5th - 8th Grade US History After 1877
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Korean War Review True False Fix
$1.50Students will play true, false, fix to review the events and people related to the Korean War by reading 27 statements and determining which are true and which are false. They will then complete 3 other tasks with the material. This is best done in pairs...$1.50 -
The Great Depression Pamphlet Activity
$3.25Students will review the causes of the Great Depression by creating a pamphlet discussing its causes, possible solutions, and a variety of points of view. There are opportunities for creativity while balancing historical accuracy. The activity includes a...$3.25 -
1920s Slang Intro Activity
$1.50To introduce a unit on the Roaring 20s, students will match 1920s slang words/phrases to their modern equivalents. They will then complete 10 fill in the blank statements using the slang terms, and lastly will complete a third task (3 options provided)...$1.50 -
The Vietnam War Pamphlet Activity
$3.25Students will review the Vietnam War by creating a pamphlet to persuade the citizens of a given country to keep fighting or pull out of the conflict. There are 11 expectations for students to fulfill while balancing historical accuracy and creativity...$3.25 -
The Roaring 1920s Pamphlet Activity
$3.25Students will review the people, events, inventions, and more from the Roaring 1920s by creating a pamphlet covering 4 different topics/events/people (12 options provided for students to choose from). There are 8 requirements for students to...$3.25 -
Muckrakers Pamphlet Activity
$3.25Students will review muckrakers from the Progressive Era and related social ills by creating a pamphlet to highlight 3 social concerns and 3 muckrakers while meeting 5 academic and 2 creative requirements. One task has the students consider multiple...$3.25 -
Presidents and World Leaders Review Project
$3.50Students will make trading cards and/or a cube to review any world leader’s time in power or any president’s time in office. There are 9 requirements for the trading card and 6 requirements for the cube (both have visual and written...$3.50 -
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The Great Depression and New Deal Bundle
Now: $79.00Was: $102.50These resources introduce students to the Great Depression and New Deal with a variety of resources including 2 PowerPoints, graphic organizers, a timeline project, pamphlet reviews, trading cards and cubes, a DBQ, reading guides, primary source analysis...Now: $79.00Was: $102.50 -
JFK's To the Moon Speech Analysis
$3.25Students will read President John F. Kennedy's 1963 speech on the Space Race (To the Moon) and answer 14 questions. The reading and questions are chunked to make it more manageable for students. This would be great for a sub and the answers are included...$3.25 -
Progressive Era Meatpacking Plant Speech and Image Analysis
$3.50Students will read a speech given by Theodore Roosevelt in 1906 on the need for inspections and safety/sanitary standards in the meatpacking industry. There are 15 questions and 6 images for students to analyze. There are 4 prompts to respond to on 3...$3.50 -
2nd Pan African Congress Primary Source Analysis
$3.00Students will read a brief background on the Pan African Congress organized by W.E.B. Du Bois to fight for nationalism, African independence, racial equality, and ending imperialism and colonialism, and an excerpt of the Manifesto from the Second...$3.00 -
The Liberation of a Concentration Camp Primary Source Analysis
$3.00Students will read about the liberation of the concentration camp Majdanek during World War 2 from the perspective of a journalist and answer 10 questions of varying degrees of difficulty. Four websites have been included after the reading for students...$3.00