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Bundle: Maps in World History
MSRP: $13.50$11.50Maps are an excellent means of encouraging students to consider how geography has influenced the development of various societies. This resource contains a series of seven maps related to different civilizations in World History from Ancient Rome to...MSRP: $13.50$11.50 -
Map: The Spread of Islam
$2.00This map obliges students to label regions, cities, and bodies of water, and to color the various phases involved in the spread of Islam between the 7th and 8th centuries. The directions for the map are very specific, and are intended to encourage...$2.00 -
Video Guide: The Plague
$2.50It began like the common cold. Within a day, however, the body was wracked with fever. Black swellings the size of baseballs appeared on the neck and, finally, a highly contagious bloody cough quickly sealed the victim's fate. When it was finally over,...$2.50 -
Video Guide: Ellis Island (Part 2)
$2.00Narrated by Mandy Patinkin, the History Channel's video Ellis Island follows immigrants of every ethnic background as they recount their experiences traveling through America's "Golden Door." Part 2 of this three-part video focuses on the immigrants'...$2.00 -
Biography: Andrew Johnson
$2.25This biography of Andrew Johnson compares his personality with that of his predecessor, Abraham Lincoln, and focuses on his disputes with Congress over Reconstruction after the Civil War. These clashes between Johnson and Congress ultimately resulted in...$2.25 -
Bundled Mini-Lesson: Andrew Jackson
MSRP: $9.75$7.75There has, perhaps, been no president more polarizing that Andrew Jackson. Ascending to the White House as both a challenge to Eastern interests and a champion of the "common man," Jackson went on to fundamentally change the federal government. Indeed,...MSRP: $9.75$7.75 -
Project: The Five Pillars of Islam
$2.00As part of a unit on comparative cultures and religions, this project is an excellent way to familiarize students with the Five Pillars of Islam. The resource includes a PowerPoint that introduces students to the Five Pillars. Each...$2.00 -
Political Cartoon: The Copperhead Party
$2.50The Copperhead Party.__In Favor of a Vigorous Prosecution of Peace first appeared in Harper's Weekly on February 28, 1863. The cartoon condemns Peace Democrats (nicknamed "Copperheads") for their vehement opposition to the Civil War. The download...$2.50 -
Political Cartoon: Who Stole the People's Money?
$2.50’Who Stole the People’s Money?' – Do Tell is part of a larger cartoon – “Two Great Questions” – by American caricaturist Thomas Nast and was first published in Harper’s Weekly in August 1871. The cartoon...$2.50 -
Political Cartoon: Move On!
$2.50Move On was created by Thomas Nast and first published in Harper's Weekly in April 1871. The political cartoon questions voting laws the grant greater political rights to naturalized Americans than Native Americans. The download includes the...$2.50 -
Political Cartoon: The Bosses of the Senate
$2.50The Bosses of the Senate was created by Joseph Keppler and first published in Puck in January 1889. The political cartoon reflects widespread discontent among the American public and concern over the growing influence of large businesses during the...$2.50 -
Political Cartoon Bundle: Foreign Affairs in the Early Republic
MSRP: $5.00$4.50These two political cartoons, The Plumb-pudding in Danger and The Monroe Doctrine, focus on America's relationship with the major powers of Europe. In 1823, attempting to curtail European interference with emerging republics in Latin America, James...MSRP: $5.00$4.50