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US History Since 1877 EOC STAAR Prep Charts
$9.99These charts help students organize the key concepts and information they will need master for the EOC test. I have also included KEYS with these charts. Store: Outstanding Social Studies Resources$9.99 -
Pearl Harbor: This is Not a Drill
$5.00“Pearl Harbor- This is no Drill ” details the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941. It consists of 70 slides, including images, maps and text notes for class. Image slides have arrows and highlights on many to point out what...$5.00 -
Reconstruction Era United States 1865-1877 PowerPoint
$5.00“Reconstruction Era“ goes over the events from 1865 to 1877. Reconstruction is a unit the kids do not know a lot about. If you present this as politics, that turns off a class quick. If you present Reconstruction as a power struggle, with...$5.00 -
Civil War Images- Every Picture Tells A Story
$5.00“Civil War - Every Picture Tells a Story’. This is a PowerPoint presentation of 20 slides of Civil War images. The pictures have animation boxes and circles on them for the students to focus on various parts of the picture. In High School,...$5.00 -
Medieval West Africa - An Introduction + Assessments
$1.85Lesson Plan: Close Reading Article, Multiple Choice and Document Based Question Assessments, ActivitiesThe illustrated article explains the influence that Islam and Arabic had on the medieval West African Trading Empires. Activities and Common Core...$1.85 -
Medieval West Africa - An Introduction + Assessment
$1.85Lesson Plan: Close Reading Article, Activities, and AssessmentThe article creates a brief overview of the geographic and economic conditions in West Africa up to and including medieval times. A great introduction to a Medieval West Africa Unit...$1.85 -
Medieval West Africa - Map Activities + DBQ Assessment
$1.75Lesson Plan: Map Activities, Document Based Question Assessment"Medieval West Africa - Activities" includes the making of four maps: the Vegetation Zones of West Africa, the Empire of Ghana, the Empire of Mali, and the Empire of Songhai - all with 5...$1.75 -
Bundle: Italy Cultural Discovery Cards 6-Pack
$4.99This kit is perfect for introducing students to cultural treasures of Italy. Students discover The Colosseum, the Aqueducts and Fountains of Rome, Pompeii, Florence, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and Venice in the form of six origami riddle cards. Buy the...$4.99 -
US History 1877 to Present Time Period Sheets STAAR EOC Prep
$9.99These Time Period Sheets give overviews of each time period of US History after 1877 and provide students with an organizational format to record notes on the important people, court cases, amendments, acts, etc. of each era. (Keys for these sheets are...$9.99 -
Effects of Islam and Arabic on West Africa- An Introduction + Assessments
$1.85Lesson Plan: Close Reading Article, Multiple Choice and Document Based Question Assessments, ActivitiesThe illustrated article explains the influence that Islam and Arabic had on the medieval West African Trading Empires. Activities and Common Core...$1.85 -
John Locke + Assessments
$1.85Lesson Plan: Close Reading Article, Multiple Choice and Document Based Question Assessments, Activities.The article is a brief biography of John Locke, the Enlightenment writer recognized as having the most influence on the intellectual and physical...$1.85 -
Ibn Battuta Primary Source Reading
$1.99The Travels of Ibn Battuta Primary Source Reading + QuestionsThis is an excellent resource to include with your unit on West Africa or Mali! In this reading, students will read two excerpts from Ibn Battuta's travels. The first excerpt is from the The...$1.99