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U.S. History Common Core W.9-10.1b resources
13 Days Interactive Cuban Missile Crisis Movie Group Project
Cuban Missile Crisis Movie Group Project for 13 Days
One of the best movies to show to a class learning about the Cold War is 13 Days. This dramatization of the Kennedy administration's struggle to contain the Cuban Missile Crisis in October of 1962 is riveting, factual, and relevant to the curriculum.
It also makes for a great, interactive project based on the film. This is a fantastic project that fits right into the film. After showing the first 18 minutes to your class, pause the movie and
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6th - 12th
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Rhetorical Analysis Essay - I Have a Dream - Speech by Martin Luther King Jr.
Teaching rhetorical analysis essays doesn't have to be tricky. This no-prep rhetorical analysis unit for Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech is engaging and easy to use. This rhetorical analysis unit teaches students how to analyze a speech; identify ethos, logos, and pathos; and write a rhetorical analysis essay. Students are supported through the rhetorical analysis essay with prewriting activities and detailed graphic organizers. Both a printable PDF and digital Google Slides version
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8th - 11th
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Gettysburg Address Rhetorical Analysis Essay - Abraham Lincoln Speech Analysis
Teaching rhetorical analysis with speeches doesn't have to be tricky. This no-prep rhetorical analysis unit for Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is engaging and easy to use. This Gettysburg Address rhetorical analysis unit teaches students how to analyze a speech; identify ethos, logos, and pathos; and write a rhetorical analysis essay. Students are supported through the rhetorical analysis essay with prewriting activities and detailed graphic organizers. Both a printable PDF and digital Goo
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: English 9-10 Full Year Curriculum - Yearlong Pacing Guide and Lessons
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet-5 week unit
This all inclusive 5 week unit will walk you step by step through the novel Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford with discussions, activities and more. I have used this over the last few years with my sophomore class and it has been well received by all students. It's an interesting study in a dark time in our own country's history- Japanese Internment during WWII.
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10th - 11th, Higher Education
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Rhetorical Analysis - Assassination of Martin Luther King- Robert Kennedy Speech
Teaching rhetorical analysis doesn't have to be tricky. This no-prep rhetorical analysis unit for Robert Kennedy's Statement on the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. is engaging and easy to use. This rhetorical analysis unit teaches students how to analyze a speech; identify ethos, logos, and pathos; and write a rhetorical analysis essay. Students are supported through the rhetorical analysis essay with prewriting activities and detailed graphic organizers. Both a printable PDF and digital
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: English 9-10 Full Year Curriculum - Yearlong Pacing Guide and Lessons
Making Transcendentalism Fun A 7- Day Unit
This full seven day unit will provide your students with all they need to know and understand about the Transcendental movement in literature as well as how they can still see the ideas of Transcendentalism in modern pop culture. This Unit includes:7 days of lesson plans that cover an introduction to Transcendentalism, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Margaret Fuller and Walt WhitmanReady to go PowerPoint Lesson for each day of the unitAll the worksheets you will need to support the go
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9th - 12th
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The History of Veterans Day: Powerpoint and Persuasive Writing Prompt
Here is an opportunity for critical thought and persuasive writing for students, using the history of the Veterans Day holiday. The PowerPoint covers the entire history of the holiday. It includes relevant historical photos and excerpts from primary source documents. The activity would work for advanced fourth grade students up though high school as a persuasive writing lesson. It could also be used for class discussion and debate.
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Test Assessment Non-Fiction, M. Choice, Short Answer, Essay, Google Form Grader
Arm your students with essential knowledge they will need to pass end-of-year assessment tests. Test Assessment Preparation is designed as a whole class test study to look at format(s) and type(s) of test questions. The non-fiction examples given are not designed to be used as actual classroom assessments, but as “toolbox tools” to teach students how to read and answer actual assessment questions.Non-Fiction reading passages about Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King. Short answer response qu
Grades:
9th - 12th
Washington DC Field Trip Journal Notebook Differentiated
This Washington D.C. Notebook is perfect for children and students of all ages who would like to document, scrapbook, draw, write and create memories of their field trip or vacation. Writing is perfect for synthesizing the learning which takes place through field trips and hands on learning experiences. By having peers edit each other's entries you can integrate language arts, grammar and mechanics. Writing based on educational museums and experiences with and without prompted essay topics furth
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K - 12th, Higher Education
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-PS3-1
, 1-ESS1-1
, MS-ETS1-2
, 5-ESS3-1
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Race & Racism in America - How did We Get Here? (Mini-Curriculum)
"How did We Get Here" is a mini-curriculum devoted to investigating the roots of institutionalized racism in the modern United States. "The Enduring Catastrophe of Reconstruction" is the series' 1800-word first installment, which begins with the Civil War's end in 1865. What were the "Civil War Amendments" and "Radical Reconstruction?" When did the last Union Army troops withdraw from the South? Why was Andrew Johnson impeached? What was the Jim Crow Era? This 17-page learning packet seeks to p
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Is the US a Democracy or a Republic?
Students will look at sources to help them determine what type of a government they think the US really has. (I share with students my opinion, but ask them to determine this on their own).
This activity asks students to analyze short primary sources, explain their analysis and compare and contrast the characteristics of a democracy and a republic- All in one! If your students haven't been introduced to a DBQ yet, but need the practice, this will help prepare them for the many skills involved
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7th - 12th
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Inherit the Wind Test Assessment with Detailed Answer Key
The verdict is in! This comprehensive Inherit the Wind test is indispensable as a gauge for assessment. Using a variety of tools for appraisal--true/false, short answer, and quote interpretations--this test provides a thorough evaluation of student understanding of this popular play. A detailed answer key is included.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Thomas Jefferson Reading Passage and Essay Response
The packet starts with suggestions for reinforcing and enriching learning related to Thomas Jefferson and other historical figures. This is reading passage about Thomas Jefferson. The passage details the highlights of Thomas Jefferson's life as a politician, founding father, inventor, and community leader. This is followed by 8 comprehension questions, directions and parameters for writing an essay about Thomas Jefferson and two pages of lined, bordered paper. This is a great way to integrate la
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8th - 10th
The Civil War Unit: Document Based Investigation
Document-Based Investigation: The Civil War Central Historical Question: How did the Civil War transform the nation?Historical Context From 1861 to 1865, the United States was divided by a bloody civil war. Both sides—the North and the South—entered the war with great confidence and mobilized forces quickly. Although most major battles were fought in the South, the war consumed the nation. In the end, the conflict resulted in freedom for some 4 million enslaved people and the preservation of the
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6th - 10th
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Also included in: US History Curriculum Bundle 1400-1877
Inherit the Wind: Mini Research Homework on Actual Trial with Attached Rubric
The verdict is in! This assignment will help students to gain an accurate historical perspective and context as they prepare to study the Scopes Monkey Trial or read Inherit the Wind. This mini, interdisciplinary research project will elicit integral discussion material about this famous event. A condensed rubric is included.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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World War I Wanted Poster: “Crime of the Ages”
“Crime of the Ages” Illustration: Task & RubricFollowing the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on his visit to Sarajevo, Europe’s long simmering tensions erupted into all out war. Up until that point, World War One was the deadliest conflict in history. While the United States initially resisted involvement, the country was eventually dragged in.Upon Germany’s invasion of neutral Belgium in August, 1914, cartoonist John T. McCutcheon drew “The Crime of the Ages” for the Chicago Tri
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8th - 12th
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McCarthyism: Exploring Ethical and Unethical Politics
What kind of politic is "dirty"? Who distinguishes between political right and wrong? this activity requires students to draw an ethical line in a case study of political ethics.
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9th - 12th
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First Day of School Handout - Free Response Question Warm UP Assessment
First Day of School Handout that requires students to write about a topics that they might be familiar in. Allows Social Studies and English Teachers to get a glimpse of their students writing skills in order to assess what to do next in their future lessons.
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6th - 12th
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WWI: Life in the Trenches; an exploration
This lesson provides students with an understanding of life in the trenches during WWI. It includes a multi-media Google Slide and accompanying questions / writing prompts. The lesson combines primary and secondary sources to give students a better understanding of trench life during WWI.
Grades:
9th - 12th
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