The activity provide four primary documents that students must analyze on an accompanying worksheet. Students are analyzing what influential and common people of the United States so passionately believed in Manifest Destiny. Powerpoinst also included: California Gold Rush and Texas Independence and Mexican American War Total Pages 4 Teaching Duration 70 Minutes

In this web quest, students will learn about the Missouri compromise, the compromise of 1850, Harpers Ferry and the election of 1860. Students will research the growing rift between the North and the South and the attempts to keep the country united. Provided are links for each of the questions. To be directed to the links, students just need to click on the link with their mouse. If you have any questions or comments please right it down below. Enjoy! Powerpoint is also included

This video guide will explore how Carnegie, JP Morgan, Edison, Rockefeller and Henry Ford built and transformed the United States into a World Power. Students will watch both episode 7 and 8. Links are provided for the videos. The first video is a short clip on the traits of successful leaders and the vision that they had for America The second video reviews their rise to prominence. The third video discusses Henry Ford, the end to their monopolies and the ushering progressive era and workers rights. Total Pages 4 Teaching Duration 2 hours

In groups of three or four, students will study a pivotal Civil War battle and technology that made the Civil War one of the first modern war. There are 10 key battles and new technologies that students can select from. There are three roles in this project: Historian, Artist and Thespian. The Historian will study the battle and answer 10 questions relating the the battle. They should put this on a powerpoint presentation or a Prezi. The Artist will draw an overhead view of the battle, so students can have a visual of the battle that occurred. Make sure they include arrows and directions for troop movement. The Thespian is in charge of creating a 45 second play of the battle as well as studying the technology. Recommended-Students will need technology for this project. Attached is also a video guide that introduces the civil war to your students.

This video guide is for the 2012 movie Lincoln. There are 12 questions and an essay piece at the end. Times are located by the question to assist students with the questions. No answer key is provided.

Inventions that transformed the World Students will study seven key inventions and innovations that occurred during the Industrial Revolution and research how the innovations transformed world. Following their research, students will rate the inventions in terms of importance 1-7. Students are to do this after researching each of the inventions. Students will need technology for this assignment. There are online links and resources provided to aid students in their research. activity time: 45 minutes

These bell ringers/ bell work/ class starters are an excellent way to motivate your students for the upcoming lesson, manage your classroom, and assess student comprehension. These bell ringer prompts allow you to smoothly transition into your lesson. A majority of the bell ringer questions also have projects and activities or video links that accompany the question (some are free, some are paid). In this bundle there are over 210 prompt ideas addressing many different topics that you can give to your class! I used these questions everyday to Segway into my history lesson that day. These Bell ringer questions are geared towards students from 7th to 10th grade. Topics: Getting pumped for the upcoming school year Introducing Social Studies American Revolution US Constitution/Bill of Rights/making laws US Civil War Imperialism Industrial Revolution Progressive movement-immigration women and workers rights World War 1 1920's Great Depression World War 2 Cold War The Modern World-1990 to today Politics Finance Psychology technology