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Other (social studies) Common Core RH.9-10.2 resources
French and Indian War Doodle Notes with PowerPoint (print and digital resource)
These French and Indian War doodle notes summarize the causes, major battles, and effects of the war.What's included with the printed Doodle Notes:*Teacher directions (2 pages)*French and Indian War doodle notes with blanks for students to fill in and color as you cover the information on the handout. (2 pages)*Fill-in-the-blank version for students who have difficulty with note taking. (2 pages)*Completed version of French and Indian War doodle notes for ELL students or students with learning d
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6th - 11th
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CNN 10 Worksheets: Current Events News Summary, Graphic Organizer, Video Project
CNN 10 (CNN Student News) is the perfect avenue for students to stay informed on current events. This PDF and GOOGLE DRIVE set of graphic organizer worksheets are an excellent way to analyze and summarize the current events of the day using CNN10. These various templates will help students of all ages stay engaged while watching CNN 10. A simple writing format helps students recognize, summarize, and write opinions about the major headlines of the day. I find this resource to be extremely prac
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Not Grade Specific
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American US History Curriculum | Part 1 PLUS American US History Curriculum
The American History US History Part 1 Curriculum PLUS: (1590-1877) contains thousands of pages of materials across 13 American History units and supplement bundles, including assessments, interactive notebooks, Google 1:1 resources, Escape Room breakouts, and much, much more.Purchase this and enjoy immediate access to an entire year of a ready-to-go American History Curriculum, including almost four-thousand pages of engaging activities and Common Core focused classroom resources, differentiate
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5th - 9th
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Geography Introduction Complete Unit
Start back to school with this Geography Introduction Complete Unit to help your students build the content foundation and Social Studies skills they will need for a Geography, History, or other Social Studies Course. The 160+ page unit covers the Five Themes of Geography, Longitude & Latitude, Climate Zones, Map Types and Purposes, and Using Maps. It introduces or reviews the basic mapping concepts AND geohraphy skills. Includes: Complete Unit Plan with bellringers & exit prompts (Se
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6th - 10th
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Imperialism Stations: Africa, China, India, Sepoy & Boxer Rebellion, Open Door
Get students actively reading about imperialism and its effects! Students view 19 stations about imperialism and record their answers to analysis questions on the handout provided. This activity includes an intro reading, stations, student worksheet, and key!Google Folder of Activities includes: Intro reading on imperialism to introduce concepts and major events (PDF & Google Docs)19 stations on imperialism (PDF & Google Slides, not completely editable)Student handout (9 pages; each stat
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9th - 12th
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Also included in:Â WORLD HISTORY ACTIVITIES BUNDLE! 25+ Projects, Simulations, & Worksheets!
America The Story of Us Worksheets, Questions, Viewing Guide | All 12 Episodes
America The Story of Us, by the History Channel, is one of the best video series to show for any American or US History class. Teachers love the quality content, and students enjoy the engaging visuals! Certainly considered a classic by now, this series has 12 episodes ranging from the early setters of Jamestown, all the way through September 11th and the new millennium. This bundle contains questions for all 12 episodes of the series. By purchasing the bundle you save a whopping 50%! That's o
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5th - 12th
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WWI Homefront Stations on Draft, Schenck, Great Migration, Women's Suffrage
Teach the U.S. home front during World War I with these engaging stations! Students will view 17 stations covering various topics like the draft, Espionage and Sedition Acts, Women in WWI, the Great Migration, and more! They will analyze the diverse stations using provided questions. This is a great activity to get students actively engaged with life in the U.S. during WWI. GOOGLE DRIVE FOLDER INCLUDES: 17 stations on the U.S. home front during WWI (Ready to print PDF + Google Slides)EDITABLE st
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9th - 12th
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1950s Culture vs 1960s Counterculture: 15 Image Gallery Walk & Research Project!
In this engaging 1950s and 1960s (culture and counterculture) gallery walk project, students learn the characteristics of 1950s culture and the 1960s counterculture, complete a classroom organizer, and conduct research further about leaders of the 1960s counterculture movement (Jack Kerouac, Jane Fonda, Bob Dylan, Betty Friedan, and Timothy Leary). Students navigate 7 different image sets, each with a different focus, to learn about how the 1950s and 1960s viewed authority, patriotism, music, wo
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6th - 10th
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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CURRENT EVENTS: News Article Summary, Main Idea, Reading Comprehension | NEWSELA
This Current Events Summary is an excellent tool for students to get involved with the news and the current events of the week. A simple writing format helps students find, summarize, and write opinions about current news stories and events. I find this activity to be a practical filler for various social studies courses. What's Included:Teacher directions with ideas for implementation and useSimple student directions: Find, Highlight, Summarize, Importance, OpinionGuided student writing temp
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Not Grade Specific
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The Dropping of the Atomic Bomb WWII: Document Based Question (DBQ)
DBQs are an excellent way to hit most of the Common Core standards in your class. If there is one activity that encapsulates the requirements of the Common Core - the DBQ is it! Prompt: Explain the process that gave birth to the nuclear bomb. To what extent was the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki a military necessity to win the war?Here is a list of the documents:1. Letter from Albert Einstein to FDR, August 2nd, 1939 2. Manhattan Project Explained 3. J. Robert Oppenheimer quote after seeing f
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8th - 12th
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Also included in:Â The Atomic Bomb: Graphic Organizers, Movie Guide, & DBQ Assessment (Bundle)
Prohibition, 18th Amendment, Al Capone, & the Rise of Organized Crime Webquest!
In this Prohibition, Al Capone, and Organized Crime web quest, students navigate through six different QR codes (or clickable links) to understand the rise of prohibition, the passage of the 18th amendment, the 21st amendment, and the rise of organized crime. Students learn why prohibition was needed, how it was enforced, the meaning and creation of bootlegging, how several unintended consequences developed as a result of prohibition, the rise and role of Al Capone, and the subsequent passage
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5th - 10th
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1920s Consumerism and Inventions: Why were the 1920s the "Consumer Revolution?"
In this highly-engaging resource on 1920s consumerism, students navigate through a variety of major inventions and breakthroughs that took place in the 1920s to learn why this decade is often referred to as the "consumer revolution." Students are introduced to the first mass-produced refrigerator, electric toaster, radio, as well as the invention of Band-Aids, great improvements in Henry Ford's Model T (and his Model A) automobile, the vacuum cleaner, and a variety of new foods such as Wonder B
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5th - 10th
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World Population World Poverty Inquiry Unit | Global Issues Human Geography
Explore everything from our enormous global population, our varying demographic statistics and contrasting standards of living, and the persistence of extreme world poverty with this eye-opening unit.This is the first unit of a thematic, inquiry-centered curriculum, Global Issues, a semester-long course that blends Current Events, Human Geography, and Environmental Science.This curriculum is intended to meet the requirements of a Current Issues or Contemporary World Problems course.Human or Worl
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9th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Global Issues Contemporary World Problems Human Geography Course Bundle
Reconstruction Stations: Jim Crow, Plessy v. Ferguson, Freedmens Bureau, & more
Need to cover main ideas of the Reconstruction Era? Use this stations activity to engage students with post-Civil War topics like the 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments, Plessy v. Ferguson, and disenfranchisement tactics (poll taxes, literacy tests, etc.). These 13 stations cover major successes & failures of Reconstruction with a mixture of images and text. Google Folder includes:13 Reconstruction Era Stations (PDF: Ready to print/post!) 13 Reconstruction Era Stations (Google Slides: text is not f
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9th - 12th
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Also included in:Â U.S. History 1600s-1890s ACTIVITIES Bundle: Colonial Period-Reconstruction
Mark Twain & the Progressive Era Problems: Why Did Twain Name It The Gilded Age?
In this Progressive Era stations lesson, students investigate four different articles to learn about the problems associated with the Progressive Era and why Mark Twain gave it the name "The Gilded Age." Students analyze excerpts from How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis, The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, The Shame of the Cities by Lincoln Steffens, and Twenty Years at Hull House by Jane Addams to learn the problems that defined the United States in the late 19th century. From urban slums and te
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7th - 10th
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Red Scare: Students Investigate the First Red Scare, Communism, & Capitalism!
In this highly-engaging lesson on communism and the Red Scare, students investigate the first Red Scare in United States history by completing two focused and engaging activities. First, students read a text focused on the role of Karl Marx and Frederic Engels (Manifesto of the Communist Party), the idea of communism, how it compares to capitalism, and the system’s strengthens and weaknesses. Then, students analyze a timeline of major events in this history of communism, its impact in Russia w
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5th - 10th
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U.S. Presidents Word Cloud Activities Bundle 1789-Present (Washington to Biden)
In these fun and engaging activities, students will learn more about each of the Presidents of the United States from George Washington through Joe Biden. The coloring pages and word cloud activities are great for exam reviews and make beautiful classroom displays.This money saving bundle contains PDF files of the following:*Word Cloud Coloring Pages for each of the presidents #1-46: Students use colored pencils or fine tip markers to color in the words and phrases (45 pages; uneditable PDFs)*Wo
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6th - 11th
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American Imperialism | Stations or Gallery Walk Activity
Start your Imperialism Unit for your U.S. History class with this learning stations activity that covers foreign policy & American Imperialism. Students will read about historical context, as well as analyze political cartoons, images, and charts to learn about the changes the US experienced during the Age of Imperialism. This activity that will guide students through the vast changes America experienced during this time.This 16 page resourceis fully editablerequires no textbookis ready to a
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8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Age of American Imperialism | Unit Bundle for U.S. History
Progressive Era Gilded Age Unit Activity Bundle | 11 Progressive Era Resources
In this Progressive Era and Gilded Age activities unit bundle, you receive 11 engaging, fun, and 100% Google-compatible. Enjoy this bundle to supplement Women's Suffrage (Susan B Anthony, Alice Paul), John D Rockefeller, Emma Lazarus, Theodore Roosevelt, Tammany Hall, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, and much more! You also save considerably by purchasing this unit instead of buying each resource separately -- buy the bundle and save a bundle!In the 11-lesson Progressive Era and Gilded Age
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7th - 10th
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Five Themes of Geography Centers Investigation Activity
Investigate the Five Themes of Geography with this interactive centers activity. Each center invites students to further investigate one of the themes (Location, Place, Movement, Regions, Human-Environment Interaction) through mapping, reading, and skills practice. All materials (except atlases) are provided (print on card stock and laminate for repeated use!). Resources include recent articles on various world events, maps, charts and other content-filled sources and require students to use
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6th - 10th, Higher Education
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U.S. History 1880s-1980s ACTIVITIES Bundle! 40+ Projects, Stations, Wkshts, etc
Check out this bundle of my favorite activities from my American History course—from pre-colonization through Reconstruction! Get students active and engaged with these student-centered ACTIVITIES ranging from the 1880s-1980s!This bundle INCLUDES...12 Worksheets/Reading Activities Labor in the Gilded Age: Primary Source analysis for Workers’ Unions & Big BusinessTriangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: Students Tweet as Eyewitnesses "Shut the Door" Nativist/Anti-Immigrant Speech from the 1920sUnite
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9th - 12th
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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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Nationalism & Unification Activity Packet World History
Nationalism & Unification can be introduced or reviewed with this complete Activity Packet with an optimal understanding learning process. This is a complete introduction to the mid-late 1800s Nationalism and Unification. Students are provided links (or may use any available textbooks) to complete 4-Thought Organizers and to interpret primary sources on each event. Includes the following for analysis and content processing: Political cartoonsQuotesImagesMapsText Follows a Learning Proces
Grades:
7th - 12th
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