Social Studies
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West Africa in World History PowerPoint and Note Guide
$5.00Students will learn about the West African kingdoms and empires of Ghana, Mali, Songhai, Benin, and Hausa with this presentation and note guide. The PowerPoint is 21 slides and the note guide has 36 questions/tasks (short answer, true/false/fix, fill in...$5.00 -
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East Africa in World History Stations and Extension Tasks
Now: $6.00Was: $8.50Students will learn about the rise and fall, key people, events, and more from East Africa's kingdoms and city-states of Axum, Ethiopia, Great Zimbabwe, Kilwa, and others with this resource. There are 4 texts to read with a graphic organizer, cloze...Now: $6.00Was: $8.50 -
U.S. History | 1920's | Harlem Renaissance Figures | Gallery Walk Activities
$3.49You are purchasing a Harlem Renaissance Figures Gallery Walk activity! Use this activity to introduce your students to some of the Harlem Renaissance Key Figures and the work that they are famous for creating! (Included: Langston...$3.49 -
Geography Comprehension: Resume' Character Sketch & Study (Auto-Fill Included)
$5.00A CHARACTER ANALYSIS OF A PERSON, CHARACTER, COUNTRY, OBJECT, EVENT This is a great way to get your students excited about studying a historical or current figure. Students use research and inference skills to create a resume for a...$5.00 -
Teaching With Political Cartoons in The Social Studies & Geography Classroom
$5.00Please visit my Geography and Math Made Easy store Teaching with comics and/or cartoons is a great way to get students engaged in their learning process. What kid doesn't like comic strips? Teaching students how to read and create political...$5.00 -
East Asia World Geography One Pager
$3.00World Geography students will show what they learned about the physical geography, history, and modern day life of East Asia by creating a one pager. There are 15 requirements allowing for choice and an overarching academic task. They can choose from 12...$3.00 -
The Compromise of 1820 Map Activity
$3.50Students will review what they learned about the political and physical geography related to the Missouri Compromise (Compromise of 1820) with this map activity. They will complete 47 map labels/tasks and answer 4 review questions. The answers are...$3.50 -
The Civil War One Pager
$3.00Students will review what they learned about the people, battles, technology, turning points, documents, and more from the Civil War by creating a one pager. There are 10 topics to address and an overarching academic question to respond to (2 prompts...$3.00 -
Washington to Jefferson Map Activity
$3.50Students will review the political and physical geography as well as the location of events from the Early Republic (Early American History, the presidencies of Washington, Adams, and Jefferson, the first three presidents), by completing 3 maps. There...$3.50 -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act Map Activity
$3.50Students will review the political and physical geography related to the Kansas-Nebraska Act by completing 2 maps. In addition to labeling the states and territories at the time, there are 20 other map tasks/labels and 4 review questions to answer. The...$3.50 -
The Compromise of 1850 Map Activity
$3.50Students will review the political and physical geography related to the Compromise of 1850 by completing 2 maps. In addition to labeling the states and territories at the time, there are 21 other map tasks/labels and 4 review questions to answer. The...$3.50 -
Eastern Europe's History Timeline Project
$3.50World Geography students will learn about the history of Eastern Europe and the Balkan Peninsula with this timeline project. The timeline incorporates images, news articles, maps, news headlines, academic summaries, and more (each element has specific...$3.50