Social Studies Contributors

Students will write and deliver a Fireside Chat style radio address with 5 components and complete 3 other tasks/activities to review what they learned about 4 different acts from the New Deal passed in FDRs first 100 days as president. Depending on your...

Students will learn about, or review, Black History Month by answering 11 questions and completing a creative task after visiting up to 6 websites. The answers are included where appropriate and this would work for a sub! Sample questions include:--Why...

Students will learn about the history of Halloween and some of its traditions by visiting 2 websites, answering 17 questions, and completing a creative task. The answers are included where appropriate.  If your students have access to the internet...

Students will review what they learned about the people, events, treaties, speeches, and more of Reagan's presidency by making trading cards, a cube, or both. Each option balances academic requirements with personal choice and historically responsible...

Students will review the events, topics, and people of WWI (WW1) by creating a timeline from 24 political cartoons. They will also complete 7 academic and creative tasks. Students will be familiar with some of the cartoons, others might be new and will...

Students will review the French and Indian War by creating a pamphlet explaining its causes, the terms of the Treaty of Paris, and more! Students will fulfill 9 requirements (written and visual). A points distribution and sample layout is included. This...

Students will read a selection of the code of chivalry for a Middle Ages knight and complete a writing task. They will then design their own coat of arms on a shield (the instructions and 5 templates are included), create their own motto, and answer 5...

Students will learn about the Congress of Vienna by answering 13 questions, analyzing a map, completing a task for a political cartoon, and completing 2 extension tasks. This would be great for a sub and the answers are included where appropriate...

Students will read and analyze excerpts from the English Bill of Rights by answering 21 questions and completing 3 creative tasks. Two questions have students compare and contrast this to what they know about the Declaration of Independence and United...

  Students will review any history unit or topic by creating a movie script for it. There are 14 requirements balancing historical accuracy and creativity including casting historical figures, dialogue, where historical accuracy would be honored,...

Students will read and analyze an account of the storming of the Bastille and the start of the French Revolution by answering 18 questions and completing 2 extension tasks. One question has them make connections to the American Revolutionary War and look...

World Geography students will learn about, or review, life in modern day Central Africa (Gabon, Sao Tome and Principe, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, and Equatorial Guinea) by creating a one...