Could you eat your favorite food if the Columbian exchange never happened?
This Columbian Exchange activity is a fun addition to your Age of Exploration unit. The Columbian exchange was the transfer of plants, animals, diseases, and people between the Old World and the New World. This was a result ...
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Favorite Food Columbian Exchange Activity (Free Worksheets)
Age of Exploration Videos for Students
Age of Exploration Videos for Kids
Do you need Age of Exploration videos that have been vetted for 5th grade and middle school students? Teachers don't have time for videos with false information or unexpected swear words. (We barely have time for bathroom breaks.)
In order to take one thing off ...
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Civil War Unit for 5th Grade and Middle School
Easy to plan, engaging to teach
How would it feel to have your Civil war Unit completely planned for the next 3 weeks? I’m talking 15 lessons, worksheets, and answer keys completely ready to go.
Fantastic, right?
I'm a former 5th grade teacher myself. I've been in your shoes and I understand ...
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How To Teach the Civil War with Timelines (Free Worksheet and Lesson)
Student-created Civil War Timeline
A Civil War timeline will help your students connect historical events together. As teachers, we often teach events one at a time. We may assume that students are connecting the events together in their minds. However, they often aren’t.
Many students don't ...
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5 Primary Sources For Teaching About The Civil War
Civil War Primary Sources for Kids
Do you want to add Civil War primary sources to your instruction? Finding student-friendly primary sources can be painfully time-consuming. My number one goal is to save teachers time. For this reason, I've created lists of kid-friendly primary sources.
But why ...
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7 Teacher Approved Civil War Videos for Kids
Avoiding a Teacher Heart Attack
Do you need a teacher-vetted list of Civil War Videos for kids? After all, There is nothing that stops a teacher’s heart like a #%&$ in the middle of an educational video.
30 sets of eyes immediately dart to you.
Should you pretend like you didn’t hear it? Or, ...
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