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Gallery Walk Images Stations Questions from the Great Depression US History
$1.89Have students walk through history like a museum in your classroom! 8 Stations with photographs, information, data, and an answer sheet. Students will encounter images regarding the unemployment rate, violence, challenges, poverty, and desperate...$1.89 -
Civil War Bundle - Save 50%
$15.00Bundle of 6 lessons, individually $30. Save 50% with the Bundle. 1. Making a Book about Washington D.C. during the Civil War 2. Civil War Game - military...$15.00 -
FLORENTINE GOVERNMENT DURING THE RENAISSANCE
$3.00FLORENTINE GOVERNMENT DURING THE RENAISSANCE Was it a true democratic Republic? In the summer of 1378, the lowest class of woolen workers, known as the “ciompi” because of the wooden clogs they wore, rioted. Why? They were...$3.00 -
Maps of North America Exploration and Settlement: An Activity
$3.00Maps of North America Exploration and Settlement Early maps of European exploration and settlement reveal much about what explorers and colonists knew about what eventually became the English thirteen colonies. Map-making work...$3.00 -
A City on a Hill Making a Book about Puritan Boston
$8.00A City on a Hill Making a Book about Puritan Boston An activity combining process and content “Salem, where we landed, pleased us not,” wrote Thomas Dudley, describing the arrival of John Winthrop’s fleet of seventeen ships in June,...$8.00 -
What Caused the Civil War
$3.00What Caused the Civil War The time was 4:30 in the morning; the day was April 12, 1861. Cannons from the mainland began to spew fire and lob shells into Fort Sumter--at this early hour just faintly visible on the horizon. America’s terrible Civil...$3.00 -
Industrial Revolution Gallery Walk, Questions, Response Chart, Industrialization
$1.99Students will partner up, move around your classroom, and break down the positive and negative aspects that simultaneously occurred as a result of Industrialization. This is an engaging introduction to United States History or World History, as you study...$1.99 -
Revolutions: Then and Now Gunpowder, Rights, Russia, United Kingdom, or China
$0.99Revolutions: Then and Now Gunpowder, Rights, Russia, United Kingdom, or China allows students to choose a particular focus of World History and compare it to historical events and modern happenings. There are a variety of Social Science Standards that...$0.99 -
Sociology Syllabus for College (Editable)
$2.50This is a 4-page sociology syllabus for university professors. It's very detailed. I used this book at the text: Sociology in Our Times: The Essentials. Author: Diana Kendall (11th Edition) You can obviously change that...$2.50 -
Change My Mind Assignment (Oxford Debate)
$0.99Students choose a persuasive speech topic, and write a 1-2 minute speech with source evidence to persuade the class, which is polled ahead of, and after, the speech, to show how effective the student has been in changing anyone's mind. This is a great...$0.99 -
U.S. Geography Unit (Intro for 5th-9th Graders)
$19.97The U.S. Geography unit lesson plan covers a wide range of topics from geographic and physical land forms of the U.S., to map types and tools, to population and settlement patterns, and WAY MORE! The unit is designed to last 9 to 10 classroom...$19.97 -
Making a Book about Washington D.C. During the Civil War
$8.00Making a Book about Washington D.C. During the Civil War An activity that combines process and content In 1861, Washington was a dusty, muddy city of a little over 50,000 inhabitants. Most Congressman and even the President fled the city at...$8.00