Kelbey McMath

Your students will love this project based learning assignment as they dig into their family history! This student based research project allows students to investigate their family history using primary and secondary sources on Ancestry, Newspapers, Fold3, and Find A Grave made possible by a FREE grant. This no-prep project comes complete with directions, handouts, student information worksheets and rubric! Take as little or as much time as you need to complete this genealogy project with your

Let your students use their creativity to take the role of an immigrant coming to America! This resource allows students to imagine they are an immigrant around the turn of the century in America. Students will draw the images they may see and write a letter home about their experience coming to a new country. This is the perfect fit for a supplemental activity during a study of immigration during the late 1800's or early 1900's, used as an assessment, or as easy sub plans! Rubric is included an

In-person or remote project for your students! Have your students' creative side shine with this 1920's advertising activity! This no-prep lesson includes all instructions needed for students, a list of 40 products created around the 1920's, and a rubric to grade student's work. Students can either create on a sheet of paper or digitally on the app of their choice. Check out my other products below! Ancestry Project - Student Genealogy Research ProjectGood Cemeterian Project - Cemetery Research

Teach your students using hands on history! This project allows students to research someone buried in a local cemetery. Students will use use online primary sources to create a project based on their research. My students LOVE this project and being able to incorporate local history into class and taking ownership of their learning. This project contains over 27 pages of information including an overview of the project, types of gravestones, rubric, family tree, etc. The assignment allows the o

Use location skills to find landmarks across the world! Students will use latitude and longitude, cardinal directions and absolute location to find places around the globe. These 20 task cards will challenge student skills and knowledge. Google Earth or Maps, or Apple Maps may be used to find the locations and should take 1-2 class periods depending on the students. Check out my other resources! Ancestry Project - Student Genealogy Research ProjectGood Cemeterian Project - Cemetery Research Pr

This lesson has students watch an episode of the Andy Griffith Show(available on Amazon Prime) to compare and contrast life in the 50's and 60's to life today. Students analyze gender roles and society as a whole in this lesson. The lesson comes with an episode guide, gender role analysis, compare/contrast activity and answer key. Check out my other resources below! Ancestry Project - Student Genealogy Research ProjectGood Cemeterian Project - Cemetery Research ProjectGeography Scavenger Hunt Ta

This product contains 94 in depth slides on the the articles and amendments to the Constitution! Also included is a set of completed notes and a fill in the blank version for students. These no prep notes are updated for 2020! Check out my other resources below! Ancestry Project - Student Genealogy Research ProjectGood Cemeterian Project - Cemetery Research ProjectGeography Scavenger Hunt Task CardsHistory Daily Podcast Graphic Organizer1920's Advertising ProjectImmigration Postcard Activity9/1

Analyze events of the Great Depression and Dust Bowl using songs that your students will love! This activity can be used either as an in-person activity or with remote learning / distance learning to explore the 1930's. In this activity, students will listen to and analyze the lyrics of 3 songs that talk about the Great Depression & Dust Bowl and the experiences that people faced during those times. After, students will answer prompts for each songs and reflection questions at the end. Student

Engage your students using podcasts in the classroom! This resource uses the History Daily podcast to assess student's understand of different historical topics. Episodes run approximately 15 minutes. This fully editable resource asks students to synthesize information while listening. The activity can be used as a bell ringer activity or as a supplemental activity during a unit. Check out my other resources! Ancestry Project - Student Genealogy Research ProjectGood Cemeterian Project - Cemeter

Teach your students about European immigration to the United States using contemporary songs! This activity uses three songs to help teach students about the immigrant experience and their contributions to the United States. The resource contains comprehension questions for each song and a final reflection. Lyrics are not included due to copyright but can easily be found online. Ancestry Project - Student Genealogy Research ProjectGood Cemeterian Project - Cemetery Research ProjectGeography Sca

Use this product while discussing 9/11 or protest vs. patriotic songs! This 5 question song lyric analysis can be used in conjunction with a lesson on 9/11 or when having students analyze protest vs. patriotic songs. Students can listen to the song and dive into the lyrics to find text evidence to support claims. This is always a student favorite when learning about 9/11 and the response after! Students can either work in groups or individually on this assignment. The song is available on YouTub