"World War I", Regents US History Short Essays,

World War I Regents US History Short Essays This teaching resource helps high school students develop historical thinking and document analysis skills for the updated New York State Regents US History exam. Students analyze two sets of primary source documents on World War I topics to practice short essay writing. The materials are designed to measure students' abilities to understand texts, place them in historical context, assess reliability, and explain relationships between ideas or events. Tasks promote critical evaluation using cause/effect, similarities/differences, turning points, purpose, bias, point of view, and audience. Includes rubrics and examples for teaching historical essay writing over the school year.