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Ready-to-teach resources for secondary ELA and Social Studies.
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The Tasting Flight
Five free one-page samplers from our ELA, grading, and U.S. History units. Each comes in color and low-ink.
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The House Blend
Standards-Based Grading
Grading that tells the truth: rubrics, trackers, and a complete system so grades reflect mastery.
Free–$12
5 tools · grades 6–12
First Pour
Smart Start Lessons
First days of school: slide decks with learning targets and teacher notes.
$3.50 a lesson
10- and 15-day bundles $24–$36 on TPT
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AP® U.S. History
AP® U.S. History units: primary sources, DBQ practice, and LEQ and SAQ support.
$18
Units 1–4 are available now.
Standards-Based Grading
The House Blend
Rubrics, trackers, feedback stems, and a complete grading system. Grades reflect mastery, not compliance.
House Blend · Grading
The Complete SBG Grading System for Secondary ELA & Social Studies
22-page editable DOCX: 6 rubrics, a student self-assessment tracker, a teacher gradebook, 60+ feedback stems, a parent letter, and a setup guide.
$12
Smart Start Lessons
First Pour
First-days slide decks for 8th Grade U.S. History, 11th Grade American Literature, and STEM homeroom. Essential questions, learning targets, and teacher notes included.
11th Grade American Literature
First Pour · Smart Start
11th Grade American Literature: Smart Start 15-Day Bundle
15 daily lesson decks for the first three weeks: ISN setup, close reading, annotation, SOAPSTone, RACES, and rhetorical strategies.
$52.50
$36
bundle price on TPT
Single lessons
$3.50
$3.50
8th Grade U.S. History
First Pour · Smart Start
8th Grade U.S. History: Smart Start 10-Day Bundle
10 daily lesson decks for the first two weeks: ISN setup, historiography, HAPP primary source analysis, and geographic foundations.
$35
$24
bundle price on TPT
Single lessons
8th Grade U.S. History ISN: Chapters 1 & 2 (National Geographic)
12 ISN pages plus a teacher guide, built chapter by chapter alongside National Geographic’s U.S. History: American Stories (California Edition).
$8
8th Grade STEM Homeroom
First Pour · Smart Start
8th Grade STEM Homeroom: Smart Start 10-Day Bundle
10 advisory decks built for a 15-minute block, with a minute-by-minute plan in the speaker notes.
$35
$24
bundle price on TPT
Single lessons
AP® U.S. History
Dark Roast
Unit bundles with primary sources, HAPP scaffolds, DBQ practice, LEQ and SAQ support, and ISN pages. Units 1–4 are available now.
Dark Roast · U.S. History
AP® U.S. History Period 1 (1491–1607) Unit: DBQ, SAQ, LEQ & Lessons
44-page unit, grades 11–12: DBQ, SAQ, LEQ practice and full lessons for Period 1.
$18
Dark Roast · U.S. History
AP® U.S. History Period 2 (1607–1754) Unit: DBQ, SAQ, LEQ & Lessons
47-page unit, grades 11–12: DBQ, SAQ, LEQ practice and full lessons for Period 2.
$18
Dark Roast · U.S. History
U.S. History Period 3 (1754–1800) Unit (AP®-aligned)
62-page unit as an editable DOCX and a print-ready PDF: 13 lesson cards, a primary source set, a 7-document DBQ, SAQ and LEQ practice, notebook pages, and 16 original multiple-choice questions, built on the official AP® U.S. History topic codes.
$18
Dark Roast · U.S. History
U.S. History Period 4 (1800–1848) Unit (AP®-aligned)
68-page unit as an editable DOCX and a print-ready PDF: 14 lesson cards, a primary source set, a 7-document DBQ on the causes of reform, SAQ and LEQ practice (including a 2027-format cumulative LEQ), notebook pages, and 18 original multiple-choice questions, built on the official AP® U.S. History topic codes.
$18
Free Samplers
The Tasting Flight
Five one-page samplers, each taken from a full unit. Pick one, tell me where to send it, and it comes in color and low-ink. They’re also free on TPT if you’d rather download them there.
Tasting Flight · No. 1 Free
Close Reading: Three Reads + Annotation Code
11th Grade ELA · 1 page
One reading routine and an 8-mark annotation code students can use on every text all year, with Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “We Wear the Mask” (1895) to practice on.
Pairs with: Day 8: Close Reading Introduction · 11th Grade American Literature Smart Start (15-Day Bundle)
Also on TPT: free listing
Tasting Flight · No. 2 Free
SBG Argumentative Writing Rubric
Grades 6–12 · ELA & Social Studies
A working argumentative writing rubric on the four-level proficiency scale, with a student self-assessment row and two feedback stems you can use tomorrow.
Pairs with: SBG Writing Rubric Bundle ELA · The Complete SBG Grading System
Also on TPT: free listing
Tasting Flight · No. 3 Free
Period 3 “Join, or Die.” Image SAQ (AP®-aligned)
U.S. History · Grades 10–12
A three-part short-answer set on the 1754 “Join, or Die.” woodcut, with a Claim–Evidence–Explain frame for each part and a crosswalk from AP® points to the SBG scale.
Pairs with: U.S. History Period 3 Unit (AP®-aligned) · Period 4 Unit
Also on TPT: free listing
Tasting Flight · No. 4 Free
Primary vs. Secondary Sources Sort
8th Grade U.S. History · 1 page
Clear definitions, a six-item sort students have to defend, a “whose voice is missing?” question, and an exit ticket. It is the core of Day 6 in the Smart Start.
Pairs with: Day 6: Primary vs. Secondary Sources · 8th Grade U.S. History Smart Start (10-Day Bundle)
Also on TPT: free listing
Tasting Flight · No. 5 Free
ISN Page: Discovery vs. Contact (1492)
8th Grade U.S. History ISN · 1 page
One notebook page that looks at 1492 from the European and Taíno sides, then asks students to argue about the words we use for it. Works with any textbook.
Pairs with: 8th Grade U.S. History ISN, Chapters 1 & 2
Also on TPT: free listing
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