In 335 B.C., Alexander the Great set out on a campaign to recapture former Greek cities and to expand his growing empire. Ten years into his campaign Alexander had never known defeat. He now controlled an empire that included Greece, Egypt, and the massive Persian Empire. His troops grew tired of war but Alexander wanted to push on into India. He makes an awesome speech to rally his men. This activity includes some background on Alexander the Greats campaigns, an Excerpt: Speech of Alexander the Great, 326 B.C. at Hydaspes River, India and questions about the reading. A great primary source activity.

This activity compares two conflicting primary source writings about the War of 1812 and examines why some wanted war with Great Britain while others saw it as a bad thing that would hurt the country and trade with other nations. After reading the primary sources the students will choose a side and answer this essential question: Should the United States have gone to War with Great Britain during the War of 1812? Included in the packet is the two primary sources, a guide in how to write a five paragraph essay, sentence starters for struggling students and a rubric.

Play a trivia game with your class and learn about the 13 American Colonies. Learn about the New England Colonies, Middle colonies, Southern Colonies, the Back Country and other fun colony facts. If you want you can edit questions to fit your class!

This is a game like Jeopardy that is very fun for the students. Your students will learn about different land forms, Geography terms and continents. I love to use this as a review as well when teaching. You can also easily edit questions to fit your needs.

Review the constitution with a Jeopardy like game. This can be easily modified to change questions if needed. Very fun and great for review!

A game similar to Jeopardy to help students learn about the Aztes, Incas, Pizzaro, and Hernan Cortes. You can easily modify the questions to fit you needs. Very fun and great for review

This is a fun lesson about the Sons of Liberty, and the Liberty Pole. Like the liberty tree the colonists would make liberty poles with flags showing their unity against the British and make speeches under them. In this lesson students would make a liberty pole and then write a speech about the grievances they had against the British. Have your students give a speech under the liberty pole! This lesson comes with a lesson plan, a rubric for how to make a flag for the liberty pole and a rubric for the protest speech. It also comes with four different flag templates

There are three different lessons in the packet on The Five Themes of Geography. One is a graphic organizer where students will draw pictures of the five different themes. One lesson is a chart and the other is a Microsoft word assignment with rubric for students who like to do it on the PC. The administrators are always telling teachers to differentiate your instruction so give your students a choice with three different lessons to choose from.

This speech was given by president Franklin Roosevelt the day after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. The lesson comes with his speech and questions. Below is the beginning of his speech: Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. The United States was at peace with that nation and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation with the government and its emperor looking toward the maintenance of peace in the Pacific........

This is a Jeopardy Trivia Game on the Industrial Revolution. Students will love to play this game and compete against each other. If you do not like a question it is easy to change. A great fun lesson your students will love.

There are three lessons on the Bill of Rights. One lesson discusses real life scenarios and how people are protected with the Bill of Rights. One Lesson is based on the Bill of Rights to get students to know their protections. The final lesson is vocab terms and questions.

This lesson on the Stamp Act comes with four primary source documents to read with questions. It also comes with a lesson plan and additional follow up questions on the Stamp Act.

This assignment is to create a song or Jingle on the Boston Massacre. It has two different rubrics and instructions about pitch, lyrics, melody and beat. It also has a teachable moment about the song Yankee Doodle and how the song came to be as it was originally an insult sung about Americans from British officers in the army. This is a lesson that students will love and they will never forget the Boston Massacre. Have them sing their songs to the class.

The students will try and solve the mystery of who fired the first shots at Lexington by looking at Primary sources, finding the main idea of the documents, making judgments and then writing up a detective report to explain what they discovered in a 5 paragraph essay format.

Who fired the first shot at the Battle of Lexington? Was it the British or the Minutemen? To this day it is still hotly debated. In this mock trial activity it puts the minutemen on trial to determine if they shot first. Students will look at three primary sources from conflicting accounts to determine what happened at the Battle of Lexington and to determine if the minutemen are innocent of guilty. What you get in the lesson: Three conflicting primary source accounts of the Battle of Lexington, a guide in how to hold the mock trial, and worksheets that are set up to prepare your students for the mock trial. ORDER IN THE COURT!

Have fun teaching about the Aztecs by playing a trivia game. Great for reviewing vocabulary, Aztec Culture, Conquistadors, and the fall of the Aztecs. It is also easy to change a question if you need to. This is also great to review before a test or quiz.

A primary source document with questions to help the students better understand the Emancipation Proclamation.

Have fun teaching your students about Ancient Egypt by playing a trivia game! It covers a lot of vocab like Papyrus, the Nile River, Pyramids, Embalming, the Sphinx, Pharaohs, Hieroglyphics, and more!

This is a great activity to better understand the Constitution. It has questions for each section of the Constitution. A great guide to help your students better understand the Constitution

Have fun teaching about the Aztecs by playing a trivia game. Great for reviewing vocabulary, Aztec Culture, Conquistadors, and the fall of the Aztecs. It is also easy to change a question if you need to. This is also great to review before a test or quiz.