Active History

Looking for a new US History vocabulary review activity to add to your toolbox? This is a fun review for the New Republic using the tumbling wooden block game History Blocks! It's a hands-on, low-prep review...

Looking for a new US History vocabulary review activity to add to your toolbox? This is a fun review for the Articles of Confederation and Constitution using the tumbling wooden block game History Blocks! It's a hands-on,...

Looking for a new US History vocabulary review activity to add to your toolbox? This is a fun review for the American Revolution using the tumbling wooden block game History Blocks! It's a hands-on, low-prep review...

Looking for a new US History vocabulary review activity to add to your toolbox? This is a fun review for the 13 Colonies using the tumbling wooden block game History Blocks! It's a hands-on, low-prep review activity!   You...

In my 8th grade U.S. History class we have to touch on the American authors that reflect American culture. This is a B-R-O-A-D standard and it has always frustrated me. Plus, our textbooks usually only have ONE sentence on an author. I needed a way to...

Are you looking for a US History timeline activity?  This is always a favorite of my 8th grade students to review for Social Studies STAAR. In this US History timeline activity there are 7 "mini-timelines" in this product (8 events each) that...

Are you behind with your curriculum when you get to the Cold War? I needed a way to quickly go over the “basics” but keep it active for my students. I came up with this strategy that I call “visual summary” that has worked really...

Reformers, Abolitionists, Artists and Authors! You've taught them, but your students need to review them before the big test, right? This is a matching and sorting activity (29 matching) covering the people/movements you see listed below. To put it...

Are you looking for a fun, competitive game to review for 8th US History STAAR? This is a set of 3 different group races using 8th Grade Texas Social Studies 2019 TEKS. They can be used for several types of review - small group races...

Are you looking for a fun way to review students in Texas History? This is a fun review game that covers people, events, documents, treaties, wars, vocabulary - you name it - for Texas History. My US History version of this game is a best selling...

Are you behind in your curriculum when you get to the War of 1812? I know I always am! I needed a way to quickly go over the “basics” but keep it active for my students. I came up with this strategy that I...

Looking for a one 30-45 minute lesson to teach the major inventions associated with the Industrial Revolution? I don't know about you, but my textbook doesn't "cut it" with the inventions. It seems the information is in multiple places and skips...