5th - 8th Grade US History After 1877
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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 Roaring 1920s PowerPoint
$4.50This powerpoint is a brief introduction to the social/cultural aspects of the 1920s. Topics covered include but are not limited to: the Red Scare, the Palmer Raids, Sacco and Vanzetti, Al Capone, Prohibition, Scopes Monkey Trial, cultural changes, Harlem...$4.50 -
Progressive Era PowerPoint
$4.50Students will get an overview of the Progressive Era with this PowerPoint covering, but not limited to, Theodore Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, the goals of Progressives, muckrakers, New Nationalism, New Freedom, conservation, the 16/17/18/19th Amendments, the...$4.50 -
World War 1 PowerPoint US History Version
$7.50Students will gain a solid overview of WWI (WW1, World War 1) with this power point. Topics include but are not limited to: the causes of the war, the Battle of the Somme, the Lusitania, the Schlieffen Plan, Zimmerman Note, the Treaty of Versailles,...$7.50 -
Imperialism PowerPoint for US History
$6.00This power point introduces US Imperialism (Imperialism in US History, American Imperialism). The topics covered include, but are not limited to, the reasons for and against Imperialism, the Spanish-American War, the annexation of Hawaii, Rough Riders,...$6.00 -
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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 -
The Great Depression Test
$4.50Students will demonstrate an understanding of what they learned during a unit on the Great Depression with this editable test. It has matching, multiple choice, short answer, and image identification questions. If used with a sub this could be a review...$4.50 -
Rosie the Riveter Webquest
$3.50Students will learn more about Rosie the Riveter (both as a wartime motivator and the real life inspiration behind the image) during WW2 (World War 2, WWII), and other versions of the iconic propaganda poster by completing this 27 questions and 2...$3.50