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11th grade Common Core RH.6-8.6 scaffolded notes
MLK Jr.'s Letter from a Birmingham Jail: Primary Source Analysis
*** Now includes audio links and time stamps!The Letter from Birmingham Jail is an open letter written on April 16, 1963, by Martin Luther King Jr. The letter defends the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism. It says that people have a moral responsibility to break unjust laws and to take direct action rather than waiting potentially forever for justice to come through the courts. Responding to being referred to as an "outsider," King writes, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice eve
Grades:
7th - 11th
The Alien and Sedition Acts 1798: Primary Source Analysis
In this activity, students are provided with a brief overview of the Alien and Sedition Acts. The students are then given small excerpts of the Alien and Sedition Acts with focus questions. Lastly, students are asked to explain why these acts would be controversial or promote protest - essentially, students are doing the work of historians! This is a great way to bring primary sources into your classroom! This activity is Common-Core Aligned. Ready to print and use! Enjoy!You might also be inter
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8th - 11th
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World War I Google Slides with Note Taking Guide & Checking for Understanding
47 Slides (editable) with graphic organizer note taking guide and summative assessment worksheet. This Google Slides reviews the causes of World War One, how America responded to the war in Europe 1914-1917, how American society, politics and government transformed while engaged in the war, and Wilson's plan for peace.This Google Slides:EditableHas checking for understanding/thinking questions throughout the Google SlidesInteresting and varied graphic designA variety of different sources to cat
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8th - 12th
Nativism Political Cartoon Analysis - Immigration - Print & Digital Versions
This is an engaging, differentiated activity that aids in developing analytic skill as students answer scaffolded questions on Nativism, or anti-immigration sentiment, during the late 1800s/early 1900s in the United States. An informative text is included to provide historical context for students, in addition to a crystal clear political cartoon and graphic organizer with analysis questions that range in difficulty according to Bloom's Taxonomy.Pdf and Google compatible versions are both includ
Grades:
7th - 11th
MAYFLOWER COMPACT: Primary Source Analysis with 4 LEVELS, NO-PREP
This NO-PREP Primary Source Activity includes 4 levels of Differentiation for Analysis of the MAYFLOWER COMPACT!Contents: Each level is 2 pages. Levels 1-3 have the text on the left and activity on the right. The Illustrated pages are full width with the text on page 1 and the questions on page 2. All pages are discreetly labeled by level: Summary, Definitions, Annotation, and Illustrated.Summary and Questions: Document is written with definitions/synonyms embedded. Students are asked to write a
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5th - 12th
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The Spanish-American War Reading Activity + Notes, Interactive Journal, and Quiz
The Spanish-American War Active Reading Activity and Notes will guide your historians through the causes and effects of the Spanish-American War. This resource includes a formative assessment, interactive journal insert, and bulletin board décor. With embedded questions and corresponding activities, the resource supports active reading and engagement for the Spanish-American War and beyond.No textbook? No problem! These materials can supplement or be the curriculum for this topic. The Active Rea
Grades:
8th - 11th
Listen Lesson Kit: Ancestral Foods
Engage your students and inspire thoughtful discussion and research with media!This Listen Lesson Kit contains a guided note-taking exercise, discussion questions, follow-up links, and supporting presentation/discussion slides for Aparna Pallavi’s TEDx Talk, “What foods did your ancestors love?” This is an excellent, thought-provoking talk that shares a personal perspective on the loss of traditional or ancestral foods from indigenous cultures worldwide. While the talk is centered around the M
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5th - 12th
Rhetorical Appeals (Ethos, Pathos, Logos) in the Abortion Debate
This notetaker provides a YouTube link to a discussion (8m38s) featured on CBS between members of the pro-life and pro-choice movements. Students watch the video, taking down notes in the graphic organizer for when they hear statements made using each of the rhetorical appeals (ethos, pathos, logos). Students then process what they watched by writing a scaffolded statement summarizing a key argument by one speaker on each side. This will undoubtedly inspire some rich discussion on both sides of
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Listen Lesson: Contact Tracing
This Listen Lesson contains a guided notetaking exercise for an episode of NPR's Planet Money podcast, "The Cost of Contact Tracing." The podcast looks at the importance of contact tracing to combat global pandemics and the benefits and drawbacks of traditional contract tracing (which dates back to the Black Plague) and new technologies that automate the process.Enclosed in the lesson is a detailed description of the podcast, including themes, challenging vocabulary, and links to a transcript f
Grades:
7th - 12th
Political Painting Proposal student handout
Step by step instructions for students to come up with an idea for a painting based around a social issue.Print pages 1 and 2, insert into a sheet protector to pass out to table groups over the course of the project. Page 3 can be printed and handed out to each student to complete a project proposal, sketch and response, or unlimited other implementations.
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Political Painting Project Bundle
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