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A comprehensive Social Studies teaching unit on Native Americans and early peoples of North America, combining guided/close reading passages with comprehension and vocabulary activities.
A writing and history activity pairing viewing of the film 'Selma' with structured writing about Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement, aimed at building empathy and historical understanding.
A social studies/reading comprehension packet that uses short biographical sketches of historical figures to teach 2nd graders vocabulary for positive character traits, aligned to a Georgia citizenship standard (SS2CG3).
Teach the historical impacts of the personal computer and the internet on American life.
Multi-part world history unit on the Scientific Revolution covering the roots (Aristotle, Ptolemy, alchemy), astronomy (Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, Galileo, Newton), and new inventions, with lesson plans, information sheets, worksheets, and assessments.
A CLOSE reading unit teaching the history and role of California missions through nonfiction reading passages, vocabulary, and graphic organizers for grade 4 social studies.
A Georgia history reading passage and worksheet packet teaching the founding of the University of Georgia and the reasons for the movement of Georgia's state capital, aligned to Georgia Standards of Excellence SS8H4/SS8H4a.
A differentiated Georgia history reading passage and worksheet packet teaching the establishment of Savannah through the roles of James Oglethorpe, Chief Tomochichi, and Mary Musgrove, aligned to Georgia Standards of Excellence SS8H2/SS8H2b.
Provide a bundle of mix-and-match activities on the end of the Cold War for teachers to assign individually or together, covering the Berlin Wall, the collapse of the Soviet Union, primary/secondary source analysis, and a culminating assessment.
A reading comprehension packet about the historical figure John Deere (inventor/manufacturer of farm equipment), for social studies/reading instruction.
A differentiated reading passage and worksheet packet teaching the history of American Indians (Mississippian culture) in Georgia, aligned to GA standard SS8H1.
A social studies reading packet teaching students about the Transcontinental Railroad and its impact on U.S. travel and history.
A social studies biography reading packet teaching 2nd graders about Sequoyah and his creation of the Cherokee writing system, aligned to a Georgia history standard (SS2H1b).
A differentiated reading packet teaching about states' rights and slavery in U.S. history, with two reading levels of the same passage plus a companion activity/distance-learning packet.
No-prep reading and writing packet teaching 1930s American cultural history through an informative passage and vocabulary application.
A social studies biography reading packet teaching 2nd graders about Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts, aligned to a Georgia history standard (SS2H1e).
Differentiated nonfiction reading packet teaching how the 14th Amendment, Jim Crow laws, and desegregation (Brown v. Board of Education) played out in Georgia history.
Teach students about the history, geography, and importance of the Panama Canal through a reading passage and comprehension activities.
Teach middle school students about the history of Apartheid in South Africa through an informational reading passage.
A differentiated social studies reading packet on slavery and states'-rights issues in Georgia leading up to and during the Civil War, for use as a print-and-go classroom resource.
Build Grade 5 students' understanding of how the expansion of slavery led to sectionalism, states'-rights disputes, and the Civil War, through a reading passage paired with comprehension and vocabulary activities.
An informational reading packet explaining the European 'scramble for Africa,' the 1884 Berlin Conference, and how European partitioning of Africa's ethnic and cultural boundaries led to lasting conflict (e.g., the Nigerian Civil War, the Rwandan Genocide, civil wars in South Sudan), aligned to a Georgia Studies standard (SS7H1a per…
A differentiated reading and comprehension packet on Georgia's role in World War II (training facilities, the Bell Bomber Plant, and shipyards), for social studies or reading instruction.
A differentiated reading passage and activity packet teaching students about Rosie the Riveter and the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II.