Vanlightenment

This PowerPoint has 212 multiple choice questions designed to review for U.S. History. It is specifically targeted toward the Georgia Milestones Assessment but can be used for any U.S. History class! I also have a version of this file that is Macro-Enabled and shuffles the questions. If you purchase and would like to have that file emailed to you, please email me at heymsvee@gmail.com! This does not currently have a key but you can also email if you need one. Thank you!!

While it might not be the prettiest thumbnail, this resource is a quick and comprehensive way to review U.S. History with your students! It's designed to align with the Georgia Standards of Excellence and prep students for the Georgia Milestones Assessment (GMAs), but it can be used for any U.S. History class to review by topic or for end-of-year exams. What You'll Get:Over 200 Fill-in-the-Blank questions covering the most significant eras, events, and figures of U.S. History.A Word Bank for eac

This digital download (.docx) is a timeline in the form of a chart that covers important events throughout U.S. History and can be used to prepare students for end-of-course examinations, final exams, or other testing. It includes date/year, the name of the event, and a definition/description of the event. There are over 130 events included in this product! It provides a great supplement to any review you're already doing and can be used with both high school and college classes. It would also b

This activity is great for getting your students ready to cover material, engaging them in the subject, and encouraging them to empathize with history! It is designed to do two things at the start of your US History class: Help students practice classroom and group expectations and allow for them to use inductive learning as you introduce them to the colonization of the Americas. It's excellent for classes whose standards begin with Colonial America but do not explicitly cover exploration and i

It's time to bring the American Revolution to life with everyone's bestie, Hamilton! If you're ready to turn your classroom into a Broadway-meets-History mashup, Revolutionary History through Hamilton allows students to analyze key moments of the American Revolution using songs from the hit musical. Instead of another boring lecture on battles and alliances (we think it's fascinating, but they're already drooling in their sleep), your students will be rapping about Lafayette, laughing and King

Students will learn about the French & Indian War through three sources: Benjamin Franklin's Join or Die CartoonAn excerpt from a letter written by George Washington to his mother after the Battle of MonongahelaA comparison of a pre-war and post-war mapEach source includes 3 questions to help guide students as they analyze the sources and their meanings.

This product includes 17 content-driven slides in a .PDF format with an 18th slide that includes a link to an editable Canva template of the slideshow. The template can also be downloaded to .PPT or Google Slides format but sometimes may not retain fonts or formatting used in the Canva version. It covers the information required for the Georgia Milestones Assessment relating to: SSUSH11 Describe the economic, social, and geographic impact of big business and technological innovations after Recon

Worksheet activity for your students to help them understand the connections between the Enlightenment and the Declaration of Independence. Includes brief reading about Enlightenment thinkers and what they believed.Students will be given four Enlightenment ideas that Thomas Jefferson integrated into the Declaration of Independence and asked to read the Preamble and determine which passages reflect those ideas. Can be used in either a U.S. History or American Government course.

When you buy this set of slides, you'll be directed to a folder in Google Drive where there's a Google Document that links my Canva Design Template for the slides. You'll be able to make a copy for yourself, and since you get to keep the link you will also be able to access any changes that I make to them in the future! These slides include the standards as Learning Targets and sub-standards as Success Criteria but of course you can personalize if you're not a fan of that method. There are a few

The ultimate student choice project that they might accidentally enjoy!If you can't stand the thought of reading another "5-paragraph essay about the causes of the Civil War" and your students can't stand the thought of writing one, look no further, because the Playlist Choice Board Project is here to save your sanity and give your students some creative freedom without sacrificing content. In this project, students build their own custom "Playlist" of tasks using a choice board of 36 different

You can use this Pocahontas themed activity in a few different ways - stations, a collaborative effort as you move through slides, etc. but the long and short of what you'll get is something that will help students forge a connection between history and today using a popular film. It's designed to engage students and make them question not only what they think they know about the Pocahontas story, but also the way they obtain the information that they believe. Most if not all of your students

My students recently completed a unit on Cultural Geography. I decided to give them control of their learning, so each day we had a mini-lesson on an element that we needed to cover, like religion or customs. Once we learned the big picture, they got to take charge and research that element relating to a culture of their choice. Once they finished researching, they constructed an exhibit for an International Festival that we held for all my classes. It was done gallery-walk style and students go

My students recently completed a unit on Cultural Geography. I decided to give them control of their learning, so each day we had a mini-lesson on an element that we needed to cover, like religion or customs. Once we learned the big picture, they got to take charge and research that element relating to a culture of their choice. Once they finished researching, they constructed an exhibit for an International Festival that we held for all my classes. It was done gallery-walk style and students go

This Historical Account Icebreaker is a great resource that will do two things at once: Introduce your history students to important terminology they'll need to know in class including the thesis statement, key terms, historical figures, primary sources, secondary sources, and timelines.Give your students a way that isn't a "fun fact" to introduce themselves to you and the rest of the class.The activity is low-pressure because they'll work on it by themselves and prepare before they share their

This product includes 13 content-driven slides in a .PDF format with an additional slide that includes a link to an editable Canva template of the slideshow. The template can also be downloaded to .PPT or Google Slides format but sometimes may not retain fonts or formatting used in the Canva version. It covers the information required for the Georgia Milestones Assessment relating to: SSUSH15 Analyze the origins and impact of U.S. involvement in World War I. These slides can be used when initial

My students recently completed a unit on Cultural Geography. I decided to give them control of their learning, so each day we had a mini-lesson on an element that we needed to cover, like religion or customs. Once we learned the big picture, they got to take charge and research that element relating to a culture of their choice. Once they finished researching, they constructed an exhibit for an International Festival that we held for all my classes. It was done gallery-walk style and students go

This product includes 11 content-driven slides in a .PDF format with a 6th slide that includes a link to an editable Canva template of the slideshow. The template can also be downloaded to .PPT or Google Slides format but sometimes may not retain fonts or formatting used in the Canva version. It covers the information required for the Georgia Milestones Assessment relating to: SSUSH12 Evaluate how westward expansion impacted the Plains Indians and fulfilled Manifest Destiny. These slides can be

This 36 slide PowerPoint/Canva Slideshow includes all of the basic information and illustrative examples you need for a thorough review of Period One in AP World History! I've included the link to my Canva Slideshow that will show any changes or updates I make in the notes on the first slide - I personally like the Canva version better. Both are frills free, as concise as possible, and can be used in a number of ways! Currently, my students are using the slides to create a "TL;DR Period One" whe

This Social Studies themed slides pack is perfect for use throughout your entire class period- just use it as a template for your daily slides and save yourself a ton of work! It includes an intro slide with learning target, success criteria, bellringer, and materials; a slide for key concepts (which can be used as an activator); a slide for your lesson; a work session slide with timer; and an exit ticket slide.

This ELA themed slides pack is perfect for use throughout your entire class period- just use it as a template for your daily slides and save yourself a ton of work! It includes an intro slide with learning target, success criteria, bellringer, and materials; a slide for key concepts (which can be used as an activator); a slide for your lesson; a work session slide with timer; and an exit ticket slide.