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U.S. History resources for GATE $10 and up
California Gold Rush Informational Reading Series #1-6 Discounted Bundle
No prep! Teach the Gold Rush using these six age-appropriate and engaging texts and activities. Bonus file included. We created our own California Gold Rush curriculum that covers everything important but is flexible enough to use in a variety of ways. We wanted each section to be able to stand alone, so we decided related activities should be included.Our comprehensive Gold Rush Series of informational original articles each focus on a specific aspect of the California Gold Rush. The first in t
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4th - 6th
Six California Explorers : Informational Texts Cabrillo Drake de Anza & More
Keep your students learning with these engaging, standards-based text and activities. Great for distance learning, school breaks or home schools.Learn about California explorers in these student friendly articles that give the early years, goals, success and failures and legacies of these legendary explorers of California. Buy the bundle and save! Bonus file included.This series includes:Juan Rodriguez CabrilloSir Francis DrakeSebastian CermenoSebastian VizcainoJuan Bautista de AnzaGaspar de Por
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Harlem Renaissance Activities - Escape Room (paper + digital) - Black History
Make learning fun with this Harlem Renaissance activity! Your students will learn about the historical context of the Harlem Renaissance as well as famous figures. This is reading-heavy and "true history," but a great addition to Black History Month or National Poetry Month. Use this Harlem Renaissance Activity for:✅ ELA or Social Studies✅ Your poetry unit or National Poetry Month✅ Black History Month This Harlem Renaissance activity is the perfect way to introduce your students to the era. It h
Grades:
7th - 10th
California History Game Board Bundle
Games Include: California Native Americans, Explorers, Missions, Gold Rush, and Transcontinental Railroad Kids love games! Our board games are perfect for centers or for small groups. Each game reinforces unit concepts in a lively, fast-paced format. Rules are easy to learn. If your students have ever played Sorry! or Chutes and Ladders, they will be familiar with the layouts. What you get: a digital download of a full-size game board. We "chop" the game board into 4 to 6 printer-friendly piec
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3rd - 8th
50 States Map Skills US Geography Project Bundle United States Activity
Engage your students with this geography project where they research and fill out the maps for the different states in the United States. Great for a state project. They need to use an atlas (or maps online) to find and label the major cities, capital, rivers, lakes, major water features, mountains, or national parks and then tell some facts about each state. They create their own compass rose and legend for the map. They use a check off sheet that is specific to each state and check their work
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3rd - 5th
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California Gold Rush Jeopardy 6 Game Discounted Bundle
This super fun Jeopardy game set can be used as stand alone games or paired with our companion Gold Rush Articles. Fun, easy and a great review! Games include:Early DaysGold FeverOverland RouteSea RoutesMining ToolsMinorities.Bonus file included.We have lots more California Gold Rush Products for your no-prep planning! Texts, games, activities are all at:www..teacherspayteachers.com/store/thank-a-teacher
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4th - 6th
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California History Depth and Complexity Frames Bundle
This resource includes multiple depth and complexity frames about CA History topics using the GATE icons of Sandra Kaplan.1. Missions2. Gold Rush3. Regions of CA4. Transcontinental RailroadSample from Regions of CA Frames:Analyze the 4 major regions of CA & CA's geography using the GATE Icons of Sandra Kaplan. Frames provided for each region and the location of CA.Sample questions:Describe California’s relative location in several ways.How has California’s location in the Pacific Basin affec
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3rd - 5th
Distance Learning: U.S. History Choice Board Digital Bundle
:::::DISTANCE LEARNING FRIENDLY! NO PREP!:::::This product includes 4 choice board assignments to assess the topic of US History. Each choice board includes 6 activity squares that address different multiple intelligences based on the study of each topic. This menu of activities can be used as a formative or summative assessment. Each choice board includes ranked activities by points and a variety of activities that assess different aspects of US history concepts. Activities can be modified for
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5th
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What is this Thing?
Part of Nancy Polette's Fact or Fiction Series
Have you ever wandered through a museum, looked at an artifact, and wondered,
“What IS This Thing?”
So did Nancy Polette as she toured the Montgomery County Historical Society in Missouri.
As she wandered through the museum, she imagined a child of the 1800s suddenly appearing in her kitchen, at a mall, or in a classroom. How puzzled that child would be! A microwave, a blender, a cell phone, a computer, an escalator – what strange objects!
Just as a
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K - 12th
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California Regions Two Pack
Content Standards Addressed:4.1 Students demonstrate an understanding of the physical and human geographic features that define places and regions in California. 3. Identify the state capital and describe the various regions of California, including how their characteristics and physical environments (e.g., water, landforms, vegetation, climate) affect human activity. 4. Identify the locations of the Pacific Ocean, rivers, valleys, and mountain passes and explain their effects on the growth of
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4th
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Transcontinental Railroad Bundle
You may also be interested in: Transcontinental Railroad WebquestContent Standards Addressed:4.4 Students explain how California became an agricultural and industrial power, tracing the transformation of the California economy and its political and cultural development since the 1850s. 1. Understand the story and lasting influence of the Pony Express, Overland Mail Service, Western Union, and the building of the transcontinental railroad, including the contributions of Chinese workers to its co
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4th - 10th
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Blunder or Brainstorm
Part of Nancy Polette's Fact or Fiction Series
Fact & Fiction of Famous Inventors and Inventions
4th in the series, Nancy presents not only fact and fiction statements, but also offers an original limerick for each of the inventors. From Archimedes to the Wright Brothers, Alexander Graham Bell to Alfred Nobel. Students learn about the first friction match, the first computer program, the first car, Velcro®, Coca-Cola,® Smith Brothers’® Cough Drops, Colt’s revolver and more. Great for just re
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K - 12th
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California Missions Activities Bundle
California Missions Activities BundleYou might also like:Missions Google Forms WebquestMissions Guess the Photo GameThis bundle includes 4 resources1. Choice Menu2. Depth and Complexity Frames3. Digital Interactive Activity4. Digital BreakoutDepth and Complexity Frames Info:Analyze the CA Mission system from multiple lenses using the Sandra Kaplan gate icons!2 frames includedSample questions:Multiple Perspectives: Describe an Indian’s daily life versus a priest’s daily life at a CA Mission.Big I
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4th
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Philadelphia, Valley Forge, and Gettysburg
This 169 slide PowerPoint contains photos and information on the Philadelphia, Valley Forge, and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania area. It documents the Revolutionary War period, post-war period, the Civil War three day battle of Gettysburg, and interior images of an 1800's steel warship and submarine (Olympia and Becuna) docked at Penn's Landing, Philadelphia.In addition, there are numerous landscape photos of the surrounding hillside in the Gettysburg area.
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3rd - 5th
Historical Hoaxes
Historical Hoaxes to Research and Perform presents 11 plays based on an actual incident in American History that require student research. Students research specific information related to the time, place, or persons involved.
There are 4-8 research tasks in each play. Additional reading sources help students find more about American history and discover the truth behind the claims. The student who does the research reads his or her findings at the appropriate point in the play.
Developing a wel
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4th - 9th
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Damsel or Daredevil
Did Molly Pitcher hide in a well when bullets flew during the Battle of Monmouth? Could Sacagawea, the interpreter for Lewis and Clark, speak English? What did Jacqueline Cochran, Bessie Coleman, and Amelia Earhart have in common? What do Sarah Emma Edmonds and Frank Thompson have in common? Did critics of Susan B Anthony drag her through the streets because she supported women's rights? Who was a world famous photographer who captured on film the bombing of Moscow by the Germans, recorded the s
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K - 12th
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War to Constitution: Using Primary Sources to Teach U.S. History
A comprehensive unit on this period of US History! Students develop important inferencing, application, analysis, and evaluation skills. The document-based questions and activities (DBQs) help them learn that people interpret events from differing points of view. War to Constitution: Using Primary Sources to Teach U.S. History covers these American history topics: the Sons of Liberty, the Stamp Act, the Boston Tea Party, the Boston Massacre, Common Sense, Valley Forge, John Paul Jones, Paying fo
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: American Revolution Bundle for Middle-Grade Social Studies Classes
1960's- A Decade that Changed The World
This PowerPoint contains 150 slides with information about the 1960's. This turbulent decade changed the course of history in the United States, and it continues to influence politics and society today. It contains four sections covering material from People and Events, Science and Technological Advancements, Lifestyles, and Sports. The images are from those gathered through Internet searches and the photos are from my own personal collection taken while on Teachers of American History Tours 200
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4th - 7th
Jamestown...1607 and Starving Times
Hear ye! Hear ye! What's that sound? It's a PowerPoint about Jamestown. This PowerPoint contains 63 slides about Jamestown, Virginia. It is divided into teachable sections, such as the Powhatan Indian culture, the three ships and their arrival, indentured servitude, and archeological work led by Dr. William Kelso. This unit is suitable for elementary students as well as anyone interested in early colonial history. All photos were taken by me, Robin Thames Lofton, during a Teachers of American Hi
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3rd - 5th
Southeast Region State Research Bundle
This is a 165 page unit that you can use to complete a research project on the Southeast Region of the United States: AlabamaArkansasDelawareFloridaGeorgiaKentuckyLouisianaMarylandMississippiNorth CarolinaSouth CarolinaTennesseeVirginiaWest VirginiaThere are many activities to choose from and you will be able to use them to differentiate depending on your students needs. You can make a state booklet that your students can use to record their research. This product contains:State cover pagesAbou
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2nd - 5th
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Teaching with Primary Sources for Upper Elementary / GATE - Big Bundle Discount
You get 7 lessons/units and hours and hours of instructional time of high student engagement with primary sources.Great critical thinking! Hands on! Highly Visual! Big Discount!Please see the individual previews ...
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3rd - 6th
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Midwest Region State Research Bundle
This is a 150 page unit that you can use to complete a research project on the Midwest Region of the United States: IllinoisIndianaIowaKansasMichiganMinnesotaMissouriNebraskaNorth DakotaOhioSouth DakotaWisconsin There are many activities to choose from and you will be able to use them to differentiate depending on your students needs. You can make a state booklet that your students can use to record their research. This product contains:State cover pagesAbout the author pageColor state in on U
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2nd - 5th
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Trial or Triumph
Part of Nancy Polette's Fact or Fiction Series
Nancy brings 30 contemporary actors and actresses, athletes, government officials, television stars, singers, and musicians into her Fact or Fiction series. Personalities include Barbara Walters, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lance Armstrong, Madeleine Albright, Alan Alda, and Tom Hanks. The question is posed "Fact or Fiction? Michael Landon was the top student in his graduating class" only to find he was 3rd from the bottom of the class, was very small, and w
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K - 12th
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Partner or Pleaser? Fact & Fiction of the First Ladies
Part of Nancy Polette's Fact or Fiction Series
Whether in the background or out front promoting their causes, the First Ladies of the U.S. presidents make an interesting read and basis for classroom research as addressed in the Writing component of the Common Core Standards:
Research to Build and Present Knowledge
Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation. (The format of Fact or Fiction? i
Grades:
K - 12th
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