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Thanksgiving forensics Common Core RI.9-10.1 resources
History of Thanksgiving Reading and Worksheet Activity
This concise history of Thanksgiving in America explains how the holiday grew from its roots in England to the major event that it is today. Over the 1 page reading, students learn about the contributions of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and more to creating Thanksgiving as it is today.Following the reading, students answer a set of reading analysis and opinion questions, including writing about their favorite traditions, understanding the difference between primary
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6th - 10th
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Also included in: Holiday History Common Core Reading Bundle
Science of Gratitude | November & Thanksgiving | Nonfiction Mini Lessons
Perfect resource for Middle and High School students for Thanksgiving or any time of the year! Cross-curricular literacy reading selections on the scientific benefits of gratitude. Don't just tell your students they should be grateful - demonstrate the scientific reasons behind why they will benefit by developing the habit of gratitude. These mini-lessons are fully editable and include differentiated writing responses and activities. Use portions throughout the school year, as you need. You can
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: English Language Arts - Bundle of MY Favorite Products in My Shop
Thanksgiving Activities Middle School ELA and High School - Gratitude Lesson
Are you searching for Thanksgiving activities to implement with your students that also hold academic value? Engage and motivate with this nonfiction text and media analysis mini-unit! The materials focus on the theme of gratitude and feature real-life inspirational teens. The lessons help facilitate a positive growth mind-set and can empower students to become more proactive in their schools and communities.Students will read informational text articles and view video clips of inspirational tee
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7th - 12th
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Introduction to Forensics Activity Collection
All your favorite Introduction to Forensic Science Activities in one bundle! Kick off your class teaching about the History of Forensics, the Criminal Justice System, The CSI Effect (and preconceptions), Historical Figures in Forensics, and the Forensic Laboratory. Everything you need to start your forensics class off right, in one collection! ✔️Bundle Includes:Over 80 pages of resources/keys featuring a wide variety of activities✽ Doodle-it! Notes✽ Chapter 1 of Active Reading Textbook✽ Projec
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8th - 11th
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MS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
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Forensics Digital Access Virtual Activities Bundle DISTANCE LEARNING FRIENDLY
FORENSIC SCIENCE, DISTANCE LEARNING & DIGITAL PRODUCTS! All distance learning & digital products from the WISEflamingo Forensics Product Line are Included! Faced with questions about what to do in a virtual school setting? Computer Savvy & like assigning work digitally? This bundle is perfect for you! Included are Wiseflamingo Virtual/Digital Forensics Products that are suitable for distance learning or sharing via a LMS platform. Most of the resources can also be printed and used
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8th - 12th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
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All About Pumpkins Literacy Activities: Reading, Writing, Vocabulary, Poetry
INTERESTING & FREE! Grab their attention with interesting informational texts about pumpkins, historical literacy passages, vocabulary connections, a poem, fascinating facts that are incorporated into critical thinking activities, writing explanatory text about how to make a jack-o-lantern, writing a short persuasive text about why and how people can eat more pumpkin in their diets, and more challenging yet fun ELA activities. Perfect for the fall season in ELA, including Halloween and Thank
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5th - 9th
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Mapping Thanksgiving Harvest (Interactive Map Analysis)
Looking for an assignment to give your students over Thanksgiving break or leading up to the holiday?Your students are sure to be THANKFUL for this fun and interactive Thanksgiving lesson.In this activity, students will investigate an interactive map showing where the main foods served during Thanksgiving are grown in the United States. They will answer questions that require them to read and interpret the data on the map, analyze statistics, and investigate what the harvest looks like close to
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5th - 12th
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High School Thanksgiving Activity: Task Cards
Need an assignment that will engage students and also help you finish up before Thanksgiving break? This assignment is perfect! It takes between a block and a block 1/2, depending on the level of your students. Students look at a painting of the first Thanksgiving and complete 4 task cards. They then read a primary source document about the first Thanksgiving and complete 4 task cards. Finally, they synthesize information from both sources to cover that tricky RI 9-10.7 or RI 11-12.7 standard wh
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9th - 12th
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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
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7th - 10th
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Gratitude Posters & ELA Lessons | Great for November & Thanksgiving
Raising your students' awareness about gratitude is part of a subtle and effective preventive discipline system. This product is also available in my Positive Classroom Management & Self-Discipline Bundle. Be sure to check it out - it's one of my most popular selling products with lots of testimonials! Perfect for the any time of year, these great gratitude CCSSawareness activities and posters are designed for middle and high. Continuously build the positive, respectful class culture you wa
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7th - 10th
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Thanksgiving ELA Activity: Nonfiction Gratitude Study
This lesson is PERFECT to integrate into an ELA classroom to teach students how to analyze nonfiction and tie into the themes of gratitude and thankfulness before Thanksgiving! This product includes: A Google Slides PowerPoint that acts as your lesson plan, listing the duration, learning targets, and Common Core Standards for this lesson. It also provides a step by step breakdown for how I taught it to my 10th grade students! A PDF comprehension sheet for the TED Talk called "Want to be Happy? B
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: ELA Fall Seasonal Resources Bundle: Autumn, Halloween and Thanksgiving!
Forensics Current Event Article Analysis Templates
These Print-and-Go! current event worksheet templates will be the perfect addition to any Forensic Science Classroom. Created specifically with forensics courses in mind, students will use the templates to analyze informational text from real-world cases. Perfect for:✔️ Grab-and-Go Emergency Lesson Plan✔️ Weekly Homework✔️ Extra Credit ✔️ Cross-Curricular Lesson✔️ Extension Activities✔️ Introduction to a New Unit✔️ Real World Connection to CurriculumIncluded in this download:✽6 Templates for For
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8th - 11th
Also included in: Forensic Course The ENTIRE WISEflamingo Forensics Product Line
Thanksgiving Thematic Unit Standard-Based with Reading Comprehension Grades 4-6
This Thanksgiving High Interest STUDENT-CENTERED THEMATIC UNIT covers all things Thanksgiving for Grades 4-6. From the Wampanoag to the Mayflower to turkeys to the true origins of Thanksgiving to What Was the First Thanksgiving to harvest festivals to alliances to diplomacy and more. This cross-curricular unit covers Thanksgiving without marginalizing anyone. Facts and some fun, plus reading comprehension, fluency passages, close reading, higher order thinking and standards-based lessons. Re-t
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5th - 7th
True Crime Forensics Case Study: Dr. Coppolino's Deadly House Calls
True crime... Murder, a mistress, and the question of scientific evidence in the courtroom - this case has it ALL!This assignment includes an overview of the Dr. Coppolino case, which involves murders caused by an injection of a paralytic drug. The case is significant in the history of forensic science due to questions surrounding admissibility of scientific evidence into court. I always teach this case as a part of the introduction to forensic science unit.This assignment includes the reading o
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NO Prep - Reading Comprehension and Research - Thanksgiving in Japan - EASEL
Thanksgiving in Japan - Kinro Kansha no HiIn this reading comprehenion and the research tasks students learn about Labour Thanksgiving celebrated in Japan. Task One - READINGThe text delves into the history of this holiday, its establishment as a public day of gratitude, and how celebrations are different from Western celebrations. Task Two - Comprehenion QuestionsStudents answer TEN comprehsnion questions based on the text. The questions are arranged acording to the forst three levels of Bloom.
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7th - 9th
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Digital Thanksgiving Activities Informational Texts and Writing Prompts
Google Slides virtual classroom with digital writing prompts, articles ( informational text ) and videos, using RACE strategy is great for distance learning AND for in-class use! This set is just in time for November and Thanksgiving. Prompts are written to resemble state test prompts. Students are asked to cite evidence, describe, explain, summarize, etc., using the RACE + Transitions strategy. Students can click the article links on their virtual chalkboard to read and watch highly engaging
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Digital Writing Prompts with RACE Strategy Full Year
Thanksgiving Day History Activities Gr. 9-12
This packet is complete with activities that look at the history of Thanksgiving as a national holiday. What better way to encourage students to reflect on what Thanksgiving means to them?
This packet includes four presidential proclamations showing the shift in emphasis from Washington and Lincoln, to Franklin Roosevelt and Obama. Students work in groups to consider what each president lists to be thankful for. This information will be used for discussion and reflection, as well as a group wri
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9th - 12th
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Thanksgiving Activity: Practicing Gratitude
Practicing Gratitude Lesson
Use this for Thanksgiving before break or anytime during the year to get students thinking about gratitude: The benefits, and how they can practice gratitude in their own lives.
What's included:
*Lesson plan
*Text-based questions sheet
*Ideas for differentiation
*Two "gratitude in practice" options for teachers
Created by the English Teacher's Critical Thinking Store
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Positive Classroom Environment Bundle for ELA: The Positive Classroom Environ
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7th - 9th
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Thanksgiving Rituals Close Reading Informational Text w/ Annotation and Qs
Looking for a way to teach the Reading Informational Text Standards? This close reading article about the psychological benefit of our Thanksgiving Rituals is a great news article for students. This article is written as a roundtable discussion with 4 different experts' points of view.There are directions, room to annotate, during reading questions, and after reading questions - all aligned to Common Core Standards. Answer suggestions are also given.7 pages of close reading article + 7 pages
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9th - 12th
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Forensic Investigator - How To Create A Missing Person Crime Scene
This slideshow will take you through the process of creating a classroom crime scene. You will get suggestions on student roles and supplies along with a presentation of a crime scene I hosted in my classroom.
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6th - 12th
Thanksgiving article and graphic organizer
Would you like for your students to learn about the Thanksgiving holiday? Let them read this historical article. The graphic organizer that is provided will help them write an objective summary.
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
Free 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation Analysis
Lincoln's 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation came amidst the violent unrest of the Civil War. It's elevated language and literary devices conjure images of peace and thankfulness in a broken country. Use this short piece of text to analyze, diction, rhetorical appeals, parallelism, and tone. I've included a list of elevated vocabulary, a graphic organizer, two constructed response writing prompts, and a syllabus. This free product is my gift to you. Just print and teach.If you enjoy this free morsel
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Thanksgiving Bundle of Engaging Literature Lessons
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