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Northwest Ordinance mini-unit, including text and game
$5.00Even before the Constitution had been ratified and the new nation created, the question had already been raised: how would new territories be included in the budding nation? It was Thomas Jefferson who provided the answer in the waning days of the...$5.00 -
Louisiana Purchase primary source analysis activity
$3.00The Louisiana Purchase was one of the most defining moments in our nation’s development as a global power. For a relative pittance, the country doubled in size overnight. Yet this landmark purchase wasn’t even a consideration for Jefferson as...$3.00 -
Northwest Ordinance game - includes text
$4.00Even before the Constitution had been ratified and the new nation created, the question had already been raised: how would new territories be included in the budding nation? It was Thomas Jefferson who provided the answer in the waning days of the...$4.00 -
Westward Ho! - Expansion of the Continental U.S. unit bundle, including text
$30.00This 13 day complete unit covers the country’s geographic expansion from the Ohio Valley to the Pacific Ocean in fulfilling its “Manifest Destiny” during the first 60 years of the new American Republic, both the various means by which...$30.00 -
Political History of the early U.S., 1788-1836 unit bundle, including text
$30.00This 14 day complete unit covers the political and economic developments of the early years of the new American Republic, from the Washington through the Jackson presidencies. Besides the political histories of these various administrations, the unit...$30.00 -
The Constitutional Convention - supplemental text
$2.00The end of the Revolutionary War did not create the United States; rather, it created 13 independent, sovereign states loosely affiliated under the Articles of Confederation. It took a series of economic, foreign policy and domestic crises to convince...$2.00 -
You Be the Judge - analyzing Supreme Court cases on the Bill of Rights
$3.00It’s one thing to simply memorize the Bill of Rights; it’s quite another to actually understand how they apply in everyday life. Teaching the former gives students words but no understanding for what they mean; teaching the latter gives...$3.00 -
American Slavery, Civil War and Reconstruction 2 Unit Bundle, including text
$50.00The recent debacle at Charlottesville demonstrates that many Americans simply do not understand the history of slavery, the Civil War, and its lasting legacy. Now more than ever, it is imperative that we teach our children what happened, why it happened,...$50.00 -
Trial of Martin Luther DBQ and Media Project
$2.00How would Judge Judy have dealt with Martin Luther?Would Luther and the Pope have come to blows if they appeared on Jerry Springer?Now is a unique opportunity for students to take the essential historical information of the Reformation and infuse that...$2.00 -
"I Have, Who Has?" Ancient Rome Zip Around Review - FREE
$0.00"I Have, Who Has?" Ancient Rome Card Game - Freebie This is a fun game to play with your class as you review Ancient Rome. In this game, teachers will distribute cards randomly to their students. Each card has an "I have" statement and a "Who has"...$0.00 -
Checks and Balances practice worksheets
$3.00One of the main strengths of our form of government, as laid out in the Constitution, is the system of Checks and Balances which protect against government over-reaching by spreading out power among three disparate and independent branches. Wisely, our...$3.00 -
Checks and Balances study aid/ interactive notebook
$3.00One of the main strengths of our form of government, as laid out in the Constitution, is the system of Checks and Balances which protect against government over-reaching by spreading out power among three disparate and independent branches. Wisely, our...$3.00