5th - 8th Grade US History Prior to 1877
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"Right Hand Man" Lyric Analysis
$1.25Incorporate the Broadway smash hit musical Hamilton in your classroom! "Right Hand Man" describes the struggles George Washington faces as commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. I used this song and lyric sheet to...$1.25 -
Citizen's Rights & Amendments DIGITAL Task Cards | DISTANCE LEARNING
$2.00Review your unit using digital task cards! They're versatile and super easy. Just assign and go! Your students will LOVE reviewing citizens' rights and amendments with this digital task card set! These task cards are interactive. This...$2.00 -
Battle of Lexington and Concord Facts
$5.00Patriots' Day is the third Monday in April. Use the battle of Lexington and Concord facts in this resource to explore that fateful SHOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD - The beginning of the American Revolution. The Battles of Lexington and Concord...$5.00 -
Surviving a Colony PBL
$4.00In order to ensure survival, colonists had to solve a variety of problems. This PBL will immerse you in the lives of struggles of colonists trying to make a new life in North America. You will be asked to use research, critical thinking, and problem...$4.00 -
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