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Common Core L.11-12.2 dbqs
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
Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in: American History U.S. History Bundle: Beginnings through the 1850's
Hip Hop and Rap Music in the Classroom to Improve Writing
This file includes an outline for a course on Hip Hop designed to help students with analysis, research, presenting and other soft skills. The file includes two videos (one explaining the course and the other is a historiography on Hip Hop history). Accompanying these files includes two worksheets that require students to research terms and incorporate such terms into a presented rap. If considering using rap lyrics or Hip Hop culture as a vehicle to engage students this is your starting point.
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Document Based Argumentative Writing Unit: Can Child Criminals Be Saved
This is a high interest step-by-step unit for students using provided documents to write an argumentative paper about the idea of child criminals and the punishments/consequences they deserve. The unit includes answer key, teaching notes, planning organizers, and a rubric.
Grades:
9th - 12th
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