1,078 results
Common Core RI.9-10.9 resources under $5
Bill of Rights Scenarios Analysis Worksheet
This Bill of Rights Scenarios Analysis activity includes abbreviated versions of the first 10 Amendments to the US Constitution for students to read and a set of short scenarios that they must then analyze. Each scenario describes a violation of one of the Bill of Rights in a way that students can identify with and understand. They then refer back to the Bill of Rights to match it to the correct one. Finally, students answer a question regarding their opinion on whether our rights are absolute o
Subjects:
Grades:
7th - 11th
Types:
Constitution Day Activity Scavenger Hunt | Primary Source Analysis, Google Forms
To better understand the basic information within the U.S. Constitution, students will browse through this primary source document and find the main ideas regarding the 7 Articles and 27 Amendments. Included are 17 questions about the articles and 27 questions about the amendments. All questions (except for one) will be answered with a number. This is a great way to introduce, study, or review the United States Constitution for your civics unit or for a Constitution Day activity. You may even
Subjects:
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Types:
CCSS:
George Washington's Farewell Address Analysis Worksheet
This George Washington's Farewell Address analysis activity features a two page excerpt of the President's famous speech from 1796. In it, Washington warns America of the dangers of a 2 Party System and about getting entangled in foreign affairs. This is a wonderful speech for students to read and analyze as his arguments are still so relevant to today. The speech has been recognized for years as a masterful guide to government. In 1825, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison recommended the use of
Subjects:
Grades:
9th - 12th
Types:
History Crime Scene Investigation: Abraham Lincoln Assassination CSI
Want a great way for students to engage in a group activity while they examine eyewitness testimony, artifacts, primary sources, and solve a historical mystery? Download The Abraham Lincoln Assassination CSI!
This exciting activity can be used to challenge individual students or to encourage collaboration in groups of up to five. Students form CSI teams and examine real evidence from Ford's Theater to determine what happened to President Lincoln and who was responsible. While it is easy to det
Grades:
5th - 12th
Types:
Comparing the Declaration of Independence & Declaration of the Rights of Man
This activity comparing the Declaration of Independence and Declaration of the Rights of Man is a fantastic higher-level-thinking worksheet for US History or World History. Excerpts from both America's Declaration of Independence and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen are included. After reading the selections from each document, students fill-in a Venn Diagram of similarities and differences they recognized, then answer a set of analysis questions to get them thinking about
Grades:
7th - 11th
Types:
Ben Franklin’s Autobiography, Informational Text, Franklin Aphorisms, 13 Virtues
Use this two-day lesson pack to get your teens excited about studying the words and ideas of Benjamin Franklin, one of the United States’ most compelling founding fathers.This 9-page download (PDF + Google Drive version of all student handouts):• Detailed, step-by-step lesson procedure suggestions• Brainstorming handout to help students create their own definition of a successful person• Four-page excerpt of The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin • Critical-thinking question handout that require
Grades:
10th - 12th
Types:
CCSS:
Examining the Declaration of Independence's Grievances: C. Core History Lesson
How did the Founding Fathers come up with the 27 grievances in the Declaration of Independence? By comparing the Declaration of Independence to a break-up letter and analyzing primary source images from the Revolutionary Era, students will come to better understand the reasons for declaring independence from Britain.
Throughout the lesson students will:
1) Listen to you read a fake break up letter written by the 13 colonies!
2) Participate in a historical art gallery activity that has student
Grades:
7th - 12th
Types:
CCSS:
Articles of the Constitution: A Primary Source Analysis on the 7 Articles
This is an excellent way to study and know the information contained within the United States Constitution. To better understand the layout and information within the United States Constitution, students will read through the original 7 Articles of this primary source document and find the main ideas. This is a nice addition to Constitution Day or your existing unit on the Constitution.Don't be afraid to have your students study this great document. Being one of the most influential documents
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 12th
Types:
CCSS:
Star Spangled Banner Activity: National Anthem Reading & War of 1812 summary
It's the National Anthem! Whether it's social studies, english, or music class, this mini-unit is perfect for any study on the Star Spangled Banner (or the War of 1812). This bundle includes a fun, introductory whole-group PowerPoint-style quiz, a historical reading with comprehension questions, and a creative re-writing of the National Anthem. Everything you need is included! It's even in PDF and Google drive formats! Learn more specifics in the details below:☞ This resource is also a part of
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 9th
CCSS:
Also included in: American History U.S. History Bundle: Beginnings through the 1850's
Rhetorical Appeals Analysis (Ethos, Logos, Pathos) Trashketball Review Game
This interactive game helps students review rhetorical appeals (ethos, logos, and pathos) in the context of classic speeches and texts. Texts referenced include Sojourner Truth’s “And Ain’t I a Woman?”, Patrick Henry’s “The Speech to the Second Virginia Convention,” Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s “On Women’s Rights,” and an excerpt from Frederick Douglass’s My Bondage and My Freedom.In this game, there are four rounds. In each round, the students must identify the examples from the texts as ethos, lo
Grades:
9th - 12th
Also included in: American Literature Curriculum - Thematic Pacing Guide - Lesson Bundle
Jonathan Edwards - "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" Fun Project
This Great Awakening activity includes an excerpt of Jonathan Edwards' famous sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" and turns it into an engaging project for students. Following the excerpt of the sermon are a few short analysis questions before students must write their own speech titled, "Students in the Hands of an Angry Principal". The directions explain how students must identify the purpose of Edwards' sermon and then write a speech imagining what a new principal for your school mi
Grades:
6th - 11th
Types:
Scaffolded Informational Text One Pager: Analytical Reading Response Activity
No more boring informational text assignments! This nonfiction one pager activity is designed to keep middle and high school students thinking critically. Pair this resource with any high-interest informational text, and you'll have a recipe for engagement with literary analysis.Like its counterpart, the fiction and narrative nonfiction one pager, this informational text one pager is directly aligned with Common Core standards and scaffolded to increase student success. Blank white pages? They a
Grades:
7th - 10th
Thomas Paine Common Sense: Primary Source Activity | American History
Thomas Paine's Common Sense was a little pamphlet with big ideas! This primary source activity gives students a chance to read through and analyze the major paragraphs, or arguments, within his pamphlet while answering various questions. I created this mini-unit for my own classroom to help students understand this important document that shaped the course of Independence. You will find that this resource is challenging yet capable for all. Students are analyzing text from the 1700's which ca
Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in: American History U.S. History Bundle: Beginnings through the 1850's
Media Literacy Checklist - Evaluating Sources, Fact Checking, and Media Bias
These media literacy handouts provide an easy acronym and a graphic organizer that can be used to evaluate any source and help your students identify credible sources. Includes digital worksheets for distance learning, as well as ready-to-print handouts for evaluating sources within a traditional classroom setting.This resource is also included in Mondays Made Easy's Media Literacy Coronavirus News Lesson for Evaluating Sources. This distance learning resource examines the credibility of coron
Subjects:
Grades:
7th - 12th
Types:
Paired Texts: Frederick Douglass & Malala Yousafzai - Close Reading Essay Lesson
This lesson connects three texts: Robert Hayden’s poem “Frederick Douglass,” an excerpt from Frederick Douglass’s My Bondage and My Freedom, and the New York Times article “Malala Yousafzai, Girl Shot by Taliban, Makes Appeal at U.N.” It also makes learning relevant for your students through real-world connections, while meeting ELA standards by employing nonfiction texts.Use this lesson to give your students practice with close reading and the synthesis of ideas. Activity handouts focus on b
Grades:
8th - 11th
Types:
Also included in: Real-World Nonfiction Connections Bundle: Thoreau, Douglass & Chopin
Journalism Activity, Freedom of Press for Student Journalists, Digital & Print
The purpose of this no prep, digital or printable activity is to provide students with an awareness of the most landmark Supreme Court case regarding student journalism in history: Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier. An exercise such as this one is perfect to help students navigate tough issues and realize boundaries and their roles and responsibilities in the world. Even if you don't teach a high school newspaper, magazine, yearbook, or journalism class but you want students to gain exposure to this fam
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education
Types:
CCSS:
Also included in: Yearbook Curriculum BUNDLE+ for Student Journalism Publications
STAAR Non-Fiction Paired Passages with Writing Prompts for High School Reading
Are you searching for an easy way to prep your high school students for their ELA end-of-year test?Look no further! These High School Non-Fiction Reading Comprehension Passages with Questions have got you covered.✨Engaging Non-Fiction Paired Texts: This resource offers 6 non-fiction reading comprehension passages suitable for 9th & 10th grade students, making it versatile for high school. Use the worksheets for assessments or send them digitally for homework.⭐ New Item Types: Our carefully c
Subjects:
Grades:
8th - 11th
Types:
Also included in: Countdown to Reading STAAR 10 Day Boot Camp High School ELA Test Prep
Class Constitution: Creating a Classroom Constitution & Preamble
Have you ever created a constitution for your own classroom? Each year in civics class, as we learn about the United States Constitution, I have my students help create our very own class constitution. The students love being a part of creating rules and policy for our classroom. This student-led activity has always proven to be a success! Each student's voice is heard as they actively engaged in crafting of an official document for the class. The process begins as students are grouped to dr
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 12th
Types:
CCSS:
Nonfiction Resource Bundle- Graphic Organizers, Question Stems, Charts, & MORE
This product contains 26 pages of items to support a unit on nonfiction, or informational texts. You will find graphic organizers to assess the three more common text structures: descriptive, cause/effect, and compare/contrast. These graphic organizers are accompanied by writing tasks that are great tools to use for beginning an essay analyzing a nonfiction text.You will also find question stems to use for your nonfiction unit that include questions about text features, text structures, and rh
Grades:
6th - 10th
Douglass's "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" Activity Pack
This CCSS aligned set provides a literary and historical overview of Frederick Douglass and his “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” speech. ** This set is from my Literature of Slaves Unit and my American Literature Bundle, so please do not purchase both. **
The set includes:
* a short WebQuest about Douglass with teacher notes
* a vocabulary activity and quiz with teacher key
* a two page excerpt of “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” speech
* analysis questions with teacher no
Grades:
9th - 12th
CCSS:
Thoreau's Civil Disobedience Activities, Worksheets
If you're teaching Thoreau's Civil Disobedience, you need this mini-bundle to make your lesson plans come alive. Included in the bundle are:An 8-page introductory PPT with activities (in both PPT and PDF formats)An excerpt from Civil Disobedience to read with studentsA quote analysis activityMoral situation activity using Thoreau's essay as a guideExcerpt from Gandhi's Civil Disobedience for comparison/contrastThoreau Civil Disobedience video worksheet (with link to YouTube video)Files included
Grades:
9th - 12th
American Revolution Primary Source Mini-DBQ Packet
This excellent Revolutionary War activity includes a mini-Document Based Question (DBQ) for students to analyze several documents related to the Colonies' increasing desire for independence. It includes 6 excerpts from important documents from the years leading up to the American Revolution. These include the:Quebec ActLetters of prominent Patriot Joseph WarrenDeclaration and Resolves of the First Continental CongressMassachusetts Government ActAnd more! Students analyze each primary source docu
Subjects:
Grades:
9th - 12th
Types:
Japanese American Internment: Comparing Primary & Secondary Sources
This lesson will have students analyze and explore secondary and primary sources of information that pertain to the Japanese- American internment experience in the United States during WWII. Students will critically examine the way in which the internment camps were presented to the public through the portrayal of the U.S. government and their use of propaganda, and from the drawings and paintings of the Japanese-American internees who lived in the camps.The Slide Presentation is full of interac
Grades:
7th - 12th
Types:
CCSS:
ELA Standards Checklists Grades 9-10 Editable
Editable Common Core ELA Standards Checklists Grades 9-10 - easy to use and customize for your classroom use!This IS included in my Common Core Bundle for Grades 9-12AND Common Core ELA Standards Checklists for High School Grades 9-12This 60-page resource features all of the English Language Arts Common Core Standards in an easy-to-read and record format. All five strands (reading literature, reading informational, writing, language, and speaking and listening) with every single standard is incl
Grades:
9th - 10th, Higher Education, Staff
Types:
Also included in: All of my Reading Resources (Fiction / Nonfiction) Growing Bundle
Showing 1-24 of 1,078 results
TPT is the largest marketplace for PreK-12 resources, powered by a community of educators.
IXL family of brands