5th - 8th Grade US History After 1877
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Quarantine Speech Analysis
$3.50Students will read and analyze FDR's Quarantine Speech from 1937 by answering 24 questions (a mix of academic, opinion, and creative). The speech has been modified to fit on one piece of paper front and back. An answer key is included where appropriate...$3.50 -
Four Freedoms Speech Primary Source Analysis
$3.50Students will read and analyze FDR's Four Freedoms Speech from 1941 by answering 25 questions (a mix of academic, opinion, and creative tasks). The speech has been modified to fit on one piece of paper front and back. The answers are included where...$3.50 -
Compare and Contrast Truman's V-E Day and V-J Day Speeches
$3.75Students will read and analyze the speeches Truman gave on V-E Day and V-J Day at the end of World War 2 (WW2, WWII). There are 21 questions between the 2 speeches, 5 compare and contrast questions, and 2 creative tasks. The answers are included where...$3.75 -
Compare and Contrast GATT and NAFTA
$3.25Students will get an overview of GATT and NAFTA with this one page reading and comprehension tasks. They fill out a 16 item sorting chart, complete 6 true or false statements (and write two of their own), they will respond an overarching question, and...$3.25 -
The Harlem Renaissance Mini Projects
$3.50Students review what they learned about the people, events, publications, organizations, and more of the Harlem Renaissance by making trading cards or a cube. Both options balance academic requirements with personal choice and creativity. A teacher...$3.50 -
Gilded Age Labor and Strikes Analysis Packet
$5.00Students will read an overview of industrial labor, the rise of unions (the Knights of Labor, American Federation of Labor, and the IWW), and strikes during the Gilded Age. There is an overview page for the 1877 Railroad Strike, the events of Haymarket...$5.00 -
Equal Rights Amendment Point of View Analysis Packet
$4.00Students will read the text of the 1921 and 1972 Equal Rights Amendment propositions, 6 points of view on the ERA, and they will answer 31 questions (two are about political cartoons). Then they will complete a Janus figure activity to further illustrate...$4.00 -
The Harlem Renaissance Learning Packet
$5.00Students will learn about, or review, the people, events, publications, organizations, and more of the Harlem Renaissance by working through this learning packet. There are 2 pages of an informational overview followed by 9 questions and a comprehension...$5.00 -
Progressive Era Reformers Learning Packet
$4.00Students will read two brief overview pages of different muckrakers, reformers, and their efforts from the Progressive Era, answer four questions, and analyze 3 images. They will then use a word bank to work with 20 images in three different ways...$4.00 -
The Gilded Age Map Review
$3.50Students will review what they learned about the political and physical geography of the Gilded Age (industrialism, Native Americans and the West, immigration, Populism, and a bit of politics) by completing 2 maps with 42 labels and a third map for all...$3.50 -
Anti-Imperialism Text and Image Analysis
$5.00Students will read and analyze excerpts from 7 primary sources related to the annexation of Hawaii and US actions in the Philippines after the Spanish-American War by answering 55 questions. Some questions refer to 8 political cartoons and 4 are...$5.00 -
Korean War Map Activity
$3.00Students will review locations relevant to the Korean War and its overarching regional geography with this map activity. There are 10 items to label on each map, 4 questions to answer, and 2 comprehension tasks to complete. The answers are included where...$3.00