Less than $5 U.S. History Printables (by date, oldest first)

This detailed resource package includes a thorough reading passage on 9/11, exploring the causes, events, and consequences of this pivotal moment in history. It comes with 20 critical questions, an answer key, and note-taking sheets for students making this resource perfect for engaging your upper middle and high school students.

Dive into the history and significance of Labor Day with this comprehensive educational resource.  Perfect for upper middle to high school students, this freebie includes a detailed and complex reading passage on the origins and evolution of Labor Day, along with 20 thought-provoking questions and a separate answer key.  Also included are note-taking sheets to enhance student engagement and retention. This resource is ideal for history lessons, social studies classes, or as an enrichment activity leading up to Labor Day.

12 Native American Indigenous People theme coloring pages, with Native American dream catchers, teepees, and other items to color for learning and appreciation of Native American culture.

These coloring pages could be used as a coloring activity in the classroom, book club, as a homeschool activity for social studies, or as a family activity, colored and given out as gifts for Indigenous People Day or some other occasion.

Files include: 12 PDF pages US-letter size 8.5" by 11"

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Children will enjoy learning about the Jamestown Settlement and the lives of Native Americans with this fun, educational puzzle set. It includes:

• Jamestown Settlement and Powhatan Tribe Two-Page Activity Set
• Jamestown, Virginia Word Search, which reinforces vocabulary from the Activity Set
• Native American Tribes Word Search with 40 tribe names
• Reading Log and Certificate set

NEW: Exclusive Photos from Historic Jamestown

• 11 dynamic photo collages, ready for display
• 30 photos with brief, descriptive captions
• James Fort re-creation – overview, buildings, armory, weapons and armor, governor’s home, blacksmith’s forge, ships, more
• Powhatan Village re-creation – homes and buildings, tools and crafts, re-enactors working in traditional Native American dress
• National historical site – archeological dig sites, statues of Pocahontas and John Smith, local flora and fauna, glass blower using traditional methods

Concepts explored: Jamestown | settlement | first permanent English colony | first colony | Capt. John Smith | Powhatan | Pocahontas | Native American | colonial | longhouse | Powhatan language | first people | tribes | Navajo | Cherokee | American tribes | indian

This Lewis & Clark-themed set includes both a Two-Page Activity Set and Word Search Puzzle.

• First, teach about Meriwether Lewis & William Clark's expedition into the western United States -- the states they traveled through, the people and Native American tribes who helped them, how they prepared for their trek, what they ate, what animals they saw, methods of travel used, and what they hoped to learn by undergoing such a dangerous task.
• Then, find and circle dozens of vocabulary words related to their journey!

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Themes Explored: Lewis and Clark Expedition | Lewis | Clark | Meriwether Lewis | William Clark | President Thomas Jefferson | Fort Clapsop | explore | explorers | Sacagawea | Shoshone | Native American

Memorial Day is a time to remember and honor all of the people who have died while serving in the U.S. armed forces. Share this Remember On Memorial Day-themed Two-Page Activity Set and Word Search Puzzle to help children understand how we honor those who have sacrificed for our nation.

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Includes:

• Two-Page Activity Set: with large crossword covering famous memorials and statues, dot-to-dot puzzle, and mini word search
• Word Search Puzzle: with Memorial Day related vocabulary words

Concepts Explored: Decoration Day | veterans | servicemen | memorials | Lincoln Memorial | soldier | Arlington National Cemetery | Tomb of the Unknown Soldier | red poppies | decorating soldiers’ graves

Memorial day is a time to remember and honor all of the people who died while serving their country in the U.S. armed forces. This word search puzzle can help prompt a discussion about the Memorial holiday or students can find and circle the Memorial Day-related vocabulary and phrases to wrap up a lesson.

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Concepts Explored: veterans | soldiers | Tomb of the Unknowns | Tomb of the Unknown Soldier | red poppies | poppy

Memorial Day is a time to remember and honor all of the people who have died while serving in the U.S. armed forces. Students will learn more about the traditions and history of Memorial Day as they work their way through this puzzle set. Also, in recognition of Memorial Day, teachers can print out and share our free color photo mini poster from the Civil War battlefield in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

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Includes:

• Two-Page Activity Set – Crossword puzzle; combination dot-to-dot and color-in puzzle; match-up puzzle; word search puzzle; maze; signal flag hidden message puzzle.
• Word Search Puzzle – with a range of words, phrases and names related to Memorial Day
• BONUS: Set of color photos from Civil War battlefield in Gettysburg, PA

Concepts Explored: veterans | soldiers | Tomb of the Unknowns | Tomb of the Unknown Soldier | red poppies | poppy | Gettysburg

How did the Civil War get started? This multi-faceted puzzle and resource set helps children answer that question with interesting facts and historical insights.

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Includes:

• Two-Page Activity Set – crossword that describes the events in Charleston, S.C., that helped to spark the Civil War; How Kids and Women Served (with mini dot-to-dot and color-in puzzle); Northern and Southern states fill-in puzzle.
• Word Search Puzzle 1 – reinforces key vocabulary words used in the Activity Set.
• Word Search Puzzle 2 – challenges kids to identify items you might find in the Civil War era (going across) versus in the modern era (going down).

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• Mini-Poster of Fort Sumter
• Map of the States During the Civil War
• Civil War Presidents (brief wartime biographies)

Celebrate and learn about Hispanic heritage with this puzzle set! Includes the following:

• 'Learning About Hispanic Heritage' Two-Page Activity Set – Learn about Hispanic Americans who have shaped the history of the United States, what countries people of Hispanic heritage come from, celebratory foods and music, and some Spanish-origin words that are commonly used in the U.S.

• 'From Many Countries' Word Search Puzzle – Find and circle countries from which Hispanic Americans have emigrated as well as the U.S. states that harbor our top 10 largest Spanish-speaking populations.

• 'Borrowed Words' Word Search Puzzle – Find and circle dozens of words of Spanish origin that we use every day in the U.S. – from animals and foods to states and cities.

Topics Explored: Hispanic Heritage Month | Latino | Hispanic contributions | Latin America | Latin American | Hispanic leaders | Hispanic cooking | Spanish words | Spanish language | Spanish speaking | music | famous Hispanic Americans | native countries | celebration

Explorers from Europe set out with a range of goals as they crossed the Atlantic and encountered a new continent and its people. Your students will enjoy exploring this history with this puzzle pack. Includes:

• Two-Page Activity Set – with themed crossword, mini word search, maze, pop quiz and color-in puzzle
• Vocabulary Word Search Puzzle – reinforces 40 vocabulary words and names used in the Activity Set
• Famous Explorers Word Search – creatively combines the Who, Where, Why and How of famous explorations with a large word search puzzle

Topics Explored: exploring | explorers | world exploration | Columbus | Christopher Columbus | Columbus Day | Native Americans | Magellan | Ponce de Leon | Cortes | Champlain

Life in the colonies. What was life like for people who lived during the colonial period in North America? Find and circle all the vocabulary words that describe people, jobs, objects and key events during this historical period.

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Vocabulary Words:

barter basketweaver blacksmith brickmaker candlemaker carpenter colony craftsman Europe farming forts freedom gold government Great Britain gunsmith infection Jamestown Massachusetts Mayflower New World one-room schoolhouse peanut basket pilgrims Plymouth religious liberty Revolutionary War settlers shipbuilder shoemaker silver silversmith starvation taxes tea thirteen tradesmen vegetables Virginia wigmaker

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Native Americans or First People named many states, cities, lakes, mountains and other places across the United States. Students will enjoy learning the names that came from Native American languages with this crossword puzzle.

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Concepts Explores: Native American | first people | tribes | Cherokee | American tribes | Native American Words | Native American language | Mohican | Algonquin

Learn about prominent Hispanic Americans in science, research, and invention with this crossword puzzle!

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Keywords: Hispanic | Hispanic Heritage | Hispanic Heritage Month | Latino | Hispanic contributions | Latin America | Latin American | Hispanic leaders

Memorial Day is a time to remember and honor all of the people who have died while serving in the U.S. armed services. Students will find and circle the memorials, events, and things we share on Memorial Day with this Word Search Puzzle.

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Topics Explored: red poppies | Decoration Day | decorating soldiers’ graves

Enjoy a Presidents Day-themed Two-Page Activity Set, Word Search Puzzle – and bonus – with this great puzzle pack!

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Includes:

• Two-Page Activity Set – Learn About the U.S. Presidents, with large crossword puzzle about Presidents' lives, small crosswords about earlier careers of Presidents, "Where did they live? quiz, U.S. currency quiz, and aspirational color-in.
• Vocabulary Word Search – Reinforces a range of vocabulary words used in the Activity Set
• Word Search Puzzle – Searching for the U.S. Presidents (all presidents names)

FREE BONUS: Washington & U.S. Government vocabulary word search puzzle

Concepts explored: Presidents’ Day | United States | history | Washington | Lincoln | Barack Obama | George Washington | Abraham Lincoln | Theodore Roosevelt | George W. Bush | Thomas Jefferson | Grover Cleveland | John Quincy Adams | Ulysses S. Grant | William "Bill" Clinton | James Buchanan | Dwight D. Eisenhower | John F. Kennedy | Andrew Jackson | James Madison | pets | White House | Mount Vernon | Monticello | Camp David | James E. Carter | Ronald Reagan | history | social studies | vocabulary | U.S. presidents

Learn about prominent Hispanic Americans in politics and education today!

Concepts Explored: Hispanic | Hispanic Heritage | Hispanic Heritage Month | Latino | Hispanic contributions | Latin America | Latin American | Hispanic leaders | Marco Rubio | Sonia Sotomayor

Memorial Day is a time to remember and honor all of the people who have died while serving in the U.S. armed forces. Students will deepen their understanding of Memorial Day and its traditions while completing a range of puzzles with this fun activity set.

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Includes:

• Two-Page Activity Set – with two crosswords that explore traditions and activities related to Memorial Day; a two-stage maze; armed forces color-in and fill-in; and a color-in and hang up or send in the mail Memorial Day card (kids fill in the name of someone they'd like to honor).
• Word Search Puzzle – reinforces a range of vocabulary words used in the Activity Set

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Learn about the Fourth of July and the events that led up to the American colonies making a declaration to break away from British rule to be independent with this Two-Page Activity Set! Also circle some favorite Fourth of July foods and fill in vowels to complete words that describe what we see, hear, and smell during fireworks shows!

**Explores...**July 4th | July Fourth | Independence Day | American history | fireworks | celebrations

Teach about the Jamestown Settlement in the state of Virginia, as well as about the Powhatan Native American tribe! Learn about the tribe and tribal life among the First Nations.

Concepts Explored: Jamestown | settlement | first permanent English colony | first colony | Capt. John Smith | Powhatan | Pocahontas | Native American | indian | colonial | longhouse | Powhatan language

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