5th - 8th Grade US History After 1877
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President Lyndon Johnson Activity Review Projects
$3.50Students will review the events, acts, speeches, documents, policies, people, and more from LBJ's presidency by making trading cards, cubes, or both. Both options balance academic requirements with personal choice and creativity. A teacher...$3.50 -
President Nixon Activity Review Projects
$3.50Students will review the events, acts, speeches, documents, policies, and more from Nixon's presidency by making trading cards, cubes, or both. Both options balance academic requirements with personal choice and creativity. A teacher information...$3.50 -
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Primary Source and Image Analysis
$3.50Students will read and analyze an account of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand from two perspectives by answering 9 questions, completing 2 extension tasks, and analyzing 4 images. This would be great for a sub and the answers are included...$3.50 -
Japanese Internment During World War 2 Video Guide and Image Analysis Activity
$3.50Students will learn about the internment of Japanese-Americans during WW2 (WWII) by watching a 5 and a half minute video and answering 28 questions. They will then analyze 11 images according to 5 questions/prompts. The answers are included where...$3.50 -
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The Space Race DBQ Projects Primary Source Analysis Activities Timeline Bundle
Now: $20.00Was: $27.50Students will learn about the Space Race between the Soviet Union and United States during the Cold War with these 8 resources. They will write a DBQ, complete a timeline, design with trading cards and a cube, and put together a career day style project...Now: $20.00Was: $27.50 -
The Space Race Activity Video Guide Analysis
$3.00Students will watch and analyze a 4 and a half minute video about the Space Race during the Cold War by answering 21 questions and completing 2 extension tasks. The answers are included where appropriate. The video is from TedEd. Sample...$3.00 -
Ida B. Wells Activity Video Guide Analysis
$3.00Students will read watch and analyze a 4 and a half minute video about the Progressive Era efforts of Ida B. Wells against lynching and segregation and for women's suffrage by answering 20 questions and completing two creative tasks. The answers are...$3.00 -
The Cuban Missile Crisis Activity Video Guide Analysis
$3.00Students will learn about the Cuban Missile Crisis (people, causes, course of, effects) by watching a 4 and a half minute video and answering 23 questions. The answers are included where appropriate. The video is from TedEd. Sample questions...$3.00 -
Holocaust Rescue Activity Irena Sendler Video Guide Analysis
$3.00Students will learn about Irena Sendler and how she rescued children during the Holocaust from the Warsaw Ghetto by watching this 5 and a half minute video, answering 30 questions, and completing 2 extension tasks. The answers are included where...$3.00 -
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 Activity Video Guide Analysis
$3.00Students will watch and analyze a 5 and a half minute video about the causes, nature of, and effects of the Chinese Exclusion Act by answering 21 questions and completing an extension task. The answers are included where appropriate. The video is from...$3.00 -
Bayard Rustin Activity Video Guide Analysis
$3.00Students will watch and analyze a 4 minute video about Bayard Rustin's role in and contribution to the Civil Rights Movement by answering 23 questions and completing an extension task for his legacy. The answers are included where appropriate. The video...$3.00 -
The Second Red Scare and McCarthyism Activity Video Guide Analysis
$3.00Students will learn about the causes, course, and effects of McCarthyism and the Second Red Scare by watching and analyzing a 5 and a half minute TedEd video, answering 28 questions, and completing a creative task. The answers are included where...$3.00