US History

Students complete an interview activity to review JFK's presidency. They first answer 5 history based questions, then they "interview" John F. Kennedy after becoming president (6 questions and answers), and then they conduct JFK's last interview prior to...

Students will learn about the people, events, and politics of WW2 (WWII) with this presentation covering the rise of Hitler through the immediate post war years. People and events are addressed chronologically in the following sections: pre-invasion of...

Students will learn about the people and events from JFK's presidency with this PowerPoint or gallery walk with comprehension tasks. There are 31 slides of information and 28 questions/tasks for students to respond to. The topics covered include the...

Students will get an overview of the politics of the Gilded Age with this 48 slide presentation. It introduces key aspects of presidents Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland (both times), Harrison, the Election of 1896, Populists, Plessy vs...

Students will learn about the Era of Good Feelings with this power point and note guide (comprehension tasks). There are primary source images and text selections to analyze in the power point, and additional primary sources to analyze in the note guide...

Students will get an overview of the various ways to define genocide, the types of perpetrators and victims, and the 10 stages of a genocide with this mini lesson. There are discussion and reflection questions built into 28 slides. The note guide has 21...

Students will learn about Truman's presidency with this power point (you can also use it as a gallery walk) and note guide with comprehension tasks. Topics covered include, but are not limited to, containment, NSC-68, the Red Scare, the Fair Deal, the...

Students will learn about Carter's presidency with this presentation (you can also use it as a gallery walk) and note guide. Topics covered include, but are not limited to, the energy crisis, stagflation, airline deregulation, crisis of confidence, the...

Students will get an overview of America under the Articles of Confederation with this powerpoint and note guide (or it can be printed and used as a gallery walk). The topics and people covered include, but are not limited to, its powers and limitations,...

Students will learn about, or review, the Antebellum Era with this 38 slide power point and 71 question note guide. The note guide has short answer, fill in the blank, true/false, and quote and image analysis tasks. Topics covered include the 2nd Great...

Students will learn about the people, events, and politics of the 1920s (including foreign affairs), the causes of the Great Depression, and the depression itself with this PowerPoint and note guide. There are recap questions throughout the slides to...

This presentation introduces the changes to industry, labor, and business during the Gilded Age. Topics include but are not limited to: inventions, railroad, Interstate Commerce Act, assembly line, Carnegie, Rockefeller, JP Morgan, monopolies, Gospel of...