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Testing Strategies and Resources
$7.00Are you struggling this testing season to find a resource to help prepare your kids for the high stakes testing of PARCC, STARR or other state testing? This product provides you with many resources! If you see the preview you get three weeks planned...$7.00 -
Geography Bundle: 4 Activities
$8.50This geography bundle will help you to navigate through the murky waters of geography lessons that are engaging and fun. I know my students always dread when I mention we will be discussing geography. However these lessons are highly engaging,...$8.50 -
Personal Financial Literacy: Simple & Compound Interest
$8.00This lesson gives a simple breakdown of the formulas for Simple and Compound Interest. There are 2 mazes for practice, one for each type of interest as well as answer keys for both. It also includes a scavenger hunt for students to practice both formulas...$8.00 -
What if YOU were Abraham Lincoln?
$7.00In this activity, your students have the opportunity to walk in the shoes of one of America’s greatest presidents! Students are given different scenarios from Lincoln’s presidency and they must choose which path to take. Will their choices...$7.00 -
Electoral College - 6 Stations Lesson
$7.00This is a complete 50 minute 6 station lesson on the Electoral College. There is a handout provided that students carry around and complete at each station, which is clearly labeled to keep them organized. This lesson is designed in Word and can be...$7.00 -
Legislative PBL Project (5-7 days)
$8.00This is my legislative branch PBL Project for regular government. It took my students 5-7 days to complete. I taught this as a whole unit for my Congress unit. It is a complete project with everything included! It was designed in word and can be modified...$8.00 -
"Reconstruction After the Civil War" Bundle: 80+ Pages/Slides of Resources!
$9.00This unit covers the time frame from 1865 to 1905. Themes covered included: Western Expansion, Industrialization, Immigration, Treatment of Natives and Isolationism vs. Imperialism.What`s included: - Very clear teacher user guide (Checklist based). -...$9.00 -
Cold War and America Bundle! 56 Pages/Slides of Engaging, Diverse Activities!
$9.00This bundle includes a lot of fun resources for students to learn from. Many are primary and secondary resources. In addition, many of the activities incorporate technology. ANSWER KEYS included! Here's what included:Activity Package: The Cold War...$9.00 -
America: "The 1960s and Beyond" 1960 to 2016 - 75+ Pages/Slides!
$9.00This comprehensive bundle covers the Civil rights era, the 1970s and 1980s and the turn of the century! Activity packages are thematic, clear and creative! Plus engaging evaluations and online knowledge tests! "Conflict and Crisis" - This activities...$9.00 -
American Revolution Bundle: 65+ Page/Slides of Activities and Resources!
$9.00This is a very interactive and in-depth bundle that has been tested many times and proven to be very effective. Check the preview files for more details.What's included:- Very clear answer keys for activity packages!- a Twitter template activity- movie...$9.00 -
Thirteen Colonies Bundle - Over 75+ Pages/Slides of Activities and Resources!
$9.00These resources have been tried and tested in class many times! They provide students with a very clear overview of the Original Colonies and the human experience of colonists. Check out the samples!Very clear digital answer keys included!Sold...$9.00 -
America in the 1920s and 1930s - "A Time of Great Change" - 70+ Pages/Slides!
$9.00An exciting bundle of activities focusing on both the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression.ANSWER KEYS INCLUDED!Here's what's included:1. 1920s Entertainment Webquest. Students listen and view different primary sources! (eg. Rating 1920s music and...$9.00