Active History

Looking for a fun review game for Texas History? This is a great review game that I call Swat the Star!   Students "swat" the answer (using cheap fly swatters) - for a team competition. I've...

This is such a fun way to review - play SCATTERGORES in your Texas History class!   There are 9 EDITABLE rounds and each round starts with a letter of the alphabet. Students are in small groups...

This bundle includes the visual summaries activities over the Presidencies of Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Clinton, Bush & Obama Each activity includes: key readings the blank...

I've had tons of requests to provide my visual summaries in a blank format for you to add your own content! This download gives you the blank version of each president - NIXON TO BIDEN - and you add...

Are you looking for a quickly to cover the Presidency of George H.W Bush? By the time I get to Bush, I am RACING to finish before our state test. I struggled to find something engaging - then I...

Are you looking for a quick way to cover the Presidency of Ronald Gerald Ford? By the time I get to Ford, I am RACING to finish before our state test. I struggled to find something engaging - then...

Are you looking for an end of the year project that give students a chance to research the "fun stuff" of US History? Try this FREE decades project! Editable! What's included: PDF and editable...

Are you looking for a quick way to cover the Presidency of Ronald Reagan? By the time I get to Reagan, I am RACING to finish before our state test. I struggled to find something engaging - then I...

Are you a US History teacher looking for a 1st day or week of school activity that gives students a visual preview of your course? This activity was "born" from the frustration of all things "chaos"...

Are you looking for a quick way to cover the Presidency of Richard Nixon? By the time I get to Nixon, I am RACING to finish before our state test. I struggled to find something engaging - then I...

Court Cases, Amendments & Acts in Modern US History. There are SO many connections to make! Do you need to review all of these topics? Are you wanting an activity that allows students to make...

Are you looking for a hands-on review activity for US History EOC STAAR Review? Are you wanting an activity that allows students to make connections and verbalize their thinking? This Hexagonal...