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U.S. History Brain Teasers
U.S. History Brain Teasers
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These American history-focused brain teasers will help students develop logic, critical thinking skills, vocabulary and spelling skills, research skills, and general knowledge skills.

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Exit Tickets for Middle School Classrooms

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Exit Tickets for Middle School Classrooms

Exit tickets are a form of assessment that are often used informally to assess how well students grasped a lesson, what ...

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Geography Activities for Middle School

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Geography Activities for Middle School

Help students explore the world and develop their geography knowledge with this packet of geography activities for middl...

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Test Prep Strategies and Practice for Students

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Test Prep Strategies, Tools, and Practice Questions

Help set your students up for academic success with this packet of test-taking tips, test preparation strategies, and pr...

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Slave Ships

Slave Ships In 1619, the first African captives arrived in the colony of Virginia.

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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Incidents in the Life of a Slave GirlWritten by Harriet Brent Jacobs"Northerners know nothing at all about Slavery.

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Amendments to the Constitution of the United States

(Amendments I to X inclusive, popularly known as the Bill of Rights, were proposed and sent to the states by the first s...

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Nicknames of U.S. State Residents

Alabama Alabamian, Alabaman Alaska AlaskanArizona Arizonan, ArizonianArkansas Arkansan California CalifornianColorado Co...

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Origin of U.S. State Names

Alabama May come from Choctaw meaning “thicket-clearers” or “vegetation-gatherers”Alaska Corruption of Aleut wor...

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Population of the United States by State

This chart lists the population of the United States by state.

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