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U.S. History laboratories for Microsoft Word
American History-Colonial Settlement/Survival Sim
A simulation designed for 11th Graders to explore early European settlement of North America. Students work in groups to try and keep their colony alive, foster good relations with local Native Americans, and perhaps even grow. This activity does not directly referent historical events but parallels the first 10 years of Jamestown, First Contact experiences, war in the early New England colonies, and even some light Salem witchcraft.
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Grades:
11th - 12th
CCSS:
Hidden Figures video viewing worksheets and after activities
Hidden Figures tells the story of three female mathematicians in the early years of the space program. Their contributions to science, technology, engineering and mathematics led to some of NASA’s greatest successes. Hidden Figures is the 2016 PG-rated adaptation of an incredible but true story of Katherine Johnson (Taraji Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe). The film is set in the early 1960s when workplaces were still segregated. Despite the social and p
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Grades:
6th - 12th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
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Also included in:Â Movie Bundle: video viewing worksheets and afterward activities
U.S. History Science labs Middle and High School
Your students will learn about science the same way Ben Franklin did -by performing incredible experiments. They also will learn how George Washington was able to send secret codes to the patriots. The lessons are designed that either a history or a science teacher can perform in a traditional classroom.
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-PS1-2
Halloween Fun Pumpkin Math Middle School Science and History lab
This lesson has been tested for many years by my middle school students.Part 1The history of pumpkins and the way Native Americans used the Three Sisters method to cultivate this crop.Part 2Detail instructions on how to grow your own pumpkin patchPart 3Lab students will learn how farmers in New England are able to determine the weight of their crops in the field.MaterialsSticky notesScale5 pumpkinsMeasuring tape5 buckets WaterThe Math Concepts Circumference- The distance around your pumpkin. Mea
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Grades:
7th - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-LS3-1
Tutorial - Cold War at Home - McCarthyism and the Red Scare
This tutorial is a Student Study Guide on the Cold War at Home: McCarthyism and the Red Scare. It comprises a 13-page Guided Notes Activity Worksheet and a 13-page Teacher’s Answer Key to accompany the Florida Students educational resources tutorial: Cold War at Home: McCarthyism and the Red Scare. The tutorial complies with Florida Benchmark Standards: #SS.912.A.1.3, #SS.912.A.6.8 and #SS.912.A6.10.Benchmark #1: For Florida Benchmark Standard #SS.912.A.1.3, the student will learn to utilize tim
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Grades:
8th - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in:Â Bundle of 3 - McCarthyism & The Rosenberg's - Tutorial & 2 PP
Colonial Butter Making Activity
This cross curricular lesson handout follows the scientific method and allows students to learn about a common chore in Colonial times- making butter!
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
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Native American STEM Engineering Birchwood Canoe Middle School Science
Take the classic STEM and use history to bring your students to the next step. Can you build a canoe model similar to the ones used by Native Americans in the NorthEast This lesson is an application of the historical engineering design process It includes engineering, geometry, ratios, and critical thinking skills. MATERIALSRoll birchwood.ScissorsTemplateNeedle and threadCardboardColor pencilsScissorsTapeThis is a completely cross-curricular class lesson for science and history. Students wil
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
Also included in:Â Native American Activities Hands on labs to explore history
Civil Rights Events Project
In this free product students will be creating a group presentation that will be presented the rest of the class in a gallery form. Students would be given a civil rights movement event and create a presentation as a group. Each student would give their presentation to other traveling groups that would be responsible for all events. Civil disobedience, Supreme Court decision, Civil Rights leaders and Legislation are researched. This is a fun group grade in which all students in the group have
Grades:
8th - 12th
Types:
Native American Acorn Whistle A Fun Lab Middle School science
This is a fun lab to do with your students during the summer at camp. No prep and no cost!! The Wampanoag tribe was friends with the Pilgrims and taught them how to make a whistle if they ever got lost in the woods. The Native Americans utilized these whistles to locate each other during hunting expeditions. A good survival trick especially if you like to hike. The materials are free and students truly enjoy learning how to make the whistles.
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-4
Also included in:Â Environment Habitat, Community and Adaptions Middle School Science
Chemistry Supersaturated Solutions-Salt Sticks and Native American Food
Combine Chemistry and History This lab will teach your students one of the six Native American food preservation techniques!!! This is a terrific lab to join forces with your history department to teach the concepts of solutions, solves, solutes, and supersaturated solutions. All materials are found in the kitchen. Included are two reading one about how the Native Americans made salt sticks and the second is a science read. This is a new twist on the classic lab. MATERIALSBowlToothpicksSalt 2
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Grades:
6th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-PS1-4
, MS-PS1-1
Also included in:Â Native American Activities Hands on labs to explore history
Artifact Analysis Sheet, Can be Used with Multiple Items!
This artifact analysis sheet can be used with multiple items. I designed it for use with River Rocks and used it as part of a literature unit. It could be used with other items since the questions are opinion based and generalized.
Grades:
4th - 6th
Types:
Black Powder Stoichiometry July 4 High School Chemistry
Teach your High School chemistry students history and stoichiometry in this historical lab. All materials and procedures are outlined in this experimentIncludedMaterialsStoichiometry ProblemsProceduresA warning is hereby given that not all Project Ideas are appropriate for all individuals or in all circumstances. Implementation of any Science lesson should be undertaken only in appropriate settings and with appropriate parental or other supervision. Reading and following the safety precautions
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Types:
NGSS:
HS-PS1-4
Musical Glasses Ben Franklin armonica Science and History Sound waves
Are you looking for the chance to make history come alive in your classroom? You can share this lesson with your science teacher or perform it in your classroom. Your middle or high school students will build a working glass armonica. A lifelong fan of the song, Franklin played many instruments, including the guitar, harp, and viola da gamba, a cello-like stringed instrument. He even invented one—the glass armonica—after seeing performers make music with glasses of water.Students appreciate h
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Grades:
8th - 11th
Types:
NGSS:
HS-PS4-5
Also included in:Â U.S. History Science labs Middle and High School
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