US History

Students will get an overview of the Progressive Era with this presentation and note guide covering, but not limited to, Theodore Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, the goals of Progressives, muckrakers, New Nationalism, New Freedom, conservation, the...

This presentation provides an overview of the Korean War. It begins with background information on the two sides of the Cold War and concludes with a look at a nighttime map of North and South Korea today. There are recap questions and discussion or...

Students will read an account of President Johnson's impeachment trial during Reconstruction and answer 17 questions, including one relating this event to modern times. This would be great for a sub and the answers are included where appropriate! ...

Students will read and analyze two points of view on whether or not the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 should be passed (George Hoar and James Slater) by answering 34 questions and completing a creative task. They will also analyze 5 images according to...

Students will read and analyze two points of view on whether or not America needs a New Deal by answering 37 questions and completing a creative task (text excerpts are from FDR and Hoover in 1932). They will also analyze 6 images according to provided...

Students will read and analyze two points of view on whether or not there should be labor unions by answering 37 questions and completing a creative task (text excerpts from Henry Clews in 1886 and Samuel Gompers in 1894). They will also analyze 4 images...

Students will read and analyze two points of view on conservation and preservation (Pinchot and Muir) as related to Hetch Hetchy Valley by answering 26 questions and completing a creative task. They will also analyze 3 images according to provided...

Students will read and analyze two points of view on Reconstruction (whether it should be harsh or lenient) by answering 39 questions and completing a creative task. They will also analyze 3 images according to provided prompts. The answers are included...

Students will read and analyze two points of view on the League of Nations (one for America joining by James Phelan and one against America joining by Lawrence Sherman) by answering 36 questions, completing a creative task, and analyzing 7 images...

Students will read and analyze two points of view on the Space Race (President Kennedy in 1961 and Carl Dreher in 1962) by answering 32 questions and completing a creative task. The answers are included where appropriate and this would be great for a...

Students will read excerpts from the Justice Brewer's majority opinion of Muller v. Oregon and answer 18 questions of varying degrees of difficulty. The answers are included where appropriate and this would be great for a sub! Sample questions...

Students will play true, false, fix to review the people and events of the Roaring 1920s. They will read 14 statements and determine which are true and which are false. They will then complete 3 other tasks with the material. This is best done in pairs...