New Students of History Complete Curricula by Subscription!

After teaching both World and US History for 12 years, I realized I had developed more than enough engaging resources for every day of the school year. I then worked for months to organize them into a Complete Curriculum for both subjects and made both my World and US History curricula available on USB drives on Teachers Pay Teachers to rave reviews.

The only downsides to these were 1) there was no way to push out updates of new resources I created, and 2) the upfront cost was prohibitive for many teachers.

I've hopefully solved both those issues with my new subscription packages at StudentsofHistory.org!

For the past several weeks, I've been setting up the site to include everything for both subjects and also adding Youtube videos and clips, website resources, and more. They're all perfectly organized by unit and then by day with introductions and directions for each unit.

Here's a quick video preview of how the site looks and how you can access resources on it:

Each curriculum includes a ton of Common Core aligned resources, including daily Warm Ups, interactive digital Google Drive Notebooks, traditional and engaging Interactive Notebook pages, amazing lessons in 3D, sets of fantastic, moving Magic Portraits, and so much more! Plus, I'll be adding new resources all the time and subscribers will get immediate access to them all!

For a more thorough overview, click here for US History Curriculum subscription and here for the World History Curriculum subscription.

PLUS I also set up interactive forums on the site to discuss the resources, share ideas, ask questions, and get to know your fellow history teachers! I'm determined to make this the best online resource for secondary history teachers anywhere!

Please take a look and let me know if you have any questions!

New Black History Month Teaching Resource!

This fantastic resource for Black History Month includes 13 biographies of famous African-Americans and 3 different project ideas for implementation in your classroom!

Each 1-page biography is easy to read for students and includes the major details of each person's life along with pictures and quotes. The biographies include figures from the Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Movement and include:

• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Stokely Carmichael
• Malcolm X
• Thurgood Marshall
• Jackie Robinson
• Rosa Parks
• Billie Holiday
• James Weldon Johnson
• Claude McKay
• Duke Ellington
• Paul Robeson
• Zora Neale Hurston
• Louis Armstrong

These can be read individually by students or in groups and then turned into one of 3 different projects of varying complexity.

The first, simplest project is to create a mask of their person using a template and be prepared to talk with other students and answer questions as if they were the people they read about.

The 2nd project has students creating a "biography box" using an included cut out box template and directions for decorating the box with details from the biography.

The 3rd project has students creating a poster which they will present based on their person's life and accomplishments featuring visuals and details of what they learned from the reading. A rubric for this project is included.

Finally, there is a 1 page reading comprehension worksheet that asks students higher-level reflection questions about what they read in the biography!

No matter what type of class you have surely one of the 3 projects will suit them well! You can also use the biographies throughout the year for  units on the Harlem Renaissance or Civil Rights Movement.

You can download this amazing resource for your classes by clicking here now!

Thanks for looking!

History of Santa Claus and Christmas in America Common Core Reading

This entertaining Common Core-aligned reading activity features a 1 page article on the history of Santa Claus in America. It explains how the image of Saint Nicholas changed from Europe to America and how the famous poem "The Night Before Christmas" and Thomas Nast's cartoons came to transform Saint Nicholas into the image of Santa Claus that we enjoy today.

Following the article is a set of reading comprehension questions that students can answer to demonstrate their understanding. An answer key for this is provided. You can download this for your classes by clicking here!

Thanks for looking and happy holidays!