Texas History

Students will research an unsung/unknown hero, or a historical figure who was left out of textbooks, and will create a two page textbook entry for that person. There are 14 requirements including a timeline, mini biography, map, quote, historical...

Students will learn about, or review, a current event by making trading cards or a cube. There are two options for the trading card and two options for the cube. Both balance academic requirements with personal choice and creativity. Items students must...

Students create a one pager to learn about any current event. There are 12 requirements for students to fulfill of varying degrees of difficulty. Students can choose from one of 16 templates ranging from completely blank to having a spot for each piece...

Students will create a one pager to review what they have learned about any topic or event from history. There are 14 requirements for students to fulfill of varying degrees of difficulty. They can choose from one of 8 templates ranging from completely...

This editable back to school bundle is for a middle or high school Social Studies or history teacher. It includes 5 versions of a syllabus, 25 engaging ways to introduce and review material, bell ringer ideas/prompts and templates, test correction and...

Students will create a superhero persona for any individual they learned about during a unit, semester, or year. There are 12 main academic and creative requirements to this project. There are also 4 optional extension tasks, including maps, a nemesis,...

These 45+ activities and projects will allow students to review any history topic, historical figure, social studies unit, or content related skills. They would also be great for end of semester projects such as create your own country, create a...

Students can use this packet to learn how to analyze text based primary sources, historical images/paintings, and political cartoons. This includes two approaches for analyzing text sources, 2 sample texts with mini graphic organizers filled out as a...

These are 24 extension and creative tasks for students to use with any text based primary source to demonstrate an understanding of it beyond traditional analysis questions. They are a mix of visual, written, creative, academic, and opinion based tasks...

Texas History students will demonstrate an understanding of what they learned about World War 2 (WW2, WWII) in Texas with this editable test. The questions are fill in the blank, matching, short answer, a sorting chart, and image analysis. If used as a...

Texas History students will demonstrate an understanding of what they learned about World War 1 (WWI, WW1) in Texas with this assessment (long quiz/short test). It is a combination of fill in the blank, matching, chronological order, short answer, and...

Students create a Janus figure to review the arguments for and against Texas Independence (or by making the figure Sam Houston versus Santa Anna) by addressing 10 items for each side in a combination of visuals and words. After completing their figure,...