Louisiana History Teacher

Students have to write about whether or not they think song lyrics should be protected by the first amendment based on the document given. There are guiding questions on the document for them to follow. This can be adapted for multiple age groups.

This is a simulation Stock Market Project. There's a list of companies and their descriptions for students to choose from. They are given a budget to spend on shares of whatever companies they choose from the list and they have to monitor whether they make money or lose money over a period of time. This can be spread over a few days, a week, or a few weeks (timing is up to you), and there's a complete chart for students to fill out with directions on how do determine if they've made or lost mone

This contains notes on the Great Compromise, 3/5 Compromise, Presidency Compromise, the Preamble, Bill of Rights, the Ratification Debates, The Three Branches of Government and their roles, and Checks and Balances. The PowerPoint also comes with Bell Ringers, review questions, and an Activity.

This PowerPoint is about economic theories and systems, and characteristics of the different systems. It also includes Bell Busters and Review Questions throughout the presentation.

This PowerPoint includes notes on different political parties, types of party systems, how they are formed, purposes and functions of political parties, nominating candidates, the election process, and types of propaganda.

This PowerPoint goes through the different forms of government, contains Bell Ringers (Bell Busters), and review questions throughout the presentation. It also includes notes on Characteristics of Democracy and political parties, There's also an activity called "Setting Up a Government" that's a fun, interactive way for students to make their own government.

This is a fun supplemental activity to the Berlin Airlift and Operation Vittles. It can be used for Science classes or History Classes. Students are given materials to make a "candy bomb" and then drop them from a location of the teacher's choosing. There's a handout for students to record their findings for history, but can be adapted for science as well.

This is a great print-and-go worksheet of two puzzles on the Atomic Bomb. The cryptogram and hidden message puzzles will make students actually think. It's great for after tests.

Students have to analyze charts, graphs, and photographs on industrialization and urbanization during the progressive era and answer questions based on those documents. Print and go.

Have your students compete in this fun activity. They have to decode the Zimmerman note using the decoding chart and the note itself. This is a print and go activity.

Print and go activity. Students have to read through scenarios and decide which fictional Native American nation is to blame and why. This is to get the students thinking in the perspective of the US government at the time of Western Expansion.

Have your students become a Navajo Code talker by deciphering the coded message using the Navajo terms chart. The answer to the message is provided. Just print, hand out, and watch them go!