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8th grade english language arts dbqs for Microsoft Word $5-10
US History Document-Based Questions
This Document-Based Questions (DBQS) set provides students with an opportunity to analyze historical documents and synthesize information to answer questions related to specific topics. In this case, the DBQs focus on three key historical themes: the reaction to slavery, the impact of the railroad system, and the Industrial Revolution (with a focus on inventions and child labor, and the War of 1812). Students will use both the provided documents and their broader knowledge of social studies to
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5th - 8th
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McCarthyism/Cold War DBQ
This activity includes the use of 7 primary source texts (speech excerpts, photographs, and comic strip) to engage students and encourage them to interact with text and cite specific evidence. Each document comes with at least 3 questions. The questions build upon each other to help students see both sides of the issue with McCarthyism during America's Cold War Era. At the end, students will take the information they have gained while analyzing the documents and construct an argumentative essay.
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6th - 12th
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Global History Evaluation Activity - Peter the "Great"?
Here's an activity that really gets students to not just cite evidence but to make the next step and start to analyze that evidence by constructing an argument. While it's probably best used in a Global classroom or as preparation for a Global History Regents examination, it concludes with a writing activity based on the Part 2 essay for the Common Core English Regents exam--a great product for some humanities collaboration!
The topic for this activity is Peter the Great and his transformati
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Neolithic Revolution and Early River Valley Civilizations Unit Plan Materials
This is a full unit set on the neolithic revolution and early ancient civilizations. Topics include:-Paleolithic Age: Hunters and Gatherers-Neolithic Revolution-Agriculture-Fertile Crescent-Mesopotamia-Code of Hammurabi-Polytheism-Ancient Egypt-Indus River Valley-Middle Kingdom: Ancient China-Bantu MigrationsThis unit plan consists of the following:1. Intro discussion set with video link2. Background text on the society with vocabulary3. Vocabulary note-catcher for students to research or use th
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Complete World History Curriculum
Germany Increases Power after Unification (1871)
This is a CCLS aligned lesson that reviews the Unification of Germany and teaches students how Germany increased it power after 1871 under the leadership of Otto Von Bismarck. This lesson includes informational texts, guided reading questions, vocabulary builders, reading strategies, political cartoon analysis, a graphic organizer activity, DBQs and higher-order critical thinking questions with writing prompts.
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7th - 12th
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World History: Comparing Feudalism DBQ
World History DBQ: Compare political, economic, and social institutions and conventions in Shogunate Japan and feudal Western Europe.Documents and Questions are Separate from each other as I print off a class set of Documents.Students read documents. Analyze Information. Answer Questions, and then writes a short essay over the prompt.11 Documents and Essay Page include:
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7th - 11th
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Global History Evaluation Activity - Causes of the French Revolution
Here's an activity that really gets students to not just cite evidence but to make the next step and start to analyze that evidence by constructing an argument. While it's probably best used in a Global classroom or as preparation for a Global History Regents examination, it concludes with a writing activity based on the Part 2 essay for the Common Core English Regents exam--a great product for some humanities collaboration!
The topic for this activity is the French Revolution, but it helps
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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BUNDLE: U.S. History Colonial Era DBQ Writing, Reading, and Guided Notes Lessons
Bundle includes a need-to-know review packet, Colonial Era review timeline, Mayflower Compact guided Prezi Notes and source analysis, chunked readings with SAQ written response portions, and two DBQ source/document analysis assignments regarding the three distinct regions of the 13 British North American colonies (New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies).
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8th - 12th
Text Dependent Analysis Independent Study
This is a short unit intended for students who can work independently in a small group. While teaching text dependent analysis (TDA), I have found that, usually, about a third of the students understand, can respond properly, and need a bit of a challenge when dealing with TDA. Students are expected to work together to read a passage and then read 7 student responses. Together, they will evaluate the student TDA responses using a rubric, justify why they scored the way they did, give feedback ab
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5th - 10th
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DBQ Guide/Peer Evaluation/Rubric Bundle - for all DBQs
DBQs or Document Based Questions are a great way to teach Social Studies in both Middle and High School. I've been using them for over a decade with my classes - mostly from the DBQ Project Binders of Mini-Questions in U.S. History. Over that time I've developed some guide to enhance the teaching and learning of DBQs. This bundle contains the Stages and Steps of writing and DBQ in a simple one-page guide; a Peer/Self/Parent Evaluation checklist for students to check the rough drafts of their ess
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6th - 12th
Argument Writing Tips & Outlines
This download includes everything needed to prepare and assist your students in writing a 5-paragraph argumentative essay. Three instructional "tip sheets" are included (one for the introductory, body, and conclusion paragraphs) with instructions and examples. Additionally, five outlines (corresponding with the tip/instruction sheets) are provided, one for each paragraph of the essay.
These instructions and tips are ideal for the social studies classroom, including in the implementation of DB
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5th - 9th
The Last Best West - Analyze the Ads
Students assess whether or not the ads used by the Ministry of the Interior at the turn of the 19th century measure up to the accuracy and truth standards as set out by the Canadian Standards for Truth in Advertising.
PROCEDURE: Students will examine several advertising posters and copy, and compare these with several primary and secondary sources [text/images] from the actual experience of settlers who immigrated to the Canadian West. Students then assess the advertisements against the standa
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Classical Greece, Rome, China, and India Unit Materials
This is a full unit set on the classical age civilizations. Topics Include:-Mandate of Heaven-Mauryan Dynasty-Hinduism-Athens democracy-Alexander the Great-Julius Caesar-Roman Republic-Roman Empire-Fall of Rome-Byzantine EmpireThis unit plan consists of the following:1. Intro discussion questions with artifact analysis activity2. Background text with vocabulary3. Vocabulary note-catcher for students to research or use the text to complete4. Primary source documents with graphic organizers5. Docu
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Complete World History Curriculum
15 Minilessons - DBQ Writing TC Format (Teacher's College)
15 DBQ Writing Minilessons in Teacher's College Format. (Teaching Point, Connect, Teach, Active Engagement, Link, Share)
Each lesson contains 2 active engagements - GREAT for ELL's/ESL students.
DBQ Writing Unit
The DBQ used for the Demonstration is from the Barron's Grade 5 Test Prep book.
The text can be purchased on Amazon.com, or you can easily change the text and input your own examples from another text.
Grades:
4th - 8th
US History: Manifest Destiny DBQ
Directions: Analyze the following documents and answer the guided questions following each document. Using what you learn from the documents and background knowledge of the subject, answer the essay question:How did the idea of Manifest Destiny change the American landscape by the 1860's?Includes:Document A: John L. O’Sullivan on Manifest Destiny, 1839Document B: Manifest DestinyDocument C: Congress resolution to annex Texas, 1845Document D: Map of Disputed Texas BorderDocument E: Declaration of
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7th - 11th
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Common Core Graphic Organizers
This is a collection of 14 graphic organizers that aligned to the common core literacy standards for secondary students in both middle and upper grades. These graphic organizers can be paired virtually any primary source, non-fiction selection, etc. and enhance both student understanding and critical thinking. Some have modifications included for group activites as well. These are all editable so that they can be shaped to fit your specific needs! I have been using these for two years and I
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7th - 12th
Colonization Unit Exam
This is a dynamic unit assessment that includes a variety of testing strategies to assess student mastery of the material covered in the Colonization Unit. Methods include: multiple choice, true false, map completion, data analysis, and a writing prompt essay question. The material covered includes: Jamestown, Plymouth, Colonial Regions and their characteristics, Early U.S. government, Early American people, and Early U.S Economics
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8th
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Columbian Exchange 3 day claim and evidence analysis: EdTPA lesson included
This lesson serves as an introduction to structured academic controversy (SAC) and using historical documents to support claims. This lesson examines the impact of the Columbian Exchange on the new and old world. It follows a lesson on the Columbian Exchange in which students will define the event and examine what was traded. This is a two day lesson. On day one, students will examine documents with partners and some will begin their SAC dialogue. On day two, students will be engaging in a SAC a
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7th - 8th
Romeo and Juliet Assessment - Love, Teenagers, and the Human Brain
The packet provides the essential question: “Can wanting something too much lead us to do things against our nature?”
Students will select 2 articles from the provided list of links. Students will read and annotate these articles, focusing on the essential question. Then, students will prove the essential question with the evidence through argumentative paragraphs. Students will also connect this essential question to their own lives. Rubric is included.
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7th - 12th
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston Chapter Discussion Questions
Chapter Discussion Questions. #BlackAuthor
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7th - 12th
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Test Prep: Non-Fiction Reading and Argument Writing
High-interest topic to help students learn about and practice the parts of an argument: Should Corporal Punishment Be Allowed in Schools?
Here are 24 short-answer questions and 1 argument writing prompt aligned to TEKS and Common Core Standards.
These text-dependent questions will be used with the provided online newspaper articles and cartoon about corporal punishment in schools. Students will then synthesize the information presented in the three sources to craft an argument.
Since the ques
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8th - 11th
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Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes Chapter Discussion & Writing Question
This includes a questions for EVERY chapter of Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes. There are 30 questions that are either text-to-text, text-to-self, or text-to-world format. All questions come with a sentence started which supports written or spoken response.NOTE:You can find this product and more in the complete Ghost Boys novel reading product sold here in my store.
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6th - 8th
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Industrialization Cartoons and Arguments
This packet is one of my favorite 2nd-semester activities, and every other 7th-grade social studies teacher I've worked with has used or re-purposed it for themselves. The packet includes four cartoons from the Gilded Age with corresponding comprehension and inference questions. The students are then prompted to use one of these cartoons to write an argumentative paragraph about the Gilded Age. Argumentative paragraphs are modeled, and as an extension there is a checklist to help them grade thei
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6th - 9th
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Global History Evaluation Activity - Was Leonardo da Vinci the Greatest Thinker?
Here's an activity that really gets students to not just cite evidence but to make the next step and start to analyze that evidence by constructing an argument. While it's probably best used in a Global classroom or as preparation for a Global History Regents examination, it concludes with a writing activity based on the Part 2 essay for the Common Core English Regents exam--a great product for some humanities collaboration!
The topic for this activity is the great Renaissance thinker Leonardo
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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