Wilson Workshop

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

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

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!

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

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

NO PREP! With this resource, students read about the Denmark Vesey slave revolt from This Far By Faith, as well as watch a video about the Vesey's inspiration. They then answer comprehension questions about the revolt and Vesey's life. This is a quick activity that is great to introduce the Vesey slave revolt, or to use as a formative assessment!

NO PREP! Read the short biography of Ben Tillman, which outlines his work with farmers, the Populist movement, establishment of Clemson University, Jim Crow policies in South Carolina, and legacy. Great for teaching the establishment of Jim Crow laws in the South, establishment of Clemson University, and the history of South Carolina. Directly compatible with 8th grade South Carolina Social Studies standards.

Google Slides presentation for South Carolina Reconstruction unit. Compatible with SC 8th Grade Social Studies Standards. Covers: Sherman's MarchThe Freedmen's BureauResistance groupsReconstruction AmendmentsElection of 1867and more!Compatible With: SC Reconstruction SlidesSC Reconstruction TestSC Reconstruction QuizBen Tillman Body BiographyFull Year of SC Social Studies Interactive Coloring NotesAlready Includes: Reconstruction PlansReconstruction: The Freedmen's Bureau

NO PREP! Students will read/watch a collection of primary and secondary sources about William T. Sherman's campaign against the south that brought about the end of the Civil War. Includes comprehension questions for each source!

NO PREP! Use the quotes from the southern women to analyze what life was like for women, children, and slaves during the Civil War. Compatible with SC 8th grade Social Studies Standards. Compatible with: Civil War Coloring notesCivil War VocabularyCivil War Unit Test

No Prep! Google Compatible! In this activity, students will read a passage about Shays' Rebellion 1786-1787, and answer comprehension questions. They will then analyze how Jefferson and Washington felt about the uprising, using primary sources. Simply make a copy for each student in Google Classroom! Don't want to post on Google Classroom? Delete the textboxes and print the slides to make a handout!

NO PREP! Students read passages about the establishment of the U.S. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands in the Reconstruction Era and answer questions to better understand why it was established, what it planned to do, and how it fell short of accomplishing Congressional goals.

Vocabulary for the Civil War unit. Students will define terms, or find the term that matches the definition. Then, write a paragraph using all of the words. Compatible with: Civil War Coloring NotesCivil War Unit TestLife in the Civil War

NO PREP! Crossword of major terms and figures of the American Revolution. Compatible with South Carolina 8th Grade Social Studies Standards, but can be used in any American History context.

Designed to be printed front and back, this resource has baseball cards for 7 key figures/groups from the American Revolution that played a key role in South Carolina. Students use their copy of The South Carolina Journey, internet research, or slides presentation (Linked below!) to fill in the stats for each card. Covers South Carolina Social Studies Standards 8-2.4 and 8-2.5. Compatible with American Revolution Unit NotesAmerican Revolution Slides PresentationSouth Carolina Revolutionary Fi