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this project became both my students' favorite as well as my own because of the creativity allowed. each person was assigned to look at the civi...
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This series of interesting questions follows the book By the Great Horn Spoon! chapter by chapter. There is also a section of key vocabulary wor...
The purpose of the following worksheets and summary that cover the French and Indian War require students go beyond simply finding the answer in ...
This bundle is wonderful for accompanying your unit on the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Students can use the Compare and Contrast chart to keep track...
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As students learn about the firing on Fort Sumter and the start of the Civil War through the "eyes" of fictional participants, these reading comp...
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Study Presidents with pizzazz...just in time for Presidents' Day! The Presidents Bio-Box is perfect for your Gifted or advanced students, fast fi...
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What student doesn't like choices?
This TicTacToe board has nine extension activities based on the Civil War that will extend students' content ...
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Creating America, McDougall Littell, Chap 4 The Colonies Develop. An enrichment activity where students must choose which of the 4 areas (coloni...
Just in time for President's Day! Study Presidents with pizzazz...What if a President from the past stepped into a Time Machine...and it is set t...
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Placards for a walkabout / gallery walk on the social reform movements of the Jacksonian Era. Each placard focuses on a reform leader and their m...
It is the height of the Civil War. Thousands have died. There seems no end in sight. Opposition to the war is growing in the north. And Abrah...
This is a project that was given as a large extra credit assignment to an 8th grade U.S. History class. The purpose of the assignment is for stu...
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notetaking sheet with GATE icons for learning about the american revolution.
This lesson includes a number of highly engaging activities that will not only stretch the students intellectually, but they will have fun too.
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Enrichment/extension projects designed for high-ability middle school students based on Melba Pattillo Beals' novel "Warriord Don't Cry," about t...
Christopher Columbus is seen as a hero by some, and by others as a terrible person. Which is the truth?
Come read this biography, learn poems ...
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This is an 11 slide powerpoint that serves as an overview to the Cold War period from the end of World War II in 1945 until the fall of the ...
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In this lesson, students engage in critical thinking and create metaphors as they imagine the hopes, dreams, and precious possessions carried by ...
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Power Point Presentation, Cesar Chavez Day, Civil Rights, Human Rights, Pesticides, Fair Wages, Farms, Migrant Farmworkers, Mexican Americans, Ch...
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Math Task Cards
Primary (2nd- 4th grade)
Engage students in math skills as they learn some American history. Students will gain knowledge on 2 p...
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Creative and fun activity where students create their own scrapbook of the tribes you are studying about.
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This set of five table logic puzzles is geared for 5th to 7th grade students. I created these puzzles as an enrichment activity to complement you...
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Designed by Amy Gillespie, a Talented and Gifted Program Coordinator, this FREE packet is designed to accompany the "Civil War Unit for Independe...
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Hold a classwide debate / discussion about women's suffrage. This lesson includes biographies and opinions of over thirty Americans who lived du...
This is a reader's theatre/participation play that explores the theme of California's Gold Rush. It has all the usual characters that you would ...
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GATE structured notetaking packet for a wonderful fieldtrip experience.
This is the first page of my product called "History Theater." You can purchase the ENTIRE product by clicking on My Products.
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A History of New Mexico, 2nd Edition, Chapter 11 - Troubled Days in Territorial New Mexico. This extension menu is for student use after complet...
Eight foreign and domestic groups come together in 1812 to debate what the United States should do in the wake of a decade of conflict with Engla...
This is a project that is intended for use as an introduction to research and the research process. In the document, you will find a cover sheet ...
socratic circles activity
8 slides to accompany your lecture about christopher columbus and amerigo vespucci and their contributions to the western world, plus 2 notetakin...
Study Presidents with pizzazz...just in time for Presidents' Day! Your Gifted, advanced students, or fast finishers can compose their own musical...
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Students will practice creative thinking using DeBono's Six Hats to evaluate the consequences and implications of taxation and foreign aid as the...
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14 slides for a lecture on the people who contributed to our great land plus 2 notetaking sheets complete with GATE icons.
Best practices in history through primary sources, economics, critical thinking with logic and inferences, expository writing, and a creative ext...
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Blank MLK writing paper for essay/letter
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Creating America, McDougall Littell, Chapter 14 - This extension menu is for student use after completing the chapter. The extension menu will al...
This is a 13 question crossword focusing the Aztecs. Questions include Texcoco, Nahuatl, and calpulli.
A very clean printable pdf is provided,...
A History of New Mexico, 3rd edition, Chap 4 - Spanish Explorations. After reading two primary sources, one from Columbus and the other from Bar...
A play (reader's theater) telling the story of Andrew Jackson's 1819 invasion of Florida and the subsequent negotiation of the Adams-Onis (Transc...
A History of New Mexico, Chapter 4 Spanish Explorations. As an extension activity, students will create and give their own survey regarding Colu...
here's an entertaining, yet educational independent activity where students can conduct research using their US history textbook or the internet ...
A History of New Mexico, 3rd edition. Chapter 4 - Spanish Explorations.
This extension menu is for student use after completing the chapter. ...
Placards for a Gallery Walk exploring the results of the War of 1812.
Information is presented in a concise way with graphics so students learn ...
Honoring Our Veterans
Math Center ~ Task Cards
~ addition & subtraction to 10,000 with regrouping
~ Primary (2nd- 5th grade)
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Cabeza de Vaca's Adventures. A History of New Mexico, 3rd edition - Chap 4: Spanish Explorations. A map activity for student understanding of ...
A History of New Mexico, 2nd edition, 3-page Study Guide for Chapter 12, The End of Isolation. This study guide is for students who are able and...
Do you dread having to teach the Constitional Convention? All the difficult concepts such as representation, compromise, delegates, bicameral, e...
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Chap 2 - New Mexico's Early People Extension Menu. A History of New Mexico, 3rd edition. This extension menu is for student use after completing...
