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This document based activity (plus 1 page Warm-up Activity) is a perfect preview/ or supplement to a lesson/lecture on the Creation of Israel following WWII.   Give this assignment to your students for classwork or homework so that they...

This 6 page Causes of the American Revolution Document Based Activity allows your students to examine some of the reasons why the Colonists were willing to take up arms against Great Britain. Students will examine excerpts from the Declaration...

I have my students complete this "pamphlet" project during my U.S. Government Unit on “Citizen Participation & Civic Responsibility in Government”. (How can Americans get involved?)  With this project I have my students...

This product contains 3 separate activities that INTRODUCE your students to inflation and the Consumer Price Index, you can use them all or pick and choose.   Activities Included: 1) Inflation Graphic Organizer for student notes...

I use this student simulation at the beginning of my Cold War: McCarthyism & Red Scare Unit. It is meant to simulate the basic experience of many Americans living under the fear and suspicion of communism (Red Scare) during the 1950’s- it is a...

This is a FREE 2 page video and extension activity to use during a unit on the Executive Branch (Article II). In this activity, your students will watch a 10 minute public access video (link included) on the Presidents Cabinet (date added, purpose, # of...

Who are your members of Congress? Using this 2 page web-quest, your students will visit the house.gov and senate.gov website to research the Senators from their state and the Congressman from the district in which they live. They will also look at...

In this (23 page) Cold War activity, your students will compare and contrast the major arguments and perspectives of the Hawks and Doves during the Vietnam War.  Essential Questions: How did different groups...

In this (fully- editable) activity your students will compare the major ideas of 7 Enlightenment (Age of Reason) philosophers, “thinkers”, (Hobbes, Montesquieu, Locke, Wollstonecraft, Rousseau, Beccaria, Voltaire) that subsequently...

In this 18 page activity , your students will research the Woman’s Suffrage Movement 1848-1920, using the provided secondary/primary source documents. They will use their understanding of the documents to participate in a “Socratic...

Great Introductory Activity for a Unit or lesson on the Protestant Reformation! This short student simulation and picture analysis activity really piques student interest in the topic- I use it as a lead in to the Reformation. During the short...

Do your students understand why there is so much conflict between Israel and Palestine and how the US is involved? They will after completing these high- interest activities- my students were glued! This download contains MULTIPLE activities for the...