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6th grade criminal justice - law dbqs
Sharecropping and Reconstruction Primary Source Analysis Activity
In this Sharecropping and Reconstruction primary source activity, students analyze a sharecropping contract that was offered during Reconstruction and examine the unfair clauses to showcase just how unfair life was for sharecroppers. Students can work individually or in teams to dissect the sharecropper contract, but the overall goal is the same, to showcase just how unfair these contracts were for the freedmen. Once finished, students produce a short writing piece to explain what they believe
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6th - 9th
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Death Row: The Final 24 Hours Video Graphic Organizer (Worksheet)
This is a worksheet for students to follow along to while watching Death Row: The Final 24 Hours documentary originally published on Discovery HD Channel. It goes over the various forms of execution used for Capital Punishment in the United States and what it is like on the last day for inmates on death row. This worksheet will allow students to take the information from the documentary and synthesize the information to the fullest extent.Key Features:Video-Based Questions: Elevate assessment ex
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6th - 12th
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Bill of Rights Jigsaw Activity
This is an easy-to-implement but collaborative and rigorous activity for a U.S. government, history or introductory law or civics course. In it students focus on 2 amendments and then report on historical and contemporary issues related to those respective amendments. As a result, your students walk away with much more knowledge while saving you some valuable class time.
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War Primary Source Worksheet
This worksheet allows students to use short primary source documents to learn about Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War. The worksheet allows students to read five short primary sources related to Billy the Kid. The primary sources focus on the Billy the Kid before, during, and after the Lincoln County War. The worksheet includes eight questions and an answer key for the teacher. The readings are very engaging for students. Students will also be highlighting or underlining parts of the prim
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6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War Lesson Plan Collection
Hammurabi's Code History Investigation
In this engaging history investigation, students analyze laws in Hammurabi's Code to construct an argument explaining why the laws were unfair the people they were supposed to protect. This resource includes document based questions and writing prompt. *This resource is included in the Ancient Mesopotamia Unit linked below along with many other engaging activities!Ancient Mesopotamia Unit
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6th - 9th
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Ancient Rome - Twelve Tables Analysis - Crime & Punishment
Students will analyze an abridged version of the Roman Twelve Tables to assign punishments for 6 different crimes. Great partner or individual activity. Connections can be made to Hammurabi's Code. Answer key included for teacher use.
Grades:
6th - 9th
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Justinian I/Byzantine Empire/Justinian's Code DBQ and PowerPoint With Key
This includes a four-slide PowerPoint on Justinian I and a DBQ on Justinian's Code. The DBQ goes over two primary source passages of his code and asks 4 critical thinking questions. It also includes an answer key. The DBQ is a Word Doc.
Grades:
5th - 12th
Legal Codes PPT Slideshow 15+ Days (Hammurabi, Iroquois, etc.)
Attached is an in-depth PPT slideshow that spends around two days each on the various legal codes throughout history (Hammurabi, Roman Law, Mosaic Law, Justinian, Magna Carta, Colonial American Law, and Iroquois Law).Included in Each PPT Lesson:Learning IntentionNext Generation Learning StandardsSuccess CriteriaActivitiesCartoonsVisualsQuotesDo NowsSummaries
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in:Â Legal Codes Bundle (PPT, Worksheets, Assessment, & Study Guide)
History Mystery - Assassination of Lincoln
This is an investigation into the murder of Lincoln. Here is a video of me explaining how to do this lesson: https://youtu.be/PO8sakft904
Grades:
5th - 12th
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Abraham Lincoln en espanol | Asesinato de Lincoln
Put all the evidence around your classroom and students analyze the evidence and answer the questions on the powerpoint, at the end they decide who they think helped booth kill Lincoln.
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6th - 12th
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