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Document titled "Primary Source Card Sort: Fact vs. Opinion" with directions for organizing sources, labeled Handout B.
Educational worksheet titled "Fact and Opinion Sentences," with sections for directions and sentence examples.
A worksheet outlining steps for writing an opinion paragraph with prompts and examples.
Four educational cards with questions about the Louisiana Territory and historical figures, aimed at grades 5-9.

BRI Jr. Unit 7: Expansion Paper-Based Worksheets

Document titled "Primary Source Card Sort: Fact vs. Opinion" with directions for organizing sources, labeled Handout B.
3-5 Westward Expansion Fact vs. Opinion Card Sort 
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An activity that asks students to sort primary source excerpts by fact and opinion.
Educational worksheet titled "Fact and Opinion Sentences," with sections for directions and sentence examples.
3-5 Elementary Westward Expansion Fact vs. Opinion Sentences
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Prompts that guide students to write fact and opinion sentences about historical topics from the lesson.
A worksheet outlining steps for writing an opinion paragraph with prompts and examples.
3-5 Elementary Writing Activity: Opinion Paragraph
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A guided writing activity that helps student develop a point, support it with facts and personal connections, and bring it to a conclusion.
Four educational cards with questions about the Louisiana Territory and historical figures, aimed at grades 5-9.
3-5 Elementary Westward Expansion Task Cards
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A card sorting activity to give students an understanding of major events during the 1800s that relate to Westward Expansion.
A blank answer sheet with numbered boxes for responses, labeled "Task Card Answer Sheet" and "Handout C."
3-5 Elementary Westward Expansion Task Card Answer Sheet
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A handout to accompany the Westward Expansion Card Sorting Activity.
Handout titled "Primary Sources: Trail of Tears" discussing the relocation of Native American tribes in the 1800s.
3-5 Elementary Trail of Tears Primary Sources
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Four primary source resources from the Trail of Tears period.