Elementary Winter U.S. History rubrics

Paired Passages/Paired Texts are showing up on reading and writing assessments all over the country! This resource contains everything you need to successfully guide students through the process of using paired passages to create an essay or other type of writing. I included multiple prompts and activities using the same two paired passages so that teachers and students will have a variety of writing choices. Be sure to check out each resource preview! Purchase the bundle and save money! Visit m

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Grades:

5th - 6th

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CCSS:

U.S. History, Writing, Writing-Essays

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State Research Writing Project & Other Activites Common Core Aligned

Created by

Third Grade to the Core

Get your students writing.....the fun way! I love this project because there are so many different things you can do with it. It comes complete with project guidelines and graphic organizers. There is a sheet with approved websites for research and themed final draft paper. Your students will love taking all the information they have gathered and putting it into a trifold brochure. This makes a super cute classroom display. It can easily be turned into a large poster project. Set aside a day

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 6th

Types:

Research, Projects, Rubrics

Also included in: Writing Research Projects & Activities - BUNDLE

Holiday Timeline

Created by

jjgirl

Here is a Social Studies worksheet on a holiday timeline. Learning targets are listed on the worksheet using a rubric. Learning Targets: I can explain change and continuity over time, using calendars and simple timelines. I can describe historically significant events and observances in American history. Made using DJ Inkers clip art & fonts. © www.djinkers.com. My DJ Inkers license number is 0113179860.

Subjects:

Holidays/Seasonal, Social Studies - History, U.S. History

Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Assessment, Printables, Rubrics

Colonial Regions Brochure Project

Created by

History Girl

Students complete a planning sheet using notes/textbook resources with information on the three colonial regions in America. They then create a 2-sided brochure to advertise the colonial regions to perspective colonists and try to convince more British to become settlers in the American Colonies. This product includes: 1-Page instructions and grading rubric 1-Page Student Note-Taking Guide 2-Page Brochure Template (Can be used for all students or as a modified version for struggling students)3 I

Subjects:

British History, Social Studies - History, U.S. History

Grades:

4th - 12th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Rubrics

Paired Passages with Writing Prompts and Activities - Theme: Valley Forge

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Paired Passages/Paired Texts are showing up on reading and writing assessments all over the country! This resource contains everything you need to successfully guide students through the process of using paired passages to create an essay or other type of writing. I included multiple prompts and activities using the same two paired passages so that teachers and students will have a variety of writing choices. Contents of this resource: Teacher NotesTeaching Writing with Paired Texts – A Quick Re

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 6th

Types:

CCSS:

Teaching With Love and Laughter

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Also included in: Paired Passages with Writing Prompts and Activities BUNDLE

Kindergarten and First Grade Writing Activities for December and January

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Welcome to Writing Right Through December and January! This series will help you and your students practice various writing skills and genres in a fun and engaging way. Each month, you will find a new set of writing activities that are aligned with the seasons and holidays.➤Do you struggle each week, trying to plan for writing instruction? ➤Do you need some easy and effective writing activities for young learners?➤Do you want writing activities that don't require hours of preparation or grading,

Subjects:

Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Winter, Writing

Grades:

K - 1st

Types:

Assessment, Rubrics, Centers

Also included in: Kindergarten and First Grade Writing Activities for the Year Bundle

American Revolution: Heroes Project

Created by

History Diaries

Revolutionary War Heroes Project. Your students will research one hero from the American Revolutionary Era. The heroes are divided into 4 categories: military men, politicians, writers/thinkers, and revolutionaries. After researching their hero, each student will create and present a poster about their hero to the class. After presenting, all students will vote for the #1 hero in each category. Included are: -heroes listed by category-step-by-step directions for the students to guide them along-

Subjects:

U.S. History

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Projects, Posters, Rubrics

North Carolina Lighthouse Project

Created by

Special Little Learners

This project has students research one lighthouse in North Carolina. Their goal of the project is to write a research paper and create a poster giving details about one lighthouse in North Carolina. It can be completed in one to two weeks and can be done in partners or independently. Students can choose one of the lighthouses in North Carolina and began researching on the first day. They used http://www.lighthousefriends.com/nc.html to get a lot of their information. If every group cannot have s

Subjects:

Informational Text, U.S. History, Writing-Expository

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Creative Writing, Holidays/Seasonal, Winter

Narrative Writing Holiday Story Book Assignment

Created by

inspiring little minds

The perfect narrative writing assignment for the festive season! Ask students to create a Holiday storybook for young children. Students will illustrate and write a children's holiday storybook using their knowledge about narrative writing. This resource includes assignment instructions, narrative graphic organizer, cross-curricular rubric (writing, media, art), teacher instructions on how to print story booklets, and storybook templates. This resource is in ENGLISH.CHECK OUT WINTER NARRATIVE WR

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 8th

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Rubrics

Timeline Project | Distance Learning

Created by

Countless Smart Cookies

Timeline Project This is a simple and fun take-home project for your students! If you are covering timelines, this would be the perfect project for your students. It also gets the parents involved! A rubric is involved: one with a bonus opportunity and one without

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas, Social Studies - History, U.S. History

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

Social Studies - History, U.S. History, World History

U.S./American History Interactive Notebook Cover, Rubric, Table of Contents

Created by

Teaching Works

If you're like me, you LOVE using interactive notebooks with your students! They're a fantastic way to actively involve students in the learning process. But...if you're like me, you also want your interactive notebooks to be organized! Students should be able to access information quickly and accurately, making it easy to review previously-studied material and create new entries when needed. This is the perfect tool to help you and your students get, and STAY, organized! Included in this resou

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 10th

Types:

Classroom Forms, Rubrics, Interactive Notebooks

Also included in: BUNDLED All Subjects Interactive Notebook Covers, Table of Contents, Rubric

Native American Museum Project Based Learning Activities

Created by

Simon Says Creations by Barbara Simon

Native American Museum Project Based Learning Activities: Project based learning is an important part of any classroom. In this unit, students will follow the rubric to research a specific tribe for the Native American Society of Elders. The Native American Society of Elders is creating a Native American Museum of History. They feel it is important to be correctly represented. Each group will research and represent a different tribe (Arctic (Inuit), Northwest (Kwakiutl), Plateau (Nez Perce), Sou

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Native Americans, U.S. History

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Government, Other (Social Studies - History), U.S. History

American Revolution Battle of the Battlefields Project

Created by

Joe History

Sometimes learning about battles can be boring for students. In this project, students research and debate which battle was the most important in The American Revolution in a collaborative, engaging and authentic manner. This can be done as a research project or you can use the provided background information on each battle so you can do it as self contained project in the classroom. What is included: 1. Project directions for teachers. 2. 2 rubrics for the presentation and letter to The Pr

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Grades:

5th - 11th

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Paired Passages with Writing Prompts - Theme: American Revolution Camp Followers

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Paired Passages/Paired Texts are showing up on reading and writing assessments all over the country! This resource contains everything you need to successfully guide students through the process of using paired passages to create an essay or other type of writing. I included multiple prompts and activities using the same two paired passages so that teachers and students will have a variety of writing choices. Contents of this resource: Teacher NotesTeaching Writing with Paired Texts – A Quick Re

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 6th

Types:

CCSS:

English Language Arts, Social Studies - History, U.S. History

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Also included in: Paired Passages with Writing Prompts and Activities BUNDLE

American Revolution ABC Book Project

Created by

Carrie Whitlock

If your class is studying the American Revolution, this is a fabulous project to culminate what they have learned in the unit. In this project, students create a book that explains vocabulary terms, people, places and events for most letters of the alphabet. (I made the suggestion of combining some letters on a page, XYZ for example, and allowing them to choose one letter to use.) This project allows students to have some choice in their creation, but still has guidelines and rubrics for se

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 9th

Types:

Projects, Assessment, Rubrics

English Colonies (Jamestown & Plymouth) Brochure Project, Assessment, Print & Go

Created by

History With A Flair

This product is an excellent resource to assess and wrap up the end of your English Colonization unit (geared for upper elementary and middle school students).Students are expected to choose either the Jamestown Colony or Plymouth Colony and then illustrate/write about what life was like in that colony. Sections included are: The CoverRelationship with the Native AmericansShip FleetOur LeaderDifficulties & SetbacksFoodHousingMap of the colonyThis product includes-Blank Templates (of both Jam

Subjects:

British History, Social Studies - History, U.S. History

Grades:

4th - 10th

Types:

Projects, Printables, Rubrics

Writing Research Projects & Activities - BUNDLE

Created by

Third Grade to the Core

Three complete writing research projects with several activities for each. All come with project guidelines to help you use them in your classroom. This bundle is common core aligned.Your students will love them all. What a great way to get them used to the writing research!!

Subjects:

Science, U.S. History, Writing-Essays

Grades:

2nd - 6th

Types:

Research, Projects, Rubrics

Revolutionary War Timeline Project

Created by

Ridgeway's Resources

The Revolutionary War is an exciting topic for students to study. Have students work on their research and timeline skills while learning about the American Revolution. This packet has everything you need to assign a timeline project as a summative assessment for the American Revolution. This file includes: -teacher directions -list of suggested events for timeline -student directions -student checklist -rubric -timeline template (in excel) -example of student work This product is aligned

Subjects:

Other (Social Studies - History), Social Studies - History, U.S. History

Grades:

3rd - 12th

Types:

Paired Passages with Writing Prompts and Activities - Theme: Colonial Education

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Paired Passages/Paired Texts are showing up on reading and writing assessments all over the country! This resource contains everything you need to successfully guide students through the process of using paired passages to create an essay or other type of writing. I included multiple prompts and activities using the same two paired passages so that teachers and students will have a variety of writing choices. Contents of this resource: Teacher NotesTeaching Writing with Paired Texts – A Quick Re

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 6th

Types:

CCSS:

Teaching History Creatively

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Also included in: Paired Passages with Writing Prompts and Activities BUNDLE

Causes of the American Revolution Illustrated Timeline Project

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We have an extraordinary resource tailor-made for you and your students. The Revolutionary Causes TIMELINE Project is here to revolutionize the way you teach about the American Revolution. This comprehensive package offers everything you need to effortlessly engage and inspire your students.First and foremost, we provide you with a meticulously designed introduction that ensures absolute clarity. Say goodbye to confusion and uncertainty! Our introduction clearly outlines the project's expectati

Subjects:

Other (Social Studies - History), Social Studies - History, U.S. History

Grades:

5th - 9th

Types: