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1920s Prohibition Primary Source and Image Analysis
$3.50Students will read an account on prohibition during the Roaring 20s from the point of view of a German tourist to New York in 1927. They will then answer 10 questions, complete 2 tasks, and analyze 8 images by responding to provided prompts. This would...$3.50 -
The White Man's Burden Primary Source and Image Analysis
$4.00Students will read and analyze The White Man's Burden by answering 16 questions, analyzing 10 images (7 prompts and tasks provided), and completing a graphic organizer to make connections between the White Man's Burden and religion, economics,...$4.00 -
Irish Potato Famine Primary Source and Image Analysis
$3.50Students will read and analyze a brief background on the Irish Potato Famine and an account from an Irish perspective from 1847 by answering 17 questions. They will also analyze 3 images and a map according to provided prompts. The answers are included...$3.50 -
The Gold Rush of 1849 Primary Source and Image Analysis
$3.50Students read a brief background on the California Gold Rush and a primary source on one man's experience prospecting for gold. They will answer 15 questions, complete a creative task, and analyze 5 images (prompts provided). The answers are provided...$3.50 -
Seward's Folly Primary Source and Image Analysis
$3.50Students will read about the purchase of Alaska during Reconstruction and excerpts of its official cession, answer 16 questions of varying levels of difficulty, and analyze 5 images according to provided prompts. The answers are included where...$3.50 -
The Monroe Doctrine Primary Source and Image Analysis
$3.25Students read and analyze the Monroe Doctrine by answering 12 questions, responding to 4 writing prompts for 3 related images, and completing a task for 2 other images. The answers are included where appropriate and this would be great for a...$3.25 -
The Monroe Doctrine Point of View Analysis
$3.75Students will read and analyze 5 excerpts and 8 images representing different points of view about the Monroe Doctrine by answering 30 questions. The excerpts are from Thomas Jefferson (2), John Quincy Adams, an American newspaper, and Prince Metternich...$3.75 -
The Battle of Marathon Primary Source Analysis and Writing Prompts
$3.50Students will read and analyze an account of the Battle of Marathon between Ancient Greece and Persia by answering 16 questions and responding to 3 writing prompts or creative tasks. This would be great for a sub and the answers are included where...$3.50 -
Women and the Vote Primary Source Analysis and 4 Comprehension Tasks
$3.25Students will read and analyze an 1892 speech by Elizabeth Cady Stanton on suffrage (explaining why she believed women should get the right to vote) by answering 8 questions and completing 4 tasks. The tasks include creating picketing signs, various...$3.25 -
The Execution of King Charles I Primary Source Analysis
$3.00Students will read an account of King Charles 1's execution from the English Civil War, answer 10 questions, analyze 3 images, and complete an extension task. This would be a good supplement to a unit on Early British History and Absolutism. This would...$3.00 -
The Black Death Primary Source Analysis and Creative Tasks
$4.00Students will read a primary source on the Middle Ages Plague (Black Death), answer 17 questions, and complete 5 creative activities which partly include creating a museum exhibit, making "Warning: Plague Here" signs, discussing how people would...$4.00 -
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Cold War Primary Source Analysis BUNDLE
Now: $140.00Was: $193.00Students will read and analyze a variety of Cold War speeches and documents with this bundle. Topics covered include the Gulf of Tonkin, the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, containment, the Korean and Vietnam Wars, Eisenhower's Chance for Peace and...Now: $140.00Was: $193.00