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Upper School World History Sample Lessons, Activities, & Assessments Teaching Higher-Order Thinking, Writing Skills, and Creative Expression

READING, ANNOTATING & NOTE-TAKING
*** Reading and writing skills are emphasized in my history courses. I begin the year with a focus on improving note-taking and summarizing skills.**
 * ===**Textbook Note-Taking Format for U.S. History II Honors Reading Assignments**===

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 * ===Annotating Guidelines===
 * === Note-Taking Strategies Handout ===




 * ** SOAPS Document Analysis Guide **




 * ===**Painting Analysis Guide**===

PROJECTS & DOCUMENT-BASED ESSAYS

 * **United History II Honors 2012 Presidential Election Project**


 * **AP World History Cumulative Project: Big History Walking Tour of the Philadelphia Museum of Art 2013**




 * **AP World History Infomercial Assignment 2012**




 * **Thematic-Based Documentary Movie Project: Directions & Grading Rubric (World History II)**








 * ===French Revolution DBQ Essay for March Cumulative Exam (World History II)===




 * ===**Document-Based Question on the Fall of the Roman Empire: Guidelines, Outline, Documents, Rubric (World History I)**===









COOPERATIVE LEARNING & TECHNOLOGY-BASED CLASS LESSONS

 * ===**Lesson Plan Activity: Caste System Simulation (World History I)**===






 * ===Famous Greeks Interview Assisgnment (World History I)===




 * ===World War I Diplomacy Simulation Overview (World History II)===




 * ===Versailles Virtual Field Trip (World History II)===




 * ===History through Art: Teaching the Gothic Cathedral Using Visual Culture (World History I)===



VARIED ASSESSMENTS

 * ===**RAFT Writing Assignment on 19th-Century Colonialism (World History II)**===
 * ===**Unit Test: 19th-Century Nationalism & Colonialism (World History II)**===
 * ===**Unit Test Study Guide**===




 * ===Persuasive Essay: Marie Antoinette (World History II)===




 * ===Compare and Contrast Essay (World History I)===




 * ===Middle Ages Written Response Exam (World History I)===



**Eighth Grade & Student Teaching U.S. History Sample Activities & Assessments** **Teaching Problem Solving & Critical Thinking Skills**
 * ===**Project-Based Lesson Plan: Creating an Educational Board Game about a Native American Tribe**===




 * ===**1776 Town Meeting Simulation**===

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 * ===**American Revolution Unit Assessment: Persuasive Take-Home Essay**===


 * ===**Inquiry Investigation and Persuasive Writing on the Death Penalty**===


 * ===**Progressive Era Role Play & Debate: (U.S. History--10th grade student teaching)**===