Jonathan James

This includes a huge collection of worksheets that I made for my unit on the Jazz Age (1920s). This are fit for grades 9-12. They can easily be customized for your class. I created all of these worksheets with the goal of immersing students in the experience of the 1920s with much more intensity and capture their interest much more than their U.S. History textbook would. Worksheets include: -"Does Jazz Put the Sin in Syncopation?" article from 1920s Ladies Home Journal (with worksheet) -Jazz

This includes a collection of worksheets that I made for my Vietnam unit. These are perfect for any grades from grades 9-12. They can easily be customized in any way to see fit for your class. I created all of these worksheets with the goal of immersing students in Vietnam, connecting their experiences with those of the soldiers in Vietnam, and to capture their interest more than a textbook might. Worksheets include: -Vietnam War Protest Song Assignment -Digital Vietnam Wall Memorial Soldier

In this project, students are to apply what they have learned about capitalism and socialism in order to design their own community - much like Robert Owen in his experimental community of New Harmony, Indiana. They are to come up with a name, location, answer some basic questions about how their community with function, create laws, and then design and draw the blueprint for their community. In the end, the goal is to help them better understand the positives and negatives of their capitalist

This is a mock job interview project which I created for my Consumer Economics course. It could easily be adapted for any course in which the instructor wished to prepare students for the job interview process. This includes 6 pages which include: -Student Instructions -Potential preparatory interview questions -Student brainstorm questions -Instructor Evaluation Sheet -Student-Peer Evaluation Sheet -"Bad Interview Techniques" collaborative video class project

This contains three internet search worksheets, a comparison worksheet, and an exit slip related to the Civil Rights Movement. -Civil Rights Movement Leaders Internet Search -Civil Rights Movement Organizations Internet Search -Civil Rights Movement Protests Internet Search -MLK, Jr. & Malcolm X Comparison Chart -Exit Slip

This is an internet driven assignment in which students research the various events, causes, and effects of the 9/11 attacks and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

A fun, unique, and creative "first day" survey for students, front and back.