Exploration and Colonization
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The Development of Race Based Slavery/The Middle Passage unit, including text
$15.00“I really like your units. They are detailed and allows for critical thinking on the part of the students. Thank you!” Why did the European colonists in the New World use African slaves for their labor? How did the system of enslaving an...$15.00 -
Jamestown, Plymouth, and the 13 Colonies unit bundle, including text
$40.00“I really like your units. They are detailed and allows for critical thinking on the part of the students. Thank you!” This 20 day complete unit bundle examines the founding and early history of all 13 English North American colonies and...$40.00 -
First Contact - The first colonies in the New World unit bundle, including text
$30.00“I really like your units. They are detailed and allows for critical thinking on the part of the students. Thank you!” This 19 day complete unit examines the tragedy and triumphs of the first European explorer/colonists in the New World,...$30.00 -
Slavery in the American Colonies
$3.00This 60 minute lesson plan is designed to help middle students answer the following questions: • When did slavery come to the colonies? • How did slavery affect the colonies? • Why did the colonies need slave labor? • Where...$3.00 -
Age of Exploration Break In To History 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 -
Slavery and the Triangle Trade
$3.00This 60 minute middle school US history lesson has a customized reading included and helps students answer the following questions: • How are slavery, tobacco and cotton related economically and politically? • Who was involved on a large...$3.00 -
The Jamestown Disaster
$3.00This is a 60 minute lesson for middle school with reading materials included to help students answer the following questions: • What was the Jamestown Disaster (the “Starving Time”?) and what caused it? • Could this disaster...$3.00 -
Exploration and Colonization STAAR Review Heads Up Game
$1.50Help your students prepare for the 8th grade U.S. History STAAR with Heads up! Exploration and Colonization. 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...$1.50 -
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 -
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 -
Perspectives of the French and Indian War - Facial Expressions
$4.99Challenge students to demonstrate the variety of perspectives of the French and Indian War. Students will read, analyze and complete reflection questions about the conflicts between the French and British during the Seven Year War. Students will create...$4.99 -
Around the World First - European Explorers - FREE
$0.00Challenge your students to discover and debate the question of who circumnavigated the globe first. Was it Magellan as history claims? Or did other men achieve the goal before him? This lesson begins with a warm-up activity that discusses man’s...$0.00