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Summit: The Treaty of Ghent 1814: Recreating a Pivotal Treaty
$5.00This is the first lesson of four about American wars and the treaties that settled those conflicts. We tend to think of peace negotiations as taking place after the end of a war, but in most cases peace discussions begin soon after the fighting starts...$5.00 -
The Roaring 20s: Making a Book about Chicago
$8.00Making a book about Chicago is an activity that engages students in both process and content. Of all the large cities in the country in the 1920s, Chicago was the most open to doing something new. It was the first northern city that really...$8.00 -
Making a Book about St. Louis and Westward Expansion
$8.00“Millions of men are marching at once towards the same horizon: their language; their religion; their manners differ; their object is the same. Fortune has been promised to them somewhere in the West, and to the West they go to find it.”...$8.00 -
Civics Fact Finding Getting to Know Your Local Mayor Representative and Governor
$0.99Civics Fact Finding Getting to Know Your Local Mayor Representative and Governor is a web quest that can be done solo or in pairs. Students will get to know many local representatives, and find out what achievements they are most known for. This is...$0.99 -
6th Grade Choose Your Own Report: Early Humankind Hominids
$1.50Students guide their own inquiry into their preferred method of meeting History Standards and learning about early humans, hominids, and civilizations. This is a great project for inspiring student interest and guiding their own investigations. Learning...$1.50 -
World War 2 Leaders Opinion Writing Unit | 5th Grade & 6th Grade
$3.00A discussion writing unit allowing students to research, discuss and write about who was the most influential Allied leader of World War 2: Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin and Franklin Roosevelt. The unit has been split into four separate lessons which...$3.00 -
Enlightenment Color by Number and Text Marking : Locke and Montesqueiu
$4.00This Enlightenment Philosophers Color by Number and Text Marking activity is the perfect way to bring life to a boring topic! Philosophers covered in this activity are Baron de Montesquieu and John Locke. Topics include Social Contract, the...$4.00 -
Bill of Rights DIGITAL ESCAPE ROOM for Google Drive® - Amendments 1-10
$7.99The Bill of Rights Digital Escape Room will take students on a secret mission through two 360° VIEW rooms! This escape room has students decode interesting facts about amendments 1-10 in the Bill of Rights. ***STUDENT GOOGLE...$7.99 -
Jamestown Colony Color by Number, Reading Passage and Text Marking
$4.00Type a description for this product here...$4.00 -
Boston Tea Party Color by Number, Reading Passage and Text Marking
$4.00This Boston Tea Party Color by Number and Text Marking activity is the perfect way to bring life to the topic! Topics in the Boston Tea Party reading passage include: British Parliament, No Taxation without Representation, Sons of...$4.00 -
Thomas Jefferson - 5th & 6th Grade Close Read & Biography Writing Bundle
$3.75Two great activities that would span 5 lessons on former US President and founding father, Thomas Jefferson. NO PREP is needed! Firstly, there is a close reading activity - children need to read through an informational text, and then answer...$3.75 -
Thomas Jefferson Biography Writing Unit | 5th Grade & 6th Grade
$3.00A biography writing unit about the life of the founding father and third U.S. President, Thomas Jefferson. The NO PREP unit has been split into four separate lessons and is perfect for students in fifth grade or sixth grade...$3.00