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In this package, you'll have access to my Google Drive files for Hexagonal Review activities. This includes the pdfs and editable Google Docs for each unit's hexagonal review activities. You can edit these if you'd like, but they already come with all of the terms included for each unit. In the word bank boxes, I've also highlighted the "Illustrative Examples" that were from the College Board CED to help those stand out if you'd like to include them or not as bonus points or whatnot. Hexagonal t

Hexagonal thinking activities have been all the rage for the past few years. It's a great way for students to make meaningful, memorable connections between terms and reinforce their learning for long-term retention. While cutting out hexagons may be part of the kinesthetic draw of the activity (and honestly makes it so much more engaging and memorable) it was more of a burden on time for my students. In APUSH, we're sprinting through the content, historical reasoning skills, and writing skills

CCC, TVA, WPA, AAA, FDIC, SEC, HOLC, FHA, Social Security…. FDR's alphabet soup of New Deal programs is so extensive it's hard for your students to make them meaningful and keep track of them. In this game, students use their knowledge of FDR's New Deal acts, programs, and agencies to predict the best one to address each crisis card. This game reinforces FDR’s New Deal policies without being boring or being pure rote practice. I’ve used it to introduce the policies in academic US History c

Building anchor points as schema for students to link their knowledge to is so helpful throughout the course of a year. The APUSH curriculum is bursting at the seams with content, and fantastically so. For some students, making meaning of and memorizing the sheer quantity of concepts, events, figures, acts, amendments, SCOTUS decisions, and more may be a joy, and for others, a bit of a chore to say the least. However, no matter the student, it’s likely to become challenging to keep track of the

If you're a US History or APUSH teacher looking for a spooky tale to tell during class, look no further. Here's a mostly true narrative regarding the deaths of American presidents but twisted around the tale of a Shawnee curse. I've included sound effects and the storyline along with images in a Google Slides presentation to guide you in telling the story. It will take around 5-10 minutes to tell, depending on how much theatricality you put into it. The script is provided, a slideshow is provide

If you need a low-prep, high-yield learning activity that is engaging and fun, this one's for you! Take any primary source artifact, and turn it into a "see, wonder, think" lesson. The concept can be applied to any primary source image. I used photographs of artifacts for my junior high social studies classes to mix things up every other week. This activity is very flexible and can be perfect for bell-ringers to introduce a topic or as the main learning activity. I've included a blank Google D

All 9 historical periods of CED objectives and key concepts are included in these learning target trackers. Have students keep track of their progress throughout each APUSH unit of study. They can jot down a few key concepts and phrases that help sum up the main idea for each CED objective. Then, students use the Likert Scale self-assessment ratings to measure where they think they've arrived so far in their comprehension of each CED objective along the way. Finally, students record their plan

If you'd like to gamify an introduction to early American immigration, here's a simple virtual escape room. Have students compete to "break out" first. The object of this activity is for students to answer questions to receive numbers for the number lock on the door of the virtual escape room. Students click on objects in the virtual room to open up Google Forms that have readings, maps, and comprehension questions. The topics include the Virginia Company in Jamestown, Pilgrims, Puritans, and

Over 80 game cards for APUSH Historical Period 5 are included. This is a fast-paced, educational word-guessing game designed specifically for AP U.S. History (APUSH) students. Test your knowledge of key historical terms, events, and figures while sharpening your recall skills in a fun, competitive setting! Based on the classic Taboo game format, players must get their teammates to guess the APUSH term on their card—without using the "taboo" (off limits) words. It's perfect for group study sessi

Over 90 game cards for APUSH Historical Period 4 are included. This is a fast-paced, educational word-guessing game designed specifically for AP U.S. History (APUSH) students. Test your knowledge of key historical terms, events, and figures while sharpening your recall skills in a fun, competitive setting! Based on the classic Taboo game format, players must get their teammates to guess the APUSH term on their card—without using the "taboo" (off limits) words. It's perfect for group study sessi

Over 80 game cards for APUSH Historical Period 3 are included. This is a fast-paced, educational word-guessing game designed specifically for AP U.S. History (APUSH) students. Test your knowledge of key historical terms, events, and figures while sharpening your recall skills in a fun, competitive setting! Based on the classic Taboo game format, players must get their teammates to guess the APUSH term on their card—without using the "taboo" (off limits) words. It's perfect for group study sessi

Students were always asking me for a formula of some sort to help write their FRQ's. They wanted a way I could guide them through each of their early attempts at writing DBQ's and LEQ's. Over the past five years, I've trialed many different ways of doing this and experienced pretty much the same results with all of them. Templates were generally the most helpful in this regard. It was hard to make a template that was streamlined, yet descriptive enough... Visually a bit more aesthetically appeal

This is a fast-paced, educational word-guessing game designed specifically for AP U.S. History (APUSH) students. Test your knowledge of key historical terms, events, and figures while sharpening your recall skills in a fun, competitive setting! Based on the classic Taboo game format, players must get their teammates to guess the APUSH term on their card—without using the "taboo" (off limits) words. It's perfect for group study sessions, review games, or classroom activities! How to Play:Divide

This is my historical period 7 set of Google Slides. I've been teaching for 16 years and specifically taught APUSH for 6 years. I've developed many iterations of PowerPoints and Google Slides Presentations over the years. The presentations I've included here are editable if you make a copy of them. I have a motif throughout of including the College Board key concepts at the tops of most slides to explicitly connect to. I also made the title cards/slides reflect the exact objectives, key con

I've been teaching for 16 years and specifically taught APUSH for 6 years. I've developed many iterations of PowerPoints and Google Slides Presentations over the years. The presentations I've included here are editable if you make a copy of them. I have a motif throughout of including the College Board key concepts at the tops of most slides to explicitly connect to. I also made the title cards/slides reflect the exact objectives, key concepts, and themes provided by College Board for each

Bundle and save by getting both the FDR New Deal game and LBJ Great Society games in my store.

This game is playable as fully digital game or a printable card game. I included both sets of resources and instructions. This game is a fun end-of-the semester activity to review some of the most iconic events from U.S. History. The game is designed to be played in groups of 5-10, however, I’ve used it with the whole class at once with great results. (Just make sure to print out extra copies of each round of cards, since a typical set of cards is 9 + the SPY card you add in separately. Or, you

This is my historical period 7 set of Google Slides. The size of these presentation slides was too large for one folder on TPT, so there is one additional slideshow (you can download free) entitled APUSH - Period 7 - Topics 7.13 & 7.14. I've been teaching for 16 years and specifically taught APUSH for 6 years. I've developed many iterations of PowerPoints and Google Slides Presentations over the years. The presentations I've included here are editable if you make a copy of them. I have a mot

This package includes: Target trackers for all 9 units of the AP World Modern curriculumAn editable Google Doc of eachA PDF version of eachA separate Google Doc with all AP World Key Concepts organized as a listWhat makes these target trackers relevant & unique: Learning targets are the CB’s Learning ObjectivesEach learning objective has its correlating key concepts listedKey concepts are hyperlinked to their full CB descriptions for ease of accessSelf-assessment, reflection, notes, and plan o

If you enjoyed my FDR New Deal game ("New Deal or No Deal") the sequel is here! This LBJ Great Society game is the perfect follow-up. It's even better than the first! Since LBJ was inspired by FDR, it makes sense to return to the same game format for this sequel. Have students RACE to discover the significance of each of LBJ's Great Society programs. They shuffle through cards trying to find the perfect one for the crisis scenario they've been given. Or, treat it as a review game for APUS