Social Studies Contributors

World Geography students will review 30 aspects of South America's political geography and 15 features of its physical geography with these two map labeling activities. There are also 8 questions for students to answer. The answers are included where...

Students will review locations relevant to the Korean War and its overarching regional geography with this map activity. There are 10 items to label on each map, 4 questions to answer, and 2 comprehension tasks to complete. The answers are included where...

Use this movie guide set to encourage your students’ fascination with the legend of the golden city of El Dorado. This movie guide set includes questions that follow the movie “The Road To El Dorado”, a research and opinion paper on how...

  Texas History students can use this packet as a scavenger hunt with their textbook to learn about, or review, Texas after Reconstruction (from about 1876-1900). The topics covered include challenges facing farmers and their organization attempts...

Students review (or learn about) the different people, events, trends, laws, treaties, and more from 1929-1939 (stopping before Hitler's invasion of Poland) by making a 20 item timeline. The timeline incorporates political cartoons, news articles, maps,...

Students will read 4 excerpts on the Salem Witch Trials (from Cotton Mather, Thomas Brattle, Governor William Phips, and Mary Easty) and answer 34 questions. Each excerpt has a different take, or perspective, on the course of the trials. Two links are...

Students will answer 48 task card questions about the causes of the Texas Revolution and its people/events/course to review or learn about it (if using these alongside a textbook). The questions are a mix of short answer, multiple choice, true/false, and...

Texas History students will learn about, or review, the topics/people/events related to the Great Depression and the New Deal with these 44 task cards. The questions are a mix of true/false, multiple choice, and short answer (10 are about images). The...

Students complete a 10, 15, or 20 item history timeline to review any historical era, topic, or unit. A variety of ways of displaying and creating the timeline are described. There are 6 tasks for students to complete to demonstrate their understanding...

Students review any historical figure by filling out quote bubbles and the outline of a person with information they learned in class or by researching the individual. There are 10 requirements for students to address while being creative. This can be...

Students will make trading cards and/or cubes to review any historical event or topic. There are 9 requirements for the trading card and 6 requirements for the cube (both have visual and written components). There is flexibility in the instructions to...

Students will use one of 5 graphic organizers to complete a presidential research project. There are 14 requirements for the first part such as years in office, political party, accomplishments, shortcomings, speeches, and more! They will then choose 3...