CERCA Slides by Grade
Grade 3: Rules and Laws in Ashoka's Empire
How did people in Ashoka’s empire share ideas and learn about rules and laws?
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Grade 4: Town Criers Spread the News
What role did town criers play in communities in the past?
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Grade 5: "Common Sense" and the American Revolution
How did “Common Sense” change the American Revolution?
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Grade 6: The Ramayana
How did the epic poem The Ramayana communicate ideas about culture and social life in and beyond ancient South Asia?
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Grade 7: The Printing Press
How did the printing press allow for greater access to knowledge in Europe?
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Grade 8: The Indian Removal Act
How do these primary sources show the ways in which ideas about the Indian Removal Act were presented, debated, and challenged in public forums?
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Grade 9: Selling WW1 to the American Public with Posters
What visual arguments did wartime posters communicate to the American public during World War I?
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Grade 10: Fake News, Now and Then
How is 21st century "fake news" similar to and different from misinformation at other points in history?
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Grade 11: Radium Girls
How did newspaper writers of the 1920s and 1930s use rhetorical appeals to bring public attention to the plight of the Radium Girls—and, more broadly—to the idea of workplace safety?
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Grade 12: Frederick Douglass and The North Star
How might Frederick Douglass's newspaper, The North Star, have fueled the anti-slavery movement?
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