Reformers

This is an engaging resource to teach students about the Underground Railroad!This resource includes students notes as an introduction. Students will then analyze a primary source document, which is a detailed interview with a former conductor on the...

This Video Response Worksheet and Key is based on the PBS documentary series "American Experience - The Abolitionists - Episode 2: 1838-1854."You will receive a zip file which contains a Video Response Worksheet (in both PDF and editable DOCX formats)...

This Video Response Worksheet and Key is based on the PBS documentary series "American Experience - The Abolitionists - Episode 3: 1854-Emancipation and Victory."You will receive a zip file which contains a Video Response Worksheet (in both PDF and...

HISTO (History BINGO) BINGO for History or HISTO as it is known in my class has been adapted to use in a classroom setting for fun and to check for understanding. It is my students’ FAVORITE game to play in the classroom. This BINGO is different...

HISTO (History BINGO) BINGO for History or HISTO as it is known in my class has been adapted to use in a classroom setting for fun and to check for understanding. It is my students’ FAVORITE game to play in the classroom. This BINGO is different...

BINGO for History or HISTO as it is known in my class has been adapted to use in a classroom setting for fun and to check for understanding. It is my students’ FAVORITE game to play in the classroom. This BINGO is different than other BINGO games...

“I have, Who Has” is a great whole class activity to review what has been learned in class. It is a looping activity, which means that the review involves each person around the classroom until each student receives a card. It begins with a...

The Underground Railroad Escape Room will take students on a secret mission around the classroom! This escape room has students decode interesting facts about the Underground Railroad and Harriet Tubman. The Underground Railroad Escape Room has students...

Major Reforms stemming from the Second Great Awakening -second great awakening-mentally/physically impaired-education-temperance movement Check out Hynson's History for more resources. 

In 1858, as the fight over the future of slavery in the United States was reaching fever pitch, the Supreme Court was asked to rule on the case of Dred Scott v. Sandford. Scott, a slave from Missouri, had lived with a previous owner both in the free...

The study of America, from its founding through the Civil War, necessitates a close examination of the enslaved peoples whose labor built this nation and the "peculiar institution" which required a horrific war to bring to an end. Part of that study...

This multiple unit bundle covers US history from the ratification of the Constitution up to the start of the Civil War. This is a “warts and all” examination of this period of history; it is both a story of triumph and tragedy as well as one...