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Civil Rights Bundle - Perfect for Flipped Classroom or Digital Learning
$20.00This is by far my favorite unit that I've created. AND it comes with fillable pdf's perfect for digital learning New high level (can be used for AP Government or modified for regular senior government) that includes high-interest power point files with...$20.00 -
American Genius video guides
$1.99Provided is three video guides designed for the movies American Genius on Netflix's. I designed these videos for my 7th and 8th classes, however they may be able to be applied for high school.Video guides:Gates vs. Jobs- follows video and ask students...$1.99 -
Cold War Project
$3.50Students will have an opportunity to choose from 14 major events of the Cold War. They will research the event and it's consequences during this hostile and politically charged period . Provided are instructions for their presentation, a rubric and...$3.50 -
Create your own Meme: History, English
$1.99Students will look up an adjective or verb that can be used to describe a positive characteristic that has been displayed in history. Students will be researching examples in history and will be drawing a poster to illustrate what this word means. There...$1.99 -
Reagan and Kennedy at the Berlin Wall
$1.99Students will investigate the construction and fall of the Berlin Wall as well as comparing and contrasting speeches by both President Kennedy and President Reagan made at the Berlin Wall. There are links for the videos they will be watching as well as a...$1.99 -
Tora, Tora, Tora video guide
$1.99This video guide follows the Pearl Harbor film Tora, Tora, Tora. It has the time of the questions so students can follow along. 3 pages of questions.$1.99 -
Weapons of World War 1 project
$3.99Students for this project will be researching the new technological advancements that were used during the first World War. Students will pretend to be a war profiteer/salesman trying to pitch your weapon to the nations fighting in Europe. Their goal is...$3.99 -
World War 1 Map Project- Map, web quest
$3.99This project is great to introduce your students to World War 1, help them gain background knowledge and to generate excitement about your upcoming unit. To do this project, students will need access to an electronic device with the internetThe Bundle...$3.99 -
Modern Day Muckraker-Investigative journalism
$3.00For this project, Students team up individually or in pairs and become modern day “muckrakers”. Their mission will be to investigate a problem that currently exists and is causing damage or harm to some sector of our modern-day society. The...$3.00 -
Inventions that transformed America
$1.25Inventions that transformed the WorldStudents will study seven key inventions and innovations that occurred during the Industrial Revolution and research how the innovations transformed world.Following their research, students will rate the inventions in...$1.25 -
Avoiding the Civil War: Compromises between the north and the south
$1.75In this reading, students will learn about the Missouri compromise, the compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska act. Students will research the growing rift between the North and the South and the attempts to keep the country united. Questions are provided...$1.75 -
The Wave-How did Hitler come to power in a democracy?
$1.25This movie follows the 1960's classroom experiment of teacher Ron Jones and how he implemented Nazi Fascism in classroom. The movie explores if a radical like Hitler could rise to power today? Link to the movie and questions following the film are...$1.25