Social Studies Contributors

Texas History students will learn about, or review, the Spanish mission system in Texas by making trading cards, cubes, or both. Both options balance academic requirements with personal choice and creativity.  A teacher information page, cube...

Students will watch and analyze a 6 minute video featuring 12 facts and 4 myths from Ancient Rome (both Rome as a Republic and the Roman Empire) by answering 20 questions and completing 2 extension tasks. A teacher information page and the answers are...

Students will learn about the White Rose Movement and how some German students resisted Hitler and the Nazis by watching this 5 minute video, answering 25 questions, and completing 2 extension tasks. The answers are included where appropriate. The video...

World Geography students will learn about, or review, the overarching history and modern day life in modern day Southern Europe by answering 44 task card questions. They are a combination of multiple choice, short answer, true/false/fix, and image...

Students will watch and analyze a 4 minute video about the rise and fall of Ancient Kush (Kingdom of Kush, Kushites) by answering 20 questions and completing 2 creative tasks. The answers are included where appropriate and the video is from TedEd. Sample...

Students will read watch and analyze a 4 and a half minute video about the Progressive Era efforts of Ida B. Wells against lynching and segregation and for women's suffrage by answering 20 questions and completing two creative tasks. The answers are...

Students will watch and analyze a 5 minute video giving an overview of the Black Death/plague and doctors during the plague by answering 19 questions and completing a creative task. The video is from TedEd and the answers are included where appropriate...

World Geography students will learn about Eastern Europe's physical geography and the physical geography of the Balkan Peninsula by working through 29 slides (can be printed and used as a gallery walk) and completing a note guide. The note guide is...

Students will learn about the Cuban Missile Crisis (people, causes, course of, effects) by watching a 4 and a half minute video and answering 23 questions. The answers are included where appropriate. The video is from TedEd.   Sample questions...

Students will watch and analyze a 5 and a half minute video about Ferdinand Magellan and his attempt to circumnavigate the globe by answering 26 questions and completing an extension task. The answers are included where appropriate and the video is from...

Students will learn about Irena Sendler and how she rescued children during the Holocaust from the Warsaw Ghetto by watching this 5 and a half minute video, answering 30 questions, and completing 2 extension tasks. The answers are included where...

Students will watch and analyze a 5 and a half minute video about the causes, nature of, and effects of the Chinese Exclusion Act by answering 21 questions and completing an extension task. The answers are included where appropriate. The video is from...