5th - 8th Grade US History Prior to 1877
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Columbian Exchange Mini Simulation
$3.95Learn by doing! Learn by FEELING! In this Mini Simulation, students will interact with each other by trading goods and having events happen to them as they occurred in the Columbian Exchange. Students will go through 6 rounds of events while the teacher...$3.95 -
The War that Made America Video Guide Worksheets
$3.00Description: "The War That Made America" brings to life a vastly important—but often misunderstood—period of American history, a period that set in motion forces that would culminate in the American Revolution. The dramatic documentary tells...$3.00 -
James Madison's Presidency Digital Breakout
$4.95This Digital BreakOut scores on the depth it goes into while simultaneously giving students an awesome breakout experience. This one is creative in that students have to break out of each "page" to move to the next one. All questions/clues are...$4.95 -
Sweet Revolution: role-play simulation game - Boston Tea Party, Taxes, & more!
$4.00This product and its optional extensions/modifications has been designed to introduce, review, or analyze the Boston Tea Party, Quartering Act, and other events leading towards the American Revolution. Students role-play in this collaborative...$4.00 -
BOOM Cards - Cause of the Civil War
$1.0010 Boom cards over the Causes of the American Civil War Check out the preview of the cards here.$1.00 -
Amazing Race Industrial Revolution Game
$5.00This Industrial Revolution Amazing race, is a CUSTOMIZABLE game in which multiple teams of 2-3 students compete to make it to the finish line first. Teams strive to arrive first at a pit stop and then to avoid coming in last place. In this race all tasks...$5.00 -
Hamilton Musical Cabinet Battlers 1 and 2 Lessons
$6.00AWESOME! WOW! These THREE resources use the lyrics to the popular Hamilton Musical to teach the arguments between Hamilton and Jefferson and lead to our first political parties. CABINET BATTLE 1 Summary: Secretary Hamilton and Secretary Jefferson...$6.00 -
Andrew Jackson Hero or Villain
$4.00As students learn about Andrew Jackson's presidency, they decide what facts about him were positive and negative. Students will use these facts to create an argument to prove that Andrew Jackson was either a hero or villain. Each section has a...$4.00 -
Andrew Jackson Gallery Walk with PEAR DECK GOOGLE SLIDES
$4.75This highly engaging Gallery Walk will teach students about Andrew Jackson's Presidency. Get students out of their seats to learn about one of our most interesting Presidents. If you LOVED my best selling, American Revolution Gallery Walk, you will also...$4.75 -
Bill of Rights Hand Game
$4.00This HIGHLY engaging lesson teaches the students the Bill of Rights using hand gestures as memory tricks. Teacher can watch the included video and learn the techniques and then teach the class or you can flip the classroom. IT IS WAY MORE FUN FOR YOU TO...$4.00 -
Inventions that transformed America
$1.25Inventions that transformed the WorldStudents will study seven key inventions and innovations that occurred during the Industrial Revolution and research how the innovations transformed world.Following their research, students will rate the inventions in...$1.25 -
Avoiding the Civil War: Compromises between the north and the south
$1.75In this reading, students will learn about the Missouri compromise, the compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska act. Students will research the growing rift between the North and the South and the attempts to keep the country united. Questions are provided...$1.75