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Let’s face it – review and study prep for a Road to Revolution unit test is not exactly a student’s idea of fun. As a teacher, however, you can take away most of the boredom and...

Let’s face it – review and study prep for a Road to the Civil War unit test is not exactly a student’s idea of fun. As a teacher, however, you can take away most of the boredom and...

This text covers the American Revolutionary War and the decision to declare independence from England. It covers the political, military and economic history of the war itself, from the Battles of...

This 15 day complete unit covers the Civil War and the period of Reconstruction, 1861-1876. The unit examines: the political, military, economic and social strategies, triumphs and failures of the...

The end of the Revolutionary War did not create the United States; rather, it created 13 independent, sovereign states loosely affiliated under the Articles of Confederation. It took a series of...

“I really like your units. They are detailed and allows for critical thinking on the part of the students. Thank you!” Why did the European colonists in the New World use African slaves...

In less than twelve years, the 13 colonies went from firm allegiance to the English crown to open, armed rebellion. This text examines the circumstances and events which led the 13 colonies to split...

This 15 day complete unit examines the events which led the 13 colonies to engage in open, armed rebellion against their mother country, England. It begins in 1763 at the end of the French and Indian...

This multiple unit bundle covers US history from the ratification of the Constitution up to the start of the Civil War. This is a “warts and all” examination of this period of history; it...

Thomas Jefferson wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, the Declaration of Independence, and publicly acknowledged that slavery was “a great political and moral evil.” Yet the...

When I started teaching 8th grade US history 10 years ago, I searched high and low for a good textbook. Needless to say, that search was fruitless. The textbooks that I found were either...

From its inception, the United States slowly expanded its borders in a seemingly inexorable march to the Pacific Ocean. This text covers the country’s geographic expansion from the Ohio Valley...