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U.S. History Common Core RL.8.3 resources
The Book Thief Novel Study and Project Menu; Plus Digital Option
Everything you need to use Markus Zusaks's award-winning WW2 novel, The Book Thief effectively in your classroom! A no-prep standards based interactive notebook literature guide with follow-up reading response questions for every chapter as well as vocabulary, writing projects, activities and enrichment projects. Teacher friendly engaging lessons to use with this award winning novel in your classroom while encouraging critical reading skills.CCSS/STAAR Aligned! Great for "Distance Learning".Eve
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5th - 9th
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Movie Questions to Accompany the Movie Ruby Bridges End of the Year
For teaching about the Civil Rights Movement, School Integration or anytime of the year, 20 movie questions to accompany the 1998 version of the movie Ruby Bridges.This is the story of a six year old girl who is the first to African American child to attend an all white school in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1960. Viewing this movie is a great way to introduce students to the civil rights movement and school integration in the South.
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Brown vs. Board of Education R.A.F.T. W
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5th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Language Arts Movie Questions HUGE Bundle! End of the Year Activities
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson Novel Study
This product is a comprehensive set of instructional materials for teaching a novel study of Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson. With these Common Core aligned materials, students will deeply engage with the novel and develop their literacy skills through literary analysis, fiction close readings, spy readings and activities, projects, vocabulary, assessments, essays, and more. The suite includes 100+ resources to help you implement an engaging, rigorous ELA unit. Snapshot of Resources Included in
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5th - 8th
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Blood on the River Novel Study Bundle - Printable & Digital
Get everything you need for your Blood on the River novel study in one handy resource! This complete novel unit for upper elementary or middle school includes engaging novel activities to teach skills like characterization, conflict, and theme, plus basics like vocabulary worksheets, chapter questions, and a test. Your students will be hooked by the riveting story of Jamestown as they strengthen reading and thinking skills through this high-interest novel study!The following resources are includ
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5th - 8th
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Novel Study and Project Menu; Plus Digital Option
Everything you need to use John Boyne's award winning WWII novel, "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" effectively in your classroom! A no-prep standards based interactive notebook literature guide with follow-up reading response questions for every chapter as well as vocabulary, writing projects, activities and enrichment projects. Teacher friendly engaging lessons to use with this award winning novel in your classroom while encouraging critical reading skills.CCSS/STAAR Aligned! Great for "Distan
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5th - 9th
Also included in:Â World War II Novel Study Bundle, Seven Complete WWII Literature Units!
Soldier's Heart Novel Study Bundle - Printable & Digital
Grab everything you need for your Soldier's Heart novel study in one handy resource! This complete novel study bundle will hook and engage your students as they dive into the Civil War time period with rich vocabulary, characterization activities, theme activities, historic settings, and much more.This resource includes everything you need to teach this novel:Vocabulary (plus digital version)Chapter Reading Questions (plus digital version)Anticipation Guide & Civil War State Scrambles (plus
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5th - 8th
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Blood on the River Novel Test - Printable & Digital
Need a rigorous way to assess your novel study? This end-of-book test (part of my bestselling Blood on the River Novel Unit) covers comprehension and reading skills in Elisa Carbone's Jamestown novel, Blood on the River. It contains eight vocabulary matching questions, 22 multiple-choice story questions, and a paragraph response about how Samuel (the narrator) changes throughout the novel.Concepts covered include:VocabularyPlotCharacterConflictSettingThemeCause and effectInferenceand more!This r
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Blood on the River Novel Study Bundle - Printable & Digital
Blood on the River Study Guide Questions - Printable & Digital
Easily check reading comprehension with these chapter questions for Blood on the River by Elisa Carbone! This comprehensive novel study resource includes 13 sections of 4-5 questions (each covering 1-2 chapters), some comprehension-level and others pushing students into literary analysis. Students are challenged to think critically about plot, character, setting, motivation, conflict, cause and effect, and theme.These questions are part of my complete Blood on the River Novel Unit - grab all 11
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Blood on the River Novel Study Bundle - Printable & Digital
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson Chapter Analysis Questions
For the novel Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson, the chapter analysis provides a framework for students to complete a deep literary analysis for every chapter grouping of the novel. The chapter questions are aligned to the Common Core State Standards and designed not only to have students practice literary skills but also demonstrate their comprehension of the text.Digital Compatibility: This resource is also technology friendly! It can be utilized in classrooms where computers or tablets are cent
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson Novel Study
FEVER 1793 Novel Study - Common Core Aligned
This complete unit for Fever 1793 includes Focus Questions for every chapter, grouped in sets of two or three chapters each. No answer keys provided for these questions. The novel is introduced with three board pages discussing yellow fever and some of its occurrences in the 18th and 19th C.These Novel Unit pages are high quality, attractive to students, and student tested. Students must use their own paper for written answers except for some charts that I include.There is a three page novel
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5th - 9th
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Reconstruction Era Primary Source Poem Activity
This activity uses a beautiful & moving poem by the Black poet Frances Ellen Watkins Harper to help students understand the importance of education during the Reconstruction Era. The poem, written in 1872, is fantastic for introducing your students to primary source analysis! Both printable and Google Docs versions of the activity are included here in this download! The activity begins with the poem and an introduction about Frances Harper and her background. The next page is a worksheet wit
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7th - 10th
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World War I: Christmas Truce & Poetry Analysis (including "In Flanders Field")
About This LessonOne thing I am passionate about is infusing literacy and literary analysis into social studies. There is so much to be learned about a time period, conflict, and culture by reading their literature and primary source documents. This mini-lesson merges together themes of conflict, recognizing the humanity in someone you were made to believe is your enemy, courage, and resilience. Whether you’re a social studies teacher and adding this to your World War I unit or an ELA teacher wa
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7th - 12th
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Soldier's Heart Novel Reading Questions - Printable & Digital
Easily check comprehension during your Soldier's Heart novel study with this set of reading questions (part of my Soldier's Heart Novel Unit Bundle)! This resource includes 3-4 comprehension questions to accompany each chapter in Gary Paulsen's Civil War novel Soldier's Heart. Reading skills covered include:PlotSettingConflictInferenceCharacter traitsCharacter developmentMotivationCause and effectForeshadowingCompare and contrastThese no-prep reading check questions work great as homework, class
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Soldier's Heart Novel Study Bundle - Printable & Digital
Soldier's Heart Novel Test - Printable & Digital
Assessing comprehension at the end of your Soldier's Heart novel study is easy with this printable and digital novel test (part of my Soldier's Heart Novel Unit)! It's the perfect resource to wrap up reading Gary Paulsen's Civil War novel Soldier's Heart.This comprehensive novel test includes 10 vocabulary matching questions, 20 multiple-choice questions, and a paragraph response about the meaning of "soldier's heart." Concepts covered in multiple-choice questions include:PlotSettingConflictChar
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Soldier's Heart Novel Study Bundle - Printable & Digital
Roaring 20's Research Project: Pre-Reading to "The Great Gatsby" or 1920's Era
In this product is everything you will need for a successful 1920's era project for your students! I used this project to teach my students about the 1920's era from a research format, though I plan to use it in the future for a pre-reading activity before reading The Great Gatsby. Each student will get to select a topic that is most interesting to them. Some options are: Economic Boom and Stock Market CrashThe Great DepressionFlappers and Women's RightsWW1 impactFilm Industry and Celebrity Wors
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Blood on the River Character Traits - Printable & Digital
When you've got a good novel like Blood on the River, you use it to teach ALL the skills! Help students make inferences and analyze character traits using characterization worksheets for Blood on the River characters. These activities can be used during reading as comprehension checks or for review after you finish the novel. If you teach Blood on the River, you won't want to miss the rest of my bestselling Blood on the River Novel Unit!This resource includes the following digital versions:Googl
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Blood on the River Novel Study Bundle - Printable & Digital
Blood on the River Socratic Seminar
Kick your class discussions up a notch with this Socratic seminar for Blood on the River! I do it with my gifted students after they have read Elisa Carbone's Jamestown novel Blood on the River, and the discussions are always amazing! This activity includes 15 open-ended, thought-provoking questions guaranteed to get students talking. There are introductory questions about general themes in the novel, specific questions about the novel's characters and events, and closing questions to help stude
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Blood on the River Novel Study Bundle - Printable & Digital
Blood on the River Exit Tickets - Printable & Digital
Quickly check for comprehension during your Blood on the River novel study with this set of six exit tickets (or exit slips if you prefer). Exit tickets are one of my favorite ways to get a quick read of how well students are understanding the story, since they don't take long to complete and they're super easy to grade - or not! Each exit ticket provides specific, higher-level thinking questions to make sure students understand what they've read and get them predicting, reasoning, comparing, an
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Blood on the River Novel Study Bundle - Printable & Digital
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S Convention Speech, Full Text and Study/Distance Learning
As the Constitutional Convention approached a vote on the work they'd done, Ben Franklin gave an impassioned speech which helped with its passage. The points he made are as valuable today as they were then. This lesson for his speech includes:- The full text of the speech, side-by-side with focus questions,- First Impressions page/graphic organizer,- Word Study pages- Essential Question student handout- Answer KeysAligns with CCSS, ELA Reading Informational 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10;and WHST 2I
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7th - 11th
Frederick Douglass Quiz: "What to a Slave is the Fourth of July?"
This is a quiz (and key) covering Frederick Douglass' famous speech "What to a Slave is the Fourth of July?" Reading this speech goes well with the study of the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. This is a 20-question multiple choice quiz (and key), useful as a reading check and springboard for discussion.
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8th - 11th
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The Outsiders Novel Study Unit: Pre Reading Activities, Comprehension Questions
This easy-to-implement The Outsiders Novel Study unit with activities for the book by S.E. Hinton is engaging and approachable, even for reluctant learners. This Outsiders literature study resource includes a pre-reading activity to connect learners with the text, daily comprehension questions, a targeted vocabulary word from each day's reading, and an optional post-reading activity using the movie.Aligned with state standards, The Outsiders Novel Study is a 3-week unit that includes opportuniti
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7th - 8th
Ground Zero by Alan Gratz Novel Study Questions Google Slidesâ„¢ Compatible
This product includes 212 comprehension, literary instruction, reflection, critical thinking, discussion, and composition prompts on cards for studying the novel Ground Zero written by Alan Gratz. This book is a highly engaging and suspenseful historical fiction novel with many timely themes. This story opens the door to many important discussion opportunities for students within the classroom and beyond.Book Themes: Family, Survival, 9/11, War, Resilience, Afghanistan, U.S. History, Multiple P
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4th - 7th
The President Has Been Shot Book Unit: Comprehension Questions & Vocabulary
This easy-to-implement The President Has Been Shot book study unit for the nonfiction text by James Swanson is engaging and approachable, even for reluctant learners. This The President Has Been Shot literature study resource includes daily comprehension questions and a targeted vocabulary word from each day's reading.Aligned with state standards, The President Has Been Shot Novel Study is a 3-week unit that includes opportunities for short written responses like those used in several states' ne
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7th - 8th
Blood on the River Gallery Walk
Get students up and moving during your Blood on the River novel study! This gallery walk is an excellent post-reading novel study activity, giving students the chance to recall all kinds of important details and make rich connections to characters in the novel.If you teach Blood on the River, you won't want to miss the rest of my bestselling Blood on the River Novel Unit!To spark some rich class discussion after reading this novel, print the eight question pages and stick them on giant poster pa
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Blood on the River Novel Study Bundle - Printable & Digital
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