United States History Student Edition

Topic Activities

Making Connections to Today Creating a Cause-and-Effect Diagram of a Recent Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HT36 Writing About Native Americans and the Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Creating a Digital Slide Show . . . . . . . . . 62 Creating a Multimedia Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Creating a Slideshow Presentation on the Census . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Creating a Comparison Chart . . . . . . . . . 298 Writing a News Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 Creating a Pamphlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408 Understanding Multiple Perspectives Comparing and Contrasting Perspectives . . . HT34 Writing About Origin Stories . . . . . . . . . . 29 Creating a News Report . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Exploring Native American Views on English Colonization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Writing a Comparison Essay . . . . . . . . . . 163 Writing a Comparison Essay . . . . . . . . . . 213 Writing a Dialogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 Creating a Web Page About Manifest Destiny and Expansionism . . . . . . . . . . . . 353 Creating a Web Page About Northern and Southern Differences . . . . . . . . . . . 407 Creating a Slideshow Presentation About the Civil War’s Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471 Writing a Dialogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499 Building Citizenship Writing an Essay About a Local Issue . . . . . HT34 Researching Renewable and Non-Renewable Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HT36 Creating a Presentation About Religious Liberty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Creating a Public Service Announcement About Civility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472 Creating a Slideshow About the Effects of the Fourteenth Amendment . . . . . . . . . . 500

Geographic Reasoning Identifying Parts of a Map . . . . . . . . . . HT35 Touring a Colonial Region . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Researching and Drawing a Map . . . . . . . . 163 Writing an Informative Essay . . . . . . . . . 298 Understanding Chronology Creating a Time Line . . . . . . . . . . . . HT35 Creating a Time Line of the Age of Exploration . . 61 Creating a Constitution Ratification Time Line . . 213 Creating a Time Line of Westward Expansion . 354 Creating a Time Line of Industrial Growth in the Northern United States . . . . . . . . . . 407 Creating a Time Line of Civil War Events . . . . 472 Understanding Historical Eras Writing a Skit About Abolitionists . . . . . . . 471 Writing About the Columbian Exchange . . . . 62 Opposing a Rebellion . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Writing a Persuasive Essay About Leadership and Independence . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Writing a Public Service Announcement . . . . 214 Writing About the Louisiana Purchase . . . . . 297 Evaluating the Presidency of Andrew Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353 Writing an Informative Essay Writing About Carpetbaggers and Scalawags . 500 Connecting to the Past Becoming Informed About Issues . . . . . . . 29 Creating a Virtual Museum Tour . . . . . . . . 30 Writing About African Folk Songs . . . . . . . 408 Economic Reasoning Creating a Poster About the New South . . . . 499 Writing a Persuasive or Argumentative Essay

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