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Civil War PowerPoint & Guided Notes (Print and Digital) Print & Go Lesson!
This 97 slide PowerPoint presentation covers the American Civil War beginning with the 1860 Presidential Election through the surrender of Confederate troops at Appomattox Court House and Bennett Place in April 1865. It includes the following topics:- Election of 1860- Crittenden Compromise- Creation of the Confederate States of America- Border States- Fort Sumter- Comparison of the North and South (number of states, government, population, industry, transportation, finances, military forces)- I
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8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Civil War Unit Bundle
The Holocaust PowerPoint Lesson and Guided Notes for Students (Print & Digital)
This 58 slide PowerPoint presentation on the Holocaust includes: Brief Background (Hitler's rise to power)Economic BoycottConcentration CampsNuremberg LawsKristallnachtGhettosThe Final SolutionWarsaw Ghetto UprisingLiquidation of the GhettosRighteous Among the Nation and ResistanceResistance in DenmarkResistance in BulgariaWorld ResponseMS St. LouisLiberation of Concentration and Death CampsResultsNuremberg Trials What's included in the download:*Editable PowerPoint presentation (58 slides, text
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8th - 11th
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AP World History: Modern - Full Curriculum Bundle - 90% Pass Rate - Google Drive
My AP World Full Year curriculum is a living bundle that includes Google Drive access with the download, and any other updates I may add in the future!This complete class curriculum is intended to best-prepare you and your students for passing the AP Test with the exact same model and approach I use. It has helped my students consistently achieve 90%+ passing rates, and I hope it can help some of you--especially those new to teaching AP! FOR BUYERS: MAKE SURE TO DOWNLOAD AND USE THE GOOGLE DRIV
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Design a National Park Arrowhead Research Project Activity - National Parks Week
Looking for a fun, no prep national parks project that integrates science, social studies, art, and literacy AND keeps kids engaged? Your students will love designing a national park arrowhead emblem for a chosen or assigned NPS site, and it will quickly become one of *your* favorite activities too. Perfect as a National Park Week (April), an end of year, or after testing activity, students think critically and work independently as they apply their knowledge to design an arrowhead for one of th
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4th - 12th
AP Psychology / AP Psych Full Curriculum Bundle - Google Drive - 90% Pass Rate!
My AP Psychology full year curriculum is a living bundle that includes Google Drive access with the download, and any other updates I may add in the future!This complete class curriculum is intended to best-prepare you and your students for passing the AP Test with the exact same model and approach I use. The bundle meshes fun, review, rigor, and skill-building throughout the entire year! It has helped my students consistently achieve 90%+ passing rates, and I hope it can help some of you... esp
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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CREDIT, CREDIT SCORES AND RATINGS , Economics, Life Skills, Personal Finance
CreditThe Importance of Your Credit ScoreAn easy to implement and an effective lesson. This complete learning package will teach students how lenders determine credit risk, how a person’s credit score/rating is determined, explain the role of credit bureaus, the importance and benefits of good credit, and how to read a credit report. Essential and practical topics for our students.Included:1. Detailed Lesson Plan2. PowerPoint Presentation3. Credit; The Importance of Your Credit Score: Reading w
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
September 11th Cooperative Learning Timelines Lesson
In this September 11th cooperative learning lesson plan on the 9/11 attacks, your class is divided into 7 groups who each work together to put together a timeline for one aspect of the September 11th tragedy. This makes for an amazing, thorough lesson on all the events of 9/11. The 7 groups are:American Airlines Flight 11United Airlines Flight 175American Airlines Flight 77United Airlines Flight 93President BushThe World Trade Center TowersThe PentagonAfter each group has analyzed their assigned
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5th - 12th
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Reconstruction PowerPoint & Guided Notes (Print and Digital)
This 56 slide PowerPoint presentation covers the period of Reconstruction after the American Civil War beginning with Lincoln's Plan and ending with the South after Reconstruction.It includes the following topics:- Lincoln's Plan (10% Plan)- 13th Amendment- Reactions to Lincoln's Plan- Wade-Davis Bill- Assassination of Lincoln- Johnson's Plan- Reactions to Johnson's Plan- Johnson v. Congress- Radical Republicans- Congressional Reconstruction- Freedman's Bureau- 14th Amendment- Military Reconstru
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8th - 11th
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The U.S. Constitution PowerPoint and Guided Notes (Print and Digital Resource)
This 67 slide PowerPoint presentation on the U.S Constitution covers a myriad of topics including:- Contents of Constitution- Ideals of Constitution- Federalism- Interstate Relations- Limits of Government- the 3 Branches- Checks and Balances- Flexibility of Constitution - Amendment Process- Bill of Rights- Amendments 11- 27 What's included in the download:*Editable PowerPoint presentation (67 slides, most text is editable, some graphics are not editable)**Google Slides version of PowerPoint (67
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9th - 12th
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APUSH / AP US History - Full Curriculum Bundle - Full Year - Google Drive
My APUSH / AP US History full year curriculum is a living bundle that includes Google Drive access with the download, and any other updates I may add in the future! This complete class curriculum is intended to best-prepare you and your students for passing the AP Test with the exact same model and approach I use. It weaves in content with specific AP skill building and has helped my students consistently achieve 90%+ passing rates. I hope it can help some of you--especially those new to teachin
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
US History Daily Warm Up Bundle: Maps, Timelines, Activities & Bell Ringers
This American History Warm Up Bundle gives you a complete school year's worth (over 120 slides!) of daily warm up or bell-ringer questions for US History! The slides start with Jamestown and the early colonies and continue through to 9/11, the Patriot Act, President Obama and even the 2016 election!Each slide contains 3-4 short questions to engage students, reflect on past learning, and segue into your new lesson. All slides contain engaging graphics for visual learners and utilize a variety of
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6th - 11th
Economics Full Curriculum Bundle - Full Semester - Google Drive Access
The curriculum is a living bundle that includes Google Drive access for the full semester of Economics! Intended for 11th and/or 12th grade. I detail all days for the entire year, and include FULL descriptions of all content and concepts with new teachers in mind. You won’t have to lift a finger! The curriculum is uniquely designed to progressively teach students the economic history and typical economic concepts together. As students learn about each new economic theory, practice, or instituti
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Articles of Confederation and Constitution PowerPoint and Guided Notes
This 57 slide PowerPoint presentation on the creation of a New Nation covers a myriad of topics including:- Critical Period- Creation of the Articles of Confederation and the role of John Dickinson- Structure of government under the Articles of Confederation- Accomplishments of the Articles of Confederation- Weaknesses and problems of the Articles of Confederation including Shay's Rebellion- Annapolis Convention- Philadelphia or Constitutional Convention- Creation of the Constitution including V
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7th - 12th
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World History Curriculum - Full Course - 10th Grade - Google Drive Access!
My World History / World Civilizations full year curriculum is a living bundle that includes Google Drive access with the download, and any other updates I may add in the future! Intended for 10th grade, but usable for other grade levels. Contents cover more than a full year's worth, so you can pick-and-choose your target topics!I detail all instructional days for the entire year, and include FULL descriptions of all content and concepts with new teachers in mind. You won’t have to lift a finger
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
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World History Daily Warm Ups Bundle: Maps, Timelines, Questions, Bell Ringers
This World History warmup / Bellringer bundle includes two massive PowerPoints featuring engaging warm up activities for ALL of World history from the Paleolithic Era through to the Modern World and everything in between! This bundle includes access to both of these amazing products:Daily Warm Ups for World History I - covers early human history through the Renaissance.Daily Warm Ups for World History II - covers the Renaissance through to the present day. Each slide presents an awesome reflecti
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5th - 11th
1920s PowerPoint and Guided Notes on Prohibition, the Roaring '20s, and more!
Are you stressing over teaching the Roaring Twenties to your middle or high school students? No need to create your own 1920s PowerPoint and guided notes, I've done the work for you! Take the prep work off of your plate with this ready-to-go 81 slide PowerPoint and guided notes set covers the decade from 1920-1929. Print and digital versions are both included to give you the flexibility to meet the needs of your students.As you cover the topics included in the PowerPoint, students will follow al
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8th - 11th
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Alexander Hamilton: Lesson Plan for the Musical
Hamilton Lesson Plan for the Hit MusicalThis amazing, fun, and highly-engaging lesson is designed to teach your students all about Alexander Hamilton through a PowerPoint, graphic organizer/interactive notebook pages, cooperative learning activity, primary source, and songs from the hit Broadway show Hamilton. Hamilton is absolutely captivating and this is an awesome resource to bring the smash hit into your classroom! Your download includes a detailed lesson plan/teacher instruction page with s
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7th - 11th
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French Revolution Simulation
This is a full lesson plan to utilize to teach The French Revolution. This is usually a fun topic for students to learn (they tend to love the Reign of Terror), but students often look past the actual causes of the Revolution. To solve that problem in my classroom, I use a simulation that goes in-depth on the financial crisis in France that will surely stick in the minds of students, and keep them engaged. This lesson covers basic terms of the French Revolution, the causes to the revolution,
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9th - 12th
Renaissance PowerPoint and Guided Notes (works with Distance Learning)
This 77 slide PowerPoint on the Renaissance and the included guided notes makes teaching about the Italian and Northern Renaissance a breeze! The presentation examines why the Renaissance began in Italy and focuses on key people during the Italian and Northern Renaissance periods. Topics include:Florence & Medici FamilyCosimo and Lorenze de' MediciHumanismImportant Humanists (Francesco Petrarch, Nicolo Machiavelli, Baldassare Castiglione)Renaissance Art (Filippo Brunelleschi, Donatello, Leon
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6th - 10th
Also included in:Â Renaissance and Reformation Unit Bundle with Doodle Notes, Maps, Activities
Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire PowerPoint Lesson
This amazing lesson on Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire includes a visually-rich PowerPoint, guided notes worksheet, "flipped classroom" video, and interactive notebook page on the great Genghis Khan and the rise and decline of the Mongol Empire. Each slide of the PowerPoint features amazing images of the Mongolian steppe, traditional yurts (gers), and more, plus easy-to-follow notes based off state and national standards. Topics covered include: Temujin's birth and rise, war strategies, conqu
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5th - 11th
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Also included in:Â World History PowerPoint Bundle Part 2: Classical Asia - Enlightenment
Texas Revolution, Alamo, and Mexican American War Lesson Plan
This engaging and thorough lesson on the Texas Revolution, Battle of the Alamo, and Mexican-American War features a PowerPoint, Interactive Notebook page, primary and secondary sources, videos, and more for an engaging and complete lesson plan! Included is a standards-based PowerPoint that covers in detail the Texas Revolution, Battle of the Alamo, Mexican-American War, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, and more. There is a guided notes page and printable Interactive Notebook graphic organizer of the
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7th - 11th
Also included in:Â US History Part 1 PowerPoint and Guided Notes Bundle
Cold War PowerPoint and Guided Notes Lesson for World History
This PowerPoint presentation covers the Cold War from its beginning to the collapse of the USSR. It covers:- United Nations- Iron Curtain- Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan- Divided Germany, Berlin, and Austria- What happened to Japan after World War II- Arms Race- Soviet Union under Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Andropov, Chernenko & Gorbachev- Cuba (Castro, Bay of Pigs Invasion, Cuban Missile Crisis)- SALT and START- Collapse of Soviet Union and establishment of Russian Federation- Soviet Satellit
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9th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Cold War Lesson Bundle for U.S. and World History Units
13 Colonies PowerPoint & Guided Notes
This 80 slide PowerPoint presentation covers the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies. It includes the following topics:- Mercantilism- Joint Stock Companies- Types of Colonies (Charter, Proprietary, Charter)- Roanoke- Jamestown (hardships, tobacco, introduction of slavery, House of Burgesses, Bacon's Rebellion)- Plymouth Colony (Pilgrims, Mayflower, Mayflower Compact, first Thanksgiving)- Massachusetts Bay Colony (Puritans, City on a Hill, dissenters)- Rhode Island (Roger Williams)- Conne
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8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â 13 Colonies Unit Bundle of Lessons, Doodle Notes, PowerPoints, Review Games
1930s and the Great Depression during Hoover and FDR PowerPoint & Guided Notes
This 74 slide PowerPoint presentation on the Great Depression and the 1930s includes: -Great Depression-Hoover's Presidency-Hawley-Smoot Tariff-Dust Bowl-Bonus Army-Election of 1932-FDR and the New Deal-Fireside Chats-Banking Holiday-FDIC-20th Amendment-21st Amendment-AAA-NRA-PWA-TVA-CCC-Securities & Exchange Act-2nd New Deal-Wagner Act-REA-Social Security-Dr. Francis Townsend-WPA-New Deal opposition-Election of 1936-Court Packing-Fair Labor Standards Act-New Deal & African Americans-New
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8th - 11th
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- Learn about the achievements, challenges, perspectives, traditions, and customs of different societies
- Evaluate information, analyze evidence, and make informed judgments about complex social, economic, and political issues
- Become active, responsible, and engaged citizens
- Comprehend global issues such as human rights, environmental sustainability, and economic disparities
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