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Students use the Internet to learn more about the history of Veterans Day, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers, the Armed Forces, and presidents who have served in the military. This is a great way to learn about the holiday without lecturing. It also serves as a way for students to gain background knowledge about the holiday.

Students use provided links and their own Internet search skills to look back at the big stories in popular culture, sports, news, and politics from 2025. There are picture slideshows, articles, and videos included. This is a great way to close out 2025 or to start 2026!

Students will learn about 10 important people from the Civil War. This lesson would work well in small groups where students could rotate around the classroom to learn about each person. Note sheets are included as well for students to record important facts about each person. At the end, students could use the information they learned to complete a 30 question matching section. Each person is used three times. Most of the information for the biographies were taken from https://www.civilw

For this project students will pick a state to research then will create a Google slideshow to share with their classmates. Follow the step-by-step guidelines to complete your slideshow. This project will take approximately a week and students will need laptops to complete it.

Students learn about the principles of separation of powers and checks and balances in this video. They need to answer questions while watching to keep them focused. Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1cbXP6-hGg&list=PLnn6RBGU6I2m5UeBsePiWjB9Ar6EiFns_&index=4

Students will learn about the characteristics of the North, South, and West by traveling to different reading that you can post around the room. Students will answer 40 questions in a scavenger hunt. The answers are all in the readings.

Students learn about the history of Thanksgiving and its traditions by following links on this webquest. The webquest includes a few articles and videos and should take around one class period or slightly longer to complete.

This assignment involves students watching videos that takes them to the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia. The questions follow the video and allows the students to learn about the history of the war through stories from the author of the I Survived series along with the curator of the museum. The video is roughly 25 minutes. This can be done as a class. You could watch it together. Or, you could assign it to the students to do on their own. I allow my kids to do it on th

This question guide goes with the National Geographic video entitled "America Before Columbus". The video is available for purchase or can be viewed on YouTube.

This 17 page guide does just that -- guides your students to think about the most important details and stories regarding the James L. Swanson book "Chasing Lincoln's Killer." Questions are included for each chapter. There is also a matching quiz and an essay included to assess your students at the end. This book is a perfect way to bring one of the saddest, yet most fascinating stories in American history to life.

Students will watch a 25 minute video on YouTube about 10 days in December of 1776 that saved the American cause during the Revolutionary War. The video focuses on the challenges that George Washington and the Continental Army faced and the victories at Trenton and Princeton. The video can be watched individually or as a class. There are 10 multiple choice questions and a bonus question that goes with the video.

For this activity, students will learn a few details about each of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence. 1. The teacher will post a biography card of each person around the room -- I recommend posting each delegate with the others from their colony. 2. Students will move around the room to find the person that matches each statement on the question sheet. Each person is used once. This is an interactive activity that allows students to get up and moving. You could make it a

Students will learn about the French & Indian War by reading about it from the Ducksters website, watching 2 short YouTube clips, and viewing a map. They will answer questions as they navigate each resource.

Students will watch a short video about the growth of the cotton industry and how it impacted American history. While watching, students will write a fact that they learned that starts with each letter in "KING COTTON".

Included are 20 short biographies of some of the delegates who attended the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and a worksheet that goes along with it. I post the biographies around the room and allow the students to roam around the room to find the answers (a scavenger hunt). This is a nice supplemental activity to a unit about creating the Constitution.

For this assignment, students will be assigned one of 24 trades from colonial times. They will watch a short video about it (most are anywhere from 3 to about 5 minutes in length). While watching, they will answer 6 questions about that trade. For example, what skills are needed for this trade, what challenges did they face, etc. After learning about their own trade, pair up students so they can teach each other about the trades they were assigned. They will record what they learned about each

This is a great way for students to learn about any decade in American history. This is also great for distance learning. It allows the students to drive the bus. They will make 10 slides on Google Slides. The slides cover everything from census data, to historical figures, and people from the decade.

Students will listen to a podcast from the History Channel about the Donner Party and answer questions while listening. The podcast is about 28 minutes itself. I found it to be a fascinating story that highlights the dangers of being a pioneer in the mid-1800s.

Students will be listening to a 28-minute podcast from the History Channel entitled "Witches Among Us" that provides more insight into the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. They will answer the questions that are attached with this assignment while listening to help them focus their attention.

Directions: Lewis and Clark were careful observers of science. During their perilous 4,000-mile journey across unfamiliar terrain, they recorded 178 plants and 122 animals previously unknown to science. Lewis recorded and preserved hundreds of plants, animals, and birds and send them back to President Thomas Jefferson in Washington D.C. Below, you will see a list of those new plants and animals. Your job is to choose a certain number from each list to learn more about them. Do a Google s