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Higher education U.S. History guided reading books
American Pageant 16th edition guided reading questions (Ch.1-40)
This is the entire set of guided reading questions for the American Pageant 16th edition (chapters 1-40). Students that use this as they read through the text, paragraph by paragraph, will benefit greatly in helping them to stay focused, as well as understand and grasp the concepts and themes of American History. Thankfully, my students have had an 80% passing rate on the AP exam for the past 18 years, and I credit the use of these guided readings as the defining factor in attributing to their s
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
Nixon through Obama Presidency Summaries United States History Presidents
Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barrack Obama Presidency Summaries. For a quick review over the various aspects of U.S. Presidents Nixon through Obama, use these short summaries. All major events that occurred in each President's term are included. Obama's Presidency goes through 2009. This will be updated in the future to include his full term as standards move past 2009 to include more recent years. President Summarie
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Mega APUSH Growing Bundle AP US History
Complete Notes US History and Primary Source Reader
Dr. Nic Hoffmann has compiled a set of Power Points and a Primary Source reader for US History for use at High School and College Levels.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Apollo 13 video viewing worksheets and after activities
“Houston, we have a problem.” And Ss will have over 50 questions to answer during the video viewing worksheets and after activities with articles on NASA's Artemis. The film Apollo 13 is a PG-rated adaptation of the true story of a successful failure. Fifty years ago, astronauts Jim Lovell (Hanks), Fred Haise (Paxton) and Jack Swigert (Bacon) are stranded over 200,000 miles from Earth in a crippled spacecraft, fighting a desperate battle to survive. Meanwhile, at Mission Control, a heroic ground
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, HS-ESS1-4
, HS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-3
, MS-ESS1-3
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Also included in: StayGiant Earth Science Bundle: Astronomy (space exploration)
APUSH - Brinkley Reading Guides - ALL
I have included all of my Brinkley 15e guided readings in this amazing AP United States History bundle! Please look below to see all that is included in this bundle. Enjoy!
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
APUSH Secondary Source Reading Bundle
The APUSH Secondary Source Reading Bundle contains 25 secondary sources that you can use with your APUSH students to help expose them to multiple perspectives of the past. Each secondary source is accompanied by a series of analysis questions that will help students extract the main ideas and key details from each source. The secondary sources cover all 9 periods of the APUSH curriculum (1491-Present). Below is a list of the secondary sources that are included in this bundle:1. William Cronon -
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
How the Other Half Lives - Industrial Revolution QRDs
Students can read 15+ excerpts from the book How the Other Half Lives, by Jacob Riis. From these excerpts, great class discussions can come with some guidance. For one, there are guiding questions with the documents. Also, teachers can ask students to comment on the document they found most interesting, or a document they had a question about, or any other thought that can carry on dialogue.The idea for Quick Read Discussions, or QRDs, came about when I was getting my master's degree in history
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8th - 11th, Higher Education
U.S. Supreme Court Cases Escape Room--Judicial Branch; Constitution; Amendments
Escape Room activities are an exciting and challenging game for students to be engaged in review. Included in this activity are five challenges that test students' analysis of rights guaranteed by the Constitution and the U.S. Supreme Court's interpretation. Each challenge focuses on various landmark Supreme Court cases and is accompanied by a cipher or puzzle, which reveals a clue to the next challenge and a piece of the final code. Only minimal preparation is required on the teacher's part to
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Supreme Court Cases Bundle
Fredrick Douglass First Autobiography Teaching Guide
In this 9 page teaching guide, I explain a chapter by chapter guide to teaching Fredrick Douglass's first autobiography. This includes links to a free PDF version of this powerful but relatively short book. In this guide you will find links to resources, a full description of my procedure for teaching this book, disclaimers to share with your students and necessary content knowledge for teachers. Fredrick Douglass is a crucial figure during the Civil War era and this curriculum will allow studen
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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APUSH - Brinkley Reading Guide - Period 7 - Ch. 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 24, 25, 26
Product DescriptionChapter 20: The Progressives (551 - 581)Chapter 21: America and the Great War (583 - 612)Chapter 22: The New Era (614 - 637)Chapter 23: The Great Depression (639 - 659)Chapter 24: The New Deal (661 - 684)Chapter 25: The Global Crisis (686 - 702)Chapter 26: America in a World at War (704 - 730)These are guided reading workbooks that aligns with American History: Connecting with the Past 15th Edition by Alan Brinkley.Worksheets guide students through the entire chapter by thinki
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Sarny by Gary Paulson - Reading Comp/ Essay - Civil War - Guided Reading
This listing is for a guided reading, comprehension packet, an essay topic, and a graphic organizer essay planning sheet. It goes with the book "Sarny: A Life Remembered" (the sequel to "Nightjohn") by Gary Paulson. The book is appropriate for a mature middle school or high school group.
The comprehension questions address concepts such as vocabulary, context clues, summarizing, inferencing, stating opinions, prediction, and basic comprehension scaffolding questions.
I used this with my 8th
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
"October Sky" Video Guide
"October Sky" is a fun-to-watch Space Race movie students thoroughly enjoy. For today's entitled generation to watch the Rocket Boys, who all save one come from extremely disadvantaged backgrounds, strive for ways out of their circumstances imprints the "Yankee ingenuity can-do spirit" of earlier generations upon our modern day and all-too-often unmotivated students.
The file is a reading guide to help students capture the soaring message, not just be entertained by the fun fifties music. The se
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11th, Higher Education
Never Caught: The Washington's Relentless Pursuit of Ona Judge
This product features an in depth analysis of chapters 1 - 13 of the nonfiction book, Never Caught, by Erica Armstrong Dunbar. This book discusses the trials and tribulations of Martha Washington's personal slave, Ona Judge. It also encapsulates the lifestyle, the change sentiments of freedom in America, and difficulty of escaping slavery for African Americans.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Slave Experiences in America Book/Movie Project Bundle
Reconstruction Guided Reading
Replace your textbook with this reading on Reconstruction written by the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), "Lynching in America". This sparks a ton of discussion and is very informative. https://lynchinginamerica.eji.org/report/
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Slavery Cause and Catalyst Reading Guide
This reading guide utilizes an accessible, illustrated reading centering slavery as the cause of the Civil War, bringing in the complexity and other influences. https://www.nps.gov/cuga/learn/historyculture/upload/SLAVERY-BROCHURE.pdf
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
Easily one of my favorite books to teach. Non-fiction. Expository. The true story of what happened to the fishermen aboard the Andrea Gail when three storms collide to become the perfect storm.
184 Questions - Short answer, define, fill in the blank, complete the sentence.
Paperback page numbers included.
Answer key NOT included.
Perfect for independent, outside, or extra credit reading.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Zinn--Ch. 10 to Young People's History of the U.S. Reading Guide
These are based in Zinn's, Young People's History of the the United States. The reading guides can serves as the foundation for class discussion. Students could be asked to use the guide to prepare for discussion, as the reading guides/discussion notes are centered around vocabulary and discussion questions.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Zinn--Ch. 9 to Young People's History of the U.S. Reading Guide
These are based in Zinn's, Young People's History of the the United States. The reading guides can serves as the foundation for class discussion. Students could be asked to use the guide to prepare for discussion, as the reading guides/discussion notes are centered around vocabulary and discussion questions.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Vietnam in HD Episodes Guide
A set of questions to go with all 5 episodes of History Channel's "Vietnam in HD". This series hits each episode and it's key takeaways. Covers the war from 1964-1975. I have used these in class and as extra credit for AP US History students so that they can get a deeper understanding of the Vietnam War.Much of the footage and details are graphic and this series should not be shown without first previewing it or discussing it with your class.
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
Zinn's Ch. 15 Young People's History of the U.S. Reading Guide
These are based on Zinn's, Young People's History of the the United States. The reading guides can serves as the foundation for class discussion. Students could be asked to use the guide to prepare for discussion, as the reading guides/discussion notes are centered around vocabulary and discussion questions.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Zinn's Ch. 14 in Young People's History of the U.S. Reading Guide
These are based on Zinn's, Young People's History of the the United States. The reading guides can serves as the foundation for class discussion. Students could be asked to use the guide to prepare for discussion, as the reading guides/discussion notes are centered around vocabulary and discussion questions.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Zinn's Ch. 13 in Young People's History of the U.S. Reading Guide
These are based on Zinn's, Young People's History of the the United States. The reading guides can serves as the foundation for class discussion. Students could be asked to use the guide to prepare for discussion, as the reading guides/discussion notes are centered around vocabulary and discussion questions.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Zinn--Ch. 11 to Young People's History of the U.S. Reading Guide
These are based in Zinn's, Young People's History of the the United States. The reading guides can serves as the foundation for class discussion. Students could be asked to use the guide to prepare for discussion, as the reading guides/discussion notes are centered around vocabulary and discussion questions.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Zinn--Ch. 5 to Young People's History of the U.S. Reading Guide
These are based in Zinn's, Young People's History of the the United States. The reading guides can serves as the foundation for class discussion. Students could be asked to use the guide to prepare for discussion, as the reading guides/discussion notes are centered around vocabulary and discussion questions.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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