US History

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 will 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 learn about industrial labor, the rise of unions (the Knights of Labor, American Federation of Labor, and the IWW), and strikes during the Gilded Age with this learning packet covering the 1877 Railroad Strike, Haymarket Square in 1886,...

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...

Students will get an overview of, or review, various people and events from the abolitionist movement. They will be read a snippet about 14 abolitionists, see a selection of various organizations and publications associated with the efforts to abolish...

Students will read a three page overview of the Columbian Exchange and its effects, answer 9 questions, and complete two tasks. They will then read 8 primary source quotes from 1492-1584 and answer 15 questions. Lastly, they will describe how 4 images...

Students will review what they learned about the political and physical geography of the Gilded Age (industrialism, Native Americans and the West, immigration, Populism, and a bit of politics) by completing 2 maps with 42 labels and a third map for all...

Students will read and analyze excerpts from 7 primary sources related to the annexation of Hawaii and US actions in the Philippines after the Spanish-American War by answering 55 questions. Some questions refer to 8 political cartoons and 4 are...

Students will complete 2 maps to review the political geography and relevant geographic segments of the country as related to Reconstruction. There are 37 labels on the first map and 4 tasks to complete on the second map. Students will them complete two...