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St. Patrick's Day Story Starters
$1.00Created by Beth Hammett. Use with FREE St. Patrick's Day Facts to write historical fiction or non-fiction stories. Ten four-leaf clovers with St. Patrick's Day vocabulary for individual, small or whole group historical writings. Hand one to each...$1.00 -
St. Patrick's Day Facts and Resources with Coloring Sheets
$2.00Created by Beth Hammett. 30 pages of St. Patrick's Day history and fun! Activities and resources to build larger unit, if desired. Comes with: Quick Facts Sheet Difference between 4 leaf clover and Shamrock Myths Symbols and more.....$2.00 -
Video Lesson: Independence Day
$3.00Perfect Grab and Go Lesson! We can all agree that providing students visual content enhances instruction…Especially this generation of students. One of the easiest ways to do this is show your students a video. The only problem is there is just so...$3.00 -
Pearl Harbor Day Comic Book
$4.50Created by Beth Hammett. Use cause and effect, inferencing and critical thinking skills to complete this 39 page ready-to-make, fact based Pearl Harbor Day comic book.Uses American dates. Includes: easy to follow World War II Facts Sheet ...$4.50 -
My Thanksgiving Tale
$3.00Students make their own fact based or fictional Thanksgiving Storybooks then bind and share. These ready to use handout sheets are loaded with holiday graphics that include: 4 Title pages to color 4 The End pages to color 6 Coloring Frames with...$3.00 -
Black History Month: Daily 15 Minute Activities Packet
$3.00Created by Laura Pennington - Visit My Store This 34-page file has learning activities for every day of Black History Month, designed to promote critical thinking and student engagement. Appropriate for middle school and high school classrooms in US...$3.00 -
Native American Day: Fact-Based, Historical Activities & Resources
$4.00Created by Beth Hammett - Visit My Store Numerous projects for Native American Day (4th Friday in September) or for any NAI History/SS Unit. Includes: Make a Timeline (Build Background Knowledge) U.S. Map of NA Tribes Diorama activity and clip art...$4.00 -
National Preparedness Month - FREE
$0.00Lots of pages of activities for national preparedness month. FREE to download$0.00 -
Benjamin Franklin's Birthday: 10 Critical Thinking Activities
$3.5045 pages of critical thinking activities and lesson plans for ELA or history classes that focus on Benjamin Franklin's life and accomplishments. Includes: Directions for all projects Franklin's Life: Early, Middle, Late Years Quick Facts Timeline...$3.50 -
US History Paired Texts: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Harriet Tubman
$4.25These paired texts cover two of the most famous people in United States history -- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Harriet Tubman. They will help your students learn how to compare and contrast informational passages while helping them learn about two...$4.25 -
The History of Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month (Comic Book)
$5.00Do you know how Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month begin? This 25 page comic book explains the history behind the celebrated month, and it offers students the opportunity to review information then fill in their own comic speech bubbles and facts...$5.00 -
Biography: Nat Turner
$2.25This biography on Nat Turner focuses on his belief that he had received a sign from God to start a slave rebellion, and the repercussions of that rebellion on both whites and Black Americans. The biography includes a series of questions based on the...$2.25