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Shh! We're Writing the Constitution Thinkmark
Do you love teaching with novels and trade books? Are you looking for a way to keep your students actively engaged in their reading? Try my thinkmarks!
I designed this thinkmark for Jean Fritz's Shh! We're Writing the Constitution. The thinkmark divides the book into five manageable sections. Each section of the thinkmark provides students with:
- a reminder of the assigned pages
- a reading strategy to practice
- a specific way to use a sticky note to record their thinking while reading
- a br
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Grades:
4th - 6th
BRINGING DOWN A PRESIDENT by Andrea Balis & Elizabeth Levy - Teacher Guide
A middle-grade retelling of Richard Nixon’s downfall, Bringing Down a President: The Watergate Scandal is an inventive and timely look at one of the biggest scandals to ever rock our nation, by Andrea Balis and Elizabeth Levy, featuring graphic novel–style illustrations by Tim Foley. Composed almost completely of primary source quotes (good thing Nixon’s recorder was on) and interspersed with contextual narrative, this captivating account of the trials and tribulations of the Nixon administratio
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Cafe Conversation on Democracy
These are questions for a cafe conversation on democracy. Cut out the questions in the document and tape/glue down onto a posterboard. Each group should get a question for 3-5 minutes. After the allotted time, the posters are rotated; every group should answer the question or add to a previous comment. After the final rotation, you may have each group share the most insightful comments or interesting ideas.
Grades:
9th - 12th
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