Modern America

These are 185+ focus questions, thinking prompts, essential questions, objectives, guiding questions, discussion questions, or essay questions you can use for US History (American History, United States History) from the Gilded Age through the Cold War...

Are you looking for a quick way to cover the Presidency of Barack Obama? By the time I get to Obama, I am RACING to finish before our state test. I struggled to find something engaging - then I finally came up with this activity that students...

Are you looking for a quick way to cover the Presidency of George W. Bush? By the time I get to Bush, I am RACING to finish before our state test. I struggled to find something engaging - then I finally came up with this activity that students...

Are you looking for a quick way to cover the Presidency of Bill Clinton? By the time I get to Clinton, I am RACING to finish before our state test. I struggled to find something engaging - then I finally came up with this activity that students...

This bundle includes the visual summaries activities over the Presidencies of Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Clinton, Bush & Obama Each activity includes: key readings the blank page for each Presidents (bubble letter and...

I've had tons of requests to provide my visual summaries in a blank format for you to add your own content! This download gives you the blank version of each president - NIXON TO BIDEN - and you add the content of your choice...

Students will read and analyze excerpts from the articles of impeachment against President Clinton as well as excerpts from his response. There are 15 text based questions, 5 reflection or discussion questions, and a creative task for students to...

Students will learn about Carter's presidency with this power point (you can also use it as a gallery walk), note guide, 2 speech analysis documents, timeline, true/false/fix, and interview activity. Topics covered include, but are not limited to, the...

Students will get an overview of Reagan's presidency with a 3 page reference sheet providing an overview of Reaganomics, key foreign policy and domestic items, and 14 comprehension questions. They will analyze Reagan's, "Tear Down This Wall" speech by...

Students will study the events of 9/11 through 8 songs in this webquest. They will read the song lyrics and answer 11 questions about the events, experiences, perspectives, and more of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. An answer key is not...

Students watch Boatlift from 9/11 (September 11, 2001) and answer 16 questions. There are 12 other questions for students to answer and 2 tasks to complete (a commemoration and a word cloud). Many of the questions are designed for class discussion or...

Students read and analyze the speech President Bush gave after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 (9/11) by answering 12 questions and completing 2 extension tasks. The answers are included where appropriate and this would be great for a...