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6th grade british history resources for Microsoft Word
America The Story of Us: (Episode 2 - Revolution) Video Guide
Video study guide for Episode 2: Revolution of America The Story of Us. Movie guide comes complete with answer key. Questions follow the film in order. America The Story of Us: Episode 2 - RevolutionsEpisode Summary:July 9, 1776. The Declaration of Independence is read to crowds in New York. Offshore, more than 400 ships bristling with soldiers and guns are massing. It is the largest British invasion force until D-Day. America's 13 colonies have taken on the might of the world's leading superpow
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6th - 12th
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Spying in the American Revolution Webquest
Spying in the American Revolution WebquestStudents will gain knowledge about the importance of spying in winning the American Revolution by completing an internet-based worksheet. Spying in the American Revolution Webquest uses a great website that allows student to learn how George Washington was a spymaster. The website allows students learn about key American spies and spy techniques during the American Revolution.Click here to view the website.The webquest contains 40 questions. An answer sh
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5th - 12th
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The Boston Tea Party, A Play
If you teach about the Road to Revolution in your class, this is a great way to get your students involved and engaged when you reach the Tea Act of 1773 and the Boston Tea Party 1773.Having students reenact history is an excellent way for them to "experience" what events were like. This is a great example. This play was written using eyewitness accounts and other excellent sources including information from the Boston Tea Party museum. If ever in Boston it is a must do! You even get to throw th
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5th - 12th
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American Revolution Battle Chart
This product is an American Revolution Battle Chart. It is two pages. One is the battle chart with pieces missing (student) and the other is complete (teacher). Product could be used as either teacher driven guided notes or as a homework assignment.Battles featured include Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, Saratoga, Manhattan, Trenton, Princeton, Fort Ticonderoga, Cowpens, Yorktown, among others. Battle chart information includes 1) Battle Name, 2) Battle Date, 3) Description, and 4) Outco
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6th - 12th
Valley Forge Primary Source Worksheet: American Revolution
This worksheet allows students to use a primary source document to learn about the problems the Continental Army faced at Valley Forge. This activity is very easy to use. All you have to do is print off the primary source from the following website for classroom use or direct students to the website to answer the worksheet questions:http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/valleyforge.htmClick here to view the website.The primary source document is labeled (The Continental Army at Valley Forge, 1777)S
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5th - 12th
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Magna Carta & the English Bill of Rights
The assignment contains 27 questions about how the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights established limits on government in response to absolute monarchy. Students will use kid-friendly websites to answer the questions. I have included an answer key. Please message me if you have any questions. *Engaging!*No prep lesson!*Editable Word Document*The document can be uploaded to your website or Google Drive; please make sure, however, that it is password protected.Topics/Key Vocabulary: King
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6th - 10th
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Primary Source Exploration for British Taxes & Acts
This group activity includes directions and primary sources for the activity. You will need as many envelopes as you have groups. Place directions and primary sources in the envelopes and give one to each group - the rest is self explanatory! The taxes/acts covered are: The Sugar Act, The Stamp Act, The Townshend Acts & The Quartering Act.
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6th - 12th
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Battle of Saratoga Student Reading/Questions
If you;re studying the Battle of Saratoga consider using this reading filled with primary source quotes, images, tables/figures for students to analyze. I set the stage, explain the British and American goals, and give information regarding what this battle ensured for the Americans. Seven comprehension questions to go along!
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5th - 9th
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Revolutionary War/ American Revolution Test
This is a test covering topics, people, and battles related to the American Revolution. It is 7th grade level curriculum, but written for lower reader, apporximately 4th-5th grade. The test is multiple choice, fill in the blank, and compare/contrast chart.
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4th - 8th
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Gandhi (1982) Movie Question Guide
This product is a movie question guide for the Oscar winning movie Gandhi which is available on Amazon or YouTube (type in Gandhi 1982 and the full version should be there). I typically start the movie when Gandhi is on the train heading to South Africa. I skip the opening assassination scene because I find this keeps the students’ attention more. Plus I get to watch their shocked faces at the end of the movie when Gandhi gets shot. (Majority of my students, and most likely yours, have no cl
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6th - 12th
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Spanish Armada Video Webquest Queen Elizabeth I and the Tudors
This is a simple and easy to use lesson plan on the Spanish Armada in 1588. Have your students watch the YouTube video and answer the questions. The video is from the great BBC/Military Channel series called Battlefield Britain. Watch the video for yourself at:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl3stf20X10Click here to view the YouTube video.If the video link ever changes just search YouTube for “Battlefield Britain Spanish Armada”This video focuses on the tactics used by the British and Spanish nav
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5th - 12th
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Life in the Middle Colonies, A Play
Here is a skit I use when we are learning about the Middle Colonies in my classroom. It is a great way to enhance any lesson about the Middle Colonies either to introduce some of the characteristics of this region or reinforce what has been taught. All of my skits are written to engage students and get them thinking. Most contain a little bit of humor, as well. This one does. If you'd like to see all of my plays, skits, re-enactments, simulations and other lesson starters please visit my store o
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5th - 12th
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Complete 4 Minute American Revolution Video Worksheet Collection
These great video worksheets cover key events of the American Revolution. My students enjoy and are engaged by these simple to use four minute video worksheets. Most importantly, they helped increase student knowledge and understanding of the American Revolution.Each video worksheet works great as a “Do Now Activity” or as a complement to any lecture or lesson plan on the American Revolution. Each worksheet guides students through problems faced by American Revolution soldiers or through a key e
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5th - 12th
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Boston Tea Party American Revolution Primary Source Worksheet
This worksheet allows students to use a primary source document to learn about the Boston Tea Party. This activity is very easy to use. All you have to do is print off the primary source from the following website for classroom use or direct students to the website to answer the worksheet questions:http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/teaparty.htmClick here to view the website.The primary source document is labeled (The Boston Tea Party, 1773)Students read the document and answer the questions on
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5th - 12th
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Also included in: United States History Primary Source Worksheet Bundle
Amazing Grace Movie Guide
This movie guide follows the movie Amazing Grace. The movie tells the true story of William Wilberforce and the fight to abolish the slave trade in the United Kingdom. This guide takes the students through the movie to increase engagement and help the students to follow the plot.
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6th - 12th
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Spies in the American Revolution: Valley Forge Writing Activity
This activity includes three American Revolution lesson plans.The first activity is an internet based worksheet on the capture and execution of American spy Nathan Hale. Students read the document and answer the questions. I usually print out the reading for the students, but you can have students answer the questions using the website.http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/hale.htmThe second activity is a journal activity where students take the role of a British spy at Valley Forge during the win
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5th - 10th
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War of 1812 Primary Source Worksheet: Battle of New Orleans 1815
This worksheet allows students to use a primary source document to learn about the problems and successes the American Army had at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812.
This activity is very easy to use. All you have to do is print off the primary source from the following website for classroom use or direct students to the website to answer the worksheet questions.
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/battleofneworleans.htm
Click here to view the website.
The primary source documen
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5th - 12th
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Also included in: War of 1812 Primary Sources Worksheet Collection
Spanish Armada vs. Queen Elizabeth of England
This is a worksheet on the Spanish Armada attacking England and the speech Queen Elizabeth gives to rally her fellow countrymen.
What you get:
1. A short one page read on the Spanish Armada and the Attack on England to include Queen Elizabeth's speech to the troops.
2. Followup questions about the reading and some more engaging questions for students to think beyond what they just read.
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6th - 10th
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Middle Ages: Battle of Hastings Video Webquest/Worksheet (Great Video)
This is a simple and easy to use lesson plan on the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Have your students watch the YouTube video and answer the questions. The video is from the great BBC/Military Channel series called Battlefield Britain. Watch the video for yourself at:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_rAXH09qRYClick here to view the video/website.If the video link ever changes just search YouTube for “Battlefield Britain Battle of Hastings 1066”This video focuses on the tactics used by the Saxons and
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6th - 12th
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American Revolution: Questions/Answer Key for April Morning Video
A 14 question handout for students to fill out as they watch April Morning, which is about The Battle of Lexington and Concord, and based on a historical novel by the same name. Starring Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Urich. A good way to engage students in the beginning of an American Revolution Unit. Answer Key included.
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5th - 11th, Higher Education
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Global History: The Spanish Armada
EDITABLE reading comprehension packet about the competition between Elizabeth of England and Philip II of Spain that culminated in the Spanish Armada. Packet includes key information, pictures for visual learners, and reading comprehension questions with space to answer them right on the page.
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6th - 10th
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The British Surrender at Yorktown: American Revolution Primary Source Worksheet
This worksheet allows students to use a primary source document to learn about the Battle of Yorktown and the surrender of British forces. This activity is very easy to use. All you have to do is print off the primary source from the following website for classroom use or direct students to the website to answer the worksheet questions:http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/yorktown.htmClick here to view the website.The primary source document is labeled (The British Surrender at Yorktown, 1781)Stud
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5th - 12th
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World War I Video Webquest (Great Lesson)
This is a simple and easy to use lesson plan. Have your students watch the YouTube video and answer the questions. The video is from the great BBC/Military Channel series called 20th Century Battlefields. (1918 Western Front) Watch the video for yourself at:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuEXYOygFCY&t or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HTA-3fMcmsIf the website ever changes search for "20th Century Battlefields 1918 Western Front"This video focuses on trench warfare and changing tactics nea
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6th - 12th
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Life in the New England Colonies, A Play
I love getting my students involved in their learning. I created this play to help teach life in the New England colonies. This is a great enhancement to any lesson about the New England colonies. Included in the play are references to:-subsistence farming-soil conditions in New England (rocky soil)-slavery in New England-Growth of Trade - timber and fishing/whaling industries especially-Town life - schools, green/commons, some trades-Triangular trade-The Navigation Acts-New England colonies ide
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6th - 12th
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