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Higher education U.S. History resources for Microsoft Word
America The Story of Us : Civil War (Episode 5) - Video Guide
Video study guide for Episode 5: Civil War of America The Story of Us. Movie guide comes complete with answer key. Questions follow the film in same order.Episode 5: Civil WarThe Civil War rages. The terrible new technology of the minie ball is devastating Union and Confederate forces alike. It is 20th century technology meeting 18th century tactics and the result is a death toll never before seen on American soil. Still, strict discipline and an unshakeable belief in their cause have welded Ro
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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America The Story of Us: Division (Episode 4) Video Guide
Video study guide for Episode 4: Division of America The Story of Us. Movie guide comes complete with answer key. Questions follow the film in same order.Episode 4: DivisionAmerica becomes a nation at the moment a revolution in commerce and industry sweeps across the western world. The construction of the Erie Canal--an audacious feat of engineering achieved against the odds with black-powder and hard work-- results in hundreds of workmen being killed, but the pay-off is immense. This vast new
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Ruby Bridges Movie Questions
15 multiple choice questions that follow the movie of Ruby Bridges. Includes an answer key.
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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America: The Story of Us (Episode 6: Heartland) - Video Guide
Episode 6: HeartlandThis movie study guide comes complete with answer key. Questions go in order along with the video. Summary of Video: In 1869, the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of America, more than 2,000 miles apart, are linked by continuous metal rails. The Transcontinental Railroad--the world's first--is the most ambitious human enterprise since the Great Wall of China, and much of it is built by Chinese laborers. The railroad doesn't just change the lives of Americans, it alters the entir
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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America: The Story of Us: Episode 9 (Bust) - Great Depression Video Guide
Video study guide for Episode 9: Bust of America The Story of Us. Movie guide comes complete with answer key. Questions follow the film in same order.Episode 9: BustIn October 1929, the economic boom of the 1920s ends with a crash on Wall Street. Between 1929 and 1932, $2 billion in deposits evaporate. The American Dream has become a nightmare. The stock market crash coincides with the start of the Great Depression. Unemployment rises to more than one-fourth of the workforce and as confidence in
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Zinn's A Young People's History of the United States Chapter Assignments
This packet is designed to accompany Howard Zinn's A Young People's History of the United States. This version of the famous People's History is more accessible to younger students and gives a great background on working class and progressive history. This packet breaks down the book by chapter, excluding chapters 22 - 28 (that many classes will not get to). Each chapter has either a note-taking guide (major vocabulary and themes to help students take notes with purpose) or questions about the c
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Progressive Era: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair reading and questions
This is a short reading with a brief synopsis on Upton Sinclair and excerpts from his book the Jungle about the meatpacking industry in the US during the Progressive Era. There are also questions that follow.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Abolitionist Movement | Digital Learning Pack
The Abolitionist Movement NO PREP Distance Learning Pack. Do you need and in depth examination of the Abolitionist movement? Give your students the opportunity to look at original texts, analyze different members of movement, and express their feelings about the movement. This activity can be broken into different parts and service your class for multiple days with different discussion topics! Digital and Paper Copies Included!This "Abolition Now: The Anti-Slavery Movement" Distance Learning
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Full Year U.S. History Distance Learning Deluxe Bundle
America: The Story of Us- Episode #11 "Superpower" Film Guide & Answer Key
This is a twenty-two question guide (The teacher key is also included) that is to be used in conjunction with episode #11 "Superpower" from the History Channel documentary series, "America: The Story of Us". If you like this film guide, please check out my others. All follow a similar format, and are setup to keep your student's on-task, and engaged in the film. You may also modify the film guide if you wish, however, please make sure to maintain me (Daniel McDonald) as the author.
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
America: The Story of Us- Episode #3 "Westward" Film Guide & Answer Key
This is a twenty-four question guide (The teacher key is also included) that is to be used in conjunction with episode #3 "Westward" from the History Channel documentary series, "America: The Story of Us". If you like this film guide, please check out my others. All follow a similar format, and are setup to keep your student's on-task, and engaged in the film. You may also modify the film guide if you wish, however, please make sure to maintain me (Daniel McDonald) as the author.
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
America The Story of Us: Rebels (Episode 1) - Video Guide
Video study guide for Episode 1: Rebels of the America The Story of Us series. Movie guide comes complete with answer key. Questions follow the film in same order. This series was given to every high school in the United States. Check your library for a copy. Episode 1: RebelsIn 1607, a small group of English adventurers lands in Jamestown. Thirteen years later the Pilgrims settle in Plymouth, New England. These men and women are all driven by the promise of a new life, and all face huge dang
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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America The Story of Us: (Episode 7 - Cities) Video Guide
Video study guide for Episode 7: Cities of America The Story of Us. Movie guide comes complete with answer key. Questions follow the film in order. Episode 7: CitiesBetween 1880 and 1930, nearly 24 million new immigrants arrive in America. Many go to work building a new frontier: the modern city, one of America's greatest inventions. The high cost of land in cities like New York and Chicago means the only way to build is up. A new kind of building, the sky scraper, is made possible by steel.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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America: The Story of Us- Episode #2 "Revolution" Film Guide & Answer Key
This is a twenty-one question guide (The teacher key is also included) that is to be used in conjunction with episode #2 "Revolution" from the History Channel documentary series, "America: The Story of Us". If you like this film guide, please check out my others. All follow a similar format, and are setup to keep your student's on-task, and engaged in the film. You may also modify the film guide if you wish, however, please make sure to maintain me (Daniel McDonald) as the author.
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Ken Burns' "The Vietnam War" Episode 1 Deja Vu Movie Guide
This download contains two movie guides for episode 1 of Ken Burn and Lynn Novick's "Vietnam War." One is a simply true and false video guide with 25 prompts. The other is a 20 question free response sheet where some answers are a couple of words or a number, which others may take 1 or 2 sentences to answer. Both come with an answer key. I also try to write questions that a student could answer if they miss a day. So if you are showing episode 1 over the course of 2 or 3 days, they could go
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Ken Burns' "The Vietnam War - ALL 10 Episodes Bundle
Workers and Labor Unions | Digital Learning Pack
Workers and Labor Unions NO PREP DISTANCE LEARNING PACK! Labor Unions can be difficult to teach. We get it. They can be complex, and your students can get bored. If only there was a lesson that made unions, their goals, negotiation tactics, and the workers they represented easy to understand and interesting to learn about? This is the activity you've been looking for!This "Workers and Labor Unions" Distance Learning Pack includes: A document-based activity that assess your students's comprehen
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Gilded Age & Progressive Era | Digital Learning | Deluxe Bundle
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Comprehensive Test
This is a 35 question comprehensive test covering the entire narrative. It includes 30 multiple choice questions and 5 short response questions. The test includes an answer key for the 30 multiple choice questions.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Vietnam War Music Activity
The following is an activity in which students explore various songs which were direct results and/or responses to the conflict in Vietnam. Students are provided with the lyrics to the following four songs:- "For What It's Worth by Buffalo Springfield- "Ohio" by Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young- "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye- "Ballad of the Green Berets" by Staff Sergeant Barry SadlerInstructions are for the teacher to play the songs while the students listen to the songs and read the lyric
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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The U.S. in WWI | America Fights "Over There" | Digital Learning Pack
The U.S. in WWI: America Fights "Over There" NO PREP Distance Learning Pack! There is no better way to facilitate an inclusive and engaging activity to help students immerse themselves in the past and live the American experience of World War 1 than this America Fights Over There gallery walk. Digital and Paper Copies Included!This "America Over There" Distance Learning Pack includes:1) A document-based "GALLERY WALK" activity that creates a unique opportunity for your students to engage with RE
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: World War I and Roaring 20s | Digital Learning | Deluxe Bundle
Manifest Destiny: Was the Louisiana Purchase good or bad? Documents and Essay
This product has 4 different primary resource documents....2 in support of the Louisiana Purchase and 2 against it. Students will analyze these documents then complete a graphic organizer before answering their thesis / central question of whether the Louisiana purchase was an excellent or a poor move for the US in an argumentative essay. Very common core!
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Geography: United States Map Exercise
This activity is a map of the United States containing some landforms and physical features as well as political state lines. Students are asked to label landforms like mountain ranges, rivers, lakes, and bodies of water as well as the state names. Students are also asked to create a map title and a legend to show what colors they used to color in bodies of water and mountain ranges.
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education
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World War II | The War in the Pacific | Digital Learning Pack
World War II: The War in the Pacific NO PREP Distance Learning Pack! Are you looking for a way to connect your students to the events of the war in the Pacific? This unique activity will draw your students attention with first hand accounts of the events on the front. Students will read depictions and first hand accounts of real events that took place during the battles. Digital and Paper Copies Included!This "World War II: The Pacific Theatre " Distance Learning Pack includes:1) A set of q
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: World War II | Distance Learning | Digital Bundle
ULTIMATE COMPLETE U.S. / AMERICAN HISTORY CURRICULUM
Why this is better than any other US History Curriculum on TpT: - What you WILL NOT find from any other seller on TpT.... recorded videos for EACH LESSON for the ENTIRE curriculum that follows the included PowerPoints/Notes EXACTLY. The videos are optional, but can be used to teach the curriculum for you in class, used for student absences, quarantines, virtual students or sub plans (!!!), or just to help you brush up on topics that may be new to you. There are MANY ways to use these UNIQUE addi
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
The Persian Gulf War | Digital Learning Pack
The Persian Gulf War NO PREP Distance Learning Pack. The Persian Gulf War is a sometimes forgotten war in American History, despite the fact that it drastically changed American international affairs for the next 30 years. Give your students some background information about this short but important war. Digital and Paper Copies Included!This The Persian Gulf War Distance Learning Pack includes:1) A timeline and document-based activity that helps students understand the key events of the e
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Full Year U.S. History Distance Learning Deluxe Bundle
Hamilton unit plan - Based on the musical - LOTS of materials!
A collection of all of the materials I used to teach Hamilton: An American Musical. This is the best and most fun unit I have ever taught in 10+ years. The musical is so good, it essentially teaches itself - but here is a collection of projects, homework assignments, and ideas to get your students as obsessed with the American Revolution as mine were.This packet includes:1. Genius.com project 2. Cumulative Inquiry Essay 3. Eight (8) project ideas (for final assessments)4. Cloze packet – Act 15
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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