5th - 8th Grade US History Prior to 1877
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History Review Project For Any Topic
$4.00Students will create a Hollywood style bus tour to review any social studies unit or topic. There are 16 requirements balancing historical accuracy and creativity, including: the person's occupation, why a site should be preserved, eating lunch with a...$4.00 -
End of Semester Project Create a Booklet
$4.00Students will create a booklet as a cumulative review project to show what they learned in a semester of a history class. The booklet is intended to give future students an overview of what they can expect to learn in class and why it will be both...$4.00 -
2 Historical Figure Timeline Activities
$5.00Students will learn about, or review, any historical person with these two timelines. One involves creating a 15 event timeline and expanding on the events by completing 6 tasks (creative and academic). The other involves creating a timeline, classifying...$5.00 -
End of Semester Project Create a Museum
$4.00This cumulative review history project has students create a museum display for 6 artifacts from each topic/unit/time period studied during the year (each group will be assigned a different topic/unit). There are 9 requirements for each group and 2...$4.00 -
U.S. Constitution DIGITAL ESCAPE ROOM for Google Drive® Distance Learning
$7.99The U.S. Constitution DIGITAL Escape Room will take students on a secret mission through two 360° VIEW rooms! This escape room has students decode interesting facts about the US Constitution, Constitution Day, 3 branches, amendments...$7.99 -
Trail of Tears Interactive Google Slides™ Presentation | Distance Learning
$6.25Try something new with this Digital Trail of Tears Interactive Google Slides Presentation™ with self-checking questions! You can EASILY download the Google Slides™ as a PowerPoint if that platform works better for you!...$6.25 -
Declaration of Independence DIGITAL ESCAPE ROOM | Distance Learning
$7.99The Declaration of Independence DIGITAL Escape Room will take students on a secret mission through two 360° VIEW rooms! This escape room has students decode interesting facts about the Declaration of Independence, grievances, King...$7.99 -
SHARECROPPERS QUEST: BREAKING THE CHAINS
$5.50Introducing "Sharecropper's Quest," an immersive, interactive, and historically accurate choose-your-own-adventure game designed to transport your students back in time to the era of sharecropping in the New South. This engaging educational tool is...$5.50 -
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4 U.S. History ESCAPE ROOMS BUNDLE - Constitution, Revolutionary War
MSRP: $27.00Now: $21.60Was: $27.00Looking for the perfect bundle for U.S. History, Social Studies or Civics? Look no further! Each American History escape room will take students on different missions around the classroom, reading comprehension passages, decoding puzzles and answering...MSRP: $27.00Now: $21.60Was: $27.00 -
Bill of Rights Color by Number, Reading Passage and Text Marking - Constitution
$4.00This Bill of Rights Color by Number and Text Marking activity is the perfect way to bring life to the topic! Students read a non-fiction passage and search for answers while marking evidence from the text. Perfect reading comprehension activity...$4.00 -
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US History Map Bundle
Now: $70.00Was: $89.75Students review Exploration, the French and Indian War, Native Americans from pre-Columbus through 1890, the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, Westward Expansion, the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Gilded Age, Imperialism, World War 1 (WWI), World War...Now: $70.00Was: $89.75 -
President Polk's War Message Primary Source Analysis
$3.50Students will read excerpts from President Polk's speech to Congress requesting a declaration of war against Mexico prior to the start of the Mexican-American War in 1846. They will answer 29 questions and complete an extension task. The answers are...$3.50