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7th grade critical thinking close reading dbqs
The Sinking of the Lusitania: Solve the WWI Mystery w Primary Source Analysis!
Perhaps one of the most important events of World War One, the sinking of the Lusitania has fascinated kids and adults for years. Use this mystery to harness that fascination and engage students in an inquiry-based mission that they will remember all year long!In this mystery, students are posed with an engaging scenario - they are CIA Agents that must piece together once and for all how and why the Lusitania sank. They are presented with a variety of "exhibits," all cleverly designed to engage
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5th - 12th
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Also included in: GROWING WWI BUNDLE: Higher Order Thinking WWI Activities (SS5H2)
Seuss Socratic Seminar Bundle
Are you looking for a great way to introduce the Socratic method to your class? Do you want to get your students thinking at a higher level in a fun, engaging, and meaningful way? Are you looking to bring close reading into your classroom? Do you need a way to get your kids to go back and cite the text? Seuss Seminars are the perfect way to do all of this! Seuss seminars are also a great way to intertwine history and civics into your LAL curriculum (or vice versa).
This bundle includes five Dr
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4th - 9th
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EMERGENCY SUB PLANS: Vaccines, Viruses and Bad Science
This EDITABLE, No-Prep assignment is meant to be completed individually and is perfect for an emergency sub plan in any science class. Print it out, and you're ready to go! It asks students to read and analyze four different aspects of vaccinations: vaccine basics and herd immunity, the anti-vaccination movement, consequences of the movement, and analyzing graphs for correlation and causation. Included in this file is a PDF and a Word document so you can feel free to use "as is" or modify and
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Emergency Sub Plans Bundle 2 (Set of 5)
Historical Thinking Skills Activities
Historical thinking is a key skill for students to utilize when examining primary and secondary sources. In order for students to fully understand a source, they must examine it in-depth. These activities are designed to strengthen student's understanding of historical sources. They can be used with any type of historical document.
The Historical Thinking Skills Activities includes:
***Teacher Resources***
1. What is Historical Thinking (A letter for the teacher)
2. Think and Link – the step
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5th - 8th
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Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy Sources Project Bundle
Two dynamic renewable and nonrenewable energy sources projects. Student will apply research skills to learn about renewable and nonrenewable energy sources and then apply their knowledge to help a fictional community decide which two energy sources are best for their town. These projects put students in charge of their learning and keep them motivated with real life scenarios while improving their critical thinking, persuasive writing, and public speaking skills, and research skills. Minimal p
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5th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-1
, MS-ESS3-4
, MS-ESS3-3
Emergency Sub Plans: Claim, Evidence, Bad Science
We are constantly bombarded with "clickbait" headlines making all sorts of scientific claims. Unfortunately, if it sounds too good to be true, or too crazy to believe, it probably is. Although it may seem that these headlines are harmless, they actually can carry some pretty heavy consequences for our health, actions, and decision-making. How do you know if a claim is true? Let's take a look at four headlines from different news agencies and examine the claims, evidence and science behind th
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Emergency Sub Plans Bundle (Set of 5)
Dust Bowl Mystery: Inquiry-Based Intro. to Great Depression!
The Great Depression and The Dust Bowl have fascinated kids and adults for years. Use this mystery to harness that fascination and engage students in an inquiry-based investigation that they will remember all year long!This lesson is SO FUN when used as an introduction to a unit about The Great Depression. I let them try to solve the mystery first and THEN tell them that our next unit will be about The Great Depression. It's the perfect way to get them asking questions and build genuine curiosit
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4th - 8th
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Slavery in the Southern Colonies: A Socratic Seminar
Looking for a higher order thinking activity? Need a way to close out a unit on the Southern Colonies? Do you want to do a Socratic Seminar with your students? Students will evaluate three primary source documents to answer document-based questions. Students will engage in higher-level thinking and improve listening and speaking skills during this common-core supported activity. This activity is appropriate for 5th-7th graders and meets the Common Core Standards for Speaking and Listening.
If
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5th - 8th
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Emergency Sub Plans: Climate Change 101
This 4 page, No-Prep assignment is meant to be completed individually and is perfect for an emergency sub plan in any science class. Each page asks students to analyze text and graphs. Print it out, and you're ready to go. This assignment provides a broad outline for the causes, effects and solutions to climate change and requires students to: 1. examine the differences between weather (short term trends) and climate (long term trends).2. connect human activities (carbon emissions) to climat
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7th - 12th
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NGSS:
HS-ESS3-1
, HS-ESS3-6
Also included in: Emergency Sub Plans Bundle (Set of 5)
DBQ: Life of a Japanese-American Child Living in an Internment Camp during WW2)
Using PRIMARY Sources in the Classroom. A DBQ activity uses primary sources. Sources can include diaries,posters, music, news articles from the time, anything written by those who participated in or witnessed an event in history. Students review the given documents and use many cognitive skills in processing what they see and read. After gathering information using the documents, students develop an essay answering a question. The topic of this Primary Source(DBQ )is Life of a Japanese-American
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5th - 8th
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EMERGENCY SUB PLANS: mRNA Vaccines and Covid-19
This EDITABLE, No-Prep assignment is meant to be completed individually and is perfect for an emergency sub plan in any science class. Print it out, and you're ready to go! This assignment asks students to read and analyze four different aspects of the new mRNA vaccine: How does a virus work inside the body?How do traditional vaccines work?How does the mRNA vaccine work?Testing and efficacyIncluded in this file is a PDF and a Word document so you can feel free to use "as is" or modify and diff
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7th - 12th
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A History of Rocket Flight
This article tells students about the history of rockets, from the Nazi V2 to the Space-x dragon. It also touches on the Apollo program, the space shuttle program, and the Russian program. It also touches on the technologies that have come from the space race and talks about the role of animals in space science. This product contains differentiated versions of the same reading. Each is ~1175 words. Level 1 has a Flesch-Kincaid reading ease score of 69.Level 2 has a Flesch-Kincaid reading ease
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5th - 9th
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The Short Term Carbon Cycle (BIG PICTURE)
Oftentimes, students miss the big picture when it comes to cellular respiration and photosynthesis. This EDITABLE introduction to the topic explains how the two are related and their impact on the environment. This assignment has students create a model of the connection between cell respiration and photosynthesis using information from the reading. It also asks students to predict the equation for photosynthesis based on the cellular respiration equation, examine how the seasonality of lea
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7th - 12th
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NGSS:
HS-LS1-5
, HS-LS1-7
, HS-LS2-5
, HS-LS2-4
Also included in: Photosynthesis and Respiration Bundle
A Full Year of Texas History DBQs | 7th Grade | Close Reading | Writing
DBQs do so much for you and your students. 1. They teach the content, the history and the social studies.2. DBQs by their nature require students to read closely.3. And DBQs provide students with an opportunity to write about their opinions. I have watched many students who might not be doing much, turn it on when they were writing about an engaging DBQ. What's Included? 10 DBQs all of them offer at least 4 documents for your students to work through. Some have as many as six. And each DBQ finis
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7th
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Civics Bellwork for the WHOLE YEAR {History Guru}
Civics Bellwork for the WHOLE YEARThe students will complete the bellwork in a 5 day model. Each day is a scaffolded release of questions targeted at 5 main language arts standards. This allows students to pick apart the important information while meeting their language arts requirements in social studies18 topics: Including Economics, Enlightenment, Elections, Executive Branch, Legislative Branch, Citizenship, ETC!Bellwork ProcedureConversation: There is no talking during Bellwork time. Silent
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: Civics Bundle: 181 Products and over $400 in lessons/activities
Macromolecules: Organic Compounds Reading and Card Sort
This EDITABLE product asks students to sort cards containing the basic properties of organic compounds, based on information they need to pull from text. It provides a short reading about organic compounds (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids), a blank student sheet, and cards to be cut out and laminated by the teacher. I first pass out the student sheet and reading, and have my students read and highlight t for key information. Then I hand out the envelopes with the cards and as
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7th - 12th
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HS-LS1-6
Also included in: Biochemistry Bundle
Evidence and Sourcing Lesson: Teaching Historical Thinking - Digital & Print!
This engaging lesson focuses on the Historical Thinking Concept of EVIDENCE AND SOURCING. Students will develop their historical thinking and critical analysis skills, including the following:Making inferencesPrimary vs Secondary SourcesRecognizing Bias and Reliability of sourcesSourcing historical documents using the HAPPY TIME sourcing methodAnalyzing several primary and secondary source documentsThis lesson includes the following materials:Detailed lesson planGoogle slides with big question,
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Historical Thinking Bundle: A Complete Unit - Digital & Print!
7th Grade | Texas History | 2nd Semester | 120 Activities Bundle
You need assignments for 7th graders that you can print out today with little or no prep. But you don't want fluff. You want to see your students really learning Texas History. These products help your students learn and help you breathe easy. By the way, many of these pintables assume that you have access to a Texas History textbook or internet resources for looking things up.This Resource IncludesEach unit in the bundle includes at least 15 assignments and activities.Key FeaturesCLOZE activiti
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7th
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Analyzing Renaissance Art: Primary Source Activity
Students will build their understanding of primary sources as they collaborate to analyze five key pieces of Renaissance art to better understand its themes and concepts. A great way to introduce the Renaissance, wrap up the chapter, buffer some time between your last bit of notes and the test, close out Friday or liven up Monday, this student-centered, collaborative, and engaging activity will have you covered. Slides are included to allow for a full class discussion and formative assessmen
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6th - 12th
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Ancient Egypt Stations
This product contains 8 "articles" that comprise the Ancient Egypt Case Study. Each article has a particular topic related to the Nile River Valley. Specifically, this document includes Geography, Economy, Seasons of the Nile, Social Order, Government, Religion, and Achievements of Ancient Egypt, with an additional article on the pyramids for fun! Each article uses images, bold text, and vocabulary to enrich the reader's engagement with the document. Each article has a corresponding Student Que
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5th - 8th
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Close Reading: Hurricane Harvey (4th-8th Grade)
Hurricane Harvey is a tragic current event that highlighted the dangers of natural disasters and the fortitude of human heroism and unity. We prepared this close reading teaching resource while we ourselves are in the heart of flooded Houston.
We hope you and your students can benefit from our first-hand photographs and account of this event.
Your students will learn:
►The about the wind, rain, and floods of Hurricane Harvey.
►Summarize using margin notes.
►Support conclusions with details fr
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4th - 7th
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DNA and RNA Reading and Card Sort
This EDITABLE product asks students to sort cards containing the basic differences between DNA and RNA, based on information they need to pull from text. It provides a short reading about the structure and function of each, and cards to be cut out and laminated by the teacher. I first pass out the student sheet and reading, and have my students read and highlight t for key information. Then I hand out the envelopes with the cards and ask students to sort the cards in their blank organizers base
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: DNA, Transcription, Translation and Protein Synthesis Bundle
Wonder Part Two: Via
This packet is for Part Two: Via, from the book Wonder, by R. J. Palacio. It is a close reading packet, to guide students while reading the book. It includes several types of questions including: "right there" questions, inferential questions, vocabulary (synonyms, context clues, choosing the most appropriate definition), figurative language, drawing conclusions, and making comparisons.
This is a helpful tool while teaching the novel to help students pay attention to detail, and understand wh
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5th - 8th
The Temperance Movement Close Reading {History Guru}
Determining the feelings and emotions of moments in history through comics and propaganda is a great way to explain events to students. This close read is going over exactly that for the Temperance Movement. This will break down vocab, references, and context clues. This could easily be a simple DBQ or an in-depth close read opportunity for either a US History class or a Reading/ ELA course.Check out samples on my Instagram: @HistoryGuruTPTCustomer Tips:Be the first to know about my new discount
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7th - 12th
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