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High school Presidents' Day algebra dbqs for Gifted and Talented
Love and War: Civil War Love Letters Primary Source Analysis
Unique Civil War Primary Source Activity. Students will analyze ten primary source "Love Letters" from 1861-1864 in order to analyze a shifting society through the preferred communication medium of the time-- letters. Students will use these documents to answer the essential question: "Who, or what, did people love during the Civil War?"Students may assume that these love letters will reveal that soldiers mainly loved their spouse or significant other. While that is overwhelmingly true, afte
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7th - 12th
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H.I.P.P. Primary Source Document Analysis
Graphic organizer that draws on historical thinking skills to identify and cite evidence of the Historical Context, Intended Audience, Author's Purpose, and Author's Point of View of a primary source document. Can be used with whole group instruction, small groups, or as a pre-writing tool for analytical essay writing.
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7th - 11th
President's Day- Washington's Farewell Address and Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Description: These activities (Washington’s Farewell Address and Gettysburg Address) are meant to be used singularly or as a pair. Many school districts have mandated “some” activity to be completed around this holiday. It is difficult to plug in this time frame when history teachers are already on the Great Depression or further.Both lessons, used as a pair or individually are designed to use as a supplement to my S.M.A.R.T. document analysis lesson currently found FREE on TPT (Fooling Around W
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10th - 12th
Powerful Words: Experience the Impact of the Gettysburg Address
Print and Go PDF Lesson on the Gettysburg AddressThis item includes a background of the Battle of Gettysburg, the Gettysburg Address, and various leveled questions for students to answer.. Here’s what you’ll get:Printable PDFBackground overview on the Battle of GettysburgA copy of the Gettysburg AddressA question sheet which includes Levels 1, 2, and 3 questionsAnswer KeyIMPORTANT!If you chose the PDF version, you MUST open it in Adobe Reader (free) in order for it to work properly with embedded
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6th - 10th
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Exponential Function C.E.R.
This C.E.R. focuses on using data from an exponential function in a real-world scenario and being able to justify how and why it works.Teacher Instructions:Provide the students with the graphic page and answer sheet. Then students will analyze the data set and stake a claim based on the evidence that they see.Then they will use the answer sheet to organize their thoughts: Observations: Write what they see in the graphics. Claim: Write a claim based on what they have observed. Evidence: Write the
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7th - 12th
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Amer Gov - The Growth of Presidential Powers Lesson Plan High School
Presidential Powers - Government Lesson Plan The growth of the United States PresidencyThis six page writing activity contains information regarding various president's expansion of power. Students take notes while annotating and then are asked to write an essay response which analyzes how and why such expansion of powers might have exceeded the original intent of the framers..Although the founding fathers designed the office of the presidency to be remarkably less powerful than that of the legi
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9th - 12th
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Aztec Demise - Drawing Conclusions and Learning Lessons from Primary Source Docs
This Google Doc file is designed for classrooms with 1:1 device access. It was designed to guide students through the Stanford History Education Group lesson "Moctezuma and Cortes." This Doc requires students to gather information about the demise of the Aztecs from the primary source documents provided by SHEG. Students will use these documents to confirm or refute the legend that Moctezuma gave his kingdom away to Cortes, believing he was the god Quetzacoatl come to Earth. Purchase of this ite
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6th - 12th
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Writing Equations C.E.R.
This Claim, Evidence, and Reason focuses on students' problem-solving after writing a two-step equation based on the problem provided. This is a key factor in solving this problem is being able to identify all the variables, write an equation, solve the equation, and then apply their solution to the prompt.
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7th - 9th
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Galileo on Trial Package
This package is designed to work in conjunction with the Galileo lesson from the Stanford History Education Group. It requires students to analyze historical documents in order to determine whether Galileo was guilty or innocent of heresy.This package includes:1. Google Doc with directions for students and teachers. This document sets groups of students up to divide themselves into the roles of a court: prosecution, plaintiff, defense, and defendant. It instructs defense and prosecution in how t
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6th - 9th
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Document Based Argumentative Writing Unit: Can Child Criminals Be Saved
This is a high interest step-by-step unit for students using provided documents to write an argumentative paper about the idea of child criminals and the punishments/consequences they deserve. The unit includes answer key, teaching notes, planning organizers, and a rubric.
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9th - 12th
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Watergate Scandal DBQ
DBQ packet for Watergate Scandal. Does not have an essay component. Contains hook exercise, background story, and four documents. Includes a group activity component: document analysis sheet, with four job titles, with job descriptions to hand out to students. Instructions are included to help alleviate planning time.
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Early US Presidents (DBQ)
The early presidents of the United States (1789-1837) are recognized fortheir foreign and domestic polices that helped our country become a strong nation. Through their leadership, these founding fathers led the country through its beginning by establishing the first republican form of government that has become the strongest in the world today.Using the information from the documents and their knowledgeof United States history, students will answer the questions that follow each document. The a
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8th - 12th
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Performance Task for Systems of Equations
Your students are given a choice to complete 2 out of 3 scenarios involving systems of equations. They involve writing and solving systems based on real life situations. One has no solution, infinite solutions, and one solution. They have to do a write up based on a rubric involving ccss indicators. This can be done individually or as a group activity.
16th Amendment - "Income Tax" - Enhanced DBQ - Close Read (PDF for Handouts)
A PERFECT ACTIVITY FOR TAX DAY!
In studying this Amendment, your students will learn the history behind taxing income, an indepth study of the 16th Amendment, and a Matching assessment quiz.
An Enhanced Document-Based Question Unit that includes elements of Close Reading Strategies to gain a GREATER understanding of the 16th Amendment - "Income Tax". This lesson includes:
* Lesson Plan
* Lesson Plan Narrative and Reasoning Guide
* Common Core Standards Correlation
* Primary and Secondary Sou
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5th - 12th
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A Primary Source Analysis With Each American President
U.S. Presidents - The American Presidents - Scavenger Hunt Crossword - Primary Source AnalysisThis resource includes the following:•A Google Slides Presentation that includes the name, term date, a portrait, and a brief biographical summary or statement for each president.•A “Scavenger Hunt Crossword Puzzle” worksheet to go with the slideshow.•FIFTY pages of worksheet, all based on primary sources, which includes a short analysis section or summary question for each president. For this activity,
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7th - 12th
Natural Texas and its People - DBQ - Texas History
Students will analyze four documents to answer the prompt: How did Texas Native Americans adapt to their geography and climate?Packets covers:What is a DBQ?Primary vs. Secondary sourcesBeringiaAn excerpt from Cabeza de Vaca's La RelacionMap of where Native Americans settled in TexasExamples of different types of shelters used by Texas Native AmericansBrainstorming page2 lined pages to write the essayDBQs are a GREAT way to prepare your students for advanced and AP classes!Remember the Alamo and
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5th - 10th
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Presidents' Day America's Forgotten Presidents
Students learn about 5 of America's forgotten presidents for Presidents' Day by reading a page of text on Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan, and B. Harrison and answer 3 questions on each president. They will also pick who they believe is the 5th forgotten president (list provided of presidents to choose from--this part of the activity might require access to research materials). They then answer 4 conclusion questions. An answer key is not provided because virtually every question is opinion and in
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8th - 11th
Also included in: Presidents' Day BUNDLE
Washington's First Inaugural Address - DBQ - PDF Format for Printing
** NOW WITH BLACKLINE MASTERS FOR EASY COPYING **
A Document-Based Question Unit on George Washington's First Inaugural Address. This lesson includes:
* Lesson Plan
* Lesson Plan Narrative and Reasoning Guide
* Common Core Standards Correlation
* Primary and Secondary Sources on Historical Events
* Open-ended and closed-ended questions
* Extended Activity for Gifted/Advanced Students
* An Investigative Approach to History
* An Answer Key
* Designed for grade 5 and up, but lower grades can easil
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5th - 12th
Teaching Socratic Seminars to Students (SPIDER Style)
If you want to teach your students a fun way of having a deep conversation in class, look no futher! This activiy include a hand out rubric for all stduents to have and follow as well as a power point slide show to explain how a SPIDER or Socratic Seminar work.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Thinking Like A Historian Unit
Algebra 1 Warm Ups | Graphing Unit | Bell Ringer Google Slides
Several days of openers, do nows or bell ringers (5-15 minute review problems) or check ins for Algebra 1 to try to catch students up and maintain previous skills relating to slope, graphing linear functions and graphing inequalities. These Bell Ringers are the perfect activity while you take attendance and provide for a discussion at the beginning of each class. Most problems are designed to be completed on a whiteboard and then discussed as a class but this can easily be adjusted as the docume
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Algebra 1 Full Year Bundle - Quizzes | Google Forms | Graphic Organizers
Geometry Warm Ups | Triangles and Proofs Bell Ringers | Google Slides
Several days of openers (5-15 minute review problems) or check ins for Geometry to try to catch students up and maintain previous skills. These Bell Ringers are the perfect activity while you take attendance and provide for a discussion at the beginning of each class. Most problems are designed to be completed on a whiteboard and then discussed as a class but this can easily be adjusted as the document is editable. I use this to be sure that my students are able to draw and define key terms such
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Geometry Google Bundle - Triangles, Logic, Surface Area and Volume
Origins of Giftedness Inquiry Lesson
This inquiry lesson has sixteen secondary sources on the origins of giftedness. Authors are Francis Galton, Lewis Terman, Joseph Renzulli, Howard Gardner, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Robert Sternberg, John Feldhusen, Ellen Winner, Howard Gruber, and Joyce VanTassel-Baska. The lesson starts with a bell ringer. It then asks students to write a hypothesis that they will update with each document. At the end, students write a conclusion on the origins of giftedness.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Algebra 1 Discussion Questions
This product includes 24 open ended questions about topics within the scope of Algebra 1 (Topics range from simplifying expressions to quadratic functions and equations).Use these questions to facilitate critical thinking among your students and to assess whether your students understand the reasoning behind the rules and procedures they are using to solve problems. You can use these questions in minute papers, pair-share activities, exit tickets, online discussion sets, or any other assessment
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7th - 9th, Higher Education
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Religion Unit: Ancient Hinduism Primary Source- Thematic Teaching, Google Drive
If you're interested in a fresh approach to teaching World History, then this lesson is for you! My thematic primary source lessons are specially designed to activate more student engagement, research, inquiry, and source analysis in your classroom. Use this as enrichment after teaching the historical background to establish context. Great for advanced or gifted classes to increase rigor and encourage connections between ancient world history and the modern world. This lesson comes from my ancie
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6th - 12th
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