World History

Students will review the Industrial Revolution in Europe by creating a pamphlet explaining to other countries how they can have their own Industrial Revolution. They will fulfill 8 requirements such as discussing how it was Great Britain that led the...

Students will review World War 2 (WW2, WWII) by analyzing the arguments for and against the decisions FDR made regarding the attack at Pearl Harbor, the Holocaust, the atomic bomb, and the internment of Japanese-Americans. They will create a pamphlet...

Students will review the causes of World War 1 (WW1, WWI) by creating a pamphlet and addressing 11 items, including determining what or who they believe was ultimately the most responsible for the outbreak of the war and why. This can be completed...

Students will read a passage on Charlemagne's time in power from Medieval Europe (the Middle Ages), answer 11 questions, analyze 9 images, and complete 4 creative tasks (in general they are about two takes on his legacy, a resume, and an advertisement)...

Students will read and analyze the military start of World War 1 (WWI) when Germany invaded Belgium, violated its neutrality, and marched towards France to begin the Schlieffen Plan by answering 15 questions (one is about a political cartoon). The...

This mini lesson introduces your students to the background of the conflict between Israel and Palestine and provides an overview of the continued reasons for conflict today. It includes a simplified 12 slide power point (to fit in one class period), a...

Students will learn about the policy of containment during the Cold War with this 11 slide overview, discussion questions, and built in activities. It also includes primary source excerpts from George Kennan's containment policy with 12 questions/tasks...

Students will learn about, or review, the main WW2 (WWII) conferences (Munich, Cairo, Casablanca, Atlantic, Potsdam, Tehran, and Yalta) by completing a research chart, answering two questions, matching primary source quotes to their conferences, and...

Students will review the people and events of World War 2 (WWII, WW2) by creating a timeline out of political cartoons. There is a 2 part written academic portion to this assignment for each cartoon followed by an opinion task. A selection of websites...

Students will read, analyze, and compare and contrast 5 D-Day accounts by answering 40 questions and analyzing 6 images according to 2 prompts. The accounts are from 2 American soldiers at Normandy, a French civilian, an American soldier who did not...

This WW2 (WWII) writing activity review asks students to take on the role of news reporter during the war and write a cumulative RAFT. Allowing for suspension of disbelief, the student is moved from unit to unit and must report on Pearl Harbor, the...

Students will review Caesar's life and time in power by completing 5 activities: a primary source analysis (an account of his crossing the Rubicon and another of his assassination with 22 questions and a timeline component), an overview of his rise to...