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Straight from the Source

Straight from the Source


Description
Close reading exercises and professional development modules based on informational texts for elementary students
Content
  • Introduction to Straight from the Source
  • Introducing Straight from the Source Close Reading Activities
  • Grade 2: Migrants and Their Cultural Contributions
  • Introductory PD Module: Migrants and Their Cultural Contributions
  • I.M. Pei: A Chinese American Architect
  • Latino Migrations: Sharing Cultures, Sharing Countries
  • Music Migrates from Africa
  • 2nd Grade Lesson Docs: Migrants & their Cultural Contributions
  • Grade 3: Wampanoag Culture and Community, Past and Present
  • Introductory PD Module: Wampanoag Culture and Community, Past and Present
  • A Pilgrim's Journal That Describes Wampanoag Trade and Subsistence
  • Radio Interview with Jessie Little Doe Baird
  • Wampanoag Appeal to Colonists for Land Rights
  • 3rd Grade Lesson Docs: Wampanoag Culture & Community Past & Present
  • Grade 3: People and Lives in Colonial Massachusetts
  • Introductory PD Module: People of 17th and 18th Century Massachusetts
  • Biography of a Young African American Author: Phillis Wheatley
  • A Child Learns a Trade in Colonial Boston
  • The Midnight Ride: Start of the American Revolution
  • Puritan Packing List for New England
  • A Puritan School Lesson for Children
  • 3rd Grade Lesson Docs: People & Lives in Colonial Massachusetts
  • Grade 4: Encountering History and Describing the Nation
  • Introductory PD Module: Encountering History and Describing a Nation
  • Christopher Columbus's First Encounter
  • An Invitation to Explore the United States
  • Understanding Who We Are through the U.S. Census
  • 4th Grade Lesson Docs: Encountering History
  • Grade 4: Distinctive Features and Stories of the Three U.S. Regions
  • Introductory PD Module: Distinctive Features of Three U.S. Regions
  • Settlement and Development in the NE: National Highways Map of Massachusetts
  • Geography of the NE: Lowell National Historical Park Handbook
  • Geography of the NE: Pres. Obama's Remarks at a Ceremony for MLK, Jr. Memorial
  • Geography of the NE: Urbanization
  • Geography of the SW: Significance of the Grand Canyon to Native Peoples
  • Geography of the West: Agriculture and Migration through a Child's Eyes
  • Geography of the West: The Life of a Chinese Immigrant
  • Geography of the West: President Jefferson's Instructions to Meriwether Lewis
  • 4th Grade Lesson Docs: Three US Regions
  • Grade 5: How the System of Enslavement Worked
  • Intro PD Module: Living & Working Conditions of Enslaved African Americans
  • Colony and State Laws Preventing the Education of Enslaved People
  • Sugar Production: Engine of the Slave Trade
  • The Traumatic Experience of a Slave Auction
  • 5th Grade Lesson Docs: System of Enslavement
  • Grade 5: Protest, Revolution, and Government Formation
  • Introductory PD Module: Protest, Revolution, and Government Formation
  • Abigail Adams on Human Nature and Governance
  • The Bill of Rights
  • Hamilton's Defense of the Decision to Cut Off Trade with Britain
  • Newspaper Account of a Stamp Act Protest by the Sons of Liberty
  • 5th Grade Lesson Docs: Protest, Revolution, and Gov't Formation
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