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Writing-essays Common Core RH.6-8.1 resources
America's Foundation Thematic PBL Unit Print & Digital
Lay a strong foundation for your modern U.S. History course with an examination of the FORE American values (Freedom, Opportunity, Representation, and Equality) established by Founding Fathers as well as activists throughout the 1800s in this unit that asks, "Who founded America's values?" This broad picture thematic unit reviews the first half of American history with a more mature nuance, making it perfect for your high school US History course that focuses on post-Reconstruction to the presen
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: US History Thematic Inquiry PBL Full Course Bundle Print & Digital
Write an Argument: For or Against Sled Dog Racing - Includes Passage & Sources
ENGAGING FREE ARGUMENT WRITING NO PREP PRINTABLES AND EASY DISTANCE LEARNING that guides students step-by-step to formulate, research, & write an awesome argumentative essay! Gives them everything they need to succeed! Helps them explore both sides of an issue and take a position. Now in Google Slides for easy distance learning. Plus they are given sources for both sides of the issue so they won't be searching around on the internet!Students will feel more confident writing this argumentativ
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6th - 12th
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American Immigration Thematic PBL Unit Print & Digital
Build a strong base of evidence-supported writing and appreciation of the main ingredient to America’s world-renown success, the immigrant, with this project-based unit that asks, "What is our American story?" This unit coversCurrent-day immigration and ethnic makeup of theUSEllis Island "new" immigrants of the early 1900sGreat Migration migrants of the mid-1900sVietnamese refugees of the late 1900sThis unit strengthens core skills like Analyzing and evaluating statistical, interview, and artist
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: US History Thematic Inquiry PBL Full Course Bundle Print & Digital
Inquiry Based Mock Trial Template Social Studies C3 Framework with Rubric
Over the last few years, as I've transitioned my Social Studies classroom to an inquiry based experience, I've gradually adjusted my summative assessments to evaluate student learning. This template allows you to create an inquiry for any Social Studies topic with a Mock Trial as the summative assessment. If you've always wanted to try designing your own inquiry, but have struggled with the structure, this template is for you! It scaffolds the process to make the design process much more managea
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7th - 11th
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Inquiry Based Essay Template Social Studies C3 Framework with Rubric
Over the last few years, as I've transitioned my Social Studies classroom to an inquiry based experience, I've gradually adjusted my summative assessments to evaluate student learning. This template allows you to create an inquiry for any Social Studies topic with an essay as the summative assessment. If you've always wanted to try designing your own inquiry, but have struggled with the structure, this template is for you! It scaffolds the process to make the design process much more manageable
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6th - 9th
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Stamp Act Introduction Web Quest
I created this Web Quest to introduce my students to the Stamp Act. The Web Quest includes 1 video link with questions, 2 websites with questions, a link to an online quiz that follows one of the websites, and an optional essay that can be completed using the information found in the Web Quest. This could be a great stand alone lesson or as an introduction to the Revolutionary War. My students really enjoyed the web quest and better understood the feelings of the colonists and reasons for their
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5th - 8th
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Inquiry Based Monument Design Project Template Social Studies C3 Framework
Over the last few years, as I've transitioned my Social Studies classroom to an inquiry based experience, I've gradually adjusted my summative assessments to evaluate student learning. This template allows you to create an inquiry for any Social Studies topic with a Monument Design Project as the summative assessment. If you've always wanted to try designing your own inquiry, but have struggled with the structure, this template is for you! It scaffolds the process to make the design process much
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7th - 11th
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Road to Jim Crow: Primary Source DBQ Set w/ Guided Discussion (GSE SS8H7)
This guided DBQ (document-based question) for the Jim Crow era is a ready-to-use lesson packed with social studies skills. A Jim Crow DBQ is a great way to help students teach themselves about this time period in U.S. History. This product has everything you could want in primary source instruction! Includes:24 separate documents (organized into 12 sets)2/3 of the sources are primary sources; others include infographics and articles50-slide Ppt that guides students through the process of analyzi
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6th - 11th
Also included in: New South in Georgia GSE SS8H7 BUNDLE Elements a-d
Ellis Island Immigrant Unit w/ Interview Oral History Project Print & Digital
Strengthen your Gilded Age or Progressive Era unit with an exploration of the Ellis Island immigrant’s experience. Read the moving poetic words of Emma Lazarus, hear the retelling of memories by living immigrants, and examine the massive statistics each of these 12 million American Dreamers helped create. Then, culminate your students’ understanding with an interview oral history project of their own!This unit strengthens core skills likeAnalyzing and evaluating statistical, interview, and arti
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8th - 11th
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Front Desk Novel Study
The Front Desk Novel Study is a comprehensive novel study for teaching Front Desk by Kelly Yang. With over 100+ Common Core aligned materials, students will develop their literacy skills while deeply engaging with the novel through this 6-WEEK unit. The fiction close reading activities, the literary analysis resources, pre-reading resources, vocabulary, assessments, argumentative writing unit, and essays will all provide opportunities for your students to practice and apply what will be their gr
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5th - 6th
20th Century Americans Biography Unit with Primary & Secondary Sources BUNDLE
⭐This biography unit bundle is perfect for students who are just learning to do research and gather information from multiple sources! Included in this unit is a 10-day unit lesson plan guide, editable graphic organizers to help gather and organize information, primary and secondary source activities, essay writing frames, and enrichment activities. Get your students excited to research and write about great Americans of the 20th Century!⭐***This BUNDLE provides you the opportunity to integrate
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4th - 6th
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Our Living Constitution: A Comprehensive Unit on the United States Constitution
The bundle Our Living Constitution: A Comprehensive Unit on the United States Constitition covers everything a busy teacher needs for a dynamic, informative, and engaging unit on the U.S. Constitution. Using the "Into, Through, and Beyond" lesson plan model, the lessons start from the beginning with an Overview of the Constitution, the Origins of the Constitution, and the Seven Principles of the Constitution to introduce students to important facts, influences, and foundational concepts. In th
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6th - 12th
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War of 1812 RACES Essay with Documents
The War of 1812 had a lasting effect on American history. This brief, but important conflict between the United States and Britain changed the trajectory of American history for the rest of the 1800s and beyond. Integrate literacy skills into your social studies class with this War of 1812 RACES Essay with Documents. In this activity, students will analyze three historical documents that show different effects of the war. They will then write a 5 paragraph essay to answer the question "What effe
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6th - 8th
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Argumentative Essay Graphic Organizer Planner
This graphic organizer is a terrific way to guide students through the writing process of an argumentative essay. This organizer breaks down each paragraph of an argumentative essay, as well as further breaks down the parts of each paragraph. In each box you will find space for the student to write down parts of an argumentative essay such as the intro paragraph box (hook, explanation of issue, and thesis statement), or the body paragraph #1 box (topic sentence, explanation, evidence, analysis
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Archeology - What's That?
The student activities in the Archeology Unit are divided into several parts. The teacher can decide to use one of them, some of them or all of them. They include an introductory activity where students analyze one artifact we have left behind and use a handout to draw conclusions about the object (materials used to make the artifact, uses of artifact, etc.) Other activities challenge the students to research Archeology, Archeologists and artifacts through computer websites for kids or throug
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6th - 8th
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Compare Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm-Argument Writing (Distance Learning)
Explore the language, message, and rhetoric of two dynamic leaders of the Civil Rights Movement--Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. In this argument assignment, students analyze excerpts from speeches made by each leader on the topics of integration and calling others to action. Students must then decide which speaker was most effective in delivering his message using evidence from the texts. This assignment fits easily into a unit on evaluating speeches, the Civil Rights Movement, or ana
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6th - 12th
Digital DBQ Essay Rubric Self Reflection & Checklist for Students
Enhance your students' DBQ (Document-Based Question) essay writing skills with this comprehensive self-reflection rubric and checklist. Whether you prefer a digital format or a printable PDF, this resource is designed to help your students self-assess their DBQ essays and take their writing to the next level. Key Features: 1. Digital and Printable Options: This versatile resource offers both digital and PDF paper copy options. Choose the format that best suits your classroom needs. 2. DBQ Essay
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5th - 12th
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Hammurabi's Code Mini Interdisciplinary Unit
Get your students excited about law and justice in Babylonian times! This document "On Trial with Hammurabi" offers the following activities to help teach the infamous Hammurabi Law Code of Ancient Mesopotamia:1. Who Was Hammurabi? - The students will read a brief biography on Hammurabi and his laws.2. Who Was Hammurabi? Quiz - After reading the biography, assess your students understanding of Hammurabi with this brief quiz.3. Hammurabi Time Line - Incorporate the teaching of timeline into this
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5th - 7th
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DBQs & Primary Sources Mini-Bundle: U.S. Women's History 1600-1860 *APUSH*
History comes to life for students when they read primary sources! This Early America Women's History Mini-Bundle will fascinate and engage your students. Each Primary Source Analysis and DBQ resource gives students a chance to delve deeper into life of women during the Colonial Era (1607-1763), the Revolutionary Era (1763-1783) and the Early Women's Rights Movement (1840-1865). Through reading, review and analysis of sources, students will be able to determine what issues and challenges face
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9th - 11th
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Plymouth Pilgrims
Plymouth Pilgrims, The Voyage and the People of the Mayflower-- A comprehensive guide for grades 6-8 on the people and events associated with the Mayflower voyage. Who were the pilgrims, and the Native Americans they met in Plymouth? What would make the pilgrims travel so far under such horrible conditions? The following lessons will try to illuminate students as to what life was truly like in the Plymouth Colony. When we think of the pilgrims of the Plymouth Colony, what comes to mind? If yo
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Thanksgiving Bundle
Salem Witch Trial Mock Trial
In this captivating lesson plan, students delve into the mysterious and dark history of the Salem Witch Trials. Through high-quality readings, students gain insights into the societal and psychological factors that led to this infamous chapter in American history. Following the exploration, students channel their understanding into an informative essay, honing their analytical and writing skills. The lesson culminates in a riveting mock trial, where students take on the roles of key figures from
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7th - 12th
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Historical Argument Essay Rubric
Lift your grading practices with this standards-based grading rubric for historical argument essays.
This comprehensive rubric doubles as a grading tool for teachers AND a revising and editing checklist for students! I use this Common Core-aligned rubric as a student-facing tool to help kids understand what I'm looking for in their analytical writing. I use it in writing conferences and small-groups with students throughout the writing process, ensuring that every young writer is on target for
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6th - 12th
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Bill of Rights Argument Paper
Argument Writing! Students will choose from two questions, research, note-take, organize and write a letter to their congressman persuading their point of view. Packet includes instructions, graphic organizer, student model, and rubric. All ready to go in Google Docs.
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8th - 11th
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Creating a New Government: UNIT (5 days & DBQ ESSAY)
What's included:
Five lesson Plans aligned with CCSS and NYS standards for Social Studies
Packet: Five days of material that is color coded per day and activity
Four Do Now's
Two Home Work Assignments
One Exit Ticket
DBQ Task
DBQ Documents
DBQ Essay Planning Page
Sources
***This Unit is a simulation activity where students will act as government representatives who establish the Articles of Confederation and the U.S. Constitution***
Day One Creating a Government: Students will create their ow
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7th - 11th
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