Reform Movements

This biography of Sarah and Angelina Grimké focuses on their first-hand experience with slavery on the family's plantation in South Carolina, their activism in the abolitionist movement of the mid-1800s, and their early involvement in the women's...

This 8 page packet contains everything your students will need to complete a Document Based Activity on the Reconstruction Period following the Civil War. This activity asks students to examine several primary source excerpts and pictures from the...

This is a great resource to help students learn about the Vice Presidents of the United States.Each page is complete with a photo of each vice president and detailed facts about each president.Vice Presidents included (Bold - Also served as President of...

This is Part 2 of a Six-Part US History Scavenger Hunt series where students examine primary source reading passages from major historical events. It focuses on major events in US History during the period of 1820-1859 including: abolition of...

Using a slavery reading and prior knowledge students will draw a 6 objects/pictures that (symbolizes) represent a slaves life. Subsequently students will then write 1 sentences explaining your picture and how it relates to a slave’s life. For...

This is a sample activity from my no-prep packet on American abolitionists. It can be used as a bell work booklet, but would also be suitable for sub plans, or for early finishers. One of my focuses when creating this was to...

Do you need an interesting reading passage that's perfect for Black History Month? This is a non-fiction reading passage for middle school or high school that includes critical thinking questions about Nat Turner's Rebellion...

This is a no-prep workbook on American abolitionists. It can be used as a bell workbooklet, but would also be suitable for sub plans, or for early finishers. One of my focuses when creating this was to ensure that students...

This PowerPoint presentation is meant to help you introduce to your class how a Breakout Box Activity is run. This presentation covers the following topics: General Rules Time limit Use of "hint cards" Safety in the classroom Cooperation and...

This interactive and partially editable PowerPoint is intended for either a US History, Black History Month, or Literature unit with Frederick Douglass. PLEASE NOTE: This is paired with the Hampton-Brown of the book but some editable templates...

’Who Stole the People’s Money?' – Do Tell is part of a larger cartoon – “Two Great Questions” – by American caricaturist Thomas Nast and was first published in Harper’s Weekly in August 1871. The cartoon...

Move On was created by Thomas Nast and first published in Harper's Weekly in April 1871. The political cartoon questions voting laws the grant greater political rights to naturalized Americans than Native Americans. The download includes the...