Nathan Gilson of "Understanding Who We Were"
Nathan has been teaching Social Studies in North and South Carolina since 2011. He has taught 7th and 8th grade history, splitting time between teaching World History and American History. Nathan graduated from Grove City College with an undergraduate degree in History, Wheeling Jesuit University with a teaching certificate add-on program, and will receive a Masters of Teaching History from Liberty University in the summer of 2018. Nathan has been contracted as an item-writer and constructed response item scorer for the North Carolina 9th grade World History End-Of-Course Exams, and has coached several Model United Nations academic teams. He currently lives in the Charlotte Metro area with his wife, three kids, and two dogs.
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Historical Heroes Digital Break In Room
$3.00In a Breakout room, people are locked in a room, and need to solve a set of riddles/clues in order to discover the key to leave the room. Since we can't lock students into classrooms in America, we Break IN instead. Solve a set of historical riddles in...$3.00 -
Napoleon Bonaparte: Hero or Tyrant Critical Thinking Activity
$1.00Napoleon Bonaparte is one of the most complex figures in world history. Viewed by some as a tyrant and others as a hero, historians still struggle with the correct historiographic interpretation of the French Emperor. This activity encourages students to...$1.00 -
Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment Guided Graphic Doodle Notes
$5.00Are you tired of having your kids copy every word off of every slide of the entire PowerPoint? I thought I was going to have an aneurysm if one more student asked me one more time to "go back" because they hadn't copied the last line.That's why I started...$5.00 -
Mercantilism! Interactive (Smart)Board Game
$5.00Mercantilism! Created by Nathan Gilson - Understanding Who We WereAn interactive (Smart)Board Game for the entire class to play. Students assigned to 5 empires attempt to explore, expand, and out-maneuver their opponents by earning mercantilism cards and...$5.00 -
Colonial America Break In to History DBQ Activity
$3.00Colonial America Break In To History. Created by Nathan Gilson - Understanding Who We Were In a Breakout room, people are locked in a room, and need to solve a set of riddles/clues in order to discover the key to leave the room. Since we can't...$3.00 -
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 -
Renaissance Governmental Philosophies 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: Mercantilism Machiavelli Erasmus Now includes an answer key and discussion...$1.00 -
Overview of Reformation Denominations--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: Calvinism Church of England Methodism Anabaptists Now includes an answer...$1.00 -
Roots of the Renaissance
$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: Western Civilization Northern Renaissance Southern Renaissance Now includes...$1.00 -
Cultural Context of the Protestant Reformation
$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: Catholic Church Holy Roman Empire Now includes an answer key and discussion...$1.00 -
Martin Luther 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: Martin Luther Protestant Reformation This worksheet now includes and answer key...$1.00 -
Religious Violence of the Protestant Reformation 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: Spanish Inquisition Huguenot Wars The Thirty Years' War This worksheet now...$1.00