5th - 8th Grade US History Prior to 1877
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Mini-Unit: Andrew Jackson and the Bank
MSRP: $10.25$8.00This mini-unit leads students through Andrew Jackson's war against the Second Bank of the United SMSRP: $10.25$8.00 -
Colonial America: The Acts of Parliament
$1.50Students will complete a graphic organizer based on the various acts passed by the British Parliament during the early and mid 1700s. These acts, adopted primarily in the years after the French and...$1.50 -
Influences on American Government
$3.00This PowerPoint traces the origins of American government to three influential documents: the Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights, and the Mayflower Compact. The goal is to identify common themes...$3.00 -
Theories of Government - The Philosophes
$4.00This PowerPoint presentation is wonderful for introducing students to the theories of WHY government is necessary and HOW government should work. After explaining the two extremes of government...$4.00 -
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Mini-Lesson: The Federalist Papers and Ratification Poster
MSRP: $4.00$3.50This resource is an excellent means of discussing and assessing students' understanding of the arguments for and against ratification of the Constitution. First, a PowerPoint leads students through...MSRP: $4.00$3.50 -
Biography: Andrew Johnson
$2.25This biography of Andrew Johnson compares his personality with that of his predecessor, Abraham Lincoln, and focuses on his disputes with Congress over Reconstruction after the Civil War. These...$2.25 -
Bundled Mini-Lesson: Andrew Jackson
MSRP: $9.75$7.75There has, perhaps, been no president more polarizing that Andrew Jackson. Ascending to the White House as both a challenge to Eastern interests and a champion of the "common man," Jackson went on to...MSRP: $9.75$7.75 -
Political Cartoon: The Copperhead Party
$2.50The Copperhead Party.__In Favor of a Vigorous Prosecution of Peace first appeared in Harper's Weekly on February 28, 1863. The cartoon condemns Peace Democrats (nicknamed "Copperheads") for their...$2.50 -
Political Cartoon: Who Stole the People's Money?
$2.50’Who Stole the People’s Money?' – Do Tell is part of a larger cartoon – “Two Great Questions” – by American caricaturist Thomas Nast and was first published in Harper’s Weekly in August 1871. The...$2.50 -
Political Cartoon: Move On!
$2.50Move On was created by Thomas Nast and first published in Harper's Weekly in April 1871. The political cartoon questions voting laws the grant greater political rights to naturalized Americans than...$2.50