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Supply and Demand Test
$8.00Assessment on supply and demand. Includes 24 multiple choice questions, 6 review/bonus multiple choice questions and 7 short answer questions. Store: Sammi Rescigno$8.00 -
Feudalism Comparison
$1.50This resource can be used to compare social structures during feudalism in Europe and Japan. Includes comparison worksheet with social pyramids and 8 multiple choice questions. Store: Sammi Rescigno$1.50 -
The Emancipation Proclamation
$3.00In this 60 minute lesson plan for middle school helps students address the following questions: • What were Lincoln’s main goals midway through the Civil War?• What did the Emancipation Proclamation say would occur for the enslaved...$3.00 -
The Enlightenment and its Impact - An Overview + Assessments
$2.25The article features the Age of the Enlightenment and its influence on world events. It includes details of the most important Enlightenment concepts and the most influential writers and how they affected Europe, as well as, the newly formed United...$2.25 -
Settling the Great Plains
$2.00In this lesson you will find everything you need to teach settling the Great Plains including a PPT and Notes.Content covered:- Transcontinental Railroad- Homestead Act- Land Rush- Ranching Impacted Natives- The Importance of the Buffalo- Native American...$2.00 -
The Cow-Tail Switch + Assessments
$1.85"The Cow-Tail Switch" is a typical, but very engaging, West African story which would be told by a medieval "griot" (gree'-oh) to teach children morals. A great Common Core Primary Source, extension activity for the West African Trading Empires. Common...$1.85 -
The Black Death + Document Based Question Assessments
$2.00Product DescriptionThe article explains the Black Death - the when, where, how, why, what, and so-what. Activities, Multiple Choice / Document Based Question Assessment, and Common Core-Aligned DBQ Short Answer Assessment included. Primary Source: Agnola...$2.00 -
Muslim Contributions to Later Civilizations + Assessments
$2.00The illustrated article explains the many achievements that make up the legacy of the medieval Islamic Civilization - in Mathematics, Astronomy, Medicine, Philosophy, Science, History, as well as, Art and Architecture. Activities and Common...$2.00 -
THE CRUSADES: Causes, Course, Consequences + DBQ Assessments
$2.00The article demonstrates the reasons that compelled European Christians to launch four major Crusades, how the Crusades progressed, and what happened to Europe as a result of them - the negatives and the positives. Activities and Common Core DBQ...$2.00 -
The Story of Sundiata + Assessments
$2.00"The Story of Sundiata" tells of the life-altering journey a disabled boy, named Sundiata, undertakes to become a great warrior and eventual ruler of the Empire of Mali. The story "The Lion King" has many parallels to this story. Ideal for Venn Diagram,...$2.00 -
The Trial of Bugs Bunny
$11.00Bugs Bunny is a trickster, no doubt, but is he capable of theft and assault? Your government class will have to determine that as they take on the roles of court officials, witnesses, and jurors in this mock trial.There are 8 character parts: 2 female...$11.00 -
Civil War Webquest North vs. South - Comparing Two Worlds
$1.00This resource is AMAZING!! This worksheet uses a scholastic website that is an INTERACTIVE map that has students investigate the difference between the North and the South at the start of the Civil War. You can have students do this individually in class...$1.00