Hands-on History: American History Activities (Classroom History & Social Studies Lessons, Grades: 3-8)

Hands-on History: American History is a strategy guide designed to help teachers foster engagement, teamwork, creativity, and critical thinking with the help of hands-on lessons. Designed by teachers with college and career readiness in mind, this educational resource helps teachers stay up-to-date with strategies like game-formatted activities to make learning fun and interactive; builds excitement for your social studies students. Includes the study of important events in American history such as Colonial America, The American Revolution, American Indian Experience, The Civil War, the Oregon Trail, Immigration, and the Civil Rights Movement. Hands-on History activities will help you take an active approach to teaching while inspiring your students to make their own explorations of history. An ideal resource for teachers either through the school year or during the summer, but also useful for homeschooling parents looking to meet the demands of todays educational curriculum. STRATEGIC WRITING: Designed to assist parents and teachers to develop and evaluate different writing skills needed for their students to succeed from the 3rd to 8th grade INNOVATIVE LEARNING: SEL format assesses childrens unique learning abilities through real-life examples, testimonials, and case studies that demonstrate practical applications COMPLIES WITH EDUCATION STANDARDS: Packed with engaging activities to help students flourish and thrive in critical thinking, analytical, problem-solving skills. Aligned to state, national, and College & Career Readiness standards IDEAL FOR HOMESCHOOLING: Designed for parents and teachers to provide daily practice to young scholars at home or online CREATED BY TEACHERS: TCM develops innovative and imaginative educational materials for students and teachers worldwide to make teaching more effective and learning more fun