California History Research Guide
Scaffolded research-essay guide walking middle/high school students through researching and writing a 5-paragraph MLA-style essay on an important figure in California history, with rubric and peer-review support.
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Scaffolded research-essay guide walking middle/high school students through researching and writing a 5-paragraph MLA-style essay on an important figure in California history, with rubric and peer-review support.
Presents biographical and career facts about John Larson, U.S. Representative for CT's 1 congressional district, for social studies/government/civics instruction about current members of Congress.
A scaffolded research-essay unit that guides students through selecting, researching, and writing a 5-paragraph MLA-style essay about a significant figure in Pennsylvania history, with a grading rubric for the teacher.
Presents biographical and career facts about John Rose, U.S. Representative for TN's 6 congressional district, for social studies/government/civics instruction about current members of Congress.
A scaffolded research-essay guide leading students through writing a 5-paragraph MLA-style research essay about a significant figure in New York State history.
A 90-minute Grades 5-8 history lesson plan on the causes, major events, and consequences of the American Civil War.
A 90-minute Grades 9-12 history lesson plan tracing key turning points in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement from 1909 to the present.
Provides individual biography slide-deck presentations profiling Kansas's current U.S. Senators in Congress, for social studies/government instruction on state congressional representation.
A one-page chart and comprehension worksheet teaching the four types of government used in ancient Greek city-states (monarchy, aristocracy, oligarchy, direct democracy).
A set of history handouts and charts teaching the Enlightenment era: England's steps toward limited monarchy, Enlightenment philosophers' ideas, and the Enlightenment's influence on the U.S. Constitution.
A set of research topic cards on Canada covering history, geography, government/economy, and culture, paired with a fill-in research worksheet, for a country-study research project in Geography/History/Social Studies classes.
A high-school world/European history worksheet on 18th-century Enlightened Despots (Frederick the Great of Prussia, Joseph II of Austria, Catherine the Great of Russia).
A history comprehension worksheet teaching students to read and interpret a bar chart showing the growth of French national debt under Louis XIV (1643-1715).
A multi-activity resource on the Great Depression and the New Deal combining a video warm-up, a foldable research project, and extension activities on the FDIC and Social Security.
A social studies unit that helps students understand the causes, key events, and lasting significance of World War II.
An interactive notebook workbook to guide middle/high school students through the process of completing a National History Day (NHD) 2022 project on the theme "Debate and Diplomacy in History."
A hands-on history lesson plan in which students rotate through four experiment stations to test claims made by ancient philosophers (Aristotle, Galen) against the findings of Scientific Revolution figures (Galileo, Copernicus, Vesalius), illustrating the shift to the empirical scientific method.
A blank research-project worksheet that guides students to research and record key facts about Laos across geography, history, government/economy, and culture.
A blank research-project worksheet that guides students to research and record key facts about Lebanon across geography, history, government/economy, and culture.
A blank research-project worksheet that guides students to research and record key facts about Kyrgyzstan across geography, history, government/economy, and culture.
A single-chapter slice of the 'Capitalism vs. Communism' Social Studies resource, focused on the topic 'The Industrial Revolution', for grades 5-8.
A full 8-chapter Social Studies resource on Capitalism vs. Communism for grades 5-8, covering the rise of capitalism, the Industrial Revolution, the Cold War, and contrasting capitalist, communist, and globalized economies.
Provide a comprehensive workbook covering world history from the Treaty of Versailles (1920) through the end of World War II (1945), including postwar Europe, the Great Depression, the rise of fascism, WWII, the Holocaust, and the defeat of Japan, with map exercises and review questions.
A blank research-project worksheet that guides students to research and record key facts about Lesotho across geography, history, government/economy, and culture.