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U.S. History Common Core RL.4.5 resources
Reader's Theater: What is Veterans Day? (leveled play for 3rd, 4th, 5th grade)
This original play explaining the history of and the meaning for Veterans Day will have your students engaged from start to finish! Over 15 parts that can be divided into multiple ways will ensure that all students will get a chance to participate and strengthen their fluency and expression skills. In addition, individual parts are leveled by reading ability to ensure differentiation! Great opportunity to connect knowledge of an important national holiday with common core standards in Languag
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Special Holidays in America: Reader's Theater Bundle for 4th Grade
Esperanza Rising, by Pam Munoz Ryan: A PDF & Easel Digital Novel Study
This is a ready-to-use, custom-made, PDF and Digital novel study designed to guide students in grades 4-7 as they read Esperanza Rising. It is a PDF product and it also includes an EASEL Activity. This should ease some of the uncertainty of distance learning. Included in this Esperanza Rising packet is a bookmark for students to keep track of vocabulary words while reading the book and using the student booklet (or worksheets if you prefer). In addition, there are 22-pages for the student
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4th - 8th
Ancient Civilizations - Present Day Social Studies Differentiated Passage Bundle
Ancient Civilizations to Present Day Social Studies Differentiated Passages BundlePrintable + Digital Paperless Versions IncludedWith this resource, students will learn about everything in history that took place from the time of ancient civilizations around the world to American history beginning with the Age of Exploration to present day by reading engaging passages on differentiated reading levels. There are 418 original reading passages included on 5 reading levels covering grades 3-8, total
Reader's Theater: 13 Colonies-Life in a New England Colony!
Bring key characteristics of the 13 colonies to life with this FREEBIE Reader’s Theater script featuring the New England Colonies! This is part of a leveled set of 3 reader’s theater featuring the New England, Middle, and Southern colonial way of life plus additional comparison activities! This freebie script contains 6 parts, making it a perfect activity for centers or leveled guided reading groups! This activity helps integrate Social Studies history content with Language Arts common core s
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3rd - 6th
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Literary Texts, Historical Fiction (Reading Skills Practice Workbook)
This workbook offers practice understanding and analyzing literary texts with a specific focus on historical fiction. This book contains six historical fiction passages on a range of American history topics. It includes passages based on Henry Ford, George Washington, the California Gold Rush, the Revolutionary War, the building of America’s transcontinental railroad, and the Oregon Trail. Each passage is followed by a set of 15 reading comprehension questions. This includes multiple choice, gr
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3rd - 5th
Civil War Research Guides and Graphic Organizers
Civil War Unit is a collection of activities, research guides, graphic organizers, and word wall words that will help connect the Common Core Standards to the content knowledge of the Civil War. Included: KWL ChartCompare and Contrast Graphic OrganizerEvents leading up to the Civil War OrganizerUnited States Map Interactive Anticipation GuideList of Important Civil War Battles Battles of the Civil War Research GuideBattles of the Civil War Graphic OrganizerCivil War Flow ChartCompare and Contr
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4th - 6th
Magic Tree House Revolutionary War on Wednesday Common Core Reading Unit
Travel back to the time of the American Revolution with Jack, Annie, and George Washington in this novel unit for Magic Tree House Revolutionary War on Wednesday! It integrates the Common Core principles of higher order thinking questions and using text details and examples to support answers. This reading unit contains: * Common Core based higher level thinking questions for each chapter. These questions are similar to close read questions and promote analysis of text rather than just recall. Q
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2nd - 4th
Heart and Soul Heritage Pack - African American History Literature Lesson Guide
The Heart & Soul Heritage Pack is designed as a broad journey through the contributions and experiences of African Americans across the history of America. The lesson plans are grounded in Kadir Nelson’s stirring paintings and words that grace 100-plus pages of a gorgeous picture book whose story is told through the unique point of view and intimate voice of a one-hundred-year-old African-American female narrator. African American poets have often used words to express themselves during time
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4th - 6th
Also included in: African American History & Culture - Heritage Packs Bundle #1
My Name is Sally Little Song by Brenda Woods
This literacy packet covers all reading standards while reading this fun and exciting novel by Brenda Woods. The students are given the opportunity to practice reading skills while being given the opportunity to read a historical fiction novel about a young slave girl and her family who are running away to freedom. They hope their freedom comes south with the Seminoles.
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3rd - 6th
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Harlem Renaissance Heritage Pack - African American History Lesson Guide
The Harlem Renaissance Heritage Pack covers a golden age in African American culture from about 1918 until the mid-1930s when a brave and talented group of Black musicians, artists, poets, novelists, actors, and public figures came together in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood. Fueled by the Great Migration, these notable figures established roots and took center stage while creatively expressing extraordinary pride in their culture. The zenith of this “flowering of Negro literature”, as James
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: African American History & Culture - Heritage Packs Bundle #2
Civil War Book Report, Use With Any Children's or Teen's Civil War Novel
The book report included with this resource may be used with any Civil War novel. I have included a multitude of critical reading question prompts for your students to choose from after each chapter as well as end of the book "evaluation" projects for your students to complete to celebrate the end of their novel.Perfect for distance learning as well.The higher level reading questions are based on important reading text structure concepts tied to the reading standards.At the end of the novel the
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4th - 6th
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Schomburg Heritage Pack - African American History Lesson Guide
The Schomburg Heritage Pack centers on the story of Arturo Schomburg – a passionate man whose lasting legacy, Harlem’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, still opens its doors to those wishing to learn more about the people he knew had been left out of the history books. This Afro–Puerto Rican collected books, letters, music, and more to bring to light the achievements of people of African descent through the ages. The additional books and optional videos scheduled in the lesson pla
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4th - 6th
Also included in: African American History & Culture - Heritage Packs Bundle #1
Ben & Me Novel Study Unit Plan
The purpose of this unit is to provide students the opportunity engage with and explore language through a unique piece of historical fiction literature. Through this lens, they will be able to discover and play with words by using a variety of strategies that will help them to refine word analysis skills, build vocabulary, determine and clarify meaning, understand figurative language and word relationships, and understand and apply appropriate conventions in reading and writing. In addition, th
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4th - 7th
Battle Hymn of the Republic {Digital & PDF}
In this resource, students are led through an examination of the poem “Battle Hymn of the Republic” by Julia Ward Howe. This poem is one of the 18 poems listed in the Core Knowledge Sequence for Grade 5 (p. 126). This resource is suitable for grades 4-8.Materials included are:a fully editable PowerPoint with the poem “John Brown Song” and “Battle Hymn of the Republic” along with a short biography of the authorTeacher Directions for two 55-minute lessons with Key Vocabulary, Literary, Historical
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5th - 7th
Abe Lincoln's Promise: A Historical Fiction Play
This informative play is a must have for any fans of Abraham Lincoln! Your students will enjoy acting out 14 engaging parts relevant to the early Pioneer days in American history, as well as learn about his most formative years in Indiana.
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Reader's Theater Biography Bundle
Civil Rights Heritage Pack - African American History Literature Lesson Guide
The Civil Rights Heritage Pack is a survey of the brave men and women who risked their reputations, livelihoods, and often even their very lives to press towards what they knew to be right. Their brave determination changed the course of America’s story and showed that when the ideals of our Founding Fathers are extended to all, America the Beautiful is not just a dream. The lessons guide children through a comprehensive study of the important issues of the time and how they were confronted head
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4th - 8th
Also included in: African American History & Culture - Heritage Packs Bundle #2
Independence Day Resources: Reading Comprehensions, Stories #FSSparklers23
Independence Day, also known as the Fourth of July, is an important holiday in the United States that celebrates the country's freedom and independence. As teachers prepare for this holiday, they can create a variety of resources to engage students in learning about its history. These resources can include reading comprehension worksheets, stories, poems, and writing prompts that focus on different aspects of Independence Day.Reading comprehension worksheets can be designed to help students unde
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2nd - 6th
"The New Colossus" Discussion-Based Shared Inquiry Unit Lesson Plan
This lesson plan covers a shared inquiry discussion on Emma Lazarus's "The New Colossus." It lists an essential question, focus question, follow up questions, objectives, Common Core State Standards, lesson activities, differentiation, assessment, and suggestions for follow-up.
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4th - 7th
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"The New Colossus" Discussion-Based Shared Inquiry PowerPoints
There are six pre-inquiry discussion lessons that include "do now" prompts and tasks such as vocabulary builders, question collections, writing prompts, and discussion questions. There is one PowerPoint for the inquiry discussion that covers discussion rules, goals, the discussion prompt, and post-discussion reflection.
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4th - 7th
George Washington's Socks by Elvira Woodruff
This literacy packet covers all reading standards while reading this fun and exciting novel by Elvira Woodruff. The students are given the opportunity to practice reading skills while learning about this historical time in our nation's past: George Washington and his ragtag band of rebels crossing the Delaware!
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3rd - 5th
The Young Benjamin Franklin, Book 2: "Ben at Twelve"
Are you interested in helping your students understand what life was like during colonial days? "Ben at Twelve" is the second book in the Young Benjamin Franklin series that investigates what happened during his youth that made Dr. Franklin into the man he became--printer, scientist, inventor, patriot, and founding father. It presents colonial trades as an integrated part of the story. When he was twelve years old, young Ben had been working in his father's soap and candle shop for two years eve
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4th - 8th
The Young Benjamin Franklin, Book 3: "Ben at Fifteen"
Benjamin Franklin was a fascinating individual. The 6-book series, The Young Benjamin Franklin, explores what happened in his childhood and youth that made him the man he became--printer, scientist, inventor, diplomat, patriot, and founding father. During Ben's fifteenth year in 1721 several significant things happened: his older brother started a unique newspaper, Ben discovered new ways to find things to read, and a terrible epidemic of smallpox stirred up a vicious controversy about the innov
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4th - 8th
"Out of the Dust" by Karen Hesse Unit Plan
This is a fourth-grade unit plan for the historical fiction novel, "Out of the Dust" by Karen Hesse, which is a coming-of-age story that takes place during the Dust Bowl. This unit plan is focused on ELA and social studies. It also includes a letter to parents, annotated bibliographies, rubrics, activities, and handouts.
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4th - 5th
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Attack of the Turtle (Drew Carlson/David A. Johnson) Novel Discussion Guide
Guide a classroom, library, book club, or other discussion of this adventure set at the beginning of the Revolutionary War. Featuring reading questions and activity ideas, this free downloadable pdf will jumpstart conversations and invite reflection on the book's story. Thematic connections include American history, courage, independence, friendship, and forgiveness.About Attack of the Turtle: It's 1776, and the Revolutionary War is raging. Fourteen-year-old Nathan Wade is a patriot, but he's to
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5th - 8th
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