I'm back after a few years hiatus selling to focus on taking on new professional responsibilities (AP!). I'm excited to get back to providing high quality products. I have 15 years teaching experience teaching social studies at all levels from middle school to high school, self-contained to co-teaching to level to Advanced Placement. I have a Masters in Special Education as well. I teach in a top-rated district in the country and in New York State.
This is an activity that includes a reading on the Powder Keg of Europe leading to the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Also includes a questions sheet for a re-enactment entitled "The Day that Shook the World" with a youtube link.
A quick study of the social, political, and economic struggles of transitioning from a wartime economy of WWI to a peacetime economy. Includes growing Red Scare, racial tensions as a result of the Great Migration, and a discussion of the economy before the booming 20s. Great for a homework or as a transition lesson from one unit to the next.
Here you'll find a list of US History movies and an assignment for students who watch the movie for an extra credit. Included is where the students can access the movie (Netflix, Amazon, etc.). Each film has a brief synopsis and a rating.
Hi all. This is an assignment I issue out over Memorial Day weekend. It includes 50 multiple choice from a regents exam, a graphic organizer on the amendments to fill out, and a graphic organizer on the most important Supreme Court Cases to fill out.
Here you'll find a viewing guide for both the brainpop and hip hughes videos on the French and Indian War. Also contains a graphic organizer and visual
In this resource, you'll find a viewing guide for Brainpop 13 colonies, a graphic organizer for Jamestown and Plymouth, and a viewing guide for youtube Keith Hughes's Virginia House of Burgesses
This file contains worksheets for Chapters 9 & 10 in this textbook (Civil War and Reconstruction). Includes 11 separate HW worksheets. Includes page numbers and titles of each sub chapter heading.
This file contains worksheets for chapter 4 in this textbook (federalists and republicans. Includes 9 separate HW worksheets. Includes page numbers and titles of each sub chapter heading. Also includes multiple choice practice and a separate HW on the Supreme Court cases from this time.
This file contains worksheets for the first two chapters in this textbook (from colonization to Articles of Confederation. Includes 11 separate HW worksheets. Includes page numbers and titles of each sub chapter heading.
Students will take a look at the "Date that will life in infamy" speech by FDR as well as background info for the Pearl Harbor attack. Great as a class activity or a homework
Great for AP US. A background given on the famous County Election painting paired with questions. I use this as a Do Now to begin discussion on Jacksonian Democracy
This file contains worksheets for Ch. 5, 6, 7, and 8. (Jackson to the Civil War. Includes 15 separate HW worksheets. Includes page numbers and titles of each sub chapter heading.
Common core, inquiry based lesson that uses primary sources, both text and visual, to have students understand the struggles of farmers and some of their solutions.
I'm back after a few years hiatus selling to focus on taking on new professional responsibilities (AP!). I'm excited to get back to providing high quality products. I have 15 years teaching experience teaching social studies at all levels from middle school to high school, self-contained to co-teaching to level to Advanced Placement. I have a Masters in Special Education as well. I teach in a top-rated district in the country and in New York State.
Teaching style
My teaching style is one that drives student-inquiry, but provides a nice balance of teacher-led, direct instruction when needed. I modify my assignments for different readiness levels, student interest, and level of the class.
My own education history
BA in History
BS in Social Studies Education
MA in Special Education
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