Social Studies Contributors

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 Teddy Roosevelt's life and political career by creating his presidential campaign for the Election of 1904. They will address 4 items from 3 areas of Teddy Roosevelt's life and career for a total of 12 items. There is also a compare...

World Geography students will create their own land with 19 landforms to show what they learned in a creative, but geographically responsible way. They will then answer 5 questions, complete an academic task, and if time allows connect what they learned...

Students will complete an "on this day in history" activity for New Year's Eve/Day, Valentine's Day, the Ides of March, St. Patrick's Day, April Fools' Day, 4th of July, Halloween, and Christmas by identifying which 10 of 13 historical events happened on...

To introduce a unit on the Civil War era, students will match 1860s words/phrases to their modern day equivalents. They will then complete 7 fill in the blank statements using the historical terms and will then write 3 of their own statements using the...

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 create a pamphlet highlighting 4 individuals and groups to commemorate Black History Month while meeting 8 academic and creative requirements. The instructions, a sample layout, and a points distribution are included. This could work for a...

Students will compare and contrast the D-Day accounts of an American soldier landing at Normandy and a French civilian from World War 2 (WW2, WWII). They answer 14 questions then compare and contrast the accounts (3 additional questions). The answers are...

This World War 2 (WW2, WWII) 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 Pacific...

To review the Roaring 1920s, students will pick a minimum of 20 people, events, trends, publications, court cases, etc to make a collage out of. They can use a combination of maps, political cartoons, printed images, hand drawn images, and words. The...