Social Studies Contributors

Students will place 15 items on a timeline from the Age of Discovery/Era of Exploration (it stops at the establishment of Jamestown) and complete 4 other tasks for those items using provided templates. They will then complete a news headlines review for...

Students will place 15 items that were causes of World War 1 (WW1, WWI) on a timeline and complete 4 other tasks for those items using provided templates. Some items are specific to America's entry into the war and students must explain that in the...

Students will place 15 events/acts/people/etc that are causes of the Revolutionary War (American Revolution) on a timeline and complete 4 other tasks using provided templates. They will then complete a news headlines activity for 4 of the causes and will...

Students will review what they learned about US Imperialism (American Imperialism) by writing an identification for 12 images and answering 11 historical context questions (one question includes two images). They will then put the events in chronological...

Students will review what they learned about European Imperialism by writing an identification for 12 images and answering 12 historical context questions. They will then put the events in chronological order in the included timeline and will add 3 more...

Students will create a 20 item timeline representing the changes in American voting rights from 1607-2000. There are 7 time frames that must be represented and the 20 items on the timeline must be expanded on in 6 different ways. Each extension task is...

Students read and analyze excerpts from 13 inauguration speeches by completing one of 2 styles of graphic organizers, answering 6 questions, and making a word cloud. In each speech students look for items related to foreign affairs/military, social...

Students will create an election campaign (for president, governor, senator, etc) using one of three project options. This includes teacher information, 4 extension tasks, 5 websites for research starting points, 3 project options, points distributions,...

Students will learn more about presidential debates, the topics covered, and the policies/stances of both parties by answering 12 questions, completing a graphic organizer, and completing 3 creative tasks. The graphic organizer has students identify the...

Students will complete this election results map to track voting results during any election for the electoral college votes and popular vote (each map has additional instructions for students). They will also answer 7 questions--5 before the votes are...

Students will read a brief overview of the lead up to the Crusades and determine if 6 statements refer to Europe or the Middle East before the Crusades. They will then read an overview of the impact of the Crusades and complete a matching activity to...

Students will complete 4 maps to review Medieval Europe's political and physical geography. There are 85 labels across the 4 maps covering events, battles, boundaries of various dynasties, where key documents were signed, political and physical...