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Reading strategies Common Core RH.9-10.9 resources
Early US History Primary Source Analysis Activities Worksheets
Strengthen your on-level U.S. History or AP US History units with 48 1-page-or-less, high-interest primary sources from early American History: Colonial America - Jamestown and the Revolutionary WarEarly America - Constitution, reform movements, westward expansion Civil War - the abolition movement, Civil War, and ReconstructionGilded Age - New immigrants, urbanization, Native Amerian relationsEach source comes with a tailored graphic organizer and answer key, using the effective HIPPOS analysi
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8th - 11th
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Modern US History Primary Source Analysis Activities Worksheets
Strengthen your on-level U.S. History or AP US History units with 48 1-page-or-less, high-interest primary sources from 1900s modern American History:Turn of the Century - Progressive Era, Roaring 1920sHard Times - Great Depression, WWIIMid-Century - Cold War, Civil Rights MovementLate 1900s - Vietnam War, Reagan through Trump administration Each source comes with a tailored graphic organizer and answer key, using the effective HIPPOS method: Historical ContextIntended AudiencePoint of ViewPurpo
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8th - 11th
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13 Colonies Colonial America Primary Sources Activity Analysis Worksheets 6-Pack
Teach source analysis and bring richness to your US History course with these curated voices from the Puritan and Jamestown settlers, Native Americans, and enslaved Black Americans.This 6-pack also comes in Google files for a paperless option!Featured voices in this collision of cultures:Bartholome de Las CasaJohn SmithThe PuritansNathaniel BaconAn indentured servantA slave trade observer The effective HIPPOS framework directly targets historical & critical thinking skills:Historical Context
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9th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Early US History Primary Source Analysis Activities Worksheets
Civil Rights Movement Primary Sources Activity Analysis Worksheets 6-Pack
Guide your students through Brown v. Board, Little Rock Nine, desegregation, the Civil Right Act of 1964, and the Selma March with a focused analysis of up to 6 different Civil Rights Movement primary source documents covering using the effective HIPPOS method! This resource comes in Google Slide format for a paperless option!Featured voices in this fight for equality:President EisenhowerSupreme CourtPresident KennedyGovernor WallaceGovernor FaubusPresident ObamaThe effective HIPPOS framework di
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8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Modern US History Primary Source Analysis Activities Worksheets
The Jungle Upton Sinclair Reading Worksheet
"The Jungle" was written by Upton Sinclair and is one of the most provocative and influential pieces of literature during the Progressive Era. Upton Sinclair worked in a Chicago Meat Plant for 7 weeks, and during his time, he recorded his observations. They were then shared in his publication of his book "The Jungle". This supplemental resource includes the reading of an excerpt from the book that focuses on the working conditions and unsanitary environment of the plant. It includes compreh
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8th - 12th
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Gilded Age Labor Rights Primary Sources Activity Analysis Worksheets 6-Pack
Teach source analysis and bring richness to your US History course with these curated voices from labor unions, child labor activists, the Populist Party, and others.This 6-pack also comes in Google files for a paperless option!Featured voices in this collection: Knights of LaborMark TwainPresident ClevelandMary LeasePopulist Party Mother JonesThe effective HIPPOS framework targets historical & critical thinking skills:Historical ContextIntended AudiencePoint of ViewPurposeOutside Informatio
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9th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Early US History Primary Source Analysis Activities Worksheets
Westward Expansion Manifest Destiny Primary Sources Activity Analysis Worksheets
Teach source analysis and bring richness to your US History course with these curated voices from the Lewis & Clark, Andrew Jackson, the Cherokee, and others.This 6-pack also comes in Google files for a paperless option!Featured voices in this collection of compelling arguments:Meriwether LewisA newspaper report on the Erie CanalMexican observer in TexasAndrew JacksonThe CherokeeJohn O’SullivanThe effective HIPPOS framework directly targets historical & critical thinking skills:Historica
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9th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Early US History Primary Source Analysis Activities Worksheets
American Revolution Founding Documents Primary Sources Worksheets 6-Pack
Teach source analysis and bring richness to your US History course with these curated voices from Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, Abigail Adams, Tecumseh, and others.This 6-pack also comes in Google files for a paperless option!Featured voices in this dichotomy of values:Thomas PaineThomas JeffersonA European immigrant A Free African AmericanAbigail AdamsTecumseh, leader of the ShawneeEffective HIPPOS framework to target historical & critical thinking skills:Historical ContextIntended Audien
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9th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Early US History Primary Source Analysis Activities Worksheets
Montgomery Bus Boycott Activity and Project Kit Print & Digital
Tap into your students’ personal passions, the deciding factors of successful social movements, and an array of critical thinking skills in these 7 activities and project the cover the complete story of Civil Rights Movement's kick-off event, the Montgomery Bus Boycott by learning the contributions of everyone from Booker T. Washington and WEB Du Bois to Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr.This resource comes in both PDF and Google Slides for your flexibility!What made December 1995 Montgomery
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8th - 11th
Also included in:Â US History Activity and Project Kits Bundle Print & Digital
Progressive Era Primary Sources Activity Analysis Worksheets 6-Pack
Challenge your students to feel empowered to be their own agents of change by exploring the arguments and causes of Progressive Era activists in this engaging primary source collection that questions, exposes, and creates change. This 6-pack also comes in Google Slide format for a paperless option!Featured voices in this collection of compelling arguments:NAWSA & women suffragists Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire reporterUpton SinclairGeorge WaringIda TarbellChild labor muckrakerThe effectiv
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8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Modern US History Primary Source Analysis Activities Worksheets
Reconstruction Primary Sources Activity Analysis Worksheet 6-Pack
Teach source analysis and bring richness to your US History course with these curated voices from the KKK, a freed enslaved people, and a former Confederate officer, and others.This 6-pack also comes in Google files for a paperless option!Featured voices in this collection of compelling experiences: Mississippi Black Codes law An eye-witness to KKK actions Freed enslaved people The KKK Former Confederate officer "Carpetbagger" schoolteacherEffective HIPPOS framework to target historical & c
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9th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Early US History Primary Source Analysis Activities Worksheets
Samuel's Memory- Trail of Tears Primary Source Reading Analysis
The Trail of Tears was one of many dark chapters in American History. This memoir of the account depicts a first-hand experience of a nine-year-old Cherokee Indian who was forced from his home, marched in the cold, and lost his family along the way. Covering the death of his father, mother, and learned hatred of "the white man", this memoir puts into perspective the ideas and notions of the Native Americans as they were forced on their long and deadly march from their homes.This primary source
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7th - 12th
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Gilded Age Immigration Primary Sources Activity Analysis Worksheets 6-Pack
Teach source analysis and bring richness to your US History course with these curated voices from WEB Du Bois, Emma Lazarus, and others.This 6-pack also comes in Google files for a paperless option!Featured voices in this collection: Emma LazarusW.E.B. Du BoisChief JosephFrederick Jackson TurnerRussell Conwell Helen Hunt JacksonEffective HIPPOS framework to target historical & critical thinking skills:Historical ContextIntended AudiencePoint of ViewPurposeOutside InformationSo, what?Greatnes
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9th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Early US History Primary Source Analysis Activities Worksheets
Vietnam War Primary Sources Activity Analysis Worksheets 6-Pack
Guide your students through the Gulf of Tonkin, Tet Offensive, Vietnamization, and antiwar protests with a focused analysis of up to 6 different Vietnam War primary source documents using the effective HIPPOS method! This resource also comes in Google Slide format for a paperless option!Featured voices in this controversial public debate:President JohnsonPresident NixonVice President AgnewJohn KerryThe effective HIPPOS framework directly targets Common Core critical thinking skills:Historical Co
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8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Modern US History Primary Source Analysis Activities Worksheets
Civil War Primary Sources Activity Analysis Worksheets 6-Pack
Teach source analysis and bring richness to your US History course with these curated voices from the Dred Scott case, Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, and others.This 6-pack also comes in Google files for a paperless option!Featured voices in this collection: An escaped enslaved personPro-slavery supporterChief Justice Taney in the Dred Scott decisionJefferson DavisAbraham Lincoln in the Gettysburg Address and his 2nd Inaugural AddressThe effective HIPPOS framework directly targets historical
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9th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Early US History Primary Source Analysis Activities Worksheets
Roaring 1920s Primary Sources Activity Analysis Worksheets 6-Pack
Guide your students through a focused analysis of up to 6 different 1920s primary source documents, covering issues ranging from Prohibition to birth control, the Red Scare to Charles Lindbergh’s flight in this engaging primary source collection.This 6-pack also comes in Google Slide format for a paperless option!Featured voices of this clash of values: President Coolidge Margaret Sanger A Prohibition supporter A. Mitchell Palmer Sinclair Lewis Corporate businessmanThe effective HIPPOS framewo
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8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Modern US History Primary Source Analysis Activities Worksheets
Armistice Day Primary Source Reading
World War I was full of innovations that caused devastation to the world. With soldiers finding it hard to re-enter civilian life, massive casualties along the front lines, it was no wonder that the initial call for Armistice on Nov. 11th, 1918 was met with hesitation. This resource is a first-hand account from a Colonel during the call for Armistice when he was stationed on the French lines. This unique perspective allows students to see that although citizens at home celebrated, many of our
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7th - 12th
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WWII Primary Sources Activity Analysis Worksheets 6-Pack
Use the effective HIPPOS method to help your students deeply analyze 6 World War II warfront primary source documents, hearing the choices of Roosevelt declaring war, Eisenhower preparing for D-Day, Truman dropping the atomic bomb, and MacArthur orchestrating V-J Day in this engaging primary source collection.This 6-pack also comes in Google Slide format for a paperless option!Featured voices in this fight for the world's future: President Roosevelt General Eisenhower General MacArthur Albert E
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8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Modern US History Primary Source Analysis Activities Worksheets
Great Depression Primary Sources Activity Analysis Worksheets 6-Pack
Guide your students through a focused analysis of up to 6 different Great Depression primary source documents, varying from President Hoover to President Roosevelt to average citizens. This 6-pack also comes in Google Slide format for a paperless option!Featured voices: President Hoover throughout his presidency President Roosevelt throughout his presidency Huey Long American citizensThe effective HIPPOS framework directly targets Common Core critical thinking skills:Historical ContextIntende
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8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Modern US History Primary Source Analysis Activities Worksheets
The Plague Past and Present Informational Text with Questions, Primary Sources
Fascinating nonfiction reading and additional critical thinking activities. The topics include the Plague of Justinian (6th Century A.D.), the medieval Black Death, the Third Pandemic (1855), and the bubonic plague today. What you get in this 25-page resource: 4-page reading with critical thinking short answer questions embedded in the text for guided discussion OR written response. Ten paragraphs include the three pandemics, use in war, medical discoveries and treatment, modern cases, preven
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6th - 10th
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Cold War Primary Sources Activity Analysis Worksheets 6-Pack
Guide your students through a focused analysis of up to 6 different Cold War primary source documents from leaders such as President Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy.This resource comes in Google Slide format for a paperless option!Featured voices in this unprecedented diplomacy effort: President Truman Secretary George Marshall President Eisenhower President KennedyThe effective HIPPOS framework directly targets Common Core critical thinking skills:Historical ContextIntended AudiencePoint of Vi
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8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Modern US History Primary Source Analysis Activities Worksheets
Chiang Kai Shek v.s. Mao Zedong peer tutoring activity
After students research and become experts on one side of the Chinese Civil War (either the KMT or the CCP) Students will tutor their partner on the opposite side in order to weigh it's advantages and disadvantages. This will be in order to predict which political leader/party will win the Chinese Civil war, ending with an active read homework assignment where students will learn the fate of the Civil War via the Japanese Invasion and it's impact on China.
This lesson is perfect for a co-teach
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9th - 10th
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Trail of Tears Primary Source Reading Analysis
The Trail of Tears was one of many dark chapters in American History. This primary source analyzes the effect of the Trail of Tears in relation to the treatment of the Cherokee through the perspective of a private of the army, as well as a Cherokee woman. This multi-perspective resource is a great way to have students analyze various perspectives in history.This primary source analysis includes comprehension questions and critical thinking questions related directly to the document.Feel free t
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7th - 12th
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The First Thanksgiving Primary Source Reading Analysis
Thanksgiving is an exciting time of year with families gathering around the table and rejoicing around their yearly blessings. However, do you know what the first thanksgiving was truly like? This primary source analysis covers the perspectives of Separatist Edward Winslow, as well as Governor William Bradford on their accounts of the very first thanksgiving. Let your students dive into this analysis that features the only two primary sources covered of the event!This primary source analysis i
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7th - 12th
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