High school history activities

If you teach middle school history, these are some of the most hands-on engaging lesson plans and activities you can find! Great for 8th grade US History or World History in the middle grades!

I used a poster close to this as an example. Very helpful!

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Guide to using Social Studies Simulations to step away from the lecture podium and engage your students with hands-on history activities.

Do you speak meme? Our students certainly do! I find myself browsing memes more often than I should. I even have a small (but growing) stash of them saved on my phone. A meme is

American History | US History | Middle School | High School | Bell Ringer Journal | 275 writing prompts for the entire school year | The SuperHERO Teacher

Well it took almost a full school year, but thanks to a professional development I went to, I found a review technique ALL of my 7th graders were on board with. I call it “True, False, Fix.…

Use these fun history activities for middle school in your Grade 7 History and Grade 8 History classes as well as your Grade 6 Social Studies program. These engaging history activities are also useful for your middle school history classroom. Try these ideas with your 6th grade social studies, 7th grade social studies and 8th grade social studies students. Read about 13 ways to make middle school history class engaging for your students.

Taking a break from Kahoot, Quizlet etc. is a good thing! Students love to play bingo to review for US History! My students love it! #activehistoryteacher #bingoreview

Teaching high school can get expensive quickly between textbooks, science supplies, and activities. Many of us look for free teaching resources to supplement or even create, say, an entire history course for our high school students.Using these ten resources, you can create an amazing, free, personalized history course for your high school teenager.

What the Teacher Wants!: History Detective Report

History STEM activities and challenges for the classroom ensure students have a hands-on way to learn history material of the world.

Hands-on activities for studying world history are the best way for your kids to get a deeper understanding of the country all around us.

Have you ever had a "silent conversation" with your history class? Read about how this task can ensure fill class participation.

Finish out your history class with a bang with these creative end of the year games! They are a fun way to review history for kids, and many would work for a literature class as well. They are easily adapted for different age groups by requiring different levels of detail and complexity in their responses.…

Ditch the test and create a writing-centered history classroom in which learning is more meaningful and teaching is actually easier.

Hands-on activities for studying world history are the best way for your kids to get a deeper understanding of the country all around us.

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If you teach middle school or high school US History check out this free pacing guide to help ensure that you cover every aspect of the curriculum in your classroom! Pacing is so important to make sure that you don't spend too long on any one unit and allow studenst time to learn all the key things they need to know about American History!

It is not unusual for teens to feel like History is a dull and boring subject. After all, it is difficult for textbooks to be fun to read! However, when you homeschool high school, textbooks are not the only choice for earning those necessary History credits! That is what we are discussing in How to Get Teens Interested in History (on the Homeschool Highschool Podcastl