British History Resources (by date, latest first)

This eBook is a complete guide to World War II for Grades 9–12. It explains the causes of the war, the major countries involved, and the important leaders who shaped history. Students will learn about key battles like D-Day, the Battle of Britain, and the Battle of Stalingrad. The book also covers the Holocaust with sensitivity and clarity. It shows how the war affected civilians, from rationing to women joining the workforce.

Each chapter uses simple, clear language to help students understand big ideas. The timeline of events makes it easy to follow how the war unfolded. Students will also discover what happened after the war, including the creation of the United Nations and the start of the Cold War.

A separate worksheet gives students many activities to test their knowledge. It includes multiple-choice questions, fill-in-the-blank exercises, short answers, and a creative writing task. An answer key is provided at the end to support learning.

This eBook is a great resource for history classes, homework, or self-study. It helps students think deeply about the war’s impact on the world. With clear facts and engaging activities, it makes learning about World War II meaningful and memorable.

The Tudors: A Fascinating Journey Through History

An Engaging History Ebook for Grades 6–8

Step back in time and discover the exciting world of the Tudors, one of the most dramatic and important periods in British history! This beautifully illustrated and informative ebook is designed especially for middle school learners, combining rich historical content with fun facts, eye-catching images, and student-friendly language.

Students will explore:

• How the Tudors came to power and ruled England
• The lives of powerful monarchs like Henry VIII and Elizabeth I
• How religion, exploration, and culture changed the country forever ✝️
• What everyday life was like for rich nobles and poor villagers alike ⚔️

From thrilling jousting tournaments to dangerous sea voyages, from Shakespeare’s plays to Tudor fashion, this ebook brings history to life and helps students understand how the Tudors shaped the world we live in today.

Includes:

• Detailed chapters with illustrations and photos
• A printable student worksheet packed with fun and educational activities
• A complete answer key for easy marking or self-checking

Whether used in class, at home, or for projects, this ebook is the perfect companion for any young historian exploring the world of the Tudors.

The Industrial Revolution, often categorized into the First Industrial Revolution and Second Industrial Revolution, marked a transitional phase in the global economy towards more extensive, efficient, and consistent manufacturing methods, following the Second Agricultural Revolution. Initiating in Great Britain circa 1760, the Industrial Revolution extended to continental Europe and the United States by approximately 1840. This shift involved moving from manual production techniques to machinery; novel chemical manufacturing and iron production methods; a greater reliance on water and steam power; the creation of machine tools; and the emergence of the mechanized factory system. Production significantly surged, leading to an unparalleled increase in both population and the pace of population growth. The textile sector was the pioneer in adopting modern manufacturing techniques, making textiles the leading industry regarding employment, output value, and capital investment.

This handy ebook will help you teach your students about the Industrial Revolution. It contains facts, plenty of activities, the students' printable worksheet, and the relevant answer key at the end.

This no prep video-based lesson teaches about the life and legacy of Charles Darwin. It's specifically designed for children/teens at the A2/B1 level.

It's based on an English Heritage youtube video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NFfSLlCawE).

It includes pre-watching, while-watching and post-watching activities which focus on listening comprehension and vocabulary, as well as teaching about an important figure of British history.

What is included:

• a word-definition matching exercise to pre-teach vocabulary
• two listening comprehension exercises (Reorder the sentences; True or False?)
• an internet quest - writing practice
• a key

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Celebrate St. George's Day with these low prep activities. Great as a lesson starter, ideal for preteaching vocabulary. Suitable for primary schools and ESL / EFL classes.

Contains:

• 1 trimino puzzle - it teached 21 St. George's Day related vocabulary
• 1 crossword - key is included

How to use Trimino puzzle:

Simply print out and cut up the puzzle pieces and let your pupils put them back together. Students need to match the word with the correct picture.

Print out a few puzzles and turn it into a competition. Whoever resolves the puzzle first, wins. It can be also played in teams.

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Saint Patrick's Day Trimino Puzzle (also known as Triomino)

St. Andrew's Day Trimino Puzzle (also called Triomino) and Crossword

Celebrate St. Andrew's Day with these low prep activities. Great as a lesson starter, ideal for preteaching vocabulary. Suitable for primary schools and ESL / EFL classes.

Contains:

• 1 trimino puzzle - it teached 12 St. Andrew's Day related vocabulary
• 1 crossword - key is included

How to use Trimino puzzle:

Simply print out and cut up the puzzle pieces and let your pupils put them back together. Students need to match the word with the correct picture. The resultant shape is that of a star.

Print out a few puzzles and turn it into a competition. Whoever resolves the puzzle first, wins. It can be also played in teams.

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Saint Patrick's Day Trimino Puzzle (also known as Triomino)

St. George's Day Trimino Puzzle(also called Triomino) and Crossword

This no prep video-based lesson teaches about Bonfire Night, Gunpowder Plot and Guy Fawkes' involvement. It's specifically designed for teens / adults at the B1 / B2 level.

It's based on a Horrible Histories youtube video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX1yfqLRIrg).

It includes pre-watching, while-watching and post-watching activities which focus on listening comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, as well as teaching about an important event in British history.

What is included:

• worksheet
• key
• transcription
• detailed lesson plan

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Saint Patrick's Day Trimino Puzzle (also known as Triomino)
St. Andrew's Day Trimino Puzzle (also called Triomino) and Crossword

This is a detailed resource comprising Guy Fawkes Night: The Gunpowder Plot Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions. It is about the infamous Gunpowder Plot of 1605, a dramatic event that has shaped British history and is still celebrated today on Bonfire Night, also known as Fireworks Night.

Designed for students in grades 6, 7, 8, and 9, these passages help learners develop comprehension and critical thinking skills as they explore the events that led to Bonfire Night.

Topics covered include:

• The Gunpowder Plot and its historical significance
• The life and motives of Guy Fawkes
• The discovery of the plot and subsequent arrests
• Background on each conspirator involved
• The beginnings of Guy Fawkes Night traditions and its modern-day meaning

Each passage is followed by engaging multiple-choice questions, written response prompts, and critical thinking questions that encourage a deeper understanding of the material.

Answer keys are provided for all questions, making this an ideal resource for classroom or independent study.

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Save 20% on 15 books from the What Is? and What Was? book series. Each one includes a book report flipbook template and a comprehensive reading comprehension digital lesson (with a built-in reward system).

The books in the series include:

1. What Was the Age of Exploration?
2. What Was the Children's Blizzard of 1888?
3. What Was the Wild West?
4. What Was the Donner Party?
5. What Was the Ice Age?
6. What Was the Boston Tea Party?
7. What Was Ellis Island?
8. What Was the Great Depression?
9. What Was the Plague?
10. What Was the Titanic
11. What Were the Salem Witch Trials?
12. What is Climate Change?
13. What is the Constitution?
14. What is the Coronavirus Disease COVID-19?
15. What is the Women's Rights Movement?

This product is easy to use:

1. Print the template (same template for every book in this series), cut along the dotted line on each page, then staple the top to create the flipbooks (students can do this on their own).
2. Read the book (independently or as a class/group)
3. Click through the Google reading comprehension digital lesson (no-prep required!)
4. Students fill out the template independently/homework or as a class or group. In my class, we work on the book report template together through each section of the lesson.

The sections of the reading comprehension digital lesson and 9-page book report template include (along with the built-in reward system):

• book title info
• rating & review
• vocabulary
• facts
• text ideas
• series of events
• making life connections
• what I learned
• questions I have
• setting/subject
• interesting event
• important event

If you want to explore non-fiction text structures for reading comprehension, this "What Was The Boston Tea Party?" book report and book study project digital product for 3rd and 4th-grade students is perfect. It enhances non-fiction reading comprehension, book study, and report writing skills!
This resource includes:

• Comprehensive Google Slides digital lesson for reading comprehension and book report writing support

• 9-page printable PDF book report flip book template

Please see the product preview for more visual details.

NOTE: You need a (free) Google account to access the digital lesson, and you will need access to the book "What Was The Boston Tea Party?" to complete the digital and printable activities.

Students will dive into the historical context of the ice age, gaining a deeper understanding of this significant event in world history. The digital lesson guides students through key facts, timelines, and the impact of these events.

How to use this resource:

• Have students read the book, "What Was The Boston Tea Party?"

• Print the book report flip book template

• Open and present the Google Slides digital lesson

• Follow the intuitive prompts, which will take you through each step of the book report. For example, if it's time to work on the "facts" page, there is a series of multiple-choice questions on specific facts detailed in the text that will help refresh the students' memories and comprehension. Then students can fill in the facts they found most interesting.

• Have fun guessing the mystery puzzle between each section of the book report!

The printable PDF book report flip book template provides creative book report ideas, such as summarizing the events, using critical thinking skills, and creating a timeline. It can be used with any non-fiction book. Students will also use a book review template to evaluate The Boston Tea Party's significance. Overall, this project offers an engaging way for students to explore non-fiction text structures while learning about a crucial event in history.
The non-fiction book report flip book pages include:
   ✏book title info
   ✏rating & review
   ✏vocabulary
   ✏facts
   ✏text ideas
   ✏series of events
   ✏making life connections
   ✏what I learned
   ✏questions I have
   ✏setting & subject
   ✏interesting event
   ✏important event
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A Google Forms reading comprehension bundle with forty individual activities about key events from May, June, July or August from history, or famous figures that were either born or died in the summer. The activities, which come in PDF format too, have an informational text with comprehension and grammar questions followed by an extension task, are about the following people or topics:

• The famous English soccer player, David Beckham, who was born on the 2nd May 1975.
• The French leader, Napoleon Bonaparte, who died on the 5th May 1821 on the remote island of St. Helena.
• The 33rd president of the United States, Harry Truman, who was born on the 8th May 1884.
• VE Day, where Germany surrendered to Allied forces on the 8th May 1945, which brought an end of World War II in Europe.
• The famous Spanish Surrealist artist, Salvador Dali, who was born on the 11th May 1904.
• The founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale, who was born on the 12th May 1820.
• The guide and translator, Sacagawea, who joined Lewis and Clark as they set off on their expedition across America on the 14th May 1804.
• Mount Everest, which was climbed for the first time on the 29th May 1953.
• The famous Swedish activist, Greta Thunberg, who received an Honorary Doctor of Law from the University of British Colombia on the 31st May 2021.
• The nemesis of the Roman Empire, Hannibal, who famously crossed the Alps with his army which included elephants in May 218 BC.
• The record-breaking Spanish tennis player, Rafael Nadal, who was born on the 3rd June 1986.
• The famous English king who ruled during the Revolutionary War, King George III, who was born on the 4th June 1738.
• The famous World War II battle, the Battle of Midway, which began on the 4th June 1942.
• The first African American woman to be admitted into NASAs astronaut program, Mae Jemison, who joined on the 4th June 1987.
• The recently deceased husband to Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, who was born on the 10th June 1921.
• The famous German-born diarist of World War II, Anne Frank, who was born on the 12th June 1929.
• The Enigma code breaking English mathematician, Alan Turing, who was born on the 23rd June 1912.
• The famous American Olympic star, Wilma Rudolph, who was born on the 23rd June 1940.
• The famous Argentinian soccer superstar, Lionel Messi, who was born on the 24th June 1987.
• The record-breaking American Olympic swimmer, Michael Phelps, who was born on the 30th June 1985.
• The Battle of Gettysburg, which was a key battle in the American Civil War, and was fought from the 1st July until the 3rd July 1863.
• The famous Mexican artist and icon, Frida Kahlo, who was born on the 6th July 1907.
• The spiritual leader of Buddhism, the Dalai Lama, who was born on the 6th July 1935.
• The scientist famous for his work in electricity, Nikola Tesla, who was born on the 10th July 1856.
• The famous Nobel Peace Prize winner and educational activist, Malala Yousafzai, who was born in Pakistan on the 12th July 1997.
• The Apollo 11 Moon mission, which put Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the lunar surface on the 21st July 1969.
• One of the Seven Wonders of the World, Machu Picchu, which was rediscovered by Hiram Bingham on the 24th July 1911.
• The red planet of Mars, where the Perseverance Mars Rover was launched to on the 30th July 2020.
• The author famous for her Harry Potter books, J.K. Rowling, who was born on the 31st July 1965.
• The powerful ruler of Ancient Greece, Alexander the Great, who was born at some point in July of 356 BC.
• The record-breaking American Football quarterback, Tom Brady, who was born on the 3rd August 1977.
• The former president of the United States, Barack Obama, who was born on the 4th August 1961.
• The first person to set foot on the Moon, Neil Armstrong, who was born on the 5th August 1930
• The famous American pop artist, Andy Warhol, who was born on the 6th August 1928
• The famous tennis star from Switzerland, Roger Federer, who was born on the 8th August 1981.
• The last active ruler of Ancient Egypt, Cleopatra, who died on the 10th August in 30 BC.
• The former slave, Frederick Douglass, who made an emotional speech giving an account of his life as a slave on the 11th August 1841.
• The record-breaking Jamaican athlete, Usain Bolt, who was born on the 21st August 1986.
• The famous wonder, Petra, which was discovered on the 22nd August 1812 in Jordan, after being hidden from western eyes for centuries.
• The famous NASA mathematician and scientist, Katherine Johnson, who was born on the 26th August 1918.

The NO PREP informational text activities are ideal for distance learning and perfect for students in fifth grade or sixth grade. The resources, which also come in PDF format, allow students to learn key facts about the famous people or topics whilst working on their comprehension skills.

Included in each of the forty activities:

• A Google Forms Activity
• A PDF Printable Activity

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This resource bundle is great for:

• Distance learning
• Independent work
• Homework
• Guided reading sessions
• Assessment practice
• Reading interventions

These activities are online resources, that use Google Forms, and are linked to your Google Drive. They can be completed by students online using tablets, phones or computers, and are easily assessed by teachers as all the answers are provided in a quick and easy format.

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Time allowance to complete each activity:

5-10 minutes - read through the text individually.

40-50 minutes - answer questions using the text as guidance (including extension activity)

Time allowance to assess:

A class set of activities might take around 15-20 minutes to mark; the teacher can then send the students their marks automatically, which allows them to read back through their work. Nearly all answers are not automatically generated, but only require a small amount of work to assign points. This is because the aim is to get students writing answers and not to just have multiple choice options.

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These easy to use, no prep, substitution plans give you an ideal back up plan to have ready in your classroom just in case. The bundle contains six close reading activities about kings and queens from British history, and four biography writing units. Ideal for emergency sub plans in 3rd grade or 4th grade. The activities focus on Elizabeth II, William the Conqueror, George III, Henry VIII, Richard I and Elizabeth I.

22 Lessons, or 22 hours of activities, with NO PREP needed!

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Firstly, there are six reading comprehension activities, or informational texts, about:

• Elizabeth II
• William the Conqueror
• George III
• Henry VIII
• Richard I
• Elizabeth I

These activities require NO PREP and have a body of text that students need to read through thoroughly; then they can use the text to find the comprehension and grammar answers. All texts then have an extension activity for those fast finishers. Answers, for teacher use, are on the final page of each document.

Then, there are four biography writing units about Elizabeth II, William the Conqueror, George III and Henry VIII. The units have been split into four separate lessons which will take students approximately 40-50 minutes each.

Good luck, I hope you find the resource useful!

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• World History Resources
• U.S. History Resources
• Distance Learning Resources

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Four individual Escape Room activities about the following famous kings or queens from British history:

• King Henry VIII
• Queen Elizabeth I
• King George III
• Queen Elizabeth II

Ideal for fifth grade or sixth grade, the activities are perfect for group work, starting a new British history topic, team-building activities or for fun, engaging and interactive lessons. The activities can be used in English also as they incorporate some ELA skills, or in Social Studies.

Each activity has been split into four different tasks; your students will need to complete each of the tasks to reveal a word. Together the four words make a phrase for them to escape the room.

Included in each of the four resources:

• Student guidelines for completing the tasks meaning no teacher prep
• A student answer key to complete as they work through the tasks
• An informational text or reading comprehension passage
• A true or false fact sheet & maze
• A crossword puzzle
• A timeline activity & answer key
• A wordsearch puzzle
• Teacher answer sheets for each task

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In Task 1 of each activity students will read an informational text and then find their way through a maze by answering true or false comprehension questions. If they answer the questions correctly they will reveal their first word.

In Task 2 students will use the same informational text to complete a crossword puzzle. Within the puzzle there are several hidden letters which will need to be unscrambled on the completion of the puzzle to reveal the second word.

In Task 3 students will have to cut out 27 timeline task cards before putting them in order from the earliest date to the most recent. When they have finished their task they can glue them onto the answer key which will reveal their third word.

In Task 4 students will have to find the missing words in a wordsearch puzzle before finding a hidden word from the letters that are left over in the puzzle. This hidden word is their fourth and final word.

Students can then complete their student answer key with the four words they revealed before checking with the teacher to see if they have escaped successfully.

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This resource is great for:

• Team-building activities

• Group work

• Research projects

• Reading comprehension

• Emergency sub plans

• Independent work

• Introducing a new topic

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• Distance Learning Resources
• Ancient Greece Resources

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A Google Forms reading comprehension bundle with eight individual activities about key events or key figures from the Middle Ages.

The activities, which come in PDF format too, have an informational text with comprehension and grammar questions followed by an extension task, are about the following people or topics:

• Charlemagne
• William the Conqueror
• King Richard I
• Robin Hood
• Genghis Khan
• Joan of Arc
• The Renaissance
• The War of the Roses

The NO PREP informational text activities are ideal for distance learning and perfect for students in fifth grade or sixth grade. The resources, which also come in PDF format, allow students to learn key facts about history whilst working on their comprehension skills.

Included in each of the five activities:

• A Google Forms Activity
• A PDF Printable Activity

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This resource bundle is great for:

• Distance learning
• Independent work
• Homework
• Guided reading sessions
• Assessment practice
• Reading interventions

These activities are online resources, that use Google Forms, and are linked to your Google Drive. They can be completed by students online using tablets, phones or computers, and are easily assessed by teachers as all the answers are provided in a quick and easy format.

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Time allowance to complete each activity:

5-10 minutes - read through the text individually.

40-50 minutes - answer questions using the text as guidance (including extension activity)

Time allowance to assess:

A class set of activities might take around 15-20 minutes to mark; the teacher can then send the students their marks automatically, which allows them to read back through their work. Nearly all answers are not automatically generated, but only require a small amount of work to assign points. This is because the aim is to get students writing answers and not to just have multiple choice options.

Please ensure when you download this resource into Google Drive that you are logged in to the gmail account where you wish to store the activity. In the past teachers have downloaded resources into their school account in error. Thanks :)

Other similar or relevant resources:

• Distance Learning Resources
• World History Resources

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A bundle with eight close reading passages focused on the key events and famous figures of the Middle Ages. Each activity includes a teacher presentation, comprehension and grammar questions, a multiple choice quiz, a crossword puzzle and a wordsearch.

The NO PREP reading comprehension activities are perfect for students in third grade or fourth grade. Students will learn about history whilst developing their comprehension skills.

The bundle includes eight individual activities on:

• Charlemagne
• William the Conqueror
• King Richard I
• Robin Hood
• Genghis Khan
• Joan of Arc
• The Renaissance
• The War of the Roses

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Included in each PDF printable resource:

• A teacher presentation to introduce the subject
• An informational text
• A comprehension activity with ten questions
• Two grammar questions about the text
• An extension writing activity
• A multiple choice quiz with seven questions
• An answer sheet for self-assessment or teacher use
• A crossword puzzle to consolidate learning
• A wordsearch puzzle
• A ready-made Easel activity perfect for distance learning

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This resource is great for:

• In class learning
• Independent work
• Homework
• Guided reading sessions
• Assessment practice
• Reading interventions
• Emergency sub plans

The activity requires NO PREP; it has a body of text that students need to read through thoroughly; then they can use the text to find the comprehension and grammar answers. All texts then have an extension activity for those fast finishers and answers, for teacher use, are on the final page of the document.

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101 close reading activities, or informational texts. Each of the activities come with a teacher presentation, comprehension and grammar questions, a multiple choice quiz, a crossword puzzle and a wordsearch.

The NO PREP informational text activities are perfect for students in third grade or fourth grade. The resources allow students to learn about key figures and events from history whilst developing their comprehension skills.

The bundle contains the following activities:

U.S. History

Lewis & Clark Expedition

Christopher Columbus

The Moon Landing

Neil Armstrong

Walt Disney

The Gold Rush

The Great Depression

The Slave Trade

Benjamin Franklin

An Overview of the American Civil War

Sacagawea

U.S. Presidents

John F. Kennedy

Abraham Lincoln

George Washington

Franklin Roosevelt

Barack Obama

Theodore Roosevelt

Thomas Jefferson

Joe Biden

Civil Rights Movement

Martin Luther King

Ruby Bridges

Rosa Parks

Muhammed Ali

Jackie Robinson

World War I & II

An Overview of World War I

An Overview of World War II

Winston Churchill

Anne Frank

American Revolutionary War

An Overview of the American Revolutionary War

The Boston Tea Party

The Treaty of Paris

Siege of Boston

Influential Women

Amelia Earhart

Mae Jemison

Mother Teresa

Kamala Harris

Amanda Gorman

Greta Thunberg

Malala Yousafzai

Katherine Johnson

Sportstars

Michael Jordan

Jesse Owens

Wilma Rudolph

Lebron James

Steph Curry

Roberto Clemente

Tom Brady

Roger Federer

Pele

Usain Bolt

Lionel Messi

World History

Mahatma Gandhi

Nelson Mandela

Napoleon

Mount Everest

Titanic

Industrial Revolution

Famous Scientists

Marie Curie

Albert Einstein

Charles Darwin

Isaac Newton

Famous Authors

William Shakespeare

J.K.Rowling

Roald Dahl

Shakespeare's Plays

Romeo and Juliet

Macbeth

Famous Artists

Pablo Picasso

Michelangelo

Leonardo da Vinci

Salvador Dali

Andy Warhol

Frida Kahlo

Vincent van Gogh

Claude Monet

British Monarchs

Elizabeth II

Henry VIII

William the Conqueror

Ancient Rome

An Overview of Ancient Rome

Augustus

Julius Caesar

Constantine

Hannibal

Spartacus

Ancient Greece

An Overview of Ancient Greece

Alexander the Great

Homer

Socrates

Aristotle

Ancient Olympic Games

Ancient Egypt

An Overview of Ancient Egypt

Cleopatra

Tutankhamun

Thutmose III

Ramesses II

The Seven New Wonders of the World

The Great Wall of China

Chichen Itza

Christ the Redeemer

The Colosseum

Machu Picchu

Taj Mahal

Petra

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Included in each PDF printable resource:

• A teacher presentation to introduce the subject

• An informational text

• A comprehension activity with ten questions

• Two grammar questions about the text

• An extension writing activity

• A multiple choice quiz with seven questions

• An answer sheet for self-assessment or teacher use

• A crossword puzzle to consolidate learning

• A wordsearch puzzle

• An Easel activity for distance learning

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• U.S. History Resources

• Black History Month Resources

• Distance Learning Resources

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This bundle contains six close reading activities that timeline the American Revolutionary War; a display and timeline activity; three biography writing units about George Washington, Thomas Jefferson & George III; three informational text writing units about the War of Independence, the Boston Tea Party and the Treaty of Paris; and an opinion writing unit about the most influential founding father.

27 Lessons, or 27 hours of activities, with NO PREP needed!

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Firstly, there are six close reading activities, or informational texts, about:

• An Overview of the American Revolutionary War
• The Boston Tea Party
• The Siege of Boston
• The Battles of Trenton & Princeton
• The End of the War & The Treaty of Paris
• George Washington

These activities require NO PREP and have a body of text that students need to read through thoroughly; then they can use the text to find the comprehension and grammar answers. All texts then have an extension activity for those fast finishers. Answers, for teacher use, are on the final page of each document.

Also included is a great classroom display and sorting activity that is perfect for introducing students to some of the key events of the American Revolution. Great for class work, distance learning or home schooling. There are 29 posters or task cards that include many of the key figures and events from the Boston Tea Party to the Treaty of Paris which formally ended the war.

Then, there are three biography writing units about George Washington, Thomas Jefferson & George III. These units have been split into four separate lessons which will take students approximately 40-50 minutes each.

Finally there are three informational text writing units that look into the American War of Independence, the Boston Tea Party & the Treaty of Paris. These units have been split into three separate lessons which will take students approximately 40-50 minutes each.

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Other similar or relevant resources:

• World History Resources
• American Revolutionary War Resources
• Distance Learning Resources

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This bundle contains six close reading activities that timeline the American Revolutionary War; a display and timeline activity; three biography writing units about George Washington, Thomas Jefferson & George III; and three informational text writing units about the War of Independence, the Boston Tea Party and the Treaty of Paris.

27 Lessons, or 27 hours of activities, with NO PREP needed!

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Firstly, there are six close reading activities, or informational texts, about:

• An Overview of the American Revolutionary War
• The Boston Tea Party
• The Siege of Boston
• The Battles of Trenton & Princeton
• The End of the War & The Treaty of Paris
• George Washington

These activities require NO PREP and have a body of text that students need to read through thoroughly; then they can use the text to find the comprehension and grammar answers. All texts then have an extension activity for those fast finishers. Answers, for teacher use, are on the final page of each document.

Also included is a great classroom display and sorting activity that is perfect for introducing students to some of the key events of the American Revolution. Great for class work, distance learning or home schooling. There are 29 posters or task cards that include many of the key figures and events from the Boston Tea Party to the Treaty of Paris which formally ended the war.

Then, there are three biography writing units about George Washington, Thomas Jefferson & George III. These units have been split into four separate lessons which will take students approximately 40-50 minutes each.

Finally there are three informational text writing units that look into the American War of Independence, the Boston Tea Party & the Treaty of Paris. These units have been split into three separate lessons which will take students approximately 40-50 minutes each.

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• World History Resources
• American Revolutionary War Resources
• Distance Learning Resources

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An informational writing unit and close reading activities that focuses on what the industrial revolution was, and then looks at some of the child labor issues that arose during those times. The bundle has four separate lessons and is perfect for students in fifth grade and sixth grade.

Included in the Informational Writing Unit:

• Four fact sheets which students need to cut out and sort into paragraphs
• Writing templates for four draft paragraphs
• A prompt sheet for students to write their introduction
• A template for students to write up their neat informational text
• A crossword & wordsearch to consolidate learning

Included in the Close Reading Activity:

• A teacher presentation to introduce the topic
• An informational text
• A comprehension activity with ten varied questions
• Two grammar questions about the text
• An extension writing activity
• A multiple choice quiz about the text
• An answer page for self-assessment or teacher use
• A crossword & wordsearch to consolidate learning
• A ready-made Easel activity perfect for distance learning

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This resource is great for:

• In class learning
• Independent work
• Homework
• Creative writing sessions
• Assessment practice
• Emergency sub plans

The close reading activity requires NO PREP; it has a body of text that students need to read through thoroughly; then they can use the text to find the comprehension and grammar answers. All texts then have an extension activity for those fast finishers and answers, for teacher use, are on the final page of the document. It also contains a multiple choice quiz, a crossword activity and a wordsearch puzzle to consolidate learning.

The Informational Writing Unit is split into three lessons. The first lesson is interactive and involves them cutting out facts, and then sorting these facts into paragraphs. In the second lesson the children need to use these facts to write four paragraphs. Then, in the final lesson your class will need to use the format provided to write an introduction for the text before checking their draft paragraphs for mistakes and writing up their work into a neat copy on the template provided.

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These easy to use, no prep, substitution plans give you an ideal back up plan to have ready in your classroom just in case. The bundle contains six close reading activities about key areas of the War of Independence, two biography writing units and two informational writing units. Ideal for emergency sub plans in fifth grade or sixth grade.

20 Lessons, or 20 hours of activities, with NO PREP needed!

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Firstly, there are six reading comprehension activities, or informational texts, about:

• The Boston Tea Party
• An Overview of the American Revolutionary War
• The Siege of Boston
• The Battles of Trenton & Princeton
• The Treaty of Paris
• George Washington

These activities require NO PREP and have a body of text that students need to read through thoroughly; then they can use the text to find the comprehension and grammar answers. All texts then have an extension activity for those fast finishers. Answers, for teacher use, are on the final page of each document.

Then, there are two biography writing units about George Washington and King George III, and two informational writing units about the War of Independence and the Boston Tea Party. The units have been split into three or four separate lessons which will take students approximately 40-50 minutes each.

Good luck, I hope you find the resource useful!

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• U.S. History Resources
• Distance Learning Resources

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