Middle school history

This pacing guide for your American History curriculum plans out the whole year for your middle school or high school class. Perfect for US History Part 1, 2, or the whole thing.

Guide to using Social Studies Simulations to step away from the lecture podium and engage your students with hands-on history activities.

Hollywood has pushed out some impressive historical dramas. Here are some great quality historical movies for junior high and high school, under R.

Use these fun history activities for middle school in your Grade 7 History and Grade 8 History classes as well as your Grade 6 Social Studies program. These engaging history activities are also useful for your middle school history classroom. Try these ideas with your 6th grade social studies, 7th grade social studies and 8th grade social studies students. Read about 13 ways to make middle school history class engaging for your students.

As a kid in school I loved when my teachers celebrated creativity in the classroom. In fact, when I reflect on my own education, the moments I remember the most were the creative ones. I vividly remember making salt maps of the state, book report mobiles, models, papier-mâché globes, interactive brochures, puppets, and dioramas. What about you? Are the instructional moments that you remember the most tied to creative activities? There's just something so powerful about hands-on learning with…

Looking for some engaging, high-quality history lessons? Then check out my favorite free US history lessons for middle school!

This website talks about students having historical thinking skills and disciplinary literacy when learning social studies through using primary sources. It also does a great job covering some of the challenges you might face with this strategy in the classroom.

Our favorite hands on world history for middle school is Project Passport. Travel to different time periods in world history with exquisite paper projects!

Easy-to-use tips for planning an engaging and memorable first lesson of the year for your Middle School Social Studies class whether you are teaching digitally or in-person, plus an awesome lesson idea for your first day teaching 6th grade, 7th grade, or 8th grade. #socialstudies #middleschool #socialstudieslesson #distancelearning #backtoschool

An overview of the engaging resources for Geography, Civics, World, or US History that are all included with a subscription to Students of History.