5th - 8th Grade US History Prior to 1877
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Timeline Project for ANY History Topic
$3.50Students complete a 10, 15, or 20 item history timeline to review any historical era, topic, or unit. A variety of ways of displaying and creating the timeline are described. There are 6 tasks for students to complete to demonstrate their understanding...$3.50 -
Historical Figure Review Activity
$3.00Students review any historical figure by filling out quote bubbles and the outline of a person with information they learned in class or by researching the individual. There are 10 requirements for students to address while being creative. This can be...$3.00 -
History Mini Projects for Any Topic
$3.50Students will make trading cards and/or cubes to review any historical event or topic. There are 9 requirements for the trading card and 6 requirements for the cube (both have visual and written components). There is flexibility in the instructions to...$3.50 -
Presidents Research Project
$3.50Students will use one of 5 graphic organizers to complete a presidential research project. There are 14 requirements for the first part such as years in office, political party, accomplishments, shortcomings, speeches, and more! They will then choose 3...$3.50 -
Reconstruction One Pager
$3.00Student review the people/events/politics/etc of Reconstruction by creating a one pager. There are 12 items for students to complete plus a higher level thinking task to be completed in the border. Students can choose from one of 7 templates ranging from...$3.00 -
Revolutionary War One Pager
$3.00Students will review what they learned about the American Revolution (Revolutionary War) by creating a one pager. There are 12 topics students must address and they will respond to an overarching academic question (they choose from 3 prompts). There are...$3.00 -
History Review Activity Pamphlet Template
$3.50Students will review any history unit or topic by creating a pamphlet of their own design. Students will pick a driving theme for their pamphlet (7 options provided) and fulfill 6 other requirements (13 sample options included). They must balance...$3.50 -
US History Maps and Images Analysis
$4.00To supplement your American history tests or final exam, students analyze 12 maps and 51 images covering 20 topics/units. There are 3-7 questions for each set of maps and 5 prompts for the images. The images are a mix of photos and political cartoons...$4.00 -
US History Timeline Review
$4.00Students get a cumulative review of US History (13 Colonies to 1945) by completing a growth of America map, matching 34 images to their events, putting 63 events in chronological order (both with academic tasks), and answering any combination of 10 essay...$4.00 -
US History Map and Research Skills Activity
$3.50Students will review what they learned throughout United States History as well as their map and research skills by going on a time travel treasure hunt throughout American History. There are 50 questions and each answer is an event, battle, an era,...$3.50 -
U.S. History Focus Questions
$10.00These are 375+ focus questions, thinking prompts, essential questions, objectives, guiding questions, review questions, writing prompts, even test or essay questions that you can use for all of US History (American History, United States History). They...$10.00 -
Early American History One Pager
$3.00Students review what they learned about the Presidencies of Washington, Adams, and Jefferson (the Early Republic) by creating a one pager. There are 16 requirements for students to fulfill of varying degrees of difficulty (but students choose 10 to work...$3.00