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Thanksgiving engineering 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
Grades:
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
Grades:
6th - 8th
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CCSS:
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
Grades:
5th - 10th
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CER Open Response Activity: Analyze & Evaluate Engineers & Biodiversity
In this activity, students investigate how engineers solve problems to protect species. Students use their understanding of biodiversity to evaluate whether a design solution helps or harms ecosystems. Three topics are provided, for student choice. This can be used as a jigsaw activity, or for independent learning. Students are also given the choice of the type of slide they provide their answers on. There are two levels of difficulty of the Claim - Evidence - Reasoning graphic organizer. One ha
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Grades:
3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-2
, MS-ESS3-1
, HS-ESS3-3
, 5-ESS3-1
, HS-ESS3-2
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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
Grades:
7th - 10th
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CCSS:
Kinetic Energy Practice CER and Graphing Data
Are you in need of a resource that allows your students to practice their graphing abilities as well as their argumentative skills? This activity is perfect for you!Included:Student WorksheetAnswer Key---The overarching question for the worksheet is: What are the two variables that affect an object's kinetic energy?Students will answer this question using the Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning format. On the front of the sheet, students are given the data table for a student's trial data from testin
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Grades:
7th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-PS3-1
Also included in: 8th Grade Science Practice CER BUNDLE - NO PREP
Newton's Third Law Practice CER
Do you need a way for your students to demonstrate their understanding of Newtons' Third Law of motion? Do they need practice with claim, evidence, and reasoning? Look no further!Included:Student Worksheet with Background Information and ModelsAnswer KeyInformationThe students are given background information about the scenario as well as six models of force diagrams. The student must figure out which diagrams are correct given the background information and support their claim using evidence fr
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Grades:
7th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-PS2-1
Also included in: 8th Grade Science Practice CER BUNDLE - NO PREP
Thanksgiving PBL Scenario: Should Stores Stay Open on Thanksgiving?
Lead your students in an engaging and collaborative Problem Based Learning scenario, Thanksgiving-themed! This PBL scenario asks students to discuss and debate whether or not stores should stay open on Thanksgiving! Perfect for classes to use before Thanksgiving break!
Grades:
2nd - 5th
iRobot Discussion Question Cards
Movie Day that is educational!An easy set up to discuss the Psychological impact of robots in society based on the book and movie iRobot by Isaac Asimov.Set up questions for students to write in their notebooks and share their ideas and beliefs or use as prompts for warm ups. Includes PDF for easy printing and PPT for easy display and whole group discussions.
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Not Grade Specific
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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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Grades:
4th - 8th
Presidential Thanksgiving Proclamation Washington DBQ Unit (PDF for handouts)
A Document-Based Question Unit on Presidential Thanksgiving Proclamations - George Washington. This lesson includes:* Lesson Plan* Lesson Plan Narrative and Reasoning Guide* Common Core Standards Correlation* Primary and Secondary Sources on Historical Events* Open-ended and closed-ended questions* Extended Activity for Gifted/Advanced Students* An Investigative Approach to History* An Answer Key* Designed for grade 5 and up, but lower grades can easily scaffold the lesson for use** PDF Version
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Grades:
5th - 11th, Adult Education
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
Grades:
7th - 12th
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CCSS:
Science Discussion Sentence Starters (Editable version)
This editable resource is great for encouraging students to engage in MEANINGFUL science discussions. The Talk Tents can be used before, during or after activities such as labs, videos, discussions, readings, etc. With the new science standards in place (NGSS), students need to analyze tables/charts, discuss their ideas and develop their own investigations and these sentence starters will help students develop those skills. The Talk Tents can stay on the desks/tables and students refer to them a
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Grades:
5th - 8th
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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Grades:
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).
Grades:
4th - 7th
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Presidential Thanksgiving Proclamation Washington DBQ Unit (PPTX for 1 to 1)
A Document-Based Question Unit on Presidential Thanksgiving Proclamations - George Washington. This lesson includes:
* Lesson Plan
* Lesson Plan Narrative and Reasoning Guide
* Common Core Standards Correlation
* Primary and Secondary Sources on Historical Events
* Open-ended and closed-ended questions
* Extended Activity for Gifted/Advanced Students
* An Investigative Approach to History
* An Answer Key
* Designed for grade 5 and up, but lower grades can easily scaffold the lesson for use
** P
Grades:
5th - 11th
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.
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Inquiry Based Investigation: Cloning
In this Inquiry Based Investigation , students will complete several tasks in order to gain a deeper understanding of cloning and the cloning process, take an informed position either for or against the process, and create a persuasive infographic explaining their argument.What is an Inquiry Based Investigation ?When doing an Inquiry Based Investigation , students do not wait for the teacher to provide an answer. Instead, they are actively seeking solutions, designing investigations, and askin
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Daily Warm Ups / Exit Tickets (science, tech, checking for misconceptions)
This is a (growing) collection comprised of 23 daily warm up or exit ticket ideas that can be implemented as stand alone activities or paired with the unit you are currently teaching.
I assign these as Google Documents that my students submit on Schoology. To allow for content mastery I allow revisions for full credit.
ALL of the included Microsoft Word documents are fully editable allowing you to customize them according to your student and classroom needs.
They are great for checking for
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Not Grade Specific
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Early Cold War: The Space Race
A very brief DBQ featuring a timeline covering the Space Race from 1959-1997. 3 questions. I use this mostly to connect with the Arms Race and have students expand the timeline further and I use this in interactive notebooks, and often have the students color-code anything having to do with communism or socialism with a pink highlighter (pink... red) and then choose another color (I usually had them use blue) for capitalism and for the U.S. I also use this with the PowerPoints "The Arms Race" an
Subjects:
Grades:
10th - 11th
Also included in: Early Cold War: The Arms Race and Space Race
The Creation of the Mayflower Compact
Too often, students believe that the Mayflower was only carrying Pilgrims. And that the Mayflower Compact was this divinely created document. In reality, there were others aboard, and the document was a tool of necessity. This document uses primary source material to show students the situation that brought about the Mayflower Compact.
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Gratitude Discussion Starters
These cards will help generate discussions about being thankful. They can be used to generate small group or whole class discussions, or can be used as journal starters.
These discussion questions are good for any time of the year!
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
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4.5 - Document lesson: Thanksgiving and socialism?
This file includes a full document-based lesson:6 secondary sources grouped around a guiding questionA handout on historical literacy (sourcing, contextualizing, reading and inferring, and corroborating)A mini-activity introducing the political spectrum in the United StatesA graphic organizer for focusing attention on key information, organizing ideas, and drawing attention to similarities and differences between the sourcesSupport for students working virtually and/or independently:Model answer
Subjects:
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Unit 4 - The French and the English
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