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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0493146/ Many of us know what it is like to have to move to a new place. In this activity we are going to...

No war in anger was ever won. This saying describes the 1966 French film “The Battle of Algiers”. The Battle of Algiers was directed by Gil...

Essential Questions: What is the purpose of government? What are the different kinds of government? What are the characteristics of ...

Essential Questions: What is the purpose of government? What are the different kinds of government? What are the characteristics of di...

Imagine your shock when arrive at your destination, the city you plan to conquer only to realize that is the cleanest, most beautiful cit...

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flindians1723.JPG St. Augustine is the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in th...

Engage: Use white board markers to draw a picture of what the word social studies means to you. Observe pictures drawn by other stude...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolom%C3%A9_de_las_Casas#/media/File:Bartolomedelascasas.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoph...

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Constitution_We_the_People.jpg EQ: Who are the people in We the People? Engage: When writt...

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coronado-Remington.jpg Francisco Coronado  heard a story about the Cities of Cibola, the Seven ...

https://giphy.com/gifs/clioawards-1-countdown-1oGXIfTqZgO7TcMvno Essential Questions: What is the purpose of government? What are...

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029855/mediaviewer/rm3536917504 This review was written by Angelica, an 8th grade student in Mr. Chamb...

Map of the Silk Trade Route https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Silk_route.jpg Marco Polo's Route https://en.wikipedia.o...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governmen t Essential Questions: What is the purpose of government? What are the different kinds of ...

In this lesson you will take a quick pre-assessment to see how many continents and oceans you remember. Then you will hand draw the c...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Glyptodon_old_drawing.jpg The history of the Americas started well before Columbus. Unfortunatel...

Essential Question:  Should scientists be allowed to study the remains of indigenous peoples? Engage:   What would you think if...

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Articles_page1.jpg The Second Continental Congress , after signing the Declaration of Independe...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revisionist_History_(podcast) In this lesson we are using the podcast The Foot Soldier by Malcolm Gladwe...

In 1776 a group of men were meeting to discuss how to react to their country's lack of response to questions about their rights as citi...