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Common Core RI.8.8 dbqs
Crash Course Quilt: Alternative to Traditional DBQ Essay
Do your students love John Green’s Crash Course videos!?!? Well, this alternative project is inspired by the series and may be used in place of a traditional document based question (DBQ) essay.
After reading a chapter in the textbook, reviewing primary sources, or completing a unit, students will create a “quilt” using index cards. This printable file contains the directions for the front and back of each card. (4” x 6” index cards are recommended.) A rubric and student samples (fronts only)
Grades:
8th - 11th
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DBQ for Middle School - The Road to World War II: Primary & Secondary Sources
This no-prep resource is your complete guide to integrating literacy and social studies through a Document Based Question analysis and written response.This resource asks students to analyze primary and secondary sources in order to answer the essential question: How did the events and aftermath of World War I lead to World War II?Included within this resource are:1. Vocabulary2. DBQ: 5 documents with editable guiding questions3. A written response planning guide (editable)4. Mastery-based rubri
Grades:
6th - 10th
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Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty or give me death" Analysis Questions
This document has instructions for while students are reading to help with their understanding of the text. It also contains 10 questions which require students to analyze the speech and decipher the meaning, structure, tone, emphasis and importance of this iconic speech. This can be done in class, as an exit ticket or as a homework assignment.
Grades:
8th - 12th
Consumerism (2-week Unit)
Includes high level questions, vocabulary lists, vocabulary quizzes (standard and modified for EC), and/or comprehension tests for two articles, a video, and a short story. I often do this unit before the holidays so students have a context for it.
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Lord of the Flies- Supplemental Texts with Questions
There are supplemental texts/activities with open-ended questions that correlate to various topics in each chapter of Lord of the Flies.
Grades:
8th - 10th
Also included in: The Lord of the Flies Novel Study
Spanish Exploration Source Analysis
Spanish Exploration Primary Source Analysis is a document set of 6 documents that both teach students the causes and effects of Spanish exploration and gives them practice reading and analyzing challenging primary and secondary sources.
The document set includes a graphic organizer for students to organize what they learned and an outline for students to develop a thesis and support it with evidence and analysis.
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Grades:
8th - 9th
DBQ & Persuasive Writing Prompt: Thomas Jefferson’s Views On Education
Thomas Jefferson called for a public-supported education system in 1779 through “A Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge” as part of a greater plan to create an ideal republic. Few people question the need for education, but growing numbers question the close relationship between education and government. These activities provide opportunities for students to examine Jefferson’s 18th Century call for public education and to choose sides in the public education debate:
1) a think/pa
Grades:
8th - 10th
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Immigration Authentic Performance Task
Immigrant rights project based learning task to accompany La Linea by Ann Jaramillo.
Grades:
5th - 8th
Protestant Reformation Primary Source Analysis
Protestant Reformation Primary Source Analysis is a document set of two primary sources and one chart guiding students through the causes and effects of the Protestant Reformation.
Students will read and analyze documents to answer the essential question: Was the censorship of Martin Luther effective?
The lesson includes a graphic organizer to organize two arguments and evidence as well as an outline for students to complete a thesis, evidence, and analysis.
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Grades:
8th - 9th
Primary Sources - Spread of Islam (Adapted from Halsall Fordham Site)
Selection of Primary Sources adapted from Fordham University's Internet History Sourcebooks (https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/)
Grades:
7th - 12th
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