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Straight from the Source

Sample: 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
  • Introductory PD Module: Encountering History and Describing a Nation
  • 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
Completion rules
  • You must complete 1.00% of the content
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