Bonafide History Lessons

Zipped PDF Download - Renaissance versus Medieval Art - A Gallery Walk! Immerse your students in an activity/gallery walk that tests their abilities to apply their knowledge on humanism, art history, and the Renaissance! Students are tasked with identifying and justifying the correct era during which famous pieces of art were created. Anything from the Renaissance's own Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci to unknown Medieval artists are included in this gallery walk. 20 pieces of art are showcas

PDF Download - World War II - Operation Barbarossa German Invasion of Russia Guided Reading! Now 1:1 Google Compatible! [Google Form link included]Immerse your students in a guided reading that introduces the background, causes, process, and outcome of the failed Operation Barbarossa! Students analyze primary and secondary sources along the way! Interactive and infographic type reading activities that gets your students involved and engaged in their learning. Guided reading questions supplement

PDF Download - World War I - Background and Introduction Reading! Now 1:1 Google Compatible! [Google Form link included]Immerse your students in an immersion reading on the background and introduction to the First World War and War to End All Wars! Interactive and infographic type reading activity gets your students involved and engaged in their learning. Guided reading questions supplement the reading itself! Teaching the World War I? Check out the First World War: War Profile or the readings

PDF Download - Be Like Leonardo da Vinci! The Original Renaissance Man! Immerse your students in this entirely interactive Leonardo da Vinci experience! Students learn about da Vinci’s mirrored writing and the try it on their own! Students learn about the Vitruvian Man and then measure themselves to see if they match the ratios! Engaging and a student favorite, try it in your room today! ---------- Thank you! Be sure to "follow" the Bonafide History store!

Pathfinders is a six part virtue-building series of lessons geared at teaching young minds about top virtues from around the world and varying cultures. In its entirety, Pathfinders takes elements of European Chivalry, Japanese Bushido, African Fables, and more! Each Pathfinders lesson comes equipped with introductory work on the highlighted virtue itself, guiding Q&A work, application, and also a survival skill stage. There is a combination of virtue work with a well-timed break to go and learn

Immerse your students in guided readings that introduce the American Revolution and focuses on the events, battles, diplomacy, and strategies used during the American Revolution! [Highlighted Events include; The French and Indian War, Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts, Ride of Paul Revere + William Dawes, Lexington and Concord, Fort Ticonderoga, Battle of Bunker Hill, Olive Branch Petition, Declaration of Independence, Battle of Brooklyn,

PDF Download [with answer key!] Engage your students in this hilarious quest to conquer the words and language of Elizabethan/Shakespearean English! Students take the Shakespearean version on modern song lyrics, show themes, and movie lines and compete to see who can truly identify the correct words and titles! This is a fun, student-friendly challenge. Enjoy! Teaching the Renaissance? Check out the ENTIRE RENAISSANCE UNIT BUNDLE!

Zipped File - American Constitution Unit Bundle [Immerse your students in the one of the most relevant units in American History - the Constitution! This bundle includes 6 PowerPoint Lessons, 4 PDF handouts, and a unit Socratic Seminar [Debate] as a culminating experience. Transform your classroom into the most engaging one in the school! Cooperative learning is packed in each lesson, students' voices are empowered, daily warm up and exit card activities, daily Know/Do/Relevance statements, and

PDF Download - Northwest Passage Reading [Immerse your students in the Northwest Passage with this guided reading activity. Students partner up, read one of two sections, answer guided questions independently, and then teach each other what they just learned! Explore the Northwest Passage with John Cabot and Henry Hudson! Learn of Hudson's gruesome fate! Suggested pairing with the PowerPoint: Age of Exploration - England and France!] - Northwest Passage Guided Reading - John Cabot Reading - Henr

Unit Bundle - Abrahamic Religions ** Cooperative Learning Around Every Corner! ** "I will/I can" statements! ** SIOP Learning Objectives! [Includes PowerPoints: Origins and Tenants of Judaism Origins and Tenants of Christianity Origins and Tenants of Islam Includes PDF Handouts: 13 Principals of Faith - Judaism Religion Comparison - Judaism and Christianity Includes Unit Assessment PDF: Assesses origins and tenants of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam ** Cooperative learning built in! Students im

PDF Download - World War I War Profile!This 34 page PDF file is an immersive study of the most famous individuals and events leading up to and during the First World War! Notable people biographies and detailed event accounts are supplemented by guided reading questions designed to aim student learning and engage them in the content. Primary and Secondary Source analysis is included throughout the profile! Notable People Included:Serbian Black HandPaul von HindenburgJohn J. PershingGeorges Clem

PDF - Critical Thinking Activity [CTA] - Which aspects of the Bushido Code should be omitted if the code were around today? [Immerse your students in a CTA experience like no other! Critical Thinking Questions throughout guide students on a self-paced packet of discovery toward understanding the Bushido Code of Feudal Japanese samurai and shoguns! Students work on primary and secondary source analysis and hone their deductive skills. Get students "hooked" with a reading on feudal Japan and the B

Complete Renaissance Unit Bundle! Engage your students in a well-rounded bundle of resources that encapsulate the essence of the Renaissance and apply in many ways. Always focused on humanism, students study the origins of the Renaissance, Humanism, Art, Medici Family, Scientific Revolution and its Revolutionaries, Protestant Reformation, Age of Absolutism, the Enlightenment and its Thinkers, and William Shakespeare. Full of fun, entertaining, and engaging activities - Renaissance Art Gallery Wa

Zipped File - Age of Exploration Bundle! [Bundle Includes PowerPoints: - Age of Exploration: Intro and Assumptions - Age of Exploration: Myths - Age of Exploration: Three G's - Age of Exploration: Early Explorers - Age of Exploration: Conquistadors - Age of Exploration: England and France - Age of Exploration: Portugal - Age of Exploration: Technology - Age of Exploration: Effects - Age of Exploration: Socratic Seminar Bundle Includes PDF Downloads: - Age of Exploration: Pre-Test - Age of Explor

Immerse your students in the Second World War via the War Profile! Students analyze primary and secondary sources throughout and put their wits to the test with each guided reading questionnaire. Students learn key vocabulary, people, events, and outcomes of the most significant individuals and events of World War II. Infographic Guided Readings lead your students through backgrounds and personal lives of the Allied Powers, Axis Powers, non-combatant people, and also key events from both the Eur

Zipped File Download: Aztec, Inca, Maya, Natives Unit Bundle! ** Cooperative Learning Around Every Corner ** "I will/I can" statements! ** SIOP Learning Objectives! [Included PowerPoints: Introduction to Culture Inca and Maya Culture Aztec Culture Socratic Seminar Included PDF Handouts: Aztec Warrior Reading Myth or Real Maya? Handout Native Buffalo Parts Mini-Lesson Socratic Seminar Menu ---------- Please don't forget to "follow!"I'd love any feedback you may have! Feel free to email with any

Immerse your students in an opportunity to read, analyze and discuss the history of the Patrick Henry! This guided reading takes students on a journey through life through politics and eventual death. Students dive into source analysis and thought-provoking questions! A second page includes guided questions to help assess student understanding and also get them thinking! Check out these other American Revolution Guided Readings and War Profile pieces:American Revolution - French and Indian War G

Immerse your students in an opportunity to read, analyze and discuss the history of the George Washington! This guided reading takes students on a journey through life.- childhood through military command and eventual presidency. Students dive into source analysis and thought-provoking questions! A second page includes guided questions to help assess student understanding and also get them thinking! Check out these other American Revolution Guided Readings and War Profile pieces:American Revolut

PDF Download - World War II - The Battles of El Alamein Guided Reading! Now 1:1 Google Compatible! [Google Form link included]Immerse your students in a guided reading that introduces the background, causes, process, and outcome of the two Battles of El Alamein, Egypt. Would Rommel, the "Desert Fox," finally be stopped? What did Montgomery plan? Students analyze primary and secondary sources along the way! Interactive and infographic type reading activities that gets your students involved and e

PDF Download - World War II - The Battle of Midway Guided Reading! Now 1:1 Google Compatible! [Google Form link included]Immerse your students in a guided reading that introduces the background, causes, process, and outcome of the Battle of Midway! What were Japan's plans? How did the Americans thwart them? Students analyze primary and secondary sources along the way! Interactive and infographic type reading activities that gets your students involved and engaged in their learning. Guided readin