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Perhaps now more than ever, the U.S. Civil War needs to be taught and examined critically to fully understand what happened. My unit slides start with breaking down the economics of slavery, its profitability for the planter class of the antebellum south, and how it protected white supremacy. The PowerPoint ends with reconstruction and the promises that were not kept by many in the U.S. Government. With this purchase, you get not only the teacher notes, but also a copy of printer-friendly guide

This article is adapted from a history.com story about the Tulsa Race Massacre. This often glossed-over story of American history has picked up steam recently, having been a plot point in the hit HBO television series Watchmen. What you get as a teacher is the article and a corresponding worksheet that hits several common core standards. I use this in my 8th grade social studies class when I teach the Roaring 20's/Great Depression unit. This is also a good assignment for reading classrooms as w

These lecture notes are a great companion for any WWI curriculum. I like to use these in a guided lecture. The teacher slide show is on my Newline Panel (If you don't have one, a smart board or any other projector works just fine) and I call on students to read the slides. I elaborate on any of the slides that need it, or I start a class discussion with the students. Then, I have the students look up the definitions of the highlighted words (their vocabulary words for summative assessments) on

These two units are easily taught together, so I have bundled the two of them for a lower price!

Perhaps now more than any other time in U.S. history, the Civil War needs to be studied and learned from. Sourcing from history.com, this assignment contains relevant, fact-checked information and eight questions aimed at vocabulary acquisition and understanding the true causes of the U.S. Civil War: Making money and white supremacy.

Your students will learn all about the process of the tribunals that prosecuted the remaining Nazi officials for the war crimes they committed during World War II, including the holocaust. With this article, I have included my works cited page and five questions that align with the ELA common core standards. What I did with my students was post the five questions up in different points in my classroom and have students work in pairs, moving station to station to answer the questions. This gets s

This is a tagalong assignment for a documentary from Timeline World History's YouTube Channel. This is a great assignment because the documentary not only contains a lot of very interesting interviews and statistics, but also features a lot of file footage from WWI newsreels and articles from newspapers at the time of the war.

This article includes an eight way Venn diagram that explains the complex system of alliances that dragged Europe, and eventually the United States, into one of the bloodiest wars in world history. With the article, you get an engaging classroom assignment that asks your students to summarize what they have read, as well as use context clues to guess the meaning of new words and, cite text evidence.

This article is sure to generate a lot of discussion amongst your students, especially those who enjoy video games based on military conflict. The article comes with a post-reading reflection worksheet.

Sourced from The National WWI Museum and Memorial, this document provides context to many key concepts of WWI and how the U.S. entered the war. There are five questions for the student to answer that promote a wide range of vital skills in social studies and in reading/writing. The document is color coded and optimized for Google Classroom as well.

I created this assignment by taking three sources, synthesizing them and then putting them together to make a cohesive, flowing document. The student should read the entire article first, then attempt to answer the seven questions.

This article reading assignment comes with a post-reading assignment. This article is perfect for 8th Grade US/World History.

Sourced from history.com, this article has been only lightly modified in order to make it reading-level appropriate for middle school. In addition to using context clues to find the meaning of key words, the questions ask students to voice their own opinion and back it up with evidence from the article and other outside sources.

Sourced from history.com, this activity provides context and depth of knowledge on the Battle of Gettysburg. It also asks the reader to form their own opinion based on the text and to use context clues to find the meaning of key terms.

A tag along assignment for the wonderful videos posted by John Green in his Crash Course US History series.

Sourced from the National Park Service, this article and response contains information on Bleeding Kansas and the fighting between pro-slavery and free-state groups.

Timeline is a fantastic free resource that is available on YouTube. Most of their documentaries clock in at anywhere from 40 minutes to an hour and ten minutes long, making them perfect for in-class activities for a variety of different schedules. What I have done here is created a guide with questions and time stamps for this short documentary. Each question is designed to be a jumping off point for a teacher to stop the film, ask the question to the entire class, and then further elaborate on