Modern America

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...

  Students learn about the events of 9/11 by answering 8 questions from one website. They then answer 5 large discussion questions including but not limited to comparing and contrasting 9/11 to other events, looking at specific items from multiple...

Students will read excerpts from Chief Justice Burger's unanimous opinion on US v. Nixon regarding Executive Privilege as related to the investigation surrounding Watergate. They will then answer 15 questions of varying degrees of difficulty (one has...

Students will read excerpts from Justice Brennan's majority opinion and Chief Justice Rehnquist's dissenting opinion on Texas v. Johnson regarding flag burning and whether it is protected under freedom of expression. They will then answer 24 questions of...

Students will analyze Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier by reading excerpts of Justice White’s majority opinion and excerpts of Justice Brennan’s dissenting opinion. They will define 7 vocabulary terms and answer 18 questions of varying degrees of...

Students will read and analyze excerpts from Chief Justice Burger's opinion on Wisconsin v. Yoder and from Justice Douglas' dissent in part regarding compulsory education by answering 30 questions of varying degrees of difficulty. The answers are...

Students will read a one page refresher background on the events of 9/11 (September 11, 2001), an overview of the Patriot Act (including Congressional opinions for and against it), and a brief overview of the Department of Homeland Security. They will...

Students will learn about the causes, course, and effects of Operation Desert Storm from President George H.W. Bush's time in office with this 20 slide power point overview and 20 question note guide (short answer, fill in the blank, and matching). Some...

Students will get an overview of GATT and NAFTA with this one page reading and comprehension tasks. They fill out a 16 item sorting chart, complete 6 true or false statements (and write two of their own), they will respond an overarching question, and...

Students will learn about, or review, the events of the September 11, 2001 (9/11) terrorist attacks with these 6 activities. The first activity has students read 3 brief paragraphs on 9/11 and the memories of a high school senior on September 11,...

Students will read a 3 paragraph overview of 9/11 and the memories of a high school senior on 9/11, answer 5 discussion questions, and determine which of 15 statements or scenarios refer to life before and after 9/11. This also includes a September 11th...