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ARTICLES FOR MINI-UNITS APPEAR BELOW

Kids and the Bill of Rights
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op-eds_bill_of_rights_children.pptx
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bill_of_rights.jpg
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the_bill_of_rights.docx
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scope_should_stores_be_allowed_to_spy_on_you.pdf
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speech__first_amendment_rights_8.7.docx
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speech__first_amendment_rights_11.7.docx
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Civil War's Impact on Kentucky

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Ancient Artifacts
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should_we_protect_ancient_artifacts_rev.pptx
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if_great_architecture_belongs_10.2.docx
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India vs Pakistan (source credibility)
can_there_be_peace_between_india_and_pakistan_(3).doc
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Sugar as a 
Social Issue
Articles available at
http://www.livescience.com/45123-improve-the-food-not-just-the-food-label-op-ed.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/23/opinion/don-t-blame-the-eater.html



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Women's Rights
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womens_rights_6_sources_rev.pptx
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women%27s_rights_article_2015.docx
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womens_pay_feature_article.docx
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Social Studies 
Mini-Units



*Bill of Rights


*Ancient Artifacts



*India vs Pakistan


*Sugar as a Social Issue


*Women's Rights


*Online Privacy
(see Int-HS tab)

​*Civil War's Impact on Kentucky



*American History ZOOM IN units available at http://zoomin.cct.edc.org/

Social Studies Quick Writes --idea from the Ohio Writing Project

Work with a series of short texts over the course of a traditional unit.  Practice quick notebook responses that focus on the routine of working with a  text, noticing what it says and then saying something in return.i.e., take a position, make a quick argument.  Try historical documents, videos, cartoons and famous quotes.  The directions and a student sample of the document are attached. 



Social Studies Text Set Resources:  See
Read Like a Historian: https://sheg.stanford.edu/rlh
While these are not mini-units, the rich textual resources could be a convenient source for both materials and topic ideas.  You would identify an inquiry question (fairly narrow) and swap out the topic and texts using one of the other mini-unit frameworks in any of the content area tabs.

Other Controversial Topics in Social Studies

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