Wilson Workshop

NO PREP! Students will simulate what it was like to live in Salem during the time of the Witch Trials. Perfect activity to use during Halloween, after discussing the Witch Trials or Colonial America, or after teaching the Crucible! Google Compatible and includes a Slides-based worksheet for students to follow along! PLEASE NOTE: This activity is designed to do as a whole class, so it will show outcomes for all chosen decisions. If you enjoy the witch trials be sure to check out "Would You Surv

NO PREP! If you liked " Would You Survive: The Salem Witch Trials" or " Would You Survive: Jamestown Colony," you will LOVE this journey to the West! In this super interactive and fun activity, students will simulate what it was like to set off on the Oregon Trail! Perfect activity to use during Westward Expansion Units, Manifest Destiny Units, or just for fun! Google Compatible and includes a worksheet for students to follow along! Students will have to make decisions that impact their life on

If you liked " Would You Survive: The Salem Witch Trials" and " Would You Survive: The Oregon Trail," you will love this adventure to the New World! In this super interactive and fun activity, students will simulate what it was like to join the Virginia Company and charter the first permanent English colony in the Americas! Perfect activity to use during colonization units, Early US History, the age of exploration, or just for fun! Google Compatible and includes a worksheet for students to follo

NO PREP! Read two primary and two secondary sources about the Stono Rebellion! Then, answer the document-based questions and create a comic strip about the events of the famous South Carolina Slave Revolt. Google 1:1 Compatible! Compatible with South Carolina Social Studies Standards

A fun, interactive way to get your students excited about the American Revolution! In this quick and easy simulation, students are enlisted by His Majesty, King George III as royal engineers to design a tea crate that can withstand the attacks of the Sons of Liberty! A few simple materials required to create a lasting impression with your students. Compatible with: Road to Revolution coloring notesRoad to Revolution unit slidesBoston Tea Party: Mob EtiquetteSons of Liberty & the Capitol Riots:

Interactive Coloring Notes covering the landscape of South Carolina - the French and Indian War. Compatible with SC Social Studies Standards. Includes Answer Keys. Covers: Carolina landscapeFirst SettlementsNative tribesLord's ProprietorsCarolina EconomyGoose Creek MenGullah CultureTownship Planand more!Compatible With: A Full Year of SC Social Studies Interactive Coloring NotesSC Social Studies-A Full Year of Interactive Coloring NotesSouth Carolina 1st People & Colonial Beginnings Unit SlidesS

If you liked " Would You Survive: The Salem Witch Trials," " Would You Survive: Jamestown," and " Would You Survive: The Oregon Trail," then prepare to enlist, march into the trenches and navigate the mud-soaked chaos of the War to End All Wars! You start as a rookie soldier in 1914. Across 25 pivotal scenarios—from the trenches of Verdun to the skies over London, you’ll make choices that shape your survival story. Track your Health, Morale, Reputation, and Luck. Will you charge into glory, hide

No Prep! In this activity, students will read the plans for Reconstruction by Lincoln, Johnson, and the Radical Republicans (including their plans for suffrage and Freedmen). Students will then fill out a graphic organizer comparing the plans. Answer key included! Compatible with 8th Grade SC Social Studies Standards, but can easily fit any American History curriculum!

NO PREP! Google Compatible! Not a Google Fan? Delete the textboxes and print off the slides for a quick worksheet! Use the classic Disney movie, Pocahontas, to teach about the native populations and what REALLY happened at Jamestown. In this assignment, students will analyze the lyrics of the songs, the environment and culture of both groups, and quotes from real-life settlers of Jamestown to see the differences between the cartoon and what REALLY happened. Make learning fun with a film study!

A great, customizable resource to ensure your students understand the motivations behind supporting Patriots and Loyalists during the American Revolutionary War! Students will read primary sources and match them to a more modern translation. Then, they will categorize the author as a patriot or loyalist based on reasons of government, economics, or basic rights. Using these reasons, the students will design a propaganda poster that encourages readers to join either the patriots or the loyalists,

Google Slides Presentation for SC settlement & colonial government. Outlines the establishment of SC as a proprietary colony, headright system, the Lord's Proprietors, Gullah culture, Barbados connection, Yamassee War and more. Compatible with SC 8th Grade Social Studies Standards. Compatible with: SC settlement & colonial government NotesSC settlement & colonial government testA Full Year of SC Social Studies Interactive Coloring NotesThe Georgia Colony SongGoose Creek Men Classroom PlayPocah

Google Slides Presentation for SC 1st People and Colonization unit! Outlines native tribes of South Carolina, early reasons for explorations, attempted settlements, types of colonies and more. Compatible with SC 8th Grade Social Studies Standards. Compatible with: SC 1st People and Colonization NotesSC 1st People and Colonization TestA Full Year of SC Social Studies Interactive Coloring Notes

Interactive coloring notes for the Road to Revolution unit! These fun, interactive notes outline the events leading to the American Revolutionary War beginning with Salutary Neglect and concluding with the Shot Heard Round the World. Compatible with SC 8th Grade Social Studies standards, these notes include events such as: The Boston Tea Party The Sugar Act The Stamp Act The First Continental Congress The Sons of Liberty and MORE! Includes Answer key! Compatible with: Road to Revolution Unit Sli

NO PREP! Google Compatible! Students will read secondary sources, as well as watch videos about the main battles of the American Revolution waged in the South, with a particular emphasis on South Carolina battles. Students will identify key points of each battle, the importance of each, and the winner of each. Compatible with SCSS standards, as well as US History! Lesson includes information on: Sullivan's IslandSiege of CharlestownCowpensCamdenYorktown and more!

NO PREP! In this customizable Google-based activity, students read what qualifies a person as a patriot, as well as what qualifies as domestic terrorism. They then have passages and videos about the actions of the Sons of Liberty, as well as the 2021 U.S. Capitol Attacks. Students read the material, complete the included graphic organizer, and write a text dependent analysis (TDA) on whether each group acted as patriots or terrorists. Don't want to talk about the Capitol riots? Delete those sli

NO PREP. In this activity, students will close read each section of the Declaration of Independence and answer questions. Then, following the order of the Declaration, they will write their own fictional breakup letter. This shows an understanding of the Declaration of Independence, and it's layout through the use of a fun activity. Students will love sharing their letters. Example included! Compatible with: American Revolution Unit NotesAmerican Revolution Slides PresentationSouth Carolina Revo

19 different editable Google Slides that are themed as the Mario Universe! Includes animations !

In this Google-compatible activity, students navigate through fifteen situations where rights are being violated. They will need to act as a lawyer and identify which amendment from the Bill of Rights applies to each situation, as well as if they can get their client off the hook! SUPER engaging and a fun challenge for all ages.

NO PREP! Read about the Boston Tea Party and how the Sons of Liberty treated this protest differently than all of their other forms of resistance. Students will then make up rules to proper "mob etiquette" and apply them to more modern riots in U.S. History. Compatible with: Road to Revolution Coloring NotesRoad to Revolution Unit SlidesRoad to Revolution Unit TestRoad to Revolution Rap Battle

Google Slides Presentation for the Road to Revolution unit! Outlines events leading to the American Revolutionary War beginning with Salutary Neglect and concluding with the Shot Heard Round the World. Compatible with SC 8th Grade Social Studies standards, these slides include events such as: The Boston Tea Party The Sugar Act The Stamp Act The First Continental Congress The Sons of Liberty and MORE! Compatible with: Road to Revolution Coloring NotesRoad to Revolution Unit TestRoad to Revolution