5th - 8th Grade US History After 1877
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Political Cartoon: School Begins
$2.50School Begins was created by Louis Dalrymple and first appeared in Puck magazine on January 25, 1899. Published shortly after the Spanish-American War, the cartoon was originally intended to support America’s continued expansion and promote the...$2.50 -
Transcontinental Railroad Depth and Complexity Frames
$4.00Two depth and complexity frames about the Transcontinental Railroad are included Focus on Sandra Kaplan's icons Help your students critically think about this major invention and learn about the rr with multiple...$4.00 -
Transcontinental Railroad Hyperdoc
$4.00This hyperdoc style doc enables your students to explore many aspects of the Transcontinental Railroad!Students are asked to examine photos, watch videos, read information from websites, etc. Students utilize many skills such as synthesizing, inferring,...$4.00 -
Video Guide: Ellis Island (Part 2)
$2.00Narrated by Mandy Patinkin, the History Channel's video Ellis Island follows immigrants of every ethnic background as they recount their experiences traveling through America's "Golden Door." Part 2 of this three-part video focuses on the immigrants'...$2.00 -
Political Cartoon: Who Stole the People's Money?
$2.50’Who Stole the People’s Money?' – Do Tell is part of a larger cartoon – “Two Great Questions” – by American caricaturist Thomas Nast and was first published in Harper’s Weekly in August 1871. The cartoon...$2.50 -
Political Cartoon: The Bosses of the Senate
$2.50The Bosses of the Senate was created by Joseph Keppler and first published in Puck in January 1889. The political cartoon reflects widespread discontent among the American public and concern over the growing influence of large businesses during the...$2.50 -
Bundle: Political Cartoons in American History
MSRP: $50.00$40.00Political cartoons are an excellent way of keeping students engaged and promoting critical thinking. This series of 21 political cartoons addresses topics in American history between the Revolution and the Progressive Era: Join, or Die The Repeal, or...MSRP: $50.00$40.00 -
America's New Role in the World | McKinley & Roosevelt - FREE
$0.00Your students will love learning about Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt with this engaging, no prep reading activity! This is perfect for adding literacy to your social studies curriculum because it’s academically-aligned for ELA and for...$0.00 -
Immigration in the 1900s | Reading & Writing Activity
$1.50Your students will love learning about immigration during the 1900s with this engaging, no prep reading activity! This is perfect for adding literacy to your social studies curriculum because it’s academically-aligned for ELA and for...$1.50 -
Texas Cattle Trails Reading and Writing Activity (SS5H1, SS5H1a)
$1.50Your students will love learning about the Texas Cattle Trails with this engaging, no prep reading activity! This is perfect for adding literacy to your social studies curriculum because it’s academically-aligned for ELA and for social...$1.50 -
Biography: Jacob Riis
$2.25This biography of Jacob Riis focuses on his efforts as a "muckraker" to expose the poor living conditions that existed in America's major cities during the late 1800s and early 1900s. The biography includes a series of questions based on the reading...$2.25 -
World War Two - Evaluation Poster to assess learning
$1.50Developed to support assessment of historical knowledge within World War 2, we devised this Fact Map to enable children to record what they had learnt about different elements of World War 2 at the end of the topic. It proved a useful assessment tool,...$1.50