US History

Students will review key people and events from the Cold War by matching 20 historical pictures to a caption or dialogue exchange. This includes a teacher information page which explains the activity in its entirety. This is best done as a gallery walk,...

Students will read and analyze 2 points of view on whether or not Americans have full freedom of speech during World War 1 (WW1, WWI) by answering 35 questions and completing an extension task (the texts are in reference to Abrams v. US). They will also...

Students will create an advertisement for an invention from 1865-1900 during a unit on Industry and Labor in the Gilded Age. There are 6 academic requirements, 2 creative tasks, and 1 opinion question for this project. A points distribution and sample...

Students will review how the Bill of Rights has been handled by the Supreme Court by making trading cards, a cube, or both. Each project balances academic requirements, visual creativity, and personal choice. There are 9 requirements for the trading card...

Students will review what they learned about the people, groups, events, documents, changes throughout the years, and more of the Civil Rights Movement by designing a pamphlet. There are 7 main academic requirements and 3 other requirements for students...

Students will read and analyze a brief background on the Boston Massacre, 5 accounts of it from different points of view, and a reflection from John Adams 3 years later by answering 45 questions (7 are overarching and compare/contrast questions). They...

Students will learn about the presidential tradition of pardoning a Thanksgiving turkey with this 17 question webquest. They will also complete a creative task for 6 images using what they learned from the video and websites (two task options provided)...

Students will review what they learned about the people, events, published works, reform efforts, and more from the Antebellum Era by creating a one pager. There are 13 topics to address and an overarching academic question to respond to (3 prompts...

Students will visit 8 websites (or parts of a website) and answer 15 questions to get an overview of Inauguration Day. The focus is on the history and traditions of a presidential inauguration and how they have changed over time. The answers are included...

Students will complete a 3 part interview activity to review President Hayes' time in office. The first part has 6 academic questions to help students review Hayes' presidency. In the second part of the activity students "interview" Hayes right after...

Students will get an overview of key aspects of Reagan's presidency by reading 3 pages of text and responding to 14 review questions and tasks. Topics covered include, but are not limited to, Reaganomics, Iran-Contra Affair, the end of the Cold War, the...

Students will read excerpts from Hamilton's Federalist No. 84 of the Federalist Papers (his argument for why the Constitution does not need a Bill of Rights), answer 15 questions, complete 1 extension task, and define 10 terms. The answers are included...