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5th grade social studies lectures for Microsoft Word
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:Â Gilded Age & Progressive Era | Digital Learning | Deluxe Bundle
American Innovations | Industrialization and Railroads | Digital Learning Pack
American Innovations NO PREP DISTANCE LEARNING PACK! A graphic organizer activity that assesses student comprehension of the social, cultural, and economic impact of inventions and industrialization in late 19th century America. This bundle INCLUDES A BONUS ACTIVITY on the advent of railroads across America! This activity is a flow chart that traces the development of railroads, their effects on the fabric of America, and later, their abuses toward farmers, workers, and United States law. Digit
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Also included in:Â Gilded Age & Progressive Era | Digital Learning | Deluxe Bundle
Teddy Roosevelt's | "Square Deal" | Digital Learning Pack
Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal NO PREP DISTANCE LEARNING PACK! Boxer, hunter, Rough Rider and TrustBuster, Teddy Roosevelt is one of the most iconic presidents in history. He expanded the power of the presidency to encourage more business competition and help the common man. Give your students the opportunity to learn about the actions of President Teddy Roosevelt and his Square Deal for the American People. Digital and Paper copies included!This "Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal" Distance Learn
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Gilded Age & Progressive Era | Digital Learning | Deluxe Bundle
Slavery in Early America | Digital Learning Pack
Slavery in Early America 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 experience the brutal reality of slavery in early America. This activity provides the tools you need to create a ONE OF A KIND experience! Digital and Paper Copies INCLUDED!This "Brutality of Slavery" Distance Learning Activity includes:1) A document-based "GALLERY WALK" activity that creates a unique opportunity for
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Foundations of America | Deluxe | Digital Learning Bundle
Spanish Colonization of the Americas: New Spain
A short video with a worksheet reviewing or lecturing on Spanish conquests in the Americas. The video is free on Youtube and about 8 minutes long. The worksheet has questions to answer while watching to ensure that students are paying attention. Answer key is included
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Progressivism Under William Howard Taft | Digital Learning Pack
Progressivism Under William Howard Taft NO PREP DISTANCE LEARNING PACK! Could there have been a better person to follow one of the most rugged and active presidents in history than William Howard Taft? Yes, yes there could have, but Roosevelt hand selected Taft to be his successor. Help your students understand all of Taft's reforms and the reasons why he didn't live up to Roosevelt's expectations. Digital and Hard Copy Included!This "Progressivism Under William Howard Taft" Distance Learning
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Gilded Age & Progressive Era | Digital Learning | Deluxe Bundle
FDR and the "New Deal" | Digital Learning Pack
FDR and the "New Deal" NO PREP Distance Learning Pack. Oh man, the New Deal, who can keep this straight? We have you covered. Our study on the First New Deal will focus you on the three Rs and get your students hands on work with the New Deal. Students get to read primary source documents to help them gain a better understanding of the New Deal! Digital and Paper Copies Included!This "New Deal in Action " Pack includes:1) This activity gives your students the opportunity to identify key asp
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â The Great Depression & New Deal | Digital Learning Deluxe Bundle
John F. Kennedy's | "New Frontier" | Distance Learning Pack
John F. Kennedy's "New Frontier" NO PREP Distance Learning Pack. John F. Kennedy accomplished a lot in is short time in office. This activity allows your students to get all of that information down in one place. They will look through there notes or our video get all the information they need for this activity! Digital and Paper Copies Included! This "John F. Kennedy's 'New Frontier'" Distance Learning Pack includes:1) An activity that introduces John F. Kennedy and his policies to your stu
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â America in the 1960's | Distance Learning | Digital Bundle
World History Notes: Enlightenment and Revolutions
World History Notes: Enlightenment and Revolutions, Notes Include....The Enlightenment John LockeThomas HobbsJean-Jacques RousseauVoltaireMontesquieuOther PhilosophersAmerican RevolutionFrench RevolutionHaitian RevolutionLatin American Revolution
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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World History Notes: Renaissance, Reformation, Scientific Revolution
World History Notes: Renaissance, Reformation, Scientific Revolution, Notes Include. Italian RenaissanceNorthern RenaissanceScientific RevolutionGeocentric TheoryBoyles LawGravityConflict with the Catholic ChurchThe ReformationMartin LutherKing Henry VIIILutheranismPeasants RevoltBaptist and AnabaptistCalvinist and PresbyteriansCounter-ReformationCouncil of Trent The Index and Jesuits
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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American History Notes 2000-2009
American History Notes 2000-2009, Notes Include.. Election of 2000George H Bush Cabinet Members Vladimir Putin9/11No Child Left BehindAxis of Evil SpeechIraq WarElection of 2004Same-Sex MarriageHurricane KatrinaSecure Fence Act of 2006Sadam Hussein was hanged for his crimesNancy PelosiVirginia Tech Shooting National Security Act of 2007Annapolis Conference Election of 2008Barack Obama's CabinetEmergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2007American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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American History Notes 1920-1929
American History Notes 1920-1929, Notes Include.. Election of 1920Warren G Hardings CabinetThe Roaring 20'sThe Red ScareSacco and VanzettiRise of the KKKHenry Ford/ Model T CarYoung Ariline IndustryProhibitionSpeakeasiesBootleggersOrganized Crime/ Al CaponeRise of schools. School enrollmentsRadio/ TechnologySportsHarlem RenaissanceJazz Age19th AmendmentKnox-Porter ResolutionsGreenwood Massacre/Tulsa Race RiotsWashington ConferenceWashington Naval TreatyLeser V. GarnettTeapot Dome ScandalVoyage o
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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American History Notes 1950-1959
American History Notes 1950-1959, Notes IncludeRise of fast Food/ Drive-InsPopularity in TV and HollywoodCarsMusicBaby BoomDevelopment of the Hydrogen BombStart of the Korean WarMcCarthyismCredit CardsEthel and Julius RosenbergTreaty of San FransiscoUnited States-Japan Security TreatyTruman V. Macarthur1952 Presidential ElectionDwight D. Eisenhower Cabinet Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company V. SawyerUnited States Steel Worker StrikeHydrogen Bomb Test in the Marshall IslandsChance for Peace Speech
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
American History Notes 1940-1949
American History Notes 1940-1949, Notes includeThornhill V. AlabamaJewish GettosFrance falls in the War/ Battle of FrancePact of BerlinSelective Service and Training Act1940 Presidential Election1941 State of the Union addressOperation BarbarossaLend Lease ActFall of SingaporeBattle of MidwayManhattan ProjectExecutive Order 9066Womens Army CorpCongress of Racial EquityWar Production BoardInvasion of North Africa/ Operation TorchWashington Conference 1943West Virginia State Board of Education V.
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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American History Notes 1910-1919
American History Notes 1910-1919, Notes IncludeMann ActBull Moose PartyMexican RevolutionNationalismMilitarismImperialismTriangle Shirtwaist Fire FactoryStandard Oil V. United StatesUnited States V. American Tobacco Company 1912 Presidential ElectionWoodrow Wilson's CabinetTitanicAlien Land Law of 191317th AmendmentFederal Reserve System CreatedTampico IncidentClayton Anti-Trust Act Start of WWITrench WarfareLusitania Sinks1916 Presidential ElectionFirst Woman Elected to CongressU.S Declares War
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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American History Notes 1870-1879
American History Notes 1870-1879, Notes IncludeEnforcement Act of 1870Creation of the Dept. of JusticeTariff of 187015th Amendment Life of Native Americans in the 1870sRockefeller and Captains of IndustryEnforcement Act of 1871Indian Appropriations ActTreaty of WashingtonTweed Ring Scandal/ Tammany HallThe Committee of SeventyChicago Fire 1871Yellowstone ParkAmnesty ActTariff Act of 18721872 Presidential ElectionCredit MobilierUnion Pacific railroadCoinage ActSalary Grab ActComstock Act Panic of
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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American History Notes 1850-1859
American History Notes 1850-1859, Notes IncludeCompromise of 1850Clayton Bulwer TreatyMillard Filmore cabinet MembersFugitive Slave Act of 1850Underground Railroads and Slavery in the 1850sHarriet Beecher Stowe (Uncle toms Cabin)1852 Presidential ElectionFranklin Pierces Cabinet MembersFoundation of the Republican PartyMassachusets Emigrant Aid CompanyKansas-Nebraska ActKnow-Nothing PartyTopeka Constitutional ConventionWakarusa WarBleeding KansasFirst Republican National ConventionCaning of Char
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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American History Notes 1890-1899
American History Notes 1890-1899, Notes Include...Dependent Pension BillSherman Antitrust ActSherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890Tariff Act of 1890 (Mckinley Tariff)United Mine Workers of AmericaWounded Knee MassacreImmigration Act of 1891Judiciary Act of 1891Forest Reserve ActNew Orleans Italian Lynching1892 Presidential ElectionChinese Exclusion ActHomestead Steel StrikePanic of 1893Coxey's ArmyPullman Railroad StrikesLabor Day becomes a HolidayWilson-Gorman Tariff ActPollock V. Farmers Loan an
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
American History Notes 1880-1889
American History Notes 1880-1889, Notes IncludeChinese Immigration into the United States1880 Presidential Election James Garfield's Cabinet membersFoundation of Tuskegee University Assassination of President GarfieldChester A Arthurs CabinetEdmunds ActChinese Exclusion ActU.S-Mexico Convention of 1882Civil Service Reform Act (Pendleton Act)United States V. HarrisMongrel Tariff ActThe Foundation of Bureau Navigation was founded1884 Presidential ElectionGrover Cleveland CabinetContract Labor ActS
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
American History Notes 1840-1849
American History Notes 1840-1849, Notes Include....Independent Treasury Act of 18401840 Presidential ElectionWilliam H. Harrisons Cabinet MembersUnited States V. AmistadBankruptcy Act of 1841Commonwealth V. HuntAppointment Act of 1842Tariff Act of 1842Treaty of Wing-hsiaTexas AnnexationFirst Telegraph/ Samuel F.B Morse1844 Presidential ElectionJames K. Polks Cabinet MembersGreat Irish Potato FamineMexican-American WarWilmot ProvisoOregon TreatyWalker Tariff of 1846Battle of Buena VistaBattle of
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4th - 8th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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American History Notes 1830-1839
American History Notes 1830-1839, Notes includeIndian Removal ActSlavery in the 1830s and 40'sCreation of the Whig PartyCherokee Nation V. GeorgiaNat Turner Slave RebellionOrdinance of Nullifiaction Andrew Jackson V. Bank of the United StatesElection of 1832Trail of TearsDept. of Indian AffairsSecond Seminole WarTexas IndependenceFall of the AlamoGag Rule of 1836Election of 1836Martin Van Buren Cabinet MembersPanic of 1837Aroostook War
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
American History Notes 1810-1819
American History Notes 1810-1819; Notes IncludeFletcher V PeckBattle of TippecanoeWar of 1812New Jersey V Wilson1812 Presidential ElectionJames Madison Cabinet MembersBattle of the ThamesBurning of WashingtonBattle of Lake ChamplainTreaty of GhentBattle of New OrleansSecond Barbary warMartin V. Hunter's LesseeTariff of 1816Second Bank of the United States1816 Presidential ElectionJames Monroes CabinetRush Bagot TreatyFirst Seminole warTreaty of 1818Adams-Onis Treaty
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
American History 1820-1829 notes
American History 1820-1829 notes, Subjects include...Missouri Compromise1820 Presidential ElectionJames Monroes Cabinet MembersMonroe DoctrineGeneral Survey ActTariff of 1824Russo-American Treaty1824 Presidential ElectionJohn Q. Adams Cabinet MembersTariff of 1828Election of 1828Andrew Jacksons Cabinet members
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
American History Notes from 1800-1809
American History Notes from 1800-1809; Topics IncludeElection of 1800John Marshall and the Supreme CourtJudiciary Act of 1801Marbury V. MadisonLewis and Clark ExpeditionLouisiana Purchase12th Amendment Election of 1804Barbary War/Tripolitian WarFirst National Road/Cumberland RoadChesapeake IncidentEmbargo Act of 1807Enslaved People and the U.SElection of 1808James Madison's CabinetNon-Intercorse ActBank of the United States V. DeveauxErskine Agreement
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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