Social Studies Contributors

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 learn about, or review, France during the reign of Napoleon III and various people and events of the French Third Republic by reading 3 pages, analyzing images, answering 7 questions, and responding to 4 comprehension tasks (newspaper...

Students will learn about, or review, the Silk Road and its role in creating and fostering economic and cultural growth and connections. There are 2 overview pages and a map activity with 4 tasks. Students will then answer 8 questions, read 4 quotes, and...

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...

Are you looking for a fresh and exciting way to teach your students about the Compromise of 1850? Say hello to the Compromise of 1850 Simulation/Debate! This innovative and engaging activity will immerse your students in the events and issues...

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 complete 3 maps to review the political and physical geography related to European Imperialism in Asia and Africa. There are 70 labels and tasks to complete across the 3 maps and 4 overarching review questions to answer. This would be great...

World Geography students will review the political geography and physical geography of Northern Europe (Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden, and relevant nearby places) by labeling 42 locations/items on two maps and completing two tasks. They will...