5th - 8th Grade US History After 1877
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Imperialism Images and Timeline Review
$3.50Students will review what they learned about US Imperialism (American Imperialism) by writing an identification for 12 images and answering 11 historical context questions (one question includes two images). They will then put the events in chronological...$3.50 -
The Vietnam War Map and Activities
$3.75Students will review key events and people related to the Vietnam War by completing a cloze passage, reading three pages and answering 10 questions, matching 12 terms to their identifications, completing 2 point of view creative tasks, and by labeling 20...$3.75 -
Cold War Map Activity
$3.50Students will review the events, divisions, political geography, physical geography, and more of Cold War by working with 4 maps and answering 6 questions. There are 60 labels and tasks across the maps. This would be great for a sub! The answers are...$3.50 -
World War 2 Map Activity
$3.50Students will review the places and events of World War 2 (WW2, WWII) in Europe by completing these three maps. The first map has 10 tasks for students to complete related to the events and alliances of the war. The second map covers WW2 political...$3.50 -
World War 1 Map Activity
$3.50Students will review the events, strategies, political geography, and physical geography of World War 1 (WW1, WWI) with this map activity. There are 39 map labels and tasks followed by 11 questions. This would be great for a sub! The answers are included...$3.50 -
Civil Rights Map Activity
$3.50Students will review key political and physical geography locations related to the Civil Rights Movement by completing 3 maps (there are 45 labels across the first two maps and the third map has students label all 50 states and complete two tasks). They...$3.50 -
The End of the Cold War Timeline Project
$4.00Students will learn about, or review, the people and events that led to the end of the Cold War by choosing the 15 items (out of 23) they think are most responsible for the end of the Cold War and creating a timeline with them. They will complete 4 tasks...$4.00 -
Hot Spots in the Cold War Projects
$5.00Students will learn about, or review, at least 3 of the Cold War's hot spots by with these 3 projects (a one pager with 12 requirements, a set of 4 trading cards, and a cube). Templates, instructions, a points distribution, and 24 starting point topics...$5.00 -
America's Entry into WW1 Point of View Analysis
$5.00Students will read and analyze 4 texts on whether or not America should enter WW1 (World War 1, WWI) by answering 47 questions. The excerpts are from Wilson's "make the world safe for democracy" speech, Robert La Follette's response to Wilson, a few...$5.00 -
Imperialism Vocabulary Mix and Match Review US History Version
$3.00Students will review the people, ideas, and key vocabulary from American Imperialism (Spanish-American War, Panama Canal, Boxer Rebellion and Open Door Policy, Roosevelt Corollary, etc) by mixing and matching 38 terms to their images and identifications,...$3.00 -
The Gilded Age Mini Projects
$3.50Students will review what they learned about the people, documents, events, organizations, developments, causes, effects, and more of the Gilded Age by making trading cards, a cube, or both. Each option balances academic requirements with personal choice...$3.50 -
Civil Rights Movement Mini Projects
$3.50Students will review what they learned about the people, groups, events, documents, and laws of the Civil Rights Movement by making trading cards, a cube, or both. There are three choices for the card project and 4 choices for the cube project. Each...$3.50