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Common Core SL.6.1c dbqs

Slavery in the Southern Colonies: A Socratic Seminar

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Looking for a higher order thinking activity? Need a way to close out a unit on the Southern Colonies? Do you want to do a Socratic Seminar with your students? Students will evaluate three primary source documents to answer document-based questions. Students will engage in higher-level thinking and improve listening and speaking skills during this common-core supported activity. This activity is appropriate for 5th-7th graders and meets the Common Core Standards for Speaking and Listening. If

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Social Studies - History, U.S. History

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

DBQs, Assessment

CCSS:

SL.5.1

, SL.5.1a

, SL.5.1b

, SL.5.1c

, SL.5.1d

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School Dress Code: An Evidence-Based Argumentative Writing Unit - Google Drive

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Adventures with Mrs Anderson

This argumentative writing unit focuses on utilizing a popular and controversial topic, school dress codes, to spark informal dialogue and debate as well as claim/counterclaim development and evidence-based writing through article and video study. Examining students’ school dress code experiences, students are given many opportunities throughout this unit to discuss their positions with peers. These conversations and informal writings combined with an analysis of the differing viewpoints present

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Writing

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Activities, DBQs, Lesson

CCSS:

W.6.1

, W.6.1a

, W.6.1b

, W.6.1c

, W.6.1d