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Writing-essays Common Core RH.6-8.8 resources
Road to Jim Crow: Primary Source DBQ Set w/ Guided Discussion (GSE SS8H7)
This guided DBQ (document-based question) for the Jim Crow era is a ready-to-use lesson packed with social studies skills. A Jim Crow DBQ is a great way to help students teach themselves about this time period in U.S. History. This product has everything you could want in primary source instruction! Includes:24 separate documents (organized into 12 sets)2/3 of the sources are primary sources; others include infographics and articles50-slide Ppt that guides students through the process of analyzi
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6th - 11th
Also included in: New South in Georgia GSE SS8H7 BUNDLE Elements a-d
Write an Argument: For or Against Sled Dog Racing - Includes Passage & Sources
ENGAGING FREE ARGUMENT WRITING NO PREP PRINTABLES AND EASY DISTANCE LEARNING that guides students step-by-step to formulate, research, & write an awesome argumentative essay! Gives them everything they need to succeed! Helps them explore both sides of an issue and take a position. Now in Google Slides for easy distance learning. Plus they are given sources for both sides of the issue so they won't be searching around on the internet!Students will feel more confident writing this argumentativ
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6th - 12th
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Our Living Constitution: A Comprehensive Unit on the United States Constitution
The bundle Our Living Constitution: A Comprehensive Unit on the United States Constitition covers everything a busy teacher needs for a dynamic, informative, and engaging unit on the U.S. Constitution. Using the "Into, Through, and Beyond" lesson plan model, the lessons start from the beginning with an Overview of the Constitution, the Origins of the Constitution, and the Seven Principles of the Constitution to introduce students to important facts, influences, and foundational concepts. In th
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6th - 12th
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Argumentative Writing Prompts- US HISTORY (Evidence-Based Writing)
Looking for a way to encourage your historical thinkers to use evidence-based writing strategies in their social studies classrooms? Are you trying to adhere to Common Core and other State Standards? Then you have found the resource that you need! These US History Argumentative Writing Prompts cover the curriculum for the entire year. They are formatted to incorporate the necessary requirements of an argumentative writing piece, including a counter-claim. This resource includes editable word doc
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7th - 12th
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DBQs & Primary Sources Mini-Bundle: U.S. Women's History 1600-1860 *APUSH*
History comes to life for students when they read primary sources! This Early America Women's History Mini-Bundle will fascinate and engage your students. Each Primary Source Analysis and DBQ resource gives students a chance to delve deeper into life of women during the Colonial Era (1607-1763), the Revolutionary Era (1763-1783) and the Early Women's Rights Movement (1840-1865). Through reading, review and analysis of sources, students will be able to determine what issues and challenges face
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9th - 11th
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Creating a New Government: UNIT (5 days & DBQ ESSAY)
What's included:
Five lesson Plans aligned with CCSS and NYS standards for Social Studies
Packet: Five days of material that is color coded per day and activity
Four Do Now's
Two Home Work Assignments
One Exit Ticket
DBQ Task
DBQ Documents
DBQ Essay Planning Page
Sources
***This Unit is a simulation activity where students will act as government representatives who establish the Articles of Confederation and the U.S. Constitution***
Day One Creating a Government: Students will create their ow
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7th - 11th
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Writing to Argue Bundle
This bundle of eleven lessons middle schoolers and homeschoolers will develop their argumentative writing skills. Students will practice with three different mediums and also develop their research, structure, language, and referencing skills.If you are using this or any of my other products in a homeschool environment, note that there is a collaborative component that will require a buddy or parent. My ethos on learning is social but whereas in traditional school the learning experience is vert
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6th - 8th
Back to School Activities BUNDLE DISTANCE LEARNING
Back to School Activities BUNDLETask Cards and Activities FOR GOOGLE CLASSROOM DISTANCE LEARNINGIncluded in this download:5 resources including task cards and activities!A $25.00 VALUE FOR ONLY $20.00!! 20% OFF!!This bundle is priced to save you significantly over buying each resource separately!See the links above for full details on each lesson/product included!★★ You can find all A Social Studies Life's Beginning of the School Year Activities here!Beginning of the School Year Activities ASSLD
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4th - 8th
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CRQ-CER _Turning Point_ Neolithic Revolution
In this Critical Response Question assignment, students will critically analyze to the statement: "The Neolithic Revolution was a turning point in human history." Students will analyze and evaluate the Neolithic Revolution as a turning point in human history using the Claim, Evidence, Reasoning (CER) method to construct a well-reasoned argument that supports or challenges this claim.* Don't Forget to Rate this Content for Teachers Pay Teachers' Credits towards free resources!To Learn More and ge
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Middle School Writing Tips
The following tips sheets can be used for general writing, informational writing or argumentative writing. They are intended specifically for use in a Social Studies classroom. I have used these in my own classroom with great success!
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4th - 8th
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Argumentative Essay: Identify the Parts
Students who are learning to write argumentative essays need to see examples and identify the parts. In this lesson, student will use the attached document, label the following items correctly:Claim: redReasons: BlueEvidence: PinkExplanation: YellowCounter Claim: GreenIn-Text Citations: Gray
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8th - 12th
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Debating the Causes of the Texas Revolution
This fully guided lesson is a comparative approach to the study of the events leading up to the Texas Revolution. Often times we view a major historical event through one lens without considering that it might have multiple interpretations. This lesson invites the learner to analyze both the Texan and Mexican perspective, and hopefully gain a better understanding of the war as a whole. The lesson is NOT intended to convince learners that one perspective is more valid than the other. Instead, it
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7th - 12th
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A Nation Divided: North Vs. South
An overview of the period right before the Civil War: Students will 1. Read what happened as more states were admitted to the Union and people argued if they should be slave states or not. The events that widened the division between the North and the South so that the South finally chose to secede from the Union. Throughout the readings, students will see that cultural differences influence political decisions. As students read they will answer guided reading questions & use a graphic organ
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: US History Curriculum Bundle 1400-1877
4th-8th Venn Diagram with Reading and Writing Comparison Strategies
A “Venn Diagram” with two or more intersecting circles is a relationship graphic organizer utilized to make similarity and difference comparisons. The “Venn Diagram” material is unique, with three interactive sets. Student friendly mapping strategies can be used in the teaching of comprehending and comparing two or three informational and nonfiction texts, fictional text story elements, ideas read, and planning and organizing comparative report essays to be written across the curriculum. Origin
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4th - 8th
Argument Essay Organizer
This is an in-depth outline/organizer for writing an argument essay. I noticed my students weren't doing well with a basic outline, so this lays out exactly what they need to write full paragraphs in their argument essays.
Grades:
5th - 9th
DQB Essay: Egypt
Google Slides DQB Essay: Egypt. matches DBQ format with fill in the blanks and buckets.
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6th - 7th
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