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Hispanic Heritage Month writing-expository dbqs
A Modest Proposal quiz, key commentary, text, and rhetorical analysis prompts
26 rigorous, AP-exam style quiz questions, formative or summative. Includes notes and suggestions for use (I use a nontraditional approach to quizzes of this type). Key and commentary with notes for discussion of questions. Includes a Word doc version of the text (public domain) with graphics from the original frontispiece. Includes a series of rhetorical analysis prompts and suggestions for composing AP Exam FRQ responses.
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11th - 12th
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Sentence Starters: Introducing Evidence / Elaboration Techniques - Printable
Are you tired of reading the same generic responses from your students? This useful charts helps students improve on their argumentative writing skills by adding variation to their sentences/transitions. It displays different sentence starters (and verbs) to help students introduce and elaborate on evidence when writing their essays (great way to add syntactic variety to formulaic written responses!). ► These charts may be printed out and laminated for students to use in the classroom/at home (T
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5th - 12th
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Opinion Writing Performance Task Grade 2 or 3 PDF 2 Articles Edit Lists Rubric
This is a complete opinion writing performance task on zoos or aquariums for grades 2 or 3. You just have to print, copy, and pass it out! It has clear directions, a teaching page with definitions and pictures, 2 articles, 2 check-off pages for editing and proofreading, and a 4-point rubric. It is a great practice for the CAASPP SBAC STAAR or any standardized assessment. The task gives information on zoos and aquariums and students form an opinion on which one they would rather visit. All articl
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1st - 4th
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Kingdoms of West Africa (Ghana, Mali, and Songhai) DBQ Document Based Question
This Document Based Question has 8 documents for students to examine that are about Ghana, Mali, and Songhai. I have my students answer the questions, "How wealthy was West Africa during the kingdoms period of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai? What was the outside perception of the region and the leaders like Mansa Musa?" by using the documents. I have a grading checklist on the last page that is based on the AP grading system. I also have a box for each document for students to take notes in.This co
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9th - 12th
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Black Lives Matter & Civil Rights Movement Project
An incredible hoard of primary and secondary source documents for students to research, analyze and synthesize into a comparative essay on the civil rights movement and modern day movement for Black lives. Students will have 3 different topics to choose from, all with guided research scaffolds (text sets and questions to guide inquiry): "civil rights", "policing", "students and youth", and "creating social change". Included is an intro lesson on Black Lives Matter, a rubric for the writing proje
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
DBQ Tool Kit
Give your students a booklet they can create that guides them through the entire process of answering document based questions. Print the booklet front to back fold and staple and your students will have everything they need.
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*Space for you to give them your method of document analysis along with a link to sites with tons of ideas.
*A format for analyzing and categorizing the documents. Along with an example.
*A sentence by sentence outline of how to answer the DBQ. It is the redu
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: 7th & 8th Holiday Super Pack!
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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Cancel Culture: Lesson Plan, PowerPoint, Assessment, Activities, Rubrics & More
Unlock the Conversations of Tomorrow, Today!Are you ready to introduce your students to one of the most gripping and relevant discussions in our society? Our "Dive into Cancel Culture" lesson plan is tailor-made for secondary educators, eager to spark critical thinking, debate, and understanding around a topic that's shaping our digital and real-world landscapes.Inside Your Comprehensive Toolkit:Dynamic PowerPoint Presentation (40 mins): Jumpstart the dialogue with an engaging presentation desig
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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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 Age of Exploration
This Power Point Presentation includes; Vocabulary, The Silk Road, Marco Polo, the reasons for exploration, Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Juan Ponce de Leon, Henry Hudson, Jacques Cartier, and all of the maps describing their routes to give an excellent overview and visual of European Exploration. This Power Point highlights these points specifically; what country sponsored them, their goals, achievements, and obstacles. Each slide also includes an interesting point
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3rd - 8th
Article of the Week: Implicit Bias
This Article of the Week follows Kelly Gallagher's protocol of multiple scaffolded reads of one informational text to increase comprehension. Students are asked to:infer meaning of complex vocabularyannotate for meaning while readinganswer questions varying in Bloom's Taxonomy depthThis article can be used to compliment a novel or can work alongside other short texts about bias.
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7th - 10th
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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
Flipchart teaching and practicing short answer and extended response
This 41 slide flipchart was designed for use through activinspire and is designed to cover between 2 and 3 weeks worth of primary writing instruction. Each slide includes the objective. The flipchart teaches how to answer common core questions that require short answer and extended response questions. The majority of the flipchart is focused on extended response questions.
Initially students are taught the strategy of TTQA - Turn That Question Around and question parts. Students are then
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3rd - 6th
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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Investigating The Past Through Primary and Secondary Sources
Investigating The Past Through Primary and Secondary Sources is a five-day mini-unit for students in grades 8 through 10 addressing the effective use of primary and secondary sources when conducting research. The zip archive includes pdf and modifiable Word versions of the following resources:
1) a 2500-word informational text;
2) a corresponding graphic-organizer-based reading strategy and answer key;
3) a 12-slide Power-Point activity calling upon students to identify excerpts from histori
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8th - 10th
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American Imperialism in Hawaii Modified DBQ
This is a great reading and writing skill builder for either US History or US History AP. First, the documents ask students to engage in active reading using a "thoughts, questions, epiphanies" reading strategies. Next, the lesson builds expository essay writing skills in the "DBQ" format. Through the lesson students will be asked to to group documents and explain the groupings. The lesson finishes by asking students to write a sample thesis using what they have learned. The lesson teaches stud
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9th - 11th
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Age of European Exploration DBQ - Document Based Question: Print & Digital
This DBQ contains 8 documents for the students to write an essay on. It was created for an AP European History course. There is a checklist and grading list for the students to follow for assistance. I also left an area for the students to write notes in to assist them as they get use to the process. There is no official key as essays will slightly vary, but the documents are straight-forward and easy to understand.Rubric Included.Multiple Editable Formats: I have it in multiple formats so y
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9th - 12th
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Just Add WATER (Simple Strategy for TDA, DBQ, Constructed Response...)
Response to Reading, Text Dependent Analysis, Constructed Response, Document Based Questions...Writing about reading comes in many names. This strategy - complete with notes, notes page, explanations, a sample paragraph, and a strategy assessment chart - will provide students with a scaffold for writing quality responses.
Engaging students in the act of writing about what they read can be challenging. This sometimes occurs when students are not engaged in the reading, but it more often h
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4th - 8th
Ancient Egypt DBQ
The product was made based on the Louisiana Student Standards Course Framework. The sources in this DBQ align with those in the Louisiana social studies course framework. Students will be engaged in rigorous activities aligned with the Louisiana State Standards. This DBQ set encourages critical thinking, grade-leveled text, and encourages students to form a claim with supported reasoning.
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4th
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Culturally Responsive, Game Based U.S. History! K4-5 Pre-Game Warm-Up: Alliance
Put colonial North America into full context with over 25 lessons using activities, maps, an animated video, DBQs, expository writing, class discussions & group challenges. Next? Play the ALLIANCE board game (separate purchase). WARNING: History class will never be the same.BOARD GAME DESCRIPTION: "A clever take on statecraft whereby six teams across colonial North America meet the triple challenge of nation building, international diplomacy, and economic sustainability. Iroquois Confederacy
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4th - 7th
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Politics of Mental Health
Structured questions to initiate active elf reflection of brainstorming notes and thoughts to be compiled and submitted in a comprehensive essay. Essays will be based on reflection from individual student's personal thought processes, incorporating supporting evidence for their final essay's constructive reasoning with examples of information from the required resources and materials assigned and linked in the instruction portion of the assignment. Final essays will focus on writing about
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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