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Macbeth Madness

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students participate in various social studies activities in correlation to William Shakespeare's Macbeth. In this Macbeth lesson, students study maps of Scotland, England, and Norway to identify locations mentioned in Macbeth. Students...
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COMING TO AMERICA:A PILGRIM STORY LESSON

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
By completing this lesson, learners demonstrate their reading comprehension skills, including reading strategies, inference, literal meaning, and critical analysis.
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Examining Passenger Lists Lesson Plan

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students learn about the colonists that settled in the New World.  In this famous explorers lesson, students learn about famous explorers and how they used to keep diaries about their travels.  Students read passenger lists...
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Medieval Law and Order

For Students 6th - 8th
For this English history worksheet, students examine the harsh punishments for breaking the law in Medieval England. Students complete the task of answering 6 questions based on the reading.
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Prime Ministers Dinner

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders pretend as if they are the King or Queen of Canada (England), and they have invited former prime ministers of Canada to dinner.
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The Queen's Birthday

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students read and discuss an article about England's Queen Elizabeth's birthday party. They work in small groups, complete vocabulary exercises and take a comprehension quiz.
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Different Viewpoints - Loyalist or Patriot

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use primary sources to study U.S. history and government. In this primary sources lesson, 3rd graders practice gathering information from "eye witness" accounts of history.
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The Federal Period 1780 - 1820

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Within this unit, students evaluate the prosperity of a New England town during the Federal Period. Throughout the unit, students are looking for evidence of prosperity by examining artifacts such as inventories, tax lists, and photos to...
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Jamestown Journey Part 1

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders work to solve one of the major problems facing the Jamestown settlers, the best location to settle upon arrival in Jamestown. Students discuss and review the past European and American events that lead to the...
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Edward VI - Protestantism Study Guide

For Students 7th - 12th
In this British Religious History learning exercise, students uncover details regarding the reign of Edward VI and his views on Protestantism.
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The Tudor's True Story

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students take effective notes from a video documentary, create an oral report about an assigned aspect of the video, and express an understanding of the King's six wives' lives.
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Egyptian Antiquities

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students recognize that ancient builders overcame great obstacles in erecting monuments. They research the history and the status of conservation efforts over the course of the last 20 to 30 years to answer provided questions.
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Past Tense Verbs

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this past tense worksheet, students write the correct form of verbs in parenthesis to correctly complete a total of 7 sentences.
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Primary History: What Happened to the Anglo Saxons?

For Students 5th - 6th
In this world history worksheet, students investigate, "What happened to the Anglo Saxons?" They examine Anglo Saxon influence on language and place names. They describe the Norman invasion from two points of view and find pictures of...
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Medieval Knight Life

For Teachers 5th
Students research the Middle Ages. In this Middle Ages lesson, students complete lessons about feudalism, life on a manor, chivalry and knighthood, an activity about the Battle of Hastings, the growth of Middle Age towns, the trial by...
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VS.3c

For Teachers All
Students examine the settling of the Jamestown settlement and the importance of the Virginia Company of London. Students actively engage in various role-playing activities
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South Carolina's Constitution

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore the definition of political culture. After viewing a movie, 8th graders discuss how the political culture of the 1600 and 1700s is reflected in early drafts of the South Carolina constitution.
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The Stuart Monarchs 1603 - 1704

For Students 7th - 12th
For this British history study guide worksheet, learners investigate the Stuart monarchy. Students read 13 sections of information and examine photographs.
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History-5 Word Search

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this literacy worksheet, students find the words that are in the word search puzzle that focus upon the vocabulary that is from the theme of the sheet.
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Britain and the British

For Students 6th - 7th
For this Great Britain worksheet, learners complete a 10 question multiple choice on-line interactive quiz about British history and culture.
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Revolution, Revolution

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this revolutions worksheet, students use a set of song lyrics, follow along with the song "Revolution, Revolution," then use a word bank to answer a set of 5 questions and fill in correct answers to 7 additional questions. No song...
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The Mayflower Compact

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use primary source documents to discuss the Mayflower Compact and the story of the first Thanksgiving. They discover how the Pilgrims were influenced in developing a community and American democracy.
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Cotton Production and Milling

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students examine cotton production and milling. They compete in a hand-ginning contest to realize how difficult it was to separate the seeds from the fibers of cotton. They discuss why Eli Whitney's cotton gin was an important invention.
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History Trivia For Kids

For Students 4th - 7th
There are 40 history trivia questions and answers.  Learners have to cut out the questions and the answers and try to match the correct answer to the question.  The trivia questions are all related to history but from many...