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Principles & Practice
Poster Material
- Check List (8 1/2 x 11 poster)
- Check List (11 x 17 poster)
- Five Processes (8 1/2 x 11 poster)
- Five Processes (11 x 17 poster)
- Three Tools (8 1/2 x 11 poster)
Lesson Design Resources
- Checklist for Lesson Design
- Lesson Components and Resources Chart
- Historical Thinking Skills
- KLUQ
- Prior Knowledge Update Table
- Basic Sequence for Lesson Design (PowerPoint)
- Using Statistics (PowerPoint)
Unit Design Templates
- Lesson Components Aligned with Bloom (NEW)
- Lesson Components Aligned with Bloom (NEW)
- Sequence for Source Analysis
- Five Processes - Sample Unit Flow
Teacher-Created Lessons
U.S. Imperialism and Expansion -- Primary Source Mini-Units
Questioning Strategies
- Categories of Essential Questions
- Four Tiers of Questions
- Generate Questions from the Text
- Sample Question Roots
Resources for Generating Questions
- Organizing Chart—Designing History Questions for your Units
- Questions and Activities aligned with Bloom for History (NEW)
- Sample Question Roots and Activities Aligned with Bloom
General Resources
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