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8th grade specialty dbqs for Microsoft Word
Charlemagne DBQ
This DBQ addresses the theme of The Origins of Power. Where does power come from? Who gets it? We are using the Emperor Charles the Great (usually called ‘Charlemagne’ in the English world) as an example of someone who gathered up and kept power over a large part of Europe. Students are challenged to read primary documents carefully and choose the answer that best describes the situation.
We begin by setting the stage with a very brief synopsis of Western Rome falling. The Germanic tr
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8th - 11th
Mini-DBQ: Early Spread of Islam
This mini-DBQ has multiple classroom uses. It can serve as an assessment associated a unit the Islamic Golden Age, World Religions, or an introduction to DBQs and DBQ writing. It can also serve as a class activity on the spread of Islam. A major emphasis of this mini-DBQ is looking at the factors that contributed to Islam's rapid spread (mostly by conquest) of Southwest Asia, Persia, and North Africa.The assignment contains a brief historical context on the origins of Islam. It revolves around
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7th - 12th
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DBQ Essay Writing: Graphic Organizer, Template, & Rubric (1:1 Compatible)
I really struggled to get my kids to write in the humanities subjects with a claim, evidence, & reasoning. However, once I was able to break this down into a graphic organizer and scale it back up into an essay, I saw immense results! These have been incredibly valuable to my learners, as it gives them the scaffolds they need while still holding them accountable for the content. After several months of practice, my student have really started to understand how to write within the humanities
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8th - 12th
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Industrial Revolution Factory System CRQ Set 2-Turning Point(10.3) w/ Answer Key
An editable Microsoft Word Doc on the Industrial Revolution-Factory System. This is a CRQ Set 2-Turning Point. This constructed response assessment mirrors the NEW NYS Global Framework Regents Exam. This can be used as practice or as a part of your assessment! Not very many Turning Point CRQs available. This goes with unit 10.3. Answer Key Included!
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8th - 11th
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NEW 2018 AP World History 2 Full Practice Exams (with Answers)
Having trouble finding sample or practice tests for your AP World History class? Look no further!
This is the first place to go when looking for full practice AP World History exams to meet the new format. These exams are formatted just like a real AP exam, and they come complete with all sections including multiple choice, short answer, DBQ, and long essay. In one quick purchase, the teacher goes from having a lack of resources to an abundance of material to prepare his/ her students. Help you
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8th - 11th
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Halloween Infographic Analysis
Students analyze data from 10 different infographics about Halloween. I plan to lay out the 10 infographics around the room and let students rotate through the different stations. You could also upload the infographics to an online learning page, like Schoology, and have students answer the questions from the computer. *Note: the printers at my school do not print in color. All of the questions students will be able to answer without the colors on the graphs.
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8th - 12th
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Socratic Seminar Guide for Teachers (Common Core)
**Updated**
Socratic Seminar have so many benefits for students and developing their critical thinking skills.
Includes assessment ideas for seminar.
Use this easy guide to help get you started with using Socratic Seminars within your classroom. I have used seminars for all subject areas and use this guide for staff professional development as well as introducing to my students.
This is a word document, so you can change to meet your classroom needs.
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4th - 12th
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Caged Freedom: Dorothea Dix & the Asylum Reform Movement
This is an inquiry-based lesson centered around Dorothea Dix, an antebellum reformer concerned with the conditions and treatment of individuals with mental illnesses in the 1830s and 1840s. In this lesson, students will uncover how people with mental illnesses were viewed and treated at this time, and how Dorothea Dix worked to improve these conditions.This lesson is very adaptable, and can serve as an excellent introduction to the antebellum reform movements in America or to a deeper unit or co
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7th - 10th
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DBQ Essay Graphic Organizer
This graphic organizer provides step-by-step guidance for students as they write a 5-paragraph DBQ essay. Each paragraph is broken down into small chunks, with a designated space for the student's writing and a prompt to help them get thinking. Each paragraph is laid out on an individual page to ensure that students are not visually overwhelmed with too many tasks at once.
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6th - 12th
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Washington's Farewell Address: Common Core Text Analysis Lesson
Washington’s Farewell Address is a great document to use in a common core style lesson in which U.S. History students analyze text. This document touches on topics that resonate with students because students can look at what Washington’s advice was for our nation in 1796 and then judge how in modern times we have, or have not followed this advice. Washington mentioned foreign alliances, public education, political parties, national unity, and the national debt along with other topics. Student
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Thinking Skills: Mansa Musa
Map analysis activity on Mansa Musa travelling to Mecca and trade routes in North/West Africa.Terms Used: Significance, Context, ScaleMultiple Choice option is included with answer key.
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7th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Thinking Skills
Martin Luther's 95 Theses in Protestant Reformation DBQ
Document-Based Questions worksheet to practice and enhance students' knowledge about 95 Theses written by Martin Luther at the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. Students need to read selected excerpts from 95 Theses and answer the guiding questions below. Questions will test students' understanding, and critical historian thinking skills as they will need to support their answers with evidence and synthesize the information to logical conclusions.This worksheet is best used as a follow-up
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Early Modern History in Europe Bundle for Middle School
Great Awakening Primary Source Analysis & Activity
While teaching through the great awakening periods with my US History summer school class, I thought it would be fun to ask students not only to read sermons from the 5 different Great Awakening periods, but to write their own sermon using the values of those authors. Students had to address the problems of our society today but using the voice and sensibilities of these former great preachers and community leaders. I found sermons from the First, Second and Third Great Awakenings as well as ser
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8th - 11th
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The Boston Massacre: Murder or Self-Defense?
This is a 3-4 day lesson, not only about the Boston Massacre, but about bias and point of view in history. Students are encouraged to think critically and examine an issue from both sides in order to formulate their own opinion regarding the issue. The final activity asks them to compose a piece of writing to express their opinion and to back it us with facts and research.
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8th - 12th
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Historical Thinking Sentence Starters
These "historical thinking" sentence starters help students write and think like historians. You'll be amazed at how much their writing changes!
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8th - 11th
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Spread of Islam: Map Analysis Practice
Map analysis activity on the diffusion of Islam. - Vocabulary Used: Relative LocationMultiple Choice option is included with answer key.
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7th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Thinking Skills
Mesopotamia Egypt Jigsaw and Venn
Students will analyze 4 (8 total) separate documents comparing and contrasting Egypt and Mesopotamia. Students will move around from station to station teaching one another about a different feature of these early river valley civilizations. This can be topped off with a Venn diagram or done in a jigsaw fashion. Lesson Plan and questions included
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7th - 11th
Vietnam War Question Test preparation Booklet with Primary sources
This 30 page book has a large number of questions ranging from short cloze questions to check recall, to extended source DBQ essays. It was created as a revision guide to be used with class notes, textbooks and the internet.I devised this for my examination classes.Contains:Why did the USA get involved in Vietnam at the start?Escalation Vietcong methods of warfareAmerican methods of warfareAmerican and Vietnamese reactionsRole of Presidents Kennedy and JohnsonAnti-war protestVietnamization of
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in:Â Vietnam War History GROWING BUNDLE
Boston Massacre Document Analysis
Students will be guided through analyzing four documents to determine if the Boston Massacre was self defense or murder. This activity helps students build valuable DBQ skills.
For each document students must find evidence, paraphrase and create arguments that support either a self defense or murder charge.
This activity can then be turned into a trial class activity where each side needs to present their case or DBQ essay.
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5th - 9th
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Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty or give me death" Analysis Questions
This document has instructions for while students are reading to help with their understanding of the text. It also contains 10 questions which require students to analyze the speech and decipher the meaning, structure, tone, emphasis and importance of this iconic speech. This can be done in class, as an exit ticket or as a homework assignment.
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8th - 12th
DBQ World Belief Systems & Religion Interactions: Conflict or Peace?
Need to assign a document based question writing assignment, but can't find one that will interest and engage students? Look no further, I got you! In this DQB or RST, students are evaluating the potential outcomes of when different religions come together. Lead your students through five recent articles depicting how different Christian, Muslim, and Jewish groups have interacted with each other. Leave it to your students to evaluate the overall question. Do different religious groups always
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8th - 10th
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The Ramayana Analysis Document
**Fully Editable****No Prep** **Answer Key**Abridged, modified version of an Ancient Indian primary source, the Ramayana- ends at the banishment. This product includes many guiding questions to help students of all levels better analyze and understand the story. Students of all reading levels (ICS, GenEd, and Honors) were able to deeply connect with this version of the text. There is also a graphic organizer for students to categorize differing aspects of Ancient Indian Society, including Hind
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4th - 10th
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Early Hebrews - Stories of King David and Solomon
Reading comprehension worksheet to practice and enhance students' knowledge about two most famous Hebrew kings - David and Solomon. Students will need to predict what the stories are about to ignite their interest first. After reading a summary of the story about either of the kings, guiding questions will test students' understanding and logical thinking, too. As there are two stories, students can be divided in two groups and then share what each story was about. I can provide the key if neede
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Early Hebrews Bundle for Middle School
DBQ Outline for Social Studies
This Product is meant to be used in a Middle School or High School Social Studies Classroom to help students organize a DBQ Essay.This Product is helpful for Students who struggle with Writing and Organizing their thoughts it gives them a structured view of what they need in order to complete an Introduction, 2 Body Paragraphs, and a Conclusion
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6th - 12th
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