Light A Fire

USS Guides This product is 80 PAGES of guided notes. Students fill in the missing information for each "chunk" of each unit listed below: American Civil War Civil War Reconstruction Industrial Growth of the late 1800s Immigration Progressive Era Imperialism World War I Roaring 1920s The Great Depression World War II The Cold War Civil Rights of the 1950s and 1960s The Last 50 Years Over the past ten years, from home but for my classroom, I created this United States Study Guide. I have found

This course syllabus and year long plan corresponds with the current New York State SS Framework, and Core Curriculum, for 12th Grade. You can find the specific NYS Framework for Part. in Gov. and Civ. on pages 45 - 47 in the PDF document found at: https://www.engageny.org/resource/new-york-state-k-12-social-studies-framework Here's what this product includes: - Participation in Government and Civics Syllabus - Course Outline - School-year calendar, displaying scope and sequence of unit to

New Product Once again, I couldn't find exactly what I needed, so I made my own. Based on the New York State SS Framework for Participation in Government and Civics, I organized a list of words and phrases that seem essential for the course. This vocabulary list is not in alphabetical order, but in order of appearance based on units of instruction. A brief description / definition is included for each essential word or phrase. For some, a web link has been embedded within the vocabulary wo

Light A Fire in students' willingness to read, analyze primary source documents, and work as a team. This Civil War Gettysburg Address activity is differentiated based on reading levels to help all students understand Abraham Lincoln's speech. During this activity students will work independently, in small groups, and with the teachers as a whole class. Opportunities for movement are built in to this active reading technique. Although the Gettysburg Address is my chosen document for this pro

DBQ = Document Based Question Three leveled DBQ essay writing guides, DBQ essay grading rubric and level to percent conversion chart, and many tried and true suggestions for how to use these guides in your own classroom are included. I created these guides as a solution to differentiating my classroom of students with various writing abilities and needs. I use these guides for my social studies classes. My ELA colleagues also use them; they are the folks who told me I should share them on Tp

After combing through countless New York State and regional exams, this is the list of essential unit topics and vocabulary that I have found to appear on most US History assessments. This list begins with the US Civil War and ends with the 9/11 Era.