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The French Revolution and Naopoleon Primary Source Image Activity
$3.00Students review key people and events from the French Revolution (and 3 for Napoleon) by matching 20 historical pictures to a caption or dialogue exchange. This includes a teacher information page which explains the activity in its entirety. This is best...$3.00 -
How to Analyze Primary Sources Guide and Graphic Organizers
$4.00Students can use this packet to learn how to analyze text based primary sources, historical images/paintings, and political cartoons. This includes two approaches for analyzing text sources, 2 sample texts with mini graphic organizers filled out as a...$4.00 -
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US History Primary Source Image Activity BUNDLE
Now: $35.00Was: $45.00Students review key people and events related to US History by matching 20 historical images to a caption or dialogue exchange for the following topics: Exploration, Revolutionary War, Washington to Jefferson, Westward Expansion, the Civil War,...Now: $35.00Was: $45.00 -
The Roaring 20s Primary Source Image Activity
$3.00US History students review key people and events from the 1920s (Roaring 20s) by matching 20 historical images to a caption or dialogue exchange. This includes a teacher information page which explains the activity in its entirety. This is best done as a...$3.00 -
Day of Infamy Speech Analysis
$3.00Students will read FDR's address to Congress asking for a declaration of war after the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor during World War 2 (WW2, WWII) and answer 13 questions. The answers are included where appropriate. This would be great for a...$3.00 -
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September 11 BUNDLE
Now: $15.50Was: $18.75Students will learn about, or review, the events of the September 11, 2001 (9/11) terrorist attacks with these 6 activities. The first activity has students read 3 brief paragraphs on 9/11 and the memories of a high school senior on September 11,...Now: $15.50Was: $18.75 -
Women's Suffrage Mini Lesson
$3.50Students read background information about suffrage and women's fight to get the right to vote, culminating in the 19th Amendment. There are 9 opinion based questions scattered through the paragraphs that students can answer individually or in pairs. The...$3.50 -
Life Before and After September 11 Activity
$3.50Students will read 3 brief paragraphs giving an overview of 9/11 and the memories of a high school senior on 9/11. They will then answer 5 discussion questions and determine from 15 statements/scenarios which refer to life before 9/11 and which represent...$3.50 -
Analyzing Reconstruction
$3.50Students will compare and contrast the Reconstruction Plans of Lincoln, Johnson, and Radical Republicans by completing a sorting chart and by defining or identifying 8 terms. Then they will answer 9 comprehension/analytical questions and analyze 9 images...$3.50 -
Dred Scott Primary Source Analysis
$3.50Students will read and analyze excerpts from Taney's majority opinion on the Dred Scott v. Sandford Supreme Court Case, Curtis' dissenting opinion, and two contemporary newspaper excerpts. They will answer 25 questions of varying degrees of difficulty...$3.50 -
The Atomic Bomb Primary Source Analysis
$4.00Students will compare and contrast two accounts of the atomic bomb during World War 2 (WW2), one from the Manhattan Project's Trinity Test and a Japanese account of the atomic bomb being dropped on Hiroshima. They will answer 20 questions and complete 2...$4.00 -
The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions Primary Source Analysis
$3.50Students will read excerpts from the Virginia Resolutions of 1798 and Kentucky Resolutions of 1799 from John Adams' presidency, define or provide synonyms for 10 vocabulary terms, answer 20 questions, and complete a creative task. This would be great for...$3.50