigators as they analyze five different high-profile
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6th - 10th
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Also included in: CSI US American History Inquiry Bundle | 10 Amazing Inquiry Activities
THE WHISKEY REBELLION: A role play & debate investigation!
Teach the Whiskey Rebellion with students playing the role of George Washington! This detailed case study activity puts each student in the role of America's first president and requires them to analyze plenty of historical evidence as they decide how they would have responded to three tough situations Washington faced during this time. Students move around the room at various points to compare notes, debate, and defend their choices. This approach is so much more effective than a traditional te
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8th - 10th
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Little Rock Nine Activity Kit Print & Digital
Tap into your students’ personal fears, decision-making skills, and creativity in these 6 activities that cover the actions and people, from President Eisenhower and Governor Faubus to the 9 Little Rock Central High School students themselves, that turned the first day of the school year into a crisis. What made Little Rock, Arkansas 1957 the collision of emotions and laws, of rights and responsibilities? Why did that photo of Hazel Bryan and Elizabeth Eckford capture the attention of the entire
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: US History Activity and Project Kits Bundle Print & Digital
The 1st Great Awakening DBQ and Stations
Students are asked to answer the question, "How did the Great Awakening influence the mindset of Colonial Americans?" using 4 sources. 3 are primary sources from the era, and 1 is an excerpt from a Journal Article by two modern historians.
This file comes with 2 options:
1) A traditional DBQ with 3 guiding questions per document to help the students toward their own thesis, with a page to record a quote that can be used as evidence in the essay.
2) A "Stations Packet" if the teacher wants t
Grades:
8th - 11th
Reconstruction DBQ Stations: Black Codes, Sharecropping, Lost Cause, Jim Crow
Why do so many American students mistakenly believe the Civil War was about states rights? Why do so many Americans fly the Confederate flag as a symbol of southern pride when the Confederacy broke from the Union and started a Civil War? Were formerly enslaved African Americans really free after the Civil War? These are difficult questions that will be answered in this student centered Reconstruction stations activity. Teach the horrors of Reconstruction using primary source documents so student
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Freedom Summer Primary Source Activity (Civil Rights) + GoogleApps Version
Freedom Summer Primary Source Activity teaches students about the efforts to register African Americans voters in the South and the fight against them. Using common core techniques, students analyze two primary source documents from both sides of the battle. Students get a deep common core understanding of the conflict between many southern whites and southern African Americans during the civil right era. This is a perfect primary source document to add to your civil rights movement unit. It ca
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Ancient Mesopotamia Geography Reading Comprehension Passages Map Activity BUNDLE
It all started in Ancient Mesopotamia! Discover how the Geography of Mesopotamia and the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers created the Fertile Crescent and influenced the development of the Cradle of Civilization in Ancient Mesopotamia.Files are provided in PDF and PPT formats.Convert PPT files into Google Slides for upload to your student-only, password-protected Google Classroom. Refer to my detailed Terms of Use below for additional information.Here's all that's Included:5 Informational Text Readin
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6th - 9th
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Maps before and after WWI
Before and after WWI comparison of maps of Europe and Middle East (Southwest Asia). Questions require close reading and analysis of maps. Answer key included.
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7th - 10th
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Civil Rights Movement Primary Sources Activity Analysis Worksheets 6-Pack
Guide your students through Brown v. Board, Little Rock Nine, desegregation, the Civil Right Act of 1964, and the Selma March with a focused analysis of up to 6 different Civil Rights Movement primary source documents covering using the effective HIPPOS method! This resource comes in Google Slide format for a paperless option!Featured voices in this fight for equality:President EisenhowerSupreme CourtPresident KennedyGovernor WallaceGovernor FaubusPresident ObamaThe effective HIPPOS framework di
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Modern US History Primary Source Analysis Activities Worksheets
Haitian Revolution: Primary Source Analysis
Have your students dig deeper into Toussaint L'Ouverture's leadership of the Haitian Revolution with this close reading and primary source analysis document set.In these two primary source documents, students will examine and answer higher order thinking questions to learn more about the Haitian Revolution!This is a great addition to any lesson about the Haitian Revolution or great as a homework! ***************************************************************************************************
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6th - 12th
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Civil Rights Movement: Successes & Failures Data Analysis and Digital Resource
Civil Rights Movement: Successes & Failures Data Analysis is an excellent way to review the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement through common core analysis. First, students discuss the accomplishments of civil rights legislation, followed by common core analysis of data from recent U.S. Census Bureau information, where students consider the work that still needs to be done. This can be used in class or as homework as it’s a completely stand alone assignment. This is also perfect for substit
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Eisenhower and the Little Rock Nine: A Primary Source Analysis on Civil Rights!
Eisenhower and the Little Rock Nine: A Primary Source Analysis on Civil Rights!This top-notch resource is included in the Civil Rights Movement Unit Bundle!In this primary source activity, students analyze an excerpt from an address to the nation from President Dwight Eisenhower on the Little Rock Crisis regarding school segregation. Enjoy this easy-to-use resource to supplement any Civil Rights Movement unit or lesson the Little Rock Nine!A full teacher key and a Google 1:1 version are include
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6th - 10th
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Human Caused Climate Change ESS2.C Distance Learning Claim Evidence Reasoning
With this product students will understand the science behind humans causing climate change by reading an article and filling in a Claim Evidence Reasoning Chart/Graphic Organizer. Students will use evidence in the article that Human-caused climate change has made a substantial contribution to sea level rise, droughts, heat waves, tidal flooding and increases in global average temperatures that support the claim of the author.This resource is now Distance Learning optional! You get a link to mak
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-2
, MS-ESS3-1
, MS-ESS3-5
, MS-ESS3-3
DBQ: Hamilton, Jefferson and Political Parties
For this DBQ, students are asked to answer the question, "How did Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton impact the development of political parties?"
The DBQ consists of 8 documents on 4 different areas of disagreement between Jefferson and Hamilton (French Revolution, size of government, national bank, debt). Each area of disagreement offers a document for each person's perspective. All sources are primary sources.
Also included is an advanced organizer on the two political parties to activ
Grades:
7th - 11th
Road to Jim Crow: Primary Source DBQ Set w/ Guided Discussion (GSE SS8H7)
This guided DBQ (document-based question) for the Jim Crow era is a ready-to-use lesson packed with social studies skills. A Jim Crow DBQ is a great way to help students teach themselves about this time period in U.S. History. This product has everything you could want in primary source instruction! Includes:24 separate documents (organized into 12 sets)2/3 of the sources are primary sources; others include infographics and articles50-slide Ppt that guides students through the process of analyzi
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6th - 11th
Also included in: New South in Georgia GSE SS8H7 BUNDLE Elements a-d
Era of Reform Abolition Primary Sources Activity Analysis Worksheets 6-Pack
Teach source analysis and bring richness to your US History course with these curated voices from Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and others.This 6-pack also comes in Google files for a paperless option!Featured voices in this fight for change:Frederick DouglassDorothea DixElizabeth Cady StantonSojourner TruthHenry David Thoreau Factory laborersEffective HIPPOS framework to target historical & critical thinking skills:Historical ContextIntended AudiencePoint of ViewPurposeOutside
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9th - 11th
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Also included in: Early US History Primary Source Analysis Activities Worksheets
This Is America- Childish Gambino (Distance Learning)
In this lesson, students will identify the claim Childish Gambino makes about the plight of African Americans in America in his song and video, “This is America,” and support that claim with evidence.They will meet this objective by:- See Think Wonder activity- Read Think Wonder activity with song lyrics- music video analyze- mini research on the historical background of video images. - think piece writing assignmentGoogle Slides for lesson--------------------------------------------------------
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8th - 12th
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Nonviolence Strategies of the Civil Rights Movement + Distance Learning Version
Nonviolence Strategies of the Civil Rights Movement is an excellent way to explore the strategies practiced by Dr. King, SNCC and CORE through common core analysis. Students read the Dr. King’s Six Principles of Nonviolence, SNCC’s Principles of Purpose and excerpts from CORE’s Workshops in Nonviolence. This can be used in class or as homework as it’s a completely stand alone assignment. This is also perfect for substitute teacher plans, and of course, a key is included.Also includes Google Apps
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Booker T. Washington W.E.B. Du Bois Source Writing Activity Print & Digital
Strengthen students' skills in analyzing Booker T. Washington’s Atlanta Exposition Address and W.E.B. Du Bois’s response, "Of Mr. Washington and Others,” and playing them against the backdrop of the Gilded Age in a text-driven, evidence-based extended writing sample.This resource comes in both print PDF and digital for Google Slides.**************************************Greatness is finding common ground even when you passionately disagree with another person’s position.The decades after the Civ
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: US History Primary Source DBQ Writing Activities Print & Digital
The True Story of Emmett Till Informational Text Article with Questions
Informational text article and questions about The True Story of the Murder of Emmett Till. Includes an abridged version of the 1956 article "The Shocking Story of Approved Killing in Mississippi" with comprehension questions. Use as a pre-reading activity for your study of the Jim Crow era, in your To Kill a Mockingbird unit, in centers, in Literature Groups, as a supplemental activity, or as part of your social studies/history unit. Includes Answer Key. Includes both PRINTABLE and DIGITAL VER
Grades:
8th - 10th
European Exploration Primary Source Analysis
These primary sources look at European Exploration through the lens of the 3 G's (Gold Glory Gold). Each source highlights one of the G's. I present these sources as stations, but any presentation is sufficient. They are great for discussing perspective, geography, and of course, the 3 G's.
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7th - 10th
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