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High school Presidents' Day 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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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
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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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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President's Day- Washington's Farewell Address and Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Description: These activities (Washington’s Farewell Address and Gettysburg Address) are meant to be used singularly or as a pair. Many school districts have mandated “some” activity to be completed around this holiday. It is difficult to plug in this time frame when history teachers are already on the Great Depression or further.Both lessons, used as a pair or individually are designed to use as a supplement to my S.M.A.R.T. document analysis lesson currently found FREE on TPT (Fooling Around W
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10th - 12th
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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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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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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Powerful Words: Experience the Impact of the Gettysburg Address
Print and Go PDF Lesson on the Gettysburg AddressThis item includes a background of the Battle of Gettysburg, the Gettysburg Address, and various leveled questions for students to answer.. Here’s what you’ll get:Printable PDFBackground overview on the Battle of GettysburgA copy of the Gettysburg AddressA question sheet which includes Levels 1, 2, and 3 questionsAnswer KeyIMPORTANT!If you chose the PDF version, you MUST open it in Adobe Reader (free) in order for it to work properly with embedded
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6th - 10th
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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
Due Process: Primary Source and QuickWrite
Students will be given a cartoon about Miranda Rights, as well as a definition of the term due process. After evaluating the source, students will be asked to answer a short writing prompt dealing with the due process amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
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7th - 12th
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Amer Gov - The Growth of Presidential Powers Lesson Plan High School
Presidential Powers - Government Lesson Plan The growth of the United States PresidencyThis six page writing activity contains information regarding various president's expansion of power. Students take notes while annotating and then are asked to write an essay response which analyzes how and why such expansion of powers might have exceeded the original intent of the framers..Although the founding fathers designed the office of the presidency to be remarkably less powerful than that of the legi
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9th - 12th
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Argumentative Essay Writing Guide
This resource is a guide, with an example, for students to write a position paper, logical argument, or summary after a class debate. I have used it to write a response to a news article, to summarize the work we have done on a controversial topic, even for a short research summary. It gives students a very clear, yet versatile framework. **All pictures, graphics, and artwork in our lessons are either purchased legally for use or are created by Science in the City**Terms of Use:• Purchase of t
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9th - 12th
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Women of the Scientific Revolution DBQ (Document Based Question)
This DBQ on the Women of the Scientific Revolution 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 and a one page organizer for the students to utilize. 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
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9th - 12th
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Watergate Scandal DBQ
DBQ packet for Watergate Scandal. Does not have an essay component. Contains hook exercise, background story, and four documents. Includes a group activity component: document analysis sheet, with four job titles, with job descriptions to hand out to students. Instructions are included to help alleviate planning time.
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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DBQ: Julius Caesar Primary Source Analysis and Essay
Thank you for downloading my product!Students will uncover the reasons why Julius Caesar was brutally killed by the Roman Senate. Students will analyze primary sources and write an argumentative essay. This resource is great for 6th-7th Grade History or ELA classes. Please rate and comment if you enjoyed the free resource. Thank you!Included in the free resource: 1. One page Lesson Plan- with Essential Questions, Big Idea and Student Objectives2. Timeline and Introduction (to establish context)3
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6th - 12th
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Early US Presidents (DBQ)
The early presidents of the United States (1789-1837) are recognized fortheir foreign and domestic polices that helped our country become a strong nation. Through their leadership, these founding fathers led the country through its beginning by establishing the first republican form of government that has become the strongest in the world today.Using the information from the documents and their knowledgeof United States history, students will answer the questions that follow each document. The a
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8th - 12th
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Roanoke Island CSI -Investigation/Essay Builder
Are you looking for a FUN way to teach students about the disappearance of the Roanoke Island Colonists? Over the years there have been many speculations about how the colonists disappeared, and some theories were just bonkers. This lesson will allow students to explore logical reasons for the colonists disappearance and some theories that may stretch the imagination. Credible evidence about how the Island of Roanoke came to temporarily hold inhabitants from the new world is explained in mini re
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7th - 9th
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180 days of Journal Prompts: Writing that Everyone Loves!
I've never done anything in my class that provoked the same reactions from my students! This packet includes 180 days of journal prompts. That's one for each day of the school year! If done properly, students will be able to use this as bellwork (a quick five minute activity) or as an exit activity. Students will be so excited to see what their next journal entry will be that they'll come in asking for more.
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5th - 10th
APUSH Long Essay Tutorial: French and Indian War
This lesson will introduce students to prewriting and writing strategies with the intent to improve writing scores on the Long Essay.
It is designed for a 90 minute teaching period.
The presentation includes a discussion of the rubric, prewriting strategies, a lesson in context, and an example essay. The only preparation required is to print cut the context cards on the French and Indian War to hand out to students for reading.
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10th - 11th
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A Comparative Study of Martin Luther King Jr & Malcolm X
A complete unit of instruction - include ALL answer documents - comparing and contrasting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and Malcom X's early lives & speeches.This unit of study, which can be taught as a complete unit, or separated into 13 distinct activities gives students an opportunity to take a deeper look into each man and one of his influential speeches. It is created with ease in mind for the instructor, whether an experienced certified teacher or a home-educator new on the job. Everything
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9th - 12th
DBQ: The American Revolution Packet (US History)
In the 1760s, shortly after the conclusion of the French and Indian War, the British Parliament passed a series of laws and taxes on the American Colonies. The colonists disagreed with Great Britain on the fairness of these laws and taxes, which led to conflict between the two sides. Eventually, this conflict erupted into the American Revolution.There are 8 document-based questions with a Vocabulary Matching at the end.Vocabulary words are:tyrantimportsresistmassacrepropagandaDocuments are about
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: DBQ Bundle Pack: US History
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