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
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.
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.
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!
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.
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........
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.
The stories of Pocahontas and John Smith have been told many times but their story has been told in many different ways. The way Disney chooses to tell the story in the Pocahontas movie conflicts with primary source documents of John Smith at the time. Students will read two primary source documents by John Smith that are different accounts of how he was saved by Pocahontas and then watch the Disney video clip where Pocahontas saves John Smith in the movie Pocahontas. Students will notice that one of the primary sources does not match up to the movie. I use to call this lesson the angry letters to Disney because most students will be upset that Disney chooses fiction and excitement over what may have really happened. Of course this is a whole new lesson about why you cannot always believe what you see T.V. This is a very fun activity your students will love and remember.
Your students will write a formal letter to Disney explaining whether or not they liked the Movie and if it was truthful or misleading. Then send the letters to Disney and wait for their response!
What you get in this 5 page packet. Two primary sources form John Smith, a rubric and a how to write your letter example, also notes/lesson plan for the teacher.
Have some fun in your class! This 21 question trivia game will keep your students excited about learning and will change things up from your boring worksheets. Make a few teams in your class and have them compete! Questions are based on the American Revolution. You can easily change a question as well if you have your own questions you want to ask. Have fun learning!
Want to have a fun time in class while learning. Try playing a trivia game about the Bill of Rights. This game covers all 10 Bill of Rights. You will love it!
Have some fun in your class! This 21 question trivia game will keep your students get excited about learning and will change things up from your boring worksheets. Make a few teams in your class and have them compete! Questions are based on the American Civil War. You can easily change a question as well if you have your own questions you want to ask. Have fun learning!
There are 5 lessons on Genghis Khan. Here is what is in the packet:
1. Comparing Genghis Khans Empire to Others Worksheet with Answer Key
2. Map Activity of Genghis Khans Empire Worksheet with Answer Key
3. Genghis Khan Rise to Power Reading Activity and Questions Worksheet with Answer Key
4. Genghis Khans Insta-Fame Drawing Activity Worksheet
5. Genghis Khans You-Vid Activity Worksheet
Learn about Confucius in a fun and exciting way.
There are six lessons on Confucius.
Here is what is in the packet:
1. Analyzing famous quotes from Confucius worksheet with answer key.
2. Confucius political cartoon worksheet
3. Confucius on Kicker worksheet
4. History Space worksheet
5. Confucius on Instafame
6. Confucius on Youvid
This is an activity where students will find the main idea and then create a tableau/skit. Each group will be assigned one of the ten Bill of Rights. Students will create a tableau (a frozen scene) where each student is part of the scene by freezing in four different pictures representing their amendment. After each frozen screen the student will come to life for a brief second to state his/her line and then refreeze. Students are to use the chart below to plan out their scenes and lines. This comes with 5 pages to include lesson plans, student planning sheet and Bill of Right Main Idea worksheet
This is a packet that contains everything you need to hold a mock trial. The packet sets up the mock trial with a short story where the principal has edited the school news paper. Put the principal on trial and see what the jury decides. The packet will guide the prosecution team and the defense team through the trial setting up opening arguments, questioning and closing statements. This is a fun activity that the students will love.
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 or edit the question. A great fun lesson your students will love.
The stories of Pocahontas and John Smith have been told many times but their story has been told in many different ways. The way Disney chooses to tell the story in the Pocahontas movie conflicts with primary source documents of John Smith at the time. Students will read two primary source documents by John Smith that are different accounts of how he was saved by Pocahontas and then watch the Disney video clip where Pocahontas saves John Smith in the movie Pocahontas. Students will notice that one of the primary sources does not match up to the movie. I use to call this lesson the angry letters to Disney because most students will be upset that Disney chooses fiction and excitement over what may have really happened. Of course this is a whole new lesson about why you cannot always believe what you see T.V. This is a very fun activity your students will love and remember.
Your students will write a formal letter to Disney explaining whether or not they liked the Movie and if it was truthful or misleading. Then send the letters to Disney and wait for their response!
What you get in this 5 page packet. Two primary sources form John Smith, a rubric and a how to write your letter example, also notes/lesson plan for the teacher.
This is a good size lot of Boston Massacre Material with many fun engaging lessons.
Here is what is in the packet:
1. Boston Massacre: Primary Sources with Questions
2. Social Media Activities: Kicker, Insta-Fame and Youvid Account
3. Picture Analysis Worksheet
4. Newspaper primary source article with letter to the editor activity that includes rubric.
5. Crispus Attucks: article with questions and answer key