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Let's be honest. Sometimes we need a video day. Other guides to this series, the Ultimate Guide to the Presidents, that I've seen are really hard. I needed a version I could leave with a substitute or have students on their own...

Let's be honest. Sometimes we need a video day. Other guides to this series, the Ultimate Guide to the Presidents, that I've seen are really hard. I needed a version I could leave with a substitute for my 8th graders. In my version,...

Let's be honest. Sometimes we need a video day. Other guides to this series, the Ultimate Guide to the Presidents, that I've seen are really hard. I needed a version I could leave with a substitute for my 8th graders. In my version,...

Let's be honest. Sometimes we need a video day. Other guides to this series, the Ultimate Guide to the Presidents, that I've seen are really hard. I needed a version I could leave with a substitute for my 8th graders. In my version, students...

Are you in a review game rut? I had played Quizlet Live, Kahoot and others so much, my students were tired of them. One day a student asked, “Can we play BINGO?” – and this product is the result. 13 Colonies Bingo! My kids had a...

Are you looking for something different to do the 1st day of school? UPDATE - this product now includes a version for Google Slides!   This is a "PRINT, CUT and GO" activity - small about of prep - that's a hit with students and teachers! In...

You don't know your students yet and they may or may not know each other. We all need an ice breaker to get us off to a good start for the year! In this activity, I've created 32 task cards with questions. The questions are open ended in order to...

This is a fun, interactive activity on Jamestown using emojis! It now includes a Google Slides™ version!   For the print version of this lesson, students are put in groups of 2 or 3. Student #1 is the reader of a 2 page summary on...

Are you looking for a quick way to have students identify or review the colonial grievances to see how we addressed those concerns in the Constitution and Bill of Rights? You've found the...

Are you looking for a quick way to cover the Presidency of Jimmy Carter? By the time I get to Jimmy Carter, I am RACING to finish before our state test. I struggled to find something engaging - then I finally came up with this activity that...

This is a fun game to review for STAAR. Students try to describe the main term to their group without saying the "taboo" words. This is a great way to review concepts they have learned throughout the year in a fun and competitive way. Because they...

Are you looking for a "hands-on" way to introduce the 3 colonial regions?   Students will open brown lunch bags to discover items related to the economy, religion and geography of the 3 colonial regions. Students will sort these...