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!

Have fun playing a trivia game about landforms. Great for review or to get students excited about the subject.

Emperor Hirohito gives a speech to the Japanese people to end World War II. This packet comes with follow up questions for the students. Great primary source activity.

Monroe Doctrine with questions.

In 1872 Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for casting an illegal ballot in the presidential election. She was furious at the injustice and embarked on a speaking tour to push for female voting rights. Below is a speech she gave about the female voting rights issue. The 19th Amendment allowed women to vote in 1920. Susan B. Anthony never paid the fine. In the lesson there is a speech she gave in 1873 explaining why women should have the right to vote. The lesson also comes with follow up questions.

Students will debate the First Amendment in school in a fun and engaging activity that they can connect to real life. They will be debating whether or not the students had a constitutional right to publish the school newspaper based on the Bill of Rights and the First Amendment. What you get: 1. A one and a half page short read of the event, an explanation of the Bill of Rights that relates to the issue and a list of arguments for both sides. 2. A few questions to get the students to think beyond what they just read. 3. A worksheet that will help the students write out and prepare for the debate

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

Have fun playing a Civil War Trivia game in your class! This game covers generals, battles, fun facts and other Civil War related questions. You can also edit questions if you want to change a question to meet what your class is studying.

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 lesson comes with the primary source of John Adams letter to his wife about Independence Day and how it will be celebrated for years to come. This lesson also comes with a page of follow up questions. This letter is a really amazing look at how they thought so long ago.

This packet includes two lessons. One is a primary source from Eisenhower discussing D-Day and addressing his troops with follow up questions. The other is a Primary Source from Roosevelt giving a prayer instead of a speech while D-Day is under way with follow up questions.

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.

Lesson includes lesson page for teachers, a rubric, a break down page of the law or act the student group will use to better understand the law, and a donation letter to get supplies from parents for the puppets. Students will create a puppet show based on one of the British laws leading up to the American Revolution: • Proclamation of 1763 • Quartering Act • Sugar Act • Stamp Act • Declaratory Act • Townshend Acts • Intolerable Acts • Tea Act The students will write out a short dialog for their puppet show and then create their puppets. Then they will put on the puppet show! This is a very fun activity your students will not forget!

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.

Here is what you get: 1. A map activity about Alexander the Greats empire 2. Short one page read about wether Alexander the Great was a villain or a hero. 3. A graphic organizer for Alexandr the Great to determine if he was a Hero or Villain with questions. 4. A list of Alexander the greats accomplishments and interesting facts. 5. A political cartoon activity with questions. 6. A short read about Alexander Battling Porus and the Elephant Army in India with questions. Includes some primary sources. 7. Alexanders Primary source speech at the Hydaspes River in India with questions. 8. History Space Worksheet 9. Confucius Youvid Worksheet 10. Confucius Instafame worksheet 11. Confucius on Kicker worksheet A few of these worksheets are sold separately, but the best deal is this packet.

This packet contains a variety of activities for Hernan Cortes and the Aztecs. Here is what is included in the packet: 1. Three primary source readings with questions. 2. Political Cartoon activity 3. Hernan Cortes on Kicker 4. History Space Activity 5. Hernan Cortes Instafame Account 6. Hernan Cortes Youvid account 7. Debate guide worksheet debating the essential question: Was Hernan Cortes a Hero or a Villain? I have some items in this packet that are sold separately, but get all my stuff on Hernan Cortes and the Aztecs in this packet and save.

Put President Harry Truman on trial for dropping the Atomic Bombs on Japan! This lesson helps to guide students through a mock trial and gives them the tools to help conduct it. It comes with worksheets to set everything up from the opening statements to the questioning of the witnesses to the verdict. It also comes with a primary source about the bombings of Japan and a short read about the pros and cons of dropping the Atomic Bombs on Japan.

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 judgements and then writing up a detective report to explain what they discovered.

What better way to teach the Boston Massacre than to have a mock trial! Examine some of the primary sources and depositions from the actual trial to include the accusations that the British soldiers faced after the Boston massacre for shooting into the crowd. The students will act out the roles of the witnesses, the lawyers, the Judge and jury. What you get. 4 primary source accounts of the events of the Boston Massacre (this will be your witnesses) Instructions on how to run your trial that is all laid out for your defense team and prosecution team to set up your trial of the British soldiers to include: Order of Operations for the trial: 1) Opening Statements: - Prosecution Team - Defense Team 2) Calling of witnesses: - Prosecution Team - Defense Team 3) Additional Questions by group - Prosecution Team - Defense Team 4) Closing arguments - Prosecution Team - Defense Team 5) Deliberations and verdict by jury Your students will love this activity!

There are 6 lessons on the Missouri Compromise. One of the lessons is sold separately, but get the packet for a much better deal. Here is what is in the packet: 1. Thomas Jefferson's letter about his concerns with the Missouri Compromise with questions. Great primary source! 2. Missouri Compromise Political Cartoon Activity 3. Thomas Jefferson Kicker Activity 4. A short reading activity on the Missouri Compromise with Questions. 5. Missouri Compromise Insta-Fame Activity: (A great social media spoof) 6. Missouri Compromise You-Vid Activity