This activity compares two conflicting primary source writings about the War of 1812 and examines why some wanted war with Great Britain while others saw it as a bad thing that would hurt the country and trade with other nations. After reading the primary sources the students will choose a side and answer this essential question: Should the United States have gone to War with Great Britain during the War of 1812? Included in the packet is the two primary sources, a guide in how to write a five paragraph essay, sentence starters for struggling students and a rubric.

Play a trivia game with your class and learn about the 13 American Colonies. Learn about the New England Colonies, Middle colonies, Southern Colonies, the Back Country and other fun colony facts. If you want you can edit questions to fit your class!

Lesson includes lesson page for teachers, a rubric, a break down page of the law or act the student group will use to better understand the law, and a donation letter to get supplies from parents for the puppets. Students will create a puppet show based on one of the British laws leading up to the American Revolution: • Proclamation of 1763 • Quartering Act • Sugar Act • Stamp Act • Declaratory Act • Townshend Acts • Intolerable Acts • Tea Act The students will write out a short dialog for their puppet show and then create their puppets. Then they will put on the puppet show! This is a very fun activity your students will not forget!

This is a packet designed for a middle school technology classroom. Most lessons can be modified if you do not have the programs or software. Lessons are below: Syllabus for Technology The Bill of Right: PowerPoint Project Create a Math trivia Game: Power Point Hyperlink Project Go Animate Newscast: Current Event Email Your Senator Famous American Inventor: Informational Video Frames Animation: Poetry Video Scratch Animated Name Project Pocahontas Movie: Letter to Disney The Colonization of Mars: Create a Brochure in Microsoft Publisher, The Colonization of Mars: Create a website on Google Sites The Colonization of Mars: Create a Video Advertisement In iMovie or Windows Movie Maker Summer QR Code Project Snowflake QR Code Project Spring QR Code Project Valentines Day QR Code Project Poetry Project: Using Frames Program Informational Planets Brochure: Microsoft Publisher The Battle of Lexington: Mysteries in History 5 paragraph Essay Atomic Bombing of Japan: Mysteries in History 5 paragraph Essay Cherokee Removal: Mysteries in History 5 paragraph Essay I sell a few of these individually,but you can get them all in this packet for a lot less!

Have students write winter poems and put the poems into QR codes. Then take the QR codes and paste them on the snowflake templates. This lesson is a great way to easily build out an interactive bulletin board! This lessons comes with a rubric, a sample poem, and a link to a video about how to make QR codes.

Have students create QR coded poems and then take the QR codes and past them onto spring shapes. Great for making interactive bulletin boards! Included in this packet is several spring shapes, a sample poem, a rubric, and a link to a video that will help the students make their QR code.

Read 3 different primary sources about Hernan Cortes and the Aztecs. These primary sources look at the Spanish greed for riches, land and gold and how the Aztecs had a lot of enemies that Hernan Cortes will exploit to defeat the Aztecs. After reading the primary sources have the students answer the questions about the readings.

There are ten pages of beginning reading sentences with pictures to help beginning readers.

The Boston Massacre ended in the deaths of five colonists and several others wounded. The colonists demanded that the British soldiers be punished. There was a trial to see if the soldiers who fired into the crowd were guilty. Students will use the four primary sources to determine if the British soldiers should be found guilty or not. Once they have looked at the evidence and determined if the British Soldiers are guilty or not they will follow the instructions on how to write a five paragraph essay defending their answer to this question: Are the British Soldiers that fired into the crowd during the Boston Massacre guilty? My guess is that most of your students will call the British guilty. After your students have written their essay tell them how the real trial ended with the British soldiers being found innocent! Your students will not believe it! What you get: 4 primary source readings, a how to write your essay document, sentence starters and helpful writing phrases for struggling students, and a rubric. 7 pages in all.

Have fun playing a Civil War Trivia game in your class! This game covers generals, battles, fun facts and other Civil War related questions. You can also edit questions if you want to change a question to meet what your class is studying.

This packet has 3 different lessons about the Bill of Rights. One lesson has students look at different scenarios like when a cop wants to search you house. The students will then determine what protections they have based on the Bill of Rights. Another lesson looks at the meaning of the different Bill of Rights. The third lesson has students draw a picture for each of the Bill of Rights and then answer a few questions.

Have your students examine the Constitution and the Bill of Rights with this guide that helps the students understand the Constitution and the Bill of Rights with questions. This lesson also comes with questions about the Constitution and the Bill of Rights to include real life scenarios. There are 18 pages in total.

Students will read 2 primary source documents where the Cherokee are debating their best chance for their survival. Some Cherokee in the Treaty Party argued that the Cherokee should move West to save their people and many other argued to try and stay on their home lands. The students will pick a side and defend their answer in an essay. This packet also comes with a guide on how to write a five paragraph essay and helpful writing tips for struggling students.

This is a great activity to better understand the Constitution. It has questions for each section of the Constitution. A great guide to help your students better understand the Constitution.

Find out what your students think about your class by using this survey. There are two different types of surveys. One is a questionnaire and the other is a graphic organizer. Your students will tell you what they loved about your class and what you may want to look at changing.

This lesson comes with three primary sources that explore how Hernan Cortes could have been seen as a hero or a villain. After reading the primary sources students will decide if Hernan Cortes was a hero or a villain? They will then write an essay defending their answer based on what they have read. This lesson comes with three primary source readings, a guide on how to write a five paragraph essay, a rubric, and sentence starters for struggling writers.

This lesson comes with the primary source of John Adams letter to his wife about Independence Day and how it will be celebrated for years to come. This lesson also comes with a page of follow up questions. This letter is a really amazing look at how they thought so long ago.

Have fun playing a trivia game about landforms. Great for review or to get students excited about the subject.

Have more fun learning! The Jefferson Trivia game is a blast! Have your class compete against each other. This game mainly covers Jefferson's Presidency, Lewis and Clark, The Louisiana Purchases and also a few fun facts about Thomas Jefferson. If you don't like a question you can edit this file to meet the needs of your class!

Who fired the first shot at the Battle of Lexington? Was it the British or the Minutemen? To this day it is still hotly debated. In this mock trial activity it puts the minutemen on trial to determine if they shot first. Students will look at three primary sources from conflicting accounts to determine what happened at the Battle of Lexington and to determine if the minutemen are innocent of guilty. What you get in the lesson: Three conflicting primary source accounts of the Battle of Lexington, a guide in how to hold the mock trial, and worksheets that are set up to prepare your students for the mock trial. ORDER IN THE COURT!