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Free 8th grade close reading dbqs
Faux Movie Trailer: The Tell-Tale Heart Trial (lesson hook)
Is the narrator of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" sane/guilty or insane/not guilty of murder? Teachers and students both *love* the experience of debating this question, which rests on the legal definition of insanity and a close and careful reading of a beautifully complex and chilling short story.
Here's a 1-min video that frames this inquiry in the most dramatic way possible: a trailer for a horror movie in which students (the audience) must determine the fate of the narrator.
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7th - 10th
Science Literacy: Can Eating Less Meat Reduce Climate Change?
Students often fail to make the connection between the science they learn in the classroom, and how it is be applied in the real world. This "Article of the Week" series follows Dave Stuarts's format and is designed to bridge that gap using real articles from reliable sources.The assignment asks students to perform a close reading, annotations, and to use evidence from the article to support a claim. It also asks students to reflect - giving them a chance to interject their own thoughts and opin
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8th - 12th
Also included in: Ecology, Populations and Biodiversity Bundle
Global - Primary/Secondary Sources - 04/25 - China/Mongol Empire - 9th Grade
Eleven short-answer questions, worth 17 total points and spanning 8 pages, based on primary and secondary sources about ancient China and the Mongol Empire. These 8 pages of questions can be useful to any social studies curriculum based on world/global history. This assignment correlates to my 9th grade Units 11-12 (out of 20 total 9th grade units) of my reading and study guides for global history:Unit 11 (China - Tang, Song, Yuan & Ming Dynasties), Unit 12 (The Mongol Empire)Many of the fol
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Global - Primary/Secondary Sources - 02/25 - River Valley Civ's - 9th Grade
Twenty short-answer questions, worth 27 total points and spanning 14 pages, based on primary and secondary sources about the early River Valley Civilizations (Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, China). These 14 pages of questions can be useful to any social studies curriculum based on world/global history. This assignment correlates to my 9th grade Units 3-5 (Out of 20 9th grade units) of my reading and study guides for global history:Unit 3 (River Valley Civilizations), Unit 4 (Ancient India), Unit 5 (
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Forming Colonial Governments
This one page worksheet will help your students compare the Mayflower Compact to the Virginia House of Burgesses. The worksheet contains guiding questions alongside the sources to help students begin to see the foundations of American government while still under the control of Great Britain.
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7th - 11th
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“The Fight” by Adam Bagdasarian Text - Dependent Questions
These questions are developed to assess students comprehension of “The Fight” by Adam Bagdasarian. They are separated by All and Pre-AP classes. You can have all your classes answer all questions or separate by level.
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6th - 8th
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Science Literacy: Your Lungs are 6 weeks old
Students often fail to make the connection between the science they learn in the classroom, and how it is be applied in the real world. This "Article of the Week" series follows Dave Stuarts's format and is designed to bridge that gap using real articles from reliable sources.The assignment asks students to perform a close reading, annotations, and to use evidence from the article to support a claim. It also asks students to reflect - giving them a chance to interject their own thoughts and opin
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7th - 12th
Also included in: Mitosis and Cellular Differentiation Bundle
FREE Close Read Template for All Content Areas
Close reads don't have to be intimidating or boring! Any content area will be able to use this simple but effective free close reading template. This guide gives steps for how to plan a close reading for your lesson, with advice on how to achieve each area. Steps include choosing a text, identifying a purpose for reading, writing layered, text dependent questions, planning different instructional strategies for each read, and planning a final assessment for students to show their knowledge. Temp
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6th - 12th
Science Literacy: Bring the Grizzly Back to California?
Students often fail to make the connection between the science they learn in the classroom, and how it is be applied in the real world. This "Article of the Week" series follows Dave Stuarts's format and is designed to bridge that gap using real articles from reliable sources.The assignment asks students to perform a close reading, annotations, and to use evidence from the article to support a claim. It also asks students to reflect - giving them a chance to interject their own thoughts and opin
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7th - 12th
Also included in: Ecology, Populations and Biodiversity Bundle
Historical Thinking Anchor Chart
This anchor chart lists the four (4) critical thinking skills needed to analyze historical documents: source, context, corroboration, and close reading. Pairs well with resources listed in the bundle below.Follow my Pinterest page to get even more inspiration from free education resources like YouTube channels, podcasts, memes, and more. You can also follow eduKateTX on Facebook to receive updates about new releases, product sales, and free Time Saving Tech Tips for Busy Teachers. All products a
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Think Like a Historian: 6 Lesson Bundle for Classroom Instruction
Pre-Reading Activity: Rhetorical Analysis of Donald Trump's Victory Speech
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Pre-reading activity: This free preview is the activity for students to complete before reading Donald Trump's victory speech.The questions empower students to understand the historical occasion of Trump's speech and how this context should inform their reading and evaluation of Trump's authority.
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Donald Trump's Inaugural Address: Reading Comprehension Worksheet
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This highly engaging lesson teaches students to analyze and cri
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Science Literacy: How Animals Develop Regional Accents
Students often fail to make the connection between the science they learn in the classroom, and how it is be applied in the real world. This "Article of the Week" series follows Dave Stuarts's format and is designed to bridge that gap using real articles from reliable sources.The assignment asks students to perform a close reading, annotations, and to use evidence from the article to support a claim. It also asks students to reflect - giving them a chance to interject their own thoughts and opin
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8th - 12th
Black Death Engaging Primary Source Practice
This is my first ever product, I appreciate your feedback!DescriptionIn this product, you'll get 1 passage to deeply analyze using the SOAPSTone method. It is in printable format and Google slides.This product is a great introduction and/or practice to using SOAPSTone to analyze primary sources. It's literacy-based and rigorous.The students will read an engaging primary source and answer questions to show their analysis. This activity is great for modeling text analysis and spiraling back on pre
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7th - 9th
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Global - Primary/Secondary Sources - 09/25 - Scientific Revolution - 10th Grade
Eleven short-answer questions, worth 12 total points and spanning 8 pages, based on primary and secondary sources about the Scientific Revolution. These eight pages of questions can be useful to any social studies curriculum based on world/global history. This assignment correlates to my 10th grade Unit 1 (Out of 20 total 10th grade units) of my reading and study guides for global history:Unit 1 (The Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment)Many of the following sub-topics are also covered: He
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Physical Technology of the Digital World
This article deals with the physical technology that makes the digital world possible. It looks routers, networks, undersea cables, data centers, and cell towers. It also contains text boxes on ARPANET, satellite based internet, and fiber optic cable. This text will help students understand the engineering necessary to make the modern world work. This product contains differentiated versions of the same reading: level 1 has a word count of 889 and a Flesch-Kincaid reading ease score of 61.3.Le
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5th - 9th
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Document Based Questions: Childhood Obesity
Get your students reading closely and thinking about historical and/or current events by answering document based questions, or DBQs. This activity encourages students to interpret and use a variety of sources to respond to questions or prompts, allowing student to think like historians by gathering, analyzing, and organizing information from the sources provided. Students are required to think critically by interpreting and developing meaning, rather than just restating a textbook ‘s interpreta
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5th - 8th
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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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Stono Rebellion
This is a lesson on The Stono Rebellion. The lesson was completed for an observation; 7th grade U.S. History class. I really enjoyed teaching the topic. I look forward to teaching it this year as well. I hope it is useful to you too. All materials are included. I couldn't attach the videos but you can use a clip from youtube.com (Hunger Games) if you like as a motivational tool.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Analyzing a Source - TACOS Chart
I have found that TACOS charts are a unique way to have students analyze a primary or secondary source. Modeled after the classic "SOAP" or "SOAPSTONE" (but way more delicious), I use this weekly in my classroom.
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5th - 12th
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APPARTS - DBQs - Strategy for Decontextualizing Sources
APPARTS is a strategy used by many for close reading primary/secondary sources. This handout can be used to teach this strategy and/or one to as a reference by students of the acronym to guide them on how to analyze a document for different purposes in order to better understand the significance of the document.
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8th - 12th
Huey Long Share Our Wealth Activity
This includes a student handout, your QR codes, and questions. It also includes a follow up activity that asks students if Long was a dictator, democrat, or demagogue. Since using this, students have learned how to develop their opinions based on what they have learned. This does have Flipcharts to use (Activboard software).
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6th - 12th
Primary Source Document: Votes for Women
A map depicting which states in the early 1920s had allowed female suffrage, and which had not. Comes with accompanying questions to guide evaluation.
This download helps students learn to evaluate images and handle primary source documents. It can accompany any lesson on women gaining the right to vote, or the suffrage movement.
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8th - 12th
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"Source" Documents "Like a Historian"
Get your students to "Read Like a Historian" by "Sourcing Documents." Use the Posters to reference authors point of view, text believability and reliability. The posters work well when the goal is critical thinking and academic discussion.
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6th - 12th
George Washington’s Last Will and Testament Document Analysis
Students will examine the first four pages of George Washington’s Last Will and Testament and use the document to determine the evolution of Washington’s stance on equality, the institution of slavery, and the correlation of the ideas expressed in the Declaration of Independence through the use of direct reading instruction for informational texts and document analysis.
Essential Question/Compelling Question:
How does George Washington’s Last Will and Testament illustrate Washington’s stance o
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8th - 11th
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