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7th grade Thanksgiving balanced literacy dbqs
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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The Mayflower Compact: A Middle School Primary Source Investigation
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
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6th - 8th
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First Thanksgiving Plymouth Mayflower Wampanoag Activity CSI Mystery of History
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
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5th - 10th
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Should We Celebrate Thanksgiving? DBQ Document-Based Question Investigation
Engage your students in critical thinking, historical analysis, and argumentative writing with this comprehensive DBQ (Document-Based Question) unit focused on the topic of Thanksgiving. This resource provides students with the opportunity to explore the historical origins of Thanksgiving, its modern-day celebrations, controversies surrounding the holiday, and the diverse perspectives on its continued observance.What's Included:1. DBQ Documents: Six thoughtfully selected documents, including pri
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7th - 10th
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The Odyssey:Writing Prompts Constructed Response CCSS Digital Activity
Add this to your Odyssey Unit. This is a very engaging and timely activity that deals with a piece of classic literature that is essential to the goals of the Common Core. Students race to collect textual evidence in disguise as character tweets. After the data collection on several topics, students jigsaw and examine one of the topic sheets. The discussion of this material will become material for a constructed response. I love to make learning a game and this is the ultimate example of that. I
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6th - 10th
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Vehicular Vengeance! - Crime / Mystery Synthesis
This student centered assignment draws upon many of the skills and standards required in an English or language arts course. Students must close-read texts, make annotations, synthesize, present arguments, and use effective listening and speaking skills in a group setting. The set-up is straightforward. Students are placed in groups (typically 4-5 students per). Each group is given the included packet of clues that must be scrutinized in order to present a solution. The clues reveal little on t
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Environmental issues of Europe stations clue hunt
This is a wonderful resource for any Social Studies classroom. It covers the Georgia standard SS6G8 : Explain environmental issues in Europe. It can also be used for Earth Day. I created this station activity for my own social studies classroom. Our district is focusing on incorporating literacy standards in all subject areas. This is a great way to get students reading for information.My students love this activity. I hope yours do too!CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.4CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.7CCS
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4th - 12th
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David Robinson “Letter to My Younger Self” Discussion Questions
This google form has discussion questions that go with the text "Letter to My Younger Self" by David Robinson. The questions are all short response that go over comprehension and figurative language throughout the text. You can give this to students as an individual assignment or whole group.
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7th - 10th
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Current Events: 2023 Israeli and Palestinian Conflict Part II
Students will read five document based questions about the current Israeli- Palestinian Conflict and answer questions. Students will then answer the short response question Explain the impact (effect) of the war on Israel, Palestine and/ or America using two pieces of evidence from the text.
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Current Events: Israel- Hamas War 2023 Parts 1-4
The First Thanksgiving PowerPoint
An informative powerpoint about the history behind the first Thanksgiving
Includes: Primary source photos of the Mayflower II in Plymouth (with labels), external links to relevant sites/materials, maps, and diagrams.
Used as an excellent aide to a lecture about the first Thanksgiving, providing students with factual information and history
Can be used as an aide to a DBQ (I used it to accompany a Columbus DBQ to compare/contrast American history.)
(28 slides)
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4th - 8th
Performance Task: Life in a Dystopia
In this Performance Task, students are asked to read 4 sources, two fiction and two nonfiction, on the topic of dystopias. Students must complete 3 research questions related to the sources, citing textual evidence.Students then complete a writing task based on what they learned from the four sources they read.Could be used as SBAC prep, a 3-4 day lesson on close reading and writing, or an assessment
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6th - 10th
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Current Events: Israeli- Palestinian Conflict 2023
Students will read 5 DBQs on the recent Israeli- Palestinian conflict and answer a short response question using the DBQs
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Current Events: Israel- Hamas War 2023 Parts 1-4
Thanksgiving and War - Primary Document Activity - History Skillset
This Thanksgiving activity centers on the impact that war had on the usual Thanksgiving traditions of American soldiers during the Civil War, WW1, and WW2. This is a great activity to complete in history classes (or any other) before dismissing for Thanksgiving break. It gives the students a chance to focus on the holiday while remaining engaged in the development of a historical skillset. Students will address the following objective: SWBAT evaluate domestic responses to the United States’ invo
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7th - 12th
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The Code Switch
It's not always what you say, but how you say it! "The Code Switch" a realistic fiction about a tender naive friendship that's challenged when two girls become valedictorian candidates. One young girl speaks colloquial English, the other articulates Standard English. The competition causes their special bond to weaken. Will their friendship withstand disagreements and differences? Who will win? Who should win? They ultimately realize the true meaning of two very important facets of life, friend
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4th - 7th
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Reading System for So B. It
This is a comprehensive reading guide that allows the students to read at an independent pace while the teacher can check for understanding The system includes journal questions, worksheets, and a grading rubric. Character traits, setting, sequencing of events, and cause and effect of events are found within these reading systems.
Grades:
4th - 7th
US History DBQ - Pilgrims and the "Starving Time"
This DBQ is based on a quote from George Percy and his recollection of the "starving time" the Pilgrims experienced during their first winter in America. MS Word doc for easy editing to meet your specific needs.
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7th - 12th
The Onondaga of the Haudenosaunee
This a booklet which describes the political and social structure of the Onondaga Nation of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois).
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4th - 7th
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Lupita Manana: Document Based Essay Assignment
At the conclusion of our unit on immigration and after reading Lupita Manana by Patricia Beatty my students wrote this persuasive essay pertaining to illegal immigration. It is formatted to match the format of the document based essay on the New York State History Regents Exam. The documents that they use are the book and articles that we read as a class.
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7th - 10th
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"Why Videos Go Viral" TED Talk Questions
This product includes the transcript of the TED Talk "Why Videos Go Viral" by Kevin Allocca as well as ten multiple-choice questions. The multiple choice questions address author's purpose, central idea, summary, and analyzing the meanings of unknown words.
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6th - 9th
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The History of Thanksgiving Packet
This packet has fact vs. fiction information as well as informative text describing different parts of the first Thanksgiving. It is meant to be used as a DBQ Document Based Question assignment citing text based evidence.
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5th - 8th
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"The Dangers of Silence" TED Talk Questions
This product includes the transcript of the TED Talk "The Danger of Silence" by Clint Smith as well as ten multiple-choice questions. The multiple choice questions address central idea, structure, figurative language (analyzing, not idenitfying), and perspective/POV.
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7th - 10th
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Writing Process: Self-Check and Peer Review
After students have completed the planning stage for an essay or paper, you can use this sheet for students to use as a rough draft. There are questions on the left margin they must address and reflect on, questions for a peer reviewer to complete, and some space for your feedback at the bottom (which I would recommend not doing until they've addressed issues they saw in their reflection and the peer review).
I use these with Document-Based Essays and Mini-DBQs, but they could be used in any co
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Text Based Questions for The Cay by Theodore Taylor
These questions help build understanding of author's moves in the book The Cay by Theodore Taylor.
These can be used after students have read the identified chapters to direct their thinking to important aspects of the text. They should be given a few at a time, or as a bellringer, not as a packet to complete.
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6th - 8th
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Mass Media and the American Revolution
This lesson was initially developed to help teach students about the ways in which mass media have evolved over time, but also about how many of the functions that the media serve today have remained the same for hundreds of years. In my experience, this lesson works very nicely as a gallery walk, but it is also possible to place students in small groups based on readiness or interest level, have each group examine only one document, and then take turns presenting their findings to the whole cla
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7th - 11th
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