US History

Students will read and analyze excerpts from Ben Franklin's Albany Plan of Union by responding to 14 questions and creative tasks. The answers are included where appropriate and this would be great for a sub! The historical spelling and grammar has been...

Students will read and analyze accounts of the First Battle of Bull Run, the Battle of Gettysburg, and the Battle of the Ironclads from the American Civil War by answering 32 questions (including comparing and contrasting the accounts). They can be...

Students will read a primary source about America's entry into World War 1 and Wilson's decision to ask Congress to declare war against Germany. They will answer 17 questions, analyze 6 images, and complete a creative task involving 3 points of view. The...

Students will read and analyze a brief background on the Salem Witch Trials and an account of Martha Corey's trial for witchcraft by answering 10 questions and completing 3 creative tasks. They will then analyze 4 images according to 6 prompts. The...

Students will read a Patriot's account and a British account from the Revolutionary War (American Revolution) of the Battle of Lexington, answer 18 questions, and compare and contrast the accounts. They will then complete 2 extension tasks and analyze 6...

Students will read and analyze 3 accounts of the events at Pearl Harbor from the point of view of an American soldier, a Japanese bomber, and the White House by answering 25 questions (including comparing and contrasting the accounts). Two questions have...

Students will analyze the Declaration of Independence and related images with these 4 activities. In one, students read the complete text, answer 15 questions and analyze 9 images. In the second, students read an account of when and how the Declaration...

Students read excerpts from the Roosevelt Corollary, answer 15 questions of varying degrees of difficulty, and analyze 6 images according to 5 prompts. The answers are included where appropriate and this would be great for a sub!  Sample questions...

Students will read excerpts from the 16th Amendment, 17th Amendment, 18th Amendment, and 19th Amendment and analyze 12 related images. They will then answer 14 questions and complete one creative task. The answers are included where appropriate and this...

Students will read and analyze Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, "I Have a Dream" speech by answering 15 questions and completing a comprehension task. A website is provided where students can access the letter due to its copyright status. An answer key is...

Students will read and analyze Eisenhower's "Order of the Day" for D-Day by answering 10 questions. They will then read his "In Case of Failure" note and answer 2 more questions. They will then compare and contrast the original draft of the Order of the...

Students will read and analyze excerpts from the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 by answering 15 questions and responding to 5 prompts for 5 political cartoons. The answers are included where appropriate and this would be great for a sub!  Sample...