5th - 8th Grade US History Prior to 1877
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First Amendment ESCAPE ROOM!
$6.75The First Amendment Escape Room will take students on a secret mission around the classroom! This escape room has students decode interesting facts about the freedoms of speech, religion, assembly, press and petition. The First Amendment Escape Room has...$6.75 -
U.S. Constitution ESCAPE ROOM Activity! Constitution Day - Reading Comprehension
$6.75The Constitution Escape Room will take students on a secret mission around the classroom! This escape room has students decode interesting facts about the U.S. Constitution. This is the perfect activity to introduce the Constitution or celebrate...$6.75 -
Federalist vs. Anti-Federalist Game Which one are you??
$2.50In this game students use a worksheet to answer true or false questions on whether they agree or disagree with statements. Then while going through the PPT students write down which side they allied with on each statement. At the end they count up which...$2.50 -
Leveled Reconstruction Reading Guides
$2.50This is the PERFECT three level reading guide to cover Reconstruction. This guide goes along with an article on newsela.com - link to full article below. Students have to read the article and pull text evidence from it in order to answer the questions...$2.50 -
Articles of Confederation & Constitution Quiz w/ Key
$1.50This is a great quiz to assess your students knowledge on the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution. This comes with both the quiz and a key as well as an editable version in case if you would like to change any of the wording or questions. The...$1.50 -
U.S. Government | Congress | Who Represents YOU? | Web-Quest
$0.00Who are your members of Congress? Using this 2 page web-quest, your students will visit the house.gov and senate.gov website to research the Senators from their state and the Congressman from the district in which they live. They will also look at...$0.00 -
Effects of Technological and Scientific Innovations FOLDABLE Only
$1.00This listing is for the FOLDABLE that learners may use to summarize the effects of 5 innovations (steamboat, cotton gin, interchangeable parts, mechanical reaper and the Bessemer Steel Process). It includes the FOLDABLE ONLY. There is also a...$1.00 -
USA Five Regions
$20.00USA Five Regions Unit BundleIncludes:West, Southwest, Southeast, Northeast, and Midwest RegionMap Scavenger HuntsWest, Southwest, Southeast, Northeast, and Midwest RegionLandmarks PowerPointsUSA West, Southwest, Southeast, Northeast, and Midwest...$20.00 -
Effects of Technological and Scientific Innovations FLIPCHART and FOLDABLE
$3.00This teacher-led or self-paced lesson is a 10-page FLIPCHART and FOLDABLE that summarizes the effects of 5 innovations (steamboat, cotton gin, interchangeable parts, mechanical reaper and the Bessemer Steel Process). It also includes the FOLDABLE...$3.00 -
Reconstruction mini-unit, including text
$10.00As the Civil War came to its bloody conclusion, the country was faced with a monumental task: bring the Confederate states back into the body politic, rebuild the war-ravaged Southern economy, and integrate over three million former slaves into free...$10.00 -
Women in the Civil War mini-unit, including text
$4.00In this mini-unit, students will learn about the unique experience of women in the Civil War. Frustrated with societal norms that prevented them from participating as men could, many women disguised themselves as men and fought, spied for their...$4.00 -
African-Americans in the Civil War mini-unit, including text
$6.00Unlike the American Revolutionary War, there was no conflict or disagreement amongst African-Americans over which side to support. Although Northern policy at the beginning of the war was to preclude black participation in the war effort, both the need...$6.00