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10th grade U.S. History pdfs for GATE
Women in the Civil War: Station Rotations (Primary Sources & Informational Text)
Diversify your syllabus. Get your secondary students up and moving using these Women in the Civil War Station Rotations. This adaption of a DBQ gets students into exploring authentic female sources and perspectives. Students will take an inquiry stance-- all stations help students answer the essential question, "How did the Civil War Challenge and Change the Role of Women & Notion of 'Womanhood' in American Society?”(Looking for "Women in the Civil War" for grades 4-7? Click here)One wom
Grades:
8th - 12th
Immigration and the Law - Internet Research Projects for High School
31 printable or digital pages for students to research immigration and the law. Students analyze who was targeted, how the public reacted, what the problems were with it, and what was happening globally or in the US at the time. Students investigate acts of congress, court cases, immigration operations, and presidential executive orders: Oath of Allegiance (1727), Naturalization Act of 1790, Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, Naturalization Law of 1802, Fourteenth Amendment (1868), Chinese Exclusi
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9th - 12th
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HISTORY DETECTIVE: Death of Meriwether Lewis (Lewis & Clark) w/ Primary Sources
For this installment of HISTORY DETECTIVE, students will review the mysterious death of famed explorer and American hero, Meriwether Lewis (of Lewis and Clark). This is an engaging and creative take on DBQs, with a heavy focus on SOURCING and CONTEXTUALIZING as your students think like historians (and detectives) to piece together the mystery. (Note: There is no "real" answer-- so students can't google the answer-- scientists and historians still don't know the truth about why Lewis died, or
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6th - 12th
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Student Letter to Senator: Argumentative Writing & Civics
Let your students voices be heard with this argumentative letter writing assignment!! Students will select a topic, research the topic, and write a letter using a thesis (claim) and supporting research to justify their claim. Then, mail the letter off so that your students can make their voices heard! (Stamps and envelopes not included)
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This lesson packet is takes your students through the basic steps of writing an argumentative letter to their Congressperson. The packet i
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3rd - 12th
Korea War and Vietnam War, Compare & Contrast, Memorials
This bundle is wonderful for accompanying your unit on the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Students can use the Compare and Contrast chart to keep track of the significant similarities and differences between the 2 wars (this is a Bloom's Taxonomy skill - higher order thinking!).
There is also a handout in which students can learn about the memorials - this in turn helps students review key facts about the wars, as well as learn about the significance and purpose of our nation's treasured monuments.
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7th - 12th
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Distance Learning: Boston Massacre Digital Breakout / Escape Room
:::::DISTANCE LEARNING FRIENDLY! NO PREP!:::::The Boston Massacre Digital Breakout Description:Looking for a digital breakout covering The Boston Massacre? If so, then this is the document for you! All you need is connection to the internet! This breakout is on a Google Form (using response validation).A digital breakout has students find a series of online clues to unlock "locks." Breakouts are a great way to increase student engagement in the 21st century. The 4Cs are incorporated as students
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5th - 10th
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Systems of Government Student Created Gallery Walk
Having a hard time explaining systems of government? Use this student created gallery walk as a way for your students to think about and diagram systems of government. Gifted students will especially love this because it challenges them to think about how the power is distributed. Students will diagram how the power is distributed in a system of government and will walk around the room and guess their peers system of government. Watch your students as they make the systems of government easy to
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6th - 12th
HISTORY DETECTIVE: Death of President Zachary Taylor - Primary Source Analysis
For this installment of HISTORY DETECTIVE, students will examine primary and secondary source documents and use evidence from those documents to justify their claim concerning a 170-year-old mystery: Who Killed President Zachary Taylor?
Background:
On July 4, 1850- after only 16 months in office- President Zachary Taylor was in the middle of a heated battle over slavery in the new territories. The "Compromise of 1850" and its controversial Fugitive Slave Act was tearing the nation apart. He
Grades:
7th - 12th
Geography: Physical Landmarks in the United States
Have students mark up their maps and learn about physical landmarks in the United States!
This can be an extension activity to the geography packet and
gifted geography packet
Whats in this worksheet
- checklist for students to keep track of their work .
- make this worksheet into doodle notes and have students customize their worksheet
Students will
-identify major physical landmarks in the United States
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5th - 12th
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Also included in: Civics U.S. Geography and Map Skills Bundle
Social Reform Movements of the Jacksonian Era
Placards for a walkabout / gallery walk on the social reform movements of the Jacksonian Era. Each placard focuses on a reform leader and their movement. A matrix for gathering and summarizing information is included.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton -- Feminist Movement
William Lloyd Garrison -- Abolitionist Movement
Lyman Beecher -- Temperance Movement
Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Transcendentalist Movement
Elihu Burritt -- Pacifist Movement
Sylvester Graham -- Health Movement
Horace Mann -- Public Education
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7th - 12th
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NATO Phonetic Alphabet/Military Alphabet Activity for Kids
This activity is designed for students to be introduced to the NATO Phonetic Alphabet, in conjunction with facts about the usage in WWII. Students will read a short article explaining the alphabet and its history of integration into WWII, and answer a series of questions for deciphering the alphabet. This can serve as an extension, integration, or as a stand alone activity. This was written for upper Elementary, but can be integrated into any beginning unit on the Phonetic Alphabet/Military Alph
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4th - 12th
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What is this Thing?
Part of Nancy Polette's Fact or Fiction Series
Have you ever wandered through a museum, looked at an artifact, and wondered,
“What IS This Thing?”
So did Nancy Polette as she toured the Montgomery County Historical Society in Missouri.
As she wandered through the museum, she imagined a child of the 1800s suddenly appearing in her kitchen, at a mall, or in a classroom. How puzzled that child would be! A microwave, a blender, a cell phone, a computer, an escalator – what strange objects!
Just as a
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K - 12th
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American Revolutionary War - Creative Thinking - History
**This lesson is EASILY adapted to any social studies/history standard!**
Students will practice creative thinking using DeBono's Six Hats to evaluate the consequences and implications of taxation and foreign aid as they relate to the American Revolution.
This product contains two activities that encourage students to think deeply with strong discussion about these issues from multiple perspectives. By doing so, they will analyze and evaluate the situations in order to create their own general
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5th - 10th
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Results of the War of 1812
Placards for a Gallery Walk exploring the results of the War of 1812.
Information is presented in a concise way with graphics so students learn the results of the War of 1812 without being ovewrwhelmed with details.
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7th - 12th
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Gettysburg Address Memory Activities
Help your students memorize the Gettysburg Address with these activities:Study Cards (19 cards)Parent Info SheetRecitation Assessment Record SheetOral Presentation Rubric2 Fill in Practice Sheets with Answer KeysWord Search with Answer KeyWordle Word BankClose Read using the Icons of Depth and Complexity Study FrameClose Read with Student Samples
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6th - 10th
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Analyzing Multiple Perspectives: Stamp Act Primary Source Lesson
Stamp Act Analysis! There are two sides to every story, and in this case, there are two sides to the story of British taxation. In this lesson, students are given four abridged excerpts of primary source documents about the Stamp Act. Two documents are written by British officials or groups, the other two are written by American colonists/groups.
Students will be challenged to see the Stamp Act from two different perspectives and synthesize the stances in order to identify the main argument
Blunder or Brainstorm
Part of Nancy Polette's Fact or Fiction Series
Fact & Fiction of Famous Inventors and Inventions
4th in the series, Nancy presents not only fact and fiction statements, but also offers an original limerick for each of the inventors. From Archimedes to the Wright Brothers, Alexander Graham Bell to Alfred Nobel. Students learn about the first friction match, the first computer program, the first car, Velcro®, Coca-Cola,® Smith Brothers’® Cough Drops, Colt’s revolver and more. Great for just re
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K - 12th
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Damsel or Daredevil
Did Molly Pitcher hide in a well when bullets flew during the Battle of Monmouth? Could Sacagawea, the interpreter for Lewis and Clark, speak English? What did Jacqueline Cochran, Bessie Coleman, and Amelia Earhart have in common? What do Sarah Emma Edmonds and Frank Thompson have in common? Did critics of Susan B Anthony drag her through the streets because she supported women's rights? Who was a world famous photographer who captured on film the bombing of Moscow by the Germans, recorded the s
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K - 12th
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War to Constitution: Using Primary Sources to Teach U.S. History
A comprehensive unit on this period of US History! Students develop important inferencing, application, analysis, and evaluation skills. The document-based questions and activities (DBQs) help them learn that people interpret events from differing points of view. War to Constitution: Using Primary Sources to Teach U.S. History covers these American history topics: the Sons of Liberty, the Stamp Act, the Boston Tea Party, the Boston Massacre, Common Sense, Valley Forge, John Paul Jones, Paying fo
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: American Revolution Bundle for Middle-Grade Social Studies Classes
Patrick Henry Rhetorical Devices
Patrick Henry Rhetorical Devices
This packet includes:
• Student Background Information (4 pages): Provides context about Patrick Henry’s Give Me Liberty speech and it explains the use of rhetorical devices in the speech by examining selected quotes.
• Making Allusions Work worksheet: Students understand audience in order to make effective use of allusions
• Identifying Allusions worksheet: Students practice identifying the source of sample allusions and explaining its meaning
• Alluding To
Charts and Graphs - Presidents' Day
22 printable or digital pages for students to analyze charts and graphs exploring the Presidents and Donald Trump: the trade deficit, the height of presidents, age of presidents, employment and unemployment numbers, experience of presidents prior to office, vocabulary level of presidents, popular vote and the electoral college, firing within the executive branch by the president, executive orders, immigrants, the stock market, defense spending, civilian deaths in Afghanistan, mass shootings, sch
Grades:
4th - 10th
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Also included in: Presidents' Day BUNDLE
Discussion on the Constitution of the United States
This packet includes 15 worsheets that have questions to bring out the important concepts in the Constitution. It also contains a mind map that can be used as a final exam. They can be done either in class or as homework using the Constitution itself as a text. Discussion will be based on these questions. This is intended for students in grades 8-12 as some terminology is advanced. This unit should take at least 12 classes that last an hour each. You could easily break it down to 15 classes
Trial or Triumph
Part of Nancy Polette's Fact or Fiction Series
Nancy brings 30 contemporary actors and actresses, athletes, government officials, television stars, singers, and musicians into her Fact or Fiction series. Personalities include Barbara Walters, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lance Armstrong, Madeleine Albright, Alan Alda, and Tom Hanks. The question is posed "Fact or Fiction? Michael Landon was the top student in his graduating class" only to find he was 3rd from the bottom of the class, was very small, and w
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K - 12th
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Partner or Pleaser? Fact & Fiction of the First Ladies
Part of Nancy Polette's Fact or Fiction Series
Whether in the background or out front promoting their causes, the First Ladies of the U.S. presidents make an interesting read and basis for classroom research as addressed in the Writing component of the Common Core Standards:
Research to Build and Present Knowledge
Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation. (The format of Fact or Fiction? i
Grades:
K - 12th
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