Inventions of the Industrial Revolution Infomercial Group Project

This new fantastic cooperative learning project on major inventions and inventors of the Industrial Revolution will have your students engaged, having fun, and learning!

Included is a directions page on how to present a 1 minute infomercial to the class along with 7 one-page readings on different inventions of the industrial period. In groups students read about their assigned inventor/invention and plan their "infomercial".

As each group presents, other students fill out the included graphic organizer on the 7 inventions and inventors. An answer key for this is included along with a rubric for the infomercial presentation.

My students love this project and always come up with some hilarious pitches for these inventions that they remember the rest of the year! When I used it earlier this year, the students got so into it, we ended up needing a second class period to present all the "infomercials" because the students went into such great detail! It was an amazing couple of class periods!

You can download this lesson for your classes by clicking here!

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World War II Resource Bundle

This is a wonderful, all-encompassing 36-page bundle of resources to teach about World War II. It includes all the printables, readings, and worksheets you would need to teach your students about the war.

It includes ALL of the following individual resources:

1. Document Worksheet on the American Homefront During World War II

2. Analyzing President Truman's Diary Entry on the Atomic Bomb

3. Analyzing Adolf Hitler's Speeches Worksheet

4. Japanese Internment Camps Primary Source Reading & Worksheet 

5. Charles Lindbergh's speech on US isolationism and World War II

6. World War II Plaques Project (Navajo Code Talkers, Tuskegee Airmen, Women, & Nisei)

PLUS:

7. Seven one-page readings on important battles of World War II (Pearl Harbor, Midway, El Alamein, D-Day, Stalingrad, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa) and an assignment to create an illustrated timeline of the war based off the readings.

8. A complete 44 question test on World War II.

All 8 of those items above are included for one low price. You are getting all the homework and in-class activities you would need to teach a unit on World War II. All of these items for sale individually would be about $13 and still not include all of the resources you are getting here!

Click here to download these resources for your classes!

Turning Paper Boxes into Picket Signs - Strikes & Labor Lesson Plan

In this creative cooperative learning activity, students create picket signs from old paper boxes that tell the story of some of the most famous labor clashes in American History.

Included are 7 one-page stories on each of the following: The Homestead Strike, Haymarket Affair,Pullman Strike, Ludlow Massacre, Great Railroad Strike of 1877, Flint Sit-Down Strike, and Memorial Day Massacre.

In groups, students then complete the reading and create a picket sign that tells the story of that strike and present them to the class:

  

As groups present, a Venn Diagram helps students organize similarities and differences between the different strikes:

Lastly, students complete a set of comprehension questions. A rubric for the presentation is included as well as an page describing the procedures in detail and pictures of completed examples.

This can be downloaded from this link and is a very fun activity that your student will remember and enjoy!

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Major-American-Strikes-Labor-Issues-Picket-Signs-Lesson