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Students will read and analyze primary sources to learn more about the people, events, court cases, and more from the Progressive Era. The topics covered include the 16th/17/18th amendments, the Roosevelt Corollary, meatpacking plants, New Freedom, New...

Students will read and analyze primary sources to get a deeper understanding of the people, events, debates, and more from westward expansion, the Mexican-American War, and Manifest Destiny. The topics include Manifest Destiny, the California Gold Rush...

Students will read and analyze 3 points of view on the Indian Removal Act by answering 37 questions and completing an extension task. The excerpts are from President Jackson in 1829, Theodore Frelinghuysen in 1830, and Chief John Ross in 1836 (with a...

Confucianism: Quotes from Confucius - Instructions The objective of this lesson is to have students interpret, analyze, and apply different quotes from Confucius.   17 Slide PowerPoint includes: Warm-up...

The Peloponnesian Wars – Lesson and Activity The main objective of this lesson is to have students describe causes, effects and strategies of the Peloponnesian war   In this lesson you get a 15 slide PPT with: Do...

Cold War Unit Foldable Collection: This collection includes 11 (fully editable) high-interest activities. All of these activities can be used in or out of your interactive notebook and are meant to supplement your Cold War lessons. All activities...

In this, WWII Era: Bracero Program, lesson your students will research the following questions: Who benefited most from the Bracero Program that was used over 22 years? (1941-1964) What were the positives and negatives of the program? What were the...

Students will read and analyze a variety of primary sources to learn more about the people and events of the Era of Good Feelings. The topics covered include Nat Turner, the Monroe Doctrine, the Compromise of 1820, McCulloch v. Maryland, and more! Some...

Students will learn more about the people, events, documents, and more from US Imperialism (U.S. Imperialism) by reading and analyzing these primary sources. Topics covered include the Open Door Policy, Rough Riders, Anti-Imperialism, White Man's Burden,...

Students will learn about, or review, different aspects of the presidencies of Washington, Adams, and Jefferson (the Early Republic) with these primary source analysis activities. Topics covered include the Alien and Sedition Acts, the XYZ Affair,...

Texas History students will review the people, acts, events, laws, changes, progress, challenges, and more from the Progressive Era and the Age of Oil by making trading cards, a cube, or both. Each project balances academic requirements with personal...

Students will read and analyze 4 points of view on John Brown (whether he was a hero or villain) and the events at Harpers Ferry by answering 31 questions, completing 2 extension tasks, and analyzing an image. The sources are from a newspaper, Governor...