US History with Mrs Mayes

In this activity, students learn about key battles of the American Revolution by reading and answering questions from the American Battlefield Trust website: https://www.battlefields.org/ The battles covered in this activity are: Lexington & Concord, Trenton, Saratoga, and Yorktown.

This activity features 76 key people in U.S. History. Each key person has a profile card and a corresponding description card that details the time period the person is most associated with, major political affiliations, and major events/accomplishments associated with the person. This activity includes instructions on how to use this tool to play "Go Fish", or it could be used as a traditional matching game. This activity helps to break up some of the more traditional methods of review and st

In this activity, students learn about the development of self-government in the colonies, and how the ending of Salutary Neglect led to rising tension between the British and her colonies.

This activity will help students understand the basic differences between capitalism, socialism, and communism. Students will learn how the rise of socialism and communism lead to the First Red Scare.

In this activity, students practice mapping skills to show how the French and Indian War, the Treaty of Paris of 1763, and the Proclamation of 1763 increased tension between the British and the colonists in the years before the American Revolution.

This activity helps students analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and ultimately helps them realize the purpose of the Constitutional Convention. *Note- the last two questions in the strengths column are about the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.

This activity will help students review the era of Colonization, the American Revolution, and the Constitutional Convention. Students will use their knowledge to categorize terms into the time period the term is most associated with. Teachers can break students up into small groups and make this a competition for accuracy and speed if desired.

This bundle consists of a variety of activities that will help students understand the major characteristics and development of the British North American colonies.

In this activity, students create a timeline and compare the development of the three British colonial regions. This is a great activity to help students review English Colonization.

This is a mapping activity that helps students understand the motivation for colonization.

In this activity, students review the major events of the American Revolution by creating a timeline.

In this activity, students answer questions about the Declaration of Independence and the key battles and figures of the American Revolution.

In this activity, students answer questions about the events leading up to the American Revolution.

In this activity, students answer questions about the developments of colonial society including: Cultural Diversity, the Middle Passage, the First Great Awakening, and the Era of Salutary Neglect.

In this activity, students answer questions about the concepts of Mercantilism, the Trans-Atlantic Trade, and the development of the three colonial regions of the British colonies.

This activity helps students understand the series of events that leads up to the American Revolution. It also helps students see the cause/effect of the events and groups formed by asking them to briefly explain how each individual event/group increased tension between the colonists and the British. Instructional Directions (Optional): Students should complete the timeline first, which allows them to see the series of events in chronological order, determine whether it was a colonial action or