In groups of three or four, students will study a pivotal Civil War battle and technology that made the Civil War one of the first modern war. There are 10 key battles and new technologies that students can select from. There are three roles in this project: Historian, Artist and Thespian. The Historian will study the battle and answer 10 questions relating the the battle. They should put this on a powerpoint presentation or a Prezi. The Artist will draw an overhead view of the battle, so students can have a visual of the battle that occurred. Make sure they include arrows and directions for troop movement. The Thespian is in charge of creating a 45 second play of the battle as well as studying the technology. Recommended-Students will need technology for this project. Attached is also a video guide that introduces the civil war to your students.

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 Products 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

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