5th - 8th Grade US History Prior to 1877
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The KKK
$3.00In this lesson plan for middle school, students will learn more about the Ku Klux Klan. This lesson plan is designed to take approximately one hour, but may take more or less depending on your students. The key accomplishments for students based on...$3.00 -
The Abolitionists Webquest
$3.00This webquest could be used to fill one long class period or several smaller class periods. Students will conduct internet research to learn more about important abolitionists. This is the perfect precursor to an in-depth student project about...$3.00 -
Early Human Settlement Patterns & Mapping Questions
$1.45History and Geography students have struggled with the concept of early settlement development. Why did their ancestors settle where they settled? This reading explores how and why early settlers settled near the coast & how topography and...$1.45 -
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 -
Missouri Compromise
$3.00This includes a 60 minute lesson plan and a PowerPoint presentation to discuss the concepts of compromise and how it played out with regard to free and slave states with the admission of Missouri. This lesson has also been updated with a customized...$3.00 -
Articles of Confederation Activities
$3.00US History Middle School This 45 minute lesson plan is geared for middle school and helps introduce students to the Articles of Confederation in order to answer or accomplish the following: • Describe the Articles of Confederation. •...$3.00 -
Early American Identities: Colonial Women and Children
$3.00This 60 minute middle school lesson plan helps students learn about the lives of colonial women and children in America via a customized reading activity and video viewing. This lesson provides teachers with a warm-up activity, individual/guided practice...$3.00 -
Age of Reason | Enlightenment Salon | A Socratic Seminar Activity
$2.25In this (fully- editable) activity your students will compare the major ideas of 7 Enlightenment (Age of Reason) philosophers, “thinkers”, (Hobbes, Montesquieu, Locke, Wollstonecraft, Rousseau, Beccaria, Voltaire) that subsequently...$2.25 -
Project Based Learning: Colonial Jobs and Resumes
$3.25Project Based Learning: Colonial Jobs is a highly engaging and dynamic activity that teaches students about the past, while instilling skills they will utilize in the future. Students will take on the role of a colonist by selecting a colonial name...$3.25 -
Project Based Learning: Life in the 13 Colonies
$9.70Project Based Learning: Life in the 13 Colonies is a highly engaging and dynamic activity that teaches students about the past, while instilling skills they will utilize in the future. Created by Melissa Neely - Visit My Store Students research...$9.70 -
New World Explorers Bundle
$8.50Let me do the work for you! Buy differentiated readings and activities to meet the needs of your entire student population. Purchase the New World Explorers Bundle and save yourself time. You will receive: 1) A detailed lesson plan 2) Differentiated...$8.50 -
U.S. Government | Federalist V. Anti-Federalist | Presentation & Student Activity
$2.49In this U.S. Government/U.S. History activity on Federalists V. Anti-Federalists your students will: 1) Complete short background notes on a graphic organizer about the ratification of the U.S. Constitution. (Full Color Power-point...$2.49