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Higher education social studies dbqs
Richard Nixon | The Watergate Scandal | Digital Learning Activity
Watergate is one of the most famous events in American History, but it can be hard to teach. We have laid it all out for you in this extremely engaging activity. We probe your students knowledge of all of the key aspects to the scandal. Digital and Paper Copies Included!This "Nixon and Watergate" Distance Learning Activity includes:1) Students will start this engaging activity with an analysis of the players involved in the Watergate scandal including, H.R. Haldeman, John Dean, Archibald Cox
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Full Year U.S. History Course | Distance Learning | Activity Bundle
Checks and Balances | Digital Learning Activity
A comprehensive and engaging lesson on the principle of Checks and Balances and its influence on the shaping of the American government. Students will test their knowledge with real and made up scenarios. Digital and Paper copies included!This "Checks and Balances" Distance Learning Activity Includes1) A graphic organizer-based activity that assess your students's comprehension of the branches of government and the impact that it has on the history of as well as the modern United States governme
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Foundations of America | Digital Learning | Unit Activity Bundle
World War II | Homefront Gallery Walk | Digital Learning Activity
There is no better way to facilitate an inclusive and engaging activity to help students immerse themselves in the past than for students to engage themselves in a WWII Homefront Gallery Walk!This "World War II Homefront Gallery Walk " Distance Learning Activity includes:1) A document-based "GALLERY WALK" activity that creates a unique opportunity for your students to engage with REAL, HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS and investigate the social lives of Americans during WWII. Your students will love walkin
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â World War II | Unit Activity | Digital Learning Bundle
American Imperialism Unit Activity Digital Learning Bundle
Do you need to update your activities, but don't have the time? Are you looking for "state of the art", innovative, and engaging activities to help your students comprehend the era of American Imperialism? Do you want to convert your class into a "21st century" learning environment? This bundle is what you need!This "American Imperialism Unit Activity" Bundle has everything you need to teach your students about the key events, people, conflicts, and pieces of legislation that shaped the era when
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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America in the 1970s and 1980s Digital Learning Deluxe Bundle
Do you need to update your activities, but don't have the time? Are you looking for "state of the art", innovative, and engaging activities to help your students comprehend the changes to America and the world in the 1960's? Do you want to convert your class into a "21st century" learning environment? This bundle is ONE OF A KIND! Digital and Paper Copies Included!This "America in the 1970's & 1980s Unit Activity" Bundle has everything you need to teach your students about the key events, pe
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Abolitionist Movement | Digital Learning Pack
The Abolitionist Movement NO PREP Distance Learning Pack. Do you need and in depth examination of the Abolitionist movement? Give your students the opportunity to look at original texts, analyze different members of movement, and express their feelings about the movement. This activity can be broken into different parts and service your class for multiple days with different discussion topics! Digital and Paper Copies Included!This "Abolition Now: The Anti-Slavery Movement" Distance Learning
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â Full Year U.S. History Distance Learning Deluxe Bundle
EDITABLE Multiple-Choice Tests / MCQ - AP European History / AP Euro - All Units
EDITABLE stimulus-based multiple-choice / MCQ test for each of the four periods for the AP European History curriculum. All questions are original, and modeled after the College Board format and difficulty. These are the tests I use on students to achieve pass rates of over 90%! Bundle includes the following:Bundle ContentsFour editable stimulus-based multiple-choice tests for each Period of AP European History (20 questions each; 80 total)Designed to progressively expose students to stimulus-ba
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â AP European History / AP Euro - Full Curriculum Bundle - Google Drive!
Introduction to Economics | Unit Activity Bundle
Are you an economics teacher looking for that perfect way to start your course? Are you a new teacher who needs great activities? Do you need to update your activities, but don't have the time? Are you looking for "state of the art", innovative, and engaging activities to help your students comprehend the basic foundational concepts behind economics? Do you want to convert your class into a "21st century" learning environment? This bundle is EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED! Digital and Paper Copies Incl
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Sacco and Vanzetti: Cold Case Files
Essential Question: How did the political climate of the United States post WWI lead to the outcome of the Sacco and Vanzetti trial?Nativism, Red Scare, Anarchy, they're all bleeding into the justice system as we dissect the case of Sacco & Vanzetti. Were they innocent or guilty? Did the justice system get it right? Using case files, evidence analysis, and crafting opinions, students will be able to analyze the case for themselves, identify the justice, or lack thereof, served. This analyt
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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AP US History / APUSH FRQ Pack: DBQ, LEQ, & SAQ Super Pack - All 9 Periods
The APUSH FRQ pack includes DBQs, LEQs, and SAQs for each of the nine periods in the AP US History curriculum. All questions are original, and modeled after the College Board format and difficulty. These are the written questions I use on students to achieve pass rates of over 90%! Bundle ContentsThree knowledge-based SAQs Four stimulus-based image SAQs (both image and written stimuli) Three challenging historiography SAQs Four LEQs spaced out evenly across the 9 Periods (one of each Continuity
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â APUSH / AP US History - Full Curriculum Bundle - Full Year - Google Drive
Wilson's 14 Points vs. Treaty of Versailles Primary Source Lesson/Activity
Looking to break away from delivering content through lecture, slideshows, and textbook readings. This lesson allows students to discover key content while practicing their primary source analysis and historical thinking skills. Through this collaborative activity, which is also designed using Google Docs to be distance-learning friendly, students will come out understanding the following two content objectives:Compare Wilson's 14 Points to the actual Treaty of Versailles to understand Wilson's
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Truman and Post World War II America | Digital Learning Activity
Do you need an activity that analyzes post World War II America, President Truman's "Fair Deal", and the reintegration of American GIs into American society? Read REAL documents from the era helping WWII vets in their attempt to return home. Digital and Paper Copies Included!This "Truman and Post World War II America" Distance Learning Activity includes:1) A document-based activity that will help your students understand what life was like in post-war America. After fighting in the bloodiest w
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â America in the 1950s | Digital Learning | Activity Bundle
Julius Caesar: Hero or Tyrant Primary Source and Analysis Activity
Students put their CSI skills to work as they consider the character qualities of heroes and traitors, read through primary and secondary accounts, and write about historical events before rendering a verdict in the case of Caesar vs. the Roman Senate. To some Julius Caesar is a hero who acted as needed to defy the corrupt Roman Senate and make life better for the Roman people. To others, Caesar was a man of selfish ambition and a threat to the Roman order. In this activity: students will de
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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AP World History: Modern FRQ / DBQ, LEQ, & SAQ Pack - All 4 Periods
The FRQ pack includes DBQs, LEQs, and SAQs for each of the four periods in the AP World History: Modern curriculum. All questions are original, and modeled after the College Board format and difficulty. These are the written questions I use on students to achieve pass rates of over 90%! Bundle includes the following:Three knowledge-based SAQsThree stimulus-based image SAQs Four challenging historiography SAQsLEQ for each of the four new AP World Periods (one of each Continuity and Change Over
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Reformation Document Analysis Writing Assignment DBQ Format
Assess your students understanding of the Protestant Reformation and Counter Reformation with ease with this DBQ Analysis Writing Assignment.This is a 6 document analysis writing activity to help students in viewing, analyzing, and processing primary source documents on the Protestant Reformation and reaction from the Catholic Church. A writing prompt follows the documents and requires students to consider and include all pieces.DBQ is a writing format that works well in a traditional classroom
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Great Depression | Photo Gallery Walk | Digital Learning Activity
There is no better way to facilitate an inclusive and engaging activity to help students immerse themselves in the past than for students to engage themselves in a Great Depression Gallery Walk.This "The Great Depression in Photos Gallery Walk " Distance Learning Activity includes:1) A document-based "GALLERY WALK" activity that creates a unique opportunity for your students to engage with REAL, HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS and investigate the social lives of Americans during the Great Depression. Your
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â The Great Depression and the New Deal | Digital Learning Activity Bundle
World War II | The War in the Pacific | Digital Learning Pack
World War II: The War in the Pacific NO PREP Distance Learning Pack! Are you looking for a way to connect your students to the events of the war in the Pacific? This unique activity will draw your students attention with first hand accounts of the events on the front. Students will read depictions and first hand accounts of real events that took place during the battles. Digital and Paper Copies Included!This "World War II: The Pacific Theatre " Distance Learning Pack includes:1) A set of q
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â World War II | Distance Learning | Digital Bundle
APUSH Period 6: Immigration & Gilded Age Source-Based Stations/Activity Bundle
Looking to add an engaging, student-centered focus to your AP United States History coverage of Period 6 topics of immigration and select Gilded Age topics. This activity bundle utilizes stations all aligned the 2019-20 APUSH curriculum updates and AP analysis skills. This station activity will engage students while also effectively covering a lot of essential topics. This station activity also includes two mini-lessons accompanied by an engaging PowerPoint and a printable/shareable Google Doc s
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Powers of Congress | The Legislative Branch | Digital Learning Activity
This objective for the powers of Congress will help your students understand the expressed and implied powers of Congress. Students will get the opportunity to examine these powers and think critically about why the Framers of the Constitution included these powers. Give your students everything they need to master this topic with this great activity. Digital and Paper Copies Included!This "The Powers of Congress" Distance Learning activity includes:1) 4 pages of engaging graphic organizers t
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â The Legislative Branch | Digital Learning | Activity Bundle
Emergence of Labor Unions | Digital Learning Activity
Labor Unions can be difficult to teach. We get it. They can be complex, and your students can get bored. If only there was a lesson that made unions, their goals, negotiation tactics, and the workers they represented easy to understand and interesting to learn about? This is the activity you've been looking for!This "Workers and Labor Unions" Distance Learning Activity includes: A document-based activity that assess your students's comprehension of the problems that plagued workers with the ris
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â The Gilded Age and Progressive Era | Digital Learning Activity Bundle
Workers and Labor Unions | Digital Learning Pack
Workers and Labor Unions NO PREP DISTANCE LEARNING PACK! Labor Unions can be difficult to teach. We get it. They can be complex, and your students can get bored. If only there was a lesson that made unions, their goals, negotiation tactics, and the workers they represented easy to understand and interesting to learn about? This is the activity you've been looking for!This "Workers and Labor Unions" Distance Learning Pack includes: A document-based activity that assess your students's comprehen
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â Gilded Age & Progressive Era | Digital Learning | Deluxe Bundle
The Rise of Imperial Japan - World War Two - Digital & Print!
This resource provides teachers with all the materials necessary to teach the history of totalitarianism, militarism and imperialism in Japan before WW2.This resource includes:In-depth and engaging article on the rise of militarism and totalitarianism in Japan, highlighting major events from the WW1 to the beginning of WW2Handout that promotes historical thinking concepts, focusing on analysis of historical significance - students are required to think critically about the information in the rea
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Kennedy | The Bay of Pigs and the Berlin Wall | Distance Learning Activity
Kennedy encountered some obstacles when he entered office. The Cold War had heated up and he needed to defuse some of these situations. Give your students the opportunity to work through some huge events like the Bay of Pigs and his time at the Berlin Wall. Digital and Paper Copies Included!This "Kennedy and the Cold War: The Bay of Pigs and the Berlin Wall" Distance Learning Activity includes:1) A document-based activity that will help your students understand the key concepts of foreign polic
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â America in the 1960's Distance Learning Activity Bundle
Renaissance Art | Gallery Walk | Digital Learning Activity
There is no better way to facilitate an inclusive and engaging activity to help students immerse themselves in the past and experience the cultural revolution of the Renaissance period. This bundle provides the tools you need to create a ONE OF A KIND experience! Digital and Paper Copies Included!This "Renaissance Art Gallery Walk" Distance Learning Activity includes:1) A document-based "GALLERY WALK" activity that creates a unique opportunity for your students to engage with REAL, HISTORICA
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Full Year World History | Distance Learning | Activity Bundle
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