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A Moment In Time – Historic Events – May 18th – 24th | Cross-Curricular Lesson Ideas to Pinterest (opens in a new window)
$3.00Add to CartTake learners on a fascinating journey through five major historical events that shaped our world during the week of May 18th to May 24th at different times in history. Designed with natural differentiation in mind, this resource includes tailored, engaging lesson ideas for grade levels 3rd–5th and 6th–8th. It is the perfect fit for and set up whether you are teaching one child or a classroom of students. You’ll have different assignment options from which to choose based on what is appropriate you the students you are teaching.
🌋 What’s Inside?
Lesson ideas to explore the historical context and dive into student-centered lessons surrounding:
- The Eruption of Mount St. Helens (1980)
- Amelia Earhart’s Solo Transatlantic Flight (1932)
- The Founding of the American Red Cross (1881)
- The First Official Telegraph Message (1844)
- The Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge (1883)
🧠 Cross-Curricular Assignments
History doesn’t happen in a vacuum! These assignments bridge multiple subjects to create a rich, holistic educational journey:
- 🔬 STEM & Engineering: Hands-on popsicle stick bridge building and technology timelines.
- 🌍 Earth Science & Ecology: Researching primary succession and ecosystem recovery after a volcanic eruption.
- 📐 Math & Geography: Plotting transatlantic coordinates and calculating average flight speeds.
- 📝 Creative Writing & Journalism: Crafting eyewitness news reports, historical diary entries, and 1930s aviation packing lists.
- 🤝 Social Studies & Civic Action: Designing emergency relief kits and drafting real-world non-profit community action plans.
🌟 Benefits of this Resource
- Multi-Age Flexibility: With prompts neatly separated between 3rd-5th and 6th-8th, you can seamlessly teach multiple ages.
- High Engagement: Fosters critical thinking and creativity through hands-on projects, stepping away from dry, standardized worksheets.
- Student-Led Discovery: Encourages kids to step into the shoes of inventors, explorers, and unsung heroes, making the past incredibly relevant to their present.
👇 Ready to bring history to life and add a fresh, engaging resource?
🛒 Add to Cart and Download “A Moment in History” Today!
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These teepee (tipi) shaped mini book template pages are designed to give students to fun, creative way to self-publish when writing about Native Americans. They can be used to publish a report, a story, a poem or even related vocabulary that they have learned.
Includes:
– 2 covers
– 10 interior pages (blank, lined pages with and without pictures – horse, dream catcher, totem pole) -
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Students can use this worksheet again and again. They can even compile a notebook throughout the year of all of their completed History Detective pages!
Imagine having students complete this page for each and every major event in history studied and all compiled into one project. What a powerful amount of knowledge they will have to keep!
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U.S. Elections: A Student-Centered Project-Based Unit for 4th-6th Grades to Pinterest (opens in a new window)$4.99Add to Cart
Your students want to learn and they love when given a chance to take charge of their learning! That is why I’ve created this U.S. Elections themed resource that will give them the opportunities they need to take charge, make decisions, collaborate and learn…all while creating a wonderful project! This resource will give the students the opportunity to learn about different aspects of U.S. elections (whether local or national) and at the same time give them choices as to what they want (or need) to focus on. It will also give them the opportunity to choose how they want to work (alone or in a group) and how they present their findings (notebooking or lapbooking).
Of course, if you as the teacher, want (or need) to assign specifics and give them less control, you can do that as well. This resource is flexible!
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Studying the capitals of the United States? Want a couple fun, educational crossword puzzles for your students? Here they are!
Includes: 2 Crossword puzzles.
Each puzzle comes with 2 ‘clue’ pages. One without possible answers and one with a word bank from which to choose. You decide which one to give students!Answer keys provided.
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Studying the U.S. Presidents, U.S. History, or U.S. Government? These U.S. Presidents Fact Cards are perfect for students wanting to learn more about each president, from Washington to Biden. Also includes 2 blank templates to use for future presidents.
Three info cards per page, each approximately 5″ x 3″. To use year after year, laminate the cards after you print and cut out.
Each card includes:
- Photo and Name
- Date of Birth (some include date of death)
- Party affiliation
- Age when inaugurated
- Term (years of service)
- A famous fact(s)
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Challenge students’ critical thinking skills and knowledge of the U.S. Presidents with these 5 Word Builder puzzles with a U.S. Presidents theme!
See description below for details about these puzzles.
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This Vikings resource will have students interactively learning (and creating) as they learn about the lives these Norsemen explorers. Students will learn about their exploration, trade, ships, clothing, every day life and more.
This resource includes:
- – Informational text and worksheets
- – Notebooking / Report pages
- – Lapbooking Section
- – Visual Aids
- – Map Work
- – Crafts
- – Recipes
- – Puzzles
- – …and more
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As students learn about different types of ‘homes’ throughout the world and history, this is a perfect resource to incorporate into your lesson plans. It includes 9 worksheets. Each will display a different type of home. Students are asked to ‘add to the picture, color and write a story.’
Types of homes included:
- – hut
- – chalet
- – adobe
- – Japanese Minka
- – palace
- – Spanish colonial
- – tipi
- – yaranga
- – yurt
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This resource is a large 190-page resource with everything you need to create a fantastic study on the Native Americans of North America! Can be used by an individual student or as a family unit study!
You’ll begin the unit with a native Americans KWL (What I “Know” – “Want to Learn” – “Learned”) activity that you will use at the beginning and end of the resource.
As students go through the unit, they will learn:
- -Vocabulary surrounding life and culture
- -Major tribes and regions where they lived (including geography, animals, natural resources, etc. about each area)
- -Timeline information from the time of Columbus’ arrival until all were declared citizens of the U.S.
- -Culture of various tribes and how they lived, types of homes, clothing, rites of passage, spiritual beliefs, symbols, writing and pictograpsh
- -Famous Native Americans
…and more.
Students will read, draw, write, complete worksheets, timelines, arts and crafts, mapwork and more.
There is even a lapbook included!
You can do all of the activities or pick and choose what you want to do. This resource can be used as a couple weeks project or a couple months…You decide!
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5 code word puzzles designed to challenge students’ critical thinking skills. Puzzles will be completed using the names of U.S. Presidents. Fun puzzles for any classroom, especially a U.S. History or Government class. Use anytime of the year, or for Presidents’ Day. 40% of code letters have been given. Just enough to give students clues but not too many that these puzzle aren’t challenging. Answer Keys provided.
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$4.99Add to CartThis unit on Ancient Egypt includes information on Egyptian history, time periods, beliefs around the afterlife, mummification, pharaohs, Book of the Dead, hieroglyphics, gods and goddesses and related vocabulary.
Work pages for students include reading comprehension, map work, timeline and diagram creation, research and summation, poetry, pyramid model building and more. Includes: Interactive Notebooking Project!
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A fun Math graphing activity which will have students polling people they know about recycling habits and then graphing their results !
Suggested times to use:
- Students are learning to use tally marks
- Students need practice creating a graph
- An Earth Day project
- When learning about recycling
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$2.50Add to CartThis is a downloadable copy of the book. ‘ Indian Stories’ is a mirror of Indian ideas, customs, and adventures.
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Do your students love word searches? This product includes 6 Word Search puzzles for students to find the names of U.S. Presidents! Names are hidden horizontally, diagonally, vertically, forwards and backwards. The first 5 word search puzzles have from 17-20 different presidents to find within each puzzle. The 6th puzzle contains presidents (Washington to Biden).
Fun puzzles for any classroom, especially a U.S. History or Government class. Use anytime of the year, or for Presidents’ Day. Great time filler too!
