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Colonization and Settlement
Mega-Download of Columbian Exchange and Columbus Freebies
Christopher Columbus and New World Doodle Notes – Freebie
Christopher. Columbus Sets Sail – Video (2:10)
Columbian Exchange – Video (2:57)
Christopher Columbus Explorer Mini Bio – Video (3:16)
How to Teach About Christopher Columbus and the Columbian Exchange – Video Post, Freebie
Jamestown Bell Ringers & Exit Ticket
Jamestown Pamphlet Assignment with Template – Free Download
Article on the Lost Colony at Roanoke
Jamestown Powerpoint – Free TPT Product
Jamestown Founded in 1607 – History Channel Video (5 min.)
America, The Story of Us: Life in Jamestown – History Channel Video on YouTube (3 min.)
10 Jamestown Assignments and Activities – My TPT Product
9 Bacon’s Rebellion Assignments – My TPT Product
Jamestown Parody Song of Shut Up and Dance
Bacon’s Rebellion – Video (5:39)
What is the Mayflower Compact? – Video (2:20)
The French and Indian War Explained – Video (3:22)
Fort Necessity Campaign – Video (6:07)
Last of the Mohicans Forest Ambush – Video (3:08)
Last of the Mohicans Siege of Fort William Henry – Video (6:11)
Label the 13 Colonies Interactive Map Game
The Salem Witch Trials – Video (2:11)
The Salem Witch Trials 1692 – Video (2:10)
The Crucible Trial Scene (Salem Witch Trials) – Video (2:35)
Benjamin Franklin Video – Scroll down. (3:58)
Ben Franklin Word Web Assignment – Blog Post
American Revolution
Fast Facts About the Proclamation of 1763 – Video (3:00)
The Stamp Act – Video (3:52)
What Were the Townshend Acts – Video (3:13)
What was the Tea Act of 1773? – Video (3:52)
The Story Behind the Boston Tea Party – Video (3:47)
Combat Strategy: The Revolutionary War – Video (4:10)
Paul Revere’s Ride – Poem
Colonial Taxes Meme & Blog Post
Boston Tea Party Meme & Blog Post
Declaration of Independence Fun Facts Quiz
Declaration of Independence Interactive Drag and Drop
Declaration of Independence Memes & Blog Post
Causes of the American Revolution – Podcast Episode
Causes of the American Revolution Bell Ringer, Brainstorm, and Exit Ticket
Causes of the American Revolution Important Terms to Cover
Causes of the American Revolution Guided Notes and Answer Key
Continental Army Pamphlet Assignment with Template – Free Download
Trouble in Boston Lesson Plan (reader’s theater, analyze political cartoon, poems, etc.)
American Revolution PowerPoint – Free TPT Download
Stamp Act Blog Post Assignment – Free TPT Download
Concord Hymn – Poem
Stamp Act Activity – How to Source and Contextualize a Historical Document
Create a Front Page of Boston Newspaper Assignment (scroll to last page) – Free TPT Download
Road to Revolution Bingo Review Game – Free TPT Download
American Revolution Jeopardy Game (for end of unit review) – Free TPT Download
Causes of the American Revolution Parody of Kesha’s Die Young – Video
Benjamin Franklin: An American Celebrity in France – Video (4:37)
Immediate Causes of American Revolution Test (use as quiz or review) – Free TPT Download
Causes of the American Revolution Propaganda Poster Assignment
Yankee Doodle by Dr. Richard Shuckburgh – Song (British making fun of colonial Americans)
Shot Heard ‘Round the World by Schoolhouse Rock – Song (American Revolution)
Importance of Valley Forge – Video (4:30)
New Nation
Constitution Preamble Interactive Drag and Drop
The Preamble by Schoolhouse Rock – Song (helps students memorize the Preamble to the Constitution)
9 Things You May Not Know About the Declaration of Independence – Recommended Article
John Adams’ Presidency – Bell Ringer, Attention-Getter, and Exit Ticket
John Adams Important Terms to Cover
John Adams 60 Second President – Video (1:00)
Political Career of John Adams – History Channel Video (scroll down – second video on the page, 5 min.)
Abigail Adams Biography – Video (2:57)
War of 1812 in Four Minutes – Video (4:00)
The Burning of Washington (War of 1812) – Video (4:00)
Star Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Key -Song (War of 1812)
National Expansion and Reform
Erie Canal Video, Worksheet, and Assignments
Battle of New Orleans by Johnny Horton – Song (Andrew Jackson, Battle of New Orleans, War of 1812)
Tariff of 1828 and the Nullification Crisis Podcast
Tariff of 1828 & Nullification Crisis Discussion Starters
Tariff of 1828 & Nullification Crisis Guided Notes
Gilder Lehrman Powerpoint on the Nullification Crisis
Andrew Jackson 60 Second Presidents – Video (1 min.)
Jackson Nullification – Video (1:37)
Nullification Crisis Writing Prompt & Propaganda Poster Assignment
Nullification Crisis Exit Ticket
Next Day Review Nullification Crisis
Eli Whitney Video About Cotton Gin and Interchangeable Parts – Video (3:47)
Table Comparing Before and After Cotton Gin
Alien and Sedition Acts Assignments
Looking at XYZ Affair and Alien and Sedition Acts from Both Sides – Worksheet (scroll down to page 8)
XYZ Affair Parody Song/Video to Wham’s Careless Whisper
James K. Polk by They Might Be Giants – Song (President James Polk)
US Territorial Expansion Map (see how to use it here)
Mexican-American War Bell-ringers and Exit Ticket
Mexican-American War Guided Notes and Answer Key
Mexican-American War – PBS Video (2:29)
President Polk 60-Second President – Video (1:00)
Texas: Mexican-American War – Brittanica Kids Video (2:55)
“Did You Know” News Segment About Santa Anna’s Leg – Youtube Video (4:56)
Mexican-American War Recruitment Poster, Newspaper Article, and Journal Entry Assignments
Primary Source Worksheet – James K. Polk
Primary Source Worksheet – Joshua Giddings
Thinking About Life on the Great Plains Worksheet
How Native Americans Used Buffalo – Video (1:52)
Sitting Bull and the Lakotas’ Last Stand – Video (5:56)
Sitting Bull Acrostic Poem Assignment
Civil War & Reconstruction
Harriet Tubman – Poem
Death and the Civil War – Video (preview but very good) (2:15)
Battlefield Death – Video (4:00)
Civil War By the Numbers – Recommended Article
Civil War Casualties Graphs and Visuals
Fun Civil War Activity Podcast
With Johnny Comes Marching Home by Patrick Gilmore – Song (Civil War soldier returning home)
Follow the Drinking Gourd – Song (underground railroad)
Virtual Tour of Ford’s Theatre, Assignment, and Video About Lincoln’s Assassination – Blog Post
Virtual Tour of Ford’s Theatre
O Captain! My Captain! – Poem about Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination
O Captain! My Captain Poem Worksheet – Read this blog post to learn how/when to use this.
Lincoln’s Assassination Tweet Assignment
How to Remember Constitutional Amendments – Video
Lincoln’s Assassination Crime Scene Investigation
Rise of Industrial America
George Washington Carver – Video (4:30)
Excerpts from The Jungle to Read to Your Class
Industrial Age Interactive Crossword Puzzle
Thomas Edison Fun Facts Quiz Powerpoint
“When Henry Ford and Thomas Edison Went Camping in the Great Smoky Mountains” – Recommended Article
The New Colossus – Poem
Panama Canal Song by Anamaniacs – Song and video (Panama Canal)
World War I
How a Wrong Turn Started World War I – Video (3:23)
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand – Video (first video on page) (3:28)
“8 Things You Didn’t Know About Franz Ferdinand” – Recommended Article
World War 1 Causes Word Scramble
Life in a Trench, World War I – Video (3:14)
Life in the Trenches, World War I – Video (8:43)
Tech Developments of World War I – Video (3:01)
Who was the Red Baron? – Video (1:17)
Over There by George M. Cohan – Song (US soldiers fighting in World War I)
World War I Christmas Truce – Recommended Article (Great story!!)
Bet You Didn’t Know, World War I – Video (2:14)
Signing of the Treaty of Versailles – Photo
My Boy Jack – Poem
Roaring Twenties and Great Depression
Charlie Chaplin in The Kid – Video (4:58)
I, Too – Poem
Harlem – Poem (Discrimination, Harlem Renaissance)
Duke Ellington, It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing – Blog Post and Video 2:33
Great Depression Song to Use in Class – Blog Post, Song, and Questions
Song of the South by Alabama – Song (Great Depression)
World War II
Battle of Britain Discussion Starter
Free World War II Worksheet/Summary – Free Product on TPT (scroll down to page 5 and 6)
Winston Churchill – Video on History Channel (4:11)
Pearl Harbor Summary PowerPoint
Pearl Harbor Summary Videos (embedded in blog post)
Interview with Survivor of USS Arizona from Pearl Harbor – Video
D-Day Quiz – (Blog post on how to use it)
Post World War II/Cold War
Cold War Discussion Starter – Podcast 5:30
Cuban Missile Crisis Worksheets
Cult of Personality by Living Colour – Song (mentions Kennedy, Stalin, Mussolini and their appeal to the public)
Lyndon Johnson Being Sworn in on Air Force One After JFK’s Assassination – Audio (0:38)
We Didn’t Start the Fire by Billy Joel – Song (important events after World War II to the 1980s)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (3:41)
Vietcong Guerilla (3:08)
The Most Dangerous Job in the Vietnam War (1:00)
Why New Soldiers Didn’t Survive Vietnam (0:51)
Tet Offensive (3:47 – This video is part of a History Channel page on the Vietnam War. You may need to scroll down to find the video.)
What was Significant About the 1968 Tet Offensive? (3:43)
U.S. Veteran Describes Being Prisoner of War in Vietnam (5:32)
How WWII and Vietnam Veterans Were Treated Differently (5:01)
The Vietnam Soldier’s War Life. Why PTSD. (0:46)
The Difference Between a World War II Vet and a Vietnam Vet (0:58)
Walking on a Thin Line by Huey Lewis and the News – Song (treatment of Vietnam Veterans)
For What It’s Worth by Buffalo Springfield – Song (Vietnam War protests)
Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater Revival – Song (Vietnam War protests)
99 Red Balloons by Nena – Song (Cold War and threat of nuclear war)
Wind of Change by Scorpion – Song (fall of the Soviet Union)
Have You Touched the Berlin Wall? – Blog Post with Link
Civil Rights Movement
Civil Rights Voting Act – Video (2:50)
Eyes on the Prize – Emmett Till – Video (10:28) Note: This is an older video but does a great job of telling Till’s story. It can be graphic, so use your judgement as to whether your students can handle it.
Modern History
9/11: George Bush Breaks Down His Very Public Initial Reaction – BBC (4:51)
Holidays
Short Thanksgiving Origin Video and Questions – Blog Post with Links
Interactive Thanksgiving Quizzes – Blog Post with Links
A Quick Veteran’s Day Lesson – Blog Post with Videos
Assignment Ideas for the Week Before Christmas Break – Blog Post
Free Christmas Assignments to Use with Almost Any Topic – Blog Post
Test Prep
Georgia US History Released End of Course Test and Answer Key (scroll to page 5)
Texas Released End of Course Test and Answer Key (scroll down to find US History, 7 different tests)
North Carolina Released End of Course Test and Answer Key
Miscellaneous
101 Quotes to Use in Your Classroom
Student Interest Inventory – Freebie
Exit Tickets for Any Subject – Freebie
Intro to US History QR Code Scavenger Hunt – TPT Product
Videos for You
Digital Pamphlet Template with 2 Free Assignments – Video Post, Freebie
What to Do During the Summer – Video Post, Freebie
Teaching Tips
List of My US History Units and How I Divided Up Content
Flyswatter Review Game Instructions
Flyswatter Review Game Blog Post
What to Put on Your Board – Podcast
Using a Prop Box – Podcast
End of the Year Teacher Reflection
Character Education and Character Traits to Teach in Class
Assignment Ideas
What is a Freewrite Slides – Free TPT Product
Book Cover Assignment Template
Biography Book Cover Assignment Blog Post
Newspaper Article Planning Worksheet
Digital Pamphlet Template with 2 Free Assignments – Video Post, Freebie
