Social Studies Contributors

Texas History students will create a one pager to review the people and events of the frontier in Texas. There are 10 topics to address and an overarching academic question (4 prompts provided). There are 27 items provided as starting points and 9...

Students will read and analyze excerpts from Abraham Lincoln and the Ohio Democratic Convention (both in 1863) regarding the suspension of habeas corpus by answering 28 questions and completing 2 extension tasks. The answers are included where...

Texas History students will review the people, documents, events, causes, effects, and more from Mexico's fight for independence from Spain by making trading cards, a cube, or both. Each project balances academic requirements with personal choice and...

Texas History students will review the people, events, acts, groups, amendments, and more from Texas during Reconstruction by making trading cards, a cube, or both. Each project balances academic requirements with personal choice and creativity. This...

Texas History students will review the regions of Texas (landforms, cities, natural resources, climate, and more!) by making trading cards, a cube, or both. Each project balances academic requirements with personal choice and geographically responsible...

World Geography students will review the physical geography of North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, and Western Sahara) by making trading cards, a cube, or both. Each project balances academic requirements with personal choice and...

Students will analyze the different reasons, arguments, thoughts, and more behind the decision to drop the atomic bomb and the recommendation not to use it by completing 3 tasks. They will first read 15 statements and determine if they are for or against...

Students will read and analyze excerpts from Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill on appeasement after the Munich Conference by answering 32 questions (whether or not Britain should have pursued a policy of appeasement with Germany). They will also...

Students will read and analyze excerpts from Young Italy's oath and a speech from Mazzini regarding Italian Unification by answering 18 questions and completing 2 extension tasks. The answers are included where appropriate and this would be great for a...

Students will read and analyze excerpts from Ulysses S. Grant's first Inaugural Address by answering 21 questions. They will also complete an extension task and analyze 2 political cartoons. The answers are included where appropriate and this would be...

Students will read and analyze excerpts from 3 sources on early German nationalism and German unification by answering 20 questions and completing an extension task. They will also analyze how 3 images relate to the sources. The answers are included...

Students will read and analyze 3 excerpts on the justification for absolutism (absolute monarchy) by answering 26 questions, completing an extension task, and analyzing a political cartoon. Students will also compare and contrast the excerpts and...