It’s tough to find “first day” activities that the students actually enjoy.  One of my first years I did an activity similar to this and it went so well that I knew I had to come up with a way to make it even more relatable to...

Students will learn about, or review, different aspects of the presidencies of Washington, Adams, and Jefferson (the Early Republic) with these primary source analysis activities. Topics covered include the Alien and Sedition Acts, the XYZ Affair,...

Use this information gathering sheet on Back To School Night to gather information on your students. We all know that time is limited at Back To School Night events and sometimes, one parent monopolizes our time. This sheet allows all parents to "talk"...

Texas History students will review the people, acts, events, laws, changes, progress, challenges, and more from the Progressive Era and the Age of Oil by making trading cards, a cube, or both. Each project balances academic requirements with personal...

Use this Flipchart Template to introduce yourself and your policies to your class. It is an All About You tool! It is completely editable, including the tab titles! You can easily tweak this to meet your specific needs. You can delete, replace, or resize...

The Mummification Process: The main goal of this lesson is to have students explain and describe the steps in, and various tools used in the Mummification process of Egypt:   You get a 13 slide PowerPoint with: Do Now Class...

Students will read and analyze 4 points of view on John Brown (whether he was a hero or villain) and the events at Harpers Ferry by answering 31 questions, completing 2 extension tasks, and analyzing an image. The sources are from a newspaper, Governor...

Comparing the Kingdom of Kush and Egypt The main goal of this lesson is to have students compare the similarities and differences between Egypt and the Kush Civilization using various resources   You get a 14 slide PowerPoint...

Egyptian Gods and Goddesses The main goal of this lesson is to have students examine and apply various characteristics of Egyptian Gods & Goddesses   You get a 16 slide PowerPoint with: Do Now Activity/Worksheet Class...

This fun, interactive, back to school, get to know your classmates activity can be given to students either digitally or as a hard copy. This activity has two parts. Part I has 15 questions. I would give this to students on one day during the first...

Achievements of Ancient Egypt - Webquest Activity The main goal of this lesson is to have students conduct research, describe and compare the different achievements of Ancient Egypt   ***Please note that this lesson involves links...

Achievements of Ancient Egypt The main goal of this lesson is for students to describe different Achievements of Egypt, compare them to each other and our world today   You get at 17 slide PPT with: Do Now Question 5 Charts of...