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U.S. History study guides for Microsoft Word
America The Story of Us: Boom (Episode 8) Video Guide
Video study guide for Episode 8: Boom of America The Story of Us. Movie guide comes complete with answer key. Questions follow the film in same order.Episode 8: BoomIn 1910 in California, a column of oil nearly 200 feet high explodes out of a derrick and sets off a chain of events that will turn America into a superpower. Oil production doubles overnight and prices plummet from $2 to 3 cents a barrel. Quick to capitalize on this abundant cheap fuel is Henry Ford, a maverick entrepreneur who vows
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7th - 12th
The Crucible - Movie Guide
This product is a 27 question movie guide which will help your students better comprehend the film "The Crucible," starring Daniel Day Lewis and Winona Ryder. It is a perfect fit for a unit covering the Colonial Period of American History. It is also a great lesson on the value of religious tolerance.
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7th - 12th
3 Branches of Government and Amendments - History.
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One of my best worksheets. I have a lot of good info in a small amount of space. This is a study guide AND also a quiz. This covers the 3 Branches of Government, The Bill of Rights, and Citizen Responsibilities. (Page 1 Thumbnail did not come out just right... the word document is fine though.)
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3rd Grade, 4th grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, Review, intermediate, Middle Grades, commo
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3rd - 12th
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42 - The Jackie Robinson Story - Movie Guide
This eight page movie guide contains 55 questions which will help your students to better comprehend the film, "42: The Jackie Robinson Story." This is an excellent tool for teaching about Civil Rights and the sacrifices made by people like Jackie Robinson, who broke baseball's color barrier in April of 1947. I've just added an answer key (2/13/2014), due to a request, and corrected a mistake I had made earlier on question #48.
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7th - 12th
Last of the Mohicans Study & Movie Guide with Comprehension Questions
This is a study guide to be used alongside 1992, The Last of the Mohicans. The study guide contains fifteen comprehension questions for students to complete during or after the film.Check out all my Native American related products below!Native American Bundle of Lessons: Reading Passages + Comprehension ActivitiesLast of the Mohicans Study & Movie Guide with Comprehension QuestionsThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Novel Study: Reading GuideRethinking the Legend of Pocahontas:
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7th - 12th
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UPDATED A Young People's History of the United States Study Guide v2.0
This is the full study guide I created to go along with Howard Zinn's book "A Young People's History of the United States".
Now includes:
Table of Contents
Extra Activities
Grades:
8th - 10th
Comprehensive Constitution Test Study Guide, Review Packet
This is a comprehensive study guide for the Constitution test. It is organized the way the Constitution is. It starts with the Preamble and then goes through each article, explaining the powers of each branch etc. Different districts use different tests and this guide can be adapted to whatever you need. It could be used as a note-taking guide as they learn or used as a review guide at the end. I used this for high school students and if you are teaching middle school US history, perhaps so
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7th - 12th
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#11 AMERICA: THE STORY OF US - Superpower - Video Viewing Guide with Key
This video guide contains 25 questions from the episode of "America: The Story of US" entitled Superpower. The questions go in order and force the students to track and pay attention during the viewing. The episode itself is excellent for the events following WWII and the early part of the Cold War. Some topics covered include the interstate highway system, the growth of suburbia, the Baby Boom, the Civil Rights Movement, the Arms Race, the Space Race and the growth of technology and our nation.
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5th - 12th
The American Yawp: Key Terms and Reading/Discussion Questions (All 30 Chapters!)
If you're using The American Yawp to teach your U.S. history class, this chapter by chapter guide with key terms and thought questions will be an invaluable time saver for you! Yawp is fantastic, but it doesn't come with typical textbook scaffolding tools, so creating this resource made the text much more accessible to my students. Use the key terms to assign students to track vocabulary, use the thought questions for homework assignments or as discussion questions in class to review the reading
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Butler - Movie Guide
The Butler is a film based on the life of Eugene Allen, who worked as a waiter and butler in the White House for 34 years. He started working in the White House in 1952 and retired in 1986 (as the head butler). This discussion guide is made up of 50 questions and is intended to help make viewing the film more meaningful for your students.
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7th - 12th
"Walkout" Movie Study Guide & Answer Key
This is a study guide and answer key for the HBO films movie "Walkout" about the 1968 student walkouts in East L.A., a major event for the Chicano Movement. It is an excellent movie, and I use it in my American Studies class when we cover the Chicano Movement as part of our unit on the Civil Rights Movement. The kids love it because it is the true story of high school students who walked out of their schools in protest of the racial discrimination they faced. Very inspiring! The study guide cons
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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US History 8 - Comparing the Articles of Confederation and the US Constitution
This is a cut and paste activity that compares the Articles of Confederation and the US Constitution.
The student worksheet, cut and paste sheet and the answer key is included.
This is a MS Word documents which allows you to edit the document to meet you and your students needs.
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8th
Western Civ II Study Guides
I have been working the past month on developing study guides for a Western Civ II class. This includes the years from about 1600 to 1945. This has both essay questions and keys words about famous people, places and themes during European History. This would be a great resource for a Western Civ II class, or a AP European History class. These would make great test questions.
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Apollo 13 (the Tom Hanks movie) Study Guide and Exam w/ answers
This file has a 51 question note-taking study guide and a 50 question test. All with answers. This goes along with the 1995 movie "Apollo 13" starring Tom Hanks. The movie is not included. The note-taking study guide is fill-in-the-blank. It corresponds to the movie so the students can answer the questions as they watch the movie. The test is 50 questions (42 multiple choice and 8 short answer). Send me a message if you have any questions. This is great for a science class or history clas
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7th - 12th
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Chasing Lincoln's Killer - Discussion Questions
This download includes chapter by chapter discussion questions for James Swanson's book "Chasing Lincoln's Killer." This is a great tool for teaching about Lincoln's assassination and the manhunt for John Wilkes Booth which followed.
Grades:
7th - 10th
THE CENTURY AMERICA'S TIME #3 BOOM TO BUST VIDEO GUIDE WITH KEY
This video guide contains 25 questions from the episode of "The Century: America's Time" entitled "BOOM TO BUST". The questions go in order and force the students to track and pay attention during the viewing. The episode itself is excellent for review of the Roaring Twenties. Topics covered include Prohibition, gangsters, the growth of New York, jazz in Harlem, electricity, cars, the 19th Amendment, the Scopes trial, Babe Ruth, and the Stock Market crash.
Youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/w
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7th - 12th
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GA Studies Milestones Review Packet (GSE) 8th Grade
This review packet covers ALL GSE standards for Georgia Studies. Questions include fill-in-the-blank, matching, charts and short answer. A key is provided. This is not a critical-thinking packet. It is a basic review of the content that can help supplement Milestones Review in your class.I often begin my milestones review period with this packet so students not only have a study companion, but also have a frame of reference for review activities!
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4th - 8th
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AP Government: FRQ Writing Guide
I created this FRQ writing guide after participating in scoring the AP Government exams last year. I realized that many students knew the material but were receiving low scores due to poor writing habits.
This four-page guide draws heavily on my scoring experience and outlines six golden rules of FRQ writing that will help students maximize their AP scores.
The guide contains a thorough discussion of each rule, replete with sample student answers. My students love this guide.
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10th - 12th
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My World Social Studies Chapter 5 Test and Review
This test and review are designed to go with the 5th grade Pearson Indiana textbook. This product includes the Review, Test, and Test Answer key.
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5th
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"42" The Jackie Robinson Story Movie Packet
This does NOT include a copy of the movie. It does include a study guide that goes along with the movie, a complete 42 question test, cryptograms, word searches, and crossword puzzles.
Use this resource packet as a unit study on the history of race relations, the history of baseball, the civil rights movement, or anything your class may need.
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7th - 12th
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"National Treasure" Movie Study Guide & Answer Key
Here you will find a list of 21 questions for students to answer as they watch the movie "National Treasure" staring Nicholas Cage. Also included is a comprehensive answer key, complete with trivia about the Declaration of Independence and the clues from the film. As many students have already seen the film, I find that they love matching it against "real" history! It is an opportunity not only to see the Declaration of Independence from a different perspective, but to address the ways in which
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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US History 8 BINGO SS STAAR Review #2 - CALLOUT SHEET
This is the Callout sheet for BINGO SS STAAR Review #2 - 30 BINGO Cards.
The teacher calls out the description or clue and the students look for the word, person or event on their BINGO card.
Great way to get all your students involved.
Great tool to review for STAAR.
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8th
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WORLD UNIT 5 LESSON 1. Pre-Columbian American Empires GUIDED NOTES
This is the Guided Notes page that goes with the PowerPoint of the same name.**You need the PowerPoint to fill in the blanks on the Guided Notes**If you like what you see here, keep in mind you can get ALL of the materials in Unit 5 by buying the Unit 5 Bundle. Just search for it in my Store. You spend less if you buy the Bundle!
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9th - 11th
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Also included in:Â WORLD HISTORY UNIT 5 (BUNDLED)
FINAL EXAM or Study Guide for US History (Early America to 1865), cumulative
This is a final exam (or you could use it as a study guide) for one semester of US History Semester A - a high school course that covers American History from the colonial period and up to Reconstruction (Early America to 1865). There are a mix of questions, including a timeline of major historical events that students have to complete, some multiple choice questions about Early America and the American Revolution, some true or false questions about abolitionists and slavery, a graphic organizer
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9th - 12th
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