US History

Students will learn about the Berlin Wall (its causes, construction, course, and effects) and the reasons for the division of Berlin and Germany by watching this 6 minute TedEd video, answering 27 questions, and completing an extension task. The answers...

Students will watch and analyze a 5 and a half minute video about the two sides of Nixon's legacy by answering 22 questions and completing 2 creative tasks. The answers are included where appropriate.  The video is from TedEd. Sample questions...

Students will review the events, treaties, speeches, documents, policies, people, and more from the presidencies of Washington, Adams, and Jefferson (early American history) by making trading cards, cubes, or both. Both options balance academic...

Students will review what they learned about the people, events, and politics from the presidencies of Washington, Adams, and Jefferson (Early American History) by completing this sorting chart, identifying 6 images, answering 6 questions, and completing...

Students will review what they learned about American Imperialism completing 2 graphic organizers, identifying 6 images, answering 6 review questions, and completing 2 extension tasks.  The answers are included where appropriate and this would be...

Students will review the events, acts, speeches, documents, policies, people, and more from Monroe's presidency by making trading cards, cubes, or both. Both options balance academic requirements with personal choice and creativity.  A teacher...

Students will review the events, acts, speeches, documents, policies, people, and more from Teddy Roosevelt's presidency by making trading cards, cubes, or both. Both options balance academic requirements with personal choice and creativity. A teacher...

Students will watch and analyze a 5 minute video about the two sides of Jackson's legacy by answering 20 questions. They will then complete an extension task and determine where on the hero or villain scale they see him. The answers are included where...

Students will read and analyze excerpts from Eisenhower's Atoms for Peace speech delivered to the UN by answering 20 questions and completing a creative task. The answers are included where appropriate and this would be great for a sub! Sample questions...

These 56 writing prompts or essay topics for US History cover 17 units, topics, or time periods spanning the Revolutionary War to the Cold War. They are a mix of academic, what if, and opinion questions. Some topics have one large item for students to...

Students will read and analyze Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, "Letter From a Birmingham Jail" by answering 34 questions and completing a comprehension task relating to 5 themes within the text. A website is provided where students can access the letter due...

Students will respond to any combination of 30 prompts relating to genocide, victims, perpetrators, bystanders, collaborators, rescuers, resistors, denial, justice, memory, and history repeating itself. These can be used as discussion prompts, written...