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A Modest Proposal quiz, key commentary, text, and rhetorical analysis prompts
26 rigorous, AP-exam style quiz questions, formative or summative. Includes notes and suggestions for use (I use a nontraditional approach to quizzes of this type). Key and commentary with notes for discussion of questions. Includes a Word doc version of the text (public domain) with graphics from the original frontispiece. Includes a series of rhetorical analysis prompts and suggestions for composing AP Exam FRQ responses.
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11th - 12th
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President's Day Themed High School ELA & Social Studies Test Prep Unit
Looking for a rigorous, engaging, and history-rooted ELA test prep unit covering two of the most influential presidents in United States history – George Washington and Abraham Lincoln?This highly cross-curricular unit seamlessly blends together ELA with History, challenging students through a wide range of text-based test prep questions surrounding both historical and foundational works, as well as even the personal works and poems of our founding fathers. Hone your students' close reading skil
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9th - 12th
Valentine's Day Love Poems & Song Lyrics Analysis – Original Taylor Swift Songs
Item: Valentine's Day Unit – Love Poems & Song Lyrics AnalysisVery Engaging and Rigorous Valentine's Day Unit! This resource is really unique in that it even includes originally crafted songs out of the voice of Taylor Swift about her relationship with Kansas City Chiefs' Tight End Travis Kelce.Overall, this 43-page unit consists of 7 multiple choice quizzes and 70 carefully crafted reading comprehension quiz questions surrounding a blend of classic and modern love poems and songs.These mult
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9th - 12th
Absolutism, Enlightenment, French and American Revolutions, & Napoleon Bundle
This unit includes 6 lessons covering: Magna Carta (Constitutional Monarchies)Absolute MonarchiesEnlightenment Causes and PhilosophersEnlightenment Effect on American and French RevolutionsThe French RevolutionNapoleonThis unit is student-lead with only 2 of the 6 lessons requiring teacher instruction. The rest are independent work. This unit can be completed in anywhere from 7 to 11 days depending on the length of your class periods and if you choose to do all optional activities. Please see th
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8th - 11th
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Ancient Egypt Stations
This product contains 8 "articles" that comprise the Ancient Egypt Case Study. Each article has a particular topic related to the Nile River Valley. Specifically, this document includes Geography, Economy, Seasons of the Nile, Social Order, Government, Religion, and Achievements of Ancient Egypt, with an additional article on the pyramids for fun! Each article uses images, bold text, and vocabulary to enrich the reader's engagement with the document. Each article has a corresponding Student Que
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5th - 8th
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Creating a Climate Change Model
This assignment asks students to read, highlight and annotate passages about the greenhouse effect, the albedo effect, and human impact on the climate. As they read, students add information to their model. Once their draft model is completed, they will transfer it to a poster board. NGSS HS-LS2-7.Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity.HS-ESS3-5. Analyze geoscience data and the results from global climate models
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8th - 12th
US History: The Annexation of Hawaii
EDITABLE reading comprehension packet on the political and economic machinations that led to the US acquisition of the islands of Hawaii. Packet includes key information, pictures for visual learners, opinion-based discussion starters and rigorous reading comprehension questions on the topic.
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7th - 12th
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Women of the American Revolution, 1763-1783: Teaching Bundle
This resource bundle includes the following items: *Revolutionary Women: Power Point Lesson*Revolutionary Women: Reading Assignment and Worksheet*Revolutionary Women: Primary Source Analysis and DBQs Power Point LessonThis 13-slide PowerPoint presentation covers the Revolutionary Era between 1763 and 1783. The Pre-Revolutionary Era lasted from 1763 through 1776 and the Revolutionary War lasted from 1776 to 1783. It is an ideal lesson for the Revolutionary War period or as a stand-alone resource
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8th - 11th
Vehicular Vengeance! - Crime / Mystery Synthesis
This student centered assignment draws upon many of the skills and standards required in an English or language arts course. Students must close-read texts, make annotations, synthesize, present arguments, and use effective listening and speaking skills in a group setting. The set-up is straightforward. Students are placed in groups (typically 4-5 students per). Each group is given the included packet of clues that must be scrutinized in order to present a solution. The clues reveal little on t
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Romeo and Juliet - Who is to Blame For the Deaths of Romeo and Juliet? LBQ
Use the evidence provided to have students investigate who is truly to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. This activity is designed to encourage students to produce a persuasive written response in the form of an essay or constructed response. This is for use during the pre-writing stage of the LBQ Process.
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9th
Also included in:Â Romeo and Juliet Unit Resources Bundle
Current Events: Protest on American Campuses Spring 2024 Part II
Students will read five document based questions on protest on American Campuses and answer a short response question: Should college students be arrested for expressing their First Amendment Right of Freedom of Speech?
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6th - 8th
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Current Events: TikTok Ban Part II Spring 2024
Students will read five documents about the potential TikTok ban in the United States. Students will then answer the following using two pieces of evidence: Should the United States force ByteDance to sell TikTok to another company? Why or why not?
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6th - 8th
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AP Language Independent Reading Project
As AP class time is limited, independent reading time is essential to the AP classroom. This project engages students with the elements of rhetoric and style while introducing them to longer works of nonfiction.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Current Events: Amelia Earhart's Plane Found 2024
Students will read five Document Based Questions about how a deep sea company has believed to have found Amelia Earhart's plane. Students will then write an answer to a short response question using two pieces of evidence in the text.
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6th - 8th
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Reading Literature: Super Text Connections!
Join The Captain for a super fun lesson on text connections! Discover the world of text-to-text, text-to-self and text-to-world connections while reading literature-based passages. Students will use the R.A.C.E. method to write thorough text-based responses. Sample responses and an interactive notebook page are included.2 Lesson Files: PDF & PowerPoint1 Notebook Page/Anchor Chart: PDF
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3rd - 6th
Argument, Claim, & Evidence Practice - Texting and Driving, Dangerous or Not?
Students can practice reading and annotating conflicting articles on the topic Texting and Driving. There are three articles, three infographs, a video, and an audio clip, to give the students practice with multimedia presentations on the same topic. There are standards-based questions throughout the presentation that can be answered individually or in a whole group setting. This presentation aligns with Florida standards LAFS.8.RI.3.7, RI.3.8 and RI.3.9.
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7th - 9th
Current Events: School bans mirrors in school bathrooms
Students will read Document Based Questions on why a school in North Carolina has removed bathrooms mirrors. Students will then answer 5 questions and a short response question using evidence from the text.
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6th - 8th
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Napoleon: A Closer Look at the Napoleonic Code
This is an excellent resource for anyone cover the French Revolution and Napoleon as it will familiarize students with some of the more important laws that were being enforced during Napoleon's reign.In 1804 Napoleon enacted is Napoleonic Code, the first modern legal code to be adopted with a pan-European scope, and it strongly influenced the law of many of the countries formed during and after the Napoleonic Wars. The Napoleonic Code influenced developing countries outside Europe, especially i
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Napoleon
Current Events: Mayor Eric Adams and Solitary Confinement 2024
Students will read DBQs about NYC Mayor Eric Adams and why he vetoed the Solitary Confinement Bill and "The How Many Stops" Bill. Students will answer the short response question: Do you agree or disagree with Mayor Adams on vetoing (rejecting) the solitary confinement and the How Many Stops Act?
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6th - 8th
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Current Events: Israel- Hamas Conflict Part III
Students will read about the Israeli- Hamas Conflict (In the previous two current events I named it the Israeli-Palestine Conflict but since Israel and Hamas are fighting and the news outlets have changed it to Israel and Hamas War, I decided to change it) Students will read 5 document based questions and then they will answer a short response question.
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Current Events: Israel- Hamas War 2023 Parts 1-4
Current Events: COP28: Climate Change Summit
Students will read documents on the recent climate summer that just ended in December in Dubai
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6th - 8th
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Document Analysis: Hussein-McMahon, Sykes-Picot & Balfour Declaration
The following primary source analysis activity is apt for students studying the modern Middle East and its current tensions. I personally used it in my 20th Century history class as a follow-up to our unit on World War I. Students are presented with three documents: an excerpt from the Hussein-McMahon correspondances, the Sykes-Picot treaty, and the Balfour Declaration along with accompanying follow-up questions. This can be used as a homework assignment or an in-class activity to then lead into
Grades:
9th - 12th
Primary Source Analysis: Pericles' Funeral Oration
In this activity, students will use the SOAPPSTone analysis strategy to analyze an excerpt from Ancient Greece's "Pericles' Funeral Oration." The document includes selected vocabulary definitions, comprehension questions, and an analysis sheet. This activity was originally used with Honors 9th grade World Civilizations, but it is a challenging document!
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in:Â Unit on Ancient Greece and Rome
Current Events: Dress Code Violation or Hair Discrimination?
Students will read five DBQ about Darryl George and the Crown Act and answer 5 questions. Students will then using evidence from the text to answer the short response question: Why is the CROWN Act important to Black people?
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6th - 8th
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