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Welcome to Casey’s Class!
I design middle & high school world history resources built for real classrooms, real pacing, and real students.
In this store, you’ll find lessons that:
• Ask students to analyze, rank, debate, create, and justify with evidence
• Combine structure with creative thinking rather than worksheets alone
• Work as full lessons, extensions, or meaningful end-of-unit tasks
• Are designed to be taught without overhauling your schedule or prep time
I’ve been teaching for over 30 years across social studies, language arts, and upper elementary classrooms. The resources here are ones I’ve used, revised, and returned to year after year with my own students.
My goal is simple: clear directions, purposeful student work, and lessons that feel worth the time you spend teaching them.
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Medieval Castle Model Project | Build and Label Middle Ages Activity
This multi-day medieval castle model project helps students build a historically accurate castle. Students begin with a guided castle diagram and labeling activity, so they understand real castle design, defensive features, and daily life before construction starts. Working in groups of 3–4, students design, construct, and label a castle model with 15 required features, applying what they learn about medieval defense, layout, and function throughout the build. Planning tools and required feat
6th - 8th
Middle Ages, Visual Arts
Samurai Character Project | Feudal Japan Readings, Writing & Dice Game
Students create a samurai character poster and first-person narrative during a 5-6 day project focused on life in feudal Japan. Using short readings and response pages, students learn how samurai trained, fought, and lived, then apply that knowledge by writing as if they are the samurai, explaining their skills, values, and choices. The project is organized around four areas of samurai training: armor and weapons, physical skills, mental and spiritual discipline, and honor. As students work t
6th - 8th
Middle Ages, Visual Arts
West Africa Mask Project | Editable Slides, Hands-On Art & Culture Activity
This classroom-tested West Africa mask project uses editable instructional slides, guided artifact analysis, and a hands-on art build to help teachers run a meaningful visual arts and culture project with confidence. Designed for 6-7 class periods (45 minutes each), the project is structured, flexible, and easy to manage, with clear pacing, student examples, and ready-to-use materials that support creativity without sacrificing control. Video components are intended as optional background
6th - 8th
Middle Ages, Visual Arts
Renaissance Cereal Box Project | Renaissance Figures Project | Google Slides
This project gives students a creative, content-rich way to wrap up a Renaissance unit. They take what they know about a Renaissance figure and build a cereal box where every panel shows part of what they learned. The Nutrition Facts panel covers upbringing and influences. The Ingredients List captures personality and talent. The back panel puzzles focus on major achievements. What students do:Design a cereal box about a specific Renaissance figureWrite short explanations tied to influences,
7th - 10th
Middle Ages, Visual Arts
Medieval Castle Bundle | Model Project and Lessons Middle Ages Unit Activities
Your students will understand what a medieval castle did and why it was built the way it was before they ever pick up a piece of cardboard. Three focused lessons build real content knowledge around how castles developed, who lived in them, and how they were attacked and defended. The model project brings it all together. Answer keys, pacing guides, grading sheets, and Google Slides versions are all included so the unit runs smoothly from day one. Everything is classroom-tested and ready t
6th - 8th
Middle Ages, Visual Arts
Medieval Projects Bundle | Hands-On History Activities PDF & Google Slides
These Medieval projects are ones I’ve used and refined over many years in my own classroom. They’re flexible, reliable, and designed to work with real students, real time limits, and real classroom constraints. At the end of a Medieval unit, I like to offer my students a choice of projects (and partners), which they love because not every kid is crafty. Plus, many of my students want to know more about medieval weapons (who wouldn’t?), and some prefer creative writing. With this bundle, you ca
6th - 8th
Middle Ages, Visual Arts
Renaissance Biography Project | Hands-On Art & Creative Writing Activity
Students choose a Renaissance figure, build a construction paper suitcase filled with objects that represent that person's life and work, and write a first-person letter as that figure explaining what they packed and why. Objects can be tangible, like paint brushes or a quill, or intangible, like a bottle of courage or a bag of ambition, which pushes students to show what they understand about the person. The teacher packet includes pacing, planning pages, rubrics, and a student checklist, so s
7th - 11th
Middle Ages, Visual Arts
Also included in: Renaissance Unit Bundle | Activities, Lesson Plans, Research & Projects
Feudal Flakes: Middle Ages Cereal Box Project | Medieval Social Classes
I’ve spent years trying to get my students to care about the difference between a serf and a lord. Most of the time, we draw a pyramid in their notebooks, they memorize the ranks for a Friday quiz, and they’ve forgotten it by Monday. Feudal Flakes is how I fixed that. Instead of another worksheet, students take on the role of a Lord, Lady, Knight, or Peasant. They have to "sell" their lifestyle as a breakfast cereal, but here’s the catch: the project is designed so they can’t just draw a pretty
6th - 8th
Middle Ages, Visual Arts
Roman Empire Google Slides Ancient Rome Narrative Writing Travel Journal
This project is a breeze to implement and engages students in learning about the Roman Empire through the creative process of building a digital scrapbook, imagining themselves as if they lived during that time. It’s designed to work seamlessly for elementary and middle school students, making it a true "assign and go" activity without compromising on educational depth or quality. Perfect for teachers looking for a fun, yet meaningful, historical exploration! This project will take 5-6 class per
5th - 7th
Visual Arts, World History
Medieval Coat of Arms Project | Heraldry Lesson with Writing & Visual Design
Students complete a short heraldry assignment, design a personal coat of arms, and write a two-paragraph explanation using evidence from what they studied. You can use all three parts together or choose the pieces that fit your class. Students begin by looking at why coats of arms existed, how they shifted from individual knights to family identity, and what different colors and symbols meant in medieval society. Then they use those ideas to build their own shield. In the writing piece, stud
6th - 8th
Middle Ages, Visual Arts
Medieval Journal Project | Feudalism & Daily Life | Middle Ages | Hands-On
Life in the Middle Ages depended heavily on a person’s place in the feudal system. In this Medieval Journal Project, students write a series of first-person journal entries that reveal what daily life looked like across medieval society. Over about 7–8 class periods, students investigate how feudalism shaped work, homes, religion, health, and justice. Each entry focuses on a different aspect of medieval life, helping students build a clearer understanding of how a feudal society functioned. T
6th - 8th
Middle Ages, Visual Arts
Medieval China Centers Unit | Culture, Trade, Dynasties & Inventions Activities
Teach Medieval China with nine structured learning centers that guide students through dynasties, trade networks, cultural traditions, and major Chinese innovations in one cohesive, content-rich unit that runs smoothly and keeps students focused and accountable.Designed to fit about one school week, this resource works well as a stand-alone unit, a strong launch into Medieval China, or an engaging review that helps students connect big historical ideas while staying organized and on task.What St
6th - 8th
Middle Ages, Visual Arts
No Prep Review Game | Whole Class Test Prep Activity for Any Subject
Students work in teams, discuss possible answers, and decide how much classroom "money" they want to risk before the timer runs out. The more confident they feel, the more they can wager. Suddenly, every review question matters. This whole class review game works with almost any subject or grade level and can be reused all year with your own questions. Use it for: test prepunit reviewvocabulary practiceStudents: discuss answers as a teamwager classroom money based on confidencerotate classroom
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Experience
Welcome to Casey’s Class!
I design middle & high school world history resources built for real classrooms, real pacing, and real students.
In this store, you’ll find lessons that:
• Ask students to analyze, rank, debate, create, and justify with evidence
• Combine structure with creative thinking rather than worksheets alone
• Work as full lessons, extensions, or meaningful end-of-unit tasks
• Are designed to be taught without overhauling your schedule or prep time
I’ve been teaching for over 30 years across social studies, language arts, and upper elementary classrooms. The resources here are ones I’ve used, revised, and returned to year after year with my own students.
My goal is simple: clear directions, purposeful student work, and lessons that feel worth the time you spend teaching them.
Teaching style
I believe history makes the most sense when students can see it, hear it, taste it, move through it, and argue about it. I intentionally enrich lessons with primary voices, role-play, food samples, music, movement, games, and reenactments, not as extras, but as tools for understanding. These experiences help students of all abilities access complex ideas and remember them long after the unit ends.
Yes, that’s me in the plague doctor costume. Costumes aren’t required, but curiosity is. My classroom is built around engagement, participation, and the belief that learning should feel active and human.
Awards & shining teacher moments
My students are my most honest reviewers, and their feedback shapes everything I create. I was honored to receive my site’s Teacher of the Year award some years ago, but what matters most to me are the handwritten notes, the hallway visits, and the “do you remember when…” conversations that follow students long after they leave my room.
My own education history
BS in Psychology, CSULB
MS in Education/Reading, CSUF
Multiple-Subject Credential
Single-Subject Credential, Social Sciences
Additional biographical information
Outside the classroom, I’m a mom of two grown kids, married to my high school sweetheart, and happiest when I’m traveling or reading. I hope these resources support your teaching and give your students something worth remembering.
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