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U.S. History Common Core WHST.11-12.2 resources
US History Thematic Inquiry PBL Full Course Bundle Print & Digital
Transform your U.S. History classroom to be inquiry-driven and project-based and start cultivating authentic learning with this growing course, plus bonuses!This is the course I wish existed in my first year teaching U.S. History. Whether you are brand new and overwhelmed or looking to upgrade your impact from the same-old, same-old, this thematic PBL U.S. History course will fast-track you to cultivating a passion in your students to appreciate those who have come before them and become the his
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8th - 11th
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3 Branches of Government Checks and Balances Unit - Activities Projects & DBQ
Explore the 3 Branches of Government with a critical lens, everything from the text of Articles I, II, and III and checks and balances to current members of Congress, the Cabinet, and the Supreme Court in this inquiry-driven, source-based PBL unit that asks, "How democratic is America's government really?"This unit covers:Expressed and implied powers of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches of the federal governmentPerspectives on representative democracyCurrent members of Congress,
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Civics and Government Inquiry Full Course Curriculum for High School
Thank You Note or Letter Template Project - How To Writing Kit
Use this complete how-to kit for writing a thank you note or letter to teach students the real-life skill of sharing gratitude and kindness. This resource comes in both print PDF and paperless Google files for your flexibility!Greatness is expressing genuine appreciation to others.The thank you note is an essential life skill that's rarely formally taught but practices everything from being genuine to being specific and formal. Challenge your students to do good by expressing their appreciatio
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Essay Writing Curriculum - How to Write Opinion Narrative College Essays
History Crime Scene Investigation: CSI Hamilton Duel At Dawn
Hamilton was so much more than just an amazing play on Broadway.
Want a great way for students to engage in a group activity while they examine eyewitness testimony, artifacts, primary sources, and solve a historical mystery? Download The Hamilton Duel at Dawn CSI!
This exciting activity can be used to challenge individual students or to encourage collaboration in groups of up to five people. Students form CSI teams and examine real evidence from the duel between Vice President Aaron Burr an
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7th - 12th
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#Activism Research Project: Perfect for Social Justice/Informational Text Unit
Thanks to social media and trending hashtags, modern activism movements look much different than the activism of the past. This project is a great addition to any study of activism, social justice, social movements, informational text, or just as a stand-alone research project. It is crucially important we teach students how to research and understand the movements of their generation so they can actively participate in the dialogue that is taking place all around them. Understanding the current
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
US Econ: Stock Market Crash Simulation & Great Depression Intro (Distance Learn)
I LOVE crashing the stock market on my unsuspecting students. They go into the short activity thinking they're going to make some big bucks in the (rigged) class simulation and bam! Everyone loses. But that's 1929, right?!This short simulation allows students to understand how the stock market crashing affected every day Americans and contributed towards triggering the Great Depression. There are even PPT slides explaining concisely how the stock market works and how to invest. Students choose f
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10th - 12th
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Also included in: US Economy Thematic Bundle for US History (Distance Learning!)
Cold War |BAY of PIGS & CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS | Lecture | Print & Digital | 8-12
In the creative presentation, students will learn about the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis during the Cold War. Both printable and digital versions are included!First, students will complete a cause-and-effect graphic organizer while reviewing the information on the Bay of Pigs Invasion. They will then complete Cloze Notes while learning about the Cuban Missile Crisis. Throughout the presentation students will take on the role of JFK’s advisors, discussing and taking notes on
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9th - 12th
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LBJ's Great Society | War on Poverty | Poster Project | DISTANCE LEARNING
Students will become familiar with President Lyndon B Johnson’s Great Society Programs by creating informational posters and completing a gallery walk. This activity will definitely keep your students engaged. This is an interactive, student-centered activity. Both Print & Digital (Google drive) versions included! Perfect for Distance Learning and your U.S. /American History classroom."Students loved this activity. Straight forward and easy." ChristopherThis purchase includes the following:•
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: MODERN AMERICA| BUNDLE | Print & Digital |JFK-Trump| Grades 8-12
Judicial Branch Bill of Rights Supreme Court Civil Liberties Inquiry Unit
Dig into civil liberties in the Bill of Rights, the 9 Justices of the Supreme Court, and landmark Supreme Court cases of free speech, privacy, criminal rights, and equality in this inquiry-driven, primary source-based unit that asks, “How are my Constitutional rights defined?” This unit covers:Article III of the US Constitution Bill of Rights & the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection ClauseFederal Courts System & Supreme CourtHow a Case gets to the Supreme Court9 Current Supreme JusticesSt
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Civics and Government Inquiry Full Course Curriculum for High School
American Immigration Thematic PBL Unit Print & Digital
Build a strong base of evidence-supported writing and appreciation of the main ingredient to America’s world-renown success, the immigrant, with this project-based unit that asks, "What is our American story?" This unit coversCurrent-day immigration and ethnic makeup of theUSEllis Island "new" immigrants of the early 1900sGreat Migration migrants of the mid-1900sVietnamese refugees of the late 1900sThis unit strengthens core skills like Analyzing and evaluating statistical, interview, and artist
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: US History Thematic Inquiry PBL Full Course Bundle Print & Digital
Constitution Amendments Review Sheet Amendments 1-27 Test Prep | Quiz | Activity
Review the US Constitution Amendments, including the Bill of Rights, the Reconstruction Amendments, etc. The Amendments in the Constitution (Amendments 1-27) are reviewed in these print and digital handouts. To review each group of Amendments, students match the definition with the corresponding number, answer 2-3 multiple-choice questions, and answer more rigorous style questions such as analyzing a primary source, a short answer question, etc.Whether you've finished studying a group of Amendme
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9th - 12th
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BUNDLE | APUSH Document Analysis | Full Year: Periods 1-9 | REVIEW | Bellringers
APUSH document analysis helps AP United States History analyze primary and secondary sources covering periods one through nine. Document analysis is critical for success on multiple choice, SAQ and DBQ. This is a no prep digital resource great for bell ringer, review, and group work. Historical thinking skills throughout!Students will:Analyze sourcing and situation of primary and secondary sources.Identify a source’s point of view, purpose, historical situation, and/or audience.Explain the point
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9th - 12th
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The Enlightenment & Declaration of Independence: 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: Analyze the impact that the Enlightenment thinkers had on the development and ideas expressed in the Declaration of Independence. There are a total of 7 documents. Here is a list of the documents:1. John Locke Two Treatises of Government, 16902. Jean Jacques Rousseau The Social Contract - 17623. Jean Jacques Rous
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8th - 11th
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AMERICAN IMPERIALISM Introduction Lecture & Timeline Activity |Print and Digital
Are you looking for an engaging activity to introduce the unit on American Imperialism at the turn of the century? Don't look any further!Students will begin by listening to a short lecture on the reasons for imperialism and will take notes on the creative notes template and then complete a timeline worksheet while watching a 30-minute film: “America Becomes a World Power” (YouTube link included). Both printable and digital versions are included."This resource was exactly as described and really
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9th - 12th
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First Amendment Free Speech Activity Project - Civics End of Year Project
Teach the First Amendment by having students use their free speech rightswith this real-life exploration of the First Amendment, Supreme Court cases, and school dress codes that asks, "What actually are my rights?"This kit comes in two formats: print PDF and editable digital Google files. By the end of this project, your students will be able toApply learning from various landmark free speech cases as well as their own school policyResearch and evaluate news sources on a current issue of their c
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: US History Thematic Inquiry PBL Full Course Bundle Print & Digital
Japanese American Internment WWII Homefront Activities
Use these powerful photos of the Japanese American internment during World War II to tap into your students’ critical thinking and historical empathy skills.This resource comes in both printable PDF and digital for Google Slides.These photos are not to be missed in any unit on the WWII American home front. Taken by famous photographers, including Dorothea Lange and Ansel Adams, they tell a story like no other and one the U.S. government wanted to hide. This activity kit offers 6 respectful ways
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: US History Activity and Project Kits Bundle Print & Digital
US History Protest from Suffrage to Civil Rights Print & Digital
Challenge your students to think beyond themselves in this point-of-view focused thematic unit examining 4 very different 1900s American protest movements. This unit coversFounders' views on First Amendment rightsLandmark Supreme Court on free speechRecent protest movementsSilent Sentinels and suffragists of the early 1900sJapanese American internment during WWIISit-In demonstrators of the Civil Rights MovementAlcatraz Occupation and the American Indian Movement of the 1970sThis unit strengthens
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: US History Thematic Inquiry PBL Full Course Bundle Print & Digital
FEDERALISTS v ANTIFEDERALISTS | Group Project | Review Game | Assessment
Your students will be challenged with this fun and creative group project. Students will work with groups to create a large position-paper poster project about the Federalists or Anti-Federalists to be able to understand the ideologies related to the ratification of the Constitution. Both printable and digital versions are included."One of my ss favorite projects of the semester!" KasiAfter groups create their projects students will participate in a gallery walk of the projects while completin
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9th - 12th
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History of MEXICAN IMMIGRATION | Cooperative Reading Activity | Print & Digital
In this student-centered, engaging activity, your secondary students will be able to understand the impact of Mexican Immigration in the United States from the turn of the century until 2000. Both Print & Digital (Google drive) versions are included! This activity follows the GRR (Gradual Release of Responsibility) model. First, the entire class, together, will read about immigration from 1900-1941 and complete the corresponding graphic organizer describing the “push” and “pull” factors that
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9th - 12th
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US History Semester Two Ultimate Thematic Course Bundle - Print & Digital
Ready to revolutionize the way you teach US History!? Wanting to go deeper than rote memorization? Desiring to spend more time developing an understanding of US History for your students rather than cramming in every detail?Ever since I first learned about teaching history by theme rather than straight chronology, I was hooked. When students are free to explore one theme or topic of US History across decades they can make connections and understand history on a much deeper level. They can track
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10th - 12th
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US Mini PBL Unit African American Great Migration with Interview Project
Strengthen your 1920s Harlem Renaissance, WWI, WWII, or Civil Rights units with an exploration of the Great Migration experience. Read the moving poetic words of Langston Hughes, hear the narratives of three individuals who escaped oppression for a better life, and examine the massive statistics each of these 6 million American Dreamers helped create. Culminate students' learning with their own oral history interview project!By the end of this unit, your students will be able toAnnotate and ana
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8th - 11th
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US History Semester 1 Ultimate Thematic Course Bundle- Print & Distance Learning
"I thought U.S. History was going to be boring," a student told me at the end of semester one, "but the way it's arranged thematically is really interesting." A few days later that student's mother emailed me to let me know her daughter was now so interested in US History and Government that she regularly starts discussions at home with her parents about it. Talk about a teacher's dream. Ever since I first learned about teaching history by theme rather than straight chronology, I was hooked. Whe
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10th - 12th
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President Ford and Carter | Lecture | Notes | Print & Digital |Modern America
In this 30-slide editable PowerPoint lecture presentation, your students will learn about American Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter. Perfect when teaching about Modern America in your secondary U.S. History or American history class. As students listen to the lecture they will answer questions on the creative NOTES template and analyze Carter’s famous “Malaise” speech. After the presentation, they will show what they learned by completing a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting Ford and
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: MODERN AMERICA| BUNDLE | Print & Digital |JFK-Trump| Grades 8-12
President Ronald REAGAN | Lecture & Reaganomics Reading | Print & Digital
In this engaging, editable presentation, students will learn about the policies of President Ronald Reagan. Both print and digital versions included. "As always, amazing material! Super helpful in covering the most important aspects of President Reagan. My students especially loved the linked videos and it was so nice to have the notes included." AshleyTopics covered include: Introduction1980 ElectionAssassination AttemptDomestic PoliciesReaganomicsMilitary Defense SpendingFederal Debt Increase
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: MODERN AMERICA| BUNDLE | Print & Digital |JFK-Trump| Grades 8-12
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