5th - 8th Grade US History After 1877
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World War 2 Cumulative Review Writing Activity RAFT
$3.00This WW2 (WWII) writing activity review asks students to take on the role of news reporter during the war and write a cumulative RAFT. Allowing for suspension of disbelief, the student is moved from unit to unit and must report on Pearl Harbor, the...$3.00 -
1920s Collage Project
$3.00To review the Roaring 1920s, students will pick a minimum of 20 people, events, trends, publications, court cases, etc to make a collage out of. They can use a combination of maps, political cartoons, printed images, hand drawn images, and words. The...$3.00 -
FDR's New Deal Acts Fireside Chat Activity
$3.00Students will write and deliver a Fireside Chat style radio address with 5 components and complete 3 other tasks/activities to review what they learned about 4 different acts from the New Deal passed in FDRs first 100 days as president. Depending on your...$3.00 -
President Ronald Reagan Mini Projects
$3.50Students will review what they learned about the people, events, treaties, speeches, and more of Reagan's presidency by making trading cards, a cube, or both. Each option balances academic requirements with personal choice and historically responsible...$3.50 -
World War 1 Political Cartoon Timeline
$3.50Students will review the events, topics, and people of WWI (WW1) by creating a timeline from 24 political cartoons. They will also complete 7 academic and creative tasks. Students will be familiar with some of the cartoons, others might be new and will...$3.50 -
History Review Project For Any Unit
$3.50Students will review any history unit or topic by creating a movie script for it. There are 14 requirements balancing historical accuracy and creativity including casting historical figures, dialogue, where historical accuracy would be honored,...$3.50 -
History Review Project
$1.50Students will review any decade or time period from US History or World History by writing part of a song (a verse is required, they can write a chorus for bonus points). There are 6 requirements per decade to fulfill while balancing creativity and...$1.50 -
Historical Figure Review Project
$3.50Students will review any historical figure (any individual from history) by creating a 2 page yearbook spread. There are 13 requirements for students to show what they learned (or researched) about that individual while balancing historically...$3.50 -
U.S. History | Gilded Age | Vocabulary Activities | Test Prep & Review
$2.75This is a 50+ page resource that contains 4 different Vocabulary Activities on the topic of the Gilded Age 1877-1900: perfect as a Preview OR Review to your Gilded Age unit in United States History. You can use all the activities or just the ones...$2.75 -
The New Deal Pamphlet Activity
$3.25Students will create a pamphlet to show what they learned about the people, agencies, opinions, and more from the New Deal. There are 9 main academic requirements for students to fulfill and 3 other requirements while balancing historical responsibility...$3.25 -
The Vietnam War Mini Projects
$3.50Students will review what they learned about the people, events, developments, political assertions, causes, effects, turning points, and more of the Vietnam War by making trading cards, a cube, or both. Each option balances academic requirements with...$3.50 -
World War 2 True False Fix
$1.50Students will play true, false, fix to review the events and people of WW2 (WWII) by reading 45 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 or triplets...$1.50