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.

Teach students about current events in many different ways. There are 16 different current event lessons allowing you to change up how you teach current events week after week. There are graphic organizers, persuasive writing assignments, summarizing articles, article analysis worksheets, rubrics, and a text feature assignment all based on current events. 1. Current Events Worksheet 2. Front Page Current Event Activity 3. Current Event Political Cartoon Worksheet 4. Current Events Group Work Activity 5. Developing the Front Page Worksheet 6. Political Cartoons: Current Event Worksheet 7. Current Event Text Features and Predictions Worksheet 8. Bias in the News Worksheet 9. Analyzing Political Cartoons Worksheet 10. Article Analysis Worksheet 11. Post-Book News Website Design Worksheet 12. 5 Different Current Events Graphic Organizers

Have fun teaching the parts of the story by playing a trivia game! This is a great way to review the parts of a story without boring your students!

This packet contains 32 character ed. lessons that deal with a variety of topics. Here are the lessons in the packet: 1. Showing Respect 2. Quitters Never Win 3. Online Safety 4. Preventing and Solving Conflicts Outside the Classroom 5. Preventing and Solving Conflicts inside the Classroom 6. Respect 7. Ranking Your Values 8. Good Sportsmanship 9. The Qualities of Good Sportsmanship 10. True Sportsmanship 11. Respectful at the Park 12. Respectful 13. Responsible 14. Ready to Learn 15. Resolution to Succeed: Abraham Lincoln 16. You Are Judged How You Act: Actor Harrison Ford 17. Overcoming Hardship: Actor Jim Carrey 18. Never Stop Trying: Inventor Thomas Edison 19. Determination: Restaurant Owner Colonel Sanders 20. Taking Responsibility: General Dwight D. Eisenhower 21. Never Give Up: Author Steven King 22. Failure is Sometimes a Lesson Learned: Founder of Sony, Akio Morita 23. Surround Yourself with the Right People: Apple Steve jobs 24. Never Stop Trying: Basketball Player Michael Jordan 25. Be Respectful 26. Recognizing Respectful Behaviors 27. Be Responsible 28. Recognizing Responsible Behaviors 29. Be Ready to Learn 30. Recognizing Ready to Learn Behaviors 31. Reflection letter to parents about grades and school 32. School Scenarios and How to Handle Them Please note that this is a collection of many of my different Character Ed Lessons and some of these lessons can be bought separate from this workbook, but this packet is the best deal. Get the whole packet here and save!

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 single digit addition. You can easily change a question as well if you have your own questions you want to ask. Have fun learning!

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.

Students will play this weather game to choose different pictures and definitions of weather like raining, snowing, and sunny weather. Great way to use technology in the classroom playing this game.

This packet comes with the Potsdam declaration and follow up questions. The dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki remains among the most controversial events in history. It has been debated ever since by historians whether the bombings were necessary, what effect they had on bringing the war with Japan to an end. There were other options that the United States could have used to end the war, but the new super weapon was used not only to end the war with Japan but to show off the new atomic bombs the United States had and to the Soviet Union and other adversaries ushering in the start of the cold war. The Potsdam declaration was signed just a few weeks before the United States dropped the atomic bombs on Japan laying the groundwork for Japans surrender.

A fen stem challenge where students build a simple helicopter. The team that gets their helicopter to hover the longest wins! Here is what is in the packet: 1. Teacher Guide 2. Prototype Worksheets 3. Results/Reflection Worksheet

Have fun learning about the periodic table by playing a trivia game. This is a great tool to use as a review of the periodic table. I like dividing the class up and having them compete! Each question can be easily edited if needed to fit the needs of your class. Have fun in science class!

This is a SGA packet to get your Student Government Association up and running. All the documents are editable to make it fit your student government program. Documents included in this packet: 1. SGA Constitution (Governing document) 2. Election ballot template 3. Peace week packet 4. Spirit week document 5. Fundraiser Documents and Flyer Templates 6. Pre-Election PowerPoint 7. Pre-Election sign up documents 8. Pre-Election Posters

This essay activity looks at primary sources and quotes about the conditions at Valley Forge and George Washington's concerns about the Continental Army. Here is what is in the packet: 1. 2 primary sources about the conditions of the army. One is from George Washington and another is from a surgeon that is helping wounded soldiers. 2. There is a rubric for "How to write an essay" as well as a how to write an essay guide. 3. There is a document that gives struggling students helpful tips for writing and sentence starters. 4. There is a Valley Forge: Quotes from the past reading with questions to answer about the quotes. It includes an answer key.

Monroe Doctrine with questions.

This packet contains a large amount of worksheets, short readings, lessons, PowerPoint’s and Trivia Games for an American History class from the Founding of America through the Civil War. Here is what is in the packet: 1. Pocahontas Saves John Smith Primary Source Letter Activity (4 Pages) 2. US History 13 Colonies Trivia Game 3. American Revolution Boston Massacre Create Song or Jingle (5 Pages) 4. American Revolution Jeopardy Trivia Game 5. American Revolution Puppet Show: Sugar Act, Tea Act, Stamp Act, and more with Rubric, lesson plan, outline for play and parent letter 6. Boston Massacre 5 Paragraph Essay: Primary Source activity (6 pages) 7. Boston Massacre Mock Trial Activity (14 Pages) 8. Boston Massacre Lesson with questions (3 Pages) 9. Boston Massacre PowerPoint Presentation: Propaganda in the Picture 10. John Adams Independence Day: Primary Source with follow up questions 11. Lexington Mock Trial (15 Pages) 12. Liberty Pole Project (6 Pages) 13. Paul Revere Poem 3 lessons 14. Stamp Act Activity with Primary Sources and Questions 15. US History American Revolution Tableau Skit 5 Different Lessons 16. US History Declaration of Independence July 4th Tableau Skit 17. Valley Forge 5 Paragraph Essay 18. Bill of Rights Writing Unit 6 lessons (30 pages) 19. Bill of Rights Packet 20. Bill of Rights Tableau Skit Activity 21. Bill of Rights Trivia Game 22. Constitution And Bill of Rights Worksheet Packet (18 pages) 23. Constitution Study Guide (14 Pages) 24. Cherokee Removal Essay 25. Frederick Douglas The Hypocrisy of American Slavery 1852 Lesson 26. Industrial Revolution Jeopardy Trivia Game Fun Stuff 27. Industrial Revolution Morse Code 28. Jefferson Trivia Game 29. Mexican American War Essay activity 30. Missouri Compromise: Jefferson’s prediction of Civil War to come 31. Monroe Doctrine 32. Star Spangled Banner Summary Activity 33. The War of 1812 This is a 7 lesson unit (11 pages) 34. War 1812 essay 35. War of 1812 Puppet Show 36. Civil War New Technologies: Several short articles with questions about Civil War Technology and a writing activity. Answer Keys included (13 Pages) 37. Civil War Trivia Game 38. Civil War Review Game 39. Emancipation Proclamation: Short article with questions 40. Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln with follow up questions. 41. How the North won the Civil War: Worksheets 42. Five Themes of Geography Lesson 43. 5 Themes of Geography Trivia Game 44. Current Events several different lessons 45. History Space: Use with any historical character. 46. Land Forms Trivia Game Hundreds of pages of Lessons, Games and Activities!

This packet contains 12 pages of lessons and worksheets on immigration. Here is what is in the packet: 1. Worksheet on Ellis Island with short reading and questions. 2. Ellis Island questions before entry worksheet. 3. Worksheet that looks at the difference between the words: Emigrate,Immigrate and Migrate 4. Activity called Hall of Fame for Immigrants with rubric and template for project. 5. Famous American Immigrants: Albert Einstein short read with questions 6. Famous American Immigrants: Hakeem Olajuwan short read with questions 7. Famous American Immigrants: Arnold Schwarzenegger short read with questions 8. Famous American Immigrants: Michael J. Fox short read with questions 9. Famous American Immigrants: Gloria Estefan short read with questions

The black plague website used in this activity was created by me and the link is included in the packet. It has a three page worksheet that takes the students on a journey through Europe during the black plague. Change the way you teach by using this activity!

This American Civil War webquest assignment uses a website that was created to take students through the causes of the civil war, the advantages that both the North and the South had, and the technological advancement that the war had like the iron clad ships, the telegraph, railroads and more. The packet comes with 3 worksheets to help guide the students. There is even a short video on the webquest that the students will enjoy. This assignment will take about 60 minutes for students to complete. There is also an answer key that is included

This packet contains over 30 different technology lessons, teaching ideas, and more. I sell a few of these lessons separately, but it is bundled here for a much better deal. I have been teaching Technology for a long time and these are some of my best lessons. Here is what is in the packet: 1. Online safety lessons: Several worksheets on safety and an Online Safety Pledge. 2. Frames Animation News Cast Current Event with Rubric 3. Prezi Me Project with Rubric 4. Bill of Rights Prezi Project with Rubric 5. Frames Animation: Project on Famous Inventor with Rubric 6. A four day course to teach students how to do simple coding. 7. Scratch Greeting Card Project: Create an animated Greeting Card. Teach students how to code out a simple animated card with block coding. Includes Rubric. Anyone should be able to teach this with little to no coding experience! 8. Scratch Pong Game: Teach students how to code out a simple game with block coding. Includes Rubric. Anyone should be able to teach this with little to no coding experience! 9. A list of simple coding projects with tutorials. Anyone should be able to teach this with little to no coding experience! 10. Create a catch game with Code: Anyone should be able to teach this with little to no coding experience! There are tutorials! 11. Go animate: Create an Animated Newscast. 12. Publisher: Create a country brochure 13. PowerPoint Project: More advanced PowerPoint Project that includes how to build out a quiz. 14. Blogging 15. Current events worksheet 16. History Space Social Media Activity 17. PowerPoint Project American revolution 18. Publisher: Planets Project creating a brochure with rubric 19. How to Write a Resume: Complete guided out lesson with sample. 20. QR coded project with video to learn how to do it. Note that a few of these lessons need additional programs you may have to purchase. Some have trials that can be used instead of buying them. If you have Microsoft Office, or adapt the Office lessons to Google Docs, than you should be able to do most of the projects without purchasing more programs.

This packet looks at the different technologies that shaped the American Civil War. Here is what is in the packet: 1. Ironclads, Submarines, and Balloon Technology worksheet with answer key 2. Gun and Bullet Technology worksheet with answer key 3. Railroads: Advantage The North worksheet with answer key 4. The Telegraph And Photography worksheet with answer key 5. Essay writing activity that is used with the 4 worksheets above on American Civil War Technology. It includes a how to write your essay guide, a Helpful Hints Writing Guide, and Rubric.