Social Studies Contributors

Students will show what they learned about the people, locations, beliefs, events, developments, and more from Medieval Europe at its Height by making trading cards, a cube, or both. Both options balance academic requirements with personal choice and...

Students will read and analyze a primary source on Alexander the Great defeating King Darius and the Persians at the Battle of Gaugamela by answering 16 questions and completing a creative task. The answers are included and this would be great for a...

Students will watch and analyze an almost 4 minute video on Mansa Musa and his impact on the empire of Mali by answering 15 questions and completing a creative task. The answers are included where appropriate and the video is from TedEd.  Sample...

Students will watch and analyze a 4 and a half minute video on the 1913 march on Washington, D.C. for the right to vote by answering 22 questions and completing a creative task. The answers are included where appropriate and the video is from TedEd...

Students will read and analyze excerpts from Gandhi's 1942 "Quit India" speech on India gaining independence from Britain by answering 17 questions and completing an extension task. The answers are included where appropriate and this would be great for a...

Students will review the countries that were part of the European Union in each phase of its growth by completing a map with 29 labels and creating a key to show which countries entered the EU in which decade. They will also answer 8 review questions...

Students will watch and analyze a 5 and a half minute video on the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 by answering 25 questions and completing a creative task. The answers are included where appropriate and the video is from TedEd.    Sample...

Students will watch and analyze a 4 and a half minute video covering 6 myths about the Middle Ages (life in Medieval Europe) by answering 22 questions and completing a creative task.  The answers are included where appropriate and the video is from...

Students will read and analyze a one page background on Stalin's policy of collectivization in the Soviet Union during the 1930s, 3 primary sources, and 6 images by answering 16 questions. The answers are included where appropriate and this would be...

Students will watch and analyze a 5 minute video on the building of the Panama Canal (causes, challenges, course, effects, and more) by answering 24 questions and completing a creative task. The answers are included where appropriate and the video is...

Students will watch and analyze a 6 minute video about Alexander the Great and the different points of view about his life and legacy by answering 27 questions and completing 2 creative tasks. The answers are included where appropriate and the video is...

Students will review the events, acts, speeches, documents, policies, battles, people, and more from Lincoln's presidency by making trading cards, cubes, or both. Both options balance academic requirements with personal choice and creativity.  A...