History projects

by Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord, mom and author of Handmade Books for a Healthy Planet: Sixteen Earth Friendly Projects From Around The World. Making books engages the...

cover page covered with a vintage vibe-y paper. made with parchment paper, newspaper and photos!!

Every year all of our 5th graders participate in our school's Wax Museum program. It is seriously one of the highlights of the entire school year! Here's a run down of how things work: -Students choose a biography on a famous American. -They read the book and complete the American Hero book report. -They design a poster, create a costume, and memorize information about their hero. -For the Wax Museum, the students bring all their stuff and set up in the gym. -We invite our school, parents…

When I was in middle school, ancient history was the bane of my existence. I balked at all the facts I was supposed to care about, gave lackluster effort toward the chapter quizzes, spent most of m…

Today I am super excited to have Joely here to share about how she has used my Women’s History Biography Research Pennants in her classroom. You’ll see how these can be used for your biography project with your upper elementary, middle school, or high school classroom or home school students. The best part about a […]

History Day California (NHD-CA) Competition for students throughout the state

Make your history class lesson plans engaging and fun with these top 10 ideas. Use these middle school and high school history class lessons today.

Last June, two Singapore American School (SAS) middle school teams won first and second place honors at the 41st annual National History Day (NHD) finals at the

If you follow us on Instagram or Facebook you'll see that we spent Sunday afternoon making a model of a roman amphitheatre for one of Theo's homework challenges. And he took over my Instagram stories for the day with a follow along tutorial of how he made it. It was SO fun! And I'm pretty sure we've got a future Blue Peter presenter in the making ;) So we wanted to put together a blog post tutorial too, just like our solar system one, in case it's any help when you need to make a roman…

This Women's History Month pennant is all you need to teach and promote amazing women around the world. Women's History Month is March. The Women's History pennant is a research activity. There is a biography timeline, quotes, lesson learned, characteristics, and opportunities for creativity. This is the largest selection you'll find on Teachers Pay Teachers! The pennant can be used any time of the year (it says "Women's History"). The banner includes women throughout history, dating back…