1st grade U.S. History poster interactive whiteboards

History is an abstract concept for elementary-aged students. It simply isn't relevant to them as it happened so long ago. It is my opinion that major occurrences in history need to be broken down into their most important events. And since history can best be described as a sequence of events, I chose to represent it on a timeline. I strongly believe that when you reduce history down to memorizing a series of events you lose its importance. Spending days on end teaching each skirmish, battle, an

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Also included in: Everything Elementary Social Studies Bundle

10 Important Events: Westward Expansion Timeline (English & Español)

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Because history is such an abstract concept to our students, it is my opinion that major occurrences in history need to be broken down into their most important events; in short, summarized. Since history can best be described as a sequence of events, I chose to represent it on a timeline. I strongly believe that when you reduce history down to memorizing dates and places and players, you lose its importance. Spending days on end teaching each skirmish, battle, and key player for each, made my s

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1st - 5th

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History: 5 Important Events: World War II Timeline (English & Español)

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History, to elementary aged students, is an abstract concept. It simply isn't relevant to them as events happened so long ago. It is my opinion that major occurrences in history need to be broken down into their most important events. And since history can best be described as a sequence of events, I chose to represent it on a timeline. I strongly believe that when you reduce history down to memorizing a series of events you lose its importance. Spending days on end teaching each skirmish, battl

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1st - 5th

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Also included in: Everything Elementary Social Studies Bundle

10 Important Events: The American Revolution Timeline (English & Español)

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To elementary-aged students, historical events are abstract concepts. To them, it is ancient history that happened long ago. None of it is relevant to them, nor is it easy to make it relative (for me). It is my opinion that major occurrences in history need to be broken down into their most important events. And since history can best be described as a sequence of events, I chose to represent it on a timeline. I strongly believe that when you reduce history down to memorizing a series of dates y

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1st - 5th

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10 Important Events: The Civil War Timeline (English & Español)

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History, to elementary-aged students, is an abstract concept. It is difficult to make it relevant to them as it happened so long ago. It is my opinion that major occurrences in history need to be broken down into their most important events. And since history can best be described as a sequence of events, I chose to represent it on a timeline. I strongly believe that when you reduce history down to memorizing a series of events you lose its importance. Spending days on end teaching each skirmish

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1st - 5th

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Also included in: Everything Elementary Social Studies Bundle

5 Important Events: World War I Timeline (English & Español)

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History, to elementary aged students, is an abstract concept. It simply isn't relevant to them as it happened so long ago. It is my opinion that major occurrences in history need to be broken down into their most important events. And since history can best be described as a sequence of events, I chose to represent it on a timeline. I strongly believe that when you reduce history down to memorizing a series of events you lose its importance. Spending days on end teaching each skirmish, battle, a

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1st - 5th

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Also included in: Everything Elementary Social Studies Bundle

Black History Month: mini-Biographies of Famous Black Americans

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Posters Of influential Black Americans used in our annual BHM Gallery Walk. Each includes a styled image and biography of "hidden figures" that students might not be immediately familiar with. Since the images and information were pulled from the internet, I offer these up for your usage.I added the MLK posters from that gallery walk into this one.

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