5th - 8th Grade US History After 1877
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The New Deal Point of View Analysis
$5.00Students will read and analyze two points of view on whether or not America needs a New Deal by answering 37 questions and completing a creative task (text excerpts are from FDR and Hoover in 1932). They will also analyze 6 images according to provided...$5.00 -
Gilded Age Labor Union Point of View Analysis
$5.00Students will read and analyze two points of view on whether or not there should be labor unions by answering 37 questions and completing a creative task (text excerpts from Henry Clews in 1886 and Samuel Gompers in 1894). They will also analyze 4 images...$5.00 -
Conservation in the Progressive Era Point of View Analysis
$4.00Students will read and analyze two points of view on conservation and preservation (Pinchot and Muir) as related to Hetch Hetchy Valley by answering 26 questions and completing a creative task. They will also analyze 3 images according to provided...$4.00 -
The League of Nations Point of View and Image Analysis
$5.00Students will read and analyze two points of view on the League of Nations (one for America joining by James Phelan and one against America joining by Lawrence Sherman) by answering 36 questions, completing a creative task, and analyzing 7 images...$5.00 -
The Space Race Point of View Analysis
$4.00Students will read and analyze two points of view on the Space Race (President Kennedy in 1961 and Carl Dreher in 1962) by answering 32 questions and completing a creative task. The answers are included where appropriate and this would be great for a...$4.00 -
Muller v. Oregon Primary Source Analysis
$3.50Students will read excerpts from the Justice Brewer's majority opinion of Muller v. Oregon and answer 18 questions of varying degrees of difficulty. The answers are included where appropriate and this would be great for a sub! Sample questions...$3.50 -
The Roaring 20s True False Fix
$0.00Students will play true, false, fix to review the people and events of the Roaring 1920s. They will read 14 statements and determine which are true and which are false. They will then complete 3 other tasks with the material. This is best done in pairs...$0.00 -
History Bell Ringer Templates and Prompts
$4.00Students can use these 6 templates to record their bell ringers, warm ups, do nows, or exit tickets in most Social Studies classes. The teacher information pages include 7 websites where topical information can be located (text based and short videos),...$4.00 -
The Silent Majority Primary Source Analysis
$3.50Students will read excerpts from Nixon's "Silent Majority" speech and respond to a mix of 26 academic questions and creative tasks. The answers are included where appropriate and this would be great for a sub! Sample questions include:--Why did...$3.50 -
President Nixon Activity Bundle
MSRP: $19.50Now: $16.50Was: $19.50Students will complete 5 activities to review President Nixon's presidency: a primary source analysis with creative tasks for his Farewell Address, an analysis of US v. Nixon and the Silent Majority, an interview activity, and a social media style review...MSRP: $19.50Now: $16.50Was: $19.50 -
The Vietnam War DBQ
$4.00Students will analyze 17 documents (6 are images), answer 17 historical context questions, complete a sorting chart, and write a DBQ essay about the Vietnam War. There are 12 prompts for students to choose from (one allows for the class or teacher to...$4.00 -
Immigration and Nativism in the 1920s Overview and Image Analysis
$3.50Students will read a brief overview of nativism in the Roaring 20s, the Immigration Act of 1917, the Emergency Quota Act of 1921, and the Immigration Act of 1924 and answer 6 questions (2 have subquestions). They will then analyze 14 political cartoons...$3.50