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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.

Includes a short description of each type of essay along with several different prompts and a detailed grading rubric, slightly different for each essay.

This four-page reading packet covers the spread and survival of Jewish culture and ideas during the period beginning with the Assyrian invasion in 722 BCE through the Roman occupation in 63 BCE. Ten fill-in-the-blank questions follow the reading to assess comprehension.

Purpose For students to demonstrate their understanding of American literature by examining how the views and works of a literary figure might have been shaped by the social and political context of the era in which they lived and the social circles they frequented. In this assignment, students will chose an instructor-approved literary figure for the time period they are studying. They will then chose a social media platform and create a social media profile that reflects their research and u

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 handout that explains various types and uses for primary sources in history, an activity, and an instructor notes/answer page.

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.