5th - 8th Grade US History After 1877
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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...$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...$3.50 -
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The Great Depression and New Deal Bundle
Now: $79.00Was: $104.50These 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...Now: $79.00Was: $104.50 -
JFK's To the Moon Speech Space Race Primary Source Analysis Activity
$3.75Students will read and analyze President John F. Kennedy's 1963 speech on the Space Race (To the Moon) by answering 14 questions. The reading and questions are chunked to make it more manageable for...$3.75 -
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...$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,...$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...$3.00 -
The Nuremberg Laws and Anti-Semitism Reading and Discussion Questions
$3.50Students will read a passage on the Nuremberg Laws and anti-Semitism in Germany between the wars, a sample selection of the Nuremberg Laws and anti-Semitic measures, and answer 15 discussion...$3.50 -
World War 1 PowerPoint and Note Guide for US History
$7.00Students will learn about the people and events of WWI (WW1, World War 1) with this presentation and note guide. Topics include but are not limited to: the causes of the war, the Battle of the Somme,...$7.00 -
The Roaring 1920s PowerPoint and Note Guide
$5.00This presentation and note guide is a brief introduction to the social and cultural aspects of the 1920s. Topics covered include but are not limited to: the Red Scare, the Palmer Raids, Sacco and...$5.00 -
Imperialism PowerPoint and Note Guide for US History
$6.00Students will learn about US Imperialism (Imperialism in US History, American Imperialism) with this presentation and note guide. The topics covered include, but are not limited to, the reasons for...$6.00 -
The New Deal PowerPoint and Note Guide
$5.00Students will get an overview of FDR's New Deal with this presentation and note guide. Topics covered include, but are not limited to: the Emergency Banking Relief Act, fireside chats, the CCC, AAA,...$5.00