Useful Websites

• DBQ-CRQ Teaching with Documents – www.edteck.com
• Intermediate Test Prep SS Grade 7 & 8 – www.studyzone.org
• NYS Archives Throughout the Ages – www.nysed.gov
• NYC Social Studies – www.nycsocialstudies.org
• Welcome to Social Studies – www.nysed.gov
• Brown v. Board of Ed - www.asbj.com/BrownvBoard/brown7.html

DBQ Resources

• DBQ Student Checklist
• Student Guide to Responding to the DBQ
• Pre-Writing Strategies for Writing a DBQ
• Writing a DBQ
• DBQ Teacher Checklist
• Construction of Document-Based Essay – group work
• DBQ-Lawyer Comparison

Writing Tools

• Essay Graphic Organizer (pdf)
• Essay Graphic Organizer (Word)
• My Writing Checklist

Social Studies 8th Grade Exam Resources

• NYS S.S. Test: Observations and Analyses
• Test Savvy Vocabulary
• Grade 8 Holistic Scoring – Power Point
• Holistic Scoring – Power Point
• 8 th Grade SS Test – Assessment Skills Item Analysis
• 8 th Grade SS Test – Assessment Topics Item Analysis
• Definitions of DBQ Essay Question words
• Adapting and Modifying DBQ Essay Questions
• Tips for preparing for the 8 th grade SS Test

TAH Teacher Created Materials

• Articles of Confederation Review
  • Lesson Plan
  • Worksheet
  • Problems
  • Powers
• Who Am I? 8 th Grade SS Review Game
• 13 Colonies – Lesson Plan
• Legislative Branch – Lesson
• Student Government Project
  • Rubric
• Monroe Doctrine Cartoons
• Culture Clash Lesson
• Culture Clash Worksheet
• Abraham Lincoln – Power Point
  • Notes
• American Revolution Primary Source Documents
• American Revolution – Power Point
• Colonial Period – Power Point
• Selected Images of Ellis Island – Power Point
• US Constitution – Jeopardy Game – Power Point
• Jeopardy Game – Blank Template – Power Point
• Born in the USA – Japanese Americans during WW2 – PPT

 

New York State Education Department Social Studies Publications

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