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Differentiated nonfiction reading passage and activity packet teaching students about the Freedmen's Bureau established after the U.S. Civil War, with a distance-learning (digital) option.
Introduce students to the Gilded Age and Progressive Era in U.S. history through a graphic-organizer activity paired with a linked video/article resource.
A differentiated social studies reading packet on the economy of Georgia during the Reconstruction era, teaching how goods and services recovered after the Civil War.
Guides students through independent biographical research on Claude Monet 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.
A no-prep reading packet teaching Harriet Tubman's life and the Underground Railroad through an informational passage, vocabulary, and comprehension worksheets.
Introduce students to the causes, events, and effects of the Great Depression and New Deal through a graphic-organizer activity with a linked online reference resource.
A reading/informational worksheet packet teaching World War I's political, economic, and social impact on America, with vocabulary and graphic-organizer practice.
A scaffolded research-essay resource guiding high school students through selecting an LGBTQ historical figure ('trailblazer'), researching their biography and legacy, and writing a 5-paragraph MLA-formatted research essay.
A differentiated reading and writing packet teaching the causes, events, and effects of U.S. involvement in World War I, via an informational passage provided at two reading levels (A and B), a cause/effect graphic organizer, multiple-choice questions, and short/extended written responses.
A slide presentation with accompanying student notes/graphic-organizer PDF introducing major Cold War conflicts and flashpoints (Berlin Airlift, Korean War, Berlin Wall, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War) as a lead-in before deeper primary-source study.
A reading and writing packet profiling key figures of the American Revolution (King George III, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Benedict Arnold, Patrick Henry, John Adams, Paul Revere, and the Black Regiments who fought on both sides), followed by multiple graphic organizers, multiple-choice comprehension…
A sequencing and timeline reading activity using rap-song lyrics about the history of jazz music as a nonfiction-style reading passage for comprehension and chronological-order practice.
A reading packet providing two differentiated reading levels of a passage on Georgia's role in the American Revolution, for 8th-grade social studies/literacy practice.
A document-based learning activity (Google and traditional/print versions) exploring how the Catholic Church responded to the Protestant Reformation via the Counter-Reformation, using primary/secondary source analysis.
GSE-aligned (SS6H3) reading passage and activities on the aftermath of World War I (rise of communism, Treaty of Versailles, rise of Nazism, worldwide depression).
A sequencing and timeline reading activity using rap-song lyrics about the life of George Washington Carver as a nonfiction-style reading passage for comprehension and chronological-order practice.
A reading passage and worksheet packet teaching 5th-grade students about Ruby Bridges and school integration during the Civil Rights Movement.
Have students examine primary and secondary source documents on the U.S. women's suffrage movement (1848-1920) and use the evidence to prepare for and participate in a Socratic Seminar or classroom debate.
Teach the historical impacts of the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr. on American society.
Teach sequencing/timeline skills using a rap-song nonfiction passage on the history of breaking (breakdancing), covering its origins, terminology, technique elements, and its path to becoming an Olympic sport.
Differentiated reading packet teaching Georgia's contributions to World War I (training camps, textile and arms factories, railroads/ports, victory gardens, war bonds) via two leveled passages and comprehension activities.
An inquiry-based document activity (Google and traditional versions) exploring daily life in the Middle Ages and the growth of towns/trade economy, using a warm-up reading, picture analysis, and primary/secondary source stations.
Provide differentiated (on-level and below-level) reading passages about historical figures in Georgia's New South Era for a Grade 8 Georgia social studies standard (SS8H7).
A sequencing and timeline reading activity using rap-song lyrics about the life of Frederick Douglass as a nonfiction-style reading passage for comprehension and chronological-order practice.