US History

Students will visit a selection of 16 websites to learn about the Rwandan Genocide. As they read, they will fill out a graphic organizer and answer 10 questions (mostly opinion based). The answers are included where appropriate. There are extra websites...

Students will learn about the women who served during WW2 (WWII) as code breakers by watching a 6 minute video, visiting 4 websites, and answering 14 questions (academic, opinion, and creative). The answers are included and this would work for both US...

These Veterans Day activities (6 question webquest, 4 reflection questions, 2 creative tasks, presidential proclamation analysis) will give students a basic understanding of the history of Veterans Day and has them explore their thoughts on it. The...

Students will study the events of 9/11 through 8 songs in this webquest. They will read the song lyrics and answer 11 questions about the events, experiences, perspectives, and more of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. An answer key is not...

Students watch Boatlift from 9/11 (September 11, 2001) and answer 16 questions. There are 12 other questions for students to answer and 2 tasks to complete (a commemoration and a word cloud). Many of the questions are designed for class discussion or...

Students read and analyze the speech President Bush gave after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 (9/11) by answering 12 questions and completing 2 extension tasks. The answers are included where appropriate and this would be great for a...

  Students learn about the events of 9/11 by answering 8 questions from one website. They then answer 5 large discussion questions including but not limited to comparing and contrasting 9/11 to other events, looking at specific items from multiple...

Students will visit 3 websites and answer 25 questions to learn about the Nuremberg Trials from the end of World War 2 (WW2). Four questions are connected to an embedded 4 minute video from an American soldier who was a guard during the Trials. There are...

Students visit 3 websites and complete 2 creative tasks to learn about Columbus' journey of exploration, the hero vs villain debates regarding his legacy, Columbus Day celebrations, and having statues memorializing him. There are 18 questions of varying...

  Students will get an overview of different Holocaust resistance movements and rescue efforts with these 5 activities. They will first complete a webquest on Sophie Scholl and the White Rose movement (17 questions) and a webquest on Jewish led...

Students will review what they learned about the people, events, causes, effects, documents, and more from the War of 1812 with this editable quiz (or review packet if used with a sub). The questions are multiple choice, short answer, image analysis, and...

Students read 13 quotes related to the Mexican-American War, analyze 6 images, and respond to 25 questions/tasks. The answers are included where appropriate and this would be great for a sub!   Sample questions include:--Inferring from the...