Laurel the Historian

This is an engaging current events assignment that focuses on historical thinking skills including understanding different perspectives of an event, creating compelling and supporting questions, and...

Do your students struggle with nationalism? My Modern World History/World History II students were not getting it, so I created this resource to help break it down for them. It goes over the...

This Google Slides presentation provides background information about the 3 branches including separation of power and checks and balances. In addition, there is a check for understanding...

This set of Geography task cards is perfect for engaging learners. They review the 5 themes of geography (location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, region) and mapping skills...

This is a no-prep packet on the age of exploration. It can be used to deliver course content, as a bell work booklet, or for sub plans, or early finishers. One of my focuses when creating this...

Historical thinking skills are so essential for students and this resource uses primary sources from the American Revolution to develop your students’ abilities to understand different...

Are you looking for an engaging resource for digital learning? In this activity, students will create their own primary resource of history in a letter or diary entry format which documents their...

Are you searching for interesting, skill-based activities for digital citizenship that can easily be differentiated? There are 26 activities included in these digital citizenship task cards...

Are you looking for students to engage with due process? Look no further! In it, there are short readings with checks for comprehension where they examine the Bill of Rights and Due Process. At the...

I am always trying to assess student work meaningfully and accurately and I find rubrics really help me with that. This is a rubric based on the C3 standards but could be used to...

Are you a secondary school teacher who struggles to ”set the tone” for the school year? Are you stressed out about the new school year and short on time? I created a student-centered...

This is a no-prep workbook on American abolitionists. It can be used as a bell workbooklet, but would also be suitable for sub plans, or for early finishers. One of my focuses when creating this...