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Describes what a compare/contrast essay is and how to write one. Includes several prompt ideas and a detailed grading rubric.

The purpose of this game is to help students become familiar with the plants, animals, and diseases “traded” between Europeans and the indigenous people of North and South America in the Columbian Exchange. This game provides context for a larger discussion of the many impacts of European exploration and colonization on the physical and human environments of the New World.

Four-page activity with instructor notes; purpose is to introduce students to various types of resources they might use in an academic research paper and how to find these resources.

In-class or homework activity that requires students to paraphrase the First Ten Amendments to the US Constitution. Includes answer key.

This lesson offers an abridged and annotated version of Common Sense for classroom discussion. (Annotations made in "track changes" feature in Word)

Document based essay assignment on the causes of the Great Depression with an answer key and grading rubric.

Includes a short description of an argumentative essay with several prompts and a detailed grading rubric.

Includes a brief description of what a narrative essay does and looks like and three possible prompts. Also includes detailed grading rubric.