This resource provides links to sources which enable students to answer the question, "How did the Supreme Court's decison in Brown v. Board of Education pave the way for a new level of justice for all?"
In this chapter from Russell Freedman’s photobiography, the author details Abraham Lincoln and one of the most difficult times in American history. In this CCSS lesson, students will explore this history through text dependent questions, academic vocabulary, and writing assignments. Includes printable copies of text.
A short video resource that helps student decipher newspaper articles and truth from inflated points of view.
While Paul Revere's ride is the most famous event of its kind in American history, other Americans made similar rides during the Revolutionary period. After learning about some less well known but no less colorful rides that occurred in other locations, students gather evidence to support an argument about why at least one of these "other riders" does or does not deserve to be better known.
In this lesson, students will dissect a Times column about the leadership styles of former Vice President (and Nobel Laureate) Al Gore and President George W. Bush and then write their own opinion editorial on presidential leadership.
In this multi-day, 5 activity lesson, students will review and evaluate arguments using objective criteria and their own developing perspective of the issue.
In this lesson, students will use a collaborative process to develop and strengthen their writing in which they use clear criteria and their close reading skills in text-centered discussions about their emerging drafts.
In this CCSS lesson, students will explore this speech through text dependent questions, academic vocabulary, and writing assignments.
In this lesson and resource, students use primary sources to practice analysis of primary sources.
This lesson plan introduces the practice of using primary sources; where to find primary sources, what they are, how to examine them, and how to construct a context to tell more of the story.Students will:Analyze personal artifacts as primary sources; Analyze historical primary sources; andConnect historical text with primary sources.Materials/Links Included:Primary Source Analysis ToolPrimary source setsTeacher's guide to Analyzing Primary Sources
In this lesson and resource, students use a research platform to kick off a long-term class project on an issue relevant to the community.
Student choice board ELA. Adaptable for any unit/topic.
Reading Guides help students navigate reading material, especially difficult textbook chapters or technical reading. Students respond to a teacher-created written guide of prompts as they read an assigned text. Reading Guides help students to comprehend the main points of the reading and understand the organizational structure of a text.
In this lesson, students help create an anchor chart of the structure of a literary analysis essay based on the model literary analysis.
In this lesson, students will dig deeper into Chapter 5 of World Without Fish, reading for gist and answering text dependent questions.
Students are introduced to the various purposes for writing informational text. Students use newspapers or online articles to identify examples that were written for each of the specific purposes and provide a summary.
In this lesson plan from PBS Learning Media, students will learn to summarize historical speeches in the author’s own words, as well as paraphrase the speech using their own words.
This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 6th Grade English Language Arts.
This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 6th Grade ELA.
In this 3 day lesson plan on The Rhetorical Triangle from PBS Learning Media, students will focus on understanding Aristotle’s three elements of persuasive speech—the ancient Greek words ethos, pathos and logos. Additionally, students will be able to analyze the effectiveness of rhetorical strategies and elements in commercials and speeches.