Gerald Cappello

Students will analyze a set of 5 primary and secondary source documents with corresponding guiding questions. Assignment includes a formative CRQ where students will identify the enduring issue/connection between the Scientific Revolution and other historical events.

Students will analyze a set of 5 primary and secondary source documents. Documents have guiding questions to further assist students in identifying the connection between the Enlightenment period and other historical events. Assignment concludes with a CRQ formative assessment.

Board game dealing with the Political Machines of the 1920's. Students will move along the board experiencing some of the tactics used by Political Machines in order to influence politics.

Complete lesson with intro activity. Students will be broken into groups and will review a scenario that played out during the Cold War. Students will have questions to answer as they act out their scenario for the class.

The Basics of Geography quiz tests students on continents, latitude/longitude, directions, and types of maps. It could be used as a summative or pre-assessment.

Board game dealing with the Medieval and Silk Road time period. Students will experience interactions with foreign traders and get a taste for how early capitalism worked. Board and instructions provided, teacher will need to print off images for trade goods

Enlightenment Presentation highlights the ideas and contributions of Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Voltaire and Jean Jacques Rousseau. Presentation offers their contributions to U.S. politics. Presentation also contains "stop and checks" for review and unpack time.

Students will read a simple breakdown of the sections of the Constitution that will assist them in defining vocabulary words like federalism, limited government, checks and balances, etc.

Students will read a brief breakdown of the purpose for the Constitutional Convention and answer corresponding questions. This assignment goes along with my Solving the Problems assignment.

Students will review Articles and Constitution and analyze what changes they made and where.

Bills of Rights simplified