HS US History Prior to 1877
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Constitution STAAR Review Game
$1.50Help your students prepare for the 8th grade U.S. History STAAR with Heads up! Constitution. Students will help each other review key ideas from the unit while playing this engaging game. It’s so much fun, they won’t even know they are...$1.50 -
Constitution of the United States Break In Activity
$3.00In 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 lock students into classrooms in America, we Break IN instead. Solve a set of historical riddles in...$3.00 -
Triangle Trade Simulation Game
$3.00My students' favorite activity of the year, even in surveys conducted at the end of the year, students still remember it as their favorite activity even though we play it in August/September and ask to play it again. A triangle trade simulation game...$3.00 -
Headlines Newspaper Project--Teaching Historical Perspective
$3.50Created by Nathan Gilson of "Understanding Who We Were" - Visit My Store A project rubric for several newspaper projects. This project teaches students to view historical events from more than one side. It teaches bias, historical perspective,...$3.50 -
The Age of Absolutism: Ferdinand & Isabella
$3.99This lesson package introduces students to the concept of absolutism before delving more deeply into the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain. Students will first learn about these things via PowerPoint before participating in a Think-Pair-Share...$3.99 -
Causes of the Civil War Break In Activity
$3.00In 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 lock students into classrooms in America, we Break IN instead. Solve a set of historical riddles in...$3.00 -
Abraham Lincoln Text Reading with Student Questions
$3.80Text reading explains details about President Abraham Lincoln (Early Career, War Time Record, Emancipation Proclamation, Criticisms, Elections, and the Gettysburg Address (full text). 3 pages of text reading Accompanied by student questions / answer...$3.80 -
Political Cartoon: Mistress Columbia
$2.50The download includes the following: 1. A PowerPoint - complete with discussion notes for each slide - that teachers can use to lead students through the cartoon. 2. An introductory paragraph that describes the circumstances behind the cartoon. 3. A...$2.50 -
Political Cartoon Bundle: The Road to Civil War
$4.50These two political cartoons, Southern Chivalry __ Argument versus Clubs and Mistress Columbia, focus on the increasing tensions between the North and the South -- and the national government's unwillingness (or inability) to address the issue -- as the...$4.50 -
Political Cartoon: Southern Chivalry __ Argument versus Clubs
$2.50Southern Chivalry ___ Argument versus Club's was created by John L. Magee in 1856 and was published in the aftermath of the violent caning Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner received at the hands of South Carolina Representative Preston Books. The...$2.50 -
John Adams and the Federalists
$4.50ext reading explains details about President John Adams Accompanied by (8) reading analysis questions / answer key Class / (4) Group Discussion Questions Topics include: -trouble with France -Alien and Sedition Act -XYZ Affair...$4.50 -
Interactive Vocabulary Game
$3.00Note to Teachers: Finding ways to teach and allow students to understand and retain key vocabulary is a difficult task. Over the years we all have found various ways to implement new strategies that require students to apply vocabulary terms. This...$3.00