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10th grade Black History Month Common Core RI.7.1 resources
Martin Luther King Day I Have a Dream Close Read and Rhetorical Analysis
Engage your students in close reading and rhetorical analysis skills with this Martin Luther King Jr. "I Have a Dream" close reading and analysis activity. This is a perfect activity for students on Martin Luther King Jr. Day!
"I Have a Dream" by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a speech packed with rhetorical devices. This activity packet provides secondary teachers with multiple resources to help students conduct a close read of this famous speech.
This resource includes:
A teacher introductio
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Martin Luther King Day Activity Bundle for Secondary Students
Black History Month Biography Projects with Readings
This fantastic Black History Month resource includes 13 biographies of famous African Americans plus several project options to use in your classroom!Each 1-page biography is easy to read for students and includes the major details of each person's life along with pictures and quotes. The biographies feature figures from the Harlem Renaissance and Civil Rights Movement and include:Martin Luther King, Jr.Stokely CarmichaelMalcolm XThurgood MarshallJackie RobinsonRosa ParksBillie HolidayJames Weld
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6th - 10th
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Malcolm X's "The Ballot or the Bullet" Common Core Rhetorical Analysis
This resource includes the annotated text of Malcolm X's famous "The Ballot or the Bullet" speech. Using the comment feature in Microsoft Word, this resource includes critical commentary and analysis of the figurative and connotative meanings, rhetorical devices (logos, ethos, pathos), parallelism, allusions, themes aligned with the RI1, RI2, RI4, RI6, and RI8 standards from the Common Core State Standards. In addition to the identified figurative language, rhetorical devices, etc., the docume
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6th - 10th
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Sharon M. Draper's "Tears of a Tiger" - 28 Common Core Learning Tasks!!
This Common Core resource includes 28 rigorous unit learning tasks for Sharon Draper’s, "Tears of a Tiger." The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. The resource includes speaking and listening activities including
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6th - 10th
Black History Month Science & Reading Comprehension - Scientists & Inventors
Celebrate Black History Month! Discover the amazing contributions of African American scientists and inventors with this engaging and collaborative hexagonal thinking activity! Take a deeper look into the lives, contributions, and character traits of diverse scientists and inventors. This is the perfect Black History Month project for secondary science classes! Also... great for Black History Month Bulletin Boards and Science Sub Plans. Product Highlights:Hexagonal Worksheet Templates: Students
Grades:
8th - 12th
MLK Close Reading and Comprehension Quiz “I Have a Dream” Speech
PRINTABLE or DIGITAL reading passage and quiz. MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech, and close reading quiz. The pages can be used for classwork, homework, flipped learning, blended learning, distance learning, Google classroom, and extension activities. Great for 6th-8th grades, and 9-12 grades. Perfect for middle school students and high school students alike! A classroom activity for Martin Luther King Jr. day. An ELA activity and close reading lesson for MLK day. What's Included:■ 5-page reading pa
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5th - 12th
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Black History Month Science - Easy Activities for Middle School & High School
February is Black History Month! Celebrate the achievements of historical figures with this collection of Black History Month Activities for Middle and High School Classrooms. This bundle of activities includes bulletin board decor, research projects, a slideshow and two social-emotional learning activities. What's Included (see Preview for all the details): Black Scientists Slideshow (30 Scientists and Inventors)Black Scientists Posters (30 Scientists and Inventors)Black Scientists Hexagonal Th
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5th - 12th
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5-PS1-1
MLK Multiple Choice Quizzes Close Reading & Literary Devices "I Have a Dream"
This BUNDLE includes:■ Two multiple choice quizzes pdf and Google Form■ Two answer keys■ Reading passagePRINTABLE or DIGITAL reading passage and quizzes. MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech, and literary devices quiz. The pages can be used for classwork, homework, flipped learning, blended learning, distance learning, Google classroom, and extension activities. Great for 6th-8th grades, and 9-12 grades. Perfect for middle school students and high school students alike!A classroom activity for Martin L
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5th - 12th
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Activity 1: Ancient African Civilizations_Middle & High School Black History
This passage is about the ancient Ghana, Songhai, and Mali empires. Long before the colonial period, there were great African kingdoms whose rulers presided over magnificent courts. Their merchants traded in gold, salt, and other goods with faraway countries, often traveling vast distances over caravan routes across the plains and deserts. African American Black History Course_Lesson Activity 1: Ancient African Civilizations· Lesson 1 in the 72-part course series
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6th - 12th
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MyPerspectives 9th Grade Unit 3: Literature of Civil Rights
This LOADED resource facilitates students to discover how the writings and speeches of the Civil Rights movement inspired social change and demonstrates how words inspire change. Students will interact with a series of speeches, writings, poems, and videos to better understand and create their own change-inspiring speech at the end of the unit. This concise resource includes do-now's, vocabulary, comprehension check questions and answers, discussion questions, debate topics, assessments, and eng
Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in: My Perspectives 9th Grade Unit 3: Literature of Civil Rights BUNDLE
Sharon M. Draper's "Forged By Fire" - 26 Common Core Learning Tasks!!
This Common Core resource includes 26 rigorous unit learning tasks for Sharon Draper’s, "Forged by Fire." The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. The resource includes speaking and listening activities including c
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6th - 12th
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Save +10 hours Afrolatinos BUNDLE Spanish reading comprehension passages
Are you feeling overwhelmed by your workload?Save Precious Time with Our Engaging Afrolatinos BUNDLE Spanish reading comprehension passages - posters - Flashcards and save time!This no-prep solution is your ticket to a stress-free teaching experience. ✅ Cost-Effective: For just $7.49, you’ll receive three products that will not only enhance your lessons but also spark your students’ interest in Afrolatino culture. By purchasing the bundle instead of individual products, you’ll save $4.✅ Authenti
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5th - 12th
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Culture_Josh Gibson Tops MLB Baseball Leaderboards_Current Events Reading_2024
Current events PDF lesson plan. Major League Baseball officially updated its statistics to include 2,300 qualifying men who played in the Negro Leagues between 1920 and 1948. Josh Gibson is MLB’s new all-time career leader in batting average (.372, moving ahead of Ty Cobb), slugging percentage (.718, moving ahead of Ruth), OPS (1.177, ahead of Ruth), and holds the all-time single season records in each of those categories.Articles and long reading passages of recent news stories for middle and h
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6th - 12th
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MLK and Obama's March on Washington Speeches - Rhetorical Analysis w/Annotations
This resource includes the annotated texts of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream Speech" given at the March on Washington and President Obama's speech given at the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington given in 2013. The included zipped folder also includes an unmarked copy of the speeches without annotations and marginal notes so that you can reproduce them for students so that they can annotate them. Reading and annotating informational texts is a critical componen
Grades:
6th - 12th
Lectura de comprensión Spanish Reading Comprehension Passages Afrolatinos
Are you feeling overwhelmed by your workload?Save Precious Time with Our Engaging Afrolatinos Identity and Heritage - Spanish Reading Comprehension Passages and save time!This no-prep solution is your ticket to a stress-free teaching experience.Enhance your Spanish classes with authentic and meaningful materials! Our resource features 12 captivating readings designed to help students explore the experiences, identity, and heritage of Afrolatinos. These readings foster cultural understanding and
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Save +10 hours Afrolatinos BUNDLE Spanish reading comprehension passages
Lot of 14 Common Core Rhetorical Analyses of Speeches by President Barack Obama
This resource includes 14 Common Core annotated texts with marginal notes of famous speeches by President Barack Obama. The collection includes:"Prayer Vigil for Sandy Hook Elementary School (Newton, CT) Victims”"Nelson Mandela Memorial”“September 10 Speech on Syria”"50th Anniversary March on Washington” “Memorial for the Victims of the Arizona Shooting”“First Inaugural Address”“Second Inaugural Address” "Dallas Memorial for Slain Officers""Speech on Gun Control""Selma Anniversary Speech""2015 S
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6th - 12th
Martin Luther King Jr. Letter from Birmingham Jail Black History Month MLK Jr.
This fully editable packet is ready to use to recognize and celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Black History Month in your middle school ELA or history classroom. This lesson plan guides students through a KWL Do Now activity, basic facts on Dr. King and facts about why he was arrested in April 1963 in Birmingham, a reading activity with 5 different excerpts from "Letter from Birmingham Jail" included with embedded vocabulary and definitions, and short answer questions for students to ans
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6th - 10th
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Also included in: Black History Month Bundle Middle School ELA History Lessons Activities
Black History Month Activities - Info Texts w/ Questions - Printable or Digital
This bundle contains 5 passages at the 4th/5th grade reading level and 1 page in length. All 5 products include the same resource as a digital activity (on a Google Doc) and a printable activity (created in Canva). Each has 5 literal comprehension questions and 1 short answer inferential question per passage. This can also be used for special education middle school or high school students at a lower reading level! This activity is great for centers, morning work, optimistic closure, uplifti
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education
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Obama Close Reading and Multiple Choice Comprehension Quiz "DNC Keynote Speech"
A middle school and high school activity for Black History Month. A printable close reading handout and reading comprehension multiple choice quiz of President Barack Obama's keynote address speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. This worksheet and assessment is perfect for students who are passionate about current events and social justice. The lesson is aligned to common core standards. Feeling stressed as a teacher with limited to no time for lesson planning? If you're searching f
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6th - 12th
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Narrative of Frederick Douglass | Passage & Literary Nonfiction Analysis Task
A Black History Month Freebie (for a limited time) combined with meaningful ELA Test Prep all in one step! A FREE one-page excerpt from a compelling slave narrative along with reading analysis comprehension questions that get students to analyze the development of central ideas, character, and determining causation of events in a primary source: "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave."The reading practice assessment focuses heavily on analyzing the development of Dougla
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6th - 12th
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Black History Reading Based Bellringers for Middle & High School
The following ELA Bell Ringers are short high interest fiction bell ringers for Black History Month. These Bell Ringers are reading comprehension activities. They can used at the beginning of class, at the end of class, or as exit slips.Please noted that these are fictional excerpts that focus on famous African-American figures or historical events. They are not meant to be used as informational text.These black history themed Reading Activities can help you teach your students how to locate tex
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5th - 10th
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Thank You, Ma’am - Langston Hughes Author Biography - Black History Month
Explore the life and experiences of Langston Hughes, author of the short story “Thank You, Ma'am.” This activity includes informational handouts and comprehension questions to support students’ independent reading of this classic short story. Includes digital worksheets for Google Classroom®!Included with this Author Biography for “Thank You, Ma'am” by Langston Hughes:✏️ Langston Hughes Author Biography Informational Handout - Digital & Print✏️ Author Biography Vocabulary Worksheet - Digit
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7th - 11th
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SOJOURNER TRUTH, An Account of Experience with Discrimination/Distance Learning
This Close Reading lesson using a Primary Source - Sojourner Truth's memoir regarding her experiences with a city's railway - is ideal for either Black History Month or Women's History Month. Very high interest story - students find a lot to talk about with this.You might want to use Google Classroom Meets or Zoom with this if you are using it as Distance Learning. Then students may hear each other's responses.It includes the text of the memoir, a First Impressions page, Close Reading Focus qu
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6th - 10th
Black History Month Biographies
Black History Month Biographies Close Reading Informational Text : Contemporary Black History Eight Men and Women Who Inspire. Included is a full page of informational text about each figure, with follow-up comprehension and writing activities. Audio version included. Featured are:
Allyson Felix, athlete
Will Smith, entertainer
Condoleezza Rice, diplomat and scholar
Tim Duncan, athlete
Mae Jemison, astronaut and physician
Mark Dean, computer scientist and inventor
Oprah Winfrey, entertainer an
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6th - 12th
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