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The Blitz: World War II
In this World War II worksheet, students read about Hitler's invasion of Britain. The worksheet includes a link to additional World War II activities.
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A Day for Choosing Revolution
Young scholars read contemporary news articles about public protest. They describe a form of protest that took place in 18th-century Virginia. Students compare events or ideas that people protest about today to events or ideas protested...
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The Townshend Acts of 1767
Students examine the events leading up to and after the Townshend Acts in Boston. In this American History instructional activity, students engage in a class discussion and write an essay about the failure of the British Stamp Act and...
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Breaking News English: Thousands Escaping from Lebanon
In this English worksheet, students read "Thousands Escaping from Lebanon," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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The War of 1812: America’s First Declared War
Free Trade and Sailor's Rights! Pupils dive into America's first declared war, the War of 1812. They analyze the presidencies of Jefferson and Madison through diary entries and historical reasoning. To conclude the lesson, they use their...
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The American Revolution: 1775-1783
Casting the American Revolution into a bright, informative light, this presentation details many key facts about the strategies and decision during the revolutionary campaigns. The latter half of the slides prompt viewers to examine why...
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The War of 1812: Ch 6
Explore the causes and results of the War of 1812. Covered are reasons the war began, changing presidency, major battles, and The Treaty of Ghent. This presentation could be appropriate for grades 5-8, but could work for high school...
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The War of 1812
A good addition to a unit on the War of 1812, this slideshow details causes, specific battles, political contexts, and several campaigns of the war. Maps and pictures with broad topics allow teachers to bring their own discussion topics...
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Mobile Cooking
Students investigate the history of Mobile, Alabama and then create recipes from the area, including Southern Pecan Pie and Mr. Carver's Peanut Brittle.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Britain, Ad 827
A map of Britain in AD 827, subtitled "All Englishmen in Britain united under Ecgherht. This map is color-coded to show the Celtic territories in Strathclyde and North Wales, and the English territories united under Ecgherht of Wessex....
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Britain, Ad 658
A map of Britain in AD 658. This map is color-coded to show the territories of the Celtic tribes, the Supremacy of Oswin, Kent (Jutes), and Wessex (Saxons). The map shows important cities and ports of the time, labeled with their Celtic,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Britain, Ad 795
A map of Britain in AD 795 at the time of Offa, King of Mercia. This map is color-coded to show the territories of the Celts, Northumbria, Wessex, and Offa's Mercia. The map shows important cities and ports of the time, labeled with...
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Coal Fields and Principal Industrial Centers and Ports of Great Britain, 1916
A map of Great Britain in 1916, showing the primary coal fields, centers of iron industry, ports, industrial centers, and steamship routes with distances between major ports shown.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North America, 1858
A map from 1858 of North America showing the boundaries at the time for Russian America (Alaska), Greenland, British America or New Britain, Canada East and Canada West, the United States, Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The Falkland Islands, 1903
A map from 1903 of the Falkland Islands, located in the South Atlantic off the coast of Argentina and under control of Great Britain. The map shows the capital city of Stanley and the settlements of Port Salvador and Port William, the...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Europe After the Congress of Vienna, 1815
A color map of Europe after the Congress of Vienna in 1815, which redrew the continent's political boundaries after the French Revolution, Napoleonic Wars, and the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire. This map is color-coded to show...
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Etc: Ireland During the Stuart and Brunswick Period, 1605 1714
A map of Ireland during the Stuart Period (from the ascension of King James I in1603 to the death of Queen Anne in 1714) and the Brunswick (House of Hanover) Period (from the ascension of George I as King of Great Britain and Ireland in...
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Unesco: United Kingdom: Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
Much of the landscape of Cornwall and West Devon was transformed in the 18th and early 19th centuries as a result of the rapid growth of pioneering copper and tin mining. Its deep underground mines, engine houses, foundries, new towns,...