December 9, 2020Assignment Ideas, Holidays Free Historical Christmas Ornament Assignment & Other Ideas Do you need something fun to do with your students before the Christmas holidays? Have your students create a commemorative Christmas ornament […]
November 12, 2020November 22, 2021Holidays, Videos Short Video about the First Thanksgiving Use this short video before Thanksgiving break as a bell ringer or filler. The True Story of the First Thanksgiving – PBS […]
November 6, 2020May 12, 2023Colonization & Settlement, Holidays Interactive Thanksgiving Quizzes Here are two ten-question quizzes about Thanksgiving. The first one has fewer adds. Both give feedback explaining wrong answers. The questions on […]
October 30, 2020Holidays, Miscellaneous, Videos Short Halloween History Videos I always show my students a couple of short videos about the history of Halloween each year. Here are some of my […]
December 8, 2017May 15, 2023Assignment Ideas, Classroom Management, Help for New Teacher, Holidays, Miscellaneous, Review Strategies, Teaching Tips Assignment Ideas for the Week Before Christmas Break You know it’s coming. That dreaded “week before Christmas break.” It’s a time when it’s every teacher for himself, and most educators […]