The History of Halloween Worksheet and Guided Reading Activity

Looking for a way to integrate Halloween into your classroom this year? This holiday handout tells the history of Halloween from its Celtic, Pagan, and early Christian beginnings up through its mainstream popularity in the United States today.

It includes the historic background to many popular Halloween traditions, including jack-o-lanterns, trick-or-treating, costumes, and more. Following the 1 page reading, students answer a set of CCSS-aligned comprehension and opinion questions before creating their own traditional Halloween postcard based off several examples shown on the handout. An answer key is even included for your convenience.

     

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For more great holiday teaching resources, see this complete bundled set of Holiday History Common Core Readings!

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World History 2: Renaissance - Cold War Google Drive Bundle

This digital bundle features 10 sets of fully-editable digital interactive pages for World History 2 for Google Drive! One hundred pages in all!

Based on some of these best-selling traditional Interactive Notebook Pages for World History, these also feature many brand new pages that can be completed all online with laptops, tablets, or any other device that supports Google Drive!

All 10 of these complete resources are included in this download:

1. The Renaissance & Reformation
2. The Age of Exploration
3. Absolute Monarchs
4. The Enlightenment
5. Revolutions in France and Latin America
6. The Industrial Revolution
7. Imperialism
8. World War 1
9. World War 2
10. The Cold War


Click on each link above for a detailed preview of each unit you get in this one download!

Students type directly on the pages, insert images, and drag and drop information for a variety of engaging, interactive activities! These digital notebooks are a fantastic way to integrate technology into your classroom and can be completed without printing any paper! Awesome for a 1:1 school or just a trip to the computer lab.

   

Answer keys for all 100 pages are included along with teacher directions pages. All you only need is a Google account and you're ready to go!


You can download these amazing resources here and start using them right away!

PS: ALL of these amazing Google Drive notebooks are also included in my Complete World History subscription plan. This includes Google Drive lesson plans like these plus all the lesson plan materials you'll need for the entire school year! That's over 600 amazing teaching resources - project based learning, PowerPoints, primary source activities, interactive notebooks - they're all there waiting to be download and used.

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Roman Republic Google Drive Interactive Notebook

This Ancient Rome digital resource features a link to a set of 10 fully-editable Interactive pages on the early Roman Republic in World History for Google Drive!

These super-engaging pages can be completed all online with laptops, tablets, or any other device that supports Google Drive!

Topics covered include:

•  The founding of Rome & its geography
•  Patricians and Plebeians
•  The 12 Tables and Rome's government
•  Gods, goddesses, and Roman mythology
•  Julius Caesar
•  The Roman Republic's decline
•  A timeline of the Roman Republic
•  Vocabulary activities and more!

Students type directly on the pages, insert images, and drag and drop information for a variety of engaging, interactive activities! This is a fantastic way to integrate technology into your classroom and can be completed without printing any paper! Awesome for a 1:1 school or just a trip to the computer lab.

   

An answer key for all 10 pages is included along with 2 pages of teacher directions. All you only need is a Google account and you're ready to go!

This can also be downloaded in the Ancient Rome Complete Unit Bundle along with traditional interactive notebook pages, primary source materials, and more for a complete 3 week unit!

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As always, this is included in my Complete World History subscription plan. This includes all the lesson plan materials you'll need for the entire school year! That's over 600 amazing teaching resources - project based learning, PowerPoints, primary source activities, interactive notebooks - they're all there waiting to be download and used.

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Imperialism PowerPoint: Responses to European Imperialism

This visually-engaging PowerPoint for World History covers the effects of Imperialism, specifically the responses by territories and colonies.

The 13 slides review all of the following in simple, easy-to-follow notes:

•  The Opium Wars
•  Boer wars
•  Russo-Japanese War
•  Spanish Spanish-American War
•  India's Sepoy Mutiny
•  The Boxer Rebellion in China
•  Emilio Aguinaldo and the Philippine Insurrection
•  Liliuokalani and the overthrow of Hawaii.

The PowerPoint also covers the benefits Western nations brought to their colonies to provide your students with a well-rounded understanding of all aspects of imperialism. I use this PowerPoint as a intro overview of how different regions responded to European and American imperialism and then assign students to research more and present to the class. This way they have a foundation of what they should be looking for and can add their own findings. It makes for a great 1-2 class period lesson plan.

You can download this PowerPoint for your classes here and use it right away!

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PS: This is also included in my Complete World History subscription plan. This includes all the lesson plan materials you'll need for the entire school year! That's over 600 amazing teaching resources - project based learning, PowerPoints, primary source activities, interactive notebooks - they're all there waiting to be download and used.

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Imperialism Google Drive Interactive Notebook

This digital download resource features a link to a set of 10 fully-editable Interactive pages on the Age of European Imperialism in World History for Google Drive!

Based in part on this traditional Age of Imperialism Interactive Notebook, these also feature many brand new pages that can be completed all online with laptops, tablets, or any other device that supports Google Drive!

Topics covered include:

•  European Motives for Imperialism
•  Forms, including: Colony, Protectorate, and Sphere of Influence
•  The White Man's Burden
•  Imperialism in India & China
•  The Scramble for Africa
•  Responses to imperialism
•  The annexation of Hawaii
•  The Panama Canal
•  A timeline of the Age of Imperialism
•  Vocabulary activities and more!

Students type directly on the pages, insert images, and drag and drop information for a variety of engaging, interactive activities! This is a fantastic way to integrate technology into your classroom and can be completed without printing any paper! Awesome for a 1:1 school or just a trip to the computer lab.

 

An answer key for all 10 pages is included along with 2 pages of teacher directions. All you only need is a Google account and you're ready to go!

This can also be downloaded in the Imperialism Complete Unit Bundle along with traditional interactive notebook pages, primary source materials, and more for a complete 3 week unit!

Thanks so much for looking!

PS: This is also included in my Complete World History subscription plan. This includes Google Drive lesson plans like these plus all the lesson plan materials you'll need for the entire school year! That's over 600 amazing teaching resources - project based learning, PowerPoints, primary source activities, interactive notebooks - they're all there waiting to be download and used.

Join today and you'll never have to worry about planning a lesson again!

Industrial Revolution Digital Interactive Notebook with Google Drive!

This digital resource features a link to a set of 10 fully-editable Interactive pages on the Industrial Revolution for Google Drive!

Based in part on this traditional Industrial Revolution Interactive Notebook these also feature many brand new pages that can be completed all online with laptops, tablets, or any other device that supports Google Drive!

Topics covered include:

•  Causes of the Industrial Revolution & why it began in England
•  The Factory System
•  Impact of the Industrial Revolution
•  Immigration and the "Melting Pot"
•  Major inventions
•  Comparing Capitalism & Socialism
•  An Industrial Revolution timeline
•  Tenement buildings and urbanization
•  Child labor
•  Vocabulary activities and more!

Students type directly on the pages, insert images, and drag and drop information for a variety of engaging, interactive activities! This is a fantastic way to integrate technology into your classroom and can be completed without printing any paper! Awesome for a 1:1 school or just a trip to the computer lab.

 

An answer key for all 10 pages is included along with 2 pages of teacher directions. All you only need is a Google account and you're ready to go!  You can download this resource here and start using it with your students today!

Thanks so much for looking!

PS: This is also included in my Complete World History subscription plan. This includes Google Drive lesson plans like these plus all the lesson plan materials you'll need for the entire school year! That's over 600 amazing teaching resources - project based learning, PowerPoints, primary source activities, interactive notebooks - they're all there waiting to be download and used.

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Napoleon in Russia Quote

One of my favorite ways to engage students with content is to relay short anecdotes that help them better visualize people and events from history.

Tomorrow is the 204th anniversary of Napoleon entering Moscow with his troops as the retreating Russians set the city on fire. Napoleon found it was impossible to stay through the winter and soon began a disastrous retreat from Russia.

Prior to this, however, Napoleon had met with several officers from a captured Russian company. Rather than humbling themselves to the French Emperor and general, the men boldly declared that, (notwithstanding their present predicament) Russians were superior to the French in every way.

"We Russians fight for honor," an officer contemptuously explained. "You French fight only for gain!"

"You are quite right," Napoleon calmly replied. "Each fights for that which he does not possess."

Want some great resources to teach about Napoleon and his invasion of Russia? Check out my package of World History resources here! It gives you resources for every day of the school year!

Constitution Day and Class Constitution Lesson Plan

This Constitution Day Back to School Class Constitution Group Project is an excellent back-to-school group activity for any social studies class or for Constitution Day each September 17 (or September 16th this year since it falls on a Saturday)!

Working in groups, students create a Class Constitution in the same format as our Constitution with a preamble, articles, and more! These are then presented and a final Class Constitution is created that can provide classroom rules for the whole year.

My classes worked on these the first week of school and I kept these posters hanging up in my room all year as a reminder that my students helped create the rules and it was a fantastic classroom management strategy!

A rubric for the activity is included for your convenience.

This lesson plan is also included in my Complete American History subscription plan with resources for the entire school year! That's over 600 amazing teaching resources - project based learning, PowerPoints, primary source activities, interactive notebooks - they're all there waiting to be download and used. Join today and you'll never have to worry about planning a lesson again!