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Emancipation of Slaves | Emancipation Proclamation | Distance Learning Activity
A comprehensive study of the debate over emancipation, the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation and its effects on the war and American society, the contributions of African Americans to the war effort, and the differing views of Southerners and Northerners on the capability of African Americans to fight as soldiers in the Civil War. Imagining themselves as Lincoln, students will write in Lincoln's personal diary and weigh the benefits and costs of emancipation throughout 1861 and 1862.
World War II | Homefront Gallery Walk | Distance Learning Activity
A document-based "GALLERY WALK" activity that creates a unique opportunity for your students to engage with REAL, HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS and investigate the social lives of Americans during WWII. Your students will love walking around your classroom "art gallery" and analyzing the 10 different images provided, discussing them with their peers, and developing conclusions about the war effort at home. #DistanceLearning #TeachersPayTeachers #USHistory #WorldWarII
World War II | Distance Learning | Deluxe Bundle
This "World War II Unit Activity" Bundle has everything you need to teach your students about the key events, people, battles, campaigns, and pieces of legislation that shaped the greatest conflict the world has ever known. This bundle includes 14 ACTIVITIES AND ANSWER KEYS that will challenge your students to not only understand the material, but read and draw conclusions from primary source documents and images to fully immerse themselves in history. #UShistory #Distancelearning
The Abolitionist Movement | The Civil War | Distance Learning Pack
Examine the origins of the abolition movement in America found in the Constitutional Convention of 1787, as well as the religious revivals and social reforms of the early 1800s. Read the words of the Three-Fifths Compromise and examine the meaning behind the wording of the provision. Compare the citizenship status of slaves to that of others in society. William Lloyd Garrison, the Grimke Sisters, Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, read an excerpt from an interview that Tubman gave in 1905.
The Jim Crow South | Distance Learning Activity
An activity that assess your students's comprehension of the basic laws that were passed in the South following the Civil War that kept African-Americans separate from whites. Your students will examine the Plessy v Ferguson case in order to understand the phrase "separate but equal." Following reading the ruling, students will write a response to a question regarding teh seperate but equal ruling. #DistanceLearning #HighSchoolHistory #USHistory #JimCrowSouth #TeachersPayTeachers
Truman and Post World War II America | Distance Learning Activity
After fighting in the bloodiest war in human history, veterans were returning home to a completely different America. Examine the new economy veterans returned to and programs that Truman put into place to help stabilize the economy, including the GI Bill and "Fair Deal" programs. Students will read and answer questions about a pamphlet that the returning veterans received called "Dear Mr. Veteran." This pamphlet told veterans all about the new America and what they needed to do to live in it.
World War I and Roaring 20s | Distance Learning | Deluxe Bundle
This "World War I and the Roaring Twenties Distance Learning Deluxe Unit Activity" Bundle has everything you need to teach your students about the key events, people, movements, and pieces of legislation that shaped the United States during the 1920s. This bundle includes 9 ACTIVITIES AND ANSWER KEYS that will challenge your students to not only understand the material, but read and draw conclusions from primary source documents and images to fully immerse themselves in history. #UShistory
Emergence of Labor Unions | Distance Learning Activity
A document-based activity that assess your students's comprehension of the problems that plagued workers with the rise of industrialization, the various types workers who clamored for reform, the leaders of unionization, the different labor unions that sprang from the movement, their goals and tactics, as well as landmarks that arose from tensions between management and unions. Read the preambles of the constitutions to 3 famous unions of the age and assess how they were similar and different.
Harding and Coolidge | Politics of the Twenties | Distance Learning Pack
An activity that assess your students's comprehension of the key aspects of the Harding presidency. This includes his domestic and foreign policies as well as the scandals of the "Ohio Gang." Your students will then go through four primary source documents regarding the presidencies of Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge. These documents will allow the students to dive into the minds of the these presidents and discover why they acted the way the did. #DistanceLearning #TeachersPayTeachers
Sectionalism | Compromise and Nullification | The Civil War | Distance Learning Pack
Study of sectionalism, regional rivalry, and political and social conflict over slavery in mid-19th century America. Examine the Missouri Compromise, investigate the concept of nullification, compare the two great orators of the era -- John C. Calhoun and Daniel Webster, examine how the Annexation of Texas, the War with Mexico, the Wilmot Proviso, and the question of California statehood intensified the rivalry between North and South through the issue of slavery examine the Compromise of 1850
World War I | Europe Marches Towards War | Distance Learning Activity
Identify the four M.A.I.N. causes of World War 1 from lecture. Describe what Militarism, the Alliance System, Imperialism, and Nationalism is and how these factors helped to create tension in Europe. Questions about tension in the Balkans culminating in the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Read a passage from a British statesman about the impact war would have on their economy, then analyze a chart of the number of soldiers in the standing armies of many of the world powers. #TpT
Secession! | The Civil War | Distance Learning Pack
A comprehensive study of the causes of secession, the formation of the Confederacy, and the events leading up to the attack on Fort Sumter and the start of the war between the states. Topics include Election of 1860, timeline of events between 1860 and 1861, the birth of the Confederate States of America, why South Carolina felt compelled to secede, and Lincoln's first inaugural address. Students will use primary sources to determine the necessity of succession and the attack on Fort Sumpter.
America in the 1950s | Distance Learning | Deluxe Bundle
This "America in the 1950's Unit Activity" Bundle has everything you need to teach your students about the key events, people, conflicts, movements, and pieces of legislation that shaped the decade of the 1950's. This bundle includes 8 ACTIVITIES AND ANSWER KEYS, 8 PowerPoints, 8 Slides Presentations, and 8 Quizzes that will challenge your students to not only understand the material, but read and draw conclusions from primary source documents and images to fully immerse themselves in history.
The Second New Deal | Distance Learning Pack
Student's will examine a political cartoon about FDR and his plan for court packing. They will answer questions about the cartoon to get a better understanding of what court packing was. The rest of the activity consists of 14 primary sources that give students to opportunity to see images that display ways in which the New Deal impacted people's lives. Students will identify the New Deal program that is being used by the picture presented and then describe the program listed. #HighSchoolHistory
World War II: War in the Pacific | Distance Learning Activity | Google Resource
This Learning pack includes Digital and Paper activity, Slides and PPT presentation and a Google Quiz. This War in the Pacific activity will help your students truly understand what life was like in the Pacific Theater of War. Students will get to read REAL artifacts from the front to help them get a grasp of what life was like during the battle. This activity even takes into account what the day before a Kamikaze attack was like for Japanese pilots. #HighSchoolHistory #USHistory #TpT #Digital