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1920s Collage Project
$3.00To review the Roaring 1920s, students will pick a minimum of 20 people, events, trends, publications, court cases, etc to make a collage out of. They can use a combination of maps, political cartoons, printed images, hand drawn images, and words. The...$3.00 -
FDR's New Deal Acts Fireside Chat Activity
$3.00Students will write and deliver a Fireside Chat style radio address with 5 components and complete 3 other tasks/activities to review what they learned about 4 different acts from the New Deal passed in FDRs first 100 days as president. Depending on your...$3.00 -
Election of 1828 Activity
$1.50Students will review the Election of 1828 by dividing into election campaign committees and conducting a campaign and debate. There are 10 items students must address and they are detailed in the instructions. A points distribution is included. The...$1.50 -
Black History Month Webquest
$3.00Students will learn about, or review, Black History Month by answering 11 questions and completing a creative task after visiting up to 6 websites. The answers are included where appropriate and this would work for a sub! Sample questions include:--Why...$3.00 -
Halloween History Timeline
$1.50Students will complete an "on this day in history" activity by identifying which 10 of 13 historical events happened on Halloween from 1517 to 1984. They will try to match the October 31st events to the years in which they happened and then...$1.50 -
Medieval Knight Activity
$3.00Students will read a selection of the code of chivalry for a Middle Ages knight and complete a writing task. They will then design their own coat of arms on a shield (the instructions and 5 templates are included), create their own motto, and answer 5...$3.00 -
The Congress of Vienna Reading Analysis
$3.00Students will learn about the Congress of Vienna by answering 12 questions, analyzing a map, and completing a task for a political cartoon. This would be great for a sub and the answers are included where appropriate. Sample questions include:--Why were...$3.00 -
History Review Project
$1.50Students will review any decade or time period from US History or World History by writing part of a song (a verse is required, they can write a chorus for bonus points). There are 6 requirements per decade to fulfill while balancing creativity and...$1.50 -
Central Africa World Geography One Pager
$3.00World Geography students will learn about, or review, life in modern day Central Africa (Gabon, Sao Tome and Principe, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, and Equatorial Guinea) by creating a one...$3.00 -
U.S. History | Gilded Age | Vocabulary Activities | Test Prep & Review
$2.25This is a 50+ page resource that contains 4 different Vocabulary Activities on the topic of the Gilded Age 1877-1900: perfect as a Preview OR Review to your Gilded Age unit in United States History. You can use all the activities or just the ones...$2.25 -
Crash Course US History Worksheet 31: Women's Suffrage
$1.25The enclosed video worksheet (Crash Course US History Worksheet 31: Women's Suffrage) provides a guide to keep students focused and actively learning while watching the video. The narrator does an excellent job, but does talk rapidly in order to present...$1.25 -
Soweto Uprising in Apartheid South Africa Podcast Teaching Resources
$3.00Unearth the compelling history of the Soweto Uprising and apartheid resistance in South Africa with these podcast lesson resources. This engaging teaching resource is crafted to complement the thought-provoking podcast, "History Detective- Soweto...$3.00