Corey Yates

The 1920's Speakeasy Project is a great, interactive, experiential project about famous individuals of the 1920's arriving and socializing at a "mock" speakeasy. Each student will select a famous 1920's person, create a business card, and are placed in a "mock" speakeasy setting to socialize and learn about other famous individuals of the 1920's. The speakeasy includes Jazz Music, finger foods, conversation, and the exchange of business cards. The kids LOVE this project! Thanks!

This is a 10 question quiz from the movie "Lincoln" with both humurous questions about his storytelling and informative questions about how he was able to obtain enough Congressional votes for passing the 13th Amendment.

In the "Great Depression Fireside Chats" Project, students are asked to create a radio broadcast similar to that of Franklin D. Roosevelt's Fireside Chats during the 1930's financial collapse of the American economy. As a teacher, I have always received creative feedback from students and have learned myself from this project about the New Deal Agencies and the effects the Great Depression had on the American people. It is a terrific activity to engage the creativity of students, yet elaborate

World War II Part 5 of 10 - The Holocaust explains the Nazi genocide of Jews before and throughout World War II, including the American rescue of their internment in labor, prison, and death camps. Plenty of pictures and one video guided tour of the death camp Auschwitz.

The 1920's Advertisements slideshow reveals some of the most prominent and profitable companies during the 1920s. It can be used to reinforce a lecture, implement an activity, or simply used for a starter at the beginning of class, etc...Thanks!

World War I Presentation covers everything about the World War I unit from causes of the World War, trench warfare, short and long term causes, Treaty of Versailles, Wilson's 14 points, etc...There is plenty of pictures that accompanies the notes. Thanks!

The American Progressive Era Amendments and Reforms Worksheet is meant to independently cover or help support the initial learning of the American Progressives. It includes each American Constitutional Amendment and Reform Acts such as: the Elkins Act, the Pure Food and Drug Act, the Meat Inspection Act, the Hepburn Act, the Federal Reserve Act, and the Clayton Anti-Trust Act. It's a great independent learning activitity for one or more periods.

The American West PowerPoint Lecture covers everything from Lincoln's 1862 Pacific Railway Act, Morrill Act, and Homestead Act, to the Great Sioux Wars of the 1870's - 80's. It's particularly informative about hardships, western characteristics, and American Populism (William Jennings Bryan, Cross of Gold Speech, Bimetallism, the Populist Party, etc...) Included in the presentation are as many pictures and SEVERAL videos about the American West (along with silly, funny one's to keep the studen

The Cinderella Man Movie writing prompt focuses on a conversation between James Braddock and a reporter. It personifies the struggle of the average American out of work during the Great Depression. I have always received terrific responses from this prompt after viewing the movie Cinderella Man.

The American Civil War Causes Quiz focuses on John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry, The Fugitive Slave Act, the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and 1850, the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Bleeding Kansas, the Dred Scott Case, Uncle Tom's Cabin, the Election of 1860, Southern secession, and the Underground Railroad. There are 20 multiple choice questions with descriptive choices. Great formative assessment. Thanks!

World War II Part 6 of 10 - America Moving into War presents the Tripartite Pact, Roosevelt's 3rd Election, the Lend Lease Act, Stalingrad, Pearl Harbor, and America's entry into World War II. It has as many pictures as notes and the attack scene from the movie Pearl Harbor. Entertaining presentation!

This is a great review internet search worksheet dealing with the Progressive Era. It covers Progressive Era Amendments, Women Suffrage, American Presidency's, Economic, Social, and Political Reforms, etc...It's a great break from lecture or projects for some individual student learning. Thanks!

War in the Pacific is an overview of the engagements in the South Pacific, including island hopping, Guadalcanal, Midway, the Coral Sea, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, etc...It does a good job of giving a relatively immersed presentation of the highlighted points of the Pacific Theatre.

The World War II Test is a 20 multiple choice/2 Constructive Response examination that assesses student knowledge and reasons, events, and affects of World War II. An answer key is included, and many of the multiple choice questions are based on End of Course Assessment items and Kentucky's Core Standards. Thanks!

The Speech Project is perfect for any class. I have created this project template to accomodate any type of class and content topic...that's why it's so great! I use this template for my American Government class every year towards the end of a social topics unit. It is challenging, yet after the project is completed, students always give me a vote of confidence of how much it helped them get out of their comfort zone.

World War II Part 3 of 10 - War in Europe entails Hitler's growing regime in Europe and his invasion of Poland, leading to Britain's declaration of war. Included with the 27 page power point are two videos (one of which is meant to be funny :-) Several pictures and great information for a World History or American History middle school or high school classroom.

The famous Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire" project is an engaging applicable project to a Cold War unit. It is a fun project for kids because the song is catchy, the teacher can play it in class with complete core-content relatedness, and the students can perform their projects based on the lyrics of the song. My classes have ALWAYS enjoyed this project and taken off with the topics and the research for those projects. FYI...Billy Joel wanted to be a history teacher before his musi

World War II Part 8 of 10 - America's Involvement highlights the "total war effort" and how America mobilized, raised war funds, set prices, distributed manpower, and women's importance while me were away fighting. This PP's strength are the visuals it gives the kids with propaganda posters, 2 Videos (including Winston Churchill's speech "Our Finest Hour") as the London bombing was occurring as America entered the war, and pictures of mobilization.

The Hero Writing Prompt is an applicable prompt to any grade level and any content with a variety of contexts. Personally, I use it in my American Government class when we discuss international terrorism, specifically to the "War on Terror." It is based off a documentary video I show in class titled "9/11;" however, it can be used in a variety of classrooms and easily modified to apply to ANY classroom. Literally, some of the best writing I have received in any of my classes come from this pr

The American Civil War Exam is an overall review exam of "causes" of the Civil War, battles and events, leaders, and Reconstruction. The test is a 60 question multiple choice test with 10 matching questions. Overall, a terrific test as a summative assessment. Thanks!