World History 2 SOL Review Materials

This awesome World History 2 SOL review packet is by far the best way to get your students prepared for a final exam! It includes a complete 19 page packet and 37 slide PowerPoint presentation on a complete year of material.

The 19 pages each cover a unit of World History:

1. World Empires at 1500
2. The Renaissance
3. The Reformation
4. The Age of Exploration
5. Absolute Monarchs
6. The Enlightenment
7. Revolutions in Science & Society
8. Latin American Revolutions
9. Nationalism
10. The Industrial Revolutions
11. Imperialism
12. World War I
13. The Inter-War Period
14. World War II
15. Genocides
16. The Cold War
17. Independence Movements
18. The Modern World
19. World Religions

Each page is filled with fantastic graphic organizers, visuals, and outlines to help students understand key information. All information is based on state and Common Core Standards and focused on helping students focus on essential topics.

When completed, this packet makes for a perfect study guide for World History. Every single vocabulary term, important figure, and event from the year is included! I guarantee your students will have a greater comprehension of the entire curriculum.

I begin reviewing with this packet and PowerPoint about 2 weeks before our SOL and cover a few pages a day and my students always do amazing on the SOL test!

Thank you for looking!

You can download this awesome World 2 SOL review packet here!

Beverly Hills Cop Test Review Game!

This download is one of my favorite activities to do as we review for our state assessments every year! It is an amazing way to “trick” students into taking a test and working together!

Best of all, this lesson can be used for any subject and any test! Included is a directions sheet, answer sheet pages for 25, 50, and 100 question tests/games and a directions page.

The Beverly Hills Cop Review game has students placed in pairs with a "good cop" who analyzes each question carefully and a "bad cop" who wants to go with his gut and answer each question as quickly as possible. Working together they have to race to complete a test and score above 90%. It creates a wonderful lesson on test-taking strategies and using cooperative learning to prepare for a state assessment, final exam, or any major test!

You can download this lesson here for use in ANY class and ANY subject!

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New for Teacher Appreciation Week - Snoop Dogg's World History Review!

This fantastic, hilarious cloze reading activity covers 77 major vocabulary terms from the World History topics of the Renaissance, Reformation, Age of Discovery, and Absolute Monarchs.

Each page includes a word bank at the top, and then a reading in which students fill in the blanks. The reading has been translated into "Snoop Speak" to make it a little more fun for your students. Here is a sample paragraph:

"The bootylicious wealth amassed by _____________ weakened tha' church’s authority in Italy. The Catholic Church was also seen as ___________ due ta tha' sale of _____________, which forgave yo sins fo` a price. This was seen as a way ta buy yo way into ____________ , ya feel me?" 

My students absolutely LOVE these Snoop review guides and laugh their way through completing them. I know it helps them to remember these key concepts as I hear them quoting it afterwards. It also requires a little more concentration, which increases their reading comprehension.

You can download this today to review before your state assessment, final exams, or to go along with each of these units as you cover them!

Enjoy!

Great Video Resource - The Cloud Biography

As my classes are finishing up our content before state assessments begin and moving toward more reviews. A great resource for short video biographies is the Youtube channel of The Cloud Biography.

Each of their videos are between 2-4 minutes and highlight the essential things students need to know. They seemingly have hundreds of videos on almost every major person from World and US History - including some that are hard to find good information for.

For example, here's one on Robespierre for my World History II students:

Or Susan B. Anthony for US History:

I posted a bunch of them to my class' Blackboard site for students to view at home and will show a couple on the most important people in class. Fantastic because they take up very little class time, but are focused on good content!

EVERY Resource to Review US History!

This amazing set of review materials is everything you need to get your American or US History students ready for a final exam or state assessment!

Included in this bundle is:

1. The Ultimate American History Review Packet and Notes - a 17 page packet and 34 slide Powerpoint that covers ALL essential information students need to know about ALL of American History!
2. The Complete US History Outline Review Guide - 15 pages of fill-in outline notes from all of US History
3. The Snoop Dogg Review Guide Bundle - all 4 Snoop Dogg American History cloze review guides.
4. The Early American History Vocabulary Word Search Review - to cover early vocabulary. 

Plus 2 bonus review guides on important quotes from US History AND 2 bonus 50 Question practice exams! Both exams could serve as amazing final exams for your class!

 All of these have helped me to have among the highest pass rates in the county on our state assessment! Each is fantastic for visual learners, ELL, and special education students because it breaks down complex topics in US History in simple ways students can understand.

I promise you these are fantastic review materials that will DEFINITELY help your students prepare for an exam!

The Ultimate World History II Review Packet Bundle

This review packet is by far the best way to get your students prepared for a final exam! It includes a complete 19 page packet and 37 slide PowerPoint presentation on a complete year of material.

The 19 pages each cover a unit of World History:

1. World Empires at 1500
2. The Renaissance
3. The Reformation
4. The Age of Exploration
5. Absolute Monarchs
6. The Enlightenment
7. Revolutions in Science & Society
8. Latin American Revolutions
9. Nationalism
10. The Industrial Revolutions
11. Imperialism
12. World War I
13. The Inter-War Period
14. World War II
15. Genocides
16. The Cold War
17. Independence Movements
18. The Modern World
19. World Religions

Each page is filled with fantastic graphic organizers, visuals, and outlines to help students understand key information. All information is based on state and Common Core Standards and focused on helping students focus on essential topics.

When completed, this packet makes for a perfect study guide for World History. Every single vocabulary term, important figure, and event from the year is included! I guarantee your students will have a greater comprehension of the entire curriculum.

I usually take about 2 weeks and cover a few pages a day and my students always do amazing on our state assessments. You can download this complete bundle with everything included by clicking here!

Thank you for looking!

The Ultimate American History Review Packet!

If you are looking for an American History review, I promise you cannot do better than this downloadable package!

Included in this zipped download is a 17 page packet and 34 slide Powerpoint that covers ALL essential information students need to know based on state and Common Core Standards! The printable packet is organized into units. Each page covers a new topic (The Colonies, Declaring Independence, etc) with simple graphic organizers to help students organize and understand all information. The units go all the way through to modern America and Presidents Bush and Obama.

            

The Powerpoint corresponds directly with the packet and contains completed notes for each unit that you can present to students as they fill in the graphic organizers. Complex topics are broken down for students to easily comprehend in preparation for final exams and testing.

You can also edit the Powepoint to add or take away items specific to your classroom!


I usually present 2-3 pages per day to students as we begin to review about 2 weeks before our final testing. Since implementing this review strategy, my classes have seen consistently high pass rates. For students in need remediation, printing off the completed powerpoint is an excellent way to provide an amazing study guide.

You can download this complete package with the powerpoint and printable packet by clicking here.

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Essential Knowledge of the Civil War

Many of my high school students have limited English proficiency and lack the background knowledge that comes with attending school in the US for your entire life. To help them grasp large topics, I created simple to read, 1 page overviews of our unites in American History.

This one (which you can download here) covers the American Civil War. Vocabulary that students need to know if defined and each aspect of the war is explained in simple terms for students so that they do not need to rely on background knowledge.

The 2nd page is a worksheet of 8 open-ended and multiple choice questions based off the reading. These questions guide students toward the essential information they need to know.

Here are some sample images of what the worksheet looks like:

   

This worksheet can be download by clicking here. Hope you can find this useful for your students.