American and World History Resources
This PowerPoint covers the Holocaust: from the historical anti-Semitism in Europe to the Holocaust and the Nuremburg Trials.
There are short video clips as part of the PPT.
This comes with a worksheet that goes along with the PowerPoint.
Or buy the entire world war II power point and worksheet bundle
This PowerPoint is perfect for World History or American History course for the time period of the 1920's After WWI and before the Great Depression.
- Covers new art movements: Expressionism, Romanticism, Impressionism, Cubism, Dadaism, Surrealism
- Jazz Age
- Literature Movements of the Lost Generation
Comes with worksheet that accompanying Power Point to keep students engaged and short videos and music clips.
Need help teaching your history students how to write a proper historical essay? This PowerPoint with accompanying worksheet will walk your students through the essay writing process, explain the difference between explanatory and argumentative essays, break down all the parts and purposes for each paragraph and reinforce their learning through a worksheet that goes along with the PowerPoint. Your students will be ready to write a essay just like an historian.
Mapping Activity for when learning about the Scramble for Africa and how European nations divided up Africa at the Berlin Conference.
World War 1 PowerPoint and Worksheet
A three day overview of all the key aspects of WWII in one power point broken into three parts with accompanying worksheets that follow the PowerPoint.
- Part 1: The Global Trends- Turning Points Leading up to World War II
- Part 2: Key events and unique characteristics of World War II
- Part 3: The Holocaust
The history and description of Juneteenth, which is now as of June 17th, 2020 an official Federal holiday. Worksheet includes reading and reading reflection questions. Good supplementary assignment for any social studies subject.
This resource includes a BONUS ready-to-use interactive version of the PDF. Assign it to students to complete from any device.
This relevant worksheet reflects on the horrible events of the Tulsa Massacre 100 years ago on June 1, 1921. This worksheet gives a reading description of the events based on research and Reflection questions for the student. Also includes vocabulary activity. Worksheet includes Citations and Answer Sheet. PDF version for Distance Learning.
This resource includes a BONUS ready-to-use interactive version of the PDF. Assign it to students to complete from any device.
This extensive worksheet on voter suppression looks at the methods used in the past and today to suppress certain individuals from voting in America. This is a critical history topic for students of American History, Government, and Civics to learn about. The worksheet has students complete a timeline of voter suppression, complete a graphic organizer on methods used in the past and today, and research news articles today showing voter suppression laws currently proposed or passed .
This resource includes a BONUS ready-to-use interactive version of the PDF. Assign it to students to complete from any device.
This activity looks at the Transcontinental Railroad and how it shaped America and Americans including the contribution of the minority groups that helped build and expand America but were also displaced. This looks at the Chinese immigrant railroad workers and the Native Americans that the railroad line displaced.
Three parts to this activity:
- Reading and Reflection Questions
- Foldable Hands on Activity
- Mapping Activity
This resource includes a BONUS ready-to-use interactive version of the PDF. Assign it to students to complete from any device.
The Atomic Bombing of Japan. A supplement to WWII Unit. This DBQ has primary sources of text and images for the students to analyze.
This resource includes a BONUS ready-to-use interactive version of the PDF. Assign it to students to complete from any device.
In this mini document-based question worksheet. The students will learn about the westward expansion during the 1800's in America. The students will be asked to analyze the historical issue with the aid of the provided sources, or "documents," as evidence.
Great hands-on resource for students to look at the photos from the great depression and then analyze them using deduction skills and prior knowledge. Perfect activity to use for diversified learning.
This resource includes a BONUS ready-to-use interactive version of the PDF. Assign it to students to complete from any device.
Great hands-on resource for students to look at the photos from the great depression and then analyze them using deduction skills and prior knowledge. Perfect activity to use for diversified learning.
Read about the Navajo Code talkers, answer guided reading questions and do a code breaking and creating activity. Also includes a word search.
Learn about the Holocaust with a new twist on the standard multiple choice questions. Students must defend their answers and explain why the other choices are wrong.
This resource includes a BONUS ready-to-use interactive version of the PDF. Assign it to students to complete from any device.
Graphic organizer using britanica.com to research and describe key information about different jobs women took part in during the war.
This resource includes a BONUS ready-to-use interactive version of the PDF. Assign it to students to complete from any device.
Great Assignment to supplement your American History class with a focus assignment on the "Roaring Twenties" and the prohibition of 1920.
Students learn about the symbols that were used during the Women's Suffrage movement that ultimately led to the 19th amendment being ratified in the Constitution. Students describe what they learned about the symbols and then depict the symbol in the table.
This resource includes a BONUS ready-to-use interactive version of the PDF. Assign it to students to complete from any device.
Great supplement for unit on World War II. Students create a foldable using the images provided, and then provide researched information about each one of the leaders.
Students Identify and describe the different technology used in World War I and explain how they changed warfare. Using images from britanica.com, students are given a link to use for research into the technology.
This resource includes a BONUS ready-to-use interactive version of the PDF. Assign it to students to complete from any device.
Students read about the Cuban Missile Crisis then answer questions. Answer Key is provided. Can include alternative assignment with current events comparing the crisis then to today. Last question can be changed from a short answer to an essay.
Worksheet on the rising dictators during World War II. Short reading samples with questions and map activity.
This resource includes a BONUS ready-to-use interactive version of the PDF. Assign it to students to complete from any device.
Students will cut out the images and title of a key event that happened during the Cold War from 1945-1959. They will then get the dates and put them in proper order. They will paste the image and write in the date and a description of the event. They will need to use a Text book or use the web to get a description of the event.
This hands on activity has students create a ten flap, foldable in the hot dog style. They will need to look up the ten programs that President Roosevelt created after the great depression to rebuild America that put Americans back to work and recover from the depression.
This resource includes a BONUS ready-to-use interactive version of the PDF. Assign it to students to complete from any device.
Students will identify the countries that the were under the control of the great imperial empires during the 1900's.
They will color in the map according to the country's control.
Link for research provided as well at the answer key.
This resource includes a BONUS ready-to-use interactive version of the PDF. Assign it to students to complete from any device.
Great activity for Women's Month. Students read about some of the key women in American history and why they are significant. Then they take that knowledge and create a timeline on the timeline template. Optionally students could create the timeline on poster board and use the pictures from the worksheet to paste them to the poster board.
This resource includes a BONUS ready-to-use interactive version of the PDF. Assign it to students to complete from any device.
This great activity can be used for any historical figure. Students create a birthday card and a short bio of the person of the teacher's choice. This can be used with all ages and can be a fun hands on activity for differentiated learning.
This resource includes a BONUS ready-to-use interactive version of the PDF. Assign it to students to complete from any device.
In this DBQ (Document Based Questions) Students first learn about some of the roles that women took on during the civil war. Then they compare and contrast the roles of women in the north and women in the south. They then look at three primary sources and analyze, question and investigate them further. This comes with an answer key.
This resource includes a BONUS ready-to-use interactive version of the PDF. Assign it to students to complete from any device.
In this vocabulary activity. Students will use the terms that they have learned from the World War II unit. There are two activities on this worksheet. One is a crossword puzzle with a twist. They complete the sentences with the correct term. (terms not given) and then they use the traditional word seek activity to find the words given in the table.
Supplies needed are: Two different color highlighters.
This is a great resource about women's history, diversity and bias. Can be an individual or group activity. Students read a news article from the Omaha World Herald from 1929 titled More Stranded Girls than Ever. Then they do a vocabulary activity that supports ESL and all students. Last activity is document or text based questions that have students observe, reflect and communicate their questions about the reading. This can provoke a great class conversation or small group conversation about themes such as women's rights, diversity and bias.
This resource includes a BONUS ready-to-use interactive version of the PDF. Assign it to students to complete from any device.
In this DBQ (Document Based Questions) Students learn about the amendment that has been trying to get passed for almost 100 years now. They look at documents/images from the movement and reflect. There is also a vocabulary activity for some of the words that may need to be further defined (great resource for ESL students). Answer key is attached.
This resource includes a BONUS ready-to-use interactive version of the PDF. Assign it to students to complete from any device.
Primary Source activity with the primary sources provided from archives.gov
Students use the primary sources to answer questions about what the read.
Poster board activity: The students will write a return letter to one of the interned Japanese. This is racially sensitive information but also very important to learn about, as much as any other historical time period that the US may not be proud of their actions.
This resource includes a BONUS ready-to-use interactive version of the PDF. Assign it to students to complete from any device.
This worksheet explores the actions of Imperialism of the United States. Students read a short summary of imperialism, and how it applied to America, look at a political cartoon and analyze it, and then do a research activity looking up the key events to do with American Imperialism during the 19th and early 20th Century.
This resource includes a BONUS ready-to-use interactive version of the PDF. Assign it to students to complete from any device.
In this research activity students will read a brief summary of three of the major labor strikes during the 19th century in America: The Homestead Strike, The Lawrence Strike of 1912 and the Pullman Strike. Then they will research the strikes and complete the research activity.
This resource includes a BONUS ready-to-use interactive version of the PDF. Assign it to students to complete from any device.
In this lesson, students read and learn about the ideology of the Manifest Destiny and how it led the US to acquire lands. Topics covered are: Louisiana Purchase, Annexation of Texas, Mexico Cessation, Florida. Treaty of Paris of 1783. and the Gadsden Purchase. The students have reading reflection questions and a map activity.
This resource includes a BONUS ready-to-use interactive version of the PDF. Assign it to students to complete from any device.
This great supplementary worksheet covers a topic, rarely given much information in today's text books. The Space Race worksheet goes through the key events and people that were involved with this great competition between the Soviet Union and the U.S. during the heat of the Cold War. Worksheet includes reading, reflection questions, and a timeline activity.
This resource includes a BONUS ready-to-use interactive version of the PDF. Assign it to students to complete from any device.
Power Point on Post World War II topics with worksheet and answer key.
Topics:
- Allied and Axis powers after World WWII
- Europe Divided up Germany (East and West Germany)
- United Nations with video clip
- Post War Japan
- Marshall Plan
- Molotov Plan
This bundle includes PowerPoint on the Cold war from the origins of the Cold War to the fall of the Cold War, in which is broken up into three parts (three separate class days) with a worksheet that goes along with the PowerPoint for each day.
Each worksheet includes a vocabulary activity and graphic organizers.
Bundle also includes the worksheets in both Word format and PDF as well as the answer keys.
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