HS US History Prior to 1877
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Other Battlefronts game - African Americans & women in the Civil War, with text
$5.00The Civil War presented African-Americans and women with unique opportunities and challenges. For slaves, the North provided an opportunity to escape their bondage, enlist in the army, and return to fight their former oppressors. It gave free blacks a...$5.00 -
Gettysburg Address primary source translation activity
$2.00President Lincoln wasn’t even on the original guest list for the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery. Both he and the war were highly unpopular at the time, given the appalling numbers of casualties and no end in sight. He was eventually...$2.00 -
The Civil War and Reconstruction unit bundle, including text
$30.00This 15 day complete unit covers the Civil War and the period of Reconstruction, 1861-1876. The unit examines: the political, military, economic and social strategies, triumphs and failures of the War itself; the Emancipation Proclamation; the...$30.00 -
Dred Scott mini-unit, including text and primary source activity
$5.00In 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...$5.00 -
American Slave Life mini-unit, including text
$6.00The 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. In this mini-unit,...$6.00 -
American Slavery Primary Source Activity
$4.00The 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...$4.00 -
US history 1788-1861 complete 3 unit bundle, including text
$75.00This 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...$75.00 -
Colonial America Break In to History DBQ Activity
$3.00Colonial America Break In To History. Created by Nathan Gilson - Understanding Who We Were In a Breakout room, people are locked in a room, and need to solve a set of riddles/clues in order to discover the key to leave the room. Since we can't...$3.00 -
Wolf by the Ears - the Fight Over Slavery unit bundle, including text
$30.00This 15 day complete unit covers the country’s growing economic, social, and political split over the spread of slavery in the first half of the 19th century, which eventually led to the secession of most of the Southern states, the bombardment of...$30.00 -
Oregon Trail Board Game
$4.00With the discovery of the South Pass by whites (natives, of course, had known the way for generations), the Oregon Territory became open to a flood of settlement by Americans seeking land in the West. To get there, however, these “Pioneers”...$4.00 -
American Revolution People: Gallery Walk
MSRP: $5.00$0.00Ready to Walk! This product allows you to engage your students while teaching all of the people that are apart of the TEKS. The product includes 18 full color placards, significant people chart and two leveled versions of a "Who Am I?" Activity...MSRP: $5.00$0.00 -
Westward Ho! Expansion of the Continental US 1783-1848, supplemental text
$6.00From its inception, the United States slowly expanded its borders in a seemingly inexorable march to the Pacific Ocean. This text covers the country’s geographic expansion from the Ohio Valley to the Pacific Ocean in fulfilling its “Manifest...$6.00