Getting students excited about writing can be tough. Whether you want to improve their writing skills, get them thinking more critically and creatively, or simply help them get comfortable expressing themselves on paper, explore our writing prompts created by fellow educators.
Students research the Revolutionary War to determine the most important battle....
Students explore where they’d go as freed slaves after the Civil War....
After reading Henry’s Freedom Box, students determine if the friends should’ve helped....
Students share a time they succeed as an underdog through informative writing....
Students examine violent and non-violent leadership styles of the Civil Rights Movement....
After exploring the accomplishments of Abraham Lincoln, students write an informative essay....
Through research and writing, students tackle the question: Does history repeat itself?...
Students explore struggles of freed slaves and argue whether they’d move north....
Students examine women’s suffrage through text and demonstrate understanding with informative writing....
Students travel to 1963 to write about watching MLK Jr.’s famous speech....
Students explore and write about family structures of today and the past....
Young learners practice opinion writing after comparing sports and picking their favorite....
Students employ their creativity to solve a unique personal problem....
Students examine violent and non-violent leadership styles of the Civil Rights Movement....
Students create a narrative about where and when they would time travel....
