American History

The Southeast Activity by Harcourt Achieve Inc

Four of the original colonies—Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia—were from the south. Tobacco and cotton became important crops for these colonies. Farmers cleared more and more land in an effort to grow crops. The large farms were called plantations. People from Africa were shipped in to work in the fields. The plantation owners … Read more

U.S. HISTORY People and Events 1607–1865 for Grades 6+ by Carson Dellosa CD-404039

Patrick Henry Demands Liberty or Death Americans were outraged when they learned Parliament had passed the Intolerable Acts. It was unreasonable that a whole colony be punished for the actions of a few men. If England could do this to Massachusetts, what would prevent the same thing happening to any other colony that offended the … Read more

A Bell for the Statehouse – Read-Aloud Plays: Symbols of America by Scholastic SC-936597

SCENE 1: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania CRIER: One day in 1751, the cobbler was working in his shop when two statesmen walked by.STATESMAN 1: Isn’t the new statehouse a grand building?STATESMAN 2: Yes, but what good is the steeple without a bell?STATESMAN 1: You’re right. It does need a bell.STATESMAN 2: Why don’t we have a bell … Read more

Brown vs. Board of Education 50th Anniversary for Primary Grades by Macmillan McGraw-Hill

Look at the signs below. Under each, write the word segregated or equal.

Will the Real Sacagawea Please Stand Up And 14 Other American History Plays by Scholastic SC-0439098424-909842

Biographer 1: Before we start, the real Sacagawea has asked us to read this letter of introduction to you: Dear Students: I, Sacagawea, was born around 1787 in the area now called “Idaho,” in the Rocky Mountains. There were only thirteen states and about four million people in the country then. A few years later, … Read more