5th - 8th Grade US History After 1877
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Experiencing Victorian Life Stations
$2.49Use these stations for your students to experience different aspects of life in the Victorian Era. They will travel back in time to compare their present day life to life at the turn of the century, which they will do in a writing assignment at the end...$2.49 -
WWII Life at Home Propaganda Analysis - Slides, Discussion, and Activity
$1.00This lesson is all about life at home during World War II. Students will analyze propaganda from the era to learn about the topic including ideas such as victory gardens, women in the workforce, and war bonds. The download includes a presentation full of...$1.00 -
FDR's New Deal Alphabet Soup Kitchen
$3.00In this set of activities students will learn more about the New Deal Alphabet Soup Agencies. Each student will research and illustrate the key concepts of one agency. Their illustrations will be drawn on a soup pot. Then, all of the soup pots will be...$3.00 -
Students Teach the Class Nation Building Post WW2 With Rubric Group Projects
$1.49Students will Choose a case study subject for Nation Building After World War II: Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Chile, Mexico, Egypt, Iran, Arab-Isaeli relations, Pakistan, Indonesia, Poland. Presenters Must: Prepare an 8-minute...$1.49 -
Bundled Mini-Unit: Immigration and Industrialization in 19th Century America
MSRP: $9.50$7.50For any class on United States history, this mini-unit is an excellent means of discussing life in the North during the mid-1800s and early 1900s. The resource includes the following: ● A PowerPoint that addresses pay and working conditions in early...MSRP: $9.50$7.50 -
The Gilded Age PBS Video Link Questions and Historical Analysis
$1.00When the wealthiest one percent began to control most of the country's wealth, the United States changed forever. In the PDF is a link to the PBS video, or a YouTube Playlist, and a list of questions for response and critical thinking about the Gilded...$1.00 -
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