HS US History Prior to 1877
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Early American History Timeline Project
$3.50Students will review the presidencies of Washington, Adams, and Jefferson by making a 20 item timeline. The timeline incorporates political cartoons, news articles, maps, social media posts, news headlines, and academic summaries (each element has...$3.50 -
Foundation of the 13 Colonies Timeline Project
$3.50Students will review (or learn about) the different people, events, battles, acts, rebellions, wars, and more from the foundation of the 13 colonies by making a 20 item timeline. The timeline incorporates political cartoons, images, news articles, maps,...$3.50 -
President Ulysses S. Grant Timeline Project
$3.50Students will review Grant's presidency by making a 20 item timeline. The timeline incorporates political cartoons, news articles, maps, social media posts, news headlines, and academic summaries (each elements has specific requirements outlined in the...$3.50 -
President Andrew Jackson Timeline Project
$3.50Students will review Jackson's presidency by making a 20 item timeline. The timeline incorporates political cartoons, news articles, maps, social media posts, news headlines, and academic summaries (each elements has specific requirements outlined in the...$3.50 -
European Exploration Timeline and More Project
$3.75Students will place 15 items on a timeline from the Age of Discovery/Era of Exploration (it stops at the establishment of Jamestown) and complete 4 other tasks for those items using provided templates. They will then complete a news headlines review for...$3.75 -
Causes of the Revolutionary War Timeline and More Project
$3.75Students will place 15 events/acts/people/etc that are causes of the Revolutionary War (American Revolution) on a timeline and complete 4 other tasks using provided templates. They will then complete a news headlines activity for 4 of the causes and will...$3.75 -
Voting Rights Timeline Project
$3.50Students will create a 20 item timeline representing the changes in American voting rights from 1607-2000. There are 7 time frames that must be represented and the 20 items on the timeline must be expanded on in 6 different ways. Each extension task is...$3.50 -
Presidential Inauguration Speech Analysis and Discussion Questions
$3.75Students read and analyze excerpts from 13 inauguration speeches by completing one of 2 styles of graphic organizers, answering 6 questions, and making a word cloud. In each speech students look for items related to foreign affairs/military, social...$3.75 -
Campaign Project for Any Election
$3.75Students will create an election campaign (for president, governor, senator, etc) using one of three project options. This includes teacher information, 4 extension tasks, 5 websites for research starting points, 3 project options, points distributions,...$3.75 -
Secession Slavery and the Civil War Point of View and Image Analysis
$4.00Students will read 10 quotes about slavery, the possibility of secession, and the impending Civil War, as well as an excerpt from the inauguration speeches of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis. They will answer 19 questions about the text sources and...$4.00 -
Constitution Point of View Analysis
$3.25Students will read 12 quotes in support of or in opposition to the Constitution and answer one question per quote. They will also identify if the quote supports or opposes the Constitution and will provide evidence from the text supporting their answer...$3.25 -
The War of 1812 Point of View Analysis
$3.75Students will read 7 text excerpts and analyze 6 political cartoons relating to the causes and end of the War of 1812 by answering 36 questions. This would be great for a sub and the answers are included where appropriate. Sample questions...$3.75