Rock Springs is located in southwestern Wyoming and is mainly known for its ties to the coal industry. Unfortunately, it was this tie that led to one of the worst ethnic massacres in the history of the United States during the 1880s.

Images for Trail of Tears (United States history)

Migration patterns, cultural ties, geographic regions and class differences all shape speaking patterns

Students learn all about the document, the Republic, and the day chosen to honor our Constitution in this notebooking unit study.

This book retells the history of the U.S. through the eyes of people with disabilities — including slavery, immigration, and civil rights, areas where the lens of disability has rarely if ever been applied. It also shows the ways in which disability rights activists have been able to effect real change, not just in the ways people with disability are perceived, but in the laws that apply to them.

The history books will tell you that the first Thanksgiving was celebrated by the pilgrims in 1621. Not true. An interesting bit of trivia is that the first American Thanksgiving was actually celebrated on September 8, 1565 in St. Augustine, Florida. The Native Americans and Spanish settlers held a feast and the Holy Mass was […]

It happened this year. January 1, 2008. The 200TH Anniversary of the abolition of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade in the United States of America. On March 2, 1807, the United States Congress, in ac…

One of the pitfalls of the present is the belief that nothing like this has ever happened before. It has. The Spanish Flu, which struck the world near the end of the First World War presents lessons applicable to the present, but only if they are understood and considered as…

The US has a lot to be proud of — but, like any country, it also has its flaws.

Who owns the U.S. money and why can't we just print more? The economics of supply and demand and function of the Treasurer of the United States for 4th grade.

By the conclusion of the trans-Atlantic slave trade at the end of the 19th century, Europeans had enslaved and transported more than 12.5 million Africans.

Mo is the star of his school's track-and-field meet in the perenially popular, Geisel Award-winning series by David A. Adler, now with a fresh look! Mo and his classmates from 2B will compete against the students from class 2M in a track-and-field meet, and the winning team will get a surprise dessert! Mo, Jenna, and Dov will compete in the day's final event--the relay race--but first, Mo has to pass the baton without dropping it. He practices at lunch and during class, but the baton keeps slipping out of his hand. When the score is tied and the pressure is on, will Mo be able to win for his team?

With the official business of the 57th inauguration out of the way, Washington began preparing Sunday for a day of revelry – and for the challenges facing President Barack Obama over the next four years.

150 years after Abraham Lincoln's assassination, these maps explain the origins of the Civil War, why the North won, and how the war transformed the United States.

Women have always been essential to the movement. To overlook that is to underestimate its reach.

The sassiest president of the United States will make you laugh your butt off.

Videos and Images for American colonies (British and United States history)

Teach students all about the Jamestown colony and important settlers with this social studies worksheet.

By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune If you were to take a moment and think, who would you say originally built the Northern Kentucky stretch of the Dixie Highway and Ohio’s SR133 in Clermont County? I’ll give you a hint, it was the same group. If you guessed Native Americans or the pioneers, you’d be […]

At Black Then, we frequently see interesting photos that give us a glimpse into the past. They tend to show us a piece of black history that is often not covered in textbooks, in history classes, or shown in the media. In a photo that we found on Black History Album , we see this great image called

The origins behind the names of all 50 states.

150 years after Abraham Lincoln's assassination, these maps explain the origins of the Civil War, why the North won, and how the war transformed the United States.

From hunks of iron streaking through the sky, to the construction of skyscrapers and megastructures, this is the history of the world's greatest alloy.

Free Printable 50 States with Abbreviations List. Free Printable 50 States with Abbreviations List, a great learning resource for teachers, tutors, homeschooling. The 50 States with Abbreviations List is a basic list of the 50 United States of America in alphabetical order that includes the abbreviations of the 50 States. Print the 50 States with Abbreviations List using your inkjet

Archaeologists believe they have located a 'survivors camp' on Hatteras Island where settlers of the Lost Colony of Roanoke moved and integrated with the Croatoan tribe.

Engage your students with these doodle notes about Manifest Destiny and the expansion of the United States between 1783 - 1853. These graphic doodle notes summarize the expansion of the United States from the Treaty of Paris of 1783 through the Gadsden Purchase in 1853. What's included with the printed Doodle Notes: *Teacher directions and a list of the videos included in the PowerPoint (4 pages) *Blank doodle notes for students to fill in and color as you cover the information on the handouts. (1 page; uneditable PDF) *Fill-in-the-blank version for students who have difficulty with note taking. (1 page; uneditable PDF) *Completed greyscale version doodle notes to be used a coloring sheets or for doodling while you go over the information. (1 page; uneditable PDF) *Color version to use as an example or display. (1 page; uneditable PDF) *PowerPoint that covers all of the material in the doodle notes and includes video links to help you expand your lesson (10 slides, the white text on the black background in the PowerPoint is editable, but graphics are not) What's included with the Digital Guided Notes (these notes cover the same content and look the same as the doodle notes, but they are not considered doodle notes since students cannot color or interact with the pages like they would in print) *Teacher directions and suggestions (3 pages, uneditable PDF) *Blank version of digital guided notes (1 page; students type into text boxes; fillable PDF and Google Slides versions; not editable in Adobe Pro or Slides) *Fill in the Blanks version of digital guided notes (1 page; fillable PDF and Google Slides versions; not editable in Adobe Pro or Slides) *PowerPoint and Google Slides versions of the presentation that covers all of the material in the doodle notes (10 slides; the text in the PowerPoint/Google Slides is editable, but graphics are not) **This zip file contains uneditable PDF and PowerPoint files. This download contains files that may be printed and copied or used digitally. Use whichever version fit best with your class. The other version remain yours in case you ever need to use them (in case your school makes the jump to 1:1 classes sometime in the future or if you have a student whose IEP requires a hard copy of assignments instead of digital ones). You may put the materials in this file on a LMS for STUDENT USE that RESTRICTS access like Google Drive, Google Classroom, OneDrive, Edmodo, Canvas, etc. (use on Outschool and similar platforms is not permitted) where students are either invited via an email address or log in with a user name and password. IT MAY NOT BE UPLOADED TO A CLASS WEBSITE UNLESS THE SITE IS RESTRICTED TO STUDENTS WITH A LOGIN AND PASSWORD AND IT MAY NOT BE USED IN A COURSE ON OUTSCHOOL OR ANY SIMILAR PLATFORMS/MARKETPLACES. Questions? 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A U.S. soldier is about to deploy to Iraq for his third tour of duty. While he's gone, his wife may be deported to Guatemala while his son is left in limbo. What's behind immigration laws?

Unit of stories about Social Studies - American Revolution.

Without this now-obscure land investment scheme, the Yazoo Land Affair, Georgia might have been a "super state."