FDR's Fireside Chats: Primary Source Analysis & Graphic Organizer
A primary source analysis and graphic organizer resource teaching students about FDR's Fireside Chats radio addresses during the Great Depression and WWII.
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A primary source analysis and graphic organizer resource teaching students about FDR's Fireside Chats radio addresses during the Great Depression and WWII.
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A civic-literacy document-based essay task on 'Broadening the Franchise' has students analyze primary sources spanning the fight to expand voting rights. The set includes the 1821 New York State constitution's property and tax requirements for voters, an 1869 Senate debate on the 15th Amendment, an 1871 letter to Congress from Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, a 1920 pro-suffrage political cartoon, and Fannie Lou Hamer's firsthand account of the 1962 Mississippi voter-registration campaign, alongside the original 1812 gerrymander cartoon as a related civic-representation document. Students then write an essay describing the historical circumstances, the efforts of individuals and groups to address the issue, and how successful those efforts were, using the supplied Regents-style task and scoring rubric.
A short-essay assessment task preparing students for the New York State Regents US History exam by having them analyze paired primary source documents related to civil rights.
A short-essay assessment task (two document sets) preparing students for the New York State Regents US History exam by having them analyze paired primary source documents related to civil rights.
Civil Rights No. 3 Regents US History Short Essays This teaching resource prepares high school students for the updated New York State Regents exam in US History and Government that measures historical document analysis skills.
A short-essay assessment task (two document sets) preparing students for the New York State Regents US History exam by having them analyze paired primary source documents related to civil rights history.
A short-essay assessment task preparing students for the New York State Regents US History exam by having them analyze paired primary source documents related to the Civil War and Reconstruction.
A short-essay assessment task (two document sets) preparing students for the New York State Regents US History exam by having them analyze paired primary source Civil War documents.
A Regents-style (New York State US History and Government exam format) short-essay assessment resource using paired primary-source documents about the Cold War, designed to build document-analysis and short-essay writing skills tested on the Regents exam.
"Cold War No. 2" Regents US History Short Essays This resource helps students develop historical analysis skills for the updated New York State Regents exam in US History and Government.
Provides Regents-exam-style short essay practice on colonial-era US history topics (contact with Native Americans, English colonies, French and Indian War) using primary source documents, with a scoring rubric and linked video lessons.
Colonial Foundations No. 1 Regents US History Short Essays A dynamic teaching resource designed to enhance the study of US History for Grade 10, Grade 11, and Grade 12 students.
Regents US History Short Essays, "Colonial Foundations No. 2" Help students develop historical document analysis skills for the updated New York State Regents US History exam with this set of short essay materials.
Regents US History Short Essays, "Colonial Foundations No. 3" This secondary US history teaching resource helps students develop historical document analysis skills like placing a document in context and analyzing factors affecting…
Constitutional Foundations No. 1 - Regents US History Short Essays Tutors and homeschoolers in search of an educative evaluation tool to boost your pupil's proficiency in U.S. history, Constitutional Foundations No.
Constitutional Foundations No. 2 Regents US History Short Essays The Constitutional Foundations Regents US History Short Essays is a comprehensive teaching strategy designed for enhancing the skills of students in historical document…
Constitutional Foundations No.3 A versatile teaching resource specifically designed for educators in the fields of social studies and language arts, particularly beneficial for Grade 10, Grade 11, and Grade 12 students owing to its…
Regents Global 9 CRQ "Crusades and Black Death" + Video Lessons This product is a constructed-response question (“CRQ”) in the format of the new New York State Regents examination in Global History and Geography.
A Regents Global History and Geography constructed-response question (CRQ) assessment on 'Development of Civilization,' using primary-source documents (early river civilizations, Mesopotamia) with a teacher answer key, plus passcodes for accompanying video lesson review.
Regents Global 9 CRQ "Fighting Monks" + Video Lessons This product is a constructed-response question (“CRQ”) in the format of the new New York State Regents examination in Global History and Geography.
A Regents-style US History short-essay assessment on the theme 'The US in a Globalizing World,' training document-analysis and short-essay writing skills using paired historical source documents.
Students write short essays using Great Depression document pairs, focusing on historical context and either a relationship between sources or source reliability. Review the task definitions first, then use the rubric to give feedback on evidence and explanation.
Regents US History Short Essays, "Immigration No. 1" This teaching resource helps develop students' historical document analysis skills for the updated New York State Regents US History exam.