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The Trial of Oliver Cromwell for War Crimes
$5.00Oliver Cromwell was a Puritan parliamentarian, a military commander and the driving force behind the English Civil War. He has been both lauded and vilified by many historians primarily for his military subjugation of Ireland. In two notable sieges,...$5.00 -
Constitutional Convention: Founding Mothers Create a Government
$6.00At the time of the Constitutional Convention nearly all Americans firmly believed God had designed different duties for men and women. The idea of women taking an active part in politics would have almost unimaginable. Nevertheless, a mysterious...$6.00 -
Civil War Generals Most Effective or the Least Effective?
$4.00At the start of the American Civil War both the Union and the Confederacy an immediate problem of enlisting men into their respective armies and providing them with competent commanders. Many of the senior officers in both armies had their training...$4.00 -
Civil War Game
$4.00Most Civil War historians would agree that in order to win the war the North needed to carry the fight into the South. But the Southern commanders, especially General Robert E. Lee, believed that taking the fight into the North was the path to victory...$4.00 -
Indian Achievements Infomercial
$3.50Indian Achievements Reading Stations Activity - Google Drive - Print & Digital Note: This resource used to be an infomercial activity but has now been replaced as a reading station activity. This is a great activity to use when you wrap...$3.50 -
Who Murdered the Princes in the Tower? The Usual Suspects
$4.00This is a lesson to introduce students to the controversy surrounding the brief reign of one of the most vilified kings in English history, Richard III. Was he responsible for the premeditated murder of his nephews Edward V and Richard, the so-called...$4.00 -
A Reformation Mystery: The St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre - Who to Blame
$5.00On August 18, 1572 Marguerite de Valois (a Catholic), the sister of French King Charles IX, was wed in Paris to Henry III of Navarre (a Protestant). Their marriage was intended to solidify the provisions of the Peace of St. Germain that ended the Third...$5.00 -
The Renaissance Social Class Structure and Daily Life
$4.00Divisions based on religion, birthright, income, occupation, education, talent, and political power have always existed in societies. These divisions are referred to as social classes. One can identify lower, middle and upper classes, defined by...$4.00 -
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War Crimes: The Thirty Years’ War: Europe’s First World War
$6.00The Thirty Years’ War refers to a series of wars that ravaged the European continent from 1618-1648. It began as a religious struggle, spawned from the Protestant Reformation, over the “Peace of Augsburg,” that had provided for...$6.00 -
RENAISSANCE ALUM MONOPOLY GAME
$5.00Alum is a transparent mineral salt essential to the manufacturing of fast, vivid dyes. It is also used in glass-making and tanning of animal hides. Up until 1460 nearly all European supplies of alum came from Asia transported in Genoese ships. But in...$5.00 -
Vulnerable and Fearful: Could you survive in 14th Century France?
$4.00The 14th century provides us with two opposing images: on the one hand a dazzling time of crusades and castles, cathedrals and chivalry and exquisitely illuminated books and tapestries; on the other hand, an age of ferocity, suffering and spiritual...$4.00