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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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Duration:
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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Duration:
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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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 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 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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2 hours
This original activity by Primary Source asks students to consider if Reconstruction worked when presented with the advent of Jim Crow laws and v...
Introduce totalitarian states (Germany, Russia, Italy, Cuba, etc.) using this excerpt from 1984 and discussion questions. The kids really enjoy ...
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This political cartoon introduces students to the idea of African Imperialism and asks them to connect it to the events of the Industrial Revolut...
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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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 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 ...
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
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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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 document explores the working conditions in English coal pits during the Industrial Revolution. It includes pre and post-activity discussio...
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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. ...
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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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 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 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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This lesson is included in the larger Causes of the American Revolution Unit, located here:
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1 hour
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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55 Minutes
There are two CRQ's (Construction Response Question Documents)related to Ancient Egypt to use as practice for DBQ document writing, homework, a m...
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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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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1 hour
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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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90 Minutes
HOWARD ZINN - A Young People's History of the United States VOL 1 - Chapter 1 - 12 writing prompts. Three writing prompts for each chapter based ...
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45 Minutes
This original activity by Primary Source is intended to help students understand the purpose of the three amendments made to the Constitution dur...
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This is a highly engaging activity.
This package is titled Civil War: Setting the Stage. This package is not intended to be a exhaustive unit on...
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Was Lincoln a racist or the "Great Emancipator?" A very provocative question that will keep your students engaged while developing historical thi...
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90 Minutes
This worksheet is a summary of how to write a DBQ for a social studies regents exam. The front of the worksheet identifies the main steps to wri...
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Using TAG is a fantastic strategy to practice with beginning/intermediate writers learning to write a basic thesis statement. Works great in comb...
This DBQ/Open Response is based on a quote from the French Revolution. It includes multiple questions and a sample essay format to assist studen...
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Comprehensive Unit Plan with PowerPoint that explores the development and maturation of Ancient Greece.
Includes a comprehensive section on Athe...
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This activity includes pre and post reading discussion questions and a primary source on the Hitler Youth.
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This document is a collection of graphic organizers which can be made into a packet to help students break down different elements of the Constit...
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This is an excerpt from Nelson Mandela's biography, "Long Walk to Freedom" that comes equipped with Common Core type critical thinking questions,...
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This document will guide students through thinking about the pros and cons of political parties. I use it when I teach about Thomas Jefferson and...
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This is a practice DBQ with a sample organizational outline for European History students encountering a DBQ question for the first time. Uses m...
Have you ever started a lesson by asking your class to open their textbooks to page 77? It's important to get students engaged in the subject bef...
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Easy to use DBQ Essay Rubric based on New York State Global History & US History Regents Examination evaluation categories (Organization, Facts/E...
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AUTHENTIC PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENT!
This is one page of a multipage Will and Testament of a slave owner that resided in Forsyth, Georgia. During ...
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This lesson can be used with a brand new recording (available for FREE on TPT) of an anti-French song entitled "New Verses to an Old Tuneâ" that...
Good writing is like painting--two-thirds preparation, one-third painting or writing.
This is a formula to help students devise a sound thesis a...
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This original activity by Primary Source is intended to help students understand the idea that the nation needed to be rebuilt physically, econom...
This activity has proven to be very powerful and insightful in my past World History classes.
In short, each student is given a different card ...
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This is a collection of documents and a prompt centered around the 1920's and 1930's
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