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Critical thinking Common Core RH.9-10.3 resources
Historical Thinking Bundle: A Complete Unit - Digital & Print!
This bundle contains 7 Historical Thinking lessons and a 4-5 day culminating group project where students are required to apply the skills from these lessons in a fun, critically engaging way. This means roughly 2 weeks of fully planned materials that will help your students develop their historical thinking skills!Included in this Unit Bundle:Introduction to Historical Thinking lessonHistorical Significance LessonContinuity and Change LessonCause and Consequence LessonHistorical Perspective Les
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Who was Jack the Ripper? HISTORY MYSTERY
Can your students decide who Jack the Ripper was out of a cast of 12 suspects?In this lesson they will compare and evaluate 12 possible suspects before deciding on the most likely guilty person. They will then justifying their decision both verbally and in writing. The lesson works as a knockout tournament, comparing two suspects at a time. They must apply the background information presented to them along with the suspect cards to come up with the most plausible answer. It is great for develo
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â HISTORY MYSTERIES BUNDLE!
HISTORY MYSTERY The Tollund Man Murder Mystery - Primary evidence detectives!
Get your students thinking and working like historians with this lesson!I have used this lesson for several years as part of a project on developing history skills in my pupils. Students have to infer and reach a reasoned judgement based on the evidence at hand. This includes primary sources in the form of artefacts and secondary reports.The class works in pairs to decide why and how the man found in the peat bog in Denmark died. They assess the evidence to decide whether it was:- Murder- Suicid
Grades:
4th - 9th
Also included in:Â HISTORY MYSTERIES BUNDLE!
U.S. History VALUE Bundle: Sectionalism, Civil War, & Reconstruction | 3 UNITS!!
The U.S. History VALUE Bundle covers three units (Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction) and is PERFECT for those teaching U.S. history to 7th to 9th grade students. ALL of the incredible resources in these units have been used with GREAT success with thousands of students in 7th to 9th grade!! You'll receive EVERYTHING you need to cover the issues of sectionalism that divided the nation prior to the outbreak of the Civil War, the Civil War itself, including the major battles and figur
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7th - 9th
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Civil War and Reconstruction Era Unit VALUE Bundle for 7th-9th Grade!
The Civil War and Reconstruction Era Unit VALUE Bundle for 7th to 9th Grade is PERFECT for those teaching U.S. history to 7th to 9th grade students. These two incredible units cover the most important events of the Civil War and Reconstruction Era from the outbreak of the Civil War and the major battles of war plus the Emancipation Proclamation and the causes and effects of many Reconstruction Era policies. ***BE SURE TO CLICK THE PRODUCT PREVIEW TO GET A SNEAK PEEK OF THE INCREDIBLE RESOURCES
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7th - 9th
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Taking a Stand in History: Ancient Rome- The Brothers Gracchi & Spartacus FRQ
Inspire and encourage critical thinking skills. Learn about interesting figures in Ancient Rome. Meet ELA Common Core Standards in History ClassPrepare for National History Day (This is built around the Taking a Stand Theme)This Free Response Question (FRQ) Activity provides guided research questions and two essays. After taking notes on the Brothers Gracchi (Gaius and Tiberius Gracchus) as well as Spartacus and the Third Serville War, students complete TWO included FRQs. They must support the
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9th - 12th
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Daily Mind Builders: Language Arts - Quick, Fun Brain Energizers for Grades 5+
A 37-page printable PDF ebook for grades 5 and up to wake up sleeping brains with fun daily doses of critical thinking! This book is comprised of intriguing ELA-themed activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essential skill as
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5th - 12th
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Let's Teach Thinking Skills Bundle
Thinking skills create a new framework for learning that places a student’s thought process before content and competency. This format pushes students to understand how to approach information regardless of the topic. THINKING SKILL SETS IN THIS GROWING BUNDLEIncludedThinking Skills: A Stand-Alone GuideThinking Skills: PerspectiveThinking Skills: ContextualizationThinking Skills: ReasoningAs additional thinking skills are added, the price of the bundle will increase accordingly. By purchasing th
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8th - 11th
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Social Psychology Experiment Study Worksheets
This 3 page activity is essential for learning about social psychology! The best way to learn about how groups affect individuals is by seeing these studies & researching their results. 3 experiments to look at:Stanford Prison ExperimentAsch Paradigm ExperimentConformity Experiments (hotel fire & elevators)
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10th - 12th
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Daily Mind Builders: Social Studies - Quick, Fun Brain Energizers for Grades 5+
A 137-page printable PDF ebook for grades 5 and up to wake up sleeping brains with fun daily doses of critical thinking! This book is comprised of intriguing social studies themed activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essent
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5th - 12th
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STAMPED by Jason Reynolds: 45 Close Reading Documents with questions
Making African American History = American HistoryDigital FriendlyReading Stamped is not required for the readings, but their are readings for every topic and issue in Jason Reynold's text.45 DocumentsDocuments will put the power of history in the student's hands and encourage them to make their own meaning through questioning and critical analysis. Students are forced to break from their poor habits as academic receptacles and expected to be active agents in their own learning. This pack of doc
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6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Stamped by Jason Reynolds Bundle
Russia-Ukraine Crisis: Host a Live Summit, Send a Letter to Putin and Zelensky!
Greetings. I'm Carl Hobert, a life-long educator and author of Raising Global IQ: Preparing Our Students for a Shrinking Planet (Beacon Press).I have an exciting new case study about the Russia-Ukraine crisis, middle school, high school and college educators are able to teach students about the history of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, including important events that have taken place in this region, from the end of World War I to today’s conflict. A glossary enables students to become more familia
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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How to answer different document based questions in History. CARDS (DBQ)
In a bid to help our students think more like historians we set them various styles of question based on the sources in DBQs. These helpful little cards can be used with any document or piece of evidence in history. They work for any time period and help our students to address real issues of provenance and purpose.I devised these initially to support the GCSE History students and to help prepare them for question types that might come up in their end of year exam. However, they they have been
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Psychology - Naturalistic Observation Activity - Research Methods
A naturalistic observation can be a very useful. This activity gives students some real life practice in naturalistically observing a group of students and attempting to determine how much time they are spending on task/following the teachers directions and/or listening to the teacher vs. time spent distracted by some sort of electronic device.(phone, Ipad, chromebook…) Included: specific directions, a permission slip for students attain from a teacher willing to be observed, a recording sheet,
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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War to Constitution: Using Primary Sources to Teach U.S. History
A comprehensive unit on this period of US History! Students develop important inferencing, application, analysis, and evaluation skills. The document-based questions and activities (DBQs) help them learn that people interpret events from differing points of view. War to Constitution: Using Primary Sources to Teach U.S. History covers these American history topics: the Sons of Liberty, the Stamp Act, the Boston Tea Party, the Boston Massacre, Common Sense, Valley Forge, John Paul Jones, Paying fo
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6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â American Revolution Bundle for Middle-Grade Social Studies Classes
The 13 American Colonies: Introduction, Review, or Test with Detailed Answer Key
Help students to "explore" the 13 original American colonies with this 30+ question worksheet, review, homework assignment, or assessment. Answers to these inquiries will offer important details and perspectives into the locations and most popular information about this region. A detailed answer key is included
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5th - 9th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Daily Mind Builders: Science eBook - Quick, Fun Brain Energizers for Grades 5+
A 145-page printable PDF ebook for grades 5 and up to wake up sleeping brains with fun daily doses of critical thinking! This book is comprised of intriguing science-themed activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essential sk
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5th - 12th
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Benjamin Franklin's "Autobiography" Review/Assessment with Detailed Answer Key
He was a Founding Father who went from rags to riches and who recorded his initial journey in an interesting, inspirational autobiography. This comprehensive worksheet allows students to understand the aspirations and visions of Benjamin Franklin as they answer critical-thinking questions that investigate tone, style, a list of virtues, and more. It's a perfect printable for individual, partner, or group work. This worksheet/assessment also comes with a detailed answer key.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Model UN Simulation: Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna
This complete Model United Nations (MUN) simulation includes student worksheets, essay prompts, and procedures for students as well as rubrics and How To step-by-step guides for teachers and MUN organizers. This bundle contains biographies on Napoleon, Tsar Nicholas of Russia, the Duke of Wellington and many more, as well as detailed background information on the Congress of Vienna.Contains everything you need for a classroom simulation or MUN conference Historical Crisis The Committee (HCC).
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7th - 12th
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Terrorism Introduction Lesson: Image Analysis
What differentiates an act of terrorism and a legal act of war?When is the use of violence justified?In this historical thinking lesson, students will analyze images from four different historical events, first without historical context, then with. Their first task will be to simply describe what they see in the image (all pictures depict the aftermath of explosions).After discussing the images at face value, you reveal the defining information behind each event:Image 1: 9/11Image 2: Oklahoma b
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Terrorism in the Modern World: Growing Bundle
Distinguishing Between Facts and Interpretations
This handout introduces students to the distinction between evidence--concrete, observable facts--and interpretations/scholarly arguments built on those facts, which may be equally true but cannot be empirically observed in the same way.This handout is one of a series, each limited to a single page back and front, designed to introduce students to the skills of a historian. Studies have shown that this kind of direct instruction in skills and habits of mind makes skills practice more effective.
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9th - 12th
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The Declaration of Independence & Patrick Henry's Liberty Speech
This interdisciplinary chart and question sheet provide students in both U.S. history and language arts a chance to explore the rhetorical devices used by America's Founding Fathers to gain support for the Revolution. From rhetorical questions to parallelism to refutation and more, this handout allows students to use critical-thinking skills to evaluate the techniques that helped to make these documents so memorable. A detailed answer key is included for both.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Holocaust Mini-Research Project and Detailed Rubric
It's a sensitive subject that needs to be explored on many different levels. Here is the fitting mini-research project that can be used to reinforce the study of the Holocaust as well as help students to investigate various people and events. This two-page printable provides specific directions, 16 prompts, and a detailed rubric that allows readers to continue to advance their knowledge about the occurrences that claimed the lives of six million Jews throughout Europe in WWII.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Canadian History World War II Project
History Buy The Book's summative task is designed for Applied (General) level students but it could be used for Academic (Advanced) level students as well, with changes to the use of classroom versus home study and the approach to the conference portion. It is a comprehensive way to answer one guiding question that examines the most significant events in World War Two and what kind of impact it had on Canadians then and now. This assignment requires knowledge of the events but also requires crit
Grades:
10th
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