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High school english language arts dbqs for Microsoft Word
A Modest Proposal quiz, key commentary, text, and rhetorical analysis prompts
26 rigorous, AP-exam style quiz questions, formative or summative. Includes notes and suggestions for use (I use a nontraditional approach to quizzes of this type). Key and commentary with notes for discussion of questions. Includes a Word doc version of the text (public domain) with graphics from the original frontispiece. Includes a series of rhetorical analysis prompts and suggestions for composing AP Exam FRQ responses.
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11th - 12th
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Sentence Starters: Introducing Evidence / Elaboration Techniques - Printable
Are you tired of reading the same generic responses from your students? This useful charts helps students improve on their argumentative writing skills by adding variation to their sentences/transitions. It displays different sentence starters (and verbs) to help students introduce and elaborate on evidence when writing their essays (great way to add syntactic variety to formulaic written responses!). â–º These charts may be printed out and laminated for students to use in the classroom/at home (T
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5th - 12th
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Nelson Mandela's "Long Walk To Freedom" Excerpt and Common Core Questions
This is an excerpt from Nelson Mandela's biography, "Long Walk to Freedom" that comes equipped with Common Core type critical thinking questions, as well as a vocabulary chart. This works great with a unit on South Africa or Common Core language arts.
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6th - 12th
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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The Treasure of Lemon Brown Test EBT, Common Core Aligned, Online Test
Multiple Choice, Evidence-Based Test with Part A and Part B questions. There are 20 multiple choice/select questions in Part I and 3 essay questions in Part II. I created this test to go with the Christmas Carol unit of the Louisiana Guidebook 2.0.Microsoft Form duplication link included at the end of the document for virtual/online testing.
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6th - 9th
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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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DBQ Outline: A Blueprint for AP Writing Success
This NEW outline (updated to the 2023 rubric) will help guide your students to complete a highly structured and effective DBQ essay based on the core requirements for the redesigned AP World, European, and U.S. History exams. I use it every year to introduce the DBQ essay to my students. I can't imagine teaching DBQ writing without it!
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9th - 12th
Blitzkrieg DBQ
This DBQ (document based question) packet includes 6 primary source documents: 2 eye witness accounts, one overview, and 3 photographs. Each document has questions students must answer after analyzing the primary source document. The 6 documents work together to help students provide evidence for the big question at the end, "how was the Blitzkrieg both a physical and psychological attack?" I have used this with my 6th graders and they enjoy analyzing the documents and expressing their opinions.
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6th - 12th
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Gandhi on Nonviolence - Primary Source DBQs
This is a simple assignment that can be done within 1 class period or assigned as homework. It's a short reading of Mohandas Gandhi explaining his beliefs about satyagraha and nonviolence. There is a short introduction for context, followed by his writings, followed by 7 questions of varied difficulty.Some questions can easily be found in the reading, others require demonstrating a stronger grasp of the material or summarization skills.A quick promo testimonial:Sell your stuff on TpT! I am floo
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9th - 12th
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DBQ Essay Writing: Graphic Organizer, Template, & Rubric (1:1 Compatible)
I really struggled to get my kids to write in the humanities subjects with a claim, evidence, & reasoning. However, once I was able to break this down into a graphic organizer and scale it back up into an essay, I saw immense results! These have been incredibly valuable to my learners, as it gives them the scaffolds they need while still holding them accountable for the content. After several months of practice, my student have really started to understand how to write within the humanities
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8th - 12th
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President's Day Themed High School ELA & Social Studies Test Prep Unit
Looking for a rigorous, engaging, and history-rooted ELA test prep unit covering two of the most influential presidents in United States history – George Washington and Abraham Lincoln?This highly cross-curricular unit seamlessly blends together ELA with History, challenging students through a wide range of text-based test prep questions surrounding both historical and foundational works, as well as even the personal works and poems of our founding fathers. Hone your students' close reading skil
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9th - 12th
Valentine's Day Love Poems & Song Lyrics Analysis – Original Taylor Swift Songs
Item: Valentine's Day Unit – Love Poems & Song Lyrics AnalysisVery Engaging and Rigorous Valentine's Day Unit! This resource is really unique in that it even includes originally crafted songs out of the voice of Taylor Swift about her relationship with Kansas City Chiefs' Tight End Travis Kelce.Overall, this 43-page unit consists of 7 multiple choice quizzes and 70 carefully crafted reading comprehension quiz questions surrounding a blend of classic and modern love poems and songs.These mult
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9th - 12th
Creating a Climate Change Model
This assignment asks students to read, highlight and annotate passages about the greenhouse effect, the albedo effect, and human impact on the climate. As they read, students add information to their model. Once their draft model is completed, they will transfer it to a poster board. NGSS HS-LS2-7.Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity.HS-ESS3-5. Analyze geoscience data and the results from global climate models
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8th - 12th
Battle of Stalingrad (DBQ)
In this resource students will analyze twelve documents in order learn about the Battle of Stalingrad and the urban warfare that takes place during The Great Patriotic War (WWII) in the Soviet Union. Students will answer 14 questions that go along with the documents provided and then answer an overarching essay question about urban warfare and its impact on both soldiers and civilians.
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8th - 12th
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Cold War: Truman Doctrine and The Marshall Plan (Similarities and Differences)
When covering the Cold War topics of The Truman Doctrine and The Marshall Plan I often noticed that my students had trouble differentiating between the two, or mixing them up. This resource does an excellent job of helping student understand what each topic was, why it was used, and the differences between the two.In the first part of the assignment students read through a document on The Truman Doctrine, answering 5 reading comprehension question and 2 questions regarding current US relations
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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The English Bill of Rights vs. US Bill of Rights
The student will demonstrate knowledge of the political philosophies that shaped the development of United States constitutional government.
a. Analyze key ideas of limited government and the rule of law as seen in the Magna Carta, the Petition of Rights, and the English Bill of Rights.
Instructions: Complete the table and the questions that follow.
The English Bill of Rights, US Bill of Rights, and What Does This Mean?
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Enlightenment-French Revolution CRQ Set #1-Cause and Effect (10.2) w/ Answer Key
This is an editable CRQ on the Enlightenment-French Revolution. It is a CRQ Set #1-Cause and Effect. This is set up to mirror the new NYS Global Framework Regents Exam. This goes with unit 10.2. The first document is historical context on the ideas from the Enlightenment and a Point of View on French Revolution. Answer key is included!
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9th - 11th
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DBQ Organizing Outline
DBQ's, (document-based questions) using primary documents to answer a historical question, are increasingly being used at all secondary grade levels. I created this outline to help students organize their document groups as well as evidence from the documents in preparing them to write a DBQ essay in the future. The intention of this outline is it scaffolds the DBQ essay process to show them how to group and use evidence, as well as write a thesis paragraph. I originally created this for my 8th
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7th - 12th
Boxer Rebellion Primary Source DBQs
This is a simple assignment that can be done within 1 class period or assigned as homework. It's a short reading of a primary source account of the Boxer Rebellion in China at the turn of the century. There is a short introduction for context, followed by the personal account, followed by 10 questions of varied difficulty.Some questions can easily be found in the reading, others require demonstrating a stronger grasp of the material or summarization skills.KEYWORDS: Boxer Rebellion; World Histor
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9th - 12th
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US History: The Annexation of Hawaii
EDITABLE reading comprehension packet on the political and economic machinations that led to the US acquisition of the islands of Hawaii. Packet includes key information, pictures for visual learners, opinion-based discussion starters and rigorous reading comprehension questions on the topic.
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7th - 12th
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Hitler as a Soldier in WWI - DBQs Worksheet Assignment
This is a simple assignment that can be done within 1 class period or assigned as homework. It's a short, but fascinating reading of an article about Hitler's service in the military during WWI (did you know a British soldier had a defenseless Hitler at gunpoint but took pity on him and let him go??). There are 10 questions of varied difficulty, and a 3-page reading assignment filled with fascinating information about his life before he was famous.Some questions can easily be found in the readin
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9th - 12th
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Imperialism: The Scramble for Africa (DBQ/ Map skills)
This informational text on imperialism and the scramble for Africa is a great resource for students learning about Imperialism during the 19th century and Africa. Pressed for time?? This resource covers a lot information on both imperialism and how it impacted the current borders in Africa today.NOTE: I would recommend using a colored printer, or making a colored copy of the maps if your students are working collaboratively on this assignment*14 document based comprehension questions included.*
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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French and Indian War DBQ
This activity supplements any French and Indian War unit as students are asked to look at primary and secondary sources to analyze the Proclamation of 1763 and the Battle of Quebec. The activity is short and aligned to only hit on the key aspects students need to know. While the activity does not stand alone, it is meant as a great homework activity or in class cooperative activity that will make students think critically!
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8th - 11th
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Dracula-Blood Transfusions?
Students read two pieces of informational text on blood types and transfusions and then excerpts from Bram Stoker's Dracula. They answer five multiple-choice, close-read questions and 10 short-answer questions that lead them to make a claim about the blood transfusions Lucy receives and how the process is interpreted in the novel. The essay question is provided. Question 15 requires knowledge from having read the first few chapters of the text, but is not necessary for the completion of the shor
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9th - 10th
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