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Higher education U.S. History simulations
STOCK MARKET Simulation Game | 1920s & Great Depression | Print & Digital
This is a fun and interactive STOCK MARKET Simulation game to play with your secondary U.S. History students when studying the causes of the Great Depression. The presentation begins with an engaging introduction to the stock market. Very detailed directions are then given to play the stock market simulation game. Students will begin by choosing stocks to purchase from a list of companies that existed in the 1920s. They will then complete the corresponding worksheet with the stock they purchased
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Economics and History: Communism vs. Capitalism, the Rock, Paper, Scissors Game!
This highly interactive game gives students a hands-on, experiential understanding of the differences in between communism and capitalism. Students will learn more about the key components of communism, capitalism, and socialism.
Out of all of the activities that I do in my class, students probably have the most fun playing this game.
There is a reflection that follows the game, as well as a sheet that the students can fill out. After they have filled it out, allow for a discussion on the imp
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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**Containment/Cold War Simulation**
The Containment/Cold War Simulation immerses students in the various events, proxy wars, and heated scenarios which the United States dealt with throughout the Cold War. Students will learn about how the end of WW2 led to the Cold War, NATO & the Warsaw Pact, as well as most of the main events of the Cold War.Some of the historical events included in the Simulation slides are:Truman Doctrine - Greece/Turkey 1947Berlin Airlift - 1948/49Korean War: 1950-1953Cuba - Bay of Pigs: 1961Vietnam War
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Bundle- Reconstruction, the Ku Klux Klan & Jim Crow
This unit bundle is composed of four highly engaging, primary based, interactive Slide Presentations, and activities-- designed to have students critically explore the period of Reconstruction/Jim Crow. LESSON ONE: Reconstruction Era [Intro]Includes:45 Slide Presentation & Guided Notes HandoutPOV Freedmen Scenario ActivityLESSON ONE will have students examine;the different ways in which newly freed slaves expressed their emancipationthe POV of a Freedmen (POV Activity). Students will respond
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Stamp Act Activity
This simulation is awesome. Teach kids about the benefit of uniting together for a common cause "peacefully." Teach them about ways of standing up for their rights. This activity will enhance their learning experience outside of the classroom. Your students will learn that there is strength when they are united, they are going to learn correct ways of protesting (Petitions, Peaceful Protests, Etc.). They are going to value one another's opinion. See what they can come up with. Collaborate
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Cold War Simulations- Card Game & Red Scare
Do you want to have your students experience the Cold War? Then I have the product for you. In this product, there are two simulations. Both will get your students up on their feet and interact with history in a fun way. Both will involve the entire class. The Cold War Card Game simulation is geared toward students competing on two sides: NATO vs Warsaw Pact. They will try to expand their influence through proxy wars, build the biggest nuclear arsenal, and complete acts of espionage on the other
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Stamp Act Simulation
In an effort to make the Stamp Act relevant, I developed a simulation that has students calculate what their daily Stamp Act tax would be in modern terms. They also have two analysis questions to answer and reflect on. Great for a warm up activity or a closing activity!
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Bill of Rights Booklet Project (Google Comp.)
The Bill of Rights Booklet Project Is your class learning about the Constitution and the Bill of Rights?In the Bill of Rights Booklet Project, students are tasked with working for the department of immigration and are tasked with creating a handbook for all new citizens of the United States. The handbook will serve as a guide for the citizens to understand and interpret their rights as American citizens. This booklet is a great way for students to fully comprehend the first ten amendments and un
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: The Bill of Rights Mini-Unit
Mock Congress Project Activity - Legislative Branch (Google Comp.)
Legislative Branch Mock Congress Project The mock congress project is a great way for students to understand the inner workings of the legislative branch and the process of how a bill becomes a law. This project can take anywhere from 5 – 11 days depending on how in-depth your class may want to take the project and how long your class periods are. Students are assigned to groups as legislators, placed in committees, and responsible for drafting a bill and attempting to create a law. Students wil
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: The Legislative Branch / Congress Unit Plan (Google Compatible)
Jackson Mock Trial: Did Bank Veto, Force Bill, & Indian Removal Abuse Fed Power?
Bring students to the center of your Advanced Placement United States History or secondary-level History classroom through an engaging mock trial debate activity regarding three key issues of Andrew Jackson's legacy as president. This lesson was designed around the redesign curriculum for APUSH Period 4 (Topic 4.8 objectives) as students will either defend or prosecute Jackson on the 1832 Bank Veto, Tariff of Abominations and Force Bill Controversy with South Carolina, and the Indian Removal Act
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Amendment Process Game
Help your students learn the Amendment Process using this fun simulation! In this activity, students will work with in collaborative groups to review and pass propositions for their state constituents. The group that gets the closest to their initial goals wins the game. Students will first watch a brief video explaining the amendment process, then they will begin the game to get first hand experience in how the amendment process works. Working in collaborative groups, students will get to know
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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"Find the Communist!" A McCarthy Era Red Scare Role-Playing Activity
Synopsis of activity:This role-playing activity is meant to simulate the uncertainty and fear that gripped America in the 1950s. The activity involves holding a “town meeting” for the purpose of finding any communists in the community. This activity is fun and brings high energy to the classroom.This is a great companion to a lesson about McCarthyism, the 1950s Red Scare, or with an ELA unit on Arthur Miller’s The Crucible.Role of the teacher:When the students walk in, explain to them that the
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Haymarket Affair Riot Simulation - high school labor unions gilded age
Haymarket Affair SimulationSimulations are a great way to keep students engaged! I wrote this simulation to help students understand the power dynamics that existed between management and labor at the height of the labor movement by experiencing it themselves. This simulation includes 5 roles: McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, Chicago Police Officers, Chicago citizens, Labor leaders (Albert Parsons, August Spies, George Engel, and Adolph Fischer), and the workers.Student packets include ever
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Israel, Palestine, neighbors - develop a peace plan with this comprehensive Ppt
Sixty -one teachers have bought this comprehensive treatment of the conflict between Israel and its neighbors leading to group development of a peace plan. In this "package" there are 3 power points. Each of them deal with the conflict between Israel and its neighbors; they just do so at differing levels of depth. The most comprehensive is 172 slides; the middle level is 145 slides, and the most concise is 88 slides. (Sorry! This conflict is so complex that I need at least 88 slides to do it
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Helping Students Discuss Race and Social Justice - Activities, Lessons, and More
This bundle of lessons and instructional activities helps students learn to discuss (in a full class setting with diverse audience members) race, racism, and social justice without becoming upset and/or jumping down each other's throats. The goal is to build skills and habits to equip students to further dialogue and recognize other perspectives during a typical college seminar class. The secondary goal is to teach students some of the history, key figures, and concepts involved in our country
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Oregon Trail Survival Activity / Game
In the high school curriculum, Westward Expansion hits right at the beginning of the year when students are tying to shake off the "rust" from the summer. In middle school, expansion is one of the last topics of the year - when students want to do the absolute least. I've found in either case, this is a great activity for those difficult first / last days of school. In this high engagement, team-building, boredom busting activity students will simulate being stranded on the Oregon Trail. S
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Amendments Bracket Activities for AP/Honors/Civics/US History (Editable)
In this tournament activity students use their knowledge of all 27 amendments and their critical thinking to determine which amendment is "most significant". Students will debate and decide which of two amendments "wins" and in doing so, will help transfer these amendments (and other topics like liberty vs social order & civil rights & civil liberties) to their long-term memory.This activity is great for reviewing for the AP Exam, it can be taught as a complete lesson, and it's perfect f
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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1950s Television Advertisement Project
After learning about the post-WW2 "boom", students engage in a group project where they create a television advertisement using the styles and themes of the time period.
Students are given a list of topics to choose from, such as helping re-elect Dwight Eisenhower, showing off one of the new automobiles, or creating a trailer for the newest James Dean movie.
Included in this document are the project requirements and a timeline as well. Students are required to create 'storyboards' of their
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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The Bureaucracy Stations Activity - Executive Branch (Google Comp.)
The Bureaucracy Stations ActivityDuring the Bureaucracy Stations Activity, students will rotate in small groups around a room to gather information from the attached pages and websites to fill out the questions in their “Bureaucracy Stations Activity” worksheet. Stations include video links, graphs, political cartoons, image analysis, and close reading activities. This hands-on and interactive lesson allows for student movement around the classroom while engaging in learning about government. Th
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: The Executive Branch Unit Plan (Google Compatible)
A New Nation - All-Inclusive Unit Bundle
This all-inclusive bundle is the perfect resource for your New Nation Unit. In this unit, students will learn how America's early leaders created the documents and policies that still guide American politics and foreign policies. This unit includes engaging simulations, class debates, group projects, primary and secondary source analysis, competitive games, and written assessments with rubrics.A New Nation - Unit Bundle includes:- A New Nation - Unit Plan, Student Handout, President Introduction
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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US Presidential Election and Campaign Simulation Game
This is a simulation/game of a US Presidential general election designed to supplement high school and entry level university courses on US government and civics.
Students form teams (parties, and there can be more than two) and are tasked with organizing and running a full blown national political campaign.
Students first develop a party and platform, then they must spend a limited budget of campaign funds in order to secure "support points" in different states and gain their electoral votes.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Codebreaking in the American Revolution: Save Washington's Army!
Synopsis of activity:This is a fun and engaging enrichment activity for students who are learning about the American Revolution. Students will receive instruction on how to decipher coded messages using three popular code models used during the War for Independence and use the information to help win the war!Time required: about 1 class period (50-60 minutes)
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
US Government BUNDLE: 3 Branches Projects | Over 20% discount!!!
3 projects included: one for each branch of government (Legislative, Executive and Judicial)! And the best part is, they are all NO PREP REQUIRED!!! Simply print (or assign online) and go!LegislativeA fun and educational simulation activity for a US Government Legislative Branch unit! Here, students will understand how a bill becomes a law by immersing themselves in the legislative process! In groups, students will create a bill based on a societal need, then pitch it to their classmates (Congre
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Whole Class Contract Negotiation Simulation: Textile Co. vs. Labor Union, 1852
Synopsis of activity:This activity is a fictional contract negotiation between the Merrimack Mills Textile Company and a union of textile workers in the year 1852. The students will work in teams of 4-5 students, representing either the company or the workers, and will negotiate with another team of 4-5 students with the goal of creating a labor contract which is fair to both sides.Role of the teacher:After introducing the activity and setting the expectations for the students, the teacher’s rol
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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