5th - 8th Grade US History Prior to 1877
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American Growth Bundle
$10.95This bundle of resources, created by Teaching in the Fast Lane's Alyssa Roetheli, is perfect for teaching your fifth grade students all about the time period of American Growth including the War of 1812. These activities are designed to engage your...$10.95 -
A New Country Bundle
$12.95This A New Country Bundle, is a great way to get students engaged in learning about the period of time immediately following the American Revolution. These hands on, dynamic resources will get students excited about the time period and begging for...$12.95 -
US Constitution No Prep Unit: 31 Warm Ups, 13 Activities, 3 Projects, and more.
$19.00This is one of Don Jenkin's favorite units to teach because it is very relevant to students' lives and they enjoy discussing issues relevant to the Constitution. This is a no prep unit. I have numbered the assignments in the approximate order that I...$19.00 -
Civil War Unit: Common Core, Games, Primary Sources, Test, Activities!
$13.00Created by Don Jenkins. This could be a self-contained unit or used to supplement your current Civil War unit. I have listed what is included and the approximate time for each activity. There are unit starters, bell ringers, Power Points, a common...$13.00 -
Keep Calm and Ratify the Constitution
$5.75This activity, created by Lori Sheets, uses primary source arguments delivered from both the federalists and the anti federalists and asks students to interpret their intent and how the ratification debate lead to the Bill of Rights. Lori Sheets...$5.75 -
Magna Carta
$6.45In this mini-unit there is a power point presentation with student notes. The presentation allows students to identify the reasons why barons forced King John of England to sign the Magna Carta. The goal of the activities (two written handouts) is to...$6.45 -
13 Colonies Graphic Organizer and Travel Brochure/Video Activity
$3.00A graphic organizer for the 13 colonies divided up by region. Then with each region the groups will create a real estate pamphlet to attempt to get colonists to come to their region. Then they will create a travel video set in the current time...$3.00 -
Civil War Test and Key: 25 Multiple Choice and 4 Documents Based Questions
$1.50Created by Don Jenkins. Civil War Test covering the major ideas, themes, and concepts. Answer key provided. 25 Multiple Choice questions 4 documents based questions$1.50 -
United States Constitution: Mock Congress: How A Bill Becomes A Law
$2.00Created by Don Jenkins - Visit my Store. This is a fun activity for students because students come up with their own idea for a law and they are actively engaged in every step of the process for how a bill becomes a law. Included in this download: 1...$2.00 -
American Revolution 3-5 Week Unit: No Prep
$13.00Created by Don Jenkins. Suggested Unit Outline of Activities: This is a no prep 3-5 week unit…of course you may want to modify, change, or eliminate assignments to meet your needs and you won’t want to use all the video questions. ...$13.00 -
61 American Colonies and American Revolution Bell Ringers or Warm Ups
$3.7561 Questions to start off class concerning the American Colonies and American Revolution from 1492-1781. Most are higher level thinking and open ended questions. Included on each slide is a visual which corresponds with the question. These are great to...$3.75 -
Primary and Secondary Source Interview
$1.00I use this as a homework assignment after students have learned about primary and secondary sources. Students create questions and ask those questions of someone who has been a primary and secondary source. This is a great way to get kids to interact...$1.00