How did the introduction of sound in movies during the 1920s change both the film industry and audience experiences? This document activity examines the background and impact of the movie/film industry during the 1920s. Students will analyze primary and secondary source documents. They’ll then answer corresponding scaffolding questions. They will answer the final summary question to apply their knowledge. Included in this resource: Do Now - 1st Academy Awards primary source photo analysis with scaffolding questions 1920s Movies document analysis with scaffolding questions Create a movie tagline poster activity with rubric Charlie Chaplin POV with scaffolding questions Application/Closing/Higher-Order Thinking Assessment: Why did the growth of the film industry during the 1920s have a lasting impact on American culture and entertainment? Answer key for teachers (suggested) ★ Please make an executive decision whether or not this lesson can be executed with your students based upon the preview file. Thank you! ©2025 A Social Studies Life For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

This activity explores and examines the background and impact of John Dewey and the impact he had during the Progressive Era. Students will analyze Dewey’s life and point of view and answer corresponding scaffolding questions. Included in this resource: John Dewey POV with scaffolding questions Answer key for teachers (suggested) ★Please make an executive decision whether or not this lesson can be executed with your students based upon the preview file. Thank you! ©2024 A Social Studies Life For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

Civil Rights Movement Word Wall with Definitions and Images Included in this product: • Title page • 50 vocabulary words/terms/important people (26 pages) with images and definitions Terms include: • Discrimination • Racism • Segregation • CORE • NAACP • Plessy v. Ferguson • Thurgood Marshall • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas • Earl Warren • Integration • Little Rock 9 • Rosa Parks • Boycott • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. • Civil Disobedience • John F. Kennedy • “New Frontier” • Lyndon B. Johnson • Poverty Line • Job Corps • Medicare • Medicaid • Civil Rights Act of 1964 • Sit-in • Ella Baker • Robert F. Kennedy • Interstate • James Meredith • George Wallace • Medgar Evers • Register • “Freedom Summer” • Voting Rights Act of 1965 • Malcolm X • “Black Power” • Feminists • NOW • Equal Rights Amendment • Sandra Day O’Connor • Latino • Cesar Chavez • American Indian Movement ★ This word wall is a great addition to any classroom or bulletin board! Each word can be cut out, laminated, and displayed in your classroom! © 2017 A Social Studies Life For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

Cold War Word Wall with Definitions and Images Included in this product: • Title page • 56 vocabulary words/terms/important people (30 pages) with images Terms include: Harry Truman Winston Churchill Iron Curtain Fair Deal Cold War Containment Communism Truman Doctrine NATO Warsaw Pact Berlin Airlift Mao Zedong 38th Parallel Blacklists Joseph McCarthy McCarthyism Closed Shop Stalemate Demilitarized Zone Arms Race Nuclear Summit Korean War and more! ★ This word wall is a great addition to any classroom or bulletin board! Each word can be cut out, laminated, and displayed in your classroom! © A Social Studies Life For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

Thirteen Colonies - Jamestown and Plymouth FOR GOOGLE CLASSROOM Aim: Why were the colonies of Jamestown and Plymouth successful? Included in this resource: • Title page • Scaffolding questions for Discovery Education "English Come to America: Jamestown and Plymouth" video clip • Answer Key for video questions • Jamestown vs. Plymouth reading with graphic organizer • Application/Closing/Higher Order thinking question Students will research the causes of settlement for Jamestown and Plymouth; push/pull factors for both groups of settlers; location; relationship with Native Americans; government and problems Adheres to Social Studies Common Core Standards - research, application, literacy, vocabulary Differentiation: video clip, scaffolding questions, cooperative (may work with a partner for questions or graphic organizer) ★★ NOTE: video clip can be found on the Discovery Education website ★★ Looking for the printable, pen and paper version of this resource? Find it here! Jamestown and Plymouth ASSL Digital Paper by Erin Cobb and Ashley Hughes KG Fonts © 2012 A Social Studies Life For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

How did the Roaring Twenties shape American life during a time of major change? In this spotlight activity, students will explore the major social, cultural, and economic changes of the 1920s. Using a student-friendly one-page, they will learn about the rise of jazz music, the role of flappers, the Harlem Renaissance, new inventions like the automobile and radio, and key events such as the passage of the 19th Amendment and the 1929 stock market crash. Students will answer short-answer questions based on the spotlight content and analyze how these changes impacted American life. Included in this resource: Spotlight On: 1920s with scaffolding questions Answer key for teachers (suggested) ★Please make an executive decision whether or not this lesson can be executed with your students based upon the preview file. Thank you! ©2025 A Social Studies Life For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

Great Depression TASK CARDS and Recording Sheet for Student Responses Included in this product: • Title page • Full Set of 58 vocabulary words/terms/important people tasks cards in the form of a question • Answer Key Cards (you do not have to give these to students or you can after the activity) • Recording Sheet for student responses (can make enough copies for your students to answer as many questions as you’d like) This set of 58 task cards covers important people, terms, and events of the Great Depression unit. Terms include: Herbert Hoover Stock Exchange Hoovervilles Black Tuesday Public Works Bonus Army Hundred Days Fireside Chats Franklin D. Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt New Deal Work Relief Tennessee Valley Authority Dust Bowl Corporation Shares Invest Overproduction Under-consumption Prosperity Recession Depression and more! These cards are great for stations, centers, as an independent study tool, SCOOT and other cooperative learning activities. © A Social Studies Life For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

The Columbian Exchange Aim: How did Christopher Columbus' voyage affect the world? FOR GOOGLE CLASSROOM Included in this resource: • Title page • Do Now/Motivation student-centered question • The Columbian Exchange reading passage with scaffolding questions • Positive/Negative Effects graphic organizer • Application/Closing/Higher Order Thinking question • Answer Key for Teachers Students will research the transfer of goods, plants, animals, ideas, and disease and they affect had on the New and Old Worlds Adheres to Social Studies Common Core Standards - research, application, literacy, vocabulary Differentiation: questions are scaffolded; graphic organizer; cooperative (questions can be collaborative based upon teacher's discretion) ★★ Looking for the pen and paper, hard-copy version of this resource? Find it here! Columbian Exchange ASSL •• Original Illustrations/Clip Art by Kerri Webb Fonts by Kimberly Geswein and Kevin&Amanda © 2012 A Social Studies Life For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

Native Americans - Iroquois and Algonquian Native Americans Comparing and Contrasting the Iroquois and Algonquian Native Americans FOR GOOGLE CLASSROOM Aim: How were the Iroquois & Algonquian similar? Included in this resource: • Title page • Do Now/Motivation student-centered questions • Map of Native American tribes in New York, USA • The Algonquians: A Case Study of Culture reading passage with scaffolding questions • The Iroquois: A Case Study of Culture reading passage with scaffolding questions • Algonquian & Iroquois Venn diagram • Application/Closing/Higher Order thinking question Students will research & analyze the similarities and differences between the Iroquois & Algonquian Native Americans living in the Northeast region of present-day United States Adheres to Social Studies Common Core Standards - research, application, literacy, vocabulary; lifting evidence from text Differentiation: cooperative (students may work in groups/teams/partner to complete scaffolding questions & venn diagram based on teacher's discretion); analysis & evaluate based on Bloom's Taxonomy ★★ Looking for the pen and paper, hard-copy version of this resource? Find it here! Iroquois and Algonquian Native Americans ASSL •• Digital, 1:1, interactive Social Studies learning! Digital Papers by Christi Fultz and Ashley Hughes KG Fonts Clip art by KERRI'S ART CORNER © 2012 A Social Studies Life For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

Native Americans - Land Bridge Aim: How did humans get to the Americas? FOR GOOGLE CLASSROOM Included in this resource: • Title page • Do Now/Motivation student-centered map-skills questions • The Land Bridge reading passage with scaffolding questions • The Land Bridge graphic organizer • Application/Closing/Higher Order Thinking Questions Students will research how the first humans reached the Americas by the Land Bridge Theory and use their research and analysis of the document to answer scaffolding questions and complete the graphic organizer Adheres to Social Studies Common Core Standards - research, application, literacy, vocabulary; writing/discussion based on argument Differentiation: graphic organizer; cooperative (students may work in groups/teams/partner to complete reading questions and graphic organizer) ★★ NOTE: This can be a one or two day lesson depending on the length of time students need for their work - day one can be cooperative, day two can be whole-group discussion -->your discretion !) ★★ Looking for the pen and paper, hard-copy version of this resource? Find it here! Land Bridge Settlers ASSL •• Digital Papers by Christi Fultz KG Fonts and Kevin/Amanda fonts Clip Art by KERRI'S ART CORNER © 2012 A Social Studies Life For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

Slavery during the Age of Exploration Aim: How did slavery grow in the Americas and what was its impact? FOR GOOGLE CLASSROOM Included in this resource: • Title page • Do Now/Motivation questions based on map • A Slave's Voyage reading passage with images • The Middle Passage primary source document with scaffolding questions • Application/Closing/Higher Order thinking question • Answer Key for Teachers Students will study and analyze the growth of slavery in the Americas: importation of slaves; Middle Passage, Triangular Trade, primary source account; classroom simulation Adheres to Social Studies Common Core Standards - research, application, literacy, vocabulary; writing/discussion based on argument Differentiation: questions are scaffolded; cooperative (students can work with a partner for reading and questions based upon teacher's discretion); simulation/role-playing ★★ NOTE: Included with this product is a photograph of the "ship" I create in my classroom. To understand thoroughly what it was like to be transported on a slave-trade ship, I have about 12 students sit crowded into that area of the floor in the classroom. I then have them link arms to simulate the cramped quarters of the ship. They stay in the "ship" for about 5 minutes and they begin to very much understand the close quartered conditions ! ★★ Looking for the pen and paper, hard-copy version of this resource? Find it here! Growth of Slavery in the Americas ASSL •• Digital, 1:1, interactive Social Studies learning! Digital Paper by Christi Fultz and Ashley Hughes KG Fonts © 2012 A Social Studies Life For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

Mercantilism during the Age of Exploration Aim: Why was mercantilism so important to European countries and their colonies in the New World? FOR GOOGLE CLASSROOM Included in this resource: • Title page • Do Now/Motivation student-centered question • Mercantilism reading passage with scaffolding questions • All-About Mercantilism Graphic Organizer • Application/Closing/Higher Order Thinking questions • Answer Key for Teachers Students will study and analyze the economic system of mercantilism and why it was important to European nations and their colonies Adheres to Social Studies Common Core Standards - research, application, literacy, vocabulary; writing/discussion based on argument Differentiation: graphic organizer; cooperative (students can work with a partner for reading and questions based upon teacher's discretion) ★★ Looking for the pen and paper, hard-copy version of this resource? Find it here! Mercantilism ASSL •• Digital, 1:1, interactive Social Studies learning! Digital Paper by Erin Cobb and Ashley Hughes KG Fonts © 2012 A Social Studies Life For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

Native Americans - First Empires of the Americas: Mayas, Incas, Aztecs Aim: Were pre-Columbian peoples civilized? FOR GOOGLE CLASSROOM Included in this resource: • Title page • Do Now/Motivation student-centered question • Ancient Maya reading passage • Ancient Inca reading passage • Ancient Aztec reading passage • Ancient Maya, Inca, and Aztec graphic organizers (3) • Venn Diagram/Compare & Contrast the Inca, Maya, and Aztec • Application/Closing/Higher Order Thinking Question Students will research and analyze documents to determine the characteristics and elements of civilization from the Ancient Incas, Mayans, and Aztecs; Venn diagram/compare & contrast application Adheres to Social Studies Common Core Standards - research, application, literacy, vocabulary; writing/discussion based on argument Differentiation: graphic organizers; cooperative (students can work in teams or partners for reading passages/graphic organizers/compare & contrast based on teacher's discretion) ★★ NOTE: This can be a one or two day lesson depending on the length of time students need for their work - it can be used as day one: cooperative learning, day two: whole-group discussion ★★ Looking for the pen and paper, hard-copy version of this resource? Find it here! Mayans, Incas, Aztecs ASSL •• Digital Paper by Christi Fultz Mayas, Incas, Aztecs Clip Art/Illustrations by Kerri Webb {GET IT HERE!} KG Fonts © 2012 A Social Studies Life For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

Thirteen Colonies - Colonial Regions: New England Colonies, Middle Colonies, Southern Colonies FOR GOOGLE CLASSROOM Aim: How did the colonists of the thirteen colonies live? Included in this resource: • Title page • Colonial Regions: New England, Middle, and Southern colonies readings with corresponding graphic organizer • Answer key for graphic organizer • Application/Closing/Higher Order thinking question Students will research the differences between the colonial regions; identify the specific colonies within each region; understand the way of life/occupations of colonists; analyze how colonists needed to adapt to their environment Adheres to Social Studies Common Core Standards - research, application, literacy, vocabulary Differentiation: graphic organizer, cooperative (may work with a partner for questions or graphic organizer) ★ You can find all of my Thirteen Colonies lessons and activities HERE! ★★ Looking for the printable, pen and paper version of this resource? Find it here! Colonial Regions ASSL © 2012 A Social Studies Life For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

Constitution - Electoral College Aim: How is the president of the United States elected? Included in this product: • Title page • Do Now: Student-centered critical thinking question - How is the president of the United States elected? • What is the Electoral College reading passage with scaffolding questions • Simulation/Activity: Testing out the Electoral College with a mock-Class President election • Electoral Voting Map/Map question • Schoolhouse Rock "I'm Gonna Send Your Vote to College" scaffolding questions corresponding to lyrics {NOTE: I do not attach the lyrics in this product. They are not mine to sell! However, you can find them easily online} • Application/Closing/Higher Order thinking question • Two "official" class president election ballots ;) ★ NOTE: This is usually a two-day lesson with my students. Students will research and understand the structure of the electoral college, the background and weaknesses of the electoral college, the importance of the "magic" 271 number a candidate needs to get elected, and the understanding that winning the popular vote does not determine the presidency Adheres to Social Studies Common Core Standards - research, application, literacy, vocabulary Differentiation: cooperative {students may work in pairs/groups according to teacher's discretion for activities}; questions are scaffolded; students participate in a real-life simulation Buy the BUNDLE and SAVE!! •• This product is also included in the Constitution UNIT BUNDLE! •• Digital Paper provided by Ashley Hughes Glitter clip art by Glitter Meets Glue KG Fonts © 2014 A Social Studies Life For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

Compromise of 1850 Causes of the Civil War Wilmot Proviso, Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850 ACTIVITIES Interactive Notebook activity, Line Graph activity, Scaffolding Questions Aim: What should happen to slavery in the territories? FOR GOOGLE CLASSROOM Included in this resource: • Title page • Slavery Compromises background reading passage - Should slavery exist in new lands gained after the U.S.-Mexico War? • Part I: Legislative Branch Interactive Notebook Activity • Part II: Graphing Political Power - students create line graphs (free vs. slave states) showing the gaining of representatives in Congress over time through 1850; scaffolding questions based on line graphs • Part III: What to do with California? Question for student written response • Part IV: Compromise of 1850 Provisions and questions for student written responses • Answer Key for Teachers Students will research, analyze, and use their critical thinking skills to complete the activities. They will use their previous knowledge of slavery compromises and Social Studies to create their line graph and answer the scaffolding questions. ★ These are great activities to use after the Slavery Compromises lesson that can be found HERE. Adheres to Social Studies Common Core Standards - research, application, literacy, vocabulary Differentiation: scaffolding questions, cooperative (may work with a partner(s) according to teacher's discretion for scaffolding questions and activities) ★ You can find all of my Civil War lessons and activities HERE! ★★ Looking for the pen and paper, hard-copy version of this resource? Find it here! Compromise of 1850 Activities ASSL •• Digital, 1:1, interactive Social Studies learning! Cover page digital paper by Ashley Hughes KG Fonts © 2012 A Social Studies Life For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

Roaring Twenties Task Cards and Recording Sheet for Student Responses Included in this product: • Title page • Full Set of 58 vocabulary words/terms/important people tasks cards in the form of a question • Answer Key Cards (you do not have to give these to students or you can after the activity) • Recording Sheet for student responses (can make enough copies for your students to answer as many questions as you’d like) This set of 58 task cards covers important people, terms, and events of the Roaring Twenties unit. Terms include: Capitalism Anarchists Red Scare Calvin Coolidge Marcus Garvey Warren G. Harding Ohio Gang Teapot Dome Scandal Laissez-Faire Economics Isolationism Kellogg-Briand Pact Gross National Product Installment Buying Henry Ford Assembly Line Charles Lindbergh Flapper and more! These cards are great for stations, centers, as an independent study tool, SCOOT and other cooperative learning activities. © 2012 A Social Studies Life For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

John Adams, Alien and Sedition Acts, XYZ Affair John Adams' Presidency: Election of 1796, XYZ Affair, Alien and Sedition Acts, Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions FOR GOOGLE DRIVE Aim: How did John Adams overcome challenges during his presidency? Digital, 1:1, interactive Social Studies learning! Included in this product: • Title page • Do Now: The Election of 1796 analytical thinking question • President Adams' Challenges {document-based learning activity} with scaffolding questions and activities • Document #1: The Election of 1796 • Document #2: The XYZ Affair w/scaffolding questions • XYZ Affair political cartoon analysis • Document #3: Alien & Sedition Acts w/scaffolding questions • Document #4: Kentucky & Virginia Resolutions w/scaffolding questions • Application/Closing/Higher Order Thinking Question • Answer Key for Teachers Students will analyze close-reading documents describing challenges faced by Adams during his presidency and will complete document-based scaffolding questions Adheres to Social Studies Common Core Standards - research, application, literacy, vocabulary, creating arguments with evidence Differentiation: cooperative {students may work in pairs/groups according to teacher's discretion for activities}; questions are scaffolded; students argue their opinions and make predictions using relevant examples and details from the lesson and their knowledge of social studies ★★ Looking for the pen and paper, hard-copy version of this resource? Find it here! John Adams' Presidency ASSL Clipart by Educlips Digital Paper by Ashley Hughes © 2012 A Social Studies Life For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

American Revolution Unit Test for A Social Studies Life's American Revolution Unit FOR GOOGLE 1:1 CLASSROOM Included in this resource: • Title page • Multiple Choice questions • Constructed Response questions • Answer Sheet for students • Answer Key for teachers Buy the BUNDLE and SAVE!! •• This product is also included in the American Revolution UNIT BUNDLE! •• Digital Paper by Lovin Lit KG Fonts © 2012 A Social Studies Life For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

Oregon Trail Reading Passage with Scaffolding Questions FOR GOOGLE CLASSROOM Included in this resource: • Cover Page • Oregon Trail reading passage • 4 short answer scaffolding questions Adheres to Social Studies Common Core Standards - research, application, literacy, vocabulary, analyzing documents and making conclusions Differentiation: cooperative {students may work in pairs/groups according to teacher's discretion for scaffolding questions} ★ You can find all my Manifest Destiny Unit lessons and activities HERE. ★★ Looking for the pen and paper, hard-copy version of this resource? Find it here! Oregon Trail FREE ASSL •• Digital, 1:1, interactive Social Studies learning! Digital Papers by Ashley Hughes KG Fonts © 2012 A Social Studies Life For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.