US History

Students will create a superhero persona for any individual they learned about during a unit, semester, or year. There are 12 main academic and creative requirements to this project. There are also 4 optional extension tasks, including maps, a nemesis,...

These 45+ activities and projects will allow students to review any history topic, historical figure, social studies unit, or content related skills. They would also be great for end of semester projects such as create your own country, create a...

Students will read and analyze excerpts of various Supreme Court Cases (some with both majority and dissenting opinions) by answering a mix of academic, opinion, and discussion questions. Some resources include extension tasks for students to demonstrate...

Students review key people and events from the Progressive Era by matching 20 historical pictures to a caption or dialogue exchange. This includes a teacher information page which explains the activity in its entirety. This is best done as a gallery walk...

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

Students will review key people and events from the American Revolution by matching 20 historical pictures to a caption or dialogue exchange. This includes a teacher information page which explains the activity in its entirety. This is best done as a...

Students can use this packet to learn how to analyze text based primary sources, historical images/paintings, and political cartoons. This includes two approaches for analyzing text sources, 2 sample texts with mini graphic organizers filled out as a...

Students review key people and events related to US History by matching 20 historical images to a caption or dialogue exchange for the following topics: Exploration, Revolutionary War, Washington to Jefferson, Westward Expansion, the Civil War,...

US History students review key people and events from the 1920s (Roaring 20s) by matching 20 historical images to a caption or dialogue exchange. This includes a teacher information page which explains the activity in its entirety. This is best done as a...

Students will read FDR's address to Congress asking for a declaration of war after the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor during World War 2 (WW2, WWII) and answer 13 questions. The answers are included where appropriate. This would be great for a...

Students will learn about, or review, the events of the September 11, 2001 (9/11) terrorist attacks with these 6 activities. The first activity has students read 3 brief paragraphs on 9/11 and the memories of a high school senior on September 11,...

Students read background information about suffrage and women's fight to get the right to vote, culminating in the 19th Amendment. There are 9 opinion based questions scattered through the paragraphs that students can answer individually or in pairs. The...