Modern us history

Looking for some engaging, high-quality history lessons? Then check out my favorite free US history lessons for middle school!

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Help your students do more than just learn facts & dates about the American Revolution. Help them bring to history to life with these engaging American Revolution activities. Your 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students will be drawn into history in a way that helps them truly understand it. Activities like timelines, interactive notebooks, historical writing & more will take your Revolutionary War lessons to the next level. #UpperElementary #AmericanRevolutionLessons #RevolutionaryWarActivities

A list of Early American activities for 5th-grade social studies to help students understand the importance of history.

Add a little pizzazz to your lessons with some United States History Activities that your students will love!

American History | US History | Middle School | High School | Bell Ringer Journal | 275 writing prompts for the entire school year | The SuperHERO Teacher

Bring Post-War US History to life for your homeschool high school teens with historically accurate movies. Extensive, vetted list. #teachwithmovies #homeschooling #history #homeschoolingteens #homeschoolhighschool #homeschool

If your students ask, "Why do we have to learn about history," you're in the right place! This blog post will help you engage your students in learning history!

Talking about modern history can be hard. So much of it is difficult, and even painful, to explore. But it's important to learn about and try to understand all parts of history so we can be prepared for the future. This FREE Modern History Activities and Notebooking: 1990s unit can help you and your family look at five key events. #modernhistory #hsgiveaways

How to Create a US History Curriculum - The Clever Teacher

Integrate curriculum with History Minutes. Social studies, close reading, geography, science, and/or math are all included. Great for bell ringers, sub plans, integration, and more.

Learn everything you need to know about teaching the American Revolution, including important events, free lessons, and more!

Enjoy life-long learning. . . one day at a time. Hands-on learning activities, ideas, games, and printables for parents, homeschoolers, and educators.

This Great Books List is intended to be a companion resource for the NEWEST part in the FREE History Curriculum series- Modern American History. These History Book Lists are meant to offer you a quality selection of resources to help really make these studies come alive ! SUPER organized list of historical fiction, guides, hands-on activity books, and movies !

Add some of these fun projects for kids to your Civil War lesson plans. When you add hands-on activities to your US History studies, middle school children realize how exciting history can be. Which one of these Civil War activities for kids are you going to work on first? #civilwar #history #middleschool

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The National Museum of American History is considered one of the top museums in the country. With all the history America has seen in its relatively short existence, it’s easy to get overwhelmed and mentally exhausted if you don’t go in with some kind of plan. Here is how I spent my time in the National Museum of American History along with my must-see recommendations.

History Movie Lists You Can Trust as being Family Friendly Do you wish you had ways to incorporate movies into your homeschool besides just telling your teens "Read the book and then we'll watch the movie"? I have 4 different ways for you to use movies in your homeschool with your high schooler plus

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It's the end of the year and everyone is exhausted! You need an engaging project for students to do that allows them to be creative and do some independent research, right? This end of the year decades project for US History is perfect. Check out my blog post that explains how I use it in my class. And it's FREE!