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Free adult education U.S. History research
State Facts Foldable Graphic Organizer
This foldable project is the PERFECT project to start the school year, or use any time you are studying state facts!
Students can research the facts they need to complete the different sections. Color and assemble into an eye-appealing foldable graphic organizer!
Great to use for bulletin boards, back to school night, open house or portfolios, and more!
Use the checklist to grade students' work. Enjoy!
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
This Day in History Bell Ringer Graphic Organizer
This free product makes for an excellent bellringer, early finisher activity, supplement to a sub plan, or supplement to a lesson! Students look up the events of the current day, read the article, then complete this organizer. This FREE Resource Includes:Two different versions of the worksheet (PDF)Google links for sharing to Google ClassroomColor and black and white versions Folder with other free stuff!Click here to follow the store for information on new products (added weekly), and sales!You
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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FREE - Write Your Own Amendment! - Bill of Rights - 10 Amendments
Write your own Amendment! Freebie!Use this for your Bill of Rights studies. This can be used as a fun activity to engage children in learning about the Bill of Rights and to write their own Amendment!This is a freebie portion of my product: Bill of Rights WorksheetsWant more United States Worksheets & Activities? Check out the United States GROWING BUNDLE!Interested in our other books? Find them below!⟾ U.S.A. Research Workbook (United States Research for Kids)⟾ United States of America Rese
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Busting Native Stereotypes: Introduction to Native Peoples and Regions
Are you wondering where to start with teaching your students about Native Peoples? Are you trying to find a way to help students look past Native People portrayals in American media, and discover the complexity, diversity, and richness of ancient American cultures? Are you wanting to teach students how to use sourcing as a way to bust dangerous stereotypes that continue to persist in the "age of information"? This lesson will help you accomplish all of these objectives and more. This lesson help
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4th - 10th, Adult Education
State Plate - U.S. Geography Project
Looking for a fun research based U.S geography project? This lesson is for you! Students will conduct a brief research activity into one of the 50 States of America. Then, students will produce a creative souvenir plate to display what they learned. Download, print, and teach! No prep necessary!
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Bracero Program to Desegregating Schools in the Southwest
The Bracero Program to Desegregating Schools in the SouthwestThis lesson was designed to be a 1 day assignment, or it can be broken up and added to lessons throughout the year. I love this lesson because it helps students become acquainted the roots of the Chicano Movement. Please check out the 3 day lesson on the History of the Chicano Movement if you would like more materials. This lesson is included in that bundle!This lesson is so rewarding and the benefits of it include getting students:In
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Once Upon a Time... 2 History Figures: Activities Oh my Dots / Freebie
413) OUAT... History Figures / Oh My Dots Activities. Freebie: 2 Famous History Figures: "Isaac Newton" and "Johnny Appleseed" Welcome to the ultimate historical adventure with "Once Upon a Time... History Edition"! Step into the pages of the past alongside over these famous figures, meticulously crafted by the talented Canadian cartoonist Ron Leishman! ✨ The complete set include more than 80 history figures. From Cleopatra to Abraham Lincoln, experience history's most iconic personalities like
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5th - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Cold War #16. The 1980s: Reagan, Gorbachev, and the Revolutions of 1989
Much of the news has been glorious, almost unbelievable: the Eastern Bloc nations suddenly find themselves free--all without firing a shot. In the Revolutions of 1989, they transform from one-party communist dictatorships to liberalizing democracies. But not in Romania, which is run by a Stalin-style dictator, Nicolae Ceaucescu. Even as every surrounding nation transforms peacefully, this murderous lover of the secret police does not go quietly.Tells the final story of the Cold War, and how i
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Cold War One-Semester Class Mega-Bundle
Influential People of the American Revolution
This is a great “mini-research” activity to use with 4th through 8th graders when learning about the American Revolution. I let them choose a person from the American Revolution and use the computer with websites I’ve pre-selected to conduct their research. You could even pair them up to do the research and then have them report to the class their findings.
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4th - 8th, Adult Education
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Presidential Cabinet Today Activity
It is important for students to know the extent of who helps advise the U.S. president, and what exactly they are advising him on. This one to two day individual or collaborative activity presents the different Cabinet positions to students, and fosters their independent research skills. It also requires students to formulate an opinion regarding the Cabinet positions and justify their stance.
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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President Research Report Outline
This two-sided outline can help students take organized notes while researching a US president. It has sections for the following presidential facts:
-president's name
-president's number (out of 45)
-one of his memorable quotes
-date and place of birth
-names of his wife/children
-one fact about his childhood
-college he attended
-one job he had before becoming president
-years/terms served as president
-his political party
-his vice president's name
-big events that occurred during his preside
Grades:
3rd - 6th, Adult Education
Industrial Age Working Conditions (Women)
This product was created to bolster my Gilded/Industrial Age Unit. My particular unit focuses on the lives and working conditions of wage earners. This particular lesson is an engaging way to look at the lives of young Industrial Age female workers in their own words. This is an effective way to incorporate primary sources into your content in an engaging manner.
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Industrial Age America (Bundle)
Why we should/shouldn't study history worksheet
The purpose of this worksheet is to get students thinking about why studying history is importantHistory is more and more frequently a subject that gets questioned in regard to its importance in any education setting, for this reason I think it is a great idea to start a course off by tackling the question of "why does history matter?" head on by utilizing those key skills that history courses teach studentsThis worksheet is a great way to start off any high school history course with an introdu
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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China Research CIA Facebook Worksheet
China Research CIA Facebook Worksheet
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Family Pedigree Chart
Help your students (or yourself!) research their family history. Works great for planning a unit on immigration or for your next genealogy project. This one-page pedigree chart helps trace 4 generations of family members. Printable PDF—ready to print and go.
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Webquest
Short, Simple Webquest Activity on the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. Great for minimum days or as a supplementary engagement strategy during lessons on the Gilded Age.
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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What is the least known best kept secret in education?
What is the least known and best kept secret in education? Answer: Kids love to talk . . . with each other . . . about important matters and significant topics. The content subsumed under the heading, "Discussion Central" provides, at present, interested teachers with field tested and developmentally significant discussion/lessons that can supplement traditional textbook treatments of U.S. History topics such as: The Boston Massacre, The Boston Tea Party, The Underground Railroad, Families w
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Billy Joel: Leningrad - A Project on the Cold War
This packet uses Billy Joel's song Leningrad to teach the students about The Cold War. Students listen to the song, research the songs meaning on websites (links given in the packet) and through a medium of their choice explore the significance of the events in the song to BIlly Joel's life and Viktor's (the Russian man in the song) lives.
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10th - 12th, Adult Education
U.S. and the Vietnam War - Teaser
Are you teaching about the U.S. and the Vietnam War? The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s? The Cold War Era? Then this is what you're looking for! This one-volume encyclopedia is designed to appeal to educators and students alike. Filled with descriptions of major figures, events, and technologies of the period, this book will be an invaluable resource to you and your classes. As a secondary school Social Science teacher, I was assigned to teach the topic of The Vietnam War; however,
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
LGBT+ History Month: Harvey Milk - ESL
This lesson plan asks students to consider "How did Harvey Milk change the Gay Rights Movement?" Students will infer historical events through guided analysis of primary source material (speech, live news, and poetry) to answer this question. This lesson was created for adult EFL learners (B2+), but is also appropriate for grades 9-12. Happy LGBT+ History Month!
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
US Genealogical Information Online: A list of free (or almost free) resources
More and more genealogical information is being made available online. A lot of it is free. This is a list of basic free online resources for use in Genealogy and U.S. History modules. This is suitable for grades 9-12, higher education, adult education, and homeschooling, although with assistance younger students can use the resources too.
U.S. Genealogical Information Online: Free or Almost Free by Jean L. Cooper is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unpor
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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QR Code for The ABCs of Systemic Racism Interactive Thinglink
Scan this QR code to access an interactive Thinglink poster that covers 26 examples of systemic racism in American history, one for each letter of the alphabet. When you click on a term, a brief explanation pops up. There are also links to further online reading included at the bottom of each explanation. There are other teaching materials that can be used with this resources available for purchase.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Founded as a Covenant, Then Compact, Then Constitutional Nation
This is a Read-Only 41 frame PowerPoint detailing with copious primary documents from the Founders and Framers and copious footnotes, references, and links below the frames, providing historical evidence for the process indicated by the title, the process and inter-relatedness of covenant, compact, and constitution and the influence of religious belief on and by the Founders and Framers.Evidence for the influence of covenant, compact, and constitutional process and the impact of religion in our
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Impact of the Great Awakening, the Enlightenment and the Concept of Virtue
Awakenings have had great impact and influence upon the witnessing generations but should have the same influence upon us. Only studying the historical record of the Great Awakening, the Enlightenment, and the concept of civic and private virtue can we be influenced by that historical record. This published/copyrighted/read only research article gives the documentary evidence.
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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