Declaration of Independence Common Core Lessons & Activities: Common Core Lessons & Activities - Softcover

Marsh, Carole

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0635105500 ISBN 13: 9780635105509

Publisher: Gallopade International, 2013

Synopsis

How to Use the Declaration of Independence - Common Core Lessons and Activitiesbook:
· Work through the lessons and activities as a class to teach your students higher-order thinking, analysis, and 21st century skills necessary to meet new Common Core expectations.
· Allow students to work through the lessons independently to build and practice these new skills.
· Include technology, collaboration, presentations, and discussion in the activities as you desire - you can decide how in-depth to go.
· Watch your class develop new abilities to meet the rigor of Common Core State Standards, right before your eyes!

Click HERE to view sample pages from this book.

Tips:
· Use some of the pages - or use them all - based on your grade, your students, your curriculum, and your needs.
· Use these pages at their current size, or if you prefer them to be 8.5" X 11", enlarge them 125% on your copy machine.
· To download the graphic organizers labeled "GO" in the Table of Contents click HERE.
· Use the correlations grid to easily see which Common Core standards are covered in each lesson.

The Declaration of Independence - Common Core Lessons and Activitiesbook includes:
· Reading for Information
· Higher-Order Thinking
· Writing Problems
· Primary Source Analysis
· Vocabulary
· Graphic Organizers
· Map Activities
· & More!

Here is the Table of Contents for the Declaration of Independence - Common Core Lessons and Activities book:
Early Independence: Reading Informational Text
Acts of Parliament: Main Idea Organizer G
Sons of Liberty & The Boston Tea Party: Reading Informational Text
The Boston Massacre: Primary Source Analysis
"Paying the Excise Man": Comparison of Primary Sources
Loyalists, Neutralists, & Patriots: Point of View G
"Join, or Die": Primary Source Analysis
The British Perspective: Reading Informational Text G
Path to the Declaration: Chronological Events GO12
Mapping the Declaration: Summative Flowchart G
Words of Declaration: Vocabulary GO10
Authors of the Declaration: Reading Informational Text
Drafting the Declaration: Reading Informational Text
Structure of the Declaration: Reading Informational Text
Key Philosophy: Reading Informational Text GO1
Key Declaration Excerpts: Primary Source Analysis G
List of Complaints: Summarizing Information G
Created Equal?: Writing
Influence of the Declaration: Reading Informational Text
Common Core State Standards Correlations

G: Includes Graphic Organizer
GO: Graphic Organizer is also available 8 1/2" x 11" online download HERE.

(numbers above correspond to the graphic organizer numbers online)

About this title

About the Author

Carole Marsh:

• Native of Atlanta, Georgia
• Professional writer and photographer
• Founder and CEO of Gallopade International, Inc.
• Founder and Owner of Marsh Media, a public relations anD corporate communications firm
• Creator of more than 15,000 products, primarily fiction and non-fiction supplementary educational materials
including books, interactive CD-ROMs, games, and online adventures

Awards Include:

• 2011 Teachers’ Choice for the Classroom by Learning Magazine
• 2007 Greatest Products by iParenting Media
• 2006 Georgia Author of the Year by Georgia Writers Association
• 2004 Teachers’ Choice for the Family by Learning Magazine
• 2003 Excellence in Education Award from the National School Supply and Equipment Association
• 2002 Teachers' Choice Award by Learning Magazine
• 2002 Award of Excellence Recipient from Association Advance America
• 2000 Fastest Growing Small Press from Publishers Weekly
• Communicator of the Year in 1979

Edition details

• Publisher: Gallopade International
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0635105500
• ISBN 13: 9780635105509
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 24