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Pirates: Quiz 95
In this pirates worksheet, students answer multiple choice questions about different pirates of the past. Students answer 12 questions total.
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African Americans in the Maritime Trades
Learners explore Civil Rights by analyzing U.S. history. In this African American workforce lesson, students discuss the history of African Americans in Baltimore and the need for steady work that formed. Learners define vocabulary terms...
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CyberHunt: Ahoy! Columbus
Students research Christopher Columbus. In this world history lesson, students complete a WebQuest by using suggested website links. Students click on each link and answer questions about Columbus based upon the website.
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Thanksgiving - A Focus on Clothing
Students focus on the types of clothing that the Pilgrims and the Wampanoags wore for the First Thanksgiving. They study how the clothing was made before making samples to wear at a classroom Thanksgiving feast. They study the natural...
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Pirates of the Caribbean
Students participate in a "Pirates of the Caribbean" tag game to demonstrate scooter skills and safety techniques. Students identify and discuss scooter safety rules, then play a tag game with each student (pirate) on a scooter, with...
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Connecticut Reading Comprehension Activity
In this reading comprehension activity worksheet, students read 5 paragraphs pertaining to the history of Connecticut and then respond to 30 true or false, multiple choice, and short answer questions.
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Practicing Pythagoras
In this math activity, learners practice answering the questions for finding the hypotenuse of the given triangles while using the Pythagorean Theorem.
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Thanksgiving: The Mayflower
Learners examine the characteristics of a pilgrim. They discover what it was like traveling on the Mayflower as well. They create their own Mayflowers and share them with the class.
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Jamestown
Fifth graders research the Jamestown settlement and examine life in the colonies from 1607-1610. They explore websites, develop a timeline, select two settlers to research, and write three letters written from the point of view of their...
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Colonization
High schoolers explore why the Americas attracted Europeans, why they brought enslaved Africans to their colonies, and how Europeans struggled for control of North American and the Caribbean.
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The Galapagos Islands
In this The Galapagos Islands learning exercise, students read a 1 page article, answer 3 statements with multiple choice answers, fill in 4 fill in the blank answers and 3 determine if 3 statements are true or false.
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Cloze Activity: Captain James Cook
In this Captain James Cook cloze procedure worksheet, students review a brief selection that is missing 14 words and then attempt to fill in each blank with a word they think the author might have used. A word bank is provided.
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Spanish Armada Crossword
In this Spanish Armada crossword puzzle worksheet, learners use the 10 clues to identify the correct words and names that will solve the crossword puzzle.
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The Pilgrim Fathers
In this "Pilgrim Fathers" study guide activity, students read about ;the beginning of colonization in the American East. Students read 3 sections of information.
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Geography of the Harbor
Students study estuaries and their boundaries. In this investigative lesson students locate an estuary on a map and use nautical and topographical maps.
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Transportation
Students learn all about how people and products get from place to place.
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Birdman or Birdbrain
Students become history detectives as they research, and later discuss, various theories about Rapa Nui. They study written language using symbols and create their own symbol language.
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Learning from Maps and Timelines Time Travel
Students create timelines depicting the important events in the lives of the groups that arrived at the Fort St. Louis. They include the fate of La Salle and the colonists.
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The Relationships and Cultural Exchanges Between Native Americans and the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Vancouver
Students are introduced to the geography of the Columbia River basin and its history. Using the internet, they research the relationships between the Native Americans and the Hudson Bay Company. They also discuss the effects on the...
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The Uluburun Late Bronze Age Shipwreck
Students use the Internet to research Minoan and Mycenaean trade. In groups, they develop a chart showing the goods that were exported and imported. Using primary source documents, they examine the materials found in the wreckage of the...
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Water Features of Virginia
Students locate and identify water features important to the early history of Virginia. Thye recognize where most cities developed and locate and label the rivers on a Virginia wall map.
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Worksheet #13 Questions - Columbus in the New World
In this Columbus in the New World worksheet, learners test their knowledge on various terms relating to the aforementioned topic in ten fill in the blank questions.
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Washington & His Troops
In this United States history learning exercise, students utilize a word bank of 10 terms or phrases to answer 10 fill in the blank questions pertaining to the Revolutionary War as George Washington takes control of his Troops. A short...
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Thanksgiving Day Crossword Puzzle
In this Thanksgiving Day crossword puzzle worksheet, students find the answers to 10 clues. They use the answers, which are associated with the Thanksgiving holiday, to fill in the puzzle across and down.