I'm a high school teacher in the United States with more than 20 years experience teaching history and English! I believe in making learning fun and incorporating critical thinking skills, as well as building lessons that provide teacher convenience features!
I'm a high school teacher in the United States with more than 20 years experience teaching history and English! I believe in making learning fun and incorporating critical thinking skills, as well as building lessons that provide teacher convenience features!
Teacher Convenience Features in these New Imperialism Puzzle Worksheets
This New Imperialism Puzzle includes a variety of options designed to give teachers instant options. Designed for differentiated learning, each topic includes two puzzles versions so that two difficulty levels can be provided. First you will see a standard presentation with just the crossword grid and the lists of clues. On the very next page, however, you will see a “basic” version of the same puzzle. This one includes a word bank so that students who need more guided assistance can also succeed on the puzzles, learning along the way.
The answer key is also designed for teacher convenience. First you will see the puzzle grid filled in with the answers. This page also includes the clues for teacher reference. On the next answer page, you’ll find a handy table that pairs up each answer with its corresponding clue. This page will let you review terms and names with your students without having to hunt for the answers on a puzzle grid.
Ways to Use these New Imperialism Puzzle Worksheets
The information included on these puzzles matches what is typically presented in a high school history textbook, but of course if students have internet-capable devices – even their own smart phones, if that works per your school’s policies – they can always augment the textbook with a spot of online research.
These New Imperialism Worksheet puzzles work great for:
• Reviewing key concepts after the text has been read and discussed
• Homework assignments
• Sub plans – even months after imperialism has been taught, you can use these for emergency substitute lesson plans!
• Open-book New Imperialism tests
• New Imperialism fun quizzes
• Group / Cooperative Learning Activities
• History contest activities
These New Imperialism Crossword Puzzles Also Available:
• The Scramble for Africa
• Methods of Imperialism (includes resistance efforts)
• European Imperialism in the Muslim World
• The British in India
• British Empire Dominions: Canada
• British Empire Dominions: Australia and New Zealand
• British Empire Dominions: Ireland
• United States Imperialism
• The Spanish-American War
• Imperialism in Southeast Asia and the Pacific
U.S. Government Worksheet Puzzle Focusing on the how the powers of the United States Congress derive from the U.S. Constitution
These puzzles focus on helping students understand what the U.S. Constitution has to say about the powers Congress is authorized to exercise.
Differentiated Learning is Embedded in these U.S. Congress Crossword Puzzle Worksheets
This packet contains worksheets with two levels of difficulty to help teachers differentiate the material for their students. The first crossword included features a standard format with just the puzzle grid and the clues list.
The second crossword puzzle page, however, is intended for students that need learning aids – it also includes a Word Bank list that will assist students in filling out the puzzle by providing them with all of the possible answers. This “basic" level puzzle still requires students to think critically, though – they have to read each clue and figure out which word bank entry best suits it.
Teacher Convenience Features in these United States Congress Puzzle Worksheets
This packet includes a traditional crossword puzzle answer key that shows the words filled into their correct slots. However, to help teachers who want to conduct a class discussion on the terms, there is also an “Answer List” page that matches up the key words with their clues. This format means that teachers don’t have to hunt for answers on the grid when they are discussing items with the class!
U.S. Government Worksheet Puzzle Focusing on what it means to be a citizen!
These puzzles focus on the history and meaning of citizenship in the U.S., including the various ways in which diverse groups have been granted citizenship, as well as the rights and responsibilities that are part and parcel of being a citizen.
Differentiated Learning is Embedded in these U.S. Citizenship Crossword Puzzle Worksheets
This packet contains worksheets with two levels of difficulty to help teachers differentiate the material for their students. The first crossword included features a standard format with just the puzzle grid and the clues list.
The second crossword puzzle page, however, is intended for students that need learning aids – it also includes a Word Bank list that will assist students in filling out the puzzle by providing them with all of the possible answers. This “basic" level puzzle still requires students to think critically, though – they have to read each clue and figure out which word bank entry best suits it.
Teacher Convenience Features in these United States Citizenship Puzzle Worksheets
This packet includes a traditional crossword puzzle answer key that shows the words filled into their correct slots. However, to help teachers who want to conduct a class discussion on the terms, there is also an “Answer List” page that matches up the key words with their clues. This format means that teachers don’t have to hunt for answers on the grid when they are discussing items with the class!
In my own classes, I see the value of making learning fun. That’s why I try my best to develop activities and puzzles that students find engaging, even as they make a teacher’s professional life just a little bit easier!
This Industrial Revolution Crossword Puzzle Worksheet focuses on the impact that industrialization had on the lives of the men, women, and children who lived through it.
Teacher Convenience Features in this Industrial Revolution Puzzle
This Industrial Revolution Puzzle includes a variety of options designed to give teachers instant options. The puzzle included is designed for differentiated learning, with two difficulty levels provided. First you will see a standard presentation with just the crossword grid and the lists of clues. On the very next page, however, you will see a “basic” version of the same puzzle. This one includes a word bank so that students who need more guided assistance can also succeed on the puzzles, learning along the way.
The answer keys are also designed for teacher convenience. First you will see the puzzle grid filled in with the answers. This page also includes the clues for teacher reference. On the next answer page, you’ll find a handy table that pairs up each answer with its corresponding clue. This page will let you review terms and names with your students without having to hunt for the answers on a puzzle grid.
Ways to Use This Industrial Revolution Puzzle Worksheet
The information included on this puzzles matches what is typically presented in a high school history textbook, but of course if students have internet-capable devices – even their own smart phones, if that works per your school’s policies – they can always augment the textbook with a spot of online research.
This Industrial Revolution Worksheet puzzle works great for:
• Reviewing key concepts after the text has been read and discussed
• Homework assignment
• Sub plans – even months after industrialization has been taught, you can use these for emergency substitute lesson plans!
• Open-book Industrial Revolution test
• Industrial Revolution quiz
• Group / Cooperative Learning Activity
• History contest activity
Thanks for reading this far!
I wish you a very happy and productive school year, and lots of fun teaching!
Elise Parker
In my own classes, I see the value of making learning fun. That’s why I try my best to develop activities and puzzles that students find engaging, even as they make a teacher’s professional life just a little bit easier!
This Industrial Revolution Crossword Puzzle Worksheet focuses on the most basic issue of all when it comes to industrialization -- how and where it all started: the beginnings of industrialization!
Teacher Convenience Features in this Industrial Revolution Puzzle
This Industrial Revolution Puzzle includes a variety of options designed to give teachers instant options. The puzzle included is designed for differentiated learning, with two difficulty levels provided. First you will see a standard presentation with just the crossword grid and the lists of clues. On the very next page, however, you will see a “basic” version of the same puzzle. This one includes a word bank so that students who need more guided assistance can also succeed on the puzzles, learning along the way.
The answer keys are also designed for teacher convenience. First you will see the puzzle grid filled in with the answers. This page also includes the clues for teacher reference. On the next answer page, you’ll find a handy table that pairs up each answer with its corresponding clue. This page will let you review terms and names with your students without having to hunt for the answers on a puzzle grid.
Ways to Use This Industrial Revolution Puzzle Worksheet
The information included on this puzzles matches what is typically presented in a high school history textbook, but of course if students have internet-capable devices – even their own smart phones, if that works per your school’s policies – they can always augment the textbook with a spot of online research.
This Industrial Revolution Worksheet puzzle works great for:
• Reviewing key concepts after the text has been read and discussed
• Homework assignment
• Sub plans – even months after industrialization has been taught, you can use these for emergency substitute lesson plans!
• Open-book Industrial Revolution test
• Industrial Revolution quiz
• Group / Cooperative Learning Activity
• History contest activity
Thanks for reading this far!
I wish you a very happy and productive school year, and lots of fun teaching!
Elise Parker
U.S. Government Worksheet Puzzle Focusing on the ways in which people in the United States band together in cooperative associations to improve their local communities, states, nation, and the world!
These puzzles focus on the civic engagement, exploring a key facet of United States culture identified by Alexis de Tocqueville: the tendency of Americans to participate in groups, working together to identify problems and reform society.
Differentiated Learning is Embedded in these Civic Engagement Crossword Puzzle Worksheets
This packet contains worksheets with two levels of difficulty to help teachers differentiate the material for their students. The first crossword included features a standard format with just the puzzle grid and the clues list.
The second crossword puzzle page, however, is intended for students that need learning aids – it also includes a Word Bank list that will assist students in filling out the puzzle by providing them with all of the possible answers. This “basic" level puzzle still requires students to think critically, though – they have to read each clue and figure out which word bank entry best suits it.
Teacher Convenience Features in these Civic Engagement Puzzle Worksheets
This packet includes a traditional crossword puzzle answer key that shows the words filled into their correct slots. However, to help teachers who want to conduct a class discussion on the terms, there is also an “Answer List” page that matches up the key words with their clues. This format means that teachers don’t have to hunt for answers on the grid when they are discussing items with the class!
Do you need a couple of fun ways to get students more thoroughly engaged as you take them through key information about the British Empire during the era of New Imperialism? Look no further than this Queen Victoria's Empire Episode 2 Worksheet set!
Designed to go along with a showing of Episode 2 of the PBS series: Queen Victoria's Empire, this teaching guide will help students understand in detail how the British dealt with the most "valuable valuable jewel in the crown," their all-important colony of India. Along the way, students will also become acquainted with the Crimean War and the "missionary spirit" that would characterize so many aspects of the Age of New Imperialism.
This Queen Victoria's Empire teaching packet offers you and your students several different choices:
--Fill-in worksheet with 35 problems to help students focus in on the concepts that matter most; all problems presented in video order
--Fill-in worksheet as above, but including timestamps as well for teachers who like to offer their students this information
--Follow-up crossword puzzle with 17 clues and terms
--Answer keys for all activities
Do you need a couple of fun ways to get students more thoroughly engaged as you take them through key information about the British Empire during the era of New Imperialism? Look no further than this Queen Victoria's Empire Episode 3 Worksheet set!
Designed to go along with a showing of Episode 3 of the PBS series: Queen Victoria's Empire, this teaching guide will help students understand in detail issues such as the missionary impulse to spread Christianity to Africa, the explorations of famed Dr. Livingstone, the importance of the Suez Canal as a lifeline to India, and the debate raging back in England about imperialism itself, with Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladstone facing off with conservative and liberal views about the imperial enterprise.
This Queen Victoria's Empire teaching packet offers you and your students several different choices:
--Fill-in worksheet with 39 problems to help students focus in on the concepts that matter most; all problems presented in video order
--Fill-in worksheet as above, but including timestamps as well for teachers who like to offer their students this information
--Follow-up crossword puzzle with 18 clues and terms
--Answer keys for all activities
Help your students understand the Preamble as never before even as they engage in critical analysis skills, examining the Enumerated Powers of Congress as listed in Article I as they work their way through these Preamble and Enumerated Powers Worksheets.
Reading the Constitution is one thing, but thinking carefully and critically about it is far more valuable! This worksheet will give teachers the tools they need to help students analyze the Enumerated Powers of Congress. Many students find the Enumerated Powers rather boring, but there's no reason for that, not when they are given the opportunity to dive deep into the text and do a little close reading analysis!
Encourage Deep Learning with these U.S. Constitution Analysis Worksheets
The goal of these worksheets is to encourage students to think more deeply about how actions by Congress can serve the nation by fulfilling the goals of government listed in the Preamble. These goals are:
• to form a more perfect union
• to establish justice
• to ensure domestic tranquility
• to provide for the common defense
• to promote the general welfare
• to secure the blessings of liberty
Format of these Enumerated Powers Worksheets
In this activity, students are provided with a simplified list of the enumerated powers and are asked to classify them according to which goal of government they tend to serve.
For example, the Constitution specifies that Congress can establish and support a navy; this clearly relates to providing for the "common defense." Other powers will require them to think more deeply, however. What goal does the establishment of bankruptcy and copyright laws promote, for example?
My idea in writing this was to make the enumerated powers something the students could work with and consider instead of just a list we go over and they quickly forget. The way it is structured should lead students to a finer understanding of the Preamble as well.
Follow-Up Included with this Preamble and Enumerated Powers Worksheet
In the follow-up, students are challenged to think beyond the text and come up with their own list of powers that they would grant to Congress if they were designing the government from scratch.
Constitution Activities by Elise Parker
TEACH THANKSGIVING WITH HUMOR USING CRASH COURSE!
Few classroom strategies are as successful as this simple approach: make learning fun! That, or course, is easier said than done, but when it comes to teaching the history behind our modern Thanksgiving holiday, the YouTube series Crash Course U.S. History is a great place to start since it devotes an entire episode just to Thanksgiving!
The Thanksgiving episode of Crash Course contains about 12 minutes of content and is available to stream for free at the following link:
Timestamps or No Timestamps?
This packet will provide you with three resources to help you use the Thanksgiving episode with your classes:
• A student worksheet without timestamps
• A student worksheet with timestamps showing at which point in the video the needed information is presented
• A full context answer key. This contains the student questions, the answer (sometimes annotated with additional information), and the timestamps for each question.
About These Thanksgiving Video Worksheets
For the Thanksgiving episode, the worksheet contains 24 True/False problems for them to solve as student watch. All questions are presented in video order so that students can easily follow along, but these worksheets are not mere outlines that merely ask students to generate their own notes. Instead, they focus in on certain key issues that students watching the videos should master in order to have a clear and concise understanding of the topic under study.
Ideas for Using this Crash Course Thanksgiving Worksheet
Only a teacher knows what constitutes best use for a particular class, but I always find it helpful to see what creative approaches other teachers are using. Here are some good options for these worksheets.
• Standard use: Print off copies and have students complete them as they watch the video. Or send the copies electronically so students can complete them on tablet/laptop devices, if that is an option in your setting. Go over answers out loud if time permits (great for discussing/debriefing the video content) or collect papers to grade them more formally.
• Accommodate students who claim that the worksheets "go too fast:" Assign students to do only the evens or only the odds. After watching the video, pair students up to discuss and fill in missing answers.
• Create basic and advanced levels from the same worksheet: This is easily done by declaring that the "basic" level is odds-only (or evens-only) while the "advanced" level consists of all the questions.
In my own classes, I see the value of making learning fun. That’s why I try my best to develop activities and puzzles that students find engaging, even as they make a teacher’s professional life just a little bit easier!
This Industrial Revolution Crossword Puzzle Worksheet focuses on one of the primary reactions to industrialization: the development of labor unions to represent and defend the interests of the working class!
Teacher Convenience Features in this Industrial Revolution Puzzle
This Industrial Revolution Puzzle includes a variety of options designed to give teachers instant options. The puzzle included is designed for differentiated learning, with two difficulty levels provided. First you will see a standard presentation with just the crossword grid and the lists of clues. On the very next page, however, you will see a “basic” version of the same puzzle. This one includes a word bank so that students who need more guided assistance can also succeed on the puzzles, learning along the way.
The answer keys are also designed for teacher convenience. First you will see the puzzle grid filled in with the answers. This page also includes the clues for teacher reference. On the next answer page, you’ll find a handy table that pairs up each answer with its corresponding clue. This page will let you review terms and names with your students without having to hunt for the answers on a puzzle grid.
Ways to Use This Industrial Revolution Puzzle Worksheet
The information included on this puzzles matches what is typically presented in a high school history textbook, but of course if students have internet-capable devices – even their own smart phones, if that works per your school’s policies – they can always augment the textbook with a spot of online research.
This Industrial Revolution Worksheet puzzle works great for:
• Reviewing key concepts after the text has been read and discussed
• Homework assignment
• Sub plans – even months after industrialization has been taught, you can use these for emergency substitute lesson plans!
• Open-book Industrial Revolution test
• Industrial Revolution quiz
• Group / Cooperative Learning Activity
• History contest activity
Thanks for reading this far!
I wish you a very happy and productive school year, and lots of fun teaching!
Elise Parker
Do you need a couple of fun ways to get students more thoroughly engaged as you take them through key information about the era of New Imperialism? Look no further than this Queen Victoria's Empire Episode 1 Worksheet set!
Designed to go along with a showing of Episode 1 of the PBS series: Queen Victoria's Empire, this teaching guide will help students make those all-important connections between the industrial revolution and the onset of imperialism. Along the way, they will also gain valuable information about the Irish Potato Famine and Benjamin Disraeli's role as Prime Minister of Great Britain.
This Queen Victoria's Empire teaching packet offers you and your students several different choices:
--Fill-in worksheet with 37 problems to help students focus in on the concepts that matter most; all problems presented in video order
--Fill-in worksheet as above, but including timestamps as well for teachers who like to offer their students this information
--Follow-up crossword puzzle with 17 clues and terms
--Answer keys for all activities
Teacher Convenience Features in these New Imperialism Puzzle Worksheets
This New Imperialism Puzzle includes a variety of options designed to give teachers instant options. Designed for differentiated learning, each topic includes two puzzles versions so that two difficulty levels can be provided. First you will see a standard presentation with just the crossword grid and the lists of clues. On the very next page, however, you will see a “basic” version of the same puzzle. This one includes a word bank so that students who need more guided assistance can also succeed on the puzzles, learning along the way.
The answer key is also designed for teacher convenience. First you will see the puzzle grid filled in with the answers. This page also includes the clues for teacher reference. On the next answer page, you’ll find a handy table that pairs up each answer with its corresponding clue. This page will let you review terms and names with your students without having to hunt for the answers on a puzzle grid.
Ways to Use these New Imperialism Puzzle Worksheets
The information included on these puzzles matches what is typically presented in a high school history textbook, but of course if students have internet-capable devices – even their own smart phones, if that works per your school’s policies – they can always augment the textbook with a spot of online research.
These New Imperialism Worksheet puzzles work great for:
• Reviewing key concepts after the text has been read and discussed
• Homework assignments
• Sub plans – even months after imperialism has been taught, you can use these for emergency substitute lesson plans!
• Open-book New Imperialism tests
• New Imperialism fun quizzes
• Group / Cooperative Learning Activities
• History contest activities
These New Imperialism Crossword Puzzles Also Available:
• The Scramble for Africa
• Methods of Imperialism (includes resistance efforts)
• European Imperialism in the Muslim World
• The British in India
• British Empire Dominions: Canada
• British Empire Dominions: Australia and New Zealand
• British Empire Dominions: Ireland
• United States Imperialism
• The Spanish-American War
• Imperialism in Southeast Asia and the Pacific
Teacher Convenience Features in these New Imperialism Puzzle Worksheets
This New Imperialism Puzzle includes a variety of options designed to give teachers instant options. Designed for differentiated learning, each topic includes two puzzles versions so that two difficulty levels can be provided. First you will see a standard presentation with just the crossword grid and the lists of clues. On the very next page, however, you will see a “basic” version of the same puzzle. This one includes a word bank so that students who need more guided assistance can also succeed on the puzzles, learning along the way.
The answer key is also designed for teacher convenience. First you will see the puzzle grid filled in with the answers. This page also includes the clues for teacher reference. On the next answer page, you’ll find a handy table that pairs up each answer with its corresponding clue. This page will let you review terms and names with your students without having to hunt for the answers on a puzzle grid.
Ways to Use these New Imperialism Puzzle Worksheets
The information included on these puzzles matches what is typically presented in a high school history textbook, but of course if students have internet-capable devices – even their own smart phones, if that works per your school’s policies – they can always augment the textbook with a spot of online research.
These New Imperialism Worksheet puzzles work great for:
• Reviewing key concepts after the text has been read and discussed
• Homework assignments
• Sub plans – even months after imperialism has been taught, you can use these for emergency substitute lesson plans!
• Open-book New Imperialism tests
• New Imperialism fun quizzes
• Group / Cooperative Learning Activities
• History contest activities
These New Imperialism Crossword Puzzles Also Available:
• The Scramble for Africa
• Methods of Imperialism (includes resistance efforts)
• European Imperialism in the Muslim World
• The British in India
• British Empire Dominions: Canada
• British Empire Dominions: Australia and New Zealand
• British Empire Dominions: Ireland
• United States Imperialism
• The Spanish-American War
• Imperialism in Southeast Asia and the Pacific
U.S. Government Worksheet Puzzle Focusing on the Role of the Supreme Court in the U.S. Constitutional System!
These puzzles focus on how the Supreme Court does its work to interpret the Constitution, including methods of interpretation and court procedures for accepting, rejecting, and ruling on cases.
Differentiated Learning is Embedded in these Supreme Court Crossword Puzzle Worksheets
This packet contains worksheets with two levels of difficulty to help teachers differentiate the material for their students. The first crossword included features a standard format with just the puzzle grid and the clues list.
The second crossword puzzle page, however, is intended for students that need learning aids – it also includes a Word Bank list that will assist students in filling out the puzzle by providing them with all of the possible answers. This “basic” level puzzle still requires students to think critically, though – they have to read each clue and figure out which word bank entry best suits it.
Teacher Convenience Features in these Supreme Court Puzzle Worksheets
This packet includes a traditional crossword puzzle answer key that shows the words filled into their correct slots. However, to help teachers who want to conduct a class discussion on the terms, there is also an “Answer List” page that matches up the key words with their clues. This format means that teachers don’t have to hunt for answers on the grid when they are discussing items with the class!
25 Terms & Clues address the following concepts:
Advisory opinions
Amendments
Appeals process
Appellate jurisdiction
Appointments
Article III
Congress
Enforcement of court decisions
Federalism
Fundamental Principles
Jurisdiction
Landmark decisions
Life terms
Litigant
Modernism
Original Intent
Political considerations
Textualism
Thousands
Writ of Certiorari
Written opinions
U.S. Government Worksheet Puzzle Focusing on the First Amendment: Freedom of Assembly and Freedom of Petition
These puzzles focus on helping students understand two key freedoms embedded in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution -- Assembly and Petition, along with the closely related right known as Association, which is implied but not stated in the text itself.
Differentiated Learning is Embedded in these First Amendment Crossword Puzzle Worksheets
This packet contains worksheets with two levels of difficulty to help teachers differentiate the material for their students. The first crossword included features a standard format with just the puzzle grid and the clues list.
The second crossword puzzle page, however, is intended for students that need learning aids – it also includes a Word Bank list that will assist students in filling out the puzzle by providing them with all of the possible answers. This “basic" level puzzle still requires students to think critically, though – they have to read each clue and figure out which word bank entry best suits it.
Teacher Convenience Features in these Freedom of Assembly & Petition Puzzle Worksheets
This packet includes a traditional crossword puzzle answer key that shows the words filled into their correct slots. However, to help teachers who want to conduct a class discussion on the terms, there is also an “Answer List” page that matches up the key words with their clues. This format means that teachers don’t have to hunt for answers on the grid when they are discussing items with the class!
27 Terms & Clues address the following concepts:
Alexis de Tocqueville
Assembly
Association
Back Pay as a topic for petitions sent to Congress
Bonus Army
Civil Rights Movement
Communist Party
Congress
Email as a method of petition
English Common Law
State constitution protection of the rights of assembly and petition
Gag Rule to prevent right of petition from being used
Herbert Hoover
House of Commons
The relationship between the colonies and the British Parliament
Magna Carta
Massachusetts
New York
Nondiscrimination
Petition
Preventing Riots
Organizations allowed to discriminate
Public Forum
Slavery
Supreme Court
Right of petition as a means for non-voters to be heard
We the People Crossword Puzzles -- A Great Way to Preview and Review Material!
Looking for a fun way to get students engaged with lesson content and help them zero in on key concepts and important details about U.S. government and the U.S. Constitution? Puzzles work well!
This government crossword puzzle set is intended for use with Lesson 22 of We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution. As such, it dives deep into the role of Congress in the American constitutional system -- everything from how a bill becomes a law and how Congress makes decisions to the rules in the House and Senate and Congress' powers of investigation, including impeachment.
TWO DIFFERENT CROSSWORD PUZZLE SETS INCLUDED
Lesson 22 of We the People has a lot of content and I didn’t want to try to smash it all into a single puzzle. Nor did I want to neglect any important items in the lesson. Easy solution – I decided to just make multiple crossword puzzles for the lesson, and organize them according to logical themes!
Here’s what you’ll get in this We the People Worksheets Set for Lesson 22:
• Congressional Rules & Lawmaking Worksheet Materials
(Covers Pages 152 – 157)
o Crossword Puzzle (More challenging)
o Crossword Puzzle with Word Bank (For differentiated learning)
o Answer Grid (Provides full solution with clues there for convenience)
o Answer List (For review, discussion, and vocabulary study)
• Congressional Decision-Making & Investigations Worksheet Materials
(Covers Page 158 – 160)
o Crossword Puzzle (More challenging)
o Crossword Puzzle with Word Bank (For differentiated learning)
o Answer Grid (Provides full solution with clues there for convenience)
o Answer List (For review, discussion, and vocabulary study)
Differentiated Learning is Embedded in these We the People Crossword Puzzle Worksheets
This We the People Crossword Puzzle Packet contains worksheets with two levels of difficulty to help teachers differentiate the material for their students. The first crossword included features a standard format with just the puzzle grid and the clues list.
The second crossword puzzle page, however, is intended for students that need learning aids – it also includes a Word Bank list that will assist students in filling out the puzzle by providing them with all of the possible answers. This “basic” level puzzle still requires students to think critically, though – they have to read each clue and figure out which word bank entry best suits it.
U.S. Government Worksheet Puzzle Focusing on the Presidency of the United States!
These puzzles dive into the ways in which presidential powers have expanded over the nation's history, as well as the various means by which the president and his powers can be limited in the context of federalism, as well as the checks and balances that make up a three branch government.
Differentiated Learning is Embedded in these U.S. Presidency Crossword Puzzle Worksheets
This packet contains worksheets with two levels of difficulty to help teachers differentiate the material for their students. The first crossword included features a standard format with just the puzzle grid and the clues list.
The second crossword puzzle page, however, is intended for students that need learning aids – it also includes a Word Bank list that will assist students in filling out the puzzle by providing them with all of the possible answers. This “basic" level puzzle still requires students to think critically, though – they have to read each clue and figure out which word bank entry best suits it.
Teacher Convenience Features in these United States President Puzzle Worksheets
This packet includes a traditional crossword puzzle answer key that shows the words filled into their correct slots. However, to help teachers who want to conduct a class discussion on the terms, there is also an “Answer List” page that matches up the key words with their clues. This format means that teachers don’t have to hunt for answers on the grid when they are discussing items with the class!
U.S. Government Worksheet Puzzle Focusing on the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution!
These puzzles focus on the 4th Amendment, delving into matters of what makes a search and seizure legal or illegal under the U.S. Constitution as well as court decisions such as Mapp v. Ohio. The puzzles cover key concepts such as warrants, probable cause, and the exclusionary rule.
Differentiated Learning is Embedded in these U.S. Constitution Crossword Puzzle Worksheets
This packet contains worksheets with two levels of difficulty to help teachers differentiate the material for their students. The first crossword included features a standard format with just the puzzle grid and the clues list.
The second crossword puzzle page, however, is intended for students that need learning aids – it also includes a Word Bank list that will assist students in filling out the puzzle by providing them with all of the possible answers. This “basic" level puzzle still requires students to think critically, though – they have to read each clue and figure out which word bank entry best suits it.
Teacher Convenience Features in these United States Constitution Puzzle Worksheets
This packet includes a traditional crossword puzzle answer key that shows the words filled into their correct slots. However, to help teachers who want to conduct a class discussion on the terms, there is also an “Answer List” page that matches up the key words with their clues. This format means that teachers don’t have to hunt for answers on the grid when they are discussing items with the class!
18 True/False problems that serve as a complete review of the basics about Karl Marx and his theory of radical socialism. Plus, a coordinating "fix-it" worksheet that takes students back through those same basics a second time!
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How to Use These Karl Marx Review Worksheets
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This teaching packet is best used after students have some basic acquaintance with Karl Marx and his theory of radical socialism. Therefore ---
1) First, use your world history textbook or a video about Karl Marx to introduce students to the topic. In my teaching sequence, I usually start in on this right after we’ve covered the First Industrial Revolution and its impact on the people of Europe and especially England. This allows me to place Karl Marx’s ideas into a logical context – as a reaction to the dark side of industrialization.
2) The next time you see your students, tell them that they are going to do some review problems on Karl Marx. Proceed through the True/False worksheet, either passing it out for students to write on, or reading problems out loud while they record answers on their own paper.
3) Make reviewing the answers a learning activity by going through them as a class. See how long it takes students to realize that all 18 statements on the worksheet are true! Discuss each item with the class to help them remember better. Alternately, follow the “reward game” procedure detailed on the True/False Answer Key Page.
4) Use the rest of the class period to do follow-up Karl Marx activities. Perhaps a primary source reading, another kind of supplemental reading, or a short video about Karl Marx. One of my favorites is “Manifestoon,” available for free on YouTube. This 12-minute video consists of a voice reading the verbatim text of the Communist Manifesto while vintage cartoons illustrating the concepts play. You can find “Manifestoon” at the following web address:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbTIJ9_bLP4
5) On the next school day, announce that today there is going to be a quiz to see how much they learned from the True/False review. Or describe it as a quiz to see who was paying attention during the review!
6) Pass out the Fix-it Worksheet and provide students with time to work.
7) Either collect papers and correct them using the provided key, or go through the answers out loud with the class while students correct their own or a classmate’s paper. In some cases, students may come up with valid solutions that differ from the answer key, since there is more than one way to transform some of the error-laden problems into true statements.
Happy teaching,
Elise Parker