A template to help students define key vocabulary words.

Informational texts to help students understand the earliest British settlements in America.

Primary sources documenting the slave trade in the colonial era.

A scaffolded version of this document to ensure students grasp the key concepts.

Activity to understand and explain the purpose of the Declaration of Independence.

Additional readings to give students background for the creation of the Declaration of Independence.

A self-reflection activity that allows students to internalize their learning.

A self-reflection activity that allows students to internalize their learning.

Readings that provide an overview of the detail the powers and structure of the Colonial government.

A self-reflection activity that allows students to internalize their learning.

Readings that provide an overview of the development of the Constitution and the major items discussed at Constitutional Convention.

A self-reflection activity that allows students to internalize their learning.

Text that covers Industrialization through the lens of the Lowell Girls.

Questions to accompany the Industrialization and the Lowell Girls reading.

A self-reflection activity that allows students to internalize their learning.

Text that explores Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny.

Four primary source resources from the Trail of Tears period.

A guided writing activity that helps student develop a point, support it with facts and personal connections, and bring it to a conclusion.

A self-reflection activity that allows students to internalize their learning.

Readings that provide an overview of the causes of the Civil War.

A primary source set that focuses on experiences of slavery and discusses sensitive topics surrounding the emotional toll of slavery.

Excerpts from 1860's newspapers that compare and contrast the election coverage in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Indiana.

A self-reflection activity that allows students to internalize their learning.

Lexiled readings that provide an overview of the Civil War for elementary students.

A scaffolded version of this primary source for elementary students.

A handout to help guide students to creating their own Civil War museum exhibit.

A self-reflection activity that allows students to internalize their learning.

An excerpted version of Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address that asks students to predict what they think he will say given the historical context and then reflect on what he did say to Northerners, Southerners, Soldiers, and Citizens.

A scaffolded version of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments that helps students understand the big ideas of these amendments.

A detailed art piece from the Reconstruction era to help students understand more about what the Amendments meant for formerly enslaved people.

A writing activity that helps students build a thesis sentence based on the knowledge they have gained from this lesson.

An activity to accompany the Reconstruction Amendments and the primary source image that asks students to support the claim that the Reconstruction Amendments tried to create justice for Black Americans.

A self-reflection activity that allows students to internalize their learning.

What are checks and balances and why do they exist?

How does the Preamble establish consent of the governed?

How can justice be a guiding principle when resolving conflicts with others?

Based on the game Timeline by Frédéric Henry, this game contains cards that focus on key dates in American history between 1020 and 2008. About the Game: Game can be played with 2 or more players. Gameplay takes 10-20 minutes per round. Available in a print-and-play version via the Download button or for purchase through the BRI Store.

A card game to give students an understanding of major events during the 1800s that relate to industrialization and immigration.

A dice game that allows students to understand the various groups that moved Westward and the choices they had to make along the way.