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U.S. History projects for Google Apps
Reconstruction Evaluation Interactive Project Activity
This interactive Reconstruction Era activity for US History has your class assuming the roles of various people during the Age of Reconstruction and evaluating how they would feel about Reconstruction.Students are assigned one of six characters (a women freed from enslavement, former plantation owner, teacher with the Freedmen's Bureau, etc) and must read the short biography to think critically about each aspect of Reconstruction. They then decide which parts of Reconstruction would be positive
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7th - 11th
United States Geography - US Regions & State Research Project Unit
Looking for a way to make U.S. geography come alive for students? Plan a trip through the regions of the United States with this hands-on project! Students use real-world skills as they select two states in each U.S. region to visit, then research each state to decide what sites they want to see. Students then determine how they could most easily visit all of their locations in one trip and map their route. What’s IncludedPDF and Google Slide versionsExtension research page for use to different
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4th - 6th
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Causes of the American Revolution Timeline - Revolutionary War Print & Digital
This Causes of the American Revolution timeline will be a hit with your students!This PRINT & DIGITAL activity provides students with a timeline of major causes of the Revolutionary War along with a brief description of each event.This student-created Causes of the American Revolution timeline makes a great visual reference for students, and is perfect for use in interactive notebooks during your revolutionary war unit! The differentiated options provide 4 levels of scaffolding to make this
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4th - 6th
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State Research Project | State Report for Google Classroom | 50 States Project
Your students will love completing a state research report with this easy-to-follow digital U.S. State Report Project! Students can research any state and use the provided slides to complete their report. A great option is to print the reports when students are finished to create an eye-catching display for your classroom!Click the PREVIEW button above for a closer look at everything included!This engaging Digital State Report Packet includes:State Research Resource Guide (a list of student-frie
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3rd - 6th
Industrial Revolution Inventions Infomercial Project
This Industrial Revolution Inventions project will have your students engaged and having fun with cooperative learning about the major inventions and inventors of the Industrial Age. Included is a directions page on how to present a 1 minute infomercial to the class along with 7 one-page readings on different inventions of the industrial period. In groups students read about their assigned inventor/invention and plan their "infomercial". As each group presents, other students fill out the includ
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6th - 10th
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Civil War Stations Activity: Comparing the Union and Confederacy
This Civil War Stations Activity is a fantastic lesson to get your students out of their seats and moving around the classroom while they analyze and compare the Union and Confederacy.Six stations feature characteristics of the North and South that students must review to determine which region their are describing and whether that would be an advantage or disadvantage in the war. They then must explain why it would help or hinder that side in the war.After completing each station, students answ
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5th - 9th
Civil War Battles Digital Research Project & Presentation|Distance Learning
There were thousands of battles during the American Civil War and it can be difficult for students to remember the most important ones. This is a great project that can help with that! Students work in groups of 2-3 to research one significant battle and create a Google Slides presentation using a template. (This project will work for any Civil War battle.) The groups present their projects to the class while the other students take notes on the basic battle information.This product includes a z
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5th - 12th
American Revolution Spies Reading Passages & Project - Main Idea & Details ELA
Teach your students about main idea and the American Revolution with this cross curricular activity! Perfect for upper elementary reading or social studies, students will practice main idea reading skills while learning about the spies that impacted the Revolutionary War. Assign digitally or use the printable version to meet your students' needs.Students will answer short comprehension questions and fill in main idea graphic organizers about the texts. They will be asked to find text evidence to
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4th - 6th
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US History & APUSH End of Year Project: History Yearbook - Digital or Print
This fully digital or printable Yearbook Project can be posted and completed on Google Classroom or completed by hand if you want students to "unplug." Great for the end of the year, end of the Semester, or even end of a Unit (with minor modifications)STUDENTS WILL CREATE A YEARBOOK TO REMINISCE ABOUT ALL THE GOOD TIMES (& BAD TIMES) OF US HISTORY: Be creative & have fun, but also show what you have learned by including important factual information.There are 4 sections [Letter from the
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8th - 12th
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Project Based Learning Packet for ALL of US History
This awesome packet for bringing Project Based Learning (PBL) in your US History classes will be life-changing! PBL brings real world experiences into the classroom to make lessons more meaningful and engaging for students. It gives them choice in their learning while also delving deeper into a topic of US History that matters to them. This packet gives you everything you need to use project based learning for any unit in American History and includes 99 (yes, 99!) suggested topics for projects
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7th - 11th
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WWII Propaganda Posters Activities and Project Print & Digital
Examine over a dozen famous WWII home front propaganda posters for the devices used, culminating learning with students creating posters of their own to address a current school problem.Let your principal decide whose poster has the winning message to transform your school’s culture!This plug-and-play PBL activity kit comes as a printable PDF and digital in Google Slides!Greatness is spotting persuasive devices at work and knowing how to use them for good. World War II was the U.S.’s greatest f
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: US History Activity and Project Kits Bundle Print & Digital
Road Trip Across the 50 States Research Project | Google Slides State Report
Road Trip Across the States is a Google Slides state report project that challenges students to plan a road trip visiting 8 different continental states from the 50 states! Students will map out their route by placing stars on the states they want to visit. Then they will type the state name and capital and find pictures from the state! They will also be researching and writing about 3 different places that they want to visit in each state! This is a great project for social studies and writing!
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4th - 6th
50 United States and Capitals Research Project US America History State Report
Are you searching for an engaging and fun way to study and learn about the 50 States of the United States your classroom? Look no further! You will love this easy prep State Research Lapbook Project. This is a wonderful activity to do as your students research and study any US State.INCLUDED:Print and digital version included (see page 3-4 for digital link)Color and BW options providedGrading rubricResearch for lapbook: Actual research is not included, the lapbook is a research template.Cover fo
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3rd - 6th
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APUSH Period 4 Full Unit Scrapbook Project Based Learning - Digital + Print
Whether you are a new APUSH teacher or a veteran looking to shake things up, this unit project will get your students thinking critically and creatively about history. Mix up your AP United States History class with this 10 part Unit-Long Project covering all Key Concepts from the College Board Course Description. This unit is designed to supplement all the major APUSH Textbooks. Includes links to online sources for researching each topic. This Unit Project gives students a creative and personal
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9th - 12th
Also included in: APUSH Semester 1 Bundle: 4 Complete Digital Units for AP US History
Black History Month Biography Projects with Readings
This fantastic Black History Month resource includes 13 biographies of famous African Americans plus several project options to use in your classroom!Each 1-page biography is easy to read for students and includes the major details of each person's life along with pictures and quotes. The biographies feature figures from the Harlem Renaissance and Civil Rights Movement and include:Martin Luther King, Jr.Stokely CarmichaelMalcolm XThurgood MarshallJackie RobinsonRosa ParksBillie HolidayJames Weld
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6th - 10th
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First Day Activity - Social Studies - "Be A Historian"
FUN, EASY, GET STUDENTS TALKING, GET STUDENTS THINKING ABOUT SS!This is a great activity for the first day or first week of social studies! It works great to get students excited for the year, talking amongst their classmates, and thinking like historians. Students will receive five random artifacts. Using these artifacts, students need to write a newspaper article about this newly discovered people group. There are no right or wrong answers for this activity. Students are encouraged to be creat
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4th - 9th
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Veterans Day Art Project: Remembrance Heart Activity, Template, Writing Prompts
Need a Veteran’s Day art project to honor military veterans in November? Imagine these remembrance hearts in your hallway with a writing prompt. The step by step drawing tutorial and PowerPoint also makes perfect no prep, emergency art sub plans for elementary art and classroom teachers.A fun roll a dice game, ‘you pick’ worksheet, and digital spinners helps kids choose patterns. Moreover, boost their confidence and creativity. And, it’ll help cash-strapped teachers like you plan Veterans Day ar
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3rd - 5th
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Political Parties | Campaign Simulation Running for President
This presidential election simulation is an excellent way for students to comprehend all aspects of political parties and the campaigns needed to elect a presidential candidate - "Let's Get The Party Started!" The teacher will divide class into groups of 4 to 5 students per group. Each group will develop their own political party and choose a presidential candidate to represent their party. Using the included criteria, allow students a few class periods, or portions of class periods, to create
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5th - 12th
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Oregon Trail Project | Research and Travel Brochure | Printable & Digital
Fun Oregon Trail Project! Students research the Oregon Trail to create a historical travel brochure detailing the overland experience. After researching the Oregon Trail, students are ready to create their travel brochures and apply their knowledge. ***Printable PDF AND Google Drive Resource Included!***This resource can be completed on paper or online with laptops, Chromebooks, tablets, or any device that supports Google Slides. The included Teacher's Guide includes access to the links that w
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4th - 7th
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Green Book Mapping Project for the Civil Rights Movement
This Green Book mapping project is a great activity to help students work on geography during the Civil Rights Movement and help understand the hardships African Americans faced during segregation.The Negro Motorist Green Book was a travel guide that helped African Americans find safe places to stop during the Jim Crow Era of segregation. The 2018 Academy Award-winning movie Green Book, of course, brought the book back into the spotlight. This lesson has students analyzing scanned copies of diff
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7th - 10th
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Andrew Jackson Fight Card Poster Project
This Andrew Jackson project is the perfect activity to match Jackson's combative personality, political feuds, and controversial legacy. In the activity, students will work in groups to analyze one of Jackson’s feuds (Vs. the National Bank, Caucus System, Native Americans, etc.) by creating a Boxing Fight Card to represent that quarrel. My students always love the creativity involved in coming up with a slogan ("The Hickory Stick Vs. The Republican Pick!") and visual to represent his fight. They
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8th - 12th
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Civil Rights & Social Protest MOVEMENTS Museum Exhibit Project -Print & Digital
Your secondary U.S. History students will be engaged with this fun and interactive museum exhibit project about the spread of the African American Civil Rights Movement to other minority groups. They will learn about six groups during the civil rights movement (the Women’s Liberation Movement, the Asian American Movement, the Native American Movement, the Gay Liberation Movement, the Disabled Rights Movement, and the Chicano Rights Movement). Both PRINTable and DIGITAL versions are included.Buye
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9th - 12th
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American Revolution Battle Project | 7 Key Events from Revolutionary War
In the American Revolution Battles Student Project, 7 events are broken up and each is assigned to a student group (4 students per group are ideal). Students will conduct basic research, and create a small presentation to the class, to showcase the event.The events that students will research are:The Battle of Bunker HillThe Battle of TrentonThe Battle of CharlestonThe Battle of Long IslandThe Battle of SaratogaThe Battle of YorktownThe Winter at Valley Forge (I know, I know! It's not a battl
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5th - 8th
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Regions of the United States Literacy Reading Activities
If you want to infuse literacy instruction into your regions of the United States unit, this is the perfect resource for you! I have carefully crafted this resource to include a wide variety of texts for students to synthesize, research, and gather information. Students will embark on the trip of a lifetime as they explore the regions of the United States in a variety of ways. As they examine each set of resources, they will take notes on the different regions and compile them into a final Regio
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Regions of the United States | Math and Literacy
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