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Check out the complete units!! Each unit comes with PowerPoint lectures which include presenter notes and video clips, worksheets, warmups, activities, review crossword, , assessment and daily lesson plans. Detailed lesson plans make no prep necessary, just copy/paste into your lesson plans. Everything is usable. Everything is planned. This bundle has everything you need to teach all about each unit of psychology! They really are, "such a time saver."

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Check out the complete units!! Each unit comes with PowerPoint lectures which include presenter notes and video clips, worksheets, warmups, activities, review crossword, , assessment and daily lesson plans. Detailed lesson plans make no prep necessary, just copy/paste into your lesson plans. Everything is usable. Everything is planned. This bundle has everything you need to teach all about each unit of psychology! They really are, "such a time saver."
Bread and Circuses Infotext & Primary Source Analysis(Ancient Rome)
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Bread and Circuses Infotext & Primary Source Analysis(Ancient Rome)

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Bread and Circuses Infotext & Primary Source Analysis teaches students how the emperors of Rome used free food and extravagant events to entertain and pacify their citizens. Students read about the methods emperors used, and then move on to a first hand account from the Roman statesman, Seneca, of the bloody gladiator fights to the death. The final two questions from this resource links the Roman games of 2000 years ago to America today. This is an engrossing and important activity linking past to present. This can be used in class or as homework as it’s a completely stand alone assignment. Save some money & make it easy on yourself by grabbing this amazing product, along with the entire Ancient Rome unit including PowerPoints, worksheets, lesson plans, review and assessment. Get Ancient Rome Unit Bundled. Related: • Ancient Rome Video Questions - Youtube Video Link included • Ancient Rome PowerPoints • Fall of Rome Mini-Book Project • Persecution of Christians in Rome Primary Source Activity • The Punic Wars & Roman Imperialism Infotext Analysis • Romulus & Remus Myth, Roman Religion, Education & Social Classes • Rome Crossword Puzzle Review • Ancient Rome Unit Bundled More to come. "Follow me" to be the first to know about new products and free stuff.
Romulus & Remus Myth, Roman Religion, Education & Social Classes (Ancient Rome)
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Romulus & Remus Myth, Roman Religion, Education & Social Classes (Ancient Rome)

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Romulus & Remus Myth, Roman Religion, Education & Social Classes .This multi purpose informational text teaches students about the Romulus and Remus myth and compares it to another birth story, the Aeneas Legend. Through the Aeneas Legend primary source excerpt, students learn how the Romans linked their birth story to the Greeks. Students also explore the Roman/Greek religion and education in Rome. Finally students read about the two classes in Rome, the Patricians and the Plebeians. This can be used in class or as homework as it’s a completely stand alone assignment. Save some money & make it easy on yourself by grabbing this amazing product, along with the entire Ancient Rome unit including PowerPoints, worksheets, lesson plans, review and assessment. Get Ancient Rome Unit Bundled. Related: • Ancient Rome Video Questions - Youtube Video Link included • Persecution of Christians in Rome Primary Source Activity • Ancient Rome PowerPoints • Fall of Rome Mini-Book Project • The Punic Wars & Roman Imperialism Infotext Analysis • Bread and Circuses Infotext & Primary Source Analysis • Rome Crossword Puzzle Review • Ancient Rome Unit Bundled More to come. "Follow me" to be the first to know about new products and free stuff.
Ancient Greek Olympics Activity
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Ancient Greek Olympics Activity

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Ancient Greek Olympics Activity begins with students reading informational text about the ancient Greek Olympics. Students continue by writing a newspaper article from one of three point of views. This can be used in class or as homework as it’s a completely stand alone assignment. Save some money by getting this product along with the entire unit. Go to Ancient Greece Unit Bundled. Related: • Ancient Greece PowerPoints • Alexander the Great Primary Source Worksheet • Ancient Greece Video Questions - Youtube Video Link Included • Greek Gods Small Group Activity • Aristotle's Primary Source Worksheet • Ancient Greece Crossword Puzzle Review • Ancient Greece Unit Bundled • Ancient Rome Unit - PPTs, Worksheets, Lesson Plans+Test More stuff on the way! Follow me to be the first to know about new products! Also, follow me on Pinterest.
Greek Gods Small Group Activity
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Greek Gods Small Group Activity

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This fun Greek Gods Small Group Activity helps students remember, practice and apply their knowledge of 11 Greek gods and goddess by presenting scenarios to the class. Save some money by getting this product along with the entire unit. Go to Ancient Greece Unit Bundle . Gods and Goddess Covered Zeus Hera Apollo Artemis Athena Dionysus Poseidon Aphrodite Demeter Hermes Hades Related: • Ancient Greece PowerPoints • Alexander the Great Primary Source Worksheet • Ancient Greece Video Questions - Youtube Video Link Included • Ancient Greek Olympics Activity • Aristotle's Primary Source Worksheet • Ancient Greece Crossword Puzzle Review • Ancient Greece Unit Bundled • Ancient Rome Unit - PPTs, Worksheets, Lesson Plans+Test More stuff on the way! Follow me to be the first to know about new products! Also, follow me on Pinterest
Ancient Greece Crossword Puzzle Review
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Ancient Greece Crossword Puzzle Review

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Ancient Greece Crossword Puzzle Review includes - 27 Terms and 27 clues plus word bank. This is a perfect activity for reviewing before a test, as homework or for substitute plans. This includes two puzzles, one with a word bank and one without. Save some money by getting this product along with the entire unit. Go to Ancient Greece Unit Bundle . Word Bank Minoan Polis Acropolis Helot Oligarchy Aristocracy Cleisthenes Homer Delian League Pericles Classical art Tragedy Plato Aristotle Socrates Peloponnesian League Library of Alexandria Democracy Pharos Lighthouse Direct Democracy Alexander the Great rhetoric Zeus Trojan war Aphrodite Hades Peloponnesian War Mount Olympus More stuff on the way! Follow me to be the first to know about new products! Also, follow me on Pinterest!
Aristotle's Primary Source Worksheet (Greece)
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Aristotle's Primary Source Worksheet (Greece)

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Aristotle’s The Politics Primary Source Worksheet introduces students to Aristotle during ancient Greece and teaches them about Aristotle’s views of three forms of government, monarchy, aristocracy and constitutional democracy. This can be used in class or as homework as it’s a completely stand alone assignment. Save some money by getting this product along with the entire unit. Go to Ancient Greece Unit Bundle . More to come. "Follow me" to be the first to know about new products and free stuff.
Alexander the Great Primary Source Worksheet (Greece)
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Alexander the Great Primary Source Worksheet (Greece)

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Alexander the Great Primary Source Worksheet teaches students about the motivation behind the man, through map skills and primary source document analysis. This short activity focuses on Alexander’s speech before his last battle of India before turning back. This can be used in class or as homework as it’s a completely stand alone assignment. Save some money by getting this product along with the entire unit. Go to Ancient Greece Unit Bundle . More to come. “Follow me” to be the first to know about new products and free stuff.
Shang and Zhou Dynasties Informational Text Worksheet
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Shang and Zhou Dynasties Informational Text Worksheet

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This informational text reading on the Shang and Zhou Dynasties is an excellent way for the students to learn about the first two official dynasties of China. After completing the reading, students evaluate a list of attributes about each dynasty's culture and fill in the chart. Students learn about the two dynasties' social classes, economy, government, religion and their advances in art and science. This can be used in class or as homework as it’s a completely stand alone assignment. Save some money by getting this with the entire unit. Go to Ancient River Valley Civilizations Entire Unit Bundled. More stuff on the way! Follow me to be the first to know about new products! Also, follow me on Pinterest
Indus Valley/Harappa Civilization Informational Text Worksheet
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Indus Valley/Harappa Civilization Informational Text Worksheet

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This informational text reading on the Indus Valley or Harappa is an excellent way for the students to learn about about this ancient civilization. After completing the reading, students will evaluate a map and discuss the effects of geography on India’s earliest culture. Students will also examine reasons for our lack understanding of Harappa and learn about their social classes, government, and theories behind their disappearance. This can be used in class or as a homework, as it’s a completely stand alone assignment. Save some money by getting this with the entire unit. Go to Ancient River Valley Civilizations Entire Unit Bundled More stuff on the way! Follow me to be the first to know about new products! Also, follow me on Pinterest!
Hammurabi’s Code Primary Source Analysis
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Hammurabi’s Code Primary Source Analysis

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Hammurabi’s Code Primary Source Analysis teaches students about the culture of Babylon and it’s law code justice system through primary source document analysis. This short activity focuses on the treatment of women, the value of property, punishment today and the “eye for an eye” form of justice. This can be used in class or as homework as it’s a completely stand alone assignment. Save some money by getting this with the entire unit. Go to Ancient River Valley Civilizations Entire Unit Bundled. More stuff on the way! Follow me to be the first to know about new products! Also, follow me on Pinterest here! File under: Code of Hammurabi Babylon Babylonia
Ancient Egyptian Poem Primary Source Worksheet
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Ancient Egyptian Poem Primary Source Worksheet

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Ancient Egyptian Poem Primary Source Worksheet teaches students about different jobs in Egypt by analyzing an ancient Egyptian poem. This worksheet begins with an excerpt of an Egyptian poem, and analysis questions discussing detail and bias. The worksheet continues with students writing two employment wanted ads for two jobs of their choice from the poem. This can be used in class or as homework as it’s a completely stand alone assignment. Save some money by getting this with the entire unit. Go to Ancient River Valley Civilizations Entire Unit Bundled. More to come. "Follow me" to be the first to know about new products and free stuff.
Ancient River Civilizations Crossword Puzzle Review
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Ancient River Civilizations Crossword Puzzle Review

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Ancient River Civilizations Crossword Puzzle Review includes - 17 Terms and 17 clues plus word bank. This covers the River Civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus Valley, and China. This is a perfect activity for reviewing before a test, as homework or for substitute plans. This includes two puzzles, one with a word bank and one without. Save some money by getting this with the entire unit. Go to Ancient River Valley Civilizations Entire Unit Bundled Word Bank Dynastic Cycle subcontinent oracle bones Yin Yang Mandate of Heaven city state delta ziggurat feudalism cuneiform Sargon I Hammurabi vizier Mesopotamia Zhou Dynasty Old Kingdom theocracy More to come. "Follow me" to be the first to know about new products and free stuff.
Ancient Egypt Video Questions - Youtube Video Link Included! Free!
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Ancient Egypt Video Questions - Youtube Video Link Included! Free!

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Ancient Egypt - Video Guide for Time Life’s, “Lost Civilizations: Egypt: Quest for Immortality” documentary. Narrated by Sam Waterston, this 50 minute documentary covers the discovery of King Tut, the Rosetta Stone, Ramses the Great, the preparations for mummification and burial, the pyramids and the ultimate goal of an Egyptian afterlife. Also included is a weblink to the video so you can play the video online. Video questions are very short and very easy to answer, so your students can concentrate on the video. An answer key is provided with the file. For more free stuff, head to my store Early Civilizations Ancient Civilizations
Ancient China Video Questions - Youtube Video Link Included! Free!
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Ancient China Video Questions - Youtube Video Link Included! Free!

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Ancient China - Movie Questions for Time Life’s, “Lost Civilizations: China, Dynasties of Power” documentary. Narrated by Sam Waterston, this 35 minute documentary covers the first dynasty of China, the Shang, and the first emperor of China, Chin. It also focuses on oracle bones, the Great Wall, silk and Chinese inventions. Also included is a weblink to the video so you can play the video online. Video questions are very short and very easy to answer, so your students can concentrate on the video. An answer key is provided with the file. More free stuff on the way, follow me to be the first to know about new products! Also, follow me on Pinterest here! For more free stuff, visit my store! Early Civilizations Ancient Civilizations
Civil Rights Movement Unit - PPTs w/Video Links, Primary Source Docs, Assessment (U.S. History)
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Civil Rights Movement Unit - PPTs w/Video Links, Primary Source Docs, Assessment (U.S. History)

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Civil Rights Movement Unit Bundledincludes Civil Rights Movement PowerPoints, primary source doc worksheets, an activity, warm-ups, exit tickets, crossword puzzle review, a Kahoot! review game, and editable assessment, all bound together by daily lesson plans. The Civil Rights PowerPoints with presenter notes are packed with primary source documents, stunning visuals, and 9 embedded video clip links. This bundle has everything you need to teach all about the Civil Rights Era. Detailed lesson plans make no prep necessary, just copy/paste into your lesson plans. Everything is usable. Everything is planned. I have used this for both AP U.S. History and regular classes. Each lesson begins with a warm-up, PowerPoint lecture, a primary source activity and an exit ticket. Topics include Brown v. Board Education 1954 Plessy v. Ferguson Thurgood Marshall Chief Justice Earl Warren Southern Manifesto Emmett Till Governor Orval Faubus Little Rock 1957 Cooper vs Aaron Montgomery Bus Boycotts 1955 Rosa Parks Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Rides, Albany Movement 1961 Birmingham, AL 1963 Letter from a Birmingham Jail March on Washington 1963 Medgar Evers Civil Rights Act 1964 Freedom Summer 1964 Selma March 1965 Voting Rights Act 1965 Northern Desegregation - De facto Segregation Malcolm X Stockily Carmichael Black Power Black Panther Party The Movement’s Legacy This package contains: • Daily Lesson Plans - Copy/Paste into yours! • Warmup or Bell Question PowerPoints • Civil Rights PowerPoints with Video Links & Presenter Notes • Dr. Martin Luther King's, "I Have a Dream" Speech with Discussion Questions • Civil Rights Heroes Chalkboard Activity • Non-Violent Resistance and SNCC Training Manual Worksheet • Freedom Summer Primary Source Activity • Civil Rights Movement: Successes & Failures Data Analysis • Martin Luther King Video Link & Video Questions • Literacy Test with Discussion Questions • Civil Rights Movement Crossword Puzzle Review • Kahoot! Review Game - students use their phones! • Editable Assessment/Test More on the way! "Follow me" to be the first to learn about more great stuff! Find me on Pinterest at Teaching History or U.S. History Store. And follow Teaching History on Facebook. File under: Civli Rights Movement Unit Civil Rights Unit Civil Rights Lesson Plans Black History Lesson Plan
The Cold War Entire Unit
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The Cold War Entire Unit

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The Cold War Unit Bundled includes Cold War PowerPoints with short video links, primary source readings, maps, and assessment/test, all bound together by daily lesson plans. Each lesson begins with a warm-up, and continues with PowerPoint notes, a primary source document reading or map activity and an exit ticket. Unit also includes a Kahoot! online review game tailored for the exam, and an assessment/test. PowerPoint notes include lecture notes to guide you through the presentation. I have used these lessons with Honors and regular students. Cold War PowerPoints also include youtube links to short videos that engage the students. Topics Covered Origins of the Cold War - Yalta Conference - United Nations - Potsdam Conference - Iron Curtain & Cominform Containment - Truman Doctrine - The Marshall Plan - Berlin Airlift - NATO - Warsaw Pact - Fall of China - Federal Civil Defense Administration - Second Red Scare - McCarran-Walter Act - Alger Hiss, Julius & Ethel Rosenberg - McCarthyism The Korean War Arms Race - Brinkmanship - ICBMs - Sputnik - U2 downing Legacy - Eisenhower's Military Industrial Complex speech This Unit Includes: • Daily Lesson Plans - Copy/Paste into yours! • Warmups and Exit Ticket PowerPoints • Cold War PowerPoints • Cold War Map Exercise • Debating NATO Membership Primary Source Activity • Korean War Map Exercise • Red Scare Political Cartoon Primary Source Exercise • Cold War Crossword Puzzle Review • Kahoot! Online Review Game - Students use their phones! • Editable Assessment/Test • Plus extras
Great Depression Unit - PPTs w/Video Links, Primary Source Docs, Assessment
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Great Depression Unit - PPTs w/Video Links, Primary Source Docs, Assessment

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Great Depression Unit: This short 4-6 day unit includes Great Depression PowerPoints, primary source readings, crossword puzzle review, Kahoot! review game and an assessment that is completely editable, all linked together by daily lesson plans. You just copy/paste into your lesson plans. Each lesson begins with a warm-up, and continues with PowerPoint notes, primary source activity or political cartoon and an exit ticket. I have used this for Honors and regular classes. PowerPoint s and Apple's Keynote files include Lecture notes and embedded video clip links to Youtube. Topics include: - Stock Market Crash - Underlying Causes - Effects of the Crash - Poverty and unemployment - Dust Bowl - Societal Strains - Hoover’s strategy - Hawley-Smoot Tariff - Bonus Army - Election of 1932 - Hoover v FDR This Unit Includes: • Daily Lesson Plans - Copy/Paste into yours! • Warmup and Exit Tickets PowerPoints • includes Great Depression PowerPoints, • Depression Political Cartoon Analysis • Dust Bowl Survivor Primary Source Exercise • FDR Inaugural Adress 1933 Primary Source Exercise • Depression Crossword Review • Online Review Kahoot! Game - Students use their phones! • Editable Assessment/Test More to come. Find me on Pinterest! And follow Teaching Psychology on Facebook and Teaching History on Facebook! File under: Great Depression Lesson Plans
The Great Depression/New Deal Unit - PPTs w/Videos, Handouts, Tests, Project, Writing Assignment
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The Great Depression/New Deal Unit - PPTs w/Videos, Handouts, Tests, Project, Writing Assignment

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Two Units in One! Entire Great Depression/New Deal Unit Bundled includes Depression PowerPoints and New Deal PowerPoints, primary source handouts, review assessments/tests, and lesson plans - Just copy and paste into your lesson plans. Each lesson begins with a warm-up question, and continues with PowerPoint notes, a primary source document activity and an exit ticket. Both the Depression unit and the New Deal unit end with a crossword puzzle review, an online Kahoot! game, and assessment/test. A project on Social Security is also included as well as a essay on the success or failure of the New Deal. PowerPoint lectures include presenter notes that sets up each slide and guides you through the presentation. PowerPoints also include youtube links to short videos that engage the students. This unit is a combination of my Great Depression Unit and New Deal Unit. Topics include: The Great Depression - Stock Market Crash - Underlying Causes - Effects of the Crash - Poverty and unemployment - Dust Bowl - Societal Strains - Hoover’s strategy - Hawley-Smoot Tariff - Bonus Army - Election of 1932 - Hoover v FDR The New Deal - FDR’s Fireside Chats - First 100 Days - Relief, Recovery and Reform - New Deal Programs - Second New Deal - Social Security Act - Court Packing Scheme - Criticisms of the New Deal This Unit Includes: • Daily Lesson Plans - Copy/Paste into yours! • Warmup and Exit Tickets PowerPoints • includes Great Depression PowerPoints • Depression Political Cartoon Analysis • Dust Bowl Survivor Primary Source Exercise • FDR Inaugural Adress 1933 Primary Source Exercise • Depression Crossword Review • Online Review Kahoot! Game - Students use their phones! • Editable Assessment/Test • New Deal PowerPoints • Frances Perkins and FERA Primary Source Exercise • New Deal Reforms Summary • Social Security Ad Project • New Deal Sucess or Failure Essay Outline • New Deal Crossword Puzzle Review • Online Review Kahoot! Game - Students use their phones! • Editable Assessment/Test More on the way! Follow me & to be the first to learn about more great stuff! Find me on Pinterest at Teaching History or U.S. History Store. And follow Teaching History on Facebook.
1920s Unit - PPTs w/Video Links, Primary Source Docs, Lesson Plans, Test
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1920s Unit - PPTs w/Video Links, Primary Source Docs, Lesson Plans, Test

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The Twenties Unit iIncludes Twenties PowerPoint Lectures, daily warmups, primary source readings, quiz, and daily lesson plans. Just copy and paste into your lesson plans. Each lesson begins with a warm-up, and continues with PowerPoint notes, primary source document readings and an exit ticket. Unit also includes a crossword puzzle review, Kahoot! review game, and an editable test/quiz. PowerPoint notes include lecture/presentation notes to guide you through the presentation. Twenties PowerPoint Lectures also include youtube links to short videos that engage the students. Topics include - The Harding Administration - Red Scare - Palmer Raids - Sacco Vanzetti - Emergency Quota Act - Modern Advertising - Consumer Debt - Changes with Women - The Great Migration - Lindbergh, Earhart and the Mass Media - Jazz Age & the Harlem Renaissance - Prohibition & Organized crime - Fundamentalism - Scopes Trial - Rise of the KKK This item includes • Daily Lesson Plans - Copy/Paste into yours! • Warmup and Exit Tickets PowerPoints • Twenties PowerPoint Lectures • Immigration Political Cartoon Analysis • Philosophy of Rugged Individualism Speech Primary Source Activity • Charles Lindbergh Interview Primary Source Exercise • Langston Hughes Poetry Analysis • 1920s Crossword Puzzle Review • Kahoot! Review Game - Students use their phones! • Editable Assessment/Test More on the way! "Follow me" to be the first to learn about more great stuff! Find me on Pinterest at Teaching History or U.S. History Store. And follow Teaching History on Facebook. File under: 1920s 1920s Lesson Plans. The 1920s Unit The Roaring 20s The Twenties
Reconstruction Unit Bundled - Primary Source Activities, PPTs, Lesson Plans
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Reconstruction Unit Bundled - Primary Source Activities, PPTs, Lesson Plans

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Reconstruction Unit Bundled The Reconstruction Era in the United States just lasted 12 years, but huge changes took place during this period. This short unit covers three constitutional amendments, the nation’s first presidential impeachment, the election of the first African American Senator, and the birth of the KKK. This Reconstruction unit includes Reconstruction PowerPoints, primary source activities, warmups, exit tickets, a writing activity, review crossword, and editable assessment all bound together by daily lesson plans. This bundle has everything you need to teach all about the Reconstruction Era. Detailed lesson plans make no prep necessary, just copy/paste into your lesson plans. Everything is usable. Everything is planned. I have used this for both AP U.S. History and regular classes. Each lesson begins with a warm-up, PowerPoint lecture, a primary source activity and an Exit Ticket. Reconstruction PowerPoints includes presenter notes that guide you through PowerPoint lectures and short video clips. Topics Include 13th, 14th & 15th Amendments Presidential Reconstruction - President Andrew Johnson - Impeachment - President Ulysses S. Grant Radical Reconstruction - Black Codes - Freedmen’s Bureau Farming Changes - Share Cropping - Tenant Farming Cities and Industry - Funding Reconstruction - Reconstruction Corruption - KKK - Spreading Terror Reconstruction Ends - Election of 1876 - Compromise of 1877 - Reconstruction - Success or Failure This Unit Includes: • Reconstruction PowerPoint with Video Clips, Lecture Notes + Quiz • The Reconstruction Amendments Primary Source Activity • The Freedmen's Bureau Bill Primary Source Activity • Reconstruction Crossword Puzzle Review • And more not in my store! More on the way! "Follow me" to be the first to learn about more great stuff! Find me on Pinterest at Teaching History or U.S. History Store. And follow Teaching History on Facebook.