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This packet includes everything you need to teach a great theme lesson using the book The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles. This is a power...
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This DBQ addresses the Common Core State Standards. It has been updated with a page outlining the English Language Arts/History/Social Studies g...
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90 Minutes
This DBQ addresses the Common Core State Standards. It has been updated with a page outlining the English Language Arts/History/Social Studies g...
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90 Minutes
This DBQ addresses the Common Core State Standards. It has been updated with a page outlining the English Language Arts/History/Social Studies g...
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90 Minutes
This lesson is included in the larger Causes of the American Revolution Unit, located here:
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With this worksheet, students will learn about the Bill of Rights, the first 10 Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. They will also learn to enga...
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This Power point has it all! It connects the age of exploration with the colonializing of North America. It also includes a Venn diagram to comp...
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This DBQ addresses the Common Core State Standards. It has been updated with a page outlining the English Language Arts/History/Social Studies g...
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This includes 11 primary source pages (pictures, documents, quotations) for introducing Manifest Destiny. I use it like graffiti - on big paper....
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This lesson is included in the larger The Civil War Unit, located here:
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This activity features an amusing story of a Confederate soldier in the Civil War attempting to get a haircut before battle. Students read the st...
This original activity by Primary Source is intended to help students understand how the nation was rebuilt during Reconstruction (Freedmen's Bur...
This activity is included in the larger Ancient Rome unit, located here:
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Students will examine a variety of primary sources, including witness accounts from the Boston Massacre, in order to determine whether the event ...
This DBQ is designed to test a student's knowledge of the Middle Ages in Europe and is in Microsoft Word. The format is based on the New York St...
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Introduce totalitarian states (Germany, Russia, Italy, Cuba, etc.) using this excerpt from 1984 and discussion questions. The kids really enjoy ...
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These documents and subsequent questions should be used with the American Revolution DBQ powerpoint which can be found on this account. There are...
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This original activity by Primary Source asks students to consider if Reconstruction worked when presented with the advent of Jim Crow laws and v...
With this worksheet, students will learn about the history and purpose of the Preamble of the Constitution of the United States of America. They ...
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In this COMPLETE lesson from InspirEd Educators, students will examine the Treaty of Paris and complete DBQ's. Lesson warm up, teacher instruct...
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This is a 6 document DBQ comparing the contributions from the Ancient Civilizations of Egypt and Mesopotamia. It includes an organizer for studen...
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This packet includes everything you need to teach a great cause and effect lesson using the book Old Henry by Joan W. Blos. If you have not read...
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The following is a handout that uses passages from the Iliad and the Odyssey to infer information about ancient Greek religious beliefs, social a...
This political cartoon introduces students to the idea of African Imperialism and asks them to connect it to the events of the Industrial Revolut...
This Colonial America DBQ consists of eight documents. It is a great introduction for DBQs or part of early America unit. This packet does not i...
This is an intriguing, intellectually stimulating synthesis prompt that can be easily adapted for the AP Language classroom. The topic/issue is o...
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Critical Thinking is required in this activity where students examine 7 war posters (from all sides) and have to analyze their meaning and purpos...
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The analysis of primary sources is an essential component of history and thinking like a historian. Martin Luther had a tremendous effect on the ...
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30 Minutes
This is a worksheet that I use during my Unit on the Reconstruction. It is a popular political cartoon from this time period. It is an awesome ...
This is a classroom tested reading comprised of the first half of King's great Letter from Birmingham Jail. I have included the first half for s...
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This is a two-part assignment where students read to gather content on the Stone Age and Neolithic Revolution before applying their new knowledge...
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As the nation was reconstructing after the Civil War, various viewpoints arose as to how newly freed slaves would be incorporated into society. ...
There are two CRQ's (Construction Response Question Documents)related to Ancient Egypt to use as practice for DBQ document writing, homework, a m...
You will receive reproducible excerpted primary sources ( 11 total ) with leading questions that will prepare your students for a class discussio...
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This is a complete novel study using the book Number The Stars. This Novel unit has nonfiction embedded into the lesson and was one of my studen...
A packet of 4 Review Sheets that can also be used as "mini-quizzes" to review material for the 5th Grade NYS Social Studies Exam.
A mini-unit with printables about the United States right after the Civil War. This file contains 8 pages of vocabulary activities, fluency and c...
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At the heart of Common Core rigor and understanding is the ability to analyze primary sources. This publication will guide you in understanding ...
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Lifelong Tool
This lesson is included in the larger Causes of the American Revolution Unit, located here:
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1 hour
In this 8 page packet students will explore three of the great thinkers of the Enlightenment. John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Jeffer...
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The sky went dark the morning of May 19, 1780, in New England. The darkness traveled quickly from the West and did not go away until the...
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2 Days
This is a perfect resource for you if:
You teach Global History in New York state; OR
You teach World History in another state; OR
You want to...
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This is a worksheet used to get students to analyze a political cartoon. This cartoon address the crisis in the Middle East. These cartoons are...
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This includes a Review Sheet, Test (Definitions, Multiple Choice, Fill in the Blanks, DBQs and Open Responses). It includes an answer key for th...
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The file contains a grading rubric which will help you evaulate DBQ essays quickly and helps students analyze their own work.
The rubric is colo...
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Primary source documents are an important part of historical studies but are often negelected in favor of dull secondary source textbooks. This i...
This document explores the working conditions in English coal pits during the Industrial Revolution. It includes pre and post-activity discussio...
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The SOAPS strategy is often used in English/Language Arts and Social Studies. It helps students to break down a primary source or analyze a piec...
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15 DBQ Writing Minilessons in Teacher's College Format. (Teaching Point, Connect, Teach, Active Engagement, Link, Share)
Each lesson contains 2 ...
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The 1920s were a time of unprecedented growth for the American economy. Businesses were thriving, stock prices were soaring, and wages were climb...
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