5th - 8th Grade US History After 1877
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The Gilded Age Quote and Image Analysis
$3.75Students will read 11 quotes about the Gilded Age from various point of view and covering different topics (Robber Barons, Native Americans, immigrants, political corruption, transportation, etc), analyze 9 images, answer 23 questions, and respond to up...$3.75 -
Progressive Era Quote and Image Analysis
$3.50Students read 7 quotes about different issues and events from the Progressive Era, analyze 4 images, and respond to 18 questions and creative tasks. Sample topics for the quotes include Teddy Roosevelt and conservation, muckraking, women's suffrage, the...$3.50 -
US Imperialism Quote and Image Analysis
$3.50Students will read 8 quotes about American Imperialism from various points of view, analyze 8 images, and respond to 17 questions. This would be great for a sub and the answers are included where appropriate. Sample questions include:--What...$3.50 -
History Review Project For Any Topic
$4.00Students will create a Hollywood style bus tour to review any social studies unit or topic. There are 16 requirements balancing historical accuracy and creativity, including: the person's occupation, why a site should be preserved, eating lunch with a...$4.00 -
End of Semester Project Create a Booklet
$4.00Students will create a booklet as a cumulative review project to show what they learned in a semester of a history class. The booklet is intended to give future students an overview of what they can expect to learn in class and why it will be both...$4.00 -
2 Historical Figure Timeline Activities
$5.00Students will learn about, or review, any historical person with these two timelines. One involves creating a 15 event timeline and expanding on the events by completing 6 tasks (creative and academic). The other involves creating a timeline, classifying...$5.00 -
End of Semester Project Create a Museum
$4.00This cumulative review history project has students create a museum display for 6 artifacts from each topic/unit/time period studied during the year (each group will be assigned a different topic/unit). There are 9 requirements for each group and 2...$4.00 -
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The Cold War Bundle
Now: $295.00Was: $409.00Students will learn about, or review, a variety of Cold War topics with 120+ activities, projects, DBQs, power points, mini lessons, maps, and more! Topics covered include but are not limited to: containment, the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, the...Now: $295.00Was: $409.00 -
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US History Map Bundle
Now: $68.00Was: $82.50Students review Exploration, the French and Indian War, Native Americans from pre-Columbus through 1890, the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, Westward Expansion, the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Gilded Age, Imperialism, World War 1 (WWI), World War...Now: $68.00Was: $82.50 -
The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan Primary Source Analysis
$3.50Students will read and analyze President Jimmy Carter's 1980 speech on the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan by answering 20 questions. They are a mix of academic questions, opinion prompts, and extension tasks. The answers are included where...$3.50 -
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World War 2 Primary Source Analysis Bundle
MSRP: $74.00Now: $64.00Was: $74.00This WW2 (WWII) primary source analysis bundle has 20+ resources covering a variety of wartime events, perspectives, speeches, and people (V-E Day, Pearl Harbor, D-Day, concentration camps, battles, key speeches from FDR, etc). Some include creative...MSRP: $74.00Now: $64.00Was: $74.00 -
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The Gilded Age Bundle
Now: $99.00Was: $129.50Students will learn about, or review, the people, events, laws, developments, and more of the Gilded Age with these 40 resources including primary source analysis documents, image analysis activities, timelines, interviews, learning packets, DBQs, songs,...Now: $99.00Was: $129.50