Social Studies Contributors

Students will review the events, events, operations, battles, and more from the different fronts of WW2 (WWII) by completing a sorting chart of 44 terms and an academic task. Next, they will label 22 images according to the front they are from and will...

Students will visit 4 websites, answer 19 questions, and complete an extension task to get an overview of presidential elections. The questions cover qualifications for the presidency, political parties, the nomination to election process, and the...

Students will review map skills and research skills by going on a geography treasure hunt throughout South America. There are 36 questions and each answer is either a country, city, landform, landmark, or number. Three questions have students identify...

Students will review what they learned about the people and events of the 1960s by creating a one pager. There are 12 requirements to fulfill and 10 templates to choose from, ranging from completely blank to having a spot for each piece of information...

Students will read a page and a half on the plague of the mid-1300s (Black Death of the Middle Ages), and complete 8 comprehension tasks including putting maps in chronological order, writing news headlines, considering point of view, analyzing primary...

Students will read 14 laws from the Code of Hammurabi from a unit on Mesopotamia, explain why they think each was written/included, and then either write the law in modern day terminology or write a modern day equivalent of that item. They will also...

Students will learn about, or review, an event/person/theme/document/etc from Medieval History (the Middle Ages) by creating their own illuminated manuscript page. There are 7 requirements balance academics, creativity, visuals, and text. A sample list...

Students will read 12 quotes from different points of view on the Vietnam War (they span Eisenhower through Nixon and include politicians, American soldiers, and a Vietnamese civilian), answer 20 questions, and complete up to 4 creative tasks. The...

Students will analyze and compare and contrast 4 brief excerpts with different points of view on the plague of the Middle Ages (Black Death) and respond to 16 questions and tasks. The answers are included where appropriate and this would be great for a...

Students will learn about the key people and events from the presidencies of George Washington and John Adams (the Early Republic) by reading 4 outline style pages of reference information and completing the following tasks: answering 20 academic...

Students will learn about the people and events of the 30 Years' War starting with a recap of the Peace of Augsburg and ending with the Peace of Westphalia. They will read 3 outline style pages of information (who, what, where, when, phases, implications...

Students will review the growth of America (American expansion) including the Proclamation Line of 1763, the Louisiana Purchase, the Mexican Cession, Seward's Folly, the annexation of Hawaii, and everything in between. They will read a brief overview of...