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A standards-based 3-week cross-curricular unit teaching Ancient Asia history and insect life cycles together, combining social studies and science with reading/writing/math tie-ins.
Teach the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:3-17) in the context of Judeo-Christian tradition and its influence on morality, law, and history.
Teaches the history and traditions of Thanksgiving, covering ancient harvest festivals worldwide, the Pilgrims, and the holiday's establishment as a US national holiday.
Support a 5-day novel study of the book 'Thanksgiving on Thursday' (Magic Tree House #27), building reading comprehension, vocabulary, and background knowledge of early American/Pilgrim and Wampanoag history.
The Age of Exploration World History Unit provides middle school students with a comprehensive study of this pivotal time period. Through informative readings, analysis questions, projects, and visuals, students will gain knowledge about…
A comprehensive teaching unit covering the French Revolution and the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte (1789-1815), with reading content, map exercises, review questions, and tests.
A comprehensive teaching unit covering the late 19th and early 20th century 'Age of Progress' (1871-1929), spanning the Second Industrial Revolution, new imperialism, leisure/sports, the lead-up to WWI, and the Russian Revolution.
The Americas World History Unit This is a The Americas World History Unit that will provide students with resources from the beginning to end of a unit.
A lower-primary teaching resource on Anzac Day, covering its history, traditions, and related commemorative and peace/values themes for Australia and New Zealand.
A 2-hour lesson plan and student worksheet package built around the 1986 TV docudrama 'The Boy King' about young Martin Luther King Jr., teaching how childhood experiences, family values, and encounters with segregation/discrimination shaped his character and future leadership.
The Case of the Ungrateful Children and the Ungrateful Parent - Historical Debate An innovative teaching resource designed to engage students in a deep, meaningful analysis of historical events.
A large multi-component U.S. history unit covering the causes, events, and aftermath of the American Civil War, combining lectures, activities, quizzes, tests, evaluation/essay options, and multimedia extension tasks.
A comprehensive 162-page teacher guide covering the US Constitution - Constitutional Convention, Preamble, Articles I-VII, Bill of Rights, and Amendments I-XXVII - through readings, activities, and games.
The Early Middle Ages History Unit This is a The Early Middle Ages World History Unit that will provide students with resources from the beginning to end of a unit.
Eiffel Tower: Complete Mini Unit A potent tool for educators, the "Eiffel Tower: Complete Mini Unit" is geared towards students in the Grade 6-9 range.
The Enlightenment World History Unit This is a The Enlightenment World History Unit that will provide students with resources from the beginning to end of a unit.
An informational-text unit that corrects common myths about the first Thanksgiving by presenting historically grounded accounts of the Pilgrims, the Wampanoag, and key figures (Samoset, Squanto, Massasoit).
The Forbidden City: Mini Unit This teaching resource is designed for the seventh to tenth-grade curriculum, with a particular focus on Asian History in Social Studies programs.
An interactive micro-learning slide deck teaching about the California Gold Rush (started 1849) through video links, an informational reading passage, a close-reading fill-in-the-blank activity, word-play/discussion prompts, and a guided summary-writing template.
The Great Plague 1665 Unit Plan and PowerPoint offers an in-depth look at the impact of the Great Plague that swept England. The resource provides a comprehensive, 4-8 hour unit of work that integrates 30 PowerPoint slides with integrated…
The Later Middle Ages World History Unit This is a The Later Middle Ages World History Unit that will provide students with resources from the beginning to end of a unit.
A 27-page standards-aligned lesson packet teaching students to closely read and analyze the Mayflower Compact as a primary source document using a structured '4 Reads' strategy, including a companion primary-vs-secondary-source mini-lesson.
A comprehensive 36-page teaching unit covering the Early and High Middle Ages in European history (A.D. 500-1300), from the fall of Rome through feudalism, the Church, the Crusades, medieval town life, and rising monarchies, with worksheets and two cumulative tests.
An 'emergency lesson plan' (substitute-ready, cross-curricular) for grades 1-2 built around a non-fiction reading passage about Vikings, combining reading comprehension, creative writing/drawing, vocabulary syllable counting, basic math word problems, plural word forms, and a dot-to-dot activity.