Modern America

Perfect 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 is show your students a video. The only problem is there is just so...

Textual reading with student questions / class discussion topics explain details about the period referred beginning in 1969. Republican Presidents occupied the White House for eight years. Just some of the topics include: Nixon's policies to fight...

This presentation contains teacher notes, a video clip discussing a general overview of American foreign policy with student questions/answers, and two simulations that allow students to discuss and compromise on how to handle american foreign policy...

DBQ written containing 10 documents with optional scaffolding questions that help students write an essay that addresses the following prompt Assess the validity of the following statement "The breakup of the USSR and the Eastern Bloc Nations was...

This activity allows students to debate the issue of an equal rights amendment to the Constitution. After studying the background of the E.R.A. and both sides of the issue, students are asked to support or oppose a constitutional amendment. They are then...

Use this 14-page newsletter as a quick way to present students with post-Vietnam Era through the post-Cold War Era challenges and accomplishments of the U.S. This newsletter begins with inflation and Nixon's economy, his Vietnamization of the war, his...

Whether you are searching for that Constitution Day lesson or beginning a unit on the Constitution, this assignment is ideal! The resources includes a paraphrased version of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, as well as a series of 21 questions based...

Narrated by Brian Unger, the History Channel's video How the States Got Their Shapes is a wonderful introduction to any middle school or high school US History or Civics class. The video emphasizes the role both geography, politics, and the railroads...

This powerpoint covers Issues and Events 1950-2009 and the TEKS-aligned concepts tested on the U.S. History STAAR EOC state exam in question/answer format. Students learn and review what they have to know and how they should know it. Although these...