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12th grade U.S. History independent work packets
U.S. Home Front in the Cold War Stations on Red Scare, McCarthyism, Space Race
Students analyze a series of images and texts as they explore U.S. politics, society, and culture during the Cold War. Cover multiple topics with this one engaging activity: Space Race, Cuban Missile Crisis, Baby Boom, conformity, suburbia, McCarthyism, and more!As they go, students will answer 3-5 questions for each station--analyzing the U.S. Homefront during the Cold War.Google Drive Folder Includes:Set of 17 stations featuring a mixture of texts & images on a variety of political, social
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9th - 12th
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3 Branches of Government Civics Activities
Teaching the three branches of the U.S. government is an essential part of the U.S. History or Civics curriculum. This product is a concise and effective way of teaching the three branches of government. It can be used to meet the needs of all learners. There are a variety of activities included!This product includes the following:Reading passage: a one page reading passage about the 3 branches of governmentGraphic organizer: students can use to take notes as they read or to summarize what they
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5th - 12th
The Things They Carried Novel Study Unit BUNDLE - 150 Pages in PDF Format
7-Week No-Prep The Things They Carried Novel Study Unit for grades 9-12 includes over 150 pages of Common Core Standards-Aligned activities, worksheets, quizzes, tests, and teacher resources for getting the most out of your teaching of Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried. Classroom-tested by over 1,300 teachers, with over 120 5-Star Reviews! Designed for as much or as little teacher instruction or intervention as you desire, students will be able to self-direct their study in many cases. Plea
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9th - 12th
Vietnam War Protest STATIONS: Draft Resistance, Kent State, Muhammad Ali, & more
Students analyze a series of images and texts as they explore the protests against the Vietnam War. Cover multiple topics with this one engaging activity: draft resistance, African American protests to the war, anti-war music, and more!As they go, students will answer 2-3 questions for each station--analyzing the anti-Vietnam War movement. ZIP FILE INCLUDES:Set of 13 stations featuring a mixture of texts & images on the protests against the Vietnam War (PDF)Student handout with corresponding
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9th - 12th
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APUSH Period 3 - Complete Unit - Activities, Lecture, DBQ, SAQ & More!
This is Complete Unit Bundle for AP United States History Period 3 [1754 - 1800] Teach skills & content simultaneously! This unit is designed to supplement all the major APUSH Textbooks. (We used American Pageant but switched to AMSCO for 2020-2021) Save hours of planning with this full unit & end of unit assessment. This tried and true curriculum has helped support students in achieving over a 90% pass rate on the AP Exam!UPDATED to reflect changes to the DBQ & LEQ Rubrics for 2023.
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9th - 12th
Also included in:Â APUSH Semester 1 Bundle: 4 Complete Digital Units for AP US History
Chicano Movement: Stations Activity & Cesar Chavez Primary Source Worksht BUNDLE
This bundle includes a great primary source worksheet with a speech from Cesar Chavez and 10 stations on the Chicano Movement. Engage students with the Chicano Movement using these 2 resources in any Civil Rights unit!! The Cesar Chavez primary source worksheet includes excerpts of Chavez's 1984 speech "Address to the Commonwealth Club of California" where Chavez: tells the story of Bracero workerssummarizes the challenges of migrant workersdescribes his advocacy for farm workersdescribes experi
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9th - 12th
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Supreme Court Case Document Analysis Activities BUNDLE 10 Most Popular Cases
This Supreme Court Case Document Analysis Bundle includes 10 cases, each with a 1-page handout providing the original Supreme Court ruling as well as the document image for students to analyze with guiding questions for a better understanding of American documents. Includes a significance wrap-up question in which students utilize all of the information to explain the significance of the case or ruling.Answer Keys are Provided! Skills Addressed:Reading Historical DocumentsPrimary Source Analysis
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7th - 12th
Digital & Print: APUSH DBQ Practice & Targeted Intervention - AP US History DBQ
Unsure how to effectively support your students in practicing skills for the DBQ? Everything ready to print or post for your students. No prep needed! [includes full 18 pages of answer keys!] Comprehensive, personalized, and guided DBQ workshop for students to master EACH DBQ rubric point. Students can practice, complete targeted intervention & demonstrate mastery--all on one ready-to-go Google Slides Document! UPDATED to reflect changes to the DBQ/LEQ Rubrics for 2023. Email with questions:
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9th - 12th
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19th Amendment & Women's Suffrage Political Cartoon Analysis Activity
Teaching the 19th Amendment? This activity includes 10 political cartoons featuring arguments about women's suffrage. Use political cartoons to help students understand the work of suffragists to gain support for the 19th Amendment!ZIP FILE INCLUDES: 12 page PDF with background reading & 10 political cartoons and analysis questions (ready to print/post)Teacher directions + summarizing questions to use as an exit ticket or assessment questionCHECK OUT THE PREVIEW! The political cartoons cover
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8th - 12th
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Digital or Print: Full Year of AMSCO APUSH 30 Reading Guides + 50 SAQs
This bundle includes 30 Reading Guides [over 250 total pages] for AMSCO AP United States History -- Period 1 - 9: The Complete Year! Each guide is fully editable and can be completed digitally. Guide students to key terms, events, and trends through these digital or printable worksheets! IMPORTANT: These guides are compatible with the 2nd & 3rd Edition of AMSCO -- The 4th Edition 2020 AMSCO is structured slightly differently, so the guides will not align precisely with that edition. Structur
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9th - 12th
Chicano Movement Stations: Chavez, Huerta, United Farm Workers, East LA Walkouts
These 10 stations dive into the Chicano Movement--making a great addition to any Civil Rights Era unit! The stations cover the United Farm Workers, the Chicano Moratorium, the Bracero Program, and more with a variety of text & images. The activity comes with a student handout! ZIP FILE INCLUDES MULTIPLE PDFs: 10 stations on the Chicano Movement Student worksheet with questions for the stationsAnswer key for student worksheet Teacher Directions with ideas to use this activity in your classroo
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9th - 12th
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NEW: Ultimate AP® US History Exam Review Workbook & PPT - APUSH Exam Prep
Introducing the NEW Ultimate APUSH Exam Review Workbook & PPT: the essential study aid for students preparing for the AP US History exam. This comprehensive workbook features 98 pages of detailed content covering all key topics and themes tested on the exam. With a focus on providing in-depth explanations, practice questions, skills refreshers, this workbook is designed to help students master the material and ace the exam with confidence. If you already have the full year APUSH or the origi
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9th - 12th
Intro to the DBQ for all AP History Classes Covid-19 Edition - Digital or Print
Unsure how to teach the DBQ? Everything in this writing workshop is ready to post or print for your students. No prep needed! This comprehensive and guided DBQ instruction can be completed digitally or on paper. The 3-part series will help students to learn about and master EACH rubric point for the AP Document Based Question. It also taps into student experience with coronavirus themed lessons and practice. UPDATED to reflect changes to the DBQ/LEQ Rubrics for 2023.Works great for any AP Histor
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9th - 12th
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Child Labor: Compare Industrial Era to Present Day
This lesson involves having students examine the impacts of the Industrial Era in the United States with a specific focus on child labor. It is recommended that students will have explored, to some degree, the Industrial era prior to this lesson. This resource will prompt students to analyze social activist Lewis Hines' photographs that depict the various jobs and working conditions that children experienced. The Slide Presentation is interactive, problem posing, and vicariously draws the studen
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7th - 12th
Populist Movement STATIONS: Bryan/Cross of Gold,Omaha Platform, Farmers Alliance
Teach the Populist Movement with these engaging stations! Students will view 10 stations covering various topics like the gold standard, the Panic of 1893, William Jennings Bryan, and the Election of 1896! They will analyze the diverse stations using provided questions. This is a great activity to get students actively engaged with the populist movement in the United States.GOOGLE FOLDER INCLUDES: 10 stations on the Populist Movement in the late 1800s (Google Slides + PDF)Student handout with st
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9th - 12th
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Also included in:Â U.S. History ACTIVITIES Bundle: 1600s to the 1980s (100+ Activities!)
Organized Crime & Prohibition Police Report
Students will work to fill out their police reports on each of the mobsters' of the 1920s'. Students will complete the criminal investigation for each criminal and provide evidence to support their analysis. This activity has students recognizing the impacts of prohibition on American society through videos, readings & the completion of the police reports. This assignment includes investigating criminals such as Al Capone & Machine Gun Kelly. Students then work to send the criminals to A
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9th - 12th
Also included in:Â US History: 1920s Activity & Lesson Bundle
Battle of Little Bighorn & Massacre at Wounded Knee Stations & Notes Activity
Teaching the "Indian Wars" of the late 1870s through 1890s? Include the experiences of Native Americans including forced relocation to reservations and major events like the Battle of the Little Bighorn and Massacre at Wounded Knee with these notes and STATIONS! The stations focus on the Sioux resistance to U.S. policies during the Indian Wars and provide firsthand accounts of the Battle of the Little Bighorn and Massacre at Wounded Knee. ZIP FILE INCLUDES: Notes on the impact of westward expans
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9th - 12th
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Also included in:Â U.S. History ACTIVITIES Bundle: 1600s to the 1980s (100+ Activities!)
Reconstruction Political Cartoons Activity on Jim Crow, Carpetbaggers, & more
Teaching topics in the Reconstruction Era? Use this political cartoon activity to engage students with challenging post-Civil War topics like Jim Crow segregation and disenfranchisement tactics, the Chinese Exclusion Act, the New South, and carpetbaggers. These 6 cartoons cover major topics with a mixture of images, symbols, and captions.ZIP FILE INCLUDES: 6 Reconstruction Era Political Cartoons (PDF: Ready to print/post!) Answer key (PDF)CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW!Each of the 6 cartoons has accompa
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9th - 12th
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Also included in:Â U.S. History ACTIVITIES Bundle: 1600s to the 1980s (100+ Activities!)
Plymouth Rock Thanksgiving Virtual Field Trip for Google Classroom
With Thanksgiving, don't just learn about early settlement and life in America, EXPERIENCE IT! This Virtual Field Trip takes students to in VR and 360 to the famous sites of Plymouth Rock, and a 360 reenactment of Plymouth Colony and life on the Mayflower! With videos, readings, VR, and 360, students can fully experience life as an early Pilgrim settling in the New Land and complete activities to expand thinking and build comprehension!Take a Virtual Field Trip:Watch a 360 video on-board the May
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5th - 12th
Also included in:Â Middle and High School Social Studies Virtual Field Trip Mega Bundle Digital
Area 51- Conspiracy Theory - Listen, Short Answer, & Paragraph
I used to hate it when students would bring up conspiracy theories like aliens and Area 51, as I thought it was my job to convince them why this was unreasonable, and I didn't always have the context or facts to do that! Sadly, I didn't realize that I was missing a major opportunity to engage their interest. Now, I have a plan and this assignment does the work for me. In addition, this assignment is further important because it is skill-based, and it targets evidence and analysis skills for the
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Cold War Activity Bundle on U.S. Red Scare, Space Race, Korean & Vietnam War
This bundle includes 7 different activities for you to use in a Cold War unit in United States History! There are a series of stations, primary source worksheets, and collaborative learning projects to teach major topics of the 1940s-early 1980s. Included in this bundle: Cold War Primary Source Worksheet (with American and Soviet perspectives)Cold War Research Paper Directions (Compare & Contrast 2 Cold War conflicts)Korean War Photo Caption Activity Cold War Homefront Stations: McCarthyism,
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9th - 12th
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Tupac- Conspiracy Theory- Listen, Short Answer, & Paragraph
My students are obsessed with conspiracy theories and with Tupac! In fact, I had one of my first truly magical moments in the classroom when I brought in Tupac lyrics. I was surprised that they even knew who he was, but the students' eyes lit up and they were engaged for the first time that year. The students loved Tupac so much that they bought me Tupac & Biggie figurines to sit on my desk. They were trying to tell me something more about this!!! While the assignment is high interest for y
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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End-of-Year Social Studies Project
Review each of your standards using a fun activity that will creatively engage every student in your class!This end-of-year activity allows students to work in teams to create a project. The great part about it is that they get to choose their topics and type of project. Research shows that when a student chooses what he/she will study, they are more likely to retain the information and put forth greater effort. I have implemented this project for several years and have always been pleasantly su
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4th - 12th
Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki BUNDLE: Worksheet + Stations
Engage students with the controversial decision to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II by using this set of stations and primary source worksheet. The eyewitness account of the Hiroshima bombing, plus the diverse set of 14 stations will prompt students to think critically about the past. BUNDLE INCLUDES:4 page worksheet with excerpts of Yamaoka Michiko's account in "800 Meters from the Hypocenter" (PDF)Worksheet answer KEY (PDF)Set of 14 stations featuring a mixture of te
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9th - 12th
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