US History

Students will read a one page refresher background on the events of 9/11 (September 11, 2001), an overview of the Patriot Act (including Congressional opinions for and against it), and a brief overview of the Department of Homeland Security. They will...

This editable New Deal test can be used as a review packet with a sub or as an assessment on FDR and the New Deal. The first version is a combination of multiple choice, short answer, and image analysis questions. The second version is fill in the blank,...

Students will learn about the causes, course, and effects of Operation Desert Storm from President George H.W. Bush's time in office with this 20 slide power point overview and 20 question note guide (short answer, fill in the blank, and matching). Some...

Students will read and analyze FDR's Quarantine Speech from 1937 by answering 24 questions (a mix of academic, opinion, and creative). The speech has been modified to fit on one piece of paper front and back. An answer key is included where appropriate...

Students will read and analyze the speeches Truman gave on V-E Day and V-J Day at the end of World War 2 (WW2, WWII). There are 21 questions between the 2 speeches, 5 compare and contrast questions, and 2 creative tasks. The answers are included where...

Students will get an overview of GATT and NAFTA with this one page reading and comprehension tasks. They fill out a 16 item sorting chart, complete 6 true or false statements (and write two of their own), they will respond an overarching question, and...

Students will read excerpts from 3 primary sources from George Washington's presidency and life (his inauguration, his first Inaugural Address, and his death) and answer 29 questions. They will then complete up to 6 comprehension and extension tasks...

Students review what they learned about the people, events, publications, organizations, and more of the Harlem Renaissance by making trading cards or a cube. Both options balance academic requirements with personal choice and creativity. A teacher...

Students will read an overview of industrial labor, the rise of unions (the Knights of Labor, American Federation of Labor, and the IWW), and strikes during the Gilded Age. There is an overview page for the 1877 Railroad Strike, the events of Haymarket...

Students will read the text of the 1921 and 1972 Equal Rights Amendment propositions, 6 points of view on the ERA, and they will answer 31 questions (two are about political cartoons). Then they will complete a Janus figure activity to further illustrate...

Students will learn about, or review, the people, events, publications, organizations, and more of the Harlem Renaissance by working through this learning packet. There are 2 pages of an informational overview followed by 9 questions and a comprehension...

Students will read two brief overview pages of different muckrakers, reformers, and their efforts from the Progressive Era, answer four questions, and analyze 3 images. They will then use a word bank to work with 20 images in three different ways...