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5 powerful primary sources to help middle school students understand the Revolutionary War (5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade). Worksheets included.

Proven Practices of Civic Education:The future voters and decision-makers are in our classrooms. Civic education is an important aspect of social studies that is often over-looked. But there are meaningful ways that we can bring civic education into our elementary classrooms. A mock election is one tangible way we can do this.Studies show that “a majority of America’s schools either neglect civic learning, or teach it in a minimal or superficial way…On a recent national assessment in civics, two

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Free parts of the US Constitution lesson with graphic organizer that teaches how the US Constitution is organized. Perfect for 5th grade and middle school.

This social studies resource is for a fun hands-on card game to use while teaching a unit on the European explorers. Students will review the different settlements in the United States from Spain, France, England, and Dutch. You will receive forty question and answer cards (twenty questions, twenty answers) to use with your social studies students. This game matches perfectly with my European Explorers Colonization Packet. Like this resource? Check out the unit and save 20%: European Explorers Unit Students will review: • Giovanni de Verrazano • Jacques Cartier • Samuel Champlain • Robert La Salle • Ponce de Leon • Francisco Coronado • Ferdinand Magellan • Hernan Cortes • John Cabot • Sir Francis Drake • Sir Walter Raleigh • Henry Hudson • Peter Minuit • Peter Stuyvesant • Christopher Columbus Game can be played in many different ways: Students can quiz one another on the explorers, play a matching game with the cards, or play a version of “Go Fish” with the cards. Black and white version can serve as an individual review game. Great for a homework assignment in an interactive notebook. For best use, cards should be printed on colorful, sturdy cardstock, or construction paper or vibrant index cards and laminated. This is great as a review game or an enrichment game for your higher level students. This product was used with my grade 7 small group and inclusion social studies students. *************************************************************************** Other resources to support this unit: → Lesson Using the Picture Book Encounter → Columbian Exchange → European Colonization Packet → Quiz *************************************************************************** Customer Tips: How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases: • Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. Each time you give feedback, TPT gives you feedback credits that you use to lower the cost of your future purchases. If you have a question about anything, you can contact me through the Q&A button at the top of the page or please feel free to email me at [email protected]. I value your feedback greatly as it helps me determine which products are most valuable for your classroom so I can create more for you. ☺ Be the first to know about my new discounts, freebies and product launches: • Look for the green star next to my store logo and click it to become a follower. Voila! You will now receive email updates about this store. ☺ ***************************************************************************

Looking for a fun vocabulary activity? This extension is perfect for middle and high school to help encourage critical thinking and associations.

**Causes of the American Revolution Activity** They say there are two sides to every story. Use this hands-on card sort activity to give students the opportunity to explore twelve significant events leading to the American Revolution from both the colonial and British perspectives. Students will match descriptions of American Revolution causes with statements that could have been made from each side providing a multi-faceted understanding of historical events. It's perfect for a variety of learning settings, such as group stations, paired learning, individual study, or as an addition to interactive notebooks. Differentiate by varying the sort sheets and choice range provided. Supports key skills from CCSS RI.5.3, RI.7.3 and RH.6-8.3. **This Resource Includes** • 36 Sort Cards in 2 Different Sizes o 12 American Revolution Events Descriptions o 12 British Perspective Statements o 12 Colonial Perspective Statements • 2 Types of Student Sort Sheets (for easy differentiation) • 12 Large American Revolution Events Title Cards • 2 Heading Cards • Answer Key

To hear me talk about this post on YouTube, click here. Summer is wearing thin, and as much as we aren't QUITE ready, our brains are subconsciously not letting us forget that the 2015-2016 school year is upon us. I don't know about you, but I have already officially had my first of what I'm sure with be many "school nightmare" dreams where I forget my lesson plan, can't control a student, etc., etc., etc. One of the first things I like to decide at the beginning of a school year is what interactive read aloud I would like to read first with my students. Below are four of my favorite fiction novels that I've used in the past for read alouds, what types of Reading Workshop minilessons would fit nicely with the book, and what types of themes come up in the book to build classroom community through the read aloud experience. Seedfolks is a favorite of mine read aloud of mine because it's composed of thirteen quick chapters, each chapter being from a new character. All the characters relate to one another because they live in a run-down apartment complex where a community garden is started. Reading Minilessons: Point of View, Character Analysis, Setting Analysis, Complex Plot (tracking character relationships), Prediction Themes: Everyone is connected, make where you are beautiful, one small step can create a huge effect The Tiger Rising has all the makings of the perfect book for a read aloud: beautiful language, complex characters and character relationships, and a unique plot. It has been a go-to read aloud for me, and my students have always devoured the text each time we've read it. Reading Minilessons: Character Analysis, Figurative Language, Author's Craft, Prediction, Inference, Analysis of Ending Writing Minilessons: This book goes great with Writing Workshop as a mentor text as well. Show Don't Tell (taking small moments and making them big), using figurative language in writing, subtly characterizing a character through the characters thoughts, actions, and what he/she says in dialogue Themes: Each person carries their own struggles, Cages and fences are sometimes built with the human mind, to overcome sadness you must deal with the pain A Long Walk to Water keeps students actively making connections between characters and circumstances across time, examine what we're thankful for by living in the United States, and teaches them how authors can incorporate real details in a fiction story. Linda Sue Park does just that in this book based on the real life of the main character, Salva. She couples this with a fictionalized character in present day Sudan, Nya, who walks half a day to and back from a watering hole to get just a little bit of water for her family. Reading Minilessons: Point of View, analyzing point of view, using accurate details from real life in a work of fiction, Prediction, Making Connections (character to character, text to world) Themes: Never give up, Give back, Everything comes full circle Out of My Mind forces students to take a deep look at how they treat others and how that might make others feel. For middle school students, this perspective is needed. I saw this book build community and an understanding between my 8th grade students immediately while it was being read and after. The main character, Melody has cerebral palsy and is unable to walk, talk, or communicate. However, she is a total smarty with a photographic memory, but nobody knows it. Reading Minilessons: Point of View, Character Development, Inference, Making Connections Themes: Don't make assumptions about people you don't know, give everyone a chance, words can leave scars On my YouTube channel, I also talked about these books. If you'd like to see me discussing these books, feel free to jump over there and watch with this link. Happy back-to-school planning to all of the amazing teachers out there!

This is a Google Slides interactive experience that guides students through the major battles of the Civil War. Students follow a soldier's journey to each of the major battles and write a third-person narrative about the soldier's experience from the perspective of a "junior historian" with the National Parks Service. I have included three different versions of this product to meet the needs of the many ways teachers are facilitating instruction. What teachers are saying about this resource: "Really loved this resource. I will definitely be using it again. It was a great way to get through the material and add a more interactive element to it. I love how I can cover material, but in a different way from the traditional "take notes on this slideshow" type of way. My students were engaged and definitely paid closer attention since they were "part of the experience." Really enjoyed this product and highly recommend it." - Elizabeth F.  "I am home-schooling my 4th-grade daughter during the pandemic. We loved, loved, loved this Civil War adventure. What a fun way to learn about the Civil War. We loved "playing the past" with this curriculum. My daughter understands the Civil War a lot more after "traveling" through it. Having children choose and develop a character while journeying through the major events of the war is a brilliant way to learn about the war. We loved the choose-your-own-adventure style, and the movie- and documentary-clips helped us to emotionally connect with the events. Thank you for creating such an engaging lesson." - Heather C.  The classroom version is meant for whole classroom instruction where the teacher presents to the students. There are two different digital versions. The first is the whole slideshow with the answer slides at the end for easy grading. The other digital version has the slides in the original order so that teachers can divide the presentation and assign over different days. All of the information in the interactive experience is based on real research. Each event is based on the actual journals of Civil War soldiers, and every event has been carefully edited for clarity, comprehension, and conciseness. Teachers can use this as a framework for their entire Civil War Unit! Topics include - The Battle of Bull Run | Music of the Civil War Soldiers | The Seven Days Battles | Medical Care during the Civil War | The Battle of the Ironclads | blockade runners | The Battle of Antietam | The Emancipation Proclamation | The Battle of Gettysburg | The Gettysburg Address | The Battle of Vicksburg | Sherman’s March to the Sea | The Election of 1864 | Andersonville | Lee’s surrender at Appomattox The lesson is linked to the NYS Social Studies Framework, but you could easily cut and paste in your own standards for your state. NYS Standards: 7.8d.2 - Students will examine the goals and content of Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. 7.8d.3 - Students will examine how the use of various technologies affected the conduct and outcome of the Civil War. 7.8d.5 - Students will examine the topography and geographic conditions at Gettysburg and Antietam, and analyze the military strategies employed by the North and the South at Gettysburg or Antietam. Everything you need is included in this purchase! Just print and teach! Included in this resource: ● A PDF Version of the slides and handouts (not editable) ● A Google Slides Version of the handouts (you can make a copy of you want to make your own edits) ● A link to the slides for the resource in Google Slides. There are two different versions - a full class version and a digital version to assign students independently. (this is done on purpose so that I can edit the file instantly if any changes are needed. THE LINK IS PROVIDED IN THE LESSON PLAN. PLEASE READ THE LESSON PLAN FIRST. You can very easily download the presentation as a PowerPoint if you wish.) ● A Detailed Lesson Plan Check out my other lessons from this era: ☆ Strengths and Weaknesses Stations Activity The Civil War Gallery Walk ☆ The Gettysburg Address Close Reading Activity The Civil War ☆ The NYC Draft Riots ☆ A Civil War Escape Room - Students track down a Confederate Spy! ☆ A Civil War Word Wall and Vocabulary Practice ☆ African American Soldiers in the Civil War ☆ Technology in the Civil War ☆ Civil War Assessment ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tips for Customers: Follow my store to be the first to know when I launch new products. Simply click the little green star next to my name, and my new products will appear on the front page of your TPT account. Did you know you can earn TPT credit towards future purchases? Make sure you’re logged into your account and find your My Purchases page. 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**Causes of the American Revolution Activity** They say there are two sides to every story. Use this hands-on card sort activity to give students the opportunity to explore twelve significant events leading to the American Revolution from both the colonial and British perspectives. Students will match descriptions of American Revolution causes with statements that could have been made from each side providing a multi-faceted understanding of historical events. It's perfect for a variety of learning settings, such as group stations, paired learning, individual study, or as an addition to interactive notebooks. Differentiate by varying the sort sheets and choice range provided. Supports key skills from CCSS RI.5.3, RI.7.3 and RH.6-8.3. **This Resource Includes** • 36 Sort Cards in 2 Different Sizes o 12 American Revolution Events Descriptions o 12 British Perspective Statements o 12 Colonial Perspective Statements • 2 Types of Student Sort Sheets (for easy differentiation) • 12 Large American Revolution Events Title Cards • 2 Heading Cards • Answer Key

This FREE 4th grade reading comprehension resource is perfect for guided reading, shared reading, close reading, homework, or morning work. It includes 2 high-interest, professionally written reading passages (1 nonfiction and 1 fiction) that are designed to engage your students. 11-12 text-dependent questions (and answers) are provided for each passage. Want an ENTIRE YEAR of passages and questions?CLICK HERE! Why You Will Love This Resource: ♥ Two weeks of reading comprehension materials (passages and text-dependent questions) ♥ Teachers get instant and constant feedback, which makes this the perfect PROGRESS MONITORING tool ♥ It allows you to constantly assess student learning and thus guide formal instruction. ♥ One passage a week and 3 questions a day, so it won't overwhelm your students and will save you time! ♥ It provides students with MEANINGFUL and CONSISTENT practice of important standards. ♥ Covers literature and informational text content standards ♥You can use this resources with other grade levels to allow for differentiating. ♥Each week requires only two sheets of paper How Does This Differ from Other Resources? ✔ Can be used for close reading, guided reading, homework, or morning work ✔ It does not selectively present topics or follow a predetermined scope and sequence, which gives it the flexibility to be used with any program or instructional schedule you are already implementing. ✔ No standards are pushed aside or left out to introduce new content. You can have confidence that all topics will be covered every week (R.I/R.L 4.9 are covered in the paid version starting with week 3). ✔No extra "Show Your Work" pages needed. This review is formatted with work space built in, leaving plenty of room for students to respond You Might Also Like: Everything You Need to Teach Fourth Grade Grammar Fourth Grade Daily Language Review Fourth Grade Weekly Language Assessments Fourth Grade Math Language Review Fourth Grade Weekly Math Assessments Fourth Grade Word Analogies FourthGrammar and Language Interactive Notebook Get all the latest Teacher Thrive news! ➜SIGN UP for my newsletter! ➜FOLLOW me on Teachers Pay Teachers! ➜FOLLOW me on TeacherThrive.com! ➜FOLLOW me on Facebook! ➜FOLLOW me on Pinterest! ➜FOLLOW me on Instagram! Please read: This is a nonrefundable digital download. Please read the description carefully and examine the preview file before purchasing. © Copyright 2018 M. Tallman. All rights reserved. Permission is granted to copy pages specifically designed for student or teacher use by the original purchaser or licensee. This is intended to be used by one teacher unless additional licenses have been purchased. The reproduction of any other part of this product is strictly prohibited. Copying any part of this product and placing it on the Internet in any form (even a personal/classroom website) is strictly forbidden. Doing so makes it possible for an Internet search to make the document available on the Internet, free of charge, and is a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).