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High school social studies dbq interactive whiteboards
DBQ Step by Step
This is a robust hypermedia program, built in MS PowerPoint, explaining in detail strategies to write a DBQ. The hypermedia program is more than just a slideshow, as the homepage slide includes buttons linking users to other sections of the presentation explaining how to write an introduction paragraph (using the GET method), body paragraphs, citing documents, conclusion sentences (using the RIC method), a DBQ rulebook and an interactive skills. Students love using this resource especially if th
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4th - 12th
Crime Scene Investigation: The Death of Abraham Lincoln
LITTLE/NO PREP NEEDED! Crime Scene, Evidence, AND Crime Scene Report ALL INCLUDED!Have your students display their investigative skills by analyzing primary sources, artifacts, and evidence to understand the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.Students explore Motive, Evidence, and the Capture of the Suspect, all while gathering the necessary information to draw their own conclusions about the critical thinking questions following their investigation.Sources include Quotes, Images, Maps,
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10th - 12th
The 9/11 Attacks and the Evolving War on Terror. PowerPoint DBQ
Within this PowerPoint are six slides containing four primary source documents regarding the 9/11 Attacks.(1.) Second Bin Laden Video December 27, 2001.(2.) Towers Being Hit via National Geographic & Ground Zero via National Archives(3.) George W. Bush 2002 State of the Union Address(4.) National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, The 9/11 Commission report: final report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United StatesEach slide has 1-4 questions ea
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9th - 12th
Brown Vs. Board of Education. Introductory and Close Read Activity
This is not intended to be an activity for an entire class period.Students are given a brief overview of Brown vs Board and then are asked to work through the 5Ws (Who, What, Where, When, and Why) after having done a close read of the passages within the PowerPoint.In addition I have included five enrichment questions, which are primarily DOK 2 and DOK 3 questions, that can be used for a deeper understanding of the material.Total Close Read Slides: 2 (Asking for main idea, supporting evidence, a
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9th - 12th
The Holocaust and Nuremberg Trials DBQ PowerPoint
Within this PowerPoint are eight slides containing seven primary source documents regarding the Holocaust and the Nuremberg Trials. 1.) The MS St. Louis surrounded by smaller vessels in the port of Hamburg, c. 19392.) “Indifference” This painting was created by Fritz Hirschberger a Polish Jew, and is part of a collection of forty such paintings reflecting his experience in the Holocaust. 3.) Intelligence report of First Lieutenant Kurt Gerstein. 4.) A photograph of Buchenwald inmates on liberati
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9th - 12th
Totalitarianism Propaganda Analysis
This activity is a fun comparison of similar pieces of propaganda from two different totalitarian regimes, Hitler and Stalin. The activity was designed with Pear Deck in mind, but it can be easily adapted to suit your teaching needs. To begin with, students are asked to find similarities within each pair of posters, identify the message of the poster, and infer the reactions each poster would cause. After this, using the OPTIC method, students analyze a single poster.The OPTIC Method (explanatio
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5th - 12th
Carlisle Indian Industrial School PowerPoint
Within this PowerPoint are seven slides containing four primary source documents regarding the Carlisle Indian School.(1.) General Richard Henry Pratt Attempting To Lobby Congress to Establish Carlisle Indian School. Ca. 1870s.(2.) General Richard Henry Pratt Attempting To Lobby Congress to Establish Carlisle Indian School. Ca. 1870s.(3.) Carlisle Indian School Pennant. Ca. 1900s.(4.) Luther Standing Bear Reflecting on His Time at Carlisle(5.) Tom Torlino, Navajo, Before and After. Photograph fr
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9th - 12th
The Decline of the Plains Indian: Extinction and Assimilation PearDeck
Within this PowerPoint are seven slides containing five primary source documents regarding Westward Expansion and the decline of the Plains Indians.1.) Buffalo Hides outside Dodge City, 18782.) Chester Anders Fee, Chief Joseph: The Biography of a Great Indian3.) Geoffrey Ward, The West: An Illustrated History 19964.) Commissioner of Indian Affairs Thomas Jefferson Morgan, 18915.) Lakota boys at the Carlisle Indian Industrial SchoolThe PowerPoint was intended to be used with Peardeck which is an
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9th - 12th
Also included in: Western Expansion, Farmers, & Native American Experience DBQ Bundle.
Middle Ages and Enlightenment, DBQ/PowerPoint, World History Bundle
Within this bundle are seven PowerPoint Presentations covering;Humanism in the RenaissanceThe Coronation of CharlemagneThe First CrusadeThe Hundred Years WarThe Scientific Revolution: Religious Resistance/ConfrontationViking Invasion and King Alfred the GreatWestern European Religion and Society: 1200-1500 CEThese PowerPoints were designed to be test prep activities for my students.Each PowerPoint/PearDeck presentation has 1-4 documents, and has 1-4 questions per document to help students analyz
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9th - 12th
The Hundred Years War. DBQ PowerPoint
Within this PowerPoint are nine slides containing seven source documents regarding the Hundred Years War.(1.) From G. C. Macauly, ed., The Chronicles of Froissart, Lord Berners, trans. (London: Macmillan and Co., 1904), p. 201 - English Ravages in the 1370s.(2.) From G. C. Macauly, ed., The Chronicles of Froissart, Lord Berners, trans. (London: Macmillan and Co., 1904), pp. 136-137.(3.) From G. C. Macauly, ed., The Chronicles of Froissart, Lord Berners, trans. (London: Macmillan and Co., 1904),
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9th - 12th
Also included in: Middle Ages and Enlightenment, DBQ/PowerPoint, World History Bundle
U.S. History WWI Complete Unit
World War I complete unit! This Oklahoma C3-aligned lesson bundle includes an interactive SMARTBOARD notebook file and corresponding interactive worksheets, including note-taking guides and text and political cartoon analysis, as well as a study guide, a test, several possible homework assignments, and a list of important terms for students to know. I used the important terms as homework--students had to make a visual and textual definition for one of the terms and excellent examples went up on
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9th - 12th
Civil War PowerPoint US History Bundle
Within this bundle are four PowerPoint/Peardeck Presentations covering the cause, course, and consequence of the Civil War. These PowerPoints were designed to be test prep activities for my students. Each PowerPoint/PearDeck presentation has 1-5 documents, sand has 1-4 questions per document to help students analyze the sources and understand the time period. The PowerPoint(s) was intended to be used with Peardeck which is an interactive slideshow software that I use in my classroom.***This reso
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9th - 12th
Battle of Fort Necessity. Introductory and Close Read Activity
This is not intended to be an activity for an entire class period.Students are given a brief overview of the Battle of Fort Necessity and then are asked to work through, the 5Ws (Who, What, Where, When, and Why) after having done three close read(s) of the passages within the PowerPoint.In addition I have included five enrichment questions, which are primarily DOK 2 and DOK 3 questions, that can be used for a deeper understanding of the material.Total Close Read Slides: 3 (Asking for main idea,
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9th - 12th
Pentagon Papers. DBQ PowerPoint
Within this PowerPoint are seven slides containing five primary source documents regarding the Pentagon Papers.(1.) Document 1: Political Cartoonist Tony Auth’s Interview With Library of Congress August 5, 2005. (2.) Document 2: New figure on the American scene, June 20, 1971 Reproduction of original drawing. Published in the Washington Post(3.) Censored. Tony Auth. June 18, 1971(4.) “Pentagon Papers: The Secret War.” Time Magazine. June 28, 1971(5.) Senator Birch Bayh. “The Pentagon Papers.” 19
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9th - 12th
New Deal Unit (with TEST!)
New Deal Unit all-in-one! This Oklahoma C3-aligned lesson bundle includes an interactive smart board notebook file and corresponding interactive worksheets, including note-taking guides and text and political cartoon analysis, as well as a study guide, a test, two possible homework assignments, and a list of important terms for students to know. I used the important terms as homework--students had to make a visual and textual definition for one of the terms and excellent examples went up on our
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9th - 12th
American Imperialism Political Cartoons
This activity contains 5 political cartoons concerning American imperialism.Each cartoon contains 1-4 questions that encourages students to analyze the political cartoon, and aids in understanding early American immigration imperialism and foreign policy. This is geared towards US History and APUSH.Cartoons Included:1.) “The Big Stick In the Caribbean Sea”2.) “The Worlds Constable”3.) “Ten Thousand Miles From Tip to Tip”4.) “Monroe Doctrine”5.) “The News Reaches Bogota”
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9th - 12th
Humanism in the Renaissance. DBQ PowerPoint
Within this PowerPoint are seven slides containing five primary source documents regarding Humanism in the Renaissance.(1.) Celestial Models of Heliocentric Theory, Nicholas Copernicus 1514.(2.) The Birth of Venus, Botticelli 1485. (3.) The Arnolfini Marriage, Jan Van Eyck 1395-1441.(4.) De Fabrica, Andreas Vesalius 1514-1564.(5.) Self Portrait of a Universal Man, Alberti 1404-1472.Finally a quick write is included on the last slide asking students; Applying information from one text to another,
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9th - 12th
Also included in: Middle Ages and Enlightenment, DBQ/PowerPoint, World History Bundle
The Soviet Afghan War. PowerPoint DBQ
Within this PowerPoint are seven slides containing five primary source documents regarding the Soviet Afghan War.(1.) "Message to Soviet Ambassadors on the Invasion of Afghanistan, Attachment to CPSU Politburo Decree #177," December 27, 1979(2.) "Soviet Foreign Ministry Circular to Soviet Ambassadors on the Situation in Afghanistan, Instructions for Meeting with Heads of Government," December 27, 1979.(3.) "Record of a Conversation of M. S. Gorbachev with US Secretary of State G. Shultz," Februa
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9th - 12th
Boston Massacre. Introductory and Close Read Activity
This is not intended to be an activity for an entire class period.Students are given a brief overview of the Boston Massacre and then are asked to work through the 5Ws (Who, What, Where, When, and Why) after having done a close read of the passages within the PowerPoint.In addition I have included five enrichment questions, which are primarily DOK 2 and DOK 3 questions, that can be used for a deeper understanding of the material.Total Close Read Slides: 2 (Asking for main idea, supporting eviden
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9th - 12th
California Missions and Native Americans. PowerPoint DBQ
Within this PowerPoint are six slides containing five primary source documents regarding California Missions and Native Americans.(1.) Helen Hunt Jackson, Glimpses of California and the Missions, 1883.(2.) Mission Solano de Sonoma, 1884. Oriana Weatherbee(3.) Hugo Reid, The Indians of Los Angeles County, 1852.(4.) Jean François de La Perouse, Life in California Mission: The Journals of Jean Francois de la Perouse, 1786. (5.) Julio Cesar, Recollections of My Youth at San Luis Rey Mission: The Mem
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9th - 12th
Political Machines. Introductory and Close Read Activity
This is not intended to be an activity for an entire class period.Students are given a brief overview of political machines and then are asked to work through the 5Ws (Who, What, Where, When, and Why) after having done a close read of the passages within the PowerPoint.In addition I have included five enrichment questions, which are primarily DOK 2 and DOK 3 questions, that can be used for a deeper understanding of the material.Total Close Read Slides: 2 (Asking for main idea, supporting evidenc
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9th - 12th
The Iran Hostage Crisis. PowerPoint DBQ
Within this PowerPoint are seven slides containing five primary source documents regarding the Iran Hostage Crisis.(1.) Letter to the Editor. Denver Post, November 4, 1979.(2.) Letter to the Editor on the failed effort to rescue the hostages. Denver Post, April 25, 1980.(3.) Stuart L. Koehl and Stephen P. Glick “Why the Rescue Failed.” American Spectator (July 1980).(4.) “Approval of Carter’s Foreign Policy Drops in Poll to Pre-Hostage Level.” New York Times, June 25, 1980.(5.) Herbert Block, 19
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9th - 12th
1973 American Oil Crisis. PowerPoint DBQ
Within this PowerPoint are seven slides containing five primary source documents regarding 1973 American Oil Crisis.(1.) UK Confidential Annex 3 Cabinet Conclusion 2. Oil Supplies. 16 October 1973(2.) The New Highway Guerrillas. Time Magazine. December 17, 1973. Detailing why truckers were among those Americans hit hardest and earliest by fuel shortage.(3.) Letter to the Editor of the Berkshire Eagle. January 7, 1974(4.) Time Magazine, 1973(5.) Republican Party Platform, Position on Energy, July
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9th - 12th
US History Primary Sources: Should the U.S. join the League of Nations?
Looking for a way to investigate multiple perspectives about the debate over joining the League of Nations? Embed this interactive Google Slideshow to compare seven different perspectives on the League of Nations and the Treaty of Versailles. Students can click on the image to access each quote. This activity will have students practicing historical thinking, such as sourcing, point of view, and more! Quotes from the following historical figures are included: Senator BorahSenator Cabot LodgePres
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8th - 11th
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