Nine historical documents, an interactive online notebook, and a fantastic opportunity for historical inquiry await your pupils in this 5-day lesson plan. Class members identify and discuss various causes for the Spanish-American War while building strong close reading and historical analysis skills.

Concepts

the spanish-american war, historical analysis, guided inquiry, cuba, document analysis, historical documents, primary source analysis

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Check out the fantastic extension investigation opportunities for students to practice their analysis skills. Topics covered in these extensions include: the Scopes trial, social security, the Spanish-American War, and Rosa Parks

Classroom Considerations

• In the left-hand menu, you will see options for a 1-day and 3-day lesson. We have reviewed each of these resources, which touch on similar analysis skills and also relate to the Spanish-American War

Pros

• Fantastic supplemental materials, including a warm-up activity and inquiry worksheets
• Publisher provides references to explain the worksheets that they have devised

Cons

• None

Common Core

RH.6-8.1 RH.6-8.2 RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.2 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.2