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Teach middle/high school students about influential African Americans (Part 1 of a 3-part interactive reading-comprehension slide deck series) using biographical informational text.
Teach middle/high school students about influential African Americans (Part 3 of a 3-part interactive reading-comprehension slide deck series) using biographical informational text.
Middle School students often struggle with understanding how to read a table and a line graph, especially in history and social studies worksheets .
An interactive social-studies slideshow lesson teaching 9th-grade-level students about influential African Americans through informational reading passages, close reading, and a quick write.
A Grade 3 Memorial Day resource (lesson plan, worksheet packet, and answer key) teaching the history of Memorial Day and comparing it to related national holidays.
A Grade 4 Memorial Day resource (lesson plan, worksheet packet, and answer key) teaching the history of Memorial Day with higher-level reading, vocabulary, and fact-vs-opinion analysis.
A Grade 5 Memorial Day resource (lesson plan, worksheet packet, and answer key) teaching the historical origins of Memorial Day with primary-source analysis and evidence-based writing.
A 45-minute lesson plan teaching upper-elementary students the story and significance of Passover, including its themes of freedom and perseverance.
A 45-minute lesson plan teaching the Passover/Exodus story to upper-elementary students using clips from the 1998 animated film 'The Prince of Egypt' with guided discussion.
This 90-minute Veterans Day Lesson Plan helps students understand and appreciate the meaning behind this important American holiday. Through a short and engaging video, students learn about the history of November 11th, the end of World…
Provide a 2-hour (120-minute) lesson plan pairing a viewing of the film 'A Christmas Story' with discussion, historical-comparison, and personal-narrative writing activities for upper-elementary students.
A History of Russia is a comprehensive teaching resource ideal for educators aiming to thoroughly cover the expansive timeline of Russia's history.
Cross-curricular reading unit teaching students about Abigail Adams's life through a narrative frame story and follow-on activities, for grade 5-6 language arts/reading programs.
Interactive digital micro-learning deck teaching Abraham Lincoln's life and legacy through a reading passage, vocabulary, and comprehension activities, at a stated reading level of 7.7.
Teach students why Columbus believed he could reach Asia by sailing west, using the historical example of Martin Behaim's 1492 globe (the 'Erdapfel'), and have them build a replica globe craft.
A high-school history lesson using an 'odd one out' starter and an evidence card-sort activity to have students weigh conflicting evidence and decide whether Al Capone should be viewed as a hero or villain.
A historic-monuments series book teaching the story of the Alamo and the Texas Revolution through primary-source-style documents, timelines, and letters, part of a broader series on American historic monuments (grades 4-8).
Comprehensive mini-unit teaching the life, career, and legacy of Alexander Hamilton for social studies/US history, delivered as a large multi-format packet (color PDF, black-and-white PDF, and PowerPoint versions plus a preview sheet).
Amelia Earhart : Mini Unit is a great resource to teach your students about the life and achievements of Amelia Earhart. Included in the file are: Reading sheets covering Earhart's early life, flying achievements, and final journey around…
Teaching U.S. history? What lesson could be more important than giving your class the opportunity to research and synthesize the life of a significant figure of the Civil War?
A comprehensive reading-comprehension unit on the American Civil War (causes, major figures, key events, major battles, human impact, and outcomes) for grades 5-8, part of Classroom Complete Press's 'World Conflict Series'.
A lapbook/interactive-notebook project teaching the causes, key events, people, and outcome of the American Revolution, including a study guide with the content information and student-facing assembly/completion instructions.
A full 52-page teaching resource on the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), covering the Thirteen Colonies, the road to war, major figures, major battles, key events, and effects/outcomes, using reading comprehension passages and related activities. Part of the publisher's 'World Conflict Series'.
Teach students about the effects and outcomes of the American Revolutionary War, as part of a social studies unit, using a reading comprehension passage and related activities. Chapter slice of the publisher's 'World Conflict Series' book on the American Revolutionary War.