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Hispanic Heritage Month balanced literacy dbqs
NEW Ethnic Studies Primary Source Reader
"Are you in need of comprehensive resources for your Ethnic Studies course? Look no further! Our Primary Source Reader for Ethnic Studies is the perfect toolkit for educators. It features 10 thought-provoking passages for each of the major ethnic groups in the curriculum: African-Americans, Indigenous, LatinX, and Asian/Pacific Islander. That's +40 passages. Each passage aligns with one of the four central themes: identity, migration, power, and resistance, spanning from historical documents to
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9th - 12th
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Mexico's Independence Day/La Independencia de México
Teach your class about Mexico's Independence Day with this interactive PowerPoint! They will be learn the similarities and differences between Mexico's Independence Day and the 4th of July. Students will provided with some DBQ's on the last slide to answer using a higher level of thinking in either the target language (if they are at that level) or they can answer them in English if they are doing this as a cultural activity. There are several authentic resources and videos embedded as well t
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5th - 12th
The Odyssey:Writing Prompts Constructed Response CCSS Digital Activity
Add this to your Odyssey Unit. This is a very engaging and timely activity that deals with a piece of classic literature that is essential to the goals of the Common Core. Students race to collect textual evidence in disguise as character tweets. After the data collection on several topics, students jigsaw and examine one of the topic sheets. The discussion of this material will become material for a constructed response. I love to make learning a game and this is the ultimate example of that. I
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6th - 10th
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Cause and Effect Lesson Plus other Follow up Lessons
This packet includes everything you need to teach a great cause and effect lesson using the book Old Henry by Joan W. Blos. If you have not read this book, it's a great story about what happens when a neighbor does not take care of his house.
I found it in my school library. If your school does not have it, it's available to order from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, etc. This lesson was used in a 4th grade class but comes with multiple resources that will allow you to use it in lower or higher
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1st - 5th
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Vehicular Vengeance! - Crime / Mystery Synthesis
This student centered assignment draws upon many of the skills and standards required in an English or language arts course. Students must close-read texts, make annotations, synthesize, present arguments, and use effective listening and speaking skills in a group setting. The set-up is straightforward. Students are placed in groups (typically 4-5 students per). Each group is given the included packet of clues that must be scrutinized in order to present a solution. The clues reveal little on t
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Environmental issues of Europe stations clue hunt
This is a wonderful resource for any Social Studies classroom. It covers the Georgia standard SS6G8 : Explain environmental issues in Europe. It can also be used for Earth Day. I created this station activity for my own social studies classroom. Our district is focusing on incorporating literacy standards in all subject areas. This is a great way to get students reading for information.My students love this activity. I hope yours do too!CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.4CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.7CCS
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4th - 12th
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Ethnic Studies: East LA Walk Outs Demands Primary Source Analysis Quiz & More!
This Unit Bundle includes:1. Teacher Instructions 2. Primary Source3. DBQ Quiz4. 2 Rubrics Options5. S.O.P.A. Primary Source Analysis Instructions (Speaker, Occasion, Purpose, Audience)6. S.O.P.A. Primary Source Analysis Example7. S.O.P.A. Primary Source Analysis Student Checklist8. Feedback Sheet9. Reading Checklist10. Student Expectations + Timer Slide11. Digital + Print FormatDigital Resource, Print, & EditableThis assignment is part of a "Our Stories: Latinx Americans Unit", Ethnic Studi
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: Ethnic Studies: Our Stories Latinx Americans Unit Bundle
Ethnic Studies: Zoot Suit Riots Primary Source Analysis Quiz, Rubrics, & More!
This Unit Bundle includes:1. Teacher Instructions 2. Primary Source3. DBQ Quiz4. 2 Rubrics Options5. S.O.P.A. Primary Source Analysis Instructions (Speaker, Occasion, Purpose, Audience)6. S.O.P.A. Primary Source Analysis Example7. S.O.P.A. Primary Source Analysis Student Checklist8. Feedback Sheet9. Reading Checklist10. Student Expectations + Timer Slide11. Digital + Print FormatDigital Resource, Print, & EditableThis assignment is part of a "Our Stories: Latinx Americans Unit", Ethnic Studi
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: Ethnic Studies: Our Stories Latinx Americans Unit Bundle
Ethnic Studies: DACA Barack Obama's Response Primary Source Analysis Quiz & More
This Unit Bundle includes:1. Teacher Instructions 2. Primary Source3. DBQ Quiz4. 2 Rubrics Options5. S.O.P.A. Primary Source Analysis Instructions (Speaker, Occasion, Purpose, Audience)6. S.O.P.A. Primary Source Analysis Example7. S.O.P.A. Primary Source Analysis Student Checklist8. Feedback Sheet9. Reading Checklist10. Student Expectations + Timer Slide11. Digital + Print FormatDigital Resource, Print, & EditableThis assignment is part of a "Our Stories: Latinx Americans Unit", Ethnic Studi
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: Ethnic Studies: Our Stories Latinx Americans Unit Bundle
Latinx Americans Document Based Question Test + Rubrics, Outlines & More!
This Unit includes: 1. DBQ Test: Latinx Americans2. DBQ Outline Expectations + For Success3. DBQ Rubric + Checklist & Self Evaluation4. DBQ Outline Graphic Organizer Template5. Bonus Historical Thinking Skills Presentation6. Teacher InstructionsDigital Resource, Print, & EditableDon't forget that leaving feedback earns you points toward FREE TPT purchases. This resource is tailored for an Ethnic Studies Class but can be used for Chicano Studies, Latinx Studies, Hispanic Heritage Month, a
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: Ethnic Studies: Our Stories Latinx Americans Unit Bundle
DBQ: Cold War Proxy Wars - CIA Interference in Guatemala
Document based questions covering the United States' decision—self-proclaimed champions of democracy around the world—to send the CIA to overthrow the democratically-elected president of Guatemala in 1954. Includes 5 separate documents:1. “Soviet Objectives in Latin America” CIA internal document, 1947 (This text excerpt displays the CIA's fears of Soviet involvement in Latin America).2. Portion of inauguration speech from Jacobo Arbenz, 1951 (This document displays the populist approach of the
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9th - 12th
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Cesar Chavez Comprehensive Nonfiction Reading Passage and Interactive Quiz
Celebrate Cesar Chavez Day with this engaging and informative resource! Dive into the inspiring life of Cesar Chavez with a meticulously crafted nonfiction reading passage, available in both color and black-and-white versions. Explore Chavez's legacy of activism, his pivotal role in the farm workers' movement, and his enduring impact on social justice.This comprehensive package includes a two-page reading passage, thought-provoking questions to enhance comprehension and critical thinking skills,
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3rd - 6th
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Night Frights- The Haunted Mustache Reading Guide and Student Quiz
This product is a reading guide and student quiz selection from Joe McGee's Night Frights The Huanted Mustache (Book 1). This book is ideal for Grades 3 or 4. I am using this guide and ten-question quiz to prepare my students for the 2023-2024 SSYRA Battle of the Books.
Grades:
3rd - 5th
David Robinson “Letter to My Younger Self” Discussion Questions
This google form has discussion questions that go with the text "Letter to My Younger Self" by David Robinson. The questions are all short response that go over comprehension and figurative language throughout the text. You can give this to students as an individual assignment or whole group.
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7th - 10th
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Current Events: 2023 Israeli and Palestinian Conflict Part II
Students will read five document based questions about the current Israeli- Palestinian Conflict and answer questions. Students will then answer the short response question Explain the impact (effect) of the war on Israel, Palestine and/ or America using two pieces of evidence from the text.
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Current Events: Israel- Hamas War 2023 Parts 1-4
Codex Mendoza DBQ Activity: The Aztec Capital, Tenochtitlan, 1542C.E.
This primary source document with guiding questions activity (DBQ) was created with 7th graders in mind and is appropriate while studying the Aztec Empire/Central American History and Culture/History of Mexico/Spanish Colonization/Art History/Explorers. The Codex Mendoza is a pictographic book that was created by indigenous scribes in 1542CE (AD) following the Spanish conquest of King Montezuma and the Aztec Empire. Students will observe, discuss, and analyze one exquisite page of the Codex Mend
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7th - 10th
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Performance Task: Life in a Dystopia
In this Performance Task, students are asked to read 4 sources, two fiction and two nonfiction, on the topic of dystopias. Students must complete 3 research questions related to the sources, citing textual evidence.Students then complete a writing task based on what they learned from the four sources they read.Could be used as SBAC prep, a 3-4 day lesson on close reading and writing, or an assessment
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6th - 10th
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Current Events: Israeli- Palestinian Conflict 2023
Students will read 5 DBQs on the recent Israeli- Palestinian conflict and answer a short response question using the DBQs
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Current Events: Israel- Hamas War 2023 Parts 1-4
Cesar Chavez and the Chicano Movement
DBQ focusing on primary sources for and against the Delano Grape Boycott as well as the Chicano Cultural Movement of the 1960s and 70s. Brief film clips are included as well.
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8th - 12th
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DBQ: The Pledge (Argument & Sources)
This is a resource I created during my first year as an AP Language and Composition teacher. Very similar to the DBQ (Document Based Questions) that students write in History class, this type of assignment is crucial to promoting close reading, text-supported arguments, and visual text.
This activity is designed to:
1) Help students become familiar with the wording of the exam and exam directions
2) Have students take a position on a controversial issue
3) Read visuals as text
4) Practice in-te
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9th - 12th
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Alejandro O' Reilly DBQ- Reformas Borbonicas en Puerto Rico
Preguntas Basadas en Documento- Análisis de Fuente Primaria En 1765 el mariscal de campo Alejandro O’Reilly fue enviado a Puerto Rico, por parte del rey de España con una misión. Su misión era reportar sobre el estado de las colonias a España. En este documento se incluye una porción del reporte de Alejandro O’Reilly. El estudiante leerá la fuente primaria y contestará preguntas que le ayudarán a analizar el texto.
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Not Grade Specific
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The Code Switch
It's not always what you say, but how you say it! "The Code Switch" a realistic fiction about a tender naive friendship that's challenged when two girls become valedictorian candidates. One young girl speaks colloquial English, the other articulates Standard English. The competition causes their special bond to weaken. Will their friendship withstand disagreements and differences? Who will win? Who should win? They ultimately realize the true meaning of two very important facets of life, friend
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4th - 7th
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Reading System for So B. It
This is a comprehensive reading guide that allows the students to read at an independent pace while the teacher can check for understanding The system includes journal questions, worksheets, and a grading rubric. Character traits, setting, sequencing of events, and cause and effect of events are found within these reading systems.
Grades:
4th - 7th
Lupita Manana: Document Based Essay Assignment
At the conclusion of our unit on immigration and after reading Lupita Manana by Patricia Beatty my students wrote this persuasive essay pertaining to illegal immigration. It is formatted to match the format of the document based essay on the New York State History Regents Exam. The documents that they use are the book and articles that we read as a class.
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7th - 10th
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