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Preview of 3 Argumentative Text Set Bundle - Homework, Cell Phones, and Social Media

3 Argumentative Text Set Bundle - Homework, Cell Phones, and Social Media

Before purchasing this bundle, consider purchasing the Text Set MEGA BUNDLE from my store. For a little more, you get more than 3 times as many text sets, including informational sets. It includes every text set currently sold in my store. Even better, you will have access to future text sets that are added to the MEGA BUNDLE later on, at no additional cost to you. Let me know if you have any questions!Three great argumentative text sets in one great discounted bundle! With an emphasis on p
Preview of The 1st Great Awakening DBQ and Stations

The 1st Great Awakening DBQ and Stations

Created by
Zachary Cote
Students are asked to answer the question, "How did the Great Awakening influence the mindset of Colonial Americans?" using 4 sources. 3 are primary sources from the era, and 1 is an excerpt from a Journal Article by two modern historians. This file comes with 2 options: 1) A traditional DBQ with 3 guiding questions per document to help the students toward their own thesis, with a page to record a quote that can be used as evidence in the essay. 2) A "Stations Packet" if the teacher wants t
Preview of Text Set Mega Bundle - Argumentative & Informational (All Current & Future Sets)

Text Set Mega Bundle - Argumentative & Informational (All Current & Future Sets)

Do you want ready-to-go text sets on a variety of topics to choose from? Then this is the item for you! The Text Set Mega Bundle includes every current text set in my store. The bundled price has been set as low at TpT will allow (50% off) to make all my text sets affordable for teachers everywhere. The bundle includes both argumentative and informational text sets, though there are certainly more argumentative sets. This is the case as most states have placed a recent emphasis on argumentative
Preview of Inquiry Based Mock Trial Template Social Studies C3 Framework with Rubric

Inquiry Based Mock Trial Template Social Studies C3 Framework with Rubric

Over the last few years, as I've transitioned my Social Studies classroom to an inquiry based experience, I've gradually adjusted my summative assessments to evaluate student learning. This template allows you to create an inquiry for any Social Studies topic with a Mock Trial as the summative assessment. If you've always wanted to try designing your own inquiry, but have struggled with the structure, this template is for you! It scaffolds the process to make the design process much more managea
Preview of Sentence Starters: Introducing Evidence / Elaboration Techniques - Printable

Sentence Starters: Introducing Evidence / Elaboration Techniques - Printable

Created by
Daniel Heitor
Are you tired of reading the same generic responses from your students? This useful charts helps students improve on their argumentative writing skills by adding variation to their sentences/transitions. It displays different sentence starters (and verbs) to help students introduce and elaborate on evidence when writing their essays (great way to add syntactic variety to formulaic written responses!). ► These charts may be printed out and laminated for students to use in the classroom/at home (T
Preview of Inquiry Based Essay Template Social Studies C3 Framework with Rubric

Inquiry Based Essay Template Social Studies C3 Framework with Rubric

Over the last few years, as I've transitioned my Social Studies classroom to an inquiry based experience, I've gradually adjusted my summative assessments to evaluate student learning. This template allows you to create an inquiry for any Social Studies topic with an essay as the summative assessment. If you've always wanted to try designing your own inquiry, but have struggled with the structure, this template is for you! It scaffolds the process to make the design process much more manageable
Preview of Inquiry Based Monument Design Project Template Social Studies C3 Framework

Inquiry Based Monument Design Project Template Social Studies C3 Framework

Over the last few years, as I've transitioned my Social Studies classroom to an inquiry based experience, I've gradually adjusted my summative assessments to evaluate student learning. This template allows you to create an inquiry for any Social Studies topic with a Monument Design Project as the summative assessment. If you've always wanted to try designing your own inquiry, but have struggled with the structure, this template is for you! It scaffolds the process to make the design process much
Preview of Argumentative Text Set - Should Social Media Affect Hiring and Firing?

Argumentative Text Set - Should Social Media Affect Hiring and Firing?

This three-passage text set is accompanied by an argumentative prompt regarding the topic of the use of social media in hiring and firing practices in the workplace. It's a perfect assignment to engage students, especially as students start to become more aware of the significance of the role of social media in the world around us. While many students might have personal opinions, this assignment will strengthen your students experience with the idea of using the text to support their writing,
Preview of Practice DBQ: Intro to DBQs

Practice DBQ: Intro to DBQs

This product is perfect to introduce DBQs at anytime in the school year. It also is a fun, engaging activity for the first week of school to encourage students to debate their position with textual evidence. This product consists of a PowerPoint, a graphic organizer for students to record their answers, and the 7 documents students will analyze to answer the question: Who or what was most at fault in causing the fight between the two students? The following is included with this product:POWERPOI
Preview of Road to Jim Crow: Primary Source DBQ Set w/ Guided Discussion (GSE SS8H7)

Road to Jim Crow: Primary Source DBQ Set w/ Guided Discussion (GSE SS8H7)

This guided DBQ (document-based question) for the Jim Crow era is a ready-to-use lesson packed with social studies skills. A Jim Crow DBQ is a great way to help students teach themselves about this time period in U.S. History. This product has everything you could want in primary source instruction! Includes:24 separate documents (organized into 12 sets)2/3 of the sources are primary sources; others include infographics and articles50-slide Ppt that guides students through the process of analyzi
Preview of Sons of Liberty DBQ: Patriots or Terrorists?

Sons of Liberty DBQ: Patriots or Terrorists?

In this DBQ students analyze 4 different primary and secondary sources on the Sons of Liberty. Afterwards, students write a Historical Argument using information from the documents and their own outside knowledge to answer the inquiry question.
Preview of Ancient China DBQ Essay - 5 Documents, Writing Scaffolds, Key, Examples, Rubric

Ancient China DBQ Essay - 5 Documents, Writing Scaffolds, Key, Examples, Rubric

Wonderful Document Based Question (DBQ) Essay to use during your Middle School Ancient China Unit! Students build analytical and writing skills using this differentiated resource! Students of ALL levels and capabilities will benefit from the step-by-step writing scaffolds included!Includes Everything Needed to Teach DBQ Essay Writing:1) 5 Documents with Scaffolded Questions (Geography, Silk Road, Confucius, Achievements, The Great Wall of China)2) Skeleton Worksheet - Developing a thesis a
Preview of DBQ: Hamilton, Jefferson and Political Parties

DBQ: Hamilton, Jefferson and Political Parties

Created by
Zachary Cote
For this DBQ, students are asked to answer the question, "How did Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton impact the development of political parties?" The DBQ consists of 8 documents on 4 different areas of disagreement between Jefferson and Hamilton (French Revolution, size of government, national bank, debt). Each area of disagreement offers a document for each person's perspective. All sources are primary sources. Also included is an advanced organizer on the two political parties to activ
Preview of The Barack Obama Presidency - DBQs and Essay

The Barack Obama Presidency - DBQs and Essay

DBQs and an essay covering Barack Obama's presidency from 2009 to 2017. Topics covered include the inauguration, the stimulus package, the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (LGBT in military), US travel and economic embargo to Cuba, and Obama's carbon emissions plan. Includes a final essay prompt and an answer key. Includes a variety of sources, including both sources in support of and critical of Obama's presidency and his policy decisions.
Preview of Argumentative Text Set - Should College Athletes Be Paid?

Argumentative Text Set - Should College Athletes Be Paid?

This three-passage text set is accompanied by an argumentative prompt regarding a topic in which many of your students will be interested: college sports. It's a great assignment to engage students and help them work on the skill of finding and citing information from the text provided, rather than relying on their own prior knowledge or feelings about the given topic.Modeled after AIR Testing, which is used in numerous states across the country, it would also fit well into a PARCC simulation. T
Preview of DBQ Essay Writing: Graphic Organizer, Template, & Rubric (1:1 Compatible)

DBQ Essay Writing: Graphic Organizer, Template, & Rubric (1:1 Compatible)

I really struggled to get my kids to write in the humanities subjects with a claim, evidence, & reasoning. However, once I was able to break this down into a graphic organizer and scale it back up into an essay, I saw immense results! These have been incredibly valuable to my learners, as it gives them the scaffolds they need while still holding them accountable for the content. After several months of practice, my student have really started to understand how to write within the humanities
Preview of Nazi Germany - how did Hitler and the Nazis indoctrinate children DBQ

Nazi Germany - how did Hitler and the Nazis indoctrinate children DBQ

This lesson is designed too help students understand why Hitler and the Nazi Party tried to indoctrinate young people and children in their beliefs. It then aims to explain how the Nazi Party did this.The lesson contains:- Two document/source based starter activities.- Worksheet of Primary sources and information on the HItler youth.- Extensive questions on the sources.- Essay planning sheet answering the question "To what extent did the Nazi party use fear to indoctrinate children into the
Preview of What Does the Fox Say? - Using text-based evidence from multiple sources

What Does the Fox Say? - Using text-based evidence from multiple sources

This product includes everything needed to complete student writing assignment using text-based evidence from multiple sources. The topic of the assignment is the wildly popular viral video, "What does the fox say?" (available for viewing here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jofNR_WkoCE). This is an excellent assignment for teaching students how to use text-based evidence or how to complete a Document Based Question (DBQ). The following items are included: Anchor Document - This document can
Preview of PERSUASIVE WRITING SET BUNDLE! Argument Writing Assessment Sets for Grades 6-9

PERSUASIVE WRITING SET BUNDLE! Argument Writing Assessment Sets for Grades 6-9

This bundle includes every text set currently sold in my store. Even better, you will have access to future text sets that are added at no additional cost to you. Let me know if you have any questions!Six great argumentative text sets in one great discounted bundle! With an emphasis on preparing students for state testing and writing assessment tests, all of these argumentative text sets provide (PDF) multiple realistic sources (4-5 each) with a prompt formatted to be much like what your studen
Preview of FOOTBALL Opinion Writing Prompt Guide

FOOTBALL Opinion Writing Prompt Guide

My students have had trouble with opinion writing for years, so I finally created the cure with this unit! Before this, I had made so many assumptions about their understanding of the audience and writing a counterargument, not to mention the horrifying time of teaching them to write effective opening and closing paragraphs! I realized I had been assigning them writing, not really teaching it.If your students struggle with writing an OPINION ESSAY, as mine did, then this packet is for you! It le
Preview of Argumentative Text Set - Can Cell Phones Be Educational Tools?

Argumentative Text Set - Can Cell Phones Be Educational Tools?

This four-passage text set is accompanied by an argumentative prompt regarding the topic of cell phones in the classroom. It's a perfect assignment to engage typically students of all ability levels due to the interesting topic. It will also strengthen your students experience with the idea of using the text to support their writing, rather than their own personal experiences. Modeled after AIR Testing, which is used in numerous states across the country, it would also fit well into a PARCC sim
Preview of H.I.P.P. Primary Source Document Analysis

H.I.P.P. Primary Source Document Analysis

Graphic organizer that draws on historical thinking skills to identify and cite evidence of the Historical Context, Intended Audience, Author's Purpose, and Author's Point of View of a primary source document. Can be used with whole group instruction, small groups, or as a pre-writing tool for analytical essay writing.
Preview of Argumentative Text Set - Does Homework Help You Learn?

Argumentative Text Set - Does Homework Help You Learn?

This four-passage text set is accompanied by an argumentative prompt regarding the topic of the relationship between homework and student learning. It's a perfect assignment to engage students, as most students will have a personal opinion going into the assignment. On that note, it will also strengthen your students experience with the idea of using the text to support their writing, rather than their own personal experiences. Modeled after AIR Testing, which is used in numerous states across
Preview of Cancel Culture: Lesson Plan, PowerPoint, Assessment, Activities, Rubrics & More

Cancel Culture: Lesson Plan, PowerPoint, Assessment, Activities, Rubrics & More

Unlock the Conversations of Tomorrow, Today!Are you ready to introduce your students to one of the most gripping and relevant discussions in our society? Our "Dive into Cancel Culture" lesson plan is tailor-made for secondary educators, eager to spark critical thinking, debate, and understanding around a topic that's shaping our digital and real-world landscapes.Inside Your Comprehensive Toolkit:Dynamic PowerPoint Presentation (40 mins): Jumpstart the dialogue with an engaging presentation desig
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