5th - 8th Grade US History After 1877
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Theodore Roosevelt Interview Review Activity
$3.00Students complete an interview activity to review President Roosevelt's presidency. They first answer 5 history based questions, then students "interview" Roosevelt right after his inauguration (5 questions and answers), then students conduct Roosevelt's...$3.00 -
President William Howard Taft Interview Review Activity
$3.00Students complete an interview activity to review President Taft's presidency. They first answer 5 history based questions, then they "interview" Taft right after his inauguration (5 questions and answers), then students conduct his last interview on his...$3.00 -
President Eisenhower Interview Review Activity
$3.00Students complete an interview activity to review Dwight Eisenhower's presidency. They first answer 5 history based questions, then they "interview" Eisenhower after becoming president (5 questions and answers), and then they conduct Ike's last interview...$3.00 -
President Kennedy Interview Review Activity
$3.00Students complete an interview activity to review JFK's presidency. They first answer 5 history based questions, then they "interview" John F. Kennedy after becoming president (6 questions and answers), and then they conduct JFK's last interview prior to...$3.00 -
World War 2 PowerPoint
$7.00Students will learn about the people, events, and politics of WW2 (WWII) with this presentation covering the rise of Hitler through the immediate post war years. People and events are addressed chronologically in the following sections: pre-invasion of...$7.00 -
President John F. Kennedy Gallery Walk or PowerPoint
$6.00Students will learn about the people and events from JFK's presidency with this PowerPoint or gallery walk with comprehension tasks. There are 31 slides of information and 28 questions/tasks for students to respond to. The topics covered include the...$6.00 -
The Gilded Age Politics PowerPoint Overview
$4.00Students will get an overview of the politics of the Gilded Age with this 48 slide presentation. It introduces key aspects of presidents Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland (both times), Harrison, the Election of 1896, Populists, Plessy vs...$4.00 -
President Harry Truman PowerPoint
$5.00Students will learn about Truman's presidency with this power point (you can also use it as a gallery walk) and note guide with comprehension tasks. Topics covered include, but are not limited to, containment, NSC-68, the Red Scare, the Fair Deal, the...$5.00 -
President Jimmy Carter PowerPoint Overview
$5.00Students will learn about Carter's presidency with this presentation (you can also use it as a gallery walk) and note guide. Topics covered include, but are not limited to, the energy crisis, stagflation, airline deregulation, crisis of confidence, the...$5.00 -
The Great Depression PowerPoint and Note Guide
$5.00Students will learn about the people, events, and politics of the 1920s (including foreign affairs), the causes of the Great Depression, and the depression itself with this PowerPoint and note guide. There are recap questions throughout the slides to...$5.00 -
Industry Comes of Age 1865-1900 PowerPoint
$5.00This presentation introduces the changes to industry, labor, and business during the Gilded Age. Topics include but are not limited to: inventions, railroad, Interstate Commerce Act, assembly line, Carnegie, Rockefeller, JP Morgan, monopolies, Gospel of...$5.00 -
The Korean War Bundle
Now: $19.00Was: $27.00Students will learn about the people and events of the Korean War with these 8 resources: an overview PowerPoint (26 slides with review and discussion questions), a timeline project, a map activity, a battles research graphic organizer, a DBQ, trading...Now: $19.00Was: $27.00