Literacy in History & Science Grades 9-12 Common Core Task Cards, Escape Room, Close Reading & Digital Slides

Teach high schoolers to source a document, check the data, and argue from evidence, in history and science, with one ready-to-print pack.

What's inside

• Teacher Guide (4 pages): what's inside, standards alignment table by activity, pacing ideas, LOW PREP setup and teaching notes
• Task Cards & Station Rotation (22 pages): 32 task cards in 4 stations (2 History, 2 Science), station signs, source sheets with primary sources, a lab protocol and field-trial data, and recording sheets
• Escape Room: Lockdown at the Meridian Archive (13 pages): 6 locks (number, directional, word, and color locks), teacher setup, mission briefing, code sheet, and hint cards
• Close Reading & Writing (19 pages): Federalist No. 10 and John Snow's 1855 cholera report, each paired with an original secondary or technical text; 16 text-dependent questions, vocabulary in context, evidence organizer, argument writing task, and student-friendly rubric
• Answer Keys (7 pages): every card, every escape code with reasoning, close reading answers, and sample claims
• Interactive Slides (18 slides, PowerPoint and Google Slides): drag-and-drop sorts, sequences, matching, data plotting, and type-in evidence tasks with an answer key

Standards: RH.9-10.1, RH.11-12.1, RH.9-10.3, RH.11-12.3, RH.9-10.6, RH.11-12.7, RH.11-12.8, RH.9-10.9, RH.11-12.9, RST.9-10.3, RST.11-12.3, RST.9-10.7, RST.11-12.7, RST.9-10.8, RST.11-12.8, RST.11-12.9, WHST.9-10.1, WHST.11-12.1, WHST.9-10.2, WHST.11-12.2

LOW PREP: Print and go. Every activity is clearly marked History or Science, every task lists its exact standard, and the teacher guide shows how to run it in a history class, a science class, or a co-taught unit. The slides open in PowerPoint or Google Slides with movable tiles already built.

License: Single-classroom license. For school or team licenses, send a message through the store's Contact page.

Designed by a classroom teacher and instructional coach. Illustrations are created with AI tools; all content is written and reviewed for standards alignment and classroom use.