5th - 8th Grade US History After 1877
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2 Historical Figure Timeline Activities
$5.00Students will learn about, or review, any historical person with these two timelines. One involves creating a 15 event timeline and expanding on the events by completing 6 tasks (creative and academic). The other involves creating a timeline, classifying...$5.00 -
End of Semester Project Create a Museum
$4.00This cumulative review history project has students create a museum display for 6 artifacts from each topic/unit/time period studied during the year (each group will be assigned a different topic/unit). There are 9 requirements for each group and 2...$4.00 -
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The Cold War Bundle
Now: $295.00Was: $409.00Students will learn about, or review, a variety of Cold War topics with 120+ activities, projects, DBQs, power points, mini lessons, maps, and more! Topics covered include but are not limited to: containment, the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, the...Now: $295.00Was: $409.00 -
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US History Map Bundle
Now: $70.00Was: $89.75Students review Exploration, the French and Indian War, Native Americans from pre-Columbus through 1890, the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, Westward Expansion, the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Gilded Age, Imperialism, World War 1 (WWI), World War...Now: $70.00Was: $89.75 -
The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan Primary Source Analysis
$3.50Students will read and analyze President Jimmy Carter's 1980 speech on the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan by answering 20 questions. They are a mix of academic questions, opinion prompts, and extension tasks. The answers are included where...$3.50 -
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World War 2 Primary Source Analysis Bundle
MSRP: $80.75Now: $65.00Was: $80.75Students will read and analyze 20+ primary sources from WW2 (WWII) covering a variety of wartime events, perspectives, speeches, and people such as V-E Day, Pearl Harbor, D-Day, concentration camps, battles, FDR's speeches, Dunkirk, the debate over...MSRP: $80.75Now: $65.00Was: $80.75 -
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The Gilded Age Bundle
Now: $95.00Was: $164.25Students will learn about, or review, the people, events, laws, developments, and more of the Gilded Age with these 45+ resources including primary source analysis documents, image analysis activities, timelines, interviews, learning packets, DBQs,...Now: $95.00Was: $164.25 -
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The Civil Rights Movement Bundle
Now: $49.00Was: $66.00Students will learn about the people, events, laws, court cases, documents, and more from the Civil Rights Movement with these resources. The activities include timelines, analyzing primary source texts and images, a DBQ, a map, webquests, pamphlets, a...Now: $49.00Was: $66.00 -
Wars in American History Cumulative Review
$3.50Students will review the wars from US History (U.S. History wars) with this 3 part activity. They will first match 20 presidents to the wars or rebellions that happened during their time in office. Next, they will read 11 quotes and identify which war it...$3.50 -
Lochner v. New York Primary Source Analysis
$3.50Students will read excerpts from the majority (Justice Peckham) and dissenting opinions (Justice Holmes) of Lochner v. New York and answer 15 questions of varying degrees of difficulty. There are then 5 additional questions/tasks for students to complete...$3.50 -
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier Primary Source Analysis
$3.25Students will analyze Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier by reading excerpts of Justice White’s majority opinion and excerpts of Justice Brennan’s dissenting opinion. They will define 7 vocabulary terms and answer 18 questions of varying degrees of...$3.25 -
Wisconsin v. Yoder Primary Source Analysis
$3.50Students will read and analyze excerpts from Chief Justice Burger's opinion on Wisconsin v. Yoder and from Justice Douglas' dissent in part regarding compulsory education by answering 30 questions of varying degrees of difficulty. The answers are...$3.50