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Trade and the Global Economy
Young scholars discuss the role of trade and a global economy. As a class, they identify the costs and benefits of trade and how it is being questioned in today's society. They discover what is imported to the United States and the...
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Phrasal Verb Generator
In this verb phrase worksheet, students use the verbs and particles from a word bank to make phrasal verbs to fill the blanks in 10 sentences.
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White Star Line Crossword
For this Titanic crossword puzzle worksheet, students use the 9 clues to identify the correct words and names pertaining to the White Star Line that will solve the crossword puzzle.
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Beginning Analogies 4
In this analogies worksheet, students study the pairs of words and choose the answer that best expresses a relationship similar to the original pair. Students complete 12 problems.
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World War I (5)
In this online interactive American history activity, students answer 20 matching questions regarding World War I. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Getting from Place to Place
Students examine modes of transportation. In this transportation lesson, students listen to their instructor present a lecture on modes of transportation over the past 300 years. Students respond to questions about...
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The Jamestown Colonies
In this colonial American worksheet, students read a 1-page selection about the Jamestown Colony and then respond to 5 short answer questions about the selection.
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The First Thanksgiving: The Pilgrim’s Journey
Students discuss history. In this pilgrims lesson, students discover what life was like for people coming over to the New World on the Mayflower. They participate in class discussions as the teacher navigates through a Scholastic website...
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The Titanic - Timeline Activity
In this Titanic timeline worksheet, students read the timeline about the events of the Titanic disaster. Students read about 19 events in the timeline.
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John Fitch: Pioneer Steamboat Inventor
Students explore the transportation revolution brought about through the use of steam power to move boats over water. They practice note taking skills by taking notes from an article.
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Colony of Massachusetts
Third graders recall the reasons why the Pilgrims came to the New World. They ideology and compare and contrast the ideology of the Puritans and Roger iams. They study the colony of New York.
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Coming to California
Fourth graders read excerpts from Juan Bautista de Anza's diaries. They analyze the impact of primary sources. They write journal entries for characters in stories they have read during the year.
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Finding the Titanic Comprehension- Chapter 4
In this language arts activity, learners answer 9 questions about Chapter 4 of Finding the Titanic. Students answer each question in a complete sentence.
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San Francisco, Ahoy!
Fifth graders analyze paintings that share a common theme of San Francisco as seen by some of the first travelers who arrived there. In this art history lesson plan, 5th graders consider the experiences involved with the arrival to a new...
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Titanic Lifeboats Crossword
In this crossword puzzle worksheet, students read the clues related to the lifeboats and survivors on the Titanic. Students complete a 10-word puzzle.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Career Profile: Ship and Boat Captain
Here's a career profile for a career you perhaps have not considered. Captains of ships and boats used for moving cargo or passengers are considered part of the merchant marines. Read about the type of work involved with this career as...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Transatlantic Souvenirs
The Smithsonian's maritime collections contain many objects relating to the steamship Leviathan, the largest American passenger ship of the 1920s and 1930s. View these mementos originally preserved by passengers and crew to remember...
Stanford University
Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian:examining Passenger Lists
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students use primary source documents to investigate central historical questions. In this investigation, students critically examine the passenger lists of ships headed to New England and Virginia to...
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University of California
History Project: Identifying Colonial Diversity Through Passenger Lists [Pdf]
Lesson plan using primary sources in which students examine colonial ship passenger lists to identify diversity in the colonies.
A&E Television
History.com: The Titanic: Before and After Photos
n 1912, the Titanic was glorified as the largest and most luxurious passenger ship in history. See it before and after its tragic sinking in the photo gallery.
US National Archives
Docsteach: Titanic Survivors: One Ship, Two Different Worlds
This short analysis activity asks learners to examine two claims filed by survivors of the April 15, 1912 Titanic disaster to understand the vast class differences between a first class passenger and a steerage passenger. Students will...
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Va: n.s. Savannah (Nuclear Merchant Ship)
First nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship.
Digital History
Digital History: Neutrality and the Lusitania [Pdf]
American neutrality in World War I was sorely tested with the attack and sinking of the passenger ship, Luisitania. Read information about the attack and find conflicting reactions by Franklin Roosevelt and William Jennings Bryan about...
Then Again
Then Again: Web Chron: The Sinking of the Lusitania
NorthPark University offers several informative paragraphs on the sinking of the Lusitania, a British cargo and passenger ship that was torpedoed and sank due to German submarine activity on May 7, 1915.