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"Contact with Native Americans", US History, PowerPoint
Teach early contact and colonization dynamics between Native American groups and Europeans, including causes of European exploration and colonial relations.
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Goods + Services During the Reconstruction Era Reading Packet
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.
Economics: Behavioral Economics Concepts
A multi-part behavioral economics unit (IB-level) covering how psychology challenges rational-choice assumptions, including bounded rationality, biases, and nudge theory, with a slide deck, definitions worksheet, video question sheet, and practical-application essay questions.
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Mixed skills & activities
Ancient Egypt Activity Packet
Teaches Ancient Egypt basics (geography, pharaohs, pyramids, hieroglyphics, Egyptologists) through reading passages, a fictional story, and follow-up activities.
Social skills & wellbeing
Gender Roles and Gender Socialization Slides + Guided Notes
Without a doubt, history is a topic that can be easily overlooked by our students. Sometimes, it can be difficult for them to make connections with the past in a way that makes sense to them.
Science & discovery
Iowa State Unit Study (Capital, Bird, Flower, Flag, Animal)
A 5-day homeschool/co-op unit study teaching Iowa's capital, state bird, flower, flag, and animal through videos, readings, worksheets, and interactive-notebook activities, with an optional written report and podcast extension activity.
Social studies
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.
Mixed skills & activities
Theater Unit: Greek
A project-based learning unit teaching the origins and characteristics of ancient Greek theater, culminating in students writing, rehearsing, and performing an original Greek-style play in cooperative groups.
Social studies
canada Map Geography Word Search 2rd 3th 4th 5th Grade worksheet
The word bank combines proper names such as Ottawa and Saskatchewan with geography words such as prairie, glacier and peninsula. Preview those groups before students search and point out the joined spellings BritishColumbia, StLawrence and MapleLeaf. The list offers selected Canadian vocabulary rather than a complete province-and-territory inventory.
Social skills & wellbeing
1960s Social Change
Guide a group research-and-presentation activity on 1960s American social movements (Native-American and Latino civil rights, women's equality, or hippie counter-culture), tied to US History Standards 11.10 and 11.11.3 (federal civil rights/voting rights and changing roles of women).
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Reading & writing
George Rogers Clark Day Word Search 2rd 3th 4th 5th Grade worksheet
A printable word search worksheet reinforcing vocabulary related to George Rogers Clark and Revolutionary War-era frontier history.
Social studies
United States Geography Worksheets
A fifty-state word search and a territories unscramble introduce this geography set. Regional worksheets on the Northeast, Midwest and South use capital matching, true/false questions and word searches. Short fact boxes accompany the activities, and a closing task asks students to identify South Central states bordering the Mississippi and Red Rivers.
Science & discovery
California State Unit Study (Capital, Bird, Flower, Flag, Animal)
A 5-day unit study introducing elementary students to California's state symbols (capital, bird, flower, flag, animal) through videos, readings, worksheets, and interactive-notebook activities.
Mixed skills & activities
Federalists and Antifederalists
A multi-part U.S. Government/History teaching package on the Federalists vs. Antifederalists debate over ratifying the U.S. Constitution, including a slide deck lesson, a sorting graphic organizer, and a 'Who Would Say That?' comprehension worksheet, each with an answer key.
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Reading & writing
The Middle Ages word search, scramble and crossword puzzle
A set of three vocabulary puzzles (word search, word scramble, crossword) covering Middle Ages/medieval terms for a world history unit.
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Social skills & wellbeing
Cults and Group Socialization (Class slides, videos, and guided notes)
Introducing an engaging slide deck that covers cults and radical group socialization for secondary students. The 30+ slides serve to spark discussion and analysis on social groups, cult characteristics, recruitment tactics, prominent cult leaders, and the long-term impacts of cult involvement.
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Reading & writing
Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges Social Studies and Reading Unit
A 15-day social studies and reading comprehension unit built around the memoir Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges, teaching main idea, supporting details, author's purpose, determining importance, and the historical context of school integration.
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Science & discovery
Connecticut State Unit Study (Capital, Bird, Flower, Flag, Animal)
A five-day, low-prep homeschool/co-op unit study exploring Connecticut's capital, state bird, state flower, state flag, and state animal, with a daily pacing guide of suggested videos, readings, worksheets/discussion, and hands-on activities, plus extensive optional graphic organizers for deeper research.
Social studies
Ancient Greece World History PowerPoint & Notes
A high-school presentation and matching fill-in-the-blank skeleton outline on the foundations of Greek democracy, its reformers (Solon, Cleisthenes, Pericles), and the Greek philosophers (Socrates, Plato, Aristotle), aligned to a World History standard on Judeo-Christian and Greco-Roman traditions.
Social studies
Country Study Presentation on China
A slide presentation introducing students to China, covering its location, government and quick facts, history timeline, geography and climate, economy, cities, and culture.
Reading & writing
Native American Day Word Search 2rd 3th 4th 5th Grade worksheet
A four-page word search worksheet (with repeated/variant grids) teaching vocabulary about Native American culture and history for Native American Day.
Reading & writing
Establishment of UGA + Georgia's Capital Reading Packet
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.
Answers included
Social studies
Country Study Presentation on Estonia - Geography - Europe
A slide presentation introducing students to Estonia, covering its location, government and quick facts, history timeline, geography and climate, economy, cities, and culture.
Social studies
Country Study Presentation on Jamaica - Caribbeans
A slide presentation introducing students to Jamaica, covering its location, government and quick facts, history timeline, geography and climate, economy, cities, and culture.