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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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Crusades, Byzantine Empire, Catholic Church, and Great Schism Bundle
Teach the Crusades, Byzantine Empire, Catholic Church power, and Great Schism in a connected sequence that helps students understand how religion, politics, and conflict shaped medieval history through interactive simulations, role-play, debate, mapping, and evidence-based writing. Designed for grades 6–10 world history, this bundle functions as a complete unit or flexible lessons that fit easily into a Middle Ages timeline. The full sequence supports approximately 13–18 class periods, depen
7th - 10th
European History, World History
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
Maya Aztec Inca Activities Bundle | Mesoamerican Civilizations Lessons
From the first slide, students are active participants. They sketch life at the base of a Maya pyramid, rotate through a live calendar simulation, and invent their own glyphs. In the Aztec lesson, they step into the roles of engineers planning a city, making decisions rooted in power and faith. During the Inca study, they design and test solutions to engineering challenges and take part in a class system simulation that makes social structures come to life. I’ve built prompts directly into t
6th - 9th
World History
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
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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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