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9th grade Common Core L.9-10.1 research
Thomas Paine Common Sense: Primary Source Activity | American History
Thomas Paine's Common Sense was a little pamphlet with big ideas! This primary source activity gives students a chance to read through and analyze the major paragraphs, or arguments, within his pamphlet while answering various questions. I created this mini-unit for my own classroom to help students understand this important document that shaped the course of Independence. You will find that this resource is challenging yet capable for all. Students are analyzing text from the 1700's which ca
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6th - 12th
Also included in: American History U.S. History Bundle: Beginnings through the 1850's
ANCIENT ROME: World History Travel Brochure Research Summary Project
Have you ever wanted to take your class to Ancient Rome? Now you can without spending a dime! On this virtual field trip, students will become the travel guides. Through summaries and pictures, students will create a travel brochure that highlights 10 major locations of the Ancient Roman Empire. This creative project includes writing, research, and graphic design. What's Included:Student instructions to help explain all aspects of the projectA map of the Roman Empire to locate each stop of th
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5th - 12th
Research Projects- Questions and Guided Organization Worksheets
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#1- Explanation of what a Research Paper is about: 8 page paper that is based on the answer to a question. The students are required to read through the directions, then read through 50 dynamic, interesting questions and highlight 5 that seem interesting to them. The topics range from changing the draft age, to mandatory recycling, to the transition from pagan celebrations into Christian holidays. These are not your typical Research topics!
Once stu
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Peer Editing Group Activity For Research Papers | Editable Google Doc
Have you struggled with how to structure Peer Editing time in a meaningful way? This Peer Editing Checklist and rotation activity helps MS and HS students optimize their time, collaborate effectively, and give (and accept) constructive criticism during a Research Paper unit.Can be used digitally of course, but I have found that nothing works quite as well as printing out their papers and editing by hand in a group. With this activity, students have one printed copy of their paper and one editing
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8th - 11th
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Feed by M.T. Anderson Bundle of Quizzes, Worksheets, Research Project, and Keys
This low-prep bundle covering Feed by M.T. Anderson contains all the formative and summative assessments teachers need to assess general reading comprehension, support the development of close reading analysis skills, facilitate student research on a range of relevant topics, and greatly reduce take-home lesson planning responsibilities. Included are four multiple choice quizzes; four short answer alternate quiz options; four close reading worksheets covering fifteen substantive novel passages;
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9th - 12th
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Informative Research Writing with Unsolved Mysteries Worksheet Packet & Handouts
In this Unsolved Mysteries Research Essay Worksheet Packet with Handouts, your students will learn everything they need to know about the basics of research/informative writing in an easy-to-understand, interactive way! By using the topic of Unsolved Mysteries, students learn how to find credible sources, gather relevant information from multiple authors, properly use a quotation and SO many more skills all while getting to the bottom of a mystery that interests them! Students will love choosing
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7th - 12th
The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer Research Project for High School
Facilitate the process of investigating relevant topics, documenting information gathered, and delivering formal speeches with this low-prep, standards-based research project to complement Susan Beth Pfeffer's dystopian novel The Dead and the Gone, the sequel to Life As We Knew It. The focus of the project is natural and human-influenced disasters, covering twenty topics including the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, the flu pandemic of 1918, the tri-state tornado outbreak of 1925, the Fukushim
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6th - 12th
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The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer Research Project for Google Drive
Facilitate the process of investigating relevant topics, documenting information gathered, and delivering formal speeches with this low-prep, standards-based research project to complement Susan Beth Pfeffer's dystopian novel The Dead and the Gone, the sequel to Life As We Knew It. The focus of the project is natural and human-influenced disasters, covering twenty topics including the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, the flu pandemic of 1918, the tri-state tornado outbreak of 1925, the Fukushi
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6th - 12th
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Earth Day Activities |Vocab| Critical Thinking | Writing |Print PDF or Digital!
Teach your students about the importance of Earth Day! Students will be able to do the following with this engaging print or digital activity: 1. Define 5 vocabulary terms related to Earth Day, use them in a sentence, and draw a picture. 2. Use critical thinking and real-world skills to create and list things we can do on Earth to reuse, reduce and recycle.3. Respond to an Earth Day writing prompt in paragraph or short-answer form.
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3rd - 9th
Slave Narratives Federal Writers Project
From 1920-1930, the Library of Congress dispatched writers to record authentic slave narrative stories from the last remaining Americans who were enslaved before the Civil War. Hundreds of these true slave narrative stories are available online for students to read and research! This is a great project to add to any slave narrative unit!The Slave Narratives Federal Writers Project provides a curated list of 53 slave narrative stories for your students to choose from to create a research presenta
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Leap Year: Writing with Evidence
Looking for a timely way to reinforce writing skills and the citation of evidence? Keep it current by using this quick Write and Cite assignment to have the students practice the necessary skills of argument writing, in-text citations, and works cited page while researching the importance of Leap Year.My students need more help with these skills than a major essay or research paper can provide. This assignment is meant to be a quick one-period with homework or a two-period assignment. Also inclu
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8th - 11th
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Career Research Report and Career Narrative
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This unit contains two similar assignments: a career research report and a career narrative essay. The career report asks students to research a topic of interest, take notes from sources, create a draft, and get peer feedback on their written work. It involves more time and takes a longer for students to complete because they are conducting research. The career narrative gives students the opportunity to write about a career that interests them and how they plan
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9th - 12th
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Halloween Research Project and Speech Materials for High School ELA (Google)
Complement a unit on Gothic fiction and embrace the harvest season with this low-prep, standards-based research project addressing 33 topics directly and indirectly related to Halloween: ancient celebrations, holidays, and practices (Samhain, Lemuria, guising, souling, and more); more recent traditions (Guy Fawkes Night, the history of trick-or-treating, and the history of pumpkin carving); myths, legends, and superstitions (Jack O'Lantern, the Beast of Bray Road, Mothman, and more); medical con
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9th - 12th
The Handmaid's Tale Research Project on Women's History & Human Rights (Google)
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood lends itself to compelling research opportunities for high school students. This low-prep, standards-based project has students investigate topics related to women's history and human rights around the world: from America (the Fourteenth Amendment, Equal Pay Act, Equal Rights Amendment, etc.) to Canada (the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada, National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, etc.), from the Middle East (
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9th - 12th
Female Fiction Character ONE-PAGER | Google Slides | Middle & High School
Looking to highlight STRONG FEMALE CHARACTERS? These Google Slides are the perfect template for that type of focus! Two slides will help students share about the book they read and two more slides will help them prepare their information for the one-pager.A great Women's History Month Activity, this resource combines researching and self-expression as part of the learning process.This activity will give the students an opportunity to let their creativity shine AND share about one of their favor
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6th - 12th
Bio Creation and Textual Analysis Activity: Julio Cortázar and House Taken Over
Use completely digitally using Google Apps or print the separate handout and rubrics. Students will conduct research on Julio Cortázar in order to better understand "House Taken Over". Students will analyze his background and use of Magical Realism within the context of "House Taken Over". Students will need time for the research, going back into the story and making connections between the author's life and the short story. Teacher instructions, link to House Taken Over, Rubric, printable and l
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Magical Realism: Four Week Unit Bundle
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Research Project and Speech Materials
This low-prep, standards-based project helps high school students investigate topics and deliver informative speeches related to Michael Crichton's science fiction novel Jurassic Park. It also helps students contextualize the events of the novel by calling attention to 30 relevant topics—from scientific advancements (such as the cloning of Dolly the sheep and the sequencing of human genes) to scientific theories (such as those involving efforts to achieve de-extinction and those seeking to under
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9th - 12th
A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah and Sierra Leone - Research Project (Google)
Help students better understand the historical context of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah and facilitate the process of researching topics related to Sierra Leone with this low-prep, standards-based resource. Students will choose from thirty relevant subjects—the deposing of Siaka Stevens' government, the Revolutionary United Front, illegal diamond mining, the West Side Boys, and All People's Congress to name a few—and navigate credible sources with the goal of teachin
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9th - 12th
Halloween Research Project and Speech Materials for High School ELA
Complement a unit on Gothic fiction and embrace the harvest season with this low-prep, standards-based research project addressing 33 topics directly and indirectly related to Halloween: ancient celebrations, holidays, and practices (Samhain, Lemuria, guising, souling, and more); more recent traditions (Guy Fawkes Night, the history of trick-or-treating, and the history of pumpkin carving); myths, legends, and superstitions (Jack O'Lantern, the Beast of Bray Road, Mothman, and more); medical con
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8th - 12th
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Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer Research Project for Google Drive
Promote student choice and facilitate the process of researching scientific and societally significant topics from beginning to end with this low-prep, standards-based resource pertaining to the novel Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer. Students will choose from more than a dozen topics—Yellowstone's supervolcano, Hurricane Katrina, the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, and nuclear disasters at Chernobyl and Fukushima to name a few—and navigate academically appropriate sources with the goal of
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6th - 12th
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Life As We Knew It Quiz, Close Reading, Research Project, and Test Bundle
This low-prep bundle covering Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer contains all the formative and summative assessments teachers need to assess general reading comprehension, support the development of close reading analysis skills, and facilitate student research on a range of relevant topics. Included are six plot-based multiple choice quizzes, six short answer alternate quiz options, twenty-one close reading worksheets, research project materials, an end-of-unit test, and answer keys for
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6th - 12th
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Current Events Assignment
Student current events are a great way to keep students informed while practicing their writing skills! Have your students write a weekly current event to improve their writing and keep them reading and analyzing informational texts. This is a simple assignment where students are asked to summarize and respond to an event going on in the world today. Students will search for reputable sources, look for author bias, reflect on direct quotes, and discuss their opinions with their classmates. In th
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9th - 12th
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Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers and the Vietnam War - Research Project
Help students better understand the historical context of Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers and facilitate the process of researching topics related to the Vietnam War with this low-prep, standards-based resource. Students will choose from more than twenty relevant subjects—the Gulf of Tonkin incident, the Tet Offensive, the My Lai Massacre, Tinker vs. Des Moines, and Milton L. Olive III to name a few—and navigate credible sources with the goal of teaching others about their topic. A detailed s
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7th - 12th
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RI 6.9 Memoir/Autobiography and Biography Middle School Project
Directions and how-to-use:This project should be completed over the course of 4 weeks with the rubric to guide students towards achieving cross-curricular criteria and demonstrate mastery of content standards: RI 6.1- 6.9; W 6.2a.-f.; W6.4-6.9; SL 6.4-6.6; L6.1-6.6; RH6-8.1-8.2, RH 6-8.4; RH6-8.7-8.9; WHST.6-8.2-8.10 Week one- students will identify the person of interest for their essay assignment based on a list of available book options in class or appropriate options to research and request
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