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Middle school U.S. History rubric pdfs
State Research Writing Project & Other Activites Common Core Aligned
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
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2nd - 6th
Also included in: Writing Research Projects & Activities - BUNDLE
Paired Passages with Writing Prompts - Theme: American Revolution Camp Followers
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
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5th - 6th
Also included in: Paired Passages with Writing Prompts and Activities BUNDLE
Paired Passages with Writing Prompts and Activities - Theme: Valley Forge
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
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5th - 6th
Also included in: Paired Passages with Writing Prompts and Activities BUNDLE
Writing Resources Bundle for SEQ + Civic Literacy Essay-US History Regents Prep
Writing Resources Bundle for SEQ + Civic Literacy Essay-US History Regents Prep + Bonus Grading Rubric! Elevate your students' writing proficiency with the ultimate writing resources bundle, encompassing an engaging presentation, writing guides, graphic organizers, checklists, and grading rubrics tailored to Short Essay Questions and Civic Literacy essay prompts. This comprehensive bundle is curated to foster analytical thinking and refined writing skills in secondary students. These resources w
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7th - 12th
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Life through US History: End of the Year Project
Great way to wrap up the year. Students create a fictional person who lives from 1920-2017 and document their life through historical events! The student’s love creating a digital diary and historical timeline. The directions outline the 13 topics that are generally studied in a second semester US history class. Students select two specific events from those 13 topics, for a total of 26 historical events. I am always amazed at how creative students are when they weave their fictional person’s st
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6th - 12th
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American Revolution ABC Book Project
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
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3rd - 9th
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English Colonies (Jamestown & Plymouth) Brochure Project, Assessment, Print & Go
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
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4th - 10th
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Paired Passages with Writing Prompts and Activities - Theme: Colonial Education
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
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Grades:
5th - 6th
Also included in: Paired Passages with Writing Prompts and Activities BUNDLE
APUSH Period 7 SAQ- World War I, Fourteen Points, & The League of Nations
This is a great resource for guiding your students in AP U.S. History (APUSH) through this SAQ (Short Answer Question) stimulus based prompt on "World War I and the Debates over the League of Nations."This resource includes the following:SAQ stimulus based promptsStudent response handoutSAQ Rubric and Answer Key--This is a great activity to use with introducing the process of how to write a SAQ early in the school year and will help prepare your students for writing future SAQ's throughout the s
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8th - 12th
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Famous Hoosier Research Presentation and Report
This packet will help make assigning a project a breeze! Students choose from a large list of famous Hoosiers, and have guided expectations for a written report and/or a digital presentation.
This is a great culminating activity for 4th grade Indiana History!
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4th - 6th
Texas Revolution Cereal Box Project Directions and Grading Rubric Texas History
Get creative while teaching the history of the Texas Revolution in Texas History! Students will choose an important figure from the Texas Revolution (Houston, Bowie, Travis, Seguin, Fannin, Santa Anna, etc.) and create a cereal box inspired by their figure and the era in which they lived. This product includes detailed instructions of what students should put on each side of the box, and a grading rubric to guide them towards acing this project, and to make grading easier for you!HistoTeam- Trus
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4th - 8th
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"Teach the Great Depression" Project Based Learning
WHAT YOU GETThis project has EVERYTHING you need to to teach an unforgettable Great Depression unit. In this project students will learn to create a presentation, a worksheet, and teach a part of the Great Depression to their classmates. I have been doing this project for the past 12 years and it is the most memorial unit I teach. I still have students who come back and say that they will NEVER forget the day that they taught a part of the Great Depression. Check out my website below and wat
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
The Colonial Times Newspaper Project (Early European Colonization), Print and Go
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 write from the perspective of a colonist (Spanish, French or English) and create a newspaper that reflects the life and time of the people. Instructions and rubrics are included that will describe two different ways for students to publish their newspaper- The ole fashioned way with a pencil and crayons or a staine
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3rd - 8th
Cold War Project Choice Board
This project choice board is an awesome way to have students review your Cold War unit. This project choice board has 9 activities, such as picture timeline, postcard, map maker, presentation, free thinker, flash cards, venn diagram, newspaper article and ABC book. Choice boards are a great way to differentiate instruction in your classroom!Includes:- choice board- directions- grading rubricThis project choice board covers Georgia Standards of Excellence:SS5H5 Discuss the origins and consequence
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5th - 12th
Also included in: Cold War Unit Bundle
Headlines Newspaper Assignment--Teaching Historical Perspective
Headlines Newspaper
A project rubric for several newspaper projects. This project teaches students to view historical events from more than one side. It teaches bias, historical perspective, understanding and creating political cartoons. This assignment reinforces teamwork, project management, writing and creative skills.
This 39 page project/worksheet/rubric encourages students to create two newspapers from opposite sides of a historical issue (ex. King George III and American Colonists
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6th - 12th
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APUSH Period 4 SAQ Activity- Second Great Awakening & Antebellum Era Reforms
This is a great resource for guiding your students in AP U.S. History (APUSH) through this SAQ (Short Answer Question) stimulus based prompt on "The Second Great Awakening & The Antebellum Era Reform Movements".This resource includes the following:SAQ stimulus based promptsStudent response handoutSAQ Rubric and Answer Key--This is a great activity to use with introducing the process of how to write a SAQ early in the school year and will help prepare your students for writing future SAQ's th
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8th - 12th
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13 Original Colonies Advertisement Poster
This assignment asks students to select one of the original 13 British colonies to create a poster for. This poster should be made in the form of an advertisement, persuading people from Europe to come to the colony that they have chosen. In the past I have used a website (www.edu.glogster.com) to create interactive online posters. The assignment works just as well with the old fashioned paper and pencil poster method as well.
The assignment asks students to identify how the colony got started,
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5th - 8th
The American Civil War Research Paper Project — US History ELA — CCSS Rubric
Explore the renowned figures of the American Civil War with this comprehensive research guide. Challenge your students to delve into the lives and contributions of influential individuals who played pivotal roles during this historic conflict. This research guide provides a scaffolded approach, guiding students from initial planning to the creation of a polished essay.Empower your students to engage in in-depth research and expository writing as they investigate the profound impact of significan
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6th - 10th
State Report ~ Research ~No Prep ~Ready To Print ~Informative/Expository Writing
Common Core Writing Genre ~ Informative/Expository
Common Core State Standards ~ Writing W.5.2, W.5.4, W.5.5, W.5.6, W.5.7, W.5.8, W.5.9, W.5.10
Help your students stay organized with this State Report resource. It guides students to write a 5 paragraph informational/expository report on any U.S. state.
7 pages Included
Page 1 ~ Rubric: Keeps student organized by showing what information is expected in each paragraph. Students staple to report & it doubles as rubric for you to use to give
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3rd - 6th
Klondike Gold Rush Advertisement Persuasion Project
Students will work on many different skills in this layered assignment. Whether students are studying the gold rush specifically or they are working on persuasive techniques, this three page assignment guides students through the process of identifying their audience and purpose, incorporating persuasive techniques used in advertising and writing, and thinking about the importance of layout and design. An assignment sheet, planning sheet with guiding questions, and a rubric are attached!
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5th - 10th
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Native American Diorama and Report Directions and Rubric
This is a multi-disciplinary project in which students research a Native American tribe and write a brief report and create a 3D diorama to share/present. This can be done in class or as a homework activity. Includes: Teacher DirectionsStudent DirectionsRubricsStudent note-taking guides (2 options) This works great as a culmination activity after a unit of study about Native Americans, but can also be a stand-alone activity.
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3rd - 8th
Historic Tribe Project-Indian home model
This is a project I complete with my fourth graders after our Historic American Indians Unit. Included in this freebie:
-Interactive notebook activity for 3 Indian homes: Wigwam, teepee, and longhouse
- Letter to be sent home to parents describing the projects
-Grading rubric
Check out my blog for pictures of students projects!
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Enjoy:)
Amelia
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2nd - 8th
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President Report, Project, and Presentation Rubrics
These are the rubrics I made to go along with the president reports my students wrote. There is a rubric for the written report, project, and presentation. This goes along with the project ideas that are sold separately.
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4th - 8th
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Come to Carolina Ad Project - South Carolina
In this download, you will get the lesson background for the "Come to Carolina" Ad Project and two detailed grading rubrics (advertising poster and general advertisement). Two student idea sheets are also included.
I use this project with my 8th grade students (adapt for 3rd!) and South Carolina Social Studies indicator 8-1.5. After learning about the Carolina Colony’s natural resources, economic prosperity, cash crops, and economic relationship with England, I task students with making an adve
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3rd - 8th
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