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World War I Summary Review Sheet
A one-page graphic-organizer style review sheet summarizing causes, key figures, treaties, and outcomes of World War I and the Russian Revolution.
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Enlightenment Era Handouts + Charts
A set of history handouts and charts teaching the Enlightenment era: England's steps toward limited monarchy, Enlightenment philosophers' ideas, and the Enlightenment's influence on the U.S. Constitution.
Timelines & sequence
History Horizontal Timeline of Events Graphic Organizer
This History Horizontal Timeline of Events Graphic Organizer is a great way for students to practice sequencing skills. By recording nine events, they will be able to better understand how historical events are connected.
Historical reading & notes
Main Causes of WWI Summary Chart
Teaches the M.A.I.N. causes of World War I (Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism) and the war's triggering event via a study-guide passage and a graphic organizer summary activity.
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Wars & historical change
The Scientific Revolution: Graphic Organizer
A graphic organizer covering key figures and ideas of the Scientific Revolution, contrasting the pre-1500s geocentric ('Old Way of Thinking') worldview with the new heliocentric/scientific-method worldview.
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Research & biographies
World History II: People to Know Worksheet
A worksheet/graphic organizer where students identify the main accomplishment and associated time period for a list of important World History II figures, with an included answer key.
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Research & biographiesCompare & analyze sources
Peoples of the Fertile Crescent Sort
Help high school ancient history students review the major civilizations of the Fertile Crescent (Mesopotamia) via a one-page sorting graphic organizer.
Historical reading & notes
Peopling of the World Chart
Give students a graphic-organizer overview of human prehistory, from early hominids through the rise of cities, and have them trace how agriculture led to civilization.
Timelines & sequence
Timeline Template – Editable in Microsoft Word
Give students a clear layout for organizing six events along a horizontal timeline. Boxes alternate above and below the line, leaving room for a date and a short description of each event. Replace the sample years and placeholder text with the sequence you want students to study. For a different level of writing support, the differentiated timeline templates provide other layouts.
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Reconstruction 1865-1877 - Two Graphic Organizers
Two graphic organizers that help students analyze and summarize the political, social, and economic history of the Reconstruction era (1865-1877).
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Historical reading & notes
History Graphic Organizer Worksheet
This History Graphic Organizer Worksheet can help your students explore a historical event by using a non-fiction text. This is a great way for your students to learn about history while also practicing their reading comprehension skills.
Historical reading & notes
Second Great Awakening: Graphic Organizer
A graphic organizer and background reading to teach the causes, key figures, and effects of the Second Great Awakening religious revival movement (1800s-1840s) in U.S. history.
Compare & analyze sources
Venn Diagram Templates and Triple Venn Diagram Templates
Give students a blank structure for comparing either two or three topics. The Venn templates come in lined and unlined versions, supporting discrete written points or more open annotations. Choose the number of circles to match the comparison, then model where a detail belongs when it is shared by all topics, shared by some or unique to one.
Timelines & sequence
History Vertical Timeline of Events Graphic Organizer
This graphic organizer is perfect for helping students build their sequencing skills. With space to record three events, it's a great tool for any history lesson.
Research & biographies
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: Poor Richard's Almanac & Research Project
Interpret sayings presented in a Benjamin Franklin activity and connect them with biographical research. Students translate eighteen entries into modern language, write two sayings of their own, and organize information about Franklin. Sample interpretations and teacher directions support discussion without requiring every student response to use identical wording.
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Wars & historical change
Industrial Revolution + the Civil War Reading Packet
Reading/graphic-organizer packet connecting causes of the Industrial Revolution to the US Civil War.
Wars & historical change
World War II and Minorities
A research-based graphic-organizer worksheet on the contributions and sacrifices of minority fighting forces in World War II (Tuskegee Airmen, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Navajo Code Talkers), tied to US History Standard 11.7.3.
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Major Events of the Civil War Reading Packet
A no-prep reading packet teaching major battles, campaigns, and events of the American Civil War (Fort Sumter, Gettysburg, the Atlanta Campaign, Sherman's March to the Sea, Appomattox Court House).
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Compare and Contrast Activities: Black Heroes of the Revolution | Nonfiction Passage with Questions
Teaches compare-and-contrast reading skills using a nonfiction rap-song passage about three African American Revolutionary War figures (James Armistead, Peter Salem, and Colonel Tye).
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Wars & historical change
Effects of the Civil War Reading Packet
Teach students about the effects of the Civil War, focused on the 13th, 14th, and 15th Constitutional Amendments, through a reading passage and graphic organizer activities.
Compare & analyze sources
U.S. History: Boston Massacre | A Document-Based Student Activity
A document-based-questions activity teaching students to compare conflicting British and colonial primary-source accounts of the Boston Massacre (March 5, 1770).
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Research & biographies
Research Organizer & Essay Assignment: Cesar Chavez
Guides students through independent biographical research on Cesar Chavez and the writing of a 5-paragraph research essay, using a graphic-organizer worksheet, a peer/self writing-tips checklist, and a scored essay rubric.
Historical reading & notes
Main Idea and Details Activities: Hamilton vs. History | Nonfiction Passage with Questions
A nonfiction rap-song passage and question set comparing claims made in Lin-Manuel Miranda's 'Hamilton' musical to the historical record about Alexander Hamilton and the American Revolution.
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Research & biographies
Research Project: Women in History Biographical Poetry
Guides students to research a historical woman and write an acrostic biographical poem about her.