United States History to 1865: The American Landscape
Colonial America Everything from A to Z. Why the colonies were founded, life in colonial America, compare and contrast the three regions - New England, the Middle colonies, and the South. Why representative government arose in the Thirteen Colonies. 516 test questions.
The American Revolution Everything you need to know about the American Revolution, from A to Z. The Causes. The Revolutionary War. The Leaders. The Results. A full analysis of the significance of the Declaration of Independence. 200 test questions.
The U.S. Constitution You can’t touch this - no other workbook comes close. Topics: The origins, fundamental principles, Constitutional Convention, Bill of Rights, and how the Constitution works. The centerpiece: Guys and gals recreate the Constitutional Convention. (It’s easy, we provide a worksheet for each student in your class.) Action games and analysis of documents help students appreciate the principles that underlie our Constitution. 551 test questions.
The Early Republic The Federalist era and the rise of the two-party system. Compare and contrast Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase. The War of 1812: causes, events, people, and results. The Industrial Revolution: inventors, factories, and immigrant labor. 505 test questions.
Growth and Conflict From 1830 onward, this explains the causes of the Civil War. Andrew Jackson and Jacksonian democracy. Westward expansion. The Mexican War. Slavery and slave resistance. The Abolitionists. The Reformers: Horace
Mann and many more. 699 test questions.
Testbook: U.S. History 1609-1900 Over 4400 unique test questions covering Colonial America, The American Revolution, The U.S. Constitution, The Early Republic, Growth & Conflict, The Civil War, and The Industrial Age.
Using Bloom's Taxonomy, we take every term, person, quote and event and ask questions 6 different ways. This is how the people that write End Of Course Tests do it. It is the practice your students need!
Virginia Social Studies Resource Guide - US History for Middle School For over a year, our staff has burned the candle at both ends to prepare the most comprehensive compendium of links to supplemental materials correlated to each Virginia standard and sub-standard for grades 6 through 12. The links include slideshows, pictures, cartoons, maps and more in support of each specific standard. An enormous undertaking, this resource will save your teaching staff hundreds of hours in additional prep time.
United States History 1865 to the Present: The American Identity
The Civil War Everything you need to know about the Civil War from A to Z: Causes, events, battles, turning points, leaders, and consequences. The concepts: states’ rights vs federalism, sectionalism, nullification and secession. Abraham Lincoln’s presidency and his speeches. 699 test questions.
The Industrial Age The Industrial Revolution, 1870 to 1900. Railroads and high-tech farming shaped a new federal Indian policy. The Sioux Wars. The Homestead Act. Inventors and inventions: Edison, Bell, the Wright brothers. Industrialists and bankers (Carnegie, Rockefeller, Stanford, Morgan) shaped both economics and politics. Urbanization and industrialization. Child labor. Laissez-faire. The labor movement. Immigration. The Populist Party. 240 test questions.
The U.S. as a World Power The Spanish-American War, 1898. The Open Door policy. The Panama Canal. Theodore Roosevelt’s Big Stick diplomacy. Taft’s dollar diplomacy. Woodrow Wilson’s moral diplomacy. 603 test questions.
The Progressive Era The Muckrakers. Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle. Life in the industrial cities: sweatshops and slums, and the political machine. Corporate mergers and the Trust. Social Darwinism and the Social Gospel. The Progressive Party. Federal regulation of big business. President Theodore Roosevelt. 944 test questions.
America in World War I Everything you need to know about World War I (at home and abroad), from A to Z. The causes, events, people, and consequences of the war. Plus: What was happening on the home front? 414 test questions.
The Roaring Twenties Three Republican presidents: Harding, Coolidge and Hoover. The Palmer Raids. Marcus Garvey. The KKK. Immigration quotas. Groups that tried to protect individual rights: ACLU, NAACP, Anti-Defamation League. The 18th, 19th, and 21st Amendments. The new status of women. The Harlem Renaissance. Radio, movies, and
popular culture. 586 test questions.
The Great Depression The causes and consequences of the Great Depression. The Dust Bowl. FDR and the New Deal. Expansion of the federal government: WPA, Social Security, NLRB, farm programs, and the TVA. The role of organized labor. 784 test questions.
The Modern World - World War II Everything you need to know about World War II, from A to Z. The causes, events, people, and consequences of the war. The Axis and Allies. Appeasement. Theaters of war, turning points, and war conferences. Churchill, FDR, Hirohito, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, MacArthur, and Eisenhower. The Holocaust. Plus: What was happening on the home front? 656 test questions.
The Modern World -The Cold War Across The Globe Everything you need to know about the Cold War, from A to Z. The two superpowers (U.S. and U.S.S.R.) face
off. The causes: Yalta, Eastern Europe, the nuclear arms race. The Marshall Plan, rebuilding Germany and Japan. The Truman Doctrine, the Korean War, Vietnam. Competition for hearts and minds in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. China from Mao to Tiananmen Square. Eastern Europe from the Iron Curtain to the 1990s. The Middle East from the birth of israel to the 1990s. 602 test questions.
The Civil Rights Movement How World War II changed expectations. Brown v. Board of Education. The leaders: A. Philip Randolph, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Thurgood Marshall, James Farmer, and Rosa Parks. Dr. King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail and his “I Have a Dream” speech. Resistance at Little Rock and Birmingham. The movement spreads to northern cities. The 1964 Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the 24th Amendment. The impact on American Indians, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, and the women’s movement of the
1960s. 625 test questions.
Women of the 20th Century Your students won't soon forget the famaous American Women of the 20th Century. From Helen Keller to Hillary Clinton, this book tells a memorable story about each woman ad asks students to predict how things turn out. Perfect daily warm up and great for knowing those people who will be on the test.
Virginia Social Studies Resource Guide - US History for Middle School For over a year, our staff has burned the candle at both ends to prepare the most comprehensive compendium of links to supplemental materials correlated to each Virginia standard and sub-standard for grades 6 through 12. The links include slideshows, pictures, cartoons, maps and more in support of each specific standard. An enormous undertaking, this resource will save your teaching staff hundreds of hours in additional prep time.
Civics and Economics: The Twenty-First Century Citizen
Origins of the U.S. Constitution American Government Part I: The Us Constitution - The Concepts Were Revolutionary and Remain So to This Day. How did the founding fathers come up with the concepts embedded in the U.S. Constitution? The main purpose of government is to promote the public good. The Classical Age - The Greeks invented democracy. The Romans invented the republic and citizenship.
Medieval England - The Magna Carta established the principle of limited government. The main purpose of government is to protect individual rights.
The Judeo-Christian Ethic - the importance of the individual.
The Glorious Revolution - A constitutional monarchy and the English Bill of Rights. John Locke - Natural Rights and the Social Contract.
Montesquieu - Three Branches, Separation of Powers, Checks & Balances, plus Majority Rule/Minority Rights. The Mayflower Compact - Consent of the Governed.
The Great Awakening - Separation of Church & State. The Declaration of Independence - Political equality ("All men are created equal.")
Principles beneath the Constitution Students recreate the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and then examine the principles beneath the Constitution: tyranny of the majority, separation of powers, checks and balances, an independent judiciary, enumerated powers, the rule of law, federalism, and civilian control of the military.
The Three Branches Examine all seven articles of the Constitution, then zoom in on the 3 branches of government - the President, Congress and Supreme Court. Each branch: What is its purpose? What power does it have? How is its power checked by the other branches?
Civil Liberties The First Amendment. Landmark court cases. Freedom of speech (symbolic speech, libel, obscenity, sedition). Freedom of the press (propaganda and prior restraint). Freedom of assembly (civil disobedience). Freedom of petition (the right to lobby). Freedom of Religion (Separation of Church & State, school prayer, the Ten Commandments, and the Pledge of Allegiance).
Rights of the Accused Amendments 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. When accused of a crime, what rights do you have - and why?
The Right to Privacy Amendment 9: The right to privacy, reproductive rights, economic rights, freedom of association, and more. Amendment 10: States’ rights, full faith and credit, and same-sex marriage.
Civil Rights The 14th Amendment - the Civil Rights struggle from integration to affirmative action. The 15th Amendment - the Civil Rights movement won the right to vote.
The Two-Party System The rise of the two-party system - and the role of third parties in U.S. history.
The Progressives: direct democracy - the initiative, referendum and recall.
The Conservatives: reapportionment, redistricting, and gerrymandering.
The Presidential Campaign - 2008 Everything you needed heading into the 2008 presidential race! The political parties. The candidates. The issues. Campaign finance.
Campaign advertising. The Primary. Polls. Voting behavior. Electronic voting machines. The Electoral College.
Comparative Governments Forms of government.
Part I: Constitutional Democracy: The parliamentary system.
Part II: Totalitarianism: Communism & Fascism. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The fall of communism.
Part III: Authoritarian regimes, especially military dictatorships.
Part IV: The trend today is democracy.
Testbook: U.S. Government / Civics Over 3200 unique test questions covering The U.S. Constitution, The Bill of Rights, The Two-Party System, and Comparative Governments.
Using Bloom's Taxonomy, we take every term, person, quote and event and ask questions 6 different ways. This is how the people that write End Of Course Tests do it. It is the practice your students need!
World History to 1500 A.D.: Roots of Human Interaction
The Stone Age From the Stone Age to the Agricultural Revolution. 53 test questions.
Ancient Mesopotamia Birthplace of the world’s first civilization! The Fertile Crescent, Tigris & Euphrates rivers, irrigation, polytheism
and Hammurabi’s Code. Cuneiform, Sumerian math, the wheel and sail. Compare and contrast Mesopotamia
and Egypt. 84 test questions.
Ancient Egypt and Kush The Nile River Valley, the afterlife, pharaohs, pyramids. Hieroglyphs and the Rosetta Stone. Mediterranean
trade. Queen Hatshepsut and Ramses the Great. Includes the Kingdom of Kush. 104 test questions.
The Ancient Hebrews The world’s first monotheists! The Hebrew Bible. The religion of Judaism. Mapping the Exodus. Speeches from
Abraham, Moses, Naomi, Ruth and David. The Babylonian Captivity, destruction of the Temple, and the
Diaspora. Includes the board game, “The Greatest Story Ever Told”. 92 test questions.
Ancient Greece The world’s first democracy! The Aegean Sea, Athens and the Acropolis. Forms of government: tyranny, oligarchy,
democracy and dictatorship. Direct vs. representative democracy. Greek mythology, Homer’s Iliad and
Odyssey, and Aesop’s fables. The Persian Wars. Compare and contrast Sparta and Athens. The Peloponnesian
Wars. Alexander the Great and the spread of Greek culture. Speeches by Pericles, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle,
Euclid and Thucydides. Includes the board game, “The Rise & Fall of the Greek Empire.” 201 test questions.
Ancient India The latest archaeological discoveries about the Harappan Civilization. The Indus River Valley, the Aryans and
Sanskrit, Brahmanism and the caste system. An A+ explanation of Hinduism. The Mauryan Empire, the life and
moral teachings of Buddha, and the political achievements of Emperor Asoka. The spread of Buddhism.
Literature: the Rig Veda, the Ramayana, the Mahabharata and the Bhagavad Gita. The Hindu -Arabic numerals
we use today. 185 test questions.
Ancient China The only civilization that never fell. The rise of a civilization in the Huang He Valley, geographic isolation, hereditary
rule, ancestor worship, calligraphy, the use of bronze. The “Mandate of Heaven.” How the Age of Warring
States gave rise to Confucius and Confucianism. The first Emperor builds a centralized government and the
Great Wall. The Han dynasty - expansion of the empire, bureaucratic state, civil service test, the Silk Road,
Buddhism spreads to China and the invention of paper. 185 test questions.
Ancient Rome The rise of the Roman Republic. Written constitution, tripartite government, checks and balances, civic duty.
The stories of Aeneas, Romulus and Remus, Cincinnatus, Cicero, Julius Caesar and Augustus. The rise of the
Roman Empire: control of the Mediterranean Sea, expansion of the empire and trade. The rise of Christianity:
The Diaspora, Jesus of Nazareth, and St. Paul the Apostle. The Roman legacy: Art and architecture, science
and technology, language and literature, law and government. 213 test questions.
The Middle Ages - The Fall of Rome Why did Rome fall? What was the significance of the Byzantine Empire? What was the Great Schism? Student speeches by Constantine the
Great. 114 test questions.
The Middle Ages - Europe How geography shaped life in medieval Europe. How Christianity spread throughout northern Europe. The rise of feudalism and life on the
manor. The rise of towns. The rise of monarchy. Kings & Popes. The story of Charlemagne. William the Conqueror and the Norman invasion.
The Magna Carta, Parliament, the English court system - and how they influenced the U.S. Causes and results of the Crusades. Trace the
route of the bubonic plague. The Catholic Church’s impact on Europe. Ferdinand, Isabella, and the Reconquista. 1,364 test questions.
The Middle Ages - Islam The life of Muhammad and the religion of Islam. The Koran: beliefs, practices, and law. The Five Pillars. A pilgrimage to Mecca. Ramadan.
What beliefs do Muslims share with Jews and Christians? Sunni vs Shiite Muslims. How geography shaped Arab culture. Compare the
nomadic and sedentary way of life. The spread of Islam by military conquests, cultural blending, and the spread of the Arabic language. The
rise of cities. The role of merchants and their caravan trade routes throughout Asia, Africa and Europe. The Golden Age of Islam: Muslim
scholars and their intellectual achievements. 348 test questions.
The Middle Ages - China The Golden Age of China. Four dynasties - Tang, Sung, Mongols, and Ming. The reunification of China. Buddhism spread through China,
Korea and Japan. Block printing was invented. The Mongol invasion, Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan, and Marco Polo. Confucianism. The
Grand Canal. The Silk Road. Sea expeditions. The imperial state and its bureaucracy. Chinese inventions (tea, paper, woodblock printing,
the compass, and gunpowder) and their impact on world history. 338 test questions.
The Middle Ages - Africa Life in the Niger River Valley. How geography shaped the caravan trade. Desert people traded salt; rainforest people traded gold. The two
peoples met in the savanna, “where the camel meets the canoe.” The Empire of Ghana was founded on the gold-salt trade. The story of
Mansa Musa and the Empire of Mali. The importance of family, specialized jobs, and the oral tradition in West Africa. How Arab merchants
spread the Arabic language and the religion of Islam. 246 test questions.
The Middle Ages - Japan How geography shaped the culture. Nara. Prince Shotoku. The Golden Age of Literature: Lady Murasaki Shikibu’s The Tale of Genji, The
Pillow Book, and haiku. The rise of a military society. Shinto and Zen Buddhism. The rise of cities like Edo (Tokyo). How weak Ashikaga
shoguns tried to rule, yet the daimyo warred among themselves. The samurai’s impact on culture. Noh and Kabuki theater. How medieval
Japan and medieval England were very similar. 631 test questions.
The Maya, Aztec & Inca The Maya carved a civilization out the rainforest of Central America: slash-and-burn farming, pyramids, a system of writing, math and astronomy.
The Aztecs moved to the Plateau of Mexico and built a floating city: Tenochtitlan, Lake Texcoco, floating gardens, tomatoes, maize,
chocolate, causeways, aqueducts, a warlike society with slavery and human sacrifice. Like the Romans, the Inca were engineers: The
Andes, roads along the rides, terrace farming, royal messengers, the quipu, the potato, Cusco and Machu Picchu. 178 test questions.
Renaissance & Reformation THE RENAISSANCE: What was the Renaissance? Florence and Venice. Trade along the Silk Road. Marco Polo. The impact of the printing
press. The achievements. The stories of Dante, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Gutenberg, and Shakespeare.
THE REFORMATION: What was the Reformation? The leaders - Erasmus, Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Tynedale. The impact of
Protestantism. The Counter-Reformation: Jesuits, the Council of Trent, and Catholic missionaries throughout Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
The Inquisition. 743 test questions.
Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION: What was the Scientific Revolution? The impact of Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, and Newton. The inventions -
telescope, microscope, thermometer, barometer. Bacon and Descartes. The scientific method. The impact of rationalism on democratic
ideas.
THE AGE OF EXPLORATION: What made exploration possible? Trace the routes of the great explorers. The stories of Magellan and all the
explorers. The impact of the cultural exchange on all the continents. The rise of mercantilism on a global scale.
THE ENLIGHTENMENT: What was the Age of Reason? John Locke and Montesquieu - how did their philosophy evolve into democratic
institutions? How the principles of the Magna Carta ended up in the English Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, and the U.S.
Constitution. 356 test questions.
Famous People of the Ancient World We tell you about their dilemma, now YOU predict what they did!
It's hard to remember historical figures, much less why each became famous.
Story telling makes each historical figure an individual and therefore memorable.
Brand new! Read a true story about a famous person – and then predict what happens to him or her. Nonfiction, high-interest stories (Grade 5 readability; interest level up to Grade 12). Each story is brief – just half a page. Each is personal, fascinating – and memorable. Combines history and language arts; helps students identify people on standardized tests. Perfect for students at risk. You need only one workbook for the whole class.
Famous People of the Middle Ages It's hard to remember historical figures, much less why each became famous.
We tell you about their dilemma, now YOU predict what they did!
Story telling makes each historical figure an individual and therefore memorable.
This book covers all the ones that are on the test!
The fall of the Roman Empire: from Julius Caesar to Attila the Hun. Islam in the Middle Ages: from Muhammad to Ibn Battuta. Africa in the Middle Ages: from Sundiata to Mansa Musa. China in the Middle Ages: from the Han dynasty to the Mongols. Medieval Japan: including Prince Shotoku and Lady Murasaki. Medieval Europe: everybody from Charlemagne and William the Conqueror to Eleanor of Aquitaine and Joan of Arc.
Testbook: Ancient Civilizations Over 1100 unique test questions covering The Stone Age, Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt (and the Kingdom of Kush), The Ancient Hebrews, Ancient Greece, Ancient India (The Indus Valley), Ancient China and Ancient Rome.
Using Bloom's Taxonomy, we take every term, person, quote and event and ask questions 6 different ways. This is how the people that write End Of Course Tests do it. It is the practice your students need!
Testbook: World History - the Middle Ages Over 4300 unique test questions covering Fall of the Roman Empire, The Rise of Islam, Medieval China, Africa in the Middle Ages, Medieval Japan, Medieval Europe, The Maya, Inca, Aztec, The Renaissance & Reformation, The Scientific Revolution, Age of Exploration, and The Enlightenment.
Using Bloom's Taxonomy, we take every term, person, quote and event and ask questions 6 different ways. This is how the people that write End Of Course Tests do it. It is the practice your students need!
Virginia Social Studies Resource Guide - World History to 1500 A.D. For over a year, our staff has burned the candle at both ends to prepare the most comprehensive compendium of links to supplemental materials correlated to each Virginia standard and sub-standard for grades 6 through 12. The links include slideshows, pictures, cartoons, maps and more in support of each specific standard. An enormous undertaking, this resource will save your teaching staff hundreds of hours in additional prep time.
World History 1500 A.D. to the Present: Connections Across Time and Place
Renaissance & Reformation THE RENAISSANCE: What was the Renaissance? Florence and Venice. Trade along the Silk Road. Marco Polo. The impact of the printing
press. The achievements. The stories of Dante, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Gutenberg, and Shakespeare.
THE REFORMATION: What was the Reformation? The leaders - Erasmus, Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Tynedale. The impact of
Protestantism. The Counter-Reformation: Jesuits, the Council of Trent, and Catholic missionaries throughout Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
The Inquisition. 743 test questions.
Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION: What was the Scientific Revolution? The impact of Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, and Newton. The inventions -
telescope, microscope, thermometer, barometer. Bacon and Descartes. The scientific method. The impact of rationalism on democratic
ideas.
THE AGE OF EXPLORATION: What made exploration possible? Trace the routes of the great explorers. The stories of Magellan and all the
explorers. The impact of the cultural exchange on all the continents. The rise of mercantilism on a global scale.
THE ENLIGHTENMENT: What was the Age of Reason? John Locke and Montesquieu - how did their philosophy evolve into democratic
institutions? How the principles of the Magna Carta ended up in the English Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, and the U.S.
Constitution. 356 test questions.
The Modern World - World War II Everything you need to know about World War II, from A to Z. The causes, events, people, and consequences of the war. The Axis and Allies. Appeasement. Theaters of war, turning points, and war conferences. Churchill, FDR, Hirohito, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, MacArthur, and Eisenhower. The Holocaust. Plus: What was happening on the home front? 656 test questions.
The Modern World -The Cold War Across The Globe Everything you need to know about the Cold War, from A to Z. The two superpowers (U.S. and U.S.S.R.) face
off. The causes: Yalta, Eastern Europe, the nuclear arms race. The Marshall Plan, rebuilding Germany and Japan. The Truman Doctrine, the Korean War, Vietnam. Competition for hearts and minds in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. China from Mao to Tiananmen Square. Eastern Europe from the Iron Curtain to the 1990s. The Middle East from the birth of israel to the 1990s. 602 test questions.
Daily Warm Ups: Famous People of the 20th Century Daily Warm Ups: Famous People of the 20th Century. Start each class with engaged students. Within 5 minutes, your class can be focused on history.
Testbook: World History - French Rev to Today Over 4600 unique test questions covering The Age of Revolutions, The Industrial Revolution, The Age of Imperialism, World War I, The Rise of Dictators, World War II, The Cold War and The World Today.
Using Bloom's Taxonomy, we take every term, person, quote and event and ask questions 6 different ways. This is how the people that write End Of Course Tests do it. It is the practice your students need!
Virginia Social Studies Resource Guide - World History 1500 A.D. to the Present For over a year, our staff has burned the candle at both ends to prepare the most comprehensive compendium of links to supplemental materials correlated to each Virginia standard and sub-standard for grades 6 through 12. The links include slideshows, pictures, cartoons, maps and more in support of each specific standard. An enormous undertaking, this resource will save your teaching staff hundreds of hours in additional prep time.
Virginia and United States History: The American Narrative
Colonial America Everything from A to Z. Why the colonies were founded, life in colonial America, compare and contrast the three regions - New England, the Middle colonies, and the South. Why representative government arose in the Thirteen Colonies. 516 test questions.
The American Revolution Everything you need to know about the American Revolution, from A to Z. The Causes. The Revolutionary War. The Leaders. The Results. A full analysis of the significance of the Declaration of Independence. 200 test questions.
The U.S. Constitution You can’t touch this - no other workbook comes close. Topics: The origins, fundamental principles, Constitutional Convention, Bill of Rights, and how the Constitution works. The centerpiece: Guys and gals recreate the Constitutional Convention. (It’s easy, we provide a worksheet for each student in your class.) Action games and analysis of documents help students appreciate the principles that underlie our Constitution. 551 test questions.
The Early Republic The Federalist era and the rise of the two-party system. Compare and contrast Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase. The War of 1812: causes, events, people, and results. The Industrial Revolution: inventors, factories, and immigrant labor. 505 test questions.
Growth and Conflict From 1830 onward, this explains the causes of the Civil War. Andrew Jackson and Jacksonian democracy. Westward expansion. The Mexican War. Slavery and slave resistance. The Abolitionists. The Reformers: Horace
Mann and many more. 699 test questions.
The Civil War Everything you need to know about the Civil War from A to Z: Causes, events, battles, turning points, leaders, and consequences. The concepts: states’ rights vs federalism, sectionalism, nullification and secession. Abraham Lincoln’s presidency and his speeches. 699 test questions.
The Industrial Age The Industrial Revolution, 1870 to 1900. Railroads and high-tech farming shaped a new federal Indian policy. The Sioux Wars. The Homestead Act. Inventors and inventions: Edison, Bell, the Wright brothers. Industrialists and bankers (Carnegie, Rockefeller, Stanford, Morgan) shaped both economics and politics. Urbanization and industrialization. Child labor. Laissez-faire. The labor movement. Immigration. The Populist Party. 240 test questions.
The Industrial Age The Industrial Revolution, 1870 to 1900. Railroads and high-tech farming shaped a new federal Indian policy. The Sioux Wars. The Homestead Act. Inventors and inventions: Edison, Bell, the Wright brothers. Industrialists and bankers (Carnegie, Rockefeller, Stanford, Morgan) shaped both economics and politics. Urbanization and industrialization. Child labor. Laissez-faire. The labor movement. Immigration. The Populist Party. 240 test questions.
The U.S. as a World Power The Spanish-American War, 1898. The Open Door policy. The Panama Canal. Theodore Roosevelt’s Big Stick diplomacy. Taft’s dollar diplomacy. Woodrow Wilson’s moral diplomacy. 603 test questions.
The Progressive Era The Muckrakers. Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle. Life in the industrial cities: sweatshops and slums, and the political machine. Corporate mergers and the Trust. Social Darwinism and the Social Gospel. The Progressive Party. Federal regulation of big business. President Theodore Roosevelt. 944 test questions.
America in World War I Everything you need to know about World War I (at home and abroad), from A to Z. The causes, events, people, and consequences of the war. Plus: What was happening on the home front? 414 test questions.
The Roaring Twenties Three Republican presidents: Harding, Coolidge and Hoover. The Palmer Raids. Marcus Garvey. The KKK. Immigration quotas. Groups that tried to protect individual rights: ACLU, NAACP, Anti-Defamation League. The 18th, 19th, and 21st Amendments. The new status of women. The Harlem Renaissance. Radio, movies, and
popular culture. 586 test questions.
The Great Depression The causes and consequences of the Great Depression. The Dust Bowl. FDR and the New Deal. Expansion of the federal government: WPA, Social Security, NLRB, farm programs, and the TVA. The role of organized labor. 784 test questions.
The Modern World - World War II Everything you need to know about World War II, from A to Z. The causes, events, people, and consequences of the war. The Axis and Allies. Appeasement. Theaters of war, turning points, and war conferences. Churchill, FDR, Hirohito, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, MacArthur, and Eisenhower. The Holocaust. Plus: What was happening on the home front? 656 test questions.
The Modern World -The Cold War Across The Globe Everything you need to know about the Cold War, from A to Z. The two superpowers (U.S. and U.S.S.R.) face
off. The causes: Yalta, Eastern Europe, the nuclear arms race. The Marshall Plan, rebuilding Germany and Japan. The Truman Doctrine, the Korean War, Vietnam. Competition for hearts and minds in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. China from Mao to Tiananmen Square. Eastern Europe from the Iron Curtain to the 1990s. The Middle East from the birth of israel to the 1990s. 602 test questions.
The Civil Rights Movement How World War II changed expectations. Brown v. Board of Education. The leaders: A. Philip Randolph, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Thurgood Marshall, James Farmer, and Rosa Parks. Dr. King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail and his “I Have a Dream” speech. Resistance at Little Rock and Birmingham. The movement spreads to northern cities. The 1964 Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the 24th Amendment. The impact on American Indians, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, and the women’s movement of the
1960s. 625 test questions.
Women of the 20th Century Your students won't soon forget the famaous American Women of the 20th Century. From Helen Keller to Hillary Clinton, this book tells a memorable story about each woman ad asks students to predict how things turn out. Perfect daily warm up and great for knowing those people who will be on the test.
Testbook: U.S. History 1609-1900 Over 4400 unique test questions covering Colonial America, The American Revolution, The U.S. Constitution, The Early Republic, Growth & Conflict, The Civil War, and The Industrial Age.
Using Bloom's Taxonomy, we take every term, person, quote and event and ask questions 6 different ways. This is how the people that write End Of Course Tests do it. It is the practice your students need!
Virginia Social Studies Resource Guide - US History for High School For over a year, our staff has burned the candle at both ends to prepare the most comprehensive compendium of links to supplemental materials correlated to each Virginia standard and sub-standard for grades 6 through 12. The links include slideshows, pictures, cartoons, maps and more in support of each specific standard. An enormous undertaking, this resource will save your teaching staff hundreds of hours in additional prep time.
Virginia and United States Government: E Pluribus Unum
Origins of the U.S. Constitution American Government Part I: The Us Constitution - The Concepts Were Revolutionary and Remain So to This Day. How did the founding fathers come up with the concepts embedded in the U.S. Constitution? The main purpose of government is to promote the public good. The Classical Age - The Greeks invented democracy. The Romans invented the republic and citizenship.
Medieval England - The Magna Carta established the principle of limited government. The main purpose of government is to protect individual rights.
The Judeo-Christian Ethic - the importance of the individual.
The Glorious Revolution - A constitutional monarchy and the English Bill of Rights. John Locke - Natural Rights and the Social Contract.
Montesquieu - Three Branches, Separation of Powers, Checks & Balances, plus Majority Rule/Minority Rights. The Mayflower Compact - Consent of the Governed.
The Great Awakening - Separation of Church & State. The Declaration of Independence - Political equality ("All men are created equal.")
Principles beneath the Constitution Students recreate the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and then examine the principles beneath the Constitution: tyranny of the majority, separation of powers, checks and balances, an independent judiciary, enumerated powers, the rule of law, federalism, and civilian control of the military.
The Three Branches Examine all seven articles of the Constitution, then zoom in on the 3 branches of government - the President, Congress and Supreme Court. Each branch: What is its purpose? What power does it have? How is its power checked by the other branches?
Civil Liberties The First Amendment. Landmark court cases. Freedom of speech (symbolic speech, libel, obscenity, sedition). Freedom of the press (propaganda and prior restraint). Freedom of assembly (civil disobedience). Freedom of petition (the right to lobby). Freedom of Religion (Separation of Church & State, school prayer, the Ten Commandments, and the Pledge of Allegiance).
Rights of the Accused Amendments 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. When accused of a crime, what rights do you have - and why?
The Right to Privacy Amendment 9: The right to privacy, reproductive rights, economic rights, freedom of association, and more. Amendment 10: States’ rights, full faith and credit, and same-sex marriage.
Civil Rights The 14th Amendment - the Civil Rights struggle from integration to affirmative action. The 15th Amendment - the Civil Rights movement won the right to vote.
The Two-Party System The rise of the two-party system - and the role of third parties in U.S. history.
The Progressives: direct democracy - the initiative, referendum and recall.
The Conservatives: reapportionment, redistricting, and gerrymandering.
The Presidential Campaign - 2008 Everything you needed heading into the 2008 presidential race! The political parties. The candidates. The issues. Campaign finance.
Campaign advertising. The Primary. Polls. Voting behavior. Electronic voting machines. The Electoral College.
Comparative Governments Forms of government.
Part I: Constitutional Democracy: The parliamentary system.
Part II: Totalitarianism: Communism & Fascism. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The fall of communism.
Part III: Authoritarian regimes, especially military dictatorships.
Part IV: The trend today is democracy.
Testbook: U.S. Government / Civics Over 3200 unique test questions covering The U.S. Constitution, The Bill of Rights, The Two-Party System, and Comparative Governments.
Using Bloom's Taxonomy, we take every term, person, quote and event and ask questions 6 different ways. This is how the people that write End Of Course Tests do it. It is the practice your students need!
World Regions (Geography/Government/Economics/Culture)
World Regions - Canada Everything you need to know about our northern neighbor! The five themes of Canada's geography. The economy, natural resources and industries. Canada's history and government, its people, culture and cultural diversity. The section on Canadian comedy is hysterically funny. 411 pages. 133 lessons. 1,008 test questions.
World Regions - Latin America Latin America Social Studies Workbook. History, politics, culture, economics and geography of Mexico, South America, Central America, and the Caribbean.
The ABC's of World Culture What is culture? Using the ABC's, we show you how to analyze any culture in the world. A great way to learn cultural similarities and differences. This workbook, along with the poster, enables you to analyze any culture in the world. Learn how language reveals our culture. 37 ready to reproduce, imaginative, hands-on lessons tackle Art & Literature, Jobs, Status, and Ways of Everyday Life. 78 pp. Grades 6-12
