Grade(s): 8
Subject(s): English Language Arts
Year: 2015
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This worksheet accompanies the Conversations with Crescent episode, Conversations on Hair, History, and Popular Culture. Part 1 includes a series of foundational comprehension questions. Part 2...
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This resource accompanies the Conversations with Crescent episode, Conversations on Hair, History, and Popular Culture and includes a series of writing prompts submitted. This learning activity was...
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In Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe, Miss V. gives Cricket a dowser to help her find the hidden treasure box. Using the book as a starting point, introduce students to the use of dowsing and the...
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The Revolutionary War in the South laid the groundwork for the eventual Patriot victory at Yorktown. There were many battles with both successes and defeats. Students will be asked to explore each...
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Using a news photo, students use close reading skills and assume the role of journalists who must write about events represented by the image.
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Use the links/resources, your textbook, and the information in the Sandlapper article “Historic Charleston Plays Host to Those Who Save History” to answer thge questions and complete the activities.
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During Reconstruction and the years following the end of Reconstruction, segregation and redemptive southern policies greatly affected the lives of African Americans. Use the background information...
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Every day we are all bombarded with events, that together, form our daily lives. These events affect our lives in small and large ways. Often, simultaneous events overlap, which compound the effect of...
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Students have studied the Fifteenth Amendment, which was supposed to have granted African-American male citizens the right to vote, as well as the Nineteenth Amendment which expanded voting rights to...
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Students will research and describe the events and historical figures that were integral to the Solid South’s shift from supporting the Democratic Party to supporting the Republican Party. Students...