Thinking Like a Historian: BILINGUAL VERSION for 5th-7th Grade Social Studies!
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This BILINGUAL Thinking Like a Historian Lesson Plan Unit comes 100% completely ready to use for both English and Spanish learners in 5th-7th grade! ALL resources not only come in English and Spanish, they're also ready to use for both in-person classroom and online digital learning (via Google Apps)!
The amazing resources included with this bilingual version of Thinking Like a Historian lesson plan unit have been used with GREAT SUCCESS with THOUSANDS of students and can easily be used with any textbook, or even no textbook at all!!
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The Thinking Like a Historian lesson plan unit will help your students develop and grow their:
- Critical thinking skills
- Competence in identifying bias
- Ability to locate and obtain primary and secondary sources of information
- Capacity to examine sources of information for cause and effect relationships
- And, so much more!
Students will utilize and implement their learnings in this unit by then conducting their own research on the U.S. Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and the Pledge of Allegiance
Breakdown of the dual language (English & Spanish) resources you'll receive:
- 4 sets of amazing lesson plans designed to cover 6 classroom periods
- Highly curated presentations featuring built-in Discussion Based Questions (DBQ) in both PowerPoint (PPT) & Google Slides formats
- 8 student exercise assignments complete with teacher answer keys
- 5 links to supplemental videos on YouTube (in English w/option for Spanish subtitles)
- Guided Notes Handouts for students to better follow along with every presentation
- Unit Review Worksheet & Unit Assessment
Each bilingual lesson comes loaded with incredible resources specifically designed to save you HOURS of your time. With these dual language resources, you'll have no problem teaching your students all about these important topics:
Primary and Secondary Sources
- Definition of a primary source of information and a secondary source of information
- Examples of primary and secondary sources of information
- Difference between a primary source and a secondary source
- How to locate, differentiate, and primary and secondary sources properly
Historical Context
- Meaning of historical context
- Why historical context is important
- Factors to consider when examining historical events
Analyzing Information
- How to draw conclusions and inferences
- Strategies to identify cause and effect relationships, make predictions, compare and contrast, and find the main idea
- How to summarize information clearly and concisely
Organizing Information
- Effective and efficient ways to organize information (outlines, reports, databases, and visuals such as graphs, charts, maps, timelines, etc.)
- Importance of organizing information
Upon learning how to think like a historian, students will then implement the historical inquiry strategies that have just been introduced to them by examining and researching the meaning, purpose, and intent of the:
- Declaration of Independence
- U.S. Constitution
- Preamble of the Constitution
- And, the Pledge of Allegiance
Students will build a solid foundation for future learning of these important historical documents. They'll be given a thorough introduction to what each of these important historical documents are and why they're important, for example, a thorough breakdown and analysis of the Preamble of the Constitution which explains and outlines its many purposes (in addition to exercises aimed at helping them memorize the Preamble).
*****Through the use of these important historical topics, students are effectively assessed on their ability to properly use primary and secondary sources, analyze and organize information, all while gaining exposure to these important historical documents*****
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