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Common Core W.11-12.1 dbqs
School Dress Code: An Evidence-Based Argumentative Writing Unit - Google Drive
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
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6th - 12th
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AP US History Period 1 Skill-Building & Activity Workbook!
This is a comprehensive workbook for Period 1 of AP US History. This APUSH workbook has one purpose- to make students successful and prepare them for the AP exam. Students learn to write DBQs effectively, master the SAQ, build historical thinking skills, clear up misconceptions, and learn where many students make mistakes. This 13-page workbook focuses on the most important terms and themes of period one, so the complexity of the content becomes more clear and easier to retain.The workbook gives
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10th - 12th
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Also included in: AP US History Skill Building Activities Workbooks Bundle: Periods 1-5
Analyzing a Photo in Historical Context - Bundled Resources
Photography means “to write or draw with light,”. Analyzing a photo, therefore, is a logical extension of analyzing “texts”; documents we can read and read into, make sense of, and situate within a specific place and time. This growing bundle of resources for analyzing a photo in historical context will support students’ visual literacy skills as they apply to photos as historical sources— strategies for reading, making sense of, and translating images into their own words, while carefully guidi
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9th - 12th
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BLACK LIVES MATTER, Current Events, Common Core Unit
Great for Black History Month! This full unit covers multiple perspectives on the "Black Lives Matter" debate and allows students to find their own point of view on the issue. The unit includes a literary connection, background, historical connections, an implicit argument, arguments across multimedia, photographic connections, a class debate planning system, a research guide, and space for an argumentative essay.
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9th - 12th
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Primary Source Analysis: Print and Digital Interactive Notebook Bundle
Save 30% and get access to all four digital and print interactive notebooks for primary source analysis!This bundle includes:Primary Source Document Analysis Interactive NotebookAnalyzing a Photo as an Historical Source: Interactive Student NotebookHistory with Maps Interactive NotebookArtifact Analysis Interactive NotebookEach of these interactive student notebooks have been carefully designed to unlock source analysis for students while building higher level academic literacy. The pages can be
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9th - 12th
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AP Language Synthesis Essay with Bully Documentary
This prompt is an AP English Language and Composition Synthesis Essay question. It contains six reviews of the documentary BULLY that students must use to defend, qualify, or challenge a statement provided. I have limited the number of pages students may write to two, but it is an editable Word document. Likewise, this is a take-home assignment and would need to be modified slightly if done in a timed-situation. Modified AP Synthesis Rubric provided.
It obviously requires that students have watc
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Iraq War: Legacy of the 2003 U.S. Invasion of Iraq - IBDP Global Politics
This multi-day lesson introduces students to the legacy of the 2003 U.S. invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq. It begins by engaging them in viewing some maps and taking a quiz to see what they know about the country. Next, students read a speech by President George Bush explaining the U.S. goals in Iraq. The lesson also features an interactive presentation and video on the invasion and introduces them to the work of Iraqi journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad who argues that the U.S. invasion of I
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Writing Evidence Based Claims in AP English Language and Composition
In order to write an effective essay, students must first be able to write evidence based claims. This handout is designed to be used with my AP Language students early in the year. While it provides some scaffolding for close reading and evidence gathering, students should be competent at these shills already. This lesson asks students to:Analyze the Rhetorical SituationWrite within a Particular SituationWrite Arguable ClaimsThe product comes with introductory handout, graphic organizer for w
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9th - 12th
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Document Based Argumentative Writing Unit: Can Child Criminals Be Saved
This is a high interest step-by-step unit for students using provided documents to write an argumentative paper about the idea of child criminals and the punishments/consequences they deserve. The unit includes answer key, teaching notes, planning organizers, and a rubric.
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9th - 12th
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Harriet Tubman on the $20: Practice with Argument
2020 was the 100th anniversary of women obtaining the right to vote. Leading up to the centennial, Americans anticipated the twenty-dollar bill's design revision as a landmark achievement celebrating women’s progress. During the Obama administration, focus groups proposed several replacements for controversial president Andrew Jackson, including former first lady and human rights activist Eleanor Roosevelt, civil rights figure Rosa Parks, and Wilma Mankiller, the first female chief of the Cherok
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9th - 12th
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CER to DBQ Essay Writing Posters and Outline
These simple essay writing posters create visual definitions of the C.E.R. and D.B.Q. writing process. With the writing process building at each grade level and step, these posters will simplify the writing process and allow for easier writing transitions throughout each step of the process. Please click the green PREVIEW button for a closer look at everything that's included.This file includes: 1 Outline of the Writing Process 18 Google Slides Posters of definitions (for both C.E.R. & D.B.
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3rd - 12th
AP US History Women's Roles DBQ PRACTICE SHEET | Period 4 | Antebellum Era
A quick and easy way for students to practice analyzing documents to learn how to improve their writing on the DBQ! These are teacher and student-friendly designed for one purpose- to help break down the complicated requirements for the DBQ rubric so students can master it! These can be completed in class or as homework and should take students between 25-45 minutes but can be extended to a longer lesson if the teacher desires students to grade and pair share one another's writing. Learning to w
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10th - 12th
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Also included in: How to Write the DBQ AP US History: 13 APUSH Practice DBQs Worksheets!
100 CER Practices from Narnia
In a teenage world starving for wisdom and direction, I have found that the NARNIA books have been the most effective, engaging, and inspiring literature in teaching the most important language skills and building empathy. *****Students do not need to have read the books in order to complete these practices*****All of the books these CERs come from are written at about the 5th grade level which make them perfect for teenage students since they can fully comprehend the claims before ANALYZING wha
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7th - 12th
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Essay Speedgrader
This is by far my favorite and most-used tool now. Give lots of feedback AND do it quickly--simply check the right boxes and watch the feedback automatically compile for you.The hardest part of grading is that we never have enough time to say everything we want to. This solves that issue. With the Speedgrader, I give far more feedback than ever before, AND I grade faster than ever. This takes much of the dread out of grading essays.The Speedgrader features two columns: one with all the pre-writt
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Data Analysis: Were LBJ's Great Society Social Programs "Great?"
Take students on a data-filled inquiry, examining the effects of Johnson's Great Society. Embed this interactive Google Slideshow in your school's LMS to create an engaging way for students to access charts and graphs. Students practice data analysis, historical thinking, and drawing conclusions using evidence and reasoning while they weigh whether Johnson's social programs had their intended impacts. Data includes: immigrationschool enrollmentwelfare spendingnational debtpoverty ratesand more!S
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9th - 12th
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Claims, Evidence, Reasoning (CER) in History Graphic Organizer
Simple graphic organizer with guiding questions, list of possible types of responses, and one general example of how to use claims, evidence, & reasoning (C-E-R) for a history class.
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9th - 12th
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Article Response / Literary Terms
Teach literary terms using this newspaper article. The writing prompts ask students to analyze the articles using literary terms.
Two formats in zip file: .docx and .pdf. .PDF filename is in correct format for Learning Management System uploads.
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9th - 12th
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AP Literature: The Equation Method Poster
I keep this poster up all year for my AP Literature students and reference it each time we tackle a prompt.
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10th - 12th
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Also included in: AP Lit: Teaching the Equation Method to Students BUNDLE
DBQ outline/ 4 Square **EDITABLE**
My first TpT seller!! This aids my students in organizing and outlining their answers for DBQ questions. It is editable so you can tailor the prompts to match your own writing topic. Enjoy!
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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