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  Texas History students can use this packet as a scavenger hunt with their textbook to learn about, or review, Texas after Reconstruction (from about 1876-1900). The topics covered include challenges facing farmers and their organization attempts...

In this web-quest activity your students will be learning about the 27 Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Using their class textbook and/OR the website links provided, your students will learn about the PURPOSE of each Amendment (what does it do)...

Have you ever wondered how to bring this time period to life for your students? This is a VERY UNIQUE and creative five act readers' theatre over Westward Expansion. Making this into a play format helps students understand and enjoy the content...

This engaging readers' theatre will bring your Jackson unit to LIFE! Written with clever wit and humor, your class will have a blast with these characters. This six-act play covers the Election of 1824 and 1828, the spoils...

Students review (or learn about) the different people, events, trends, laws, treaties, and more from 1929-1939 (stopping before Hitler's invasion of Poland) by making a 20 item timeline. The timeline incorporates political cartoons, news articles, maps,...

Students will read 4 excerpts on the Salem Witch Trials (from Cotton Mather, Thomas Brattle, Governor William Phips, and Mary Easty) and answer 34 questions. Each excerpt has a different take, or perspective, on the course of the trials. Two links are...

Students will demonstrate an understanding of WWI (WW1) with one of these 4 tests (they can also be used as a review packet). One test is 35 multiple choice questions with a 2 part short answer question. Another is 20 multiple choice, 6 matching, 9...

Students will complete an 11 item graphic organizer and answer 4 questions to compare and contrast the Revolutionary War and French Revolution (some tasks/questions are creative). They will also analyze 10 political cartoons and images according to 2...

Students will learn about the foundation of the 13 colonies through the French and Indian War with these 30 resources including a gallery walk, 2 map activities, a PowerPoint/gallery walk, DBQ, true/false/fix, timeline project, 9 primary source...

Students will answer 48 task card questions about the causes of the Texas Revolution and its people/events/course to review or learn about it (if using these alongside a textbook). The questions are a mix of short answer, multiple choice, true/false, and...

Texas History students will learn about, or review, the topics/people/events related to the Great Depression and the New Deal with these 44 task cards. The questions are a mix of true/false, multiple choice, and short answer (10 are about images). The...

Texas History students will learn about the early inhabitants of Texas with a brief PowerPoint, a stations activity, true/false/fix, and "I Have, Who Has." The presentation introduces the Caddo, Karankawa, Coahuiltecan, and Atakapa and the stations...