139 results
Civics Common Core RI.8.3 resources
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE Activity: Primary Source Analysis and Questions
The Declaration of Independence can be a daunting document for teachers to explain to students, but this primary source lesson will help students understand the major themes and concepts within the document itself. Though Thomas Jefferson's Declaration was written in the 18th century, this worksheet has proven to be a fantastic, big-picture way for today's students to study such an important writing without becoming overwhelmed. The Declaration is really just a big "break-up letter" from the co
Subjects:
Grades:
7th - 12th
Types:
Also included in:Â Civics & US Government Lesson, Activities, Simulations and More: The Bundle
CURRENT EVENTS: News Article Summary, Main Idea, Reading Comprehension | NEWSELA
This Current Events Summary is an excellent tool for students to get involved with the news and the current events of the week. A simple writing format helps students find, summarize, and write opinions about current news stories and events. I find this activity to be a practical filler for various social studies courses. What's Included:Teacher directions with ideas for implementation and useSimple student directions: Find, Highlight, Summarize, Importance, OpinionGuided student writing temp
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Types:
8th Grade U.S. History: Rights & Responsibilities of U.S. Citizens COMPLETE Unit
This 8th Grade U.S. History Lesson Plan Unit comes with EVERYTHING that you'll need to teach your 8th graders all about the Rights & Responsibilities of U.S. Citizens! These amazing resources are 100% completely ready to use for both in-person and online distance learning via Google Apps and have been successfully used thousands of students! **BE SURE TO CLICK THE PRODUCT PREVIEW TO GET A SNEAK PEEK OF THE INCREDIBLE RESOURCES WE'RE SO PROUD TO OFFER WITH THIS UNIT!!**The incredible resource
Grades:
8th
Types:
Also included in:Â 8th Grade U.S. History YEAR-LONG Curriculum Bundle!! | Google Apps
Media and Information Literacy Text Analysis Bundle
This bundle includes 6 engaging informational texts about important topics in media and information literacy. Texts cover confirmation bias, social media and misinformation, "fake news," facts and opinions, media bias, and more. Each text includes a study guide and a set of 10 challenging text analysis questions, plus detailed answer explanations. I love resources that build both content knowledge and academic skill. These informational texts cover key topics in media and information literac
Grades:
8th - 11th
Types:
U.S. Constitution UNIT PLAN BUNDLE - 4 Weeks - Includes Pacing Guide
This unit bundle includes a variety of our engaging, best-selling resources for teaching through the Constitution of the United States, both its content as a document and its history within the early formation of the republic. These hands-on activities can engage your students throughout the span of your teaching unit. The products include worksheets, projects, primary source materials, and video guides. There is also a bonus Curriculum Pacing Guide with a suggested sequence for how you can sche
Subjects:
Grades:
8th - 12th
Social Media and Misinformation Informational Text | Media Literacy | Grades 7+
This resource includes an engaging informational text about social media and misinformation, plus a study guide, a set of 10 challenging text analysis questions, and detailed answer explanations. The passage discusses how social media sites can help misinformation spread, and covers concepts like algorithms and echo chambers.I love resources that build both content knowledge and academic skill. These informational texts cover key topics in media and information literacy, while also providing st
Grades:
8th - 11th
Types:
Also included in:Â Media and Information Literacy Text Analysis Bundle
Politics_Presidential Medal of Freedom_Current Events Reading Comprehension_2024
Current events PDF lesson plan. President Joe Biden issued nineteen recipients the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom built teams, coalitions, movements, organizations, and businesses that shaped America for the better.Articles and long reading passages of recent news stories for middle and high school students in grades 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Includes literacy strategies and graphic organizers to support struggling readers. Also great for independent
Subjects:
Grades:
7th - 11th
Types:
We Take Nothing by Conquest - a US History textbook, Columbus to Reconstruction
"Fantastic!"When I started teaching 8th grade US history 10 years ago, I searched high and low for a good textbook. Needless to say, that search was fruitless. The textbooks that I found were either incomprehensibly written or dumbed down to the point of being intellectually insulting to a 13 year old. Moreover, none told the story of our history that my students really wanted to hear: the history of African-Americans, of Native Americans, and what life was really like for our ancestors. Followi
Subjects:
Grades:
7th - 11th
Types:
Fact, Opinion, and Misinformation Informational Text | Media Literacy | Gr 7+
This resource includes an engaging informational text about facts, opinions, and misinformation, plus a study guide, a set of 10 challenging text analysis questions, and detailed answer explanations. The passage discusses the way in which misinformation can spread when people confuse facts and opinions and covers the concept of confirmation bias.I love resources that build both content knowledge and academic skill. These informational texts cover key topics in media and information literacy, wh
Grades:
7th - 10th
Types:
Also included in:Â Media and Information Literacy Text Analysis Bundle
A full year of curriculum - complete 10 unit bundle, US history 1492-1877
This bundle contains an entire year of curriculum in 10 units, covering Columbus through Reconstruction. Each unit includes text, activities, games, PowerPoints, study guides, daily quizzes, projects, assessments, answer sheets, and a teacher’s manual. Also included is the complete textbook upon which the units are based. Descriptions of each unit are below: 1. This 19 day complete unit examines the tragedy and triumphs of the first European explorer/colonists in the New World, focusing on Colum
Subjects:
Grades:
7th - 12th
Types:
Love Letter to a US Amendment: Government Civics Valentine's Writing Activity
This fun Valentine's Day writing activity allows students to show their creative or funny side without getting behind in content. This writing activity requires students to use historical claims to write a love letter to their favorite amendment. Suitable for Civics, US Government, or Comparative Government.IncludesScaffolded instruction page and resource websitesThree Differentiated pages: one scaffolded for ELL/IEP/504 with checklist rubric, one with lines and checklist rubric, and one with a
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education
Types:
Fake News and Misinformation Informational Text | Media Literacy | Grades 8+
This resource includes an engaging informational text about fake news and misinformation in the digital age, plus a study guide, a set of 10 challenging text analysis questions, and detailed answer explanations. The passage discusses the ways in which fake news and misinformation can spread, covers concepts like sensationalism, and recommends a process for evaluating information effectively.I love resources that build both content knowledge and academic skill. These informational texts cover ke
Grades:
8th - 11th
Types:
Also included in:Â Media and Information Literacy Text Analysis Bundle
Finding Reputable Trustworthy Sources
This lesson is part of a larger series asking students to study and model the legislative process in the United States. It asks students to think about different types of sources, looking for potential bias and usefulness among different source material. Students are asked to look at sources from a political spectrum and differentiate between for profit and not for profit news.
Subjects:
Grades:
8th - 12th
Types:
Also included in:Â Lawmaking Roleplay
President Barack Obama’s 2017 Farewell Address – Rhetorical Analysis
This resource includes the Common Core annotated text and marginal notes for President Barack Obama’s Farewell Address delivered in Chicago, IL on January 10, 2017. This resource includes 110 marginal notes aligned to Common Core standards and elements. Reading and annotating informational texts is a critical component of the Common Core State Standards, and analyzing informational texts is a key skill that students will need for college and the jobs of the future. Using the comment feature in M
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education
Science and Misinformation Informational Text | Media Literacy | Grades 7+
This resource includes an engaging informational text about data, science, and misinformation in the digital age, plus a study guide, a set of 10 challenging text analysis questions, and detailed answer explanations. The passage focuses on misinformation about data and science, using examples from the COVID-19 pandemic.I love resources that build both content knowledge and academic skill. These informational texts cover key topics in media and information literacy, while also providing students
Grades:
8th - 11th
Types:
Also included in:Â Media and Information Literacy Text Analysis Bundle
Informational Text Article: Race Matters: Reading Passages + Comprehension
This lesson centers around an article about how affirmative action policies have influenced acceptance into college, jobs and other areas of life. The lesson includes a writing prompt, comprehension question, and discussions questions to help initiate a talk on this issue.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Reading PassagesInformational Article: Should the Minimum Wage Be Raised? Reading PassagesInformational Article: H
Subjects:
Grades:
8th - 12th
Types:
Structured Academic Controversy Lesson Plan: Space Colonization
This Structured Academic Controversy lesson plan provides you with one of the best exercises for critical thinking you can do with students that engages one of the most current debate topics for high schoolers today: Should Humans Colonize Space? The structured academic controversy lesson plan approach is one of the best critical thinking group activities because it relies on teamwork and respectful communication among students while developing close reading, writing, speaking, and active listen
Subjects:
Grades:
7th - 10th
ARKANSAS State Flag Analysis: fillable boxes, analysis, and fast facts
This resource is PERFECT for allowing students to analyze the state flag in a controlled setting. Each doc has fillable boxes and fast facts for students to reference. Enjoy!Easy to assign, differentiate, monitor, and assessTEACHERS ASSIGN FROM GOOGLE CLASSROOMSTUDENTS FIND INFORMATION IN PREARRANGED FAST FACTS AND THEN SUMMARIZE AND TYPE INFORMATION IN READY-MADE BOXES IN THE GRAPHIC ORGANIZERSTHERE ARE MANY APPLICATIONS, INCLUDING:* PRACTICE ANALYSIS & CRITICAL THINKING* COMPLETE TOGETHER
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Types:
Also included in:Â ARKANSAS STATE MEGA-BUNDLE! Maps, Flag and Song Analysis, Games & More!
Debating Graffiti - Art or Vandalism?
This activity is meant to help students strengthen their reading and analytical skills. Students are asked to read two articles focusing on the debate between between those people who see graffiti as art and those people who see it as vandalism. After reading both articles, students will answer 19 multiple choice questions and 6 critical reasoning short answer questions. This activity can be used to prepare students for state tests that have similar types of passages and questions. This activity
Grades:
7th - 12th, Adult Education
Types:
ILLINOIS State Flag Analysis: fillable boxes, analysis, and fast facts
This resource is PERFECT for allowing students to analyze the state flag in a controlled setting. Each doc has fillable boxes and fast facts for students to reference. Enjoy!Easy to assign, differentiate, monitor, and assessTEACHERS ASSIGN FROM GOOGLE CLASSROOMSTUDENTS FIND INFORMATION IN PREARRANGED FAST FACTS AND THEN SUMMARIZE AND TYPE INFORMATION IN READY-MADE BOXES IN THE GRAPHIC ORGANIZERSTHERE ARE MANY APPLICATIONS, INCLUDING:* PRACTICE ANALYSIS & CRITICAL THINKING* COMPLETE TOGETHER
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Types:
Also included in:Â ILLINOIS STATE MEGA-BUNDLE! Maps, Flag and Song Analysis, Games & More!
TEXAS State Song Analysis: fillable boxes, lyrics, analysis, and fast facts
This resource is PERFECT for allowing students to analyze the state song in a controlled setting. Each doc has fillable boxes and fast facts for students to reference. Enjoy!Easy to assign, differentiate, monitor, and assessTEACHERS ASSIGN FROM GOOGLE CLASSROOMSTUDENTS FIND INFORMATION IN PREARRANGED LYRICS AND FAST FACTS AND THEN SUMMARIZE AND TYPE INFORMATION IN READY-MADE BOXES IN THE GRAPHIC ORGANIZERSTHERE ARE MANY APPLICATIONS, INCLUDING:* PRACTICE ANALYSIS & CRITICAL THINKING* COMPLET
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Types:
Also included in:Â TEXAS STATE MEGA-BUNDLE! Maps, Flag and Song Analysis, Games & More!
The Constitution of the United States for students
This is the United States Constitution adapted to allow middle and high school students comprehend the information contained within the document. This is not a summary, but rather a contemporary English version of the original text. The Flesch-Kincaid reading level for this document is 9.2. This also includes adapted versions of the amendments and vocabulary words. This also includes a guided reading document, an argument analysis sheet, a synthesis sheet and a quiz. When I used it, I had them
Subjects:
Grades:
7th - 9th
Types:
The US Citizenship Test: How Much Do You Know?
Are you ready to test your students’ knowledge of American history and government with this engaging and interactive slideshow quiz? This resource contains 10 questions that are similar to the ones asked in the official naturalization test. Your students will learn about the U.S. Constitution, the branches of government, the presidents, the states, and more. The quiz also provides the correct answers at the end of each question. This is a great way to review or learn new facts about the United S
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Types:
CCSS:
History Alive! 8th Grade Unit 3 Supplements: Constitution and Bill of Rights
These are great Critical Thinking and small group Discussion Questions that coincide with History Alive! The U.S. Through Industrialism. Included with the Critical Thinking Questions (CTQ's) are vocabulary words from the chapters (ID's) that are meant to be answered in multiple sentences to induce further classroom discussions. These are basic pages to compliment the 3rd unit. The CTQ's make great ideas for short essays or test questions as well! Study guides and assessment included.
Subjects:
Grades:
8th
Types:
Also included in:Â 8th Grade U.S. History - Entire Year of Supplemental Materials!
Showing 1-24 of 139 results
TPT is the largest marketplace for PreK-12 resources, powered by a community of educators.
IXL family of brands