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Life During the Dust Bowl: A Gallery Walk Exercise

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Engage your students in developing historical empathy regarding the experience of an individual living through the Dust Bowl with the use of historical photographs. Using a gallery walk format, students will examine the impact of the Dust Bowl and

Subjects:

U.S. History, Critical Thinking, Writing

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Activities, Lesson

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Examining Labor & Working Conditions in the Gilded Age: A Gallery Walk Exercise

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Engage your students in developing historical empathy regarding the experience of a worker living through the Gilded Age and Progressive Era with the use of historical photographs. Using a gallery walk format, students will examine the impact of

Subjects:

Civics, U.S. History, Visual Arts

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Activities, Graphic Organizers, Lesson

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When Should the US Intervene? Investigating Foreign Policy Crises of the 1990s

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Engage your students in exploring the foreign policy crises and decisions made by the US government in the post-Cold War 1990s. Using a mixture of individual and cooperative learning, students investigate seven real events/crises, such as the

Subjects:

Civics, U.S. History, World History

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Lesson

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You be the Court: Debating Schenck v. United States (WWI & Freedom of Speech)

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Engage your students in thinking through the famous World War I and freedom of speech case Schenck v. United States. This handout activity has students work together in small groups to become the Supreme Court and critically examine the arguments of

Subjects:

Civics, Government, U.S. History

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts

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Slavery in Antebellum America: A Document Set Stations Lesson

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Immerse your students in a primary source-based study of the lives of the enslaved during the Antebellum Era. Using seven different document sets of five primary sources each, students learn about the following aspect of slavery:Labor in the "Big

Subjects:

U.S. History, African History

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

DBQs, Lesson, Centers

CCSS:

RH.9-10.1, RH.9-10.2, RH.11-12.1, RH.11-12.2, RH.11-12.3

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Realities of War: A World War I Gallery Walk Exercise

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Engage your students in developing historical empathy regarding the experience of those fighting and living near the front during World War I with the use of historical photographs. Using a gallery walk format, students will examine both the causes

Subjects:

U.S. History, European History, World History

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Activities, Graphic Organizers, Lesson

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Examining the War on Terror: Using Case Issues to Examine Justifiability

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Engage your students in critical thinking and group deliberation as they examine four controversial means of fighting the War on Terror. This lesson provides students with four (2-pages each) case issues to consider what means are justifiable in the

Subjects:

Civics, U.S. History, World History

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Lesson

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Debating the Vietnam Anti-War Movement: A Speed Dating Exercise

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Engage your students in learning more about the anti-war movement of the Vietnam War as they debate and assess what methods of protest are justified during wartime. Using a basic speed-dating format, this lesson provides eighteen different role

Subjects:

Civics, U.S. History, Critical Thinking

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Activities, Lesson

$3.00

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How Revolutionary was the American Revolution? A Mock Trial

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Engage your students in this in-depth culminating activity in which they participate in a mock trial regarding the American Revolution. For the trial, the American Revolution has been charged with misleading the American public by presenting itself

Subjects:

Civics, Government, U.S. History

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Projects, Simulations, Lesson

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The Life of a Civil War Soldier: A Gallery Walk Exercise

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Engage your students in developing historical empathy regarding the experience of United States soldiers who served in the American Civil War. Using a gallery walk format displaying twenty historic photographs, students will examine the lived

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, U.S. History

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Lesson

$3.00

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First-Day Social Studies Get-To-Know-You Activity

By History Hot Spot

Engage your students in this quick and insightful get-to-know-you activity on the first day. Using controversial current and historical issue statements (ex. The United States should require all citizens to serve in the military), students travel

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Character Education

Grades:

10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities

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Life and Culture in the Roaring Twenties: A 1920s Gallery Walk Exercise

By History Hot Spot

Engage your students in developing historical empathy regarding the daily lives and culture of the Roaring Twenties with the use of historical photographs. Using a gallery walk format, students will examine this period as they reflect on the

Subjects:

U.S. History

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Activities, Graphic Organizers, Lesson

$3.00

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Innovations of the Market Revolution: A WebQuest Activity

By History Hot Spot

Engage your students in discovering how 11 major innovations of the Market Revolution helped "revolutionize" both the American economy and society, thus helping make the period a "revolution." Ranging from transportation improvements to new

Subjects:

U.S. History, Economics

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Webquests, Lesson

$2.50

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A Civil War Road Trip: A Project-Based Learning Activity

By History Hot Spot

Engage your students in exploring the Civil War as it marks our landscape today. Using a project-based learning structure, students discover the Civil War as they identify what sites they would visit on a family road trip dedicated to the Civil War.

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, U.S. History

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Lesson

$5.00

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Confronting Prejudice: A Jim Crow Gallery Walk

By History Hot Spot

Help your students develop historical empathy regarding the experience of Black Americans during the Jim Crow Era through the examination of historical photographs. Using a gallery walk format, students will analyze the different forms of prejudice

Subjects:

Civics, U.S. History, Black History Month

Grades:

10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Graphic Organizers, Lesson

$3.00

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Debating the Mexican-American War: A Structured Academic Controversy

By History Hot Spot

Engage your students in exploring one of the most critical debates of Manifest Destiny: the justifiability of the Mexican-American War. Through cooperative analysis of four primary sources from both those in favor (President Polk, John L.

Subjects:

U.S. History, Critical Thinking, Close Reading

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Lesson

$3.00

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Settlement of the West 1865-1900...Beneficial for All? A DBQ Exercise

By History Hot Spot

Help build your students primary source analysis skills while also fostering critical thinking and developing writing skills with this engaging DBQ exercise. Exploring the westward settlement following the Civil War, students will utilize the

Subjects:

Native Americans, U.S. History, Writing

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, DBQs

$2.50

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US History Gallery Walk Activity Bundle

By History Hot Spot

This bundle of US history gallery walk lesson plans is sure to get your students moving around the room and engaging in the visual analysis of history with primary sources. Teachers will find this collection of ten lesson plans spanning from the

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, U.S. History, World History

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RH.9-10.1, RH.9-10.2, RH.9-10.9

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To Ratify the Equal Rights Amendment or Not? A Structured Academic Controversy

By History Hot Spot

Engage your students in exploring one of the most critical debates of the 1970s: the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. Through cooperative analysis of four primary sources from both the Women's Liberation Movement as well as the New Right

Subjects:

Civics, Government, U.S. History

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Lesson

$3.00

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September 11 and the War on Terror: A Gallery Walk Reflection Activity

By History Hot Spot

Engage your students in exploring the visual history of September 11th and its impact on the United States and the world, notably the War on Terror. Using 27 historic color photographs, students will analyze the tragic events of 9/11 and the events

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, U.S. History, World History

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Lesson

$3.00

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have been teaching for nine years in varying settings from middle school to college. Each of these experiences has provided me insight into building stronger lessons and resources to ensure our students are successful regardless of the circumstances.

MY TEACHING STYLE

I love stepping aside while helping guide students to discovering new information and building critical thinking skills. Hands-on, project-based, and problem-based are all phrases that can be used to describe my teaching style.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

In 2017, I was named the Alabama History Teacher of the Year and a top 10 finalist for National History Teacher of the Year. I have been a nominee for teacher of the year five years in my ten-year career as well as a nominee for innovative teacher of the year. My utilization of technology in the classroom was recognized by the state of Alabama as I was a nominee for the Chiquita Marbury Technology Innovation Award (high school teacher category). I have presented numerous presentations on the state and national level for both social studies education as well as incorporating technology into the classroom.

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

I attended Auburn University for my undergraduate, master's (a few courses at Georgetown University as part of the James Madison Fellowship), and doctorate degrees in social studies education.

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