5th - 8th Grade US History After 1877
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U.S. History | Cold War | Korean War | Presentation, Game & Creative Activity
$2.75You are purchasing 1 full color power-point, game, and student creative activity, and corresponding worksheets for notes, game and activity on the topic of the Korean War 1950-1953. How did the Cold War heat up between...$2.75 -
Video Lesson: The Anti-War Movement
$3.00Perfect Grab and Go Lesson! We can all agree that providing students visual content enhances instruction…Especially this generation of students. One of the easiest ways to do this to show your students a video. The only problem is there is just so...$3.00 -
Video lesson:D-Day
$3.00Perfect Grab and Go Lesson! We can all agree that providing students visual content enhances instruction…Especially this generation of students. One of the easiest ways to do this to show your students a video. The only problem is there is just so...$3.00 -
Video Lesson: Franklin D. Roosevelt
$3.00Perfect Grab and Go Lesson! We can all agree that providing students visual content enhances instruction…Especially this generation of students. One of the easiest ways to do this to show your students a video. The only problem is there is just so...$3.00 -
Video Lesson: The Berlin Wall
$3.00Perfect Grab and Go Lesson! We can all agree that providing students visual content enhances instruction…Especially this generation of students. One of the easiest ways to do this to show your students a video. The only problem is there is just so...$3.00 -
U.S. History | 1960's | Civil Rights Movement | Student Timeline Activity
$1.75This 3 page graphic organizer “Civil Rights Timeline” will allow your students to take notes on key Civil Rights events from 1865-1968. Students can complete this graphic using either the class textbook or the internet to search for the...$1.75 -
U.S. History | WWII on the Homefront | A Gallery Walk Activity
$3.49In this WWII lesson your students will complete a Gallery Walk activity examining the effect WWII had on Americans at home. Topics covered: Rosie the Riveter, Tuskegee Airmen, Navajo Code Talkers, Japanese Internment,...$3.49 -
U.S. History | Westward Expansion and its Effect on Native Americans | Presentation & Document Based Activity
$3.99This is an entire lesson on the topic of Westward Expansion/Manifest Destiny and the effect on the Native Americans. It includes a Power-point/Google Presentation AND an entire Document Based Activity with handouts! In this lesson...$3.99 -
U.S. History | Muckrakers of the Gilded Age | Student Activity
$2.25In this 10 page Gilded Age Activity (3 student worksheets and 7 reading handouts) your students will have everything they need to examine the contributions of the following Muckrakers at the turn of the century: Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, Nellie Bly,...$2.25 -
Where in the United States am I? A Facts-Based States Game (Pt. 2)
$3.00Created by Beth Hammett. Guess the states with fact based clues and visuals. 26 states are included in part one. Use with or without part one. Instructions for individual/group play, and suggestions for use that offer interactive fun while...$3.00 -
Where in the United States am I? A Facts-Based States Game (Pt. 1)
$3.00Created by Beth Hammett. Guess the states with fact based clues and visuals. 25 states are included in part one. Instructions for individual/group play, and suggestions for use that offer interactive fun while learning about states. Sheets can be...$3.00 -
Current Event: News Clips ~Current Event Activities~
$1.50This resource includes 8 Creative Activity prompts that students can choose to complete while watching current event video clips such as CNN 10- Student News, Fox News, Opinion pieces etc. Also included is a Graphic Organizer (worksheet) for students to...$1.50