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Common Core RI.4.3 dbqs
Road to the American Revolution DBQ Document-Based Questions
American RevolutionDocument-Based Questions (DBQs) are a great way to expose students to primary sources as well as to make them think about an event in history and respond to it. This unit can be used in a few ways. You can project the full-page images on my board so that we can discuss them, and then the students answer the DBQ in their notebooks. I have also included the DBQs in printable format so that your students can answer on paper and digital Google Forms that you can send electronicall
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4th - 6th
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DBQ: Why Are Hurricanes So Dangerous (Mirco-Q)
This is from the DBQ (document based questioning) online library. With a focus on the question, "Why are hurricanes so dangerous?" The Micro-Q focuses on a single document and ends with a one-paragraph student "essay."This is a powerpoint to accompany the Micro-Q 3-day lesson. Included within this PowerPoint are: -2 Accompanying Content Videos-"Ways to Hook Your Reader" Content -DBQ Jobs Descriptions and Easy to Follow Implementation Directions-Grade Level Engaging and Appropriate Graphics
Grades:
1st - 5th
DBQ: Why Should We Protect the Wolf? (Mirco-Q MV)
This is from the DBQ (document based questioning) online library. With a focus on the question, "Why Should We Protect the Wolf?" This powerpoint is designed for a teacher to be able to use knowledge of the DBQ and immediately teach the content, with little preparation of lessons.This is a powerpoint to accompany the DBQ Micro-Q 3-day lesson. The Micro-Q focuses on a single document and ends with a one-paragraph student "essay."Included within this PowerPoint are: Teacher Lesson Planning NotesIn
Grades:
K - 5th
The White House is On Fire - War of 1812 (Teaching Literacy Through History)
In 1814, the British set fire to the White House. The tale of Dolley Madison rescuing the Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington is well-known because she wrote an account of it herself. Paul Jennings, a slave at Madison’s Montpelier plantation, also wrote a firsthand account. This lesson provides an opportunity for students to compare/contrast the two accounts and answer the essential questions of "What happens when there are two contradictory eye-witness accounts of the same historica
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4th - 7th
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The Declaration of Independence is really a "Dear John" letter
In this lesson, students will read a "Dear John" in which Mary lists the reasons that she needs to break up with John. Using a graphic organizer, the students will analyze the various parts of the letter.
Students will then look at the preamble to the Declaration of Independence. Usually a similar graphic organizer they will analyze the various parts of the preamble to deepen their understanding of why the colonies felt they needed to "break up" with England.
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4th - 7th
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What's Patrick Henry All Fired-Up About?
What is Patrick Henry all fired-up about? This lessons examines Patrick Henry’s famous speech to the Virginia House of Burgesses. Students will listen to the speech (I've included the text so they can follow along), then work together with the teacher to analyze it. Questions to check for understanding, along with a key, are included. Students will think about what was the purpose of Patrick Henry's speech, and what he was trying to convince people was needed.A link to Colonial Williamsburg’s p
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: The American Revolutionary War Series Bundle
Text Features: The Picture Walk: Non Fiction Close Reading
Students familiarize themselves with a non-fiction article or text before close reading. By taking a picture walk and paying attention to various text features, it encourages students to use visual clues such as: photographs, captions, headings, diagrams, a glossary, etc. to gain a general understanding of the main idea of the text. This activity has been used independently, in centers either with partners or working within small groups before close reading a non-fiction article. It is very ef
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Simple Machines DBQ for Late Elementary
This DBQ (Document Based Questions) packet is an excellent introduction to the concepts of simple machines and their uses. It starts with a background essay with questions, a hook activity to engage learners, 5 primary source artifacts from the Library of Congress Database to analyze (questions provided), essential question discussion questions and writing prompt. This is a great science activity for late elementary and special education classrooms.
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3rd - 5th
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RACE Prompts + Articles to go along with "Out of the Dust"
These are great activities to go along with "Out of the Dust." The students will read two articles/parts of the novel and answer a prompt using RACE. *A great way to incorporate social studies in your classroom!
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4th
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