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Common Core SL.11-12.1 research
Thomas Paine Common Sense: Primary Source Activity | American History
Thomas Paine's Common Sense was a little pamphlet with big ideas! This primary source activity gives students a chance to read through and analyze the major paragraphs, or arguments, within his pamphlet while answering various questions. I created this mini-unit for my own classroom to help students understand this important document that shaped the course of Independence. You will find that this resource is challenging yet capable for all. Students are analyzing text from the 1700's which ca
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6th - 12th
Also included in: American History U.S. History Bundle: Beginnings through the 1850's
Rhetorical Analysis: Ethos, Pathos, Logos, "We Choose to Go to the Moon," JFK
Teach your students to analyze ethos, pathos, logos, and various rhetorical devices by analyzing John F. Kennedy's famous Address at Rice University on the Nation's Space Effort, often referred to as his "We Choose to Go to the Moon" speech. Kennedy's famous speech is an important part of any unit of study, whether you're using it to teach U.S. history, Cold War history, the space race, rhetoric, or speech and debate. This multi-day worksheet is designed to help students understand the backgroun
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9th - 12th
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The Crucible Engaging Activities - 12 Pre-Reading & Post-Reading Tasks
Looking for some fun, unique, and engaging activities to supplement The Crucible? These activities are perfect for learning background information before reading the play and assessing students' understanding after studying the play.Pre-reading activities include:❶ A history video viewing guide that corresponds with Salem Witch Trials documentary from the History Channel with answer key.❷ a handout where students determine which information is true, false, or simply opinionated about the history
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9th - 12th
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Edgar Allan Poe Death Theory Debate: Research, Analyze, Synthesize, Gallery Walk
Looking for an engaging activity to interest students in Edgar Allan Poe? This lesson gets students researching, thinking critically, analyzing information, collaborating, moving around the room, stating claims and rebuttals, as well as presenting information in a persuasive manner. This activity definitely helps students practice 21st Century Skills. What's included . . . ► Step-by-step instructions for implementation► Printable death theory slips to use for assigning theories► Attractively de
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: American Literature Full Year Curriculum Plus Writing & More BUNDLE
Rhetorical Analysis: Ethos, Pathos, Logos, I Have a Dream Speech, MLK, CCSS
Teach your students to analyze ethos, pathos, logos, and various rhetorical devices by analyzing Martin Luther King Jr.'s (MLK's) famous speech, "I Have a Dream." Dr. King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech is an important part of any unit of study, whether you're using it to teach U.S. history, rhetoric, speech and debate, Civil Rights, or to celebrate MLK Day. This multi-day worksheet is designed to help students understand the background and context behind this famous speech, practice CCSS alig
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9th - 12th
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High School Biology Project Bundle: Wildlife and Conservation
Are you looking for hands-on, engaging, real-world, and experiential high school biology projects, specifically focused on high school ecology, conservation, and wildlife topics? This bundle is for you. It includes a variety of experiential learning activities around the theme of wildlife and conservation:Project based learning lesson plans (guided and student-led)Problem-based learning challengesExperimental inquiryCommunity action projectsDesign thinking challengesSTEMService learningBONUS: en
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10th - 12th
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NGSS:
HS-ESS2-5
, HS-LS1-5
, HS-LS2-7
, HS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-3
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Family Tree Research Project - Independent Assessment
The Family Tree Research Project includes instructions for each activity, 20 family history interview research questions, individual Family Member Fact Cards, and a student reflection paper assignment. The project includes plan sheets for the visual display projects and reflection paper featuring guiding questions for student success.The Family Tree Research Project features informational writing, speaking and listening, and active research in order for students to apply their skills and invest
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7th - 12th
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Rhetorical Analysis: What to the Slave is the Fourth of July, Frederick Douglass
Teach your students to analyze ethos, pathos, logos, and various rhetorical devices by analyzing Frederick Douglass' famous speech, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" Douglass' famous speech is an important part of any unit of study, whether you're using it to teach U.S. history, the Civil War, the abolitionist movement, rhetoric, or speech and debate. This multi-day worksheet is designed to help students understand the background and context behind this famous speech, practice CCSS alig
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9th - 12th
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Speech Analysis Venn Diagram: I Have a Dream and The Ballot or the Bullet, CCSS
Help your students master their rhetorical analysis skills while analyzing and comparing two famous speeches from history: Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech and Malcolm X's "The Ballot or the Bullet." The two rhetorical analysis worksheets are designed to help your students analyze the message and rhetoric of these two historical speeches, including their ethos, pathos, and logos. Additionally, a compare and contrast Venn diagram will engage your students with higher-level questio
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9th - 12th
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The Climate Change Agreement -- Paris Agreement Role Playing / Simulation
The Climate Change Agreement -- Paris Agreement Role Playing / SimulationBackground InformationThis engaging, role-playing activity simulates the conference and writing of the Paris Agreement. This is a perfect multi-day activity for a high school science classroom focusing on climate change and global policies.First, students are asked to read The Paris Agreement text while answering a set of questions to gain a deeper understanding of its goals and layout. Next, students are assigned roles as
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9th - 12th
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HS-ESS3-1
, HS-ESS3-4
Personal Finance: Investing in Real Estate - This Flippin Project
This project introduces students to real estate investing related to flipping houses. Students will complete 4 assignments related to real estate investing about house flipping. This self-directed project encompasses many learning modalities. Students can work independently or in small groups. I have been running this exact project for years, and each year I make changes to reflect current market conditions. This bundle starts with helping students develop foundational knowledge of real estate a
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Frankenstein Mock Trial Summative Assessment
This is a great summative assessment following your study of Frankenstein. I use this as an alternative to a test or large essay. The students enjoy playing the role of someone other than themselves and proving their knowledge of the text.The purpose of this assignment is to get students thinking critically about the themes depicted in Frankenstein and the relevant issues that are still debated today (parent responsibility, the nature of good and evil, etc.). For this reason, this assignment com
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9th - 12th
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Research Projects- Questions and Guided Organization Worksheets
This file includes the following documents:
#1- Explanation of what a Research Paper is about: 8 page paper that is based on the answer to a question. The students are required to read through the directions, then read through 50 dynamic, interesting questions and highlight 5 that seem interesting to them. The topics range from changing the draft age, to mandatory recycling, to the transition from pagan celebrations into Christian holidays. These are not your typical Research topics!
Once stu
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Problem-Based Learning Challenge: High School Global Carbon Cycle Project
This global carbon cycle project is a high school level problem-based learning experience where students examine the short- and long-term carbon cycles, explore the problem of anthropogenic activities that disrupt the carbon cycle, and develop a comprehensive plan with a diverse set of solutions to restore the balance of the short and long term carbon cycles. Students will do all of this seamlessly with the guiding templates provided in this resource.This resource comes with a printable and digi
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9th - 12th
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CCSS:
NGSS:
HS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-3
, HS-LS2-5
, HS-ESS3-4
, HS-ETS1-1
Also included in: The Science of Climate Change: Greenhouse Gases Mini-Bundle
21st Century Skills Learning Activity Tool Kits Bundle {Printable & Digital}
Teaching 21st-century skills doesn't have to be an extra task. What if your students could learn content and develop 21st century skills at the same time without you having to overthink it or over plan? This resource is a bundle of 21st century skills learning activity tool kits that organically incorporate 21st-century skill-building opportunities into each experience.This bundle includes 21st century skill learning activity types such as:Self-directed project-based learning - project-based lea
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10th - 12th
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NGSS:
HS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-3
, HS-ETS1-1
Speech Analysis Venn Diagram: I Have a Dream and Gettysburg Address Analysis
Help your students master their rhetorical analysis skills while analyzing and comparing two famous speeches from history: Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech and Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address." The two rhetorical analysis worksheets are designed to help your students analyze the message and rhetoric of these two historical speeches, including their ethos, pathos, and logos. Additionally, a compare and contrast Venn diagram will engage your students with higher-level questio
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9th - 12th
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Experiential Learning Activity Tool Kits Bundle for High School Students
Are you looking for open-ended homeschool or classroom experiential learning activity resources for any and all subjects or targets? Or maybe you're interested in adding experiential learning activity experiences to your classroom or homeschool curriculum but aren't sure how to facilitate it, don't have time to create experiential learning activity guiding resources, or simply don't know where to begin? Students design and lead their own experiential learning activity experiences such as projec
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10th - 12th
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NGSS:
HS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-3
, HS-ETS1-1
Rhetorical Analysis: Ethos, Pathos, Logos, 2004 DNC Keynote Speech, Barack Obama
Teach your students to analyze ethos, pathos, logos, and various rhetorical devices by analyzing Barack Obama's famous keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention (DNC). Obama's famous speech is an important part of any unit of study, whether you're using it to teach U.S. history, presidential history, civics, government, rhetoric, or speech and debate. This multi-day worksheet is designed to help students understand the background and context behind this famous speech, practice C
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9th - 12th
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CCSS:
AP Language Synthesis Bundle - research project, essay organizer, slides, unit
This bundle contains everything you need to launch and keep the momentum going in your AP Language Synthesis unit. Each resource helps your students visualize their thinking, organize writing, and understand the process to producing a solid synthesis essay. Multiple scaffolds include writing organizers, writing stems, and visual cue cards to understand the essay writing process. This bundle contains two project-based learning experiences, each of 5-10 class periods, that combine skills for both
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Climate Change: High School Problem-Based Learning Curriculum Bundle
This climate-change-themed problem-based learning curriculum mini-bundle includes four resources, all of which take the approach of looking at the climate change problem, exploring solutions, and acting on those solutions.Each student or small group of students will explore carbon cycle disruptors and develop a hypothetical plan that restores the balance of the carbon cycle. They will then take a self-directed project-based learning approach to study greenhouse gases. Students will use new knowl
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10th - 12th
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NGSS:
HS-LS2-7
, HS-ETS1-3
, HS-LS2-5
, HS-ESS3-1
, HS-ESS3-4
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Invasive Species Problem-Based Learning Science Lesson
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Water-Pollution-from-Fertilizers-Lesson-Plan-Problem-Based-Learning-4507500
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9th - 12th
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CCSS:
NGSS:
HS-LS2-7
, HS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-3
, HS-ESS3-4
, HS-LS2-6
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Also included in: High School Biology Project Bundle: Wildlife and Conservation
Rhetorical Analysis: Ethos, Pathos, Logos, Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln
Teach your students to analyze ethos, pathos, logos, and various rhetorical devices by analyzing Abraham Lincoln's famous Gettysburg Address. Lincoln's famous Gettysburg Address is an important part of any unit of study, whether you're using it to teach U.S. history, the Civil War, rhetoric, or speech and debate. This multi-day worksheet is designed to help students understand the background and context behind this famous speech, practice CCSS aligned speaking and listening skills, and analyze (
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9th - 12th
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CCSS:
Fourth Amendment | Students Rights In schools + Research Project & Presentations
This lesson creates meaningful learning for students as they learn how the 4th Amendment applies to them as students. Students are engaged as they analyze several court cases and explore interesting questions. For example, can schools implement a school wide urine drug test? Can school officials search your car, locker, cell phone, or other belongings? Students learn about how the 4th Amendment protects individuals against unreasonable searches by requiring state agents to obtain a warrant based
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9th - 12th
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60 High-Interest Persuasive Essay and Research Paper Topics
Each of these topics comes in the form of a question that students can react to immediately; hence they make excellent prompts for on-demand, in-class, timed essays. At the same time, any of them could be used as a springboard for a fully developed research paper, one requiring time spent exploring--and documenting--support for the writer's position. They also make excellent topics for informative or persuasive speeches that you might assign.One of the guiding criteria for this list is that it b
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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