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This lesson examines the five regions of Africa by exploring the continent’s diverse cultures & geography. The activities are engaging for students & the guided, 5-E format is easy for you to use! Fill-in notes accompany the lesson. Begin...

End the cycle of bored students copying from books to label maps! Your classes think critically with these digital, interactive, geography activities. First, students answer questions about Africa by analyzing various physical & political maps of the...

End the cycle of bored students copying from books to label maps! Your classes think critically with these digital, interactive, geography activities. First, students answer questions about Africa by analyzing various physical & political maps of the...

Students will read and analyze two points of view on whether or not the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 should be passed (George Hoar and James Slater) by answering 34 questions and completing a creative task. They will also analyze 5 images according to...

Students will read and analyze two points of view on whether or not America needs a New Deal by answering 37 questions and completing a creative task (text excerpts are from FDR and Hoover in 1932). They will also analyze 6 images according to provided...

Students will read and analyze two points of view on whether or not there should be labor unions by answering 37 questions and completing a creative task (text excerpts from Henry Clews in 1886 and Samuel Gompers in 1894). They will also analyze 4 images...

World Geography students will review Central America's physical geography, history, and modern day by completing true, false, fix. They will read 50 statements and determine which are true and which are false. They will then complete 3 other tasks with...

Students will read and analyze two points of view on conservation and preservation (Pinchot and Muir) as related to Hetch Hetchy Valley by answering 26 questions and completing a creative task. They will also analyze 3 images according to provided...

Students will read and analyze two points of view on Reconstruction (whether it should be harsh or lenient) by answering 39 questions and completing a creative task. They will also analyze 3 images according to provided prompts. The answers are included...

World Geography students will review the physical geography, history, and modern day of East Africa (Sudan, South Sudan, Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi) by completing true, false, fix. They will read 60...

Students will read and analyze two points of view on the League of Nations (one for America joining by James Phelan and one against America joining by Lawrence Sherman) by answering 36 questions, completing a creative task, and analyzing 7 images...

Students will read and analyze two points of view on the Space Race (President Kennedy in 1961 and Carl Dreher in 1962) by answering 32 questions and completing a creative task. The answers are included where appropriate and this would be great for a...