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This 16-week course packet is designed for instructors teaching the first half of a US History Survey or AP US History course. This week-to-week outline includes numerous embedded assignments and activities; 6 exams and 4 essay assignments, with grading rubrics; and links to open education online readings. Students will not need to purchase a textbook. The course packet schedule and themes are organized around the chapters from the OpenStax textbook: U.S. History. Each week includes links to r

This guide provides a week-to-week road map for instructors teaching the second half of the US History Survey or APUSH. Each week includes links to open source readings and media content (i.e. podcasts, videos, etc.), assignments, topics to cover in class, and links to guided lectures available for purchase through TpT (A bundle version of this guide plus 16 lectures is also available). Download a FREE sample lecture here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREE-US-History-I-Lecture-Sli

Updated for 2023! This 16-week course packet is designed for instructors teaching Business Writing and Communication. This week-to-week outline includes embedded assignments, activities, tests, and links to online open education readings. Students will not need to purchase a textbook. In this course, students will practice and complete the following Business Writing assignments: email responses, short essays, cover letters, a professional resume, an informational business article, a blog articl

This 16-week course packet is designed for instructors teaching an Early American Literature Course. Reading publications range from 1600-1876. Topics include Native American origin stories, Puritan literature, Feminist voices, Romanticism, Transcendentalism, the Enlightenment, and voices of the anti-slavery movement. This week-to-week outline includes many embedded assignments, activities, tests, and links to open education online readings and other multi-media resources. Students will not nee

Updated for 2023 political coverage! This 16-week Instructor Course and Activity guide is designed for instructors teaching American Government or Introduction to American Politics. This week-to-week outline includes links to open education online readings and multimedia content, embedded assignments, activities, exams (with answer keys), AP style practice questions, weekly chapter reading quizzes, and student reflection and classroom discussion prompts. Students will not need to purchase a tex

This 16-week course packet is designed for instructors teaching a Late American Literature Survey with reading publications ranging from 1860-1990. Topics include: Post Civil War Romanticism, Realism, Early Feminist writers, Slavery and Race relations, Naturalism, Modernism, Discrimination and Cultural Critique, and poetry. This week-to-week outline includes embedded assignments, activities, instructor notes, tests, and links to open education online readings and other multimedia resources. St

This packet includes three short readings on Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism. Following each reading are critical thinking questions that measure comprehension and stimulate higher order thinking. Each reading includes bolded academic vocabulary terms. Recently added to this resource was a table of different quotes based on each of the three philosophies. Students have to identify which philosophy the quote is related to and explain why. An optional "quote poster" activity is included.

This four-page reading packet covers the spread and survival of Jewish culture and ideas during the period beginning with the Assyrian invasion in 722 BCE through the Roman occupation in 63 BCE. Ten fill-in-the-blank questions follow the reading to assess comprehension.

Purpose For students to demonstrate their understanding of American literature by examining how the views and works of a literary figure might have been shaped by the social and political context of the era in which they lived and the social circles they frequented. In this assignment, students will chose an instructor-approved literary figure for the time period they are studying. They will then chose a social media platform and create a social media profile that reflects their research and u

Includes a handout that explains various types and uses for primary sources in history, an activity, and an instructor notes/answer page.

Provides an annotated table of frequently misused or confused words (i.e. affect/effect) and a list of "needlessly wordy phrases" with suggested alternatives.