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U.S. History research videos
New Jersey: State and Capital Virtual Field Trip
Explore New Jersey! This resource has it all: history, fun facts, and hidden gems.We start out by asking you what you might already know about NJ! There are pictures and vocabulary to help students along.Next up is a visual ride on NJ Transit as we head down to the capital: Trenton! While we are on the train we give you some fun facts to help pass the time (video included).Our tour guide is all geared up by video to bring us through some of the great history packed into Trenton, NJ.After the tou
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Civil War Early Finisher/Extension Choice Board
Are you studying the Civil War and need something engaging for students to do if they finish early, or as an extension activity?This product includes 18+ links to a treasure trove of interesting and worthwhile websites, articles, videos, and games, all about the Civil War.My students love looking at these links when we study the Civil War and they finish work early.Please note, you may want to preview the videos to make sure they are appropriate for your students, as some of them are about Civi
Grades:
6th - 9th
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U.S. History Documentary Project "Lights, Camera, Action"
Students select any topic in U.S. history, research the topic, conduct interviews with primary sources and learn first hand about how bias can be put into a movie. This project fits well during any time period but I have my students choose a topic from 1960 to present day (I give the option of local history). Students learn as editors of video first hand how they can add their bias to video and really start to question what they see in video after their project. Project works well for technolo
Grades:
7th - 12th
The Revolutionary War Interactive Timeline Activity
Have students engage in the specific events and battles that occurred during the Revolutionary War! In this interactive timeline, students will watch an introduction video, then watch shorter videos about each specific event. Then, on the document, students will summarize the event and whether that event swayed momentum in favor of the British, or the Colonists!
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5th - 9th
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11:10
Setting Sail with Columbus: The Dark Side of the Journey
Many of us may have learned, "In fourteen hundred and ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue." However, the question becomes what life was like on these voyages, and how were the indigenous people that Columbus encountered treated? In this video lesson, you'll be able to delve a little deeper to help answer these questions.At the end of the video is a list of ten questions that can be used to assist in classroom discussions, research projects, or essays. This video includes a teacher's guide
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Electoral College Map Activity (3 min 31 min Video with directions/ex.)
This hands-on activity allows students to gain a better conceptual understanding of how the electoral college plays into the overall strategy to win the presidency. Students color code the states based on their projections as strong dem, lean dem, toss up, lean rep, and strong rep. *The activity has the side affect of reinforcing knowledge of state locations/spellings, and the relative populations of the various states!
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Andersonville: Trial of Henry Wirz Research Assignment or Viewing questions
This one page sheet with an answer key covers the History Channel DVD Andersonville: Trial of Henry Wirz but can simply be used, without the DVD, as a short research assignment for this fascinating episode of the Civil War.
Wirz was the only man to be hanged for murder and conspiracy against the Union. Davis & Lee and others were not. Why this man?
DVD Available on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/THE-TRIAL-OF-HENRY-WIRZ/dp/B000E371ZA
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Grades:
8th - 12th
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4:08
Influential American Biography Project
Full and specific directions/rubric for students to do a thorough biography on a U.S. historical figure. This includes 15 different areas to address, including key critical thinking questions to help students analyze the effects of their influential American's main actions. Excellent to help students begin doing research projects and presentations.
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Starting the Civil War using Discovery Education
Using Discovery Education, students research the term Civil War using the reference section and watch a 2 minute video clip called "Starting the Civil War." Students will answer questions on the organizer, using close captioning and pausing to help with students who are ESL or special education.
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5th - 8th
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Key Battles of World War 2 video and article project
This project assesses student understanding through a reenactment of the key battles of the Second World War. This is a group project that requires research, writing, filming, and self/peer assessment. The timeline for the WW II project is flexible, though it is helpful to build in some planning and research time into the classroom, and then allow students at least a week to complete the video, editing, and presenting portion of the assignment. The World War 2 presentations will take 2-3 days
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education
TED Talk Discussion Guide: Lessons from the Summer of 2020
I always learn so much from listening to a TED Talk but am sometimes overwhelmed with all of the solid, educational information in them. In order to make them effective to use in my classroom, I listen to them first and come up with questions that provide a great framework for discussions and keep my students engaged the entire time while listening. Using this product along with the TED Talk will make sure your students get the most out of the information from each speaker. Questions are organiz
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7th - 10th
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Child Labor Video Quiz with research, writing and discussion components.
This is a quick and easy way to cover the history of child labor in the United States. The video included on the sheet is easily found on youtube, but the questions are generic enough that you could use any video of your choice, or multiple clips. There is a research based written component that ties in current problems with child labor, along with a discussion component that could be done with partners, a group, or the entire class.
Grades:
8th - 11th
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Time Travel 101: Writing with Primary Sources
What are primary sources? How are they different from secondary or tertiary sources? How are they used in writing history? In writing fiction? This learning module, suitable for middle and high-school audiences, runs approximately 24 minutes. It explores online primary source archives and how they were used in researching Rysa Walker's young adult novel, Timebound, which was recently selected by readers as the Grand Prize Winner in the 2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award competition.
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7th - 12th
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