325 results
Specialty dbq pdfs
The Sinking of the Lusitania: Solve the WWI Mystery w Primary Source Analysis!
Perhaps one of the most important events of World War One, the sinking of the Lusitania has fascinated kids and adults for years. Use this mystery to harness that fascination and engage students in an inquiry-based mission that they will remember all year long!In this mystery, students are posed with an engaging scenario - they are CIA Agents that must piece together once and for all how and why the Lusitania sank. They are presented with a variety of "exhibits," all cleverly designed to engage
Grades:
5th - 12th
Types:
Also included in:Â GROWING WWI BUNDLE: Higher Order Thinking WWI Activities (SS5H2)
Integumentary System Webquest | Skin Hair Nails Human Body Systems Activity
This webquest makes learning about the parts of the integumentary system and skin, hair, and nails easy and engaging! Students will access subject matter and student appropriate digital resources, including a fun animated video, and complete nine worksheets with fill-in-the blank and free response questions. This resource works great as an introduction to the integumentary system, as a sub-plan, or as a reinforcement activity. A bonus creative letter writing extension activity is included that e
Grades:
6th - 12th
Types:
CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-LS1-3
, HS-LS1-2
Also included in:Â Human Body Systems Webquest Activity Value Bundle | 11 Webquests 50% off
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
Grades:
4th - 6th
Types:
GROUNDHOG DAY Math and Literacy Centers Activities | Feb 2 | PreK K Shadows
Make planning easy! Get OVER 200 pages with 13 activities including 2 emergent readers in our ENGAGING and FUN GROUNDHOG DAY Math and Literacy Printable Centers pack! It provides many opportunities for little learners to engage in developmentally appropriate learning of letters, numbers, and beginning phonics skills! This pack includes activities that target letter identification, letter sounds, number identification, counting skills, concepts about print skills, early writing skills, proper gra
Grades:
PreK - K
Muscular System Webquest Human Body Systems Activity
This webquest makes learning about the parts of the muscular system easy and engaging! Students will access subject matter and student appropriate digital resources, including a fun animated video, and complete six worksheets with fill-in-the blank and free response questions. This webquest helps organize what students learn from the digital resources and ensures they maximize the educational value of them. A diagram that students can fill-in is included. Students will learn about the role of th
Grades:
7th - 12th
Types:
CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-LS1-3
, HS-LS1-2
Also included in:Â Human Body Systems Webquest Activity Value Bundle | 11 Webquests 50% off
Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy Sources Project Bundle
Two dynamic renewable and nonrenewable energy sources projects. Student will apply research skills to learn about renewable and nonrenewable energy sources and then apply their knowledge to help a fictional community decide which two energy sources are best for their town. These projects put students in charge of their learning and keep them motivated with real life scenarios while improving their critical thinking, persuasive writing, and public speaking skills, and research skills. Minimal p
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-1
, MS-ESS3-4
, MS-ESS3-3
Slavery in the Southern Colonies: A Socratic Seminar
Looking for a higher order thinking activity? Need a way to close out a unit on the Southern Colonies? Do you want to do a Socratic Seminar with your students? Students will evaluate three primary source documents to answer document-based questions. Students will engage in higher-level thinking and improve listening and speaking skills during this common-core supported activity. This activity is appropriate for 5th-7th graders and meets the Common Core Standards for Speaking and Listening.
If
Grades:
5th - 8th
Types:
Bones and Skeletal System Webquest Human Body Systems Activity
This webquest makes learning about the parts of the bones and skeletal system easy and engaging! Students will access subject matter and student appropriate digital resources, including a fun animated video, and complete seven worksheets with fill-in-the blank and free response questions. This webquest helps organize what students learn from the digital resources and ensures they maximize the educational value of them. A diagram that students can fill-in is included. Students will learn about th
Grades:
7th - 12th
Types:
CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-LS1-3
, HS-LS1-2
Also included in:Â Human Body Systems Webquest Activity Value Bundle | 11 Webquests 50% off
Native Americans DBQ Document-Based Questions
Native AmericansDocument-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 electronically.
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
DBQ: Life of a Japanese-American Child Living in an Internment Camp during WW2)
Using PRIMARY Sources in the Classroom. A DBQ activity uses primary sources. Sources can include diaries,posters, music, news articles from the time, anything written by those who participated in or witnessed an event in history. Students review the given documents and use many cognitive skills in processing what they see and read. After gathering information using the documents, students develop an essay answering a question. The topic of this Primary Source(DBQ )is Life of a Japanese-American
Grades:
5th - 8th
Types:
Ancient Hebrews/Israelites and Judaism in the Middle East Lesson Plan
In this inquiry-based 6 page packet, students analyze maps, images, primary sources, and short notes sections to learn important Jewish origin stories, the roots of Palestinian/Israeli conflict, and the lasting significance of Judaism in the Middle East. Primary sources include compare/contrast activities between Judeo-Christian scripture and the Quran, as well as between the 10 Commandments and Hammurabi's Code.
A thorough teacher answer key is included with this product. This packet can be us
Subjects:
Grades:
8th - 12th
Types:
Production Possibilities Curve Frontier Graph Practice AP Economics Answer Key
This PDF download is great practice for students' understanding of the ins and outs of the PPC. This is enough to give students practice without creating disengagement and works well for a college prep or AP level economics course.
Students learn how to graph a PPC (aka a PPF), how opportunity cost is illustrated on the curve, an how the curve can shift left or right.
Answer key is included. Preview shows first page of document.
Grades:
9th - 12th
Types:
Step by Step Guide to Writing DBQ Essays- DBQ Writing Guide
The "Step by Step Guide to Writing DBQ Essays" walks students through how to develop a strong and effective Document Based Question essay for your middle school and high school social studies students. The first few pages of these DBQ worksheets offer suggestions on how to set up their pre-write/planning page, while the latter provides support for writing an introduction, body and concluding paragraphs. The guide also includes helpful information about common mistakes, a sample student-friendl
Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Types:
Love and War: Civil War Love Letters Primary Source Analysis
Unique Civil War Primary Source Activity. Students will analyze ten primary source "Love Letters" from 1861-1864 in order to analyze a shifting society through the preferred communication medium of the time-- letters. Students will use these documents to answer the essential question: "Who, or what, did people love during the Civil War?"Students may assume that these love letters will reveal that soldiers mainly loved their spouse or significant other. While that is overwhelmingly true, afte
Grades:
7th - 12th
Types:
Asking Higher Order Thinking Questions: PD Session, Graphics, Organizers & More
Unlock your students' full potential with these strategies for asking Higher Order Thinking Questions! Learn how to design questions that lead to deeper understanding, and transform your classroom into a hub of critical thinking. Don't miss out on this essential professional development session!Included:Product ExplanationCorresponding Blog PostSequencing Staircase of Higher Order Thinking QuestionsHigher Order Thinking Process Graphic & DetailsQuestion StemsGraphic OrganizersQuestioning Exa
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Also included in:Â Instructional Best Practices Professional Development [PD] Bundle
Buddhism in India: Origins and Beliefs
This worksheet, with complete teacher answer key, can be used as an in-class lesson plan, homework assignment, or sub plan. Students learn about Siddhartha Gautama and the origin story of Buddhism, and analyze Buddhist texts and primary sources (The Four Noble Truths Sermon and The Five Precepts of Buddhism) to learn basic Buddhist beliefs. Students compare/contrast Hinduism to Buddhism, analyze Buddhism's appeal in Ancient India, and finish by completing a fun application activity deciding whet
Subjects:
Grades:
8th - 12th
Types:
Evidence and Sourcing Lesson: Teaching Historical Thinking - Digital & Print!
This engaging lesson focuses on the Historical Thinking Concept of EVIDENCE AND SOURCING. Students will develop their historical thinking and critical analysis skills, including the following:Making inferencesPrimary vs Secondary SourcesRecognizing Bias and Reliability of sourcesSourcing historical documents using the HAPPY TIME sourcing methodAnalyzing several primary and secondary source documentsThis lesson includes the following materials:Detailed lesson planGoogle slides with big question,
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â Historical Thinking Bundle: A Complete Unit - Digital & Print!
Historical Context Social Studies
Historical context can be abstract and a tough to grasp concept for many of our students. This interactive zero prep skills based activity introduces students to the idea of historical context through fun and relevant examples of pop culture and current events that will guide them to contextualize and understand what historical context is. These interactive Google Slides contain 18 short answer questions that are scaffolded to build up to historical context. These slides are fully editable and c
Grades:
9th - 12th
CCSS:
Also included in:Â World History Full Year Curriculum
Data Binder Cover Sheets
Here are a few adorable binder covers for your kiddos to add to their data binders!
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NYS Regents Short Essay Question Outline Guide
Are you stressing out over the new US History Regents exam? Teaching students how to write, plan, and outline is one of the biggest challenges we face as secondary educators. Breathe a sigh of relief and let this scaffolded graphic organizer and checklist guide students in the writing process. They will tackle the Short Essay Question with a step by step checklist to create an essay that meets and exceeds all the state requirements for your students to ace the Regents exam!This guide is based on
Grades:
9th - 11th
Also included in:Â United States History Full Year Curriculum
The Standard Oil Monopoly: teaching monopolies with a primary source
This activity is intended to help students understand monopolies, how they led to the rise of Big Business in the beginning of the 20th Century, and their impact on consumers. This activity can be used when teaching the concept of monopolies, or as a lead-in to teaching the Progressive Era. Prior knowledge of the concept of capitalism and consumers is highly recommended. Students will analyze a political cartoon about the Standard Oil company, then complete a tactile processing activity to under
Grades:
7th - 12th
Types:
Bundle! CRQs - Constructed Response Questions - for Global History & NY Regents
CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE QUESTIONS (CRQS) Made for New York State Global History & Geography II RegentsWhat are CRQs?CRQ stands for Constructed Response Question. They are designed for the New York State Regents Exam in Global History and Geography II, but can be a helpful resource for any class studying Global History. A CRQ contains two related Documents, called a ‘Document Set’. In the first document, students analyze historical or geographic circumstances. In the second, students identify o
Grades:
9th - 12th
Types:
Reconstructing Solomon's Temple (Drawing Activity)
A fun activity that plays to a wide variety of strengths, skill sets and interests. Students will investigate different examples and elements of Phoenician architecture as well as primary source accounts before creating a reasonable sketch of King Solomon's Temple. I have used this with my world history students during the unit on ancient Israel and found that it makes a good research and analysis lesson, and allows for students to have the freedom to explore and draw reasonable conclusions.
Grades:
6th - 12th
Types:
Primary Sources & Evidence Based Essays: Transportation
How has transportation changed over time? This lesson introduces primary aged students to evidence based writing, similar to the Document Based Question (DBQ) approach. In this multi-day unit, young students will analyze primary sources to determine how transportation has changed over time. Students will apply their analysis of the documents to construct a thesis statement and draft an evidence based essay. In this unit, the primary sources students will examine are photographs. Photographs ar
Grades:
K - 3rd
Types:
Showing 1-24 of 325 results
TPT is the largest marketplace for PreK-12 resources, powered by a community of educators.
IXL family of brands