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Step One:  Download the editable student packet.

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Step One:  Download the editable student packet.

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As you go through steps 2-4 cut and paste or snip your resources into this packet. Remove or add tothe strategies as you need.

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Step Two:  Choose a standard to focus on from your curriculum maps or a benchmark.

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Step Two:  Choose a standard to focus on from your curriculum maps or a benchmark.

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Two things to think about here:

1.  You probably also want to consider an essential question that the students will write about in the TEES too.  You can change it to fit the documents that you find.

2. There are links to the local documents that appear on your benchmarks embedded in the curriculum maps. You can make lessons with these.

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Grade 7 at a Glance Vertical Articulation of Skills & Practices Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4 Unit 5 Unit 6 ​ Unit 7 Benchmark A Benchmark B ​Benchmark C

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Step Three (a):  Find some leveled expository text if possible at Newsela.com

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Step Three (a):  Find some leveled expository text if possible at Newsela.com

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StepThree (b): Consider Launch Packs by Britannica as a possible source of leveled text.

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StepThree (b): Consider Launch Packs by Britannica as a possible source of leveled text.

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Off site the sign in and password is syrsls, syrsls.

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Britannica LaunchPacks allow teachers to personalize learning for K-12 classrooms through curriculum-aligned, multimedia content sets.

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Step Four (a):  Finding Primary Source Documents

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Step Four (a):  Finding Primary Source Documents

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The old Regents exams are often a good source of documents.  They may have to be modified for middle school, but maps and cartoons can be great. Check the DBQ topics on http://mrklaff.com/regentsessaysus.html

Then you can go to the Regents page and click on the exam of the month and year with the topic you are interested in.

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united states history and government regents examinations

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United States History & Government Regents Examinations

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Please note: You must use Adobe Acrobat Reader/Professional X or higher to open the secure PDF files of scoring materials. If you are using an earlier version of Adobe Acrobat Reader/Professional, you will not be able to open the secure PDF files.

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Step Four (b):  Finding Primary Source Documents

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Reading Like a Historian can also have very interesting documents. They may also need to be modified, but are more likely to have debatable viewpoints.

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History Lessons | Stanford History Education Group

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This curriculum teaches students how to investigate historical questions by employing reading strategies such as sourcing, contextualizing, corroborating, and close reading. Instead of memorizing historical facts, students evaluate the trustworthiness of multiple perspectives on historical issues and learn to make historical claims backed by documentary evidence.

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If nothing else has turned up something useful for you try google. You can google your topic and DBQ or try google images for pictures and cartoons. Try to verify authenticity as much as possible.