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The Palmer Raids Primary Source and Image Analysis
$3.50Students will read and analyze excerpts from a speech by Attorney General Palmer regarding his crusade against "Red" in the 1920s by answering 17 questions. They will then complete a short writing prompt looking at the Red Scare from two other...$3.50 -
Immigration Primary Source Analysis
$3.00Students will read an immigrant teenager's account of coming to America via Ellis Island and answer 10 questions. The last two questions have the students put themselves in the shoes of an immigrant today and an immigrant 100 years ago. The answers are...$3.00 -
Executive Order 9066 Primary Source Analysis
$3.25Students will read and analyze Executive Order 9066 about Japanese Internment during World War 2 (WW2, WWII) by answering 9 questions. There are then 7 discussion questions which students could pair up to discuss and answer before having a whole class...$3.25 -
Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois Primary Source Analysis
$4.00Students will compare and contrast speech excerpts from early Civil Rights activists Washington and DuBois by answering 16 questions and completing a sorting chart. Then they will read excerpts from the majority and dissenting opinions from...$4.00 -
The Christmas Truce Primary Source Analysis
$3.25Students will read and analyze a brief background of the Christmas Truce of World War 1 (WW1, WWI) and an account of a British soldier who was part of it by answering 16 questions and completing a creative task. This would be great for a sub and the...$3.25 -
Nuremberg Trial and Execution of Nazi War Criminals Primary Source Analysis
$3.50Students will read about and analyze the Nuremberg Trials, sentencing, and execution of Nazi War Criminals by answering 17 questions and completing 2 comprehension tasks. This would be great for a sub and the answers are included where...$3.50 -
WW1 Battles Primary Source Analysis
$3.50Students will analyze and compare and contrast 3 battle accounts from World War 1 (WWI, WW1): the Battle of the Somme, the Battle of Gallipoli, and the Battle of Jutland. There are 20 questions between the 3 accounts and this can be completed as an...$3.50 -
The Transcontinental Railroad Primary Source Analysis
$4.00Students will read and analyze an account of the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869 by answering 18 questions (text based, discussion, and image analysis). They will also label a physical geography map with 15 items and a political...$4.00 -
Bataan Death March Primary Source Analysis
$3.00Students will read about the Bataan Death March from a selection of memoirs of fighting and being POWs in the Pacific Front of World War 2 (WW2, WWII). They will then answer 2 questions about a propaganda poster and 10 based on the text. The last...$3.00 -
America Enters World War 1 Primary Source Analysis
$4.00Students will read a primary source about America's entry into World War 1 and Wilson's decision to ask Congress to declare war against Germany. They will answer 17 questions, analyze 6 images, and complete a creative task involving 3 points of view. The...$4.00 -
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Pearl Harbor Primary Source Analysis Compare 3 Points of View
Now: $6.00Was: $7.50Students will read and analyze 3 accounts of the events at Pearl Harbor from the point of view of an American soldier, a Japanese bomber, and the White House by answering 25 questions including comparing and contrasting them. Two questions have students...Now: $6.00Was: $7.50 -
The Roosevelt Corollary Text and Image Analysis
$3.50Students read excerpts from the Roosevelt Corollary, answer 15 questions of varying degrees of difficulty, and analyze 6 images according to 5 prompts. The answers are included where appropriate and this would be great for a sub! Sample questions...$3.50