US History activities

Experience Civil War warfare, as never before, with a virtual reality series. This immersive storytelling approach will put you back in time as you navigate in 360 degrees how it may have looked, felt, and sounded to be a Civil War soldier. Your students...

This fun debate style game energizes students and inspires awesome discussion! Students decide which revolutionary term wins mini bracket competitions.  Bracket Competitions include: Declaration of Independence VS The Tea Act Intolerable Acts VS...

This activity is an excellent introduction the The American Revolution. Pull your students in with this FOOTBALL themed battles worksheet. This could be substituted for what you already do or used as a hook. The video that instructs students is...

What are SketchNotes? SketchNotes are rich visual notes created from a mix of handwriting, drawings, hand-drawn typography, shapes, and visual elements like arrows, boxes, and lines. As educators recognize the importance of student learning styles...

Need a short, fun, and memorable lesson on the Plymouth Colony that could take less then 15 minutes? Use the link at the top of the notes to watch "Story Time" with Mr. Beats. Stop the video and have students take visual notes as you add info of your...

Compare the climate, geography, reason for settlement, religion, government, Important people, and Life Lessons of Jamestown and Plymouth. Make this lesson interactive by adding PearDeck add-ons to this google slides presentation. If...

In order to ensure survival, colonists had to solve a variety of problems. This PBL will immerse you in the lives of struggles of colonists trying to make a new life in North America. You will be asked to use research, critical thinking, and problem...

Learn by doing! Learn by FEELING! In this Mini Simulation, students will interact with each other by trading goods and having events happen to them as they occurred in the Columbian Exchange. Students will go through 6 rounds of events while the teacher...

Description: "The War That Made America" brings to life a vastly important—but often misunderstood—period of American history, a period that set in motion forces that would culminate in the American Revolution. The dramatic documentary tells...

This Digital BreakOut scores on the depth it goes into while simultaneously giving students an awesome breakout experience. This one is creative in that students have to break out of each "page" to move to the next one. All questions/clues are...

This Industrial Revolution Amazing race, is a CUSTOMIZABLE game in which multiple teams of 2-3 students compete to make it to the finish line first. Teams strive to arrive first at a pit stop and then to avoid coming in last place. In this race all tasks...

AWESOME! WOW! These THREE resources use the lyrics to the popular Hamilton Musical to teach the arguments between Hamilton and Jefferson and lead to our first political parties.  CABINET BATTLE 1 Summary: Secretary Hamilton and Secretary Jefferson...