US History

Students review (or learn about) the different people, events, trends, laws, treaties, and more from 1929-1939 (stopping before Hitler's invasion of Poland) by making a 20 item timeline. The timeline incorporates political cartoons, news articles, maps,...

Students will read 4 excerpts on the Salem Witch Trials (from Cotton Mather, Thomas Brattle, Governor William Phips, and Mary Easty) and answer 34 questions. Each excerpt has a different take, or perspective, on the course of the trials. Two links are...

Students will demonstrate an understanding of WWI (WW1) with one of these 4 tests (they can also be used as a review packet). One test is 35 multiple choice questions with a 2 part short answer question. Another is 20 multiple choice, 6 matching, 9...

Students will complete an 11 item graphic organizer and answer 4 questions to compare and contrast the Revolutionary War and French Revolution (some tasks/questions are creative). They will also analyze 10 political cartoons and images according to 2...

Students will learn about the foundation of the 13 colonies and the French and Indian War with these 20+ resources. The resources include a gallery walk, 2 map reviews, a PowerPoint, DBQ, true/false/fix, timeline project, many primary source analysis...

Students complete a 10, 15, or 20 item history timeline to review any historical era, topic, or unit. A variety of ways of displaying and creating the timeline are described. There are 6 tasks for students to complete to demonstrate their understanding...

Students review any historical figure by filling out quote bubbles and the outline of a person with information they learned in class or by researching the individual. There are 10 requirements for students to address while being creative. This can be...

Students will make trading cards and/or cubes to review any historical event or topic. There are 9 requirements for the trading card and 6 requirements for the cube (both have visual and written components). There is flexibility in the instructions to...

Students will use one of 5 graphic organizers to complete a presidential research project. There are 14 requirements for the first part such as years in office, political party, accomplishments, shortcomings, speeches, and more! They will then choose 3...

Students create two one pagers to review WW2 (WWII), one for the home front and one for battle fronts. There 8 templates for students to choose from ranging from completely blank to having a spot for each piece of information. Topics students must cover...

Student review the people/events/politics/etc of Reconstruction by creating a one pager. There are 12 items for students to complete plus a higher level thinking task to be completed in the border. Students can choose from one of 7 templates ranging from...

Students review what they learned about women's fight to get the 19th Amendment ratified by creating a one pager. They will address 10 items and must complete an overarching academic task (they have a choice from 3 prompts). Topics are provided as...