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Free high school social studies dbqs
World War I - Trench Warfare Primary Source Stations Activity (PDF and Digital)
This NO PREP stations activity presents a variety of trench warfare topics with intriguing primary source accounts and visually appealing photosets. The resource is available in PDF and Google Docs formats! Increase student growth and engagement using fun and effective methods!Each station contains a brief introduction and enthralling primary source accounts of trench warfare. After completing this lesson, students will understand how and why trench warfare was fought, and the horrific condition
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Also included in: World War I (WWI) Stations Activity BUNDLE (PDF and Google Docs Formats)
World War II - Pearl Harbor Primary Source Stations Activity (PDF and Digital)
The intent of this lesson is to expose students to a variety of topics in a short amount of time using fun and engaging methods. Each station of this NO PREP activity examines an aspect of the Pearl Harbor attack through gripping primary sources. The activity is available in print and digital format! After completing this lesson, students will understand the causes and effects of the attack, the devastation it achieved, and America’s response. Students will examine each of the following topics:
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6th - 10th
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Also included in: US History - 1877 to the Present - Station Activities GROWING BUNDLE
Civil Rights Movement Document Based Questions DBQ Free
Civil Rights Movement Document Based Questions DBQClick here for the digital classroom version if you are a 1:1, Google, or Paperless ClassroomThis practice will allow your students to dig deep and analyze the various aspects concerning the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. The format will have students analyze 4 documents, answer 4 short answer questions, and then there is a writing extension with a rubric. It is also formatted to use in print or with an online classroom. Enjoy! This woul
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Also included in: Civil Rights Movement Activity BUNDLE (American History Bundle)
The 13 Colonies | Quick Reading Passages w/ Multiple-Choice Questions
This lesson gives students a snapshot of the three regions of the 13 colonies. This resource includes eight short reading passages with multiple-choice questions and a writing prompt. This is great for review, assessment, homework, etc.Great for in class or distance learning!For more lessons on the 13 colonies check out the products below.The 13 Colonies | 3 Geographic/Economic Regions | US History | TpT (teacherspayteachers.com)The 13 Colonies Close Reading & Question Pack by The History So
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6th - 12th
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Great Depression Hoboes Primary Source Stations Activity (Print and Digital)
The intent of this lesson is to expose students to a variety of topics in a short amount of time using fun and engaging methods. The resource is available in print and Google Docs formats! Each station of this NO PREP activity contains enthralling primary source accounts of hoboes during the Great Depression. After completing this lesson, students will understand the misery and suffering in America during the Great Depression. For in-class use just print and go or use the digital format to rea
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6th - 10th
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Also included in: Great Depression - New Deal Stations Activity BUNDLE
Reconstruction Primary Documents Activity - Primary Sources - Political Cartoon
American Reconstruction primary document analysis packThis resource includes 3 carefully curated primary sources to analyze that will enhance any US Reconstruction Era unit. It is aligned to my Reconstruction Unit Bundle. Each of the primary documents focuses on one aspect of Reconstruction to analyze. Encourage your students to think deeply about the topics associated with Reconstruction. You can also assign the analysis activities as homework. There is a PDF & a GOOGLE version of the prima
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6th - 11th
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Immigrating to America- A Young Girl's Story - Primary Source Reading Passage
"We came on a steamship in a very dark place that smelt dreadfully. There were hundreds of other people packed in with us, men, women and children, and almost all of them were sick. It took us twelve days to cross the sea, and we thought we should die."
This gripping NO PREP primary source reading passage and response worksheet will provide students with a first-hand account of life as a new immigrant. The reading passage examines the increase of immigration to America following the Civil War
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5th - 10th
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Also included in: Immigration and Urbanization Unit BUNDLE
AP® Writing Guide for Teachers - SAQ, DBQ & LEQ - APUSH, AP Euro & AP World
Are you feeling unsure of how to address ALL the different writing requirements for AP® history classes? SAQ, DBQ, LEQ... It is a LOT! Students can learn most of the content on their own, but they need an expert guide (YOU!) to help them develop the writing skills needed for the exam. Don't feel quite like an expert yet? Grab this FREE 9 page handbook with ideas of how to tackle this daunting task. This handbook includes:Overall Tips & ToolsGrading HacksWriting Instruction PlannerHow-to Guid
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9th - 12th
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Westward Expansion- Great Plains Adventure and Death Passage (PDF and Digital)
"There they were - dead and scalped - horses gone, and wagons on fire. The Indians had taken all the freight they could use, piled wood under the wagons, and set it on fire.”This engaging NO PREP reading passage will leave your students with an unforgettable understanding of the hardships faced by settlers during westward expansion. The activity is available in PDF and Google Docs formats! The information sheet briefly introduces the harsh environment of the Great Plains and gives students prim
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6th - 10th
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Also included in: Westward Expansion Unit BUNDLE
Ratification of the U.S. Constitution: Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists
This DBQ provides several documents, including numerous primary sources (Federalist Papers, Brutus), and relevant background information on the battle between federalists and antifederalists to ratify the U.S. Constitution. Students should work with a partner or in small groups to work through the documents and answer corresponding questions.
At the end, students will organize their information into a graphic organizer and then answer the essential question: If you were a US citizen in 1787, a
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9th - 12th
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Citing Text Evidence Chart (SS)
One of the shifts of the common core is "Reading, writing and speaking grounded in evidence from text, both literary and informational." Is it always warranted that a student cite using MLA format? No. Teaching students how to informally cite text to support what is explicitly stated and to support inferences is very important as they analyze texts for multiple purposes.
This document is a great visual to teach and remind students how to cite the text to support answers.
Standard W.4 is cov
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6th - 9th, Staff
Renaissance Primary Sources Worksheet, DBQ
6 Primary Sources with questions about the RenaissanceKey included
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Social Studies MEGA Reading Comprehension Bundle For Buyer
COLD WAR Berlin Blockade SOAPStone Source Analysis - Print &Digital - FREE
This FREE 2-page, common-core-aligned activity will help students to understand the Berlin Blockade. Diverse types of sources are included for your students to analyze. The SOAPStone strategy is used. Print and digital versions areincluded. Note: SOAPSTone is a primary source analysis strategy (find the Speaker, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Subject, Tone) and a list of questions related to each source. California State Standard10.9 Students analyze the international developments in the post–Wo
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: COLD WAR Unit BUNDLE World History Grades 8-12 Print & Digital SAVE $
Origins of the Cold War Political Cartoon Analysis
Students analyze three cartoons on the origins of the Cold War and answer accompanying analysis questions. Great for a warm up or a quick review!
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7th - 12th
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Holocaust Propaganda DBQ Freebie {History Guru}
Holocaust & WWII DBQ Freebie!This DBQ will engage your students to examine the propaganda of WWII, the Holocaust, and Hitler’s reign. SS.7.C.2.11Analyze media and political communications (bias, symbolism, propaganda).Document Based QuestioningWhat will the students learn?The students will be learning about how the propaganda of the time influenced the people throughout Germany as Hitler came of power. They will understand that at this time Germany was facing a hardship and Hitler gave the p
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Civics Bundle: 181 Products and over $400 in lessons/activities
Effects of the Great Depression DBQ (PDF and Google Docs Formats)
"Fifteen hundred jobless men stormed the plant of the Fruit Growers Express Company, demanding that they be given jobs to keep from starving. The company’s answer was to call the police, who routed the jobless with menacing clubs."This brief, yet effective, NO PREP DBQ activity will have your students thinking critically through document analysis. The resource is available in print and digital formats! A brief summary introduces the Great Depression then students work through three brief primary
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6th - 10th
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Also included in: Great Depression - New Deal UNIT BUNDLE (Print and Digital Formats)
Ancient China DBQ Reading Activity Google World History DBQ Reading
Ancient China DBQ Reading Activity, Google, History DBQ, Close Reading | World History Textbook Replacement | World History No Prep Activities | All Ancient China1. The Middle Kingdom: Ancient China2. Ancient Chinese Myths3. Timeline of Ancient ChinaAre you looking for ways to engage students in reading content? Are you looking for resources to practice using document based questions? These World History DBQs and Close Reading Activities are in both Print & Google versions for Google Classro
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6th - 11th
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Also included in: Early Man & River Valley Civilizations World History BUNDLE
Progressive Era - Coal Mine Children Primary Source Passage (PDF and Digital)
This NO PREP gripping primary source reading passage with response worksheet will bring the Progressive Movement to life for your students! The resource is available in PDF and digital formats!"The coal is hard, and accidents to the hands, such as cut, broken, or crushed fingers, are common among the boys. Sometimes there is a worse accident: a terrified shriek is heard, and a boy is mangled and torn in the machinery, or disappears in the chute to be picked out later."This reading passage will c
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Also included in: The Progressive Movement Era UNIT BUNDLE (Print and Digital Formats)
DBQ FREEBIE - APUSH, AP Euro & AP World - Motives for Exploration
The DBQ is a central part of all the AP History Exams and the more practice your students get, the better. Enjoy this free DBQ that addresses this question: Evaluate the motives for the European powers expanding their empires into the New World from 1492 - 1607.Includes a document analysis sheet [with key] to help students identify main ideas and consider sourcing and context.Download this PDF for free! (all other DBQ resources I offer are fully-editable Google docs/slides format.)NOTE: AP® is a
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9th - 12th
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FREE! How to do Taxes: Understanding Tax Forms W-4, W-2 and 1040 with KEY
Do you teach Economics, Personal Finance or a combination of the two?! If so, check out Instant Curriculum: Just Add Teacher'sECONOMIC AND PERSONAL FINANCE (EPF) WHOLE COURSE! It is based on North Carolina's EPF Standards, which were implemented state-wide in 2023, but can be used very easily with any state or district standards. Just Add Teacher also has curriculum for each of the Core Social Studies Course, and AP Psychology, with resources you just won't find anywhere else (like recorded vide
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Also included in: ECONOMICS AND PERSONAL FINANCE (EPF) - WHOLE COURSE by Just Add Teacher
Child Labor Document Analysis and Letter | Industrial Revolution Primary Sources
In this engaging and analytical assignment, students will analyze primary source documents of child labor during the Industrial Revolution, and then use the information they learn to create a letter from the perspective of a child laborer. In doing so, students will gain important historical understanding of working conditions of child laborers as a prelude to reform movements during the Industrial Revolution. This is a fantastic way to engage your students in historical analytical skills and le
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9th - 12th
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The Battle of Little Bighorn Primary Source Reading Passage (PDF and Digital)
“He was dressed in buckskin, and was on his hands and knees. He had been shot through the side, and there was blood coming from his mouth. He seemed to be watching the Indians moving around him. Four soldiers were sitting up around him, but they were all badly wounded. All the other soldiers were down. Then the Indians closed in around him and I did not see any more.” This gripping NO PREP reading passage and response question worksheet will bring the action of the Battle of Little Bighorn
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6th - 10th
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Also included in: Westward Expansion Unit BUNDLE
Emma Lazarus The New Colossus Statue of Liberty Poetry Analysis
Deeply analyze Emma Lazarus’s famous poem and connect to its larger historical context of the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, the “New” immigrants, and America’s melting pot with this everything's-included, no-prep lesson.************************************Greatness is appreciating the layers of poetic word in expressing a complex idea.A poem written as a favor to raise money for a pedestal on which to display an unbelievable gift from France. The iconic poem that almost wasn’t written.Take yo
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8th - 11th
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World History Lab- Mesopotamia and Egypt- SS.6.W.2.2
W.H. History Lab- DBQ Style learning unit on Mesopotamia and Egypt
Document Based Questioning through Language Arts and Reading Strategies
Ms. Dunne's EOC Prep Course
The World History Edition:
World History Ancient Civilization Labs
DBQ Analysis of
SS.6.W.2.2 Describe how the developments of agriculture and metallurgy related to the settlement, population growth, and the emergence of civilization.
Essential Question: How have the following agricultural resources and tools helped to further de
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5th - 12th
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