Halloween holidays/seasonal dbqs

Women's Suffrage Reading Comprehension Worksheet 1920s Voting Rights Twenties

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This passage gives a brief description of women's suffrage. 16 questions (multiple choice and DBQ) assess students' understanding. I've included a color and black and white version, as well as a key. INCLUDES:*Article (1100-1200 Lexile)*16 total questions- multiple choice and DBQ*Color and BW Versions*KeyPart of my 1920s Bundle*If you don't already, Follow Me!

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, U.S. History, Women's History Month

Grades:

5th - 7th

Types:

Worksheets, DBQs, Printables

Also included in: 1920s Reading Comprehension Worksheet Bundle Roaring Twenties 1920

13 Colonies - Pilgrims vs. Puritans - Reading and Comparison Chart and Key

Created by

History Matters

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

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Thanksgiving, U.S. History

Grades:

4th - 10th

Types:

Activities, DBQs, Printables

Jim Crow Laws Reading Comprehension Civil Rights Movement Black History Month

Created by

Teaching to the Middle

Do your students know who Jim Crow was? My students are always shocked to learn about this interesting topic. This reading comprehension and DBQ product will give your students a basic understanding of what the Jim Crow laws were and how they impacted African Americans. The article is 1100-1200 Lexile range and has clearly marked subtitles for each section. This helps students refer back to the article when answering the questions. There are 33 total questions including true/false, multiple

Subjects:

Black History Month, Informational Text, U.S. History

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Worksheets, DBQs, Printables

Also included in: Civil Rights Movement Worksheet Reading Comprehension Bundle Black History Month

Selma (2014): Document Based Question Bundle (Movie Guide + Essay Outline + DBQ)

Created by

Will Pulgarin

**** 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

Subjects:

Black History Month, Social Studies - History, U.S. History

Grades:

8th - 12th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, DBQs, Movie Guides

CCSS:

Brown v. Board of Education Reading Comprehension Worksheet Integration DBQ

Created by

Teaching to the Middle

Through this reading passage, students will learn about the landmark trial Brown v. Board of Education. 17 questions (matching and multiple choice) assess students' understanding of the topic. Some of the questions are document-based to further assess them. Includes:Article (1300-1400 Lexile)17 questions- matching, multiple choice (some DBQ)Color and BW Versionskey includedPart of my Civil Rights Movement BundleYOU MAY ALSO LIKE:Civil Rights Movement BundleCivil Rights Movement SlideshowLittl

Subjects:

Black History Month, Informational Text, U.S. History

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Worksheets, DBQs, Printables

Also included in: Civil Rights Movement Worksheet Reading Comprehension Bundle Black History Month

Labor Day Reading Comprehension Worksheet, September, Back to School, DBQ

Created by

Teaching to the Middle

Do your students understand why we have Labor Day? This passage helps clear up this question for your students. Students answer 14 questions (identify and multiple choice) to assess their understanding of the text. In addition, there are two document-based activities. One is a chart of the most common jobs in 2019 vs 1910. Short answer questions assess their learning on these charts. The other document is a chart of minimum wages in the states from 2021. Short answer questions assess their

Subjects:

Back to School, Informational Text, U.S. History

Grades:

5th - 7th

Types:

Worksheets, DBQs, Printables

Also included in: September Reading Comprehension Worksheet Bundle Reading Passages

Amelia Earhart Disappearance Activity CSI Mystery of Women's History Analysis

Created by

Learning Pyramid

Make learning about Amelia Earhart, a high flying figure in Women's history and a STEM role model, engaging and educational with this investigation activity! Your students will try to crack the mystery of Amelia Earhart's tragic disappearance through a crime scene investigation case file activity that encourages historical and creative thinking. This resource makes history come to life!A visually engaging case file with comprehensive background readings on Amelia Earhart, her final flight, and

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, U.S. History, Women's History Month

Grades:

6th - 10th

Types:

Projects, DBQs, Simulations

CCSS:

, W.8.1e

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Rosa Parks Montgomery Bus Boycott Reading Comprehension Civil Rights Movement

Created by

Teaching to the Middle

This passage briefly describes the life of Rosa Parks. 20 questions (matching and multiple choice) assess students' understanding. I have also included a poem about Rosa Parks with 4 questions and two other documents with 6 multiple choice questions total. There are color and BW versions and a key. Please check out the PREVIEW to see exactly what you are getting. INCLUDES:article 20 matching and multiple choice questionspoem 4 questions2 documents with 6 multiple choice questionsColor and BW

Subjects:

Black History Month, Informational Text, U.S. History

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Worksheets, DBQs, Printables

Also included in: Civil Rights Leaders Biography Reading Comprehension Worksheet Bundle

Women in the Civil War: Station Rotations (Primary Sources & Informational Text)

Created by

Historical Thinking Classroom

Diversify your syllabus. Get your secondary students up and moving using these Women in the Civil War Station Rotations. This adaption of a DBQ gets students into exploring authentic female sources and perspectives. Students will take an inquiry stance-- all stations help students answer the essential question, "How did the Civil War Challenge and Change the Role of Women & Notion of 'Womanhood' in American Society?”(Looking for "Women in the Civil War" for grades 4-7? Click here)One wom

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, U.S. History, Women's History Month

Grades:

8th - 12th

Types:

DBQs, GATE, Lesson

Jackie Robinson Biography Reading Comprehension Worksheet Black History

Created by

Teaching to the Middle

This passage briefly describes the life of Jackie Robinson. 21 questions (matching and multiple choice- some DBQ) assess students' understanding. I have included a color and BW version, as well as the key. INCLUDES:Biography of Jackie Robinson (900-1000 Lexile) matching and multiple choice comprehension questions- 21 total(some DBQ)Color and BW Versionskey includedPart of my Civil Rights Movement BundleYOU MAY ALSO LIKE:Civil Rights Movement SlideshowLittle Rock NineBrown vs. Board of Educatio

Subjects:

Black History Month, Informational Text

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Worksheets, DBQs, Printables

Also included in: Civil Rights Leaders Biography Reading Comprehension Worksheet Bundle

Edgar Allan Poe Activity CSI Mystery of Literary History Analysis

Created by

Learning Pyramid

Explore Edgar Allan Poe's greatest mystery: his own death! Your students will explore primary sources, non-fiction text, and leading theories about Poe's early death with this engaging crime scene investigation activity that encourages original thinking!A visually engaging case file is provided with comprehensive background readings on Edgar Allan Poe's life and literary accomplishments, and the events and circumstances leading up to his death. Leading theories about Poe's death are provided. St

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Halloween, Social Studies - History

Grades:

5th - 10th

Types:

Activities, DBQs, Simulations

CCSS:

, W.8.1e

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Civil Rights Movement Ku Klux Klan CSI Inquiry Activity | Evers, Freedom Summer

Created by

History with Mr E

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

Subjects:

Black History Month, Social Studies - History, U.S. History

Grades:

6th - 10th

Types:

Activities, DBQs, Handouts

CCSS:

...

Also included in: CSI US American History Inquiry Bundle | 10 Amazing Inquiry Activities

Civil Rights Leaders Biography Reading Comprehension Worksheet Bundle

Created by

Teaching to the Middle

This bundle provides biographies for several major civil rights leaders in many different areas (listed below). Includes: Susan B. Anthony, Cesar Chavez, Frederick Douglass, Mohandas Gandhi, Rosa Parks, Nelson Mandela, Helen Keller, Martin Luther King Jr., Jackie Robinson, Booker T. Washington, and Harriet Tubman. Each individual listing provides more details and preview pictures. Includes:*Susan B. Anthony*Cesar Chavez*Frederick Douglass*Mohandas Gandhi*Rosa Parks*Nelson Mandela*Helen Keller*M

Subjects:

Black History Month, Informational Text, Martin Luther King Day

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Worksheets, DBQs, Printables

Little Rock Nine Activity Kit Print & Digital

Created by

Let's Cultivate Greatness

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

Subjects:

Black History Month, U.S. History

Grades:

8th - 11th

Types:

CCSS:

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Also included in: US History Activity and Project Kits Bundle Print & Digital

Nelson Mandela Reading Comprehension Worksheet South Africa Apartheid

Created by

Teaching to the Middle

This passage gives a brief biography of Nelson Mandela. 16 questions (matching and multiple choice) assess students' understanding. I've included color and BW versions, as well as a key. Please check out the PREVIEW to see exactly what you are getting. The ZIP file has a PDF student version for posting on personal sites, such as Google classroom or Canvas, or sending to students through email for distance learning. Please do not post of public sites. (These are NOT editable files.)Tutorial How

Subjects:

Black History Month, Informational Text, World History

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Worksheets, DBQs, Printables

Also included in: Civil Rights Leaders Biography Reading Comprehension Worksheet Bundle

Theme Lesson Plan: The Story of Ruby Bridges+follow-up Activities

Created by

Christine Andrus

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. You will get: ~A Step

Subjects:

Black History Month, Informational Text, Writing

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

DBQs, Printables, Lesson

Reconstruction DBQ Stations: Black Codes, Sharecropping, Lost Cause, Jim Crow

Created by

TeachHistoryThatMatters

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

Subjects:

Black History Month, Social Studies - History, U.S. History

Grades:

7th - 12th, Adult Education

Types:

Activities, DBQs, Lesson

CCSS:

RH.11-12.1

, RH.11-12.2

, RH.11-12.7

Also included in: Inclusive & Engaging U.S. History Year Long w DBQ Activities, Readings & More

Freedom Summer Primary Source Activity (Civil Rights) + GoogleApps Version

Created by

Burt Brock's Big Ideas

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

Subjects:

Black History Month, Social Studies - History, U.S. History

Grades:

7th - 12th, Adult Education

Types:

Worksheets, DBQs

The Mayflower Compact: A Middle School Primary Source Investigation

Created by

The Core History Store

Make the past come to life with this 4-part primary source investigation on the Mayflower Compact. Not only will your students analyze the primary source, but they will have fun doing so! Students begin with an engaging See-Think-Wonder activity before tackling the actual document via a highlighting and annotating task. Next, students will get the real story behind the Mayflower Compact through a brief secondary source reading and Stop and Jot activity. Finally, students will create a newspaper

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Thanksgiving, U.S. History

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Activities, DBQs, Homework

CCSS:

Civil Rights Movement Primary Sources Activity Analysis Worksheets 6-Pack

Created by

Let's Cultivate Greatness

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

Subjects:

Black History Month, Reading Strategies, U.S. History

Grades:

8th - 11th

Types:

CCSS:

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Also included in: Modern US History Primary Source Analysis Activities Worksheets

Haitian Revolution: Primary Source Analysis

Created by

New Teach City

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! ***************************************************************************************************

Subjects:

Black History Month, Social Studies - History, World History

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Worksheets, DBQs, Homework

Civil Rights Movement: Successes & Failures Data Analysis and Digital Resource

Created by

Burt Brock's Big Ideas

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

Subjects:

Black History Month, Psychology, Social Studies - History

Grades:

9th - 12th, Adult Education

Types:

Worksheets, DBQs

Women's Suffrage Mini Lesson

Created by

Stephanie's History Store

Students will read an overview of suffrage and women's fight to get the right to vote, culminating in the 19th Amendment. There are 9 opinion and discussion questions throughout the text. The 10th question is a small research activity about the road to the vote for women around the world and the final part of the resource is a creative task. Websites are provided as starting points, as well as a 60 second video and an article on the NWP, NAWSA, and African American women's fight for suffrage.

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, U.S. History, Women's History Month

Grades:

8th - 11th

Types:

Activities, DBQs, Independent Work Packet

Also included in: Custom Bundle for Stevie

First Thanksgiving Plymouth Mayflower Wampanoag Activity CSI Mystery of History

Created by

Learning Pyramid

Learn about the first Thanksgiving, the Pilgrims and Mayflower Voyage, the Plymouth Colony, and the Wampanoag Native Americans! Your students will explore theories about the history of the first Thanksgiving with this engaging crime scene investigation activity that encourages critical thinking!A visually engaging case file is provided with comprehensive background readings on the history of Thanksgiving, the Plymouth Colony, and more. Students will then consider the historical evidence for the

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Thanksgiving, U.S. History

Grades:

5th - 10th

Types:

Activities, DBQs, Simulations

CCSS:

, W.8.1e