5th - 8th Grade US History After 1877
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The Berlin Airlift Reading WS
$1.50The Berlin Airlift Reading Worksheet The Berlin Airlift marked one of the first events during the Cold War Era. This reading is an excellent addition to your unit on the Cold War. On other sites, this resource would cost you $1.99, but as a special...$1.50 -
Cold War Project
$3.50Students will have an opportunity to choose from 14 major events of the Cold War. They will research the event and it's consequences during this hostile and politically charged period . Provided are instructions for their presentation, a rubric and...$3.50 -
Reagan and Kennedy at the Berlin Wall
$1.99Students will investigate the construction and fall of the Berlin Wall as well as comparing and contrasting speeches by both President Kennedy and President Reagan made at the Berlin Wall. There are links for the videos they will be watching as well as a...$1.99 -
Weapons of World War 1 project
$3.99Students for this project will be researching the new technological advancements that were used during the first World War. Students will pretend to be a war profiteer/salesman trying to pitch your weapon to the nations fighting in Europe. Their goal is...$3.99 -
World War 1 Map Project- Map, web quest
$3.99This project is great to introduce your students to World War 1, help them gain background knowledge and to generate excitement about your upcoming unit. To do this project, students will need access to an electronic device with the internetThe Bundle...$3.99 -
Modern Day Muckraker-Investigative journalism
$3.00For this project, Students team up individually or in pairs and become modern day “muckrakers”. Their mission will be to investigate a problem that currently exists and is causing damage or harm to some sector of our modern-day society. The...$3.00 -
1920's slang writing activity
$1.25In this fun activity students are challenged to use 1920's slang/phrases to write a 10 sentence story (imaginative or about the 1920's). I teach 7th grade and I used this activity to help introduce the 1920's unit. This can be used in Language arts or...$1.25 -
Yellow Journalism Project
$1.99This project on Yellow Journalism encourages students to write (using word, google slides or a poster) about one of 8 events that happened during the Spanish American War. Students will pretend to be a pro-american newspaper writing about an event that...$1.99 -
World War 1 webquest
$1.25ww1 webquest introducing ww1. Explores the different alliances and timeline.$1.25 -
WW1 video guide
$1.45This is a great video guide that you can use as a hook for your students or a review at the end of your world war 1 unit. Covered is what life was like in the trenches, modern weapons, shell shock, battle of Verdun, the perspective of the German Emperor...$1.45 -
Roaring 1920's project
$2.49There were many dramatic social, cultural changes in the 1920's. Students will have a choice to research and create a Poster, canva or Powerpoint on one of 14 topics on the 1920's. Some of the subjects that are included; stock market crash, famous sports...$2.49 -
1920's video guide boom or bust
$0.99This video guide explores the culture and urbanization of the 1920's. It utilizes 3 different videos on the 1920's. There are 12 questions.-Boom or bust-skyscrapers- A parody on the 1920'sThis is about a 20 minute activity$0.99