5th - 8th Grade US History Prior to 1877
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Maps of North America Exploration and Settlement: An Activity
$3.00Maps of North America Exploration and Settlement Early maps of European exploration and settlement reveal much about what explorers and colonists knew about what eventually became the English thirteen colonies. Map-making work...$3.00 -
A City on a Hill Making a Book about Puritan Boston
$8.00A City on a Hill Making a Book about Puritan Boston An activity combining process and content “Salem, where we landed, pleased us not,” wrote Thomas Dudley, describing the arrival of John Winthrop’s fleet of seventeen ships in June,...$8.00 -
What Caused the Civil War
$3.00What Caused the Civil War The time was 4:30 in the morning; the day was April 12, 1861. Cannons from the mainland began to spew fire and lob shells into Fort Sumter--at this early hour just faintly visible on the horizon. America’s terrible Civil...$3.00 -
American Revolutionary War (for 5th-7th Graders)
$6.97The American Revolutionary War Lesson Plan explores the major battles and events of the Revolutionary War and further engages students into the subject matter by examining the significance of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem Paul Revere's...$6.97 -
Boston Tea Party (for 5th-7th Graders)
$4.97The Boston Tea Party Lesson Plan discusses the major causes and events of the Boston Tea Party, why it was a significant event, and who was all involved with it. This unit lesson was specifically designed for 4th-7th graders and has also been used with...$4.97 -
French and Indian War (for 5th-7th Graders)
$4.97The French and Indian War Lesson Plan examines the causes and effects of the French and Indian War, who fought in the war, its major battles and events, and significant individuals of the war. This unit lesson was designed specifically for 4th-7th...$4.97 -
U.S. Geography Unit (Intro for 5th-9th Graders)
$19.97The U.S. Geography unit lesson plan covers a wide range of topics from geographic and physical land forms of the U.S., to map types and tools, to population and settlement patterns, and WAY MORE! The unit is designed to last 9 to 10 classroom...$19.97 -
European Exploration and Colonization of the America's COMPLETE UNIT!
$19.97The Exploration and Colonization of the New World unit lesson plan covers a wide range of topics from the Age of Exploration and motivations to explore, to famous European explorers of the English, French, and Spanish, as well as European colonization...$19.97 -
Underground Railroad Color by Number, Reading Passage and Text Marking
$4.00This Underground Railroad Color by Number and Text Marking activity is the perfect way to bring life to the topic! Topics in the Underground Railroad reading passage include: Harriet Tubman, safe houses, plantations, Fugitive Slave Act,...$4.00 -
GooseChase: Life in Colonial America Digital Scavenger Hunt
$3.40In a classroom with many different learning styles and needs, GooseChase is one of the most exciting, engaging ways to differentiate for all students. They are able to choose from over 25 missions with different difficulty levels and point values to...$3.40 -
Native American Removal Tecumseh Trail of Tears Gallery Walk DBQ US History
$1.25This Gallery Walk DBQ combines the evidence and responses from a Document Based Question, or DBQ, with the kinesthetic activity and movement of a Gallery Walk for U.S. History classes. This historic walkthrough features maps, time lines, poetry, and...$1.25 -
Interactive Image: The Massacre of New Orleans
$2.99This resource is a Google Form and Doc linked to an interactive image on the massacre of New Orleans in 1866. In July 1866, riots broke out in New Orleans when freedmen gathered to support extending the right to vote to African Americans. White mobs...$2.99