12th grade U.S. History literature circles

Black History Month, Martin Luther King Day, U.S. History

Civil Rights Movement - I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King - Socratic Seminar

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History Matters

Civil Rights Movement - I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King - Socratic Seminar - A 20+ page package related to the Civil Rights Movement and the "I Have a Dream" Speech by Martin Luther King. This package contains all of the necessary documents to facilitate a Socratic Seminar related to the "I Have a Dream" Speech by Martin Luther King. This is a fantastic activity and lesson to assist students in fostering deep, meaningful and engaging learning related to the Civil Rights Movement. Students

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Grades:

6th - 12th

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Social Studies - History, U.S. History, World History

Civil War - Emancipation Proclamation - Socratic Seminar with Rubric

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History Matters

Civil War - Emancipation Proclamation - Socratic Seminar with Rubric - A 18 page package related to the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln. This package contains all of the necessary documents to facilitate a Socratic Seminar related to the Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln. This is a fantastic activity and lesson to assist students in fostering deep, meaningful and engaging learning related to the Civil War. Students will read a common text (the Emancipat

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6th - 12th

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Gonzales Bilingual Adventures

Pledge of Allegiance/ Pledge of Allegiance to Texas Flag - Bilingual

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This product includes 4 posters. These posters can be used at a fluency center, or to simply post next to the classroom flags. This product is in English and Spanish.

Subjects:

Classroom Management, For All Subject Areas, U.S. History

Grades:

PreK - 12th

Types:

Posters, Literature Circles

Magic Tree House Fact Tracker American Revolution - Novel Study

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Connect with Literature

This is a 26 page study guide for Magic Tree House American Revolution Fact Tracker. This is the nonfiction companion toMagic Tree House #22: Revolutionary War on Wednesday. Every page of this study will encourage students to use nonfiction text features and practice skills necessary to successfully complete their own research. This packet is divided into chapters, so students can easily navigate through the book and complete the questions.

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Literature, U.S. History

Grades:

2nd - 12th

Types:

Literature Circles, Centers

The Parker Inheritance Novel Study

Created by

SimplyDoe

SummaryIn The Parker Inheritance, 12-year-old Candice has to spend the summer in Lambert, South Carolina, due to her parents' divorce. When she and her mom take up residence in her deceased grandmother's house, Candice finds a letter alluding to a town tragedy and offering clues to a mysterious fortune. Candice teams up with bookish neighbor Brandon, and the two ingeniously puzzle out clues, scour the internet, and sift through old yearbooks and photos. Scenes shift easily between past and prese

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Black History Month, English Language Arts, U.S. History

Grades:

4th - 12th

Types:

Literature Circles

Read Aloud Background HISTORY LESSON PREREADING The Watsons Go to Birmingham

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Black History Month, English Language Arts, U.S. History

"Our digital Powerpoint equips you with the knowledge and context needed to fully appreciate this poignant novel."PURPOSE: This NONFICTION PowerPoint lesson provides digital pre-reading resources & factual historical background information for Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis.GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous historical fiction literature by front-loading historical facts to aid comprehension & align to standardsAUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or indep

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Grades:

4th - 12th

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PowerPoint Presentations, Literature Circles, Lesson

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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND INTRO & EDITABLE BOOK REPORT, ROLL OF THUNDER HEAR MY CRY

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Black History Month, English Language Arts, U.S. History

PURPOSE: This NONFICTION PowerPoint lesson bundle provides digital pre-reading resources & factual historical background information for Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry by Mildred Taylor BL 5.7GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous historical fiction literature by front-loading historical facts to aid comprehension & align to standardsAUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual/homeschool classrooms, literature circles o

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Grades:

4th - 12th

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PowerPoint Presentations, Literature Circles, Lesson

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Digital HISTORICAL BACKGROUND INTRO to The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere Poem

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English Language Arts, Poetry, U.S. History

PURPOSE: This NONFICTION PowerPoint Introduction lesson provides digital resources & factual historical context & background information in preparation for reading "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. GOAL: to prepare each student to understand the historical background of the novel by front-loading facts to aid comprehension AUDIENCE: whole or small group for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classrooms. This product is ideal for preparing READ

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Grades:

4th - 12th

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PowerPoint Presentations, Literature Circles, Lesson

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Background History Harriet Tubman & editable report template Google Slides

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Informational Text, U.S. History, Writing

GOOGLE SLIDES BUNDLE>PREREADING LESSON:PURPOSE: This NONFICTION GOOGLE SLIDE prereading lesson provides digital pre-reading resources, context & factual historical background information for Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad by Ann Petry. BL 6.6GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous historical fiction literature by front-loading historical facts to aid comprehension & align to standardsAUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed,

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Grades:

5th - 12th

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Projects, Literature Circles

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BACKGROUND HISTORY INTRO to Witch of Blackbird Pond & Sign of the Beaver PPT

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PURPOSE: This PowerPoint lesson BUNDLE provides digital pre-reading resources & factual historical background context information for Sign of the Beaver (BL 4.9)and The Witch of Blackbird Pond (BL 5.7) by Elizabeth George Speare GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous historical fiction literature by front-loading historical facts to aid comprehension & align to standardsAUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classr

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PowerPoint Presentations, Literature Circles, Lesson

Grades:

5th - 12th

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CCSS:

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, RL.6.9

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, RH.6-8.6

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Hidden Figures by ML Shetterly HISTORICAL BACKGROUND INTRO Photos, Maps, Music

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English Language Arts, U.S. History, Women's History Month

PURPOSE: This PowerPoint lesson provides digital pre-reading introduction, resources & factual historical background context information for Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly.GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous nonfiction novel by front-loading historical facts to aid comprehension & align to standardsAUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classroomsHISTORICAL POWERPOINT: Please be aware that YOUTUBE LINKS

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Grades:

6th - 12th

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PowerPoint Presentations, Literature Circles, Lesson

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Also included in: Hidden Figures ML Shetterly Prereading Bundle History Intro & Vocab PPT

The Grapes of Wrath, Literature Guide

Created by

Our Mrs Johnson

Here is everything you need to teach Steinbeck's difficult historical novel about the Joad family. I have included historical information about the dust bowl and the Great Depression in addition to chapter summaries, discussion questions, themes and writing assignments.

Subjects:

Literature, U.S. History, Writing

Grades:

10th - 12th

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Worksheets, Homeschool Curricula, Literature Circles

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City of Orphans Novel BUNDLE

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It's a Little Known Fact

In this City of Orphans novel bundle, you receive numerous activities to accompany any unit on immigration, child labor, political machines, muckraking, graft, social justice, the gilded and progressive eras, and more! Get everything you need to work through City of Orphans from start to finish. Included:Character summary chartChapter guided reading questionsHistorical mapping activityLit circle job descriptions and worksheetsChapter vocabulary listsChoice of 4 culminating activities: Muckraker

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Literature, Social Studies - History, U.S. History

Grades:

4th - 12th

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Hidden Figures Digital Historical Background Google Slide Prereading Intro

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English Language Arts, Poetry, U.S. History

PURPOSE: This NONFICTION GOOGLE SLIDE Introduction lesson provides digital pre-reading resources, context & factual historical background information for Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly.GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous nonfiction literature by front-loading historical facts to aid comprehension & align to standardsAUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classroomsHISTORICAL SLIDES: Please be aware that

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Grades:

5th - 12th

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Reading, Social Studies - History, U.S. History

CCSS:

, RL.6.7

Also included in: HIDDEN FIGURES ML Shetterly Prereading Bundle History INTRO & Vocab Google Slide

"Uprising" by Margaret Peterson Haddix Discussion Questions and QUIZ

Created by

Vicki Thompson

This is a set of comprehension questions and a quiz to use when teaching the novel "Uprising" by Margaret Peterson Haddix. Each reading has approx. 30 - 35 pages and 5 questions to assess students ability to understand and interpret the story. As an aside: this was one of my favorite novels to teach American History. A great read and a great resource. These materials were used with students from 6-8th grade, but would also be appropriate for high school students.

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Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Assessment, Literature Circles

Read the Rainbow 2022/2023 curated homeschool & educator booklist recommendation

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Read the Rainbow

In this booklist you'll receive over 60 titles of hand selected, vetted by me, and kid approved books for our 2022/2023 homeschool season. Each section comes with my kids' top two favorites, should you find it hard when making a decision between certain books, as well as an overview of why I picked and paired this collection of books for my homeschooled children. Books that I felt needed a warning or graphic label have them marked next to the book to hopefully leave you with no surprises. This c

Subjects:

Philosophy, U.S. History, World History

Grades:

1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Study Guides, Homeschool Curricula, Literature Circles

Copper Sun Novel Study by Sharon Draper

Created by

SimplyDoe

Sharon Draper’s historic fiction story of survival is dynamic and inspiring! Amari’s life was perfect, until slave traders invade her village and brutally murder her entire family. Amari finds herself marched to Cape Coast, branded, and headed to the Carolinas on a horrible slave ship. She is bought by a plantation owner and given to his son as a birthday present. She meets Polly, a white indentured servant who also is owned by the Derbyshire plantation. Survival seems all that Amari can ho

Subjects:

Black History Month, English Language Arts, U.S. History

Grades:

7th - 12th

Types:

Study Guides, Literature Circles

Watergate, Detente, Nixon & Ford Learning Stations

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Reading History

Have you and your students been bored of taking notes? Are you tired of showing a mundane powerpoint? Well, how about learning stations? Give students the ability to get up and walk around, read the text you want them to read, and build their understanding.This resource comes with learning stations that cover Nixon's Detente, Watergate Scandal, SALT talks, and Ford's crisis of stagflation and the OPEC oil embargo.It comes complete with comprehension questions for each station, as well as an answ

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Government, Social Studies - History, U.S. History

Grades:

8th - 12th

Types:

Scaffolded Notes, Literature Circles

Midnight Ride of Paul Revere Digital Historical Background Google Slide Intro

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English Language Arts, Poetry, U.S. History

PURPOSE: This NONFICTION GOOGLE SLIDE Introduction lesson provides digital pre-reading resources, context & factual historical background information for "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous historical fiction literature by front-loading historical facts to aid comprehension & align to standardsAUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classroomsHISTOR

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Grades:

5th - 12th

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CCSS:

, RL.6.7

Read Aloud Intro ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY, Background History, Google Slides

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PURPOSE: This Google Slide lesson provides digital pre-reading resources & factual historical context background information for Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor. BL 5.7GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous historical fiction literature by front-loading historical facts to aid comprehension & align to standardsAUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classroomsHISTORICAL SLIDES: please be aware that Y

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Grades:

5th - 12th

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CCSS:

, RL.6.9

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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Historical Background Google Slide digital Intro photos,

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PURPOSE: This NONFICTION GOOGLE SLIDE lesson provides digital pre-reading resources, context & factual historical background information for To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. BL 5.6GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous historical fiction literature by front-loading historical facts to aid comprehension & align to standardsAUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classroomsHISTORICAL SLIDES: Please be aware that

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Grades:

5th - 12th

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CCSS:

, RL.6.7

READ ALOUD HISTORICAL BACKGROUND INTRODUCTION to LYDDIE photos, music, maps

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PURPOSE: This PowerPoint lesson provides digital pre-reading resources & factual historical background information for Lyddie by Katherine Paterson. BL-5.6, * Audiobook link includedGOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous historical fiction literature by front-loading historical facts to aid comprehension & align to standardsAUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classroomsHISTORICAL POWERPOINT: please be aware tha

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PowerPoint Presentations, Literature Circles, Lesson

Grades:

5th - 12th

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READ ALOUD HISTORICAL BACKGROUND INTRO Across Five Aprils photos, music, maps

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PURPOSE: This NONFICTION PowerPoint lesson provides digital pre-reading resources & factual historical background information for Across Five Aprils. BL 6.6GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous historical fiction literature by front-loading historical facts to aid comprehension & align to standardsAUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classroomsHISTORICAL POWERPOINT: please be aware that YOUTUBE LINKS open to a

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