Slavery in America | Social Studies Unit Choice Board Activity Packet Gamify

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This Social Studies Choice Board Activity Packet is your all-in-one resource to gamify social studies and/or US history. This fun menu of activities is designed with differentiation in mind, like encouraging student choice and being totally student paced.

Essentially, this resource provides students with 12 unique learning activities to take a deeper dive into the slavery system in 1800s America, the abolition of slavery and the tensions that lead up to the Civil War. As the teacher, you can require students to complete as many (or as few) choices as you want, making this an activity that could last up to a week if you want it to! 

WHAT’S INCLUDED:

• Choice board page that lays out and introduces all activity options to students

• 12 unique activity options for students to choose from, including:
  • (3) Reading passages on various subtopics with both multiple choice and open-ended comprehension questions
  • (3) Worksheets of different styles that explore interesting subtopics
  • (2) Writing activities of various types; usually with two (or more) prompt options and a creative writing option
  • (2) Mini-projects of various types
  • (1) Teaching activity in which students create or design a lesson or assessment on a given topic as if they were giving it to students
  • (1) Vocabulary close-up that encourages a deeper dive into topical vocabulary words

• Human-read audio support with all instructions and reading passages

• Answer keys

Versions included: 

1. Printable version- black-and-white
2. Printable version- full color
3. Digital version- Google Slides
4. Digital version- Easel 

What is a Choice Board?

• A choice board gives students several enrichment assignments to choose from, and they get to decide what they complete.
• In this product, students will be given 12 different assignments to choose from. It is completely up to you how many of those assignments you would like your students to complete.

How and When Should I Use These?

• To practice concepts once the material is taught ("Complete any 4 assignments on the choice board")
• Early finisher work
• Homework for an entire week- complete one "choice" per night
• Easy, no prep substitute plans
• ...the sky is the limit!

Benefits of Choice Boards:

• Giving students a choice in their learning encourages a feeling of ownership in their learning. I have been using choice boards for years in my classroom, and I honestly find that students are much more willing to complete whatever work your put in front of them if they have a choice about what they will complete!

• Easy differentiation! You can give each student their own number of choices to complete based on their levels and abilities.

Topics covered in this resource include:

• Abolition
• Angelina and Sarah Grimke
• Anthony Burns
• Antislavery society
• Daniel Webster
• David Walker
• Elijah Lovejoy
• Folktales
• Frederick Douglass
• Fugitive Slave Act
• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Harriet Tubman
• Henry Clay
• John C. Calhoun
• Nat Turner’s Rebellion
• Popular sovereignty
• Secession
• Slave codes
• Sojourner Truth
• Spirituals
• The Compromise of 1850
• The Free-Soil Party
• The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
• The Missouri Compromise
• Theodore Weld
• Uncle Tom’s Cabin
• Underground Railroad
• William Lloyd Garrison
• William Seward
• Wilmot Proviso