Early U.S. History ACTIVITIES Bundle! 30+ Projects, Worksheets, Stations

This bundle of student-centered activities from early American history includes worksheets, projects, group activities, web quests, writing challenges, political cartoon analysis, AND stations on content from the 1600s-1820s. It has a mixture of short and long-term activities to keep your students engaged with the American colonies, the American Revolution, the Critical Period, and the early American republic.

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SOME highlights of this bundle include:

• Engage your student with a joint-stock company simulation and a make-your-own Mayflower Compact activity!
• Host your own debate on the legacy of the Founding Fathers!
• Prompt your students to analyze the Monroe Doctrine using political cartoons!
• Assess their knowledge of early American history with a comprehensive review project!

WHAT'S IN THE BUNDLE?

Collaborative Learning Activities

• Native Americans Before Columbus: Learning About Native American Societies
• The Pilgrims: Comparing the Geography of Massachusetts & Virginia
• George Washington's Farewell Address Deconstruction
• Investigating the Burr vs. Hamilton Duel (Student Detectives Activity)
• Monroe Doctrine Political Cartoon Analysis

Projects

• Colonial Real Estate Agents
• French and Indian War Movie Poster Activity
• Grading the Articles of Confederation
• American Revolution Project: Pitch Your Own Movie about Women, African Americans, Native Americans or Spies During the Revolutionary War
• Firebrand Business Cards for American Patriots
• Constitutional Issues Presentations: How Constitutional Debates Affect Us Today
• Early American History REVIEW Project (Reviews ALL of these topics + more!)

Simulations

• Joint-Stock Company Simulation

Worksheets/Print-and-go Activities/Homework

• Settling Jamestown Primary Source Analysis & Writing
• American Revolution Bellringers (7)
• The Enlightenment's Influence on the American Revolution Worksheet
• Patriot's Primary Source Worksheet: Thomas Paine's Common Sense and Patrick Henry's "Give Me Liberty" Analysis
• Guns & Ships Lyrics Analysis from Hamilton!: French Support following Saratoga
• American Revolution Posters: Patriot's Wanted Poster OR Patriot's Propaganda
• Understanding Judicial Review: What If It Didn't Exist? Worksheet
• Federalists v. Democratic-Republicans: Which Political Party Am I?
• Critical Period Editorial or Political Cartoon Activity
• Adams & Jefferson and the Election of 1796 Web quest and Speech writing activity
• Alien & Sedition Act Worksheet
• Tecumseh's Speech for Native Resistance in the War of 1812

Stations/Gallery Walk Activities

• Race, Slavery, and Violence in the American Colonies
• Remembering the American Revolution Stations
• Lewis and Clark/Corps of Discovery Gallery Walk/Stations

Sustained Writing Activities

• Exploring American Exceptionalism Speech Writing Activity

PLUS: American colonies notes, Monroe Doctrine notes, War of 1812 notes, American Colonies review questions (FREE!), and MORE!

This bundle will download as zip files and PDFs.

Topics covered in this bundle: Native American societies, Iroquois Confederacy, American colonies, Jamestown, joint-stock company, Pilgrims, Puritans, American exceptionalism, French and Indian War, slave codes, King Philip's War, Pequot War, American Revolution, Common Sense, Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry, George Washington, Marquis de Lafayette, Alexander Hamilton, Articles of Confederation, the United States Constitution, Federalists, Democratic-Republicans, Critical Period, judicial review, Alien & Sedition Acts, Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark, Sacagawea, War of 1812, Tecumseh, pan-Indian resistance, Monroe Doctrine, AND MORE!

I used these activities in an American History course. This bundle of activity will help you prepare for YOUR American History course!

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