Over the course of this very busy year, I’ve been working hard and collaborating with other teachers to develop tools for my classroom that can be used in a virtual, hybrid, or in-person world. The purpose of this post is to share some of them with you so that you can use them this year, next year, or the year after that! Some of these assignments were designed completely by me, and others use templates designed by brilliant teachers around the world that I’ve tweaked for my own classroom. Additionally, most are done in the Google Suite, so you’ll be able to make a copy of the resource to edit for your own use. All of the activities below are for US I courses. I hope that some of these help you diversify what you’re teaching in your classroom so that you can add some voices our history books don’t highlight. My lessons are designed to teach empathy and compassion as a window, mirror, or door for my students. Maybe they’ll inspire you! If you have any questions about the lessons or would like to chat about how to give students an experience that’s more representative of the US population (yes, it was diverse even in the 1700s!), don’t hesitate to contact me. Ancient civ activities in a future post!

British History Game Board -We use this to help students understand what the colonists believed their “British rights” were. It covers the English Civil War to the Glorious Revolution. Magna Carta is a separate activity for us. The game board design is not mine, but the content is.

Westward Expansion Game Board– This covers a variety of perspectives of Westward expansion from the Louisiana Purchase to the Mexican American War. The game board design is not mine, but the content is.

Colonial American Identities Jamboard– Who lived in Colonial America? This is a sampling for students. I tried to make this as diverse as possible.

Hobbes & Locke Frayer Model Vocabulary (Original slides not by me. I chose the vocabulary.)

Haudenosaunee Women & the their influence on the Suffrage Movement (Questions to go with video lecture from the New York State Museum, questions written by my colleague, Pete Gaynor.)

Debates on the Constitution: Madison & Warren The “key words,” “in your own words,” “summary” method and slide design are by Nathan McAllister & Lindsey Charron, content is added by me as are the synthesize questions at the end.