US History EOC Review Important Document Sorting Activity Hands-On

Can your students tell you WHY a document is important? Can they identify a key quote associated with that document? In this review, students will analyze a quote which they will have to match to the name of a document AND the SIGNIFICANCE of that document. I call this a "3 way match." There are 26 documents included (listed below). I suggest you do this in pairs or small groups. Simply copy, laminate (if you have time), cut and put into small baggies!

How does the activity work?

1. Students pull out the document names first and spread them on their desktops.
2. Students then identify quotes that are associated with each document. (Most of the time the quotes are directly from the document. For a few of the documents, I've added quotes associated with them - example: Supreme Court opinions.
3. Students identify the "why is the document important?" card for each document.

The arrows on each of the quotes and significance cards are there to help students focus. All of the arrows pointing to the left are quote cards. All of the arrows pointing to the right are significance cards. See preview for what this looks like.

What documents are included:

• 16th amendment
• 17th amendment
• 18th amendment
• 19th amendment
• 21st amendment
• 22nd amendment
• 24th amendment
• 26th amendment
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Schenck v. United States
• Executive Order 9066
• Korematsu v. United States
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Tinker v. Des Moines
• Wisconsin v. Yoder
• Sherman Anti-Trust Act
• Federal Reserve Act
• Social Security Act
• Meat Inspection Act
• Pure Food and Drug Act
• Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Voting Rights Act of 1965
• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
• War Powers Act
• Title IX
• USA Patriot Act

Just print out an extra copy as your KEY.