I am a 7th and 8th grade middle school social studies teacher. My favorite subjects to study in history are World War 1, The Great Depression and World War 2.
I am a 7th and 8th grade middle school social studies teacher. My favorite subjects to study in history are World War 1, The Great Depression and World War 2.
The activity provide four primary documents that students must analyze on an accompanying worksheet. Students are analyzing what influential and common people of the United States so passionately believed in Manifest Destiny.
Powerpoinst also included:
California Gold Rush and Texas Independence and Mexican American War
Total Pages
4
Teaching Duration
70 Minutes
In this bundle there are 8 World War 2 activities. I tried to gear these towards my 8th grade students
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WW1 Propaganda Poster project-
Students will create their own World War1 propaganda poster
Tora Tora Tora-
This video guide follows the Pearl Harbor film Tora, Tora, Tora. It has the time of the questions so students can follow along.
Two separate video guides: From the History Channel and PBS. The videos answer the essential question: How did Hitler rise to power and what were his goals? The Kristallnacht worksheet has a video as well as an activity exploring the Nuremberg laws.
total pages-5
The Manhattan Project video guide
The short video guide from the history channel discusses the story of the Atomic bomb from it's conception to the Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
15-20 minute assignment
Total Pages-1
The wave movie video guide and questions
This movie follows the 1960's classroom experiment of teacher Ron Jones and how he implemented Nazi Fascism in classroom. The movie explores if a radical like Hitler could rise to power today? Link to movie and questions are provided. Very engaging
Total pages-1
WW2 vocabulary
This activity asks students to define over 30 key terms involving World War 2.
Total Pages-3
WW2 test with notes for students