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Free 8th grade english language arts dbq microsofts
Primary Document Worksheet: George Washington, Farewell Address (1797)
This document is an excerpted reading from George Washington's Farewell Address. It is able to be edited and includes:-Contextualization Introduction-Chunked Excerpts-Vocabulary Development Assistance-Scaffolding Questions-Answer KeyGreat for in-class primary document analysis and to supplement class time as a homework assignment!
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: American History Primary Document Bundle
Science Literacy: Can Eating Less Meat Reduce Climate Change?
Students often fail to make the connection between the science they learn in the classroom, and how it is be applied in the real world. This "Article of the Week" series follows Dave Stuarts's format and is designed to bridge that gap using real articles from reliable sources.The assignment asks students to perform a close reading, annotations, and to use evidence from the article to support a claim. It also asks students to reflect - giving them a chance to interject their own thoughts and opin
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8th - 12th
Also included in: Ecology, Populations and Biodiversity Bundle
Global - Primary/Secondary Sources - 04/25 - China/Mongol Empire - 9th Grade
Eleven short-answer questions, worth 17 total points and spanning 8 pages, based on primary and secondary sources about ancient China and the Mongol Empire. These 8 pages of questions can be useful to any social studies curriculum based on world/global history. This assignment correlates to my 9th grade Units 11-12 (out of 20 total 9th grade units) of my reading and study guides for global history:Unit 11 (China - Tang, Song, Yuan & Ming Dynasties), Unit 12 (The Mongol Empire)Many of the fol
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Global - Primary/Secondary Sources - 02/25 - River Valley Civ's - 9th Grade
Twenty short-answer questions, worth 27 total points and spanning 14 pages, based on primary and secondary sources about the early River Valley Civilizations (Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, China). These 14 pages of questions can be useful to any social studies curriculum based on world/global history. This assignment correlates to my 9th grade Units 3-5 (Out of 20 9th grade units) of my reading and study guides for global history:Unit 3 (River Valley Civilizations), Unit 4 (Ancient India), Unit 5 (
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Embargo Act of 1807 Political Cartoon Interpretation- Ograbme
This worksheet asks students to think critically about the Embargo Act of 1807 by having them analyze a primary source political cartoon. This is a well known political cartoon about the Embargo Act of 1807- known as the Ograbme. The cartoon is of a snapping turtle biting a sailor and the reaction of the American people to the embargo. I collaborated with the ELA teacher in my grade level team to create questions to use in analysis that aligns with CCSS ELA grade standards for 8th Grade.
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7th - 10th
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Character Point of View Graphic Organizer (Common Core RL.8.6)
This graphic organizer aligns with the Common Core Standard RL.8.6 and LAFS.8.RL.2.6 -- Analyze how the differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor.
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8th
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Middle Passage, Reading Practice, Primary Source
This handout provides students with space to practice annotations and note-taking. Students read a primary source account of the African slave trade and the Middle Passage. Excellent practice for Common Core State Standards. Ideal for US History and English classes. For older students - contains graphic information.
Recommended use: Model how you would like students to annotate on the first paragraph. Discuss sensitive language and purpose for studying this document. Provide minimum expectation
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning Graphic Organizer
This helpful visual is great for students developing their CER skills. I use these in my 8th grade social studies classroom for students to map out their Document-Based Question responses.
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4th - 9th
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“The Fight” by Adam Bagdasarian Text - Dependent Questions
These questions are developed to assess students comprehension of “The Fight” by Adam Bagdasarian. They are separated by All and Pre-AP classes. You can have all your classes answer all questions or separate by level.
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6th - 8th
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Thesis Exit Ticket
Exit Ticket for Thesis WritingWhether you are preparing students for a literary analysis, a DBQ, or a research paper, this high interest exit ticket quickly allows you to assess if your students are ready with a thesis and their 3 main points. Offered as a PowerPoint Slide so you can add it to your slide deck or print it to use as a paper assignment.
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6th - 11th
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Introduction to Text Dependent Analysis
This is an easy, step by step, template of how to get your students to respond to text dependent analysis questions. No longer will your students answer a questions with, "Because it said it in the story"! They will be able to make a claim, support their claim in their own words and by citing text evidence, explain why their answer and the text evidence supports their claim, and summarize what they have written. Use this as morning work or small group work. Students will be engaged in text and t
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3rd - 12th
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Arguing For Your Favorite
Need a way to break the ice in your new classes? This assignment forces the kids to get to know each other, creates buy in by giving them a chance for extra credit to start the semester/year and gets those competitive juices flowing. Can be adapted or changed to suit your class or your start of the year protocol. Let the games begin!
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7th - 12th
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Science Literacy: Bring the Grizzly Back to California?
Students often fail to make the connection between the science they learn in the classroom, and how it is be applied in the real world. This "Article of the Week" series follows Dave Stuarts's format and is designed to bridge that gap using real articles from reliable sources.The assignment asks students to perform a close reading, annotations, and to use evidence from the article to support a claim. It also asks students to reflect - giving them a chance to interject their own thoughts and opin
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7th - 12th
Also included in: Ecology, Populations and Biodiversity Bundle
SOAPStone Presentation
This is a free supplementary resource for teaching your students how to utilize the reading strategy of Soapstone. I did find this powerpoint online and tweaked it to fit my teaching style and subject matter. Feel free to continue to edit as you see fit.
I use this strategy when we dive into primary source documents in my history classes. I focus primarily on SOAP, however, this resource covers the whole strategy and how to implement it from a historical standpoint.
This resource is the intr
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5th - 12th
Growth Mindsets Reading and Activity
This worksheet consist of a text explaining the Mindsets theory and the differences between a growth and fixed mindset. With the text comes a text dependent question that ask students to pull out two differences and two similarities about growth and fixed mindsets from the text. The activity is common core aligned and scaffolded for student comprehension.
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6th - 12th
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Evidence Based Paragraph Writing Template for struggling writers
This easy to use paragraph template is designed to help any learner struggling write paragraphs that require students to cite evidence. A clearly defined paragraph structure is outlined with sentence starters (sentence stems) that can be used in virtually all evidence based writing tasks.
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5th - 12th
To Kill a Mockingbird: What Is the Meaning of Rabies in Mockingbird?
Harper Lee includes an episode in which Atticus shoots a rabid dog in chapter 10 of the novel. Students today may know little about rabies as a disease and thus be unable to think critically about this section of the novel. A brief reading on rabies – from a volume entitled Common Diseases of Farm Animals, part of a series of Farm Manuals produced by Lippincott beginning in 1915 – illustrates what was, during the period when the novel is set, the basic understanding of the disease, its dangers,
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7th - 12th
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George Washington Writes to His Wife (Read Like a Historian)
This assignment includes a brief excerpt of a letter George Washington wrote to Martha Washington (dated June 18, 1775). The purpose of the primary source is to help students draw their own conclusions about the mental struggles Washington faced when deciding to command the Continental Army.The assignment breaks down the primary source, asking students to "read like a historian" to find the author, date published, audience, and purpose of the document. Students are then challenged to think at
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4th - 11th
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"Life is Beautiful" film analysis & VDQ (paired with "Refugee" novel)
Just a quick character analysis chart & VDQ's I made for my students for the film "Life is Beautiful" - paired with the novel study of Alan Gratz's "Refugee", and some snippets from the graphic novel "Maus" by Art Spiegelman.
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6th - 9th
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Modified DBQ Essay Checklist
A checklist for self or peer editing that highlights many of the main requirements for a Document Based Question Essay that has been modified.
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5th - 9th
DBQ Essay Rubric for Regents/Document Based, Social Studies HS Distance Learning
I have developed and altered this rubric over the years to better suit the needs of my classroom. It emphasizes the need for a strong thesis as well as document information. It also emphasizes the need for clear organization in order to best support the task. I use it in all of my high school history classes.Each box also has subcategories to better illustrate what skills need work or what skills they have mastered. The feedback can be as simple or as specific as one needs in order to addres
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8th - 12th
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Causes of the American Revolution DBQ Sample
Causes of the American Revolution DBQ Student SampleThis is a 5 paragraph Document-Based Question essay. This example can be used: To illustrate expectationsTo model how to write a DBQTo have students annotate To have students practice grading This DBQ was written following my "Causes of the American Revolution DBQ Workbook". It is the culminating project for a unit on The American Revolution.
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8th - 10th
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Global - Primary/Secondary Sources - 09/25 - Scientific Revolution - 10th Grade
Eleven short-answer questions, worth 12 total points and spanning 8 pages, based on primary and secondary sources about the Scientific Revolution. These eight pages of questions can be useful to any social studies curriculum based on world/global history. This assignment correlates to my 10th grade Unit 1 (Out of 20 total 10th grade units) of my reading and study guides for global history:Unit 1 (The Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment)Many of the following sub-topics are also covered: He
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Text Based Questions for The Cay by Theodore Taylor
These questions help build understanding of author's moves in the book The Cay by Theodore Taylor.
These can be used after students have read the identified chapters to direct their thinking to important aspects of the text. They should be given a few at a time, or as a bellringer, not as a packet to complete.
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6th - 8th
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