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Texas History: Natural Regions Card Sort
$0.00Ready, Set, Fun, While Learning! This product contains a card sort focusing of the characteristics of each natural region of Texas. The product contains cards that focus on the geography, climate, natural resources, economic activities and major...$0.00 -
Texas History: Native Texans Card Sort
$0.00Time to Play! This card sort enables teachers to actively engage students in learning the characteristics of the Native American cultures of Texas. The product contains easy to cut cards enabling a teacher to quickly complete the preparation for the card...$0.00 -
Was Jefferson a Hypocrite? Or Simply a Man of his Time? Text
$3.00Thomas Jefferson wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, the Declaration of Independence, and publicly acknowledged that slavery was “a great political and moral evil.” Yet the same man who wrote that all men were entitled to...$3.00 -
Native Americans, Women, and Loyalists in the Revolution - supplemental text
$3.00The American Revolutionary War presented problems and opportunities for Native Americans, women, and loyalists. Despite a wish to remain neutral in a conflict that they did not understand, many tribes were dragged into the war with disastrous...$3.00 -
Columbian Exchange Informational Text
$1.00Informational Text (2 pages) with reading comprehension questions. This assignment is meant to be an overview of the topic(s) listed from a World History perspective: The Columbian Exchange Atlantic Slave Trade Lexile: 1220 An answer key, and 4...$1.00 -
Stalinism Informational Text Worksheet
$1.00Informational Text (2 pages) with reading comprehension questions. This assignment is meant to be an overview of the topic(s) listed from a World History perspective: Stalinism Pre-WW2Soviet Union Communism Includes a teacher's guide with...$1.00 -
The American Revolutionary War and Independence - supplemental text
$6.00This text covers the American Revolutionary War and the decision to declare independence from England. It covers the political, military and economic history of the war itself, from the Battles of Lexington and Concord to the Treaty of Paris, takes a...$6.00 -
The Road to Revolution - supplemental text
$6.00In less than twelve years, the 13 colonies went from firm allegiance to the English crown to open, armed rebellion. This text examines the circumstances and events which led the 13 colonies to split from their mother country. It begins with the French...$6.00 -
Reconstruction Amendments Primary Source Analysis Activity
$2.00The Civil War and Reconstruction period saw the United States government, for the first time, take an active role in trying to reverse the stain of slavery and racism and provide civil equality for freedmen and their descendants. The most enduring legacy...$2.00 -
Road to the Civil War Quiz Show
$4.00Let’s face it – review and study prep for a Road to the Civil War unit test is not exactly a student’s idea of fun. As a teacher, however, you can take away most of the boredom and drudgery by making a game out of it. This 96 slide...$4.00 -
Dred Scott v. Sandford primary source analysis activity
$2.00In 1858, as the fight over the future of slavery in the United States was reaching fever pitch, the Supreme Court was asked to rule on the case of Dred Scott v. Sandford. Scott, a slave from Missouri, had lived with a previous owner both in the free...$2.00 -
Mercantilism Simulation Game
$4.00The economic theory of mercantilism was the firm foundation upon which England’s attitude towards its American colonies was built. Enforcement of that economic relationship formed the basis of English policy towards the 13 colonies, and active...$4.00