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Free U.S. History literature circles
2024 Solar Eclipse Activities
Discover the wonders of the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse with our engaging and educational activity pack! Perfect for kids and families, this digital download includes a variety of fun-filled activities to spark creativity, promote learning, and celebrate this rare celestial event.Inside this pack, you'll find:2 Word Scrambles: Unscramble eclipse-themed words for a brain-teasing challenge.2 Word Searches: Search for hidden eclipse-related words in a grid of letters.8 Coloring Pages: Let imaginations
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K - 3rd
I Survived The Attacks of September 11 Discussion Cards (Answer Key Included)
Rationale for using Discussion Cards:Discussions are guided by students’ responses to what they have read. This approach provides a way for students to engage in critical thinking and reflection as they read, discuss, and respond to books. Collaboration is at the heart of this approach. Students reshape and add to their understanding as they construct meaning with other readers. The Discussion Cards have questions from each chapter prompting students to cite evidence from the text and take their
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2nd - 4th
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Woods Runner Novel Questions
This product contains novel questions for the book: Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen. The questions are broken down by chapter and include page numbers and vocabulary words. I have also included a suggested pacing guide, suggested book activities and mini-lessons, a character conflict recording sheet, a character trait recording sheet, a connection recording sheet, and task sheets. I personally used this resource with a small guided reading group in fourth grade, but it could easily be used in highe
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4th - 7th
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Leveled Texts: Louisiana Purchase
All students can learn about the Louisiana Purchase through text written at four different reading levels. Symbols on the pages represent reading-level ranges to help differentiate instruction. Provided comprehension questions complement the text. Engage and motivate students with this high-interest, leveled text about the Louisiana Purchase.
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4th - 12th
Westward Expansion Book
This book is a Social Studies/Guided Reading resource designed for special education students or lower achieving students. It is perfect for students who may not be able to utilize the information in the Social Studies textbook.
The information in this Westward Expansion book is based on the SC SS Standard 4-5.3. It includes only the required information that is listed in the South Carolina Social Studies support documents. Each page has a black-and-white image that the students can color. At t
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3rd - 5th
WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS Background History Google Slide Digital Intro
PURPOSE: This NONFICTION GOOGLE SLIDE lesson provides digital pre-reading resources, context & factual historical background information for Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls. BL 4.9GOAL: 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
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5th - 12th
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Activities and Questions for Pedro's Journal
Pedro's Journal is used in the first 11-week study of America: An Integrated Curriculum. The activities and questions in this free item were taken from the America program. For more information about America: An Integrated Curriculum, click on the link: America: An Integrated Curriculum, Year 1, Part I, Introduction
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3rd - 6th
Read Aloud Intro WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS, Background History Google Slides
PURPOSE: This NONFICTION GOOGLE SLIDE lesson provides digital pre-reading resources, context & factual historical background information for Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls. BL 4.9GOAL: 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 aw
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5th - 12th
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United States Symbols
This bundle includes over 35 crafts and activities to help elementary aged children learn symbols, historical figures, and iconic locations in the United States.
Personally, I discuss one Symbol for a whole week during my classroom’s morning calendar. On Friday, I put the activity at one a center rotation and either explain or have the students read how to complete the activity. It typically takes my students 10-15 minutes to complete the craft.
If you are interested in only a few activities on
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PreK - 6th
Grandma's Wrinkled Memories
Grandma's Wrinkled Memories are semi-biographical stories written by Helene Schacter, an 82 year-old former art educator who grew up in Norfolk, Virginia in the 1940s and 50s. They are designed to teach tolerance ethics, morals, and empathy.
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3rd - 6th
FREE Mini-Guide for Juniors: The Gold Cadillac Interactive
This mini-guide is for the book titled The Gold Cadillac, by Mildred D. Taylor. Ms. Taylor is the author of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry; she was awarded the Newbery Medal for the writing in this book The fictional story in The Gold Cadillac is based on Mildred Taylor's experiences growing up as a black person in the U.S. in the 1950s. The guide* includes:*Most mini-guides have 10 sections (2-week guides); this sample guide has 7 sections.vocabulary activitiesdiscussion questionsreading activi
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4th - 6th
On Newland Avenue lesson plans
On Newland Avenue is a middle-grade novel available on Amazon. Key words are friendship, family, Chicago, history, Great Depression, moving. Story is useful as a read-aloud with the younger grades and read alone grade 4 and up (grade 3 for advanced learners). Combines literature and history._____________________________________________________Lesson plans include Social-Emotional Learning (friendship, family, loss, coming of age), Literary Analysis (plot diagram, static/dynamic characters, setti
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2nd - 5th
Culture After WWII: Reader
This reader is designed for students who may not be able to comprehend the higher level text in a Social Studies textbook. This reader covers SC Social Studies standard 5-5.2 and presents information on culture in the United States after WWII. A short comprehension quiz is included to check understanding.
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4th - 6th
Revolutionary War on Wednesday Questions
This product contains thick questions that are broken down by each chapter with page numbers and vocabulary words. They could easily be used in a guided reading group, literature circle, or for the teacher during an interactive read aloud. I have also included a task sheet for students to answer a specific question for each chapter in complete sentences, as well as a character conflict recording sheet. This product is posted in Word. Therefore, you can add, delete, or modify the questions to sui
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3rd - 5th
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They Called Us Enemy: Guided Reading Questions with Page Numbers
Questions students should answer while reading They Called Us Enemy by George Takei.
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6th - 12th
Literacy & History
History cannot be understood without analytical, scaffolded reading skills. Use these prompts to teach both history and literacy.
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6th - 12th
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Watsons Go to Birmingham comprehension questions
10 set of questions, equally 10 school days. Each set has 5 questions.
These are "right there" questions. I do this only to monitor that they are reading and have basic comprehension of the book. I ask higher order questions in my small groups :)
I do not have an answer key right now prepared. I will type up the answers and post them when they are done.
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4th - 6th
Melville's "Moby-Dick" Whaleship Bundle: Live from Mystic Seaport!
Show your students what an authentic nineteenth-century whaleship looked like! You will visit the Charles W. Morgan, a real wooden whaling ship still in the water at Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, Connecticut. It is the only wooden whaling ship in the world still in the water. Learn more about the Morgan at Mystic Seaport's website: https://mysticseaport.org/explore/morgan/. Note that the ship in Moby-Dick, the Pequod, is fictional.This bundle includes two videos from Mystic Seaport Museum in
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Leveled Texts: Exploring the New World
All students can learn about early exploration through text written at four different reading levels. Symbols on the pages represent reading-level ranges to help differentiate instruction. Provided comprehension questions complement the text. Engage and motivate students with this high-interest, leveled text about early exploration of the New World.
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4th - 12th
Civil War Historical Investigation Unit - Whispers from the Shadows guide
Historical Investigation
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4th - 7th
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Melville's "Moby-Dick" Whaleship Video Tour
Show your students what an authentic nineteenth-century whaleship looked like! This 12-minute, 28-second video tour shows you the rigging, attached whaleboats (including one that you can climb into), and deck of a whaleship—including tryworks—along with a special cabin constructed on deck for the wife of one of the captains, the windows that allow a little bit of light to go belowdecks, the captain's quarters, the mates' quarters, the forecastle ("fo'c'sle") where the majority of the sailors sle
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Also included in: Melville's "Moby-Dick" Whaleship Bundle: Live from Mystic Seaport!
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Melville's "Moby-Dick" Whaleship Hold and Barrels of Oil Video Tour
Explore the hold of a nineteenth-century whaleship in this 1-minute, 53-second video. Note the difference between the vertical support posts that have been restored on the vessel and the originals, worn down by barrels of oil constantly knocking into them at sea. Notice also that new technology was installed in the hold to accommodate the vessel's historic 2014 journey along the coast of New England.The video is of the Charles W. Morgan, a real wooden whaling ship still in the water at Mystic Se
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Also included in: Melville's "Moby-Dick" Whaleship Bundle: Live from Mystic Seaport!
Short Story Reflection and Discussion --"On the Rainy River"
This set of thought provoking questions asks for critical thinking and classroom discussion regarding the short story, "On the Rainy River" by Tim O'Brien. The set of questions asks students to produce extend response answers for this powerful piece of war literature. The answers can become fine brainstorming questions for potential essay creations. The short story is a fine piece of fiction taken from O'Brien's collection of short stories discussing his experience as a journalist during the V
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
U.S. History Literature List
These books will help you seamlessly integrate ELA standards into your 4th grade social studies instruction (or vice versa). The topics covered include:
→Events Leading to the American Revolution
→American Revolution
→Westward Expansion
→Trail of Tears
→Abolition & Suffrage
→Civil War
→Reconstruction
The lists are organized by Lexile level ranging from 320L to 1410L and are labeled as below, on, or above level. Each is linked to Amazon where you can read summaries, reviews, etc. Their ISB
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3rd - 5th
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