Case Maker
https://mycasemaker.org/
Geared for 6th through 8th grade classrooms, Case Maker features 20 pre-made civics challenges featuring Library of Congress primary source documents. Teachers can share as-is with their students, or register for a free account and customize and annotate specifically for their needs.
Each challenge, whether pre-made or custom, has a unique teacher share code so that students can review the challenge and make their own personal case on the topic.
Students investigate related primary source documents from the Library of Congress to gain insights, then make their case on a civics topic based on what they have seen, heard, read, considered, and felt.
When they’re done, students can either use the case they’ve created as a reference for any sort of assignment (paper, talk, debate, etc.), or they can use Case Maker’s ready-made presentation mode to show off their work directly.
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